US11687858B2
A system for prioritizing trim requests can include an image processor that identifies a location associated with a customer trim request that includes an image of vegetation and industrial equipment and marks the vegetation and the industrial equipment visible in the image associated with the customer trim request. The system can also include a vegetation maintenance analyzer that searches for a match between the identified location associated with the customer trim request with a location associated with one of a past executed service ticket and a pending service ticket. The maintenance analyzer generates a maintenance profile for the customer trim request based on the results of the search and data in the customer trim request. The system can further include a priority engine that assigns priority to the customer trim request based on the maintenance profile for the customer trim request.
US11687856B2
The present application generally pertains to scaling of a production process to produce a chemical, pharmaceutical and/or biotechnological product and/or of a production state of a respective production equipment. Particularly, there is provided a computer-implemented method of scaling a production process to produce a chemical, pharmaceutical and/or biotechnological product, the scaling being from a source scale to a target scale, wherein the production process is defined by a plurality of steps specified by one or more process parameters controlling an execution of the production process, the method comprising: (a) retrieving: parameter evolution information that describes the time evolution of the process parameter(s); a plurality of recipe templates, wherein a recipe comprises the plurality of steps defining the production process, and wherein a recipe template is a recipe in which at least one of the process parameters specifying the plurality of steps is a parameter being variable and having no predetermined value at the outset; (b) receiving: a source setup specification of a source setup to be used for executing the production process at the source scale, the source setup specification comprising the source scale value; a target setup specification of a target setup to be used for executing the production process at the target scale, the target setup specification comprising the target scale value; a source recipe defining the production process at the source scale; at least one acceptability function defining conditions for the values of the process parameter(s) at the source scale and/or at the target scale; (c) simulating the execution of the production process at the source scale using the source setup specification, the source recipe and the parameter evolution information; (d) determining, from the simulation, one or more source trajectories for the process parameter(s), wherein a trajectory corresponds to a time-based profile of values recordable during the simulated execution of the production process; (e) performing a target determination step comprising: selecting a recipe template pertinent to the production process out of the plurality of recipe templates; providing an input value for the at least one variable parameter in the selected recipe template; simulating the execution of the production process at the target scale using the target setup specification, the selected recipe template, the input value for the at least one variable parameter and the parameter evolution information; determining, from the simulation, one or more target trajectories for the process parameters; comparing the source trajectory(ies) and the target trajectory(ies); computing, based on the comparison and on the at least one acceptability function, an acceptability score for the selected recipe template; computing an optimal value for the at least one variable parameter in the selected recipe template by optimising the acceptability score and/or computing an acceptable range for the at least one variable parameter, wherein values within the acceptable range yield an acceptability score above a specific threshold; (f) if there is at least another pertinent recipe template, repeating the target determination step for at least another pertinent recipe template; (g) selecting at least one of the plurality of recipe templates and corresponding computed value(s) for variable parameter(s) as target recipe based on the acceptability scores computed for one or more recipe templates.
US11687853B2
An electronic device for detecting a business system and a detection method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a storage module, and a processing module. The communication module communicates with the business system. The storage module stores a detection engine and a detection rules corresponding to the business system. The processing module is electrically connected to the storage module and the communication module. The processing module executes the detection engine. The detection engine accesses a detection application program interface of the business system through the communication module according to the detection rule, so that the detection application program interface returns business data corresponding to the business system to the detection engine. Therefore, the electronic device of the disclosure can effectively detect the business system to obtain required relevant business data.
US11687850B2
A system and method for processing a task request to be executed and fulfilled that include receiving at least one data input. The system and method additionally include determining the task request based on the at least one data input and determining at least one request attribute associated with the task request. The system and method also include assigning an agent to execute and fulfill the task request based on the at least one request attribute. The system and method further include creating the task to execute and fulfill the task request.
US11687849B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires work information associated with a content of work and a point in time at which the work was performed, and emotion information that records an emotion of a person who performed the work for each point in time, and a generation unit that generates aptitude information indicating an aptitude for the work for each person by associating the work information and the emotion information using a point in time.
US11687845B2
The system includes a webserver (110) to generate a passenger journey document file (PJDF) (160) comprising a plurality of end-to-end passenger travel reservations (PTRs) for a set of passengers. The PJDF includes, for each travel leg of an end-to-end PTRs, a single-sheet integrated end-to-end travel instrument (TI) template (1000A) populated with an official boarding pass identifier (BPID) (1209) issued by one of a plurality of disparate travel host systems (JTHSs) (1501, 1502, . . . , 150Y) for a respective leg. Each TI template comprising an emulated boarding pass barcode (1211) associated with the BPID for the respective leg, and for N checked-in luggage items for the respective passenger, populated with X temporary luggage tag identifiers (LTIDs) (1231A, 1233A) linked to up to X official bag tag identifiers (BTIDs) (1209) from the JTHS of the leg, wherein X and N are integers. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the LTIDs and BTIDs.
US11687843B2
An information processing apparatus is communicable with a reservation management apparatus and an information providing apparatus via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores association information associating notification destination information and identification information for reservation with each other. The notification destination information is information used for transmitting notification to one or more target persons belonging to a same group. The circuitry obtains reservation information from the reservation management apparatus, and obtains, from the obtained reservation information, particular identification information for reservation identifying a user who requested a reservation of a resource indicated by the obtained reservation information. The circuitry identifies particular notification destination information used for transmitting the notification information relating to the obtained reservation information. The circuitry requests the information providing apparatus to send the notification information to a group associated with the identified notification destination information.
US11687841B2
A method for machine learning-based classification may include training a machine learning model with a full training data set, the full training data set comprising a plurality of data points, to generate a first model state of the machine learning model, generating respective embeddings for the data points in the full training data set with the first model state of the machine learning model, applying a clustering algorithm to the respective embeddings to generate one or more clusters of the embeddings, identifying outlier embeddings from the one or more clusters of the embeddings, generating a reduced training data set comprising the full training data set less the data points associated with the outlier embeddings, training the machine learning model with the reduced training data set to a second model state, and applying the second model state to one or more data sets to classify the one or more data sets.
US11687836B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for auto-labeling clusters generated by machine learning models. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that can perform a series of operations for determining comprehensive labels for clusters output from machine learning methods used to classify data sets. The auto-labeling system may include generating labels determined using a computation of a frequency count, ratio, and coverage. These computations may use feature-based dictionaries which aid in the determination, storage, and analysis of the relevant features useful in labeling the clusters.
US11687831B1
An approach includes receiving a machine learning processing job, executing the machine learning processing job using parallel processing of multiple output pixels each cycle by walking data across processing elements with broadcast weights within regions and executing parallel multiplication operations, and generating an output indicating whether the machine learning processing job was successful or failed. In some embodiments, a schedule of actions is generated for respective machine learning processing jobs. The schedule of actions may include any of a plurality of shift operations in a many to many arrangement or a one to many arrangement, shifting data across region boundaries, fetching data and weights from a memory and distribution thereof to a plurality of regions (e.g., weights are distributed to respective weight memories which subsequently broadcasts those weights in a specified order based on a schedule of actions, and where data is distributed to respective processing elements).
US11687829B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate recommendation prediction using machine learning. In one example, an embodiment provides for generating embeddings data related to one or more provider entities, predicting a set of provider entities for a patient entity based on a provider machine learning model, ranking provider entities in the set of provider entities to generate a ranked set of provider entities, and performing one or more actions to provide a recommendation for the patient entity based on the ranked set of provider entities.
US11687820B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for operating a system of qubits. In one aspect, a method includes operating a first qubit from a first plurality of qubits at a first qubit frequency from a first qubit frequency region, and operating a second qubit from the first plurality of qubits at a second qubit frequency from a second first qubit frequency region, the second qubit frequency and the second first qubit frequency region being different to the first qubit frequency and the first qubit frequency region, respectively, wherein the second qubit is diagonal to the first qubit in a two-dimensional grid of qubits.
US11687818B2
Techniques facilitating hardware-efficient calibration protocols for quantum computing devices. In one example, a system can comprise a process that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise an echo pattern component and a pulse component. The echo pattern component can generate an echo sequence based on a Pauli term. The echo sequence can amplify the Pauli term. The pulse component can generate a pulse sequence to calibrate a multi-qubit gate using the echo sequence.
US11687815B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate estimation of an expected energy value of a Hamiltonian based on data of the Hamiltonian, the quantum state produced by a quantum device and/or entangled measurements are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a selection component that selects a quantum state measurement basis having a probability defined based on a ratio of a Pauli operator in a Hamiltonian of a quantum system. The computer executable components can further comprise a measurement component that captures a quantum state measurement of a qubit in the quantum system based on the quantum state measurement basis.
US11687812B2
A system for auto classification of products includes an entity recognizer and a model selector. The entity recognizer receives training data including an attribute of a product. The model selector selects a feature from the training data using a first statistical model to provide a first feature and a second statistical model to provide a second feature, and trains a probabilistic classifier using the first and the second features for providing a first and a second classification models respectively. Further, the model selector calculates an accuracy score of the obtained classification models for each distinct category in a preset hierarchy of categories and selects a classification model from the obtained classification models based on the accuracy score. The selected classification model has a highest accuracy score for a corresponding category in the preset hierarchy.
US11687807B1
A method of exercising effective influence over future occurrences using knowledge synthesis is described. Techniques include influencing methods that yield actions, once a proposed outcome has been assumed. This is different from methods, typically referred to as “predictive” or “prescriptive” that use analytics to model future results based upon existing data and predict most likely outcome. One or more methods of analysis of historical data, in a hierarchical manner, determine events which led to an observed outcome. The outcome-based algorithms use, as input, a future event or state and generate attributes that are necessary precursors. By creating these attributes, the future can be affected. Where necessary, synthetic contributors of such attributes are also created and made to act in ways consistent with generating the assumed outcome. These contributors might be called upon respectively, to post favorable opinions, to report balmy weather, or to describe sales to a certain population demographic.
US11687799B1
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for machine learning and rules integration. Embodiments include receiving input values corresponding to a subset of a set of input variables associated with an automated determination. Embodiments include generating a directed acyclic graph (DAG) representing a set of constraints corresponding to the set of input variables. The set of constraints relate to one or more machine learning models and one or more rules. Embodiments include receiving one or more outputs from the one or more machine learning models based on one or more of the input values. Embodiments include determining outcomes for the one or more rules based on at least one of the input values. Embodiments include populating the DAG based on the input values, the one or more outputs, and the outcomes. Embodiments include making the automated determination based on logic represented by the DAG.
US11687795B2
A hybrid knowledge representation is searched for a machine learning component corresponding to a search query. The hybrid knowledge representation may be structured as nodes representing machine learning workflow components and edges (e.g., links) connecting the nodes based on relationships between the nodes. Responsive to finding the machine learning component in the hybrid knowledge representation, the machine learning component is returned. Responsive to not finding the machine learning component in the hybrid knowledge representation, the hybrid knowledge representation is searched for machine learning model fragments associated with building the machine learning component, generating a new machine learning component by combining the machine learning model fragments and returning the new machine learning component.
US11687794B2
A graph data structure for an artificial intelligence knowledge base includes a plurality of user-centric facts associated with a user. Each user-centric fact has an application-agnostic data format and includes a subject graph node, an object graph node, and an edge connecting the subject graph node to the object graph node. The graph data structure is designed to accommodate facts from different application-specific data providers using the same application-agnostic data format even when the different application-specific data providers use different native data formats.
US11687779B2
An image recognition method is provided, which is related to a technical field of artificial intelligence, and in particular, to a technical field of image processing. An implementation includes: performing five-sense-organ recognition on a preprocessed human face image and marking positions of the human facial five sense organs in the human face image, to obtain the marked human face image; determining human face images at multiple scales of the marked human face image, inputting the human face images of multiple scales into a backbone network model, and performing feature extraction, to obtain a wrinkle feature of the human face image at each of the multiple scales; and fusing the wrinkle feature at each scale that is located in a same area of the human face image, to obtain a wrinkle recognition result of the human face image.
US11687776B2
A method for controlling cooking based on artificial intelligence and an artificial intelligence device are disclosed. In the method for controlling cooking based on artificial intelligence, it is possible to continuously monitor how food ingredients are progressing by generating reference information including image information of completed dishes using food ingredient image information acquired through a monitoring unit provided in a kitchen appliance (for example, oven) and determining the cooked state of the food ingredients based on the reference information. An artificial intelligence device according to the present disclosure may be linked with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.
US11687772B2
Methods and systems for optimizing performance of a cyber-physical system include training a machine learning model, according to sensor data from the cyber-physical system, to generate one or more parameters for controllable sensors in the cyber-physical system that optimize a performance indicator. New sensor data is collected from the cyber-physical system. One or more parameters for the controllable sensors are generated using the trained machine learning module and the new sensor data. The one or more parameters are applied to the controllable sensors to optimize the performance of the cyber-physical system.
US11687769B2
Machine learning techniques can be used to train a classifier, in some embodiments, to accurately detect similarities between different records of user activity for a same user. When more recent data is received, newer data can be analyzed by selectively removing particular sub-groups of data to see if there is any particular data that accounts for a large difference (e.g. when run through a classifier that has been trained to produce similar results for known activity data from a same user). If a sub-group of data is identified as being significantly different from other user data, this may indicate an account breach. Advanced machine learning techniques described herein may be applicable to a variety of different environments.
US11687766B2
Methods, systems, and devices for an artificial neural network are described. In one example, an artificial neuron in an artificial neural network may include a resistor coupled with an input line and configured to indicate a synaptic weight and a fuse coupled with the resistor. The artificial neuron may also include a selection component coupled with the fuse and configured to activate the fuse for programming the resistor, and a second selection component coupled with the resistor and an output line, the second selection component configured to select the resistor for a read operation.
US11687765B2
In one aspect, a system for analog in-memory compute for a neural network includes an array of neurons. Each neuron of the array of neurons receives a pulse of magnitude xi, and duration t, wherein a product xi*yi provides a current proportional to the input for a time duration t, which is a charge associated with a particular neuron in response to the input being presented to that particular neuron. A reference cell includes a gate-drain connected flash cell configuration and coupled with the array of neurons. The reference cell is programmed to a pre-determined threshold voltage Vt-ref. The reference cell receives a pre-determined current, Iref, wherein, based on the Iref and a pre-determined threshold voltage Vt-ref, a voltage is created at a drain of the reference cell.
US11687764B2
A method of flattening channel data of an input feature map in an inference system includes retrieving pixel values of a channel of a plurality of channels of the input feature map from a memory and storing the pixel values in a buffer, extracting first values of a first region having a first size from among the pixel values stored in the buffer, the first region corresponding to an overlap region of a kernel of the inference system with channel data of the input feature map, rearranging second values corresponding to the overlap region of the kernel from among the first values in the first region, and identifying a first group of consecutive values from among the rearranged second values for supplying to a first dot-product circuit of the inference system.
US11687762B2
Embodiments of a device include an integrated circuit, a reconfigurable stream switch formed in the integrated circuit along with a plurality of convolution accelerators and an arithmetic unit coupled to the reconfigurable stream switch. The arithmetic unit has at least one input and at least one output. The at least one input is arranged to receive streaming data passed through the reconfigurable stream switch, and the at least one output is arranged to stream resultant data through the reconfigurable stream switch. The arithmetic unit also has a plurality of data paths. At least one of the plurality of data paths is solely dedicated to performance of operations that accelerate an activation function represented in the form of a piece-wise second order polynomial approximation.
US11687755B2
A secure smart card is described. The smart card can include a processor, a memory and a transceiver. The smart card can communicate with various terminals and store a digital signature and other information on the card. Another terminal can validate the information stored on the smart card using the digital signature. In certain embodiments, the terminal can also validate the information by using a blockchain. The advanced design of the smart card obviates the need for a network connection.
US11687754B1
A locating system includes a mobile smart device and/or central server to receive and process data; a device to be secured or assigned to a person or asset, the device having an RFID tag with communication technology to receive commands from one or more smart devices, such that location is updated without the need for real-time infrastructure.
US11687753B2
Embodiments of the invention employ frequency selective surfaces that resonate at defined frequencies depending on geometry. Tag-based embodiments allow the ability to have passive, battery-free, systems that can be used for applications including but not limited to inventory tracking, locating, and indoor radar (e.g. determining whether something labeled with a tag is in range of a particular wireless network signal). The shape of the resonator, among other available factors, influences the interference frequency. Embodiments may include metal based tags on a non-conductive material that will be used to disturb, for example, frequencies from 3 KHz to 300 GHz. These disturbances at specific resonant frequencies are useable to, for example, locate the tags/labels using WiFi Mapping, sending a WiFi signal and getting unique feedback on a router.
US11687749B2
A code reader includes an imager configured to capture an image, and a processor operably coupled to the imager. The processor performs an object detection operation having a configurable triggering threshold that may be set, at least in part, based on an amount of changes needed to be detected in order to trigger a positive result for object detection. The processor also initiates a scanning phase for the code reader to read and decode an indicia responsive to the positive result being achieved by the object detection operation.
US11687745B2
This invention is for tracking at least one plant. A method of this invention comprises: putting at least one seed or at least one stem in a corresponding at least one pot; positioning a corresponding at least one RFID tag with respect to the seed or stem in a manner, wherein the RFID tag comprises a strap; packaging a harvested material into a packaged product and attaching the RFID tag from the potted plant, or a product RFID tag that is associated with the plurality of tags to the packaged product; confirming a request for authorization by a RFID buy card; and after confirming ID information, transferring at least one product.
US11687742B2
A two part dual layer transaction device comprising a computerized master unit powered by rechargeable battery, the master unit capable of connecting wirelessly to a data network and accessing at least one network server, the master unit having a length, a width, and an internal volume, and a transaction card element having a form factor acceptable for use as a debit or credit card, wherein the transaction card element may be docked or otherwise coupled to the master unit in an idle state and may be uncoupled by the user for the purpose using or cleaning the card element.
US11687737B2
A method for coordinating actions between an audio channel and a synchronized non-audio channel includes receiving an indication of a start of a session associated with a user and having an audio channel that is synchronized with a non-audio channel. Thereafter, repeated determinations are made as to whether a prompt on the non-audio channel has been received from the user. In response to each determination that the prompt on the non-audio channel has not been received from the user, a signal is sent to cause an inaudible output on the audio channel to the user. In response to a determination that the prompt on the non-audio channel has been received from the user, an audible output is selected based on an activity by the user on the non-audio channel, and a signal is sent to cause the audible output to be output on the audio channel.
US11687730B1
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for automatically discovering goals from conversations using neural networks and deep multi-view clustering. A dataset of conversations is partitioned into two views. Vector representations of each view are then generated and clustered in an alternating fashion between views for a number of iterations (i.e., the system alternates between views in generating and clustering vector representations of a view). A first neural network encoder generates the vector representations for the first view, and a second neural network encoder generates the vector representations for the second view. With each semi-iteration, cluster assignments from one view are used to update the encoder for the other view, thus encouraging the two neural network encoders to yield similar cluster assignments. After all the iterations are complete, a user interface enables a user to label each first-view cluster with a goal, where a subset of example utterances is displayed for each cluster.
US11687719B2
A method for identifying errors associated with named entity recognition includes recognizing a candidate named entity within a text and extracting a chunk from the text containing the candidate named entity. The method further includes creating a feature vector associated with the chunk and analyzing the feature vector for an indication of an error associated with the candidate named entity. The method also includes correcting the error associated with the candidate named entity.
US11687717B2
Disclosed herein are computer-implement systems and methods for determining whether an electronic document transiting a computer network is safe for viewing and does not contain malicious code, and automatically routing or deleting such electronic document based on such determination, thus providing quick risk decisions relating to the electronic document using an objective, quantitative method. A search algorithm is employed to detect the presence of words or phrases in the subject electronic document that are possible threats to the computer network. Threat updates may be provided through publicly available threat database. A weight is added to the generated score that accounts for the time that the particular vulnerability has been in the subject threat database. Finally, a PNN is used to quickly and objectively classify the subject electronic document for acceptance, quarantine, or denial.
US11687706B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying data types in customized headings are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve displaying a table having at least one customizable row heading or column heading; receiving an insertion of a customized name for the at least one customizable row heading or column heading; performing a lookup of the inserted customized name to identify a data type associated with the inserted customized name; displaying, based on the identified data type, selectable options for values for an associated cell of the at least one customizable row heading or column heading; enabling selection of at least one option of the selectable options; and associating the selected option with the associated cell in at least one row or column associated with the at least one customizable row heading or column heading.
US11687691B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate a transformation of a model of an entity by a model of a plurality of entities are provided. According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method can comprise identifying a plurality of parameters of a model of a plurality of entities; generating a model of an entity based on collected data of an operation of the entity, wherein the model of the entity comprises a subset of the plurality of parameters; and transforming the model of the entity based the model of the plurality of entities such that a first result from the model of the plurality of entities and a second result from the model of the entity have a relationship that satisfies a defined criterion, given same values used for the subset of the plurality of parameters.
US11687686B2
A self-contained truck-mounted brick laying machine can include a frame that can support packs or pallets of bricks placed on a platform. A transfer robot can pick up and move the brick(s). A carousel can be coaxial with a tower. The carousel can transfer the brick(s) via the tower to an articulated and/or telescoping boom. The bricks can be moved along the boom by, e.g., linearly moving shuttles, to reach a brick laying and adhesive applying head. The brick laying and adhesive applying head can mount to an element of the stick, about an axis which is disposed horizontally. The poise of the brick laying and adhesive applying head about the axis can be adjusted and can be set in use so that the base of a clevis of the robotic arm mounts about a horizontal axis, and the tracker component is disposed uppermost on the brick laying and adhesive applying head. The brick laying and adhesive applying head can apply adhesive to the brick and can have a robot that lays the brick. Vision and laser scanning and tracking systems can be provided to allow the measurement of as-built slabs, bricks, the monitoring and adjustment of the process and the monitoring of safety zones. The first, or any course of bricks can have the bricks pre machined by the router module so that the top of the course is level once laid.
US11687678B2
A device and methods are described that comprise at least one host application and a rich execution environment. At least one interface is operably coupled to the REE for communicating with a remote server. A security sub-system comprises a security monitoring and control circuit coupled to the REE and connectable to the remote server via the REE and the at least one interface. The security monitoring and control circuit comprises an analytics circuit configured to detect an anomaly following a compromisation of the device. The security monitoring and control circuit is arranged to treat the REE as an untrusted component and in response to a detection of a compromisation of the REE or a component in the device that is accessible by the REE by the analytics circuit, the security monitoring and control circuit is configured to re-establish a secure connection to the remote server that tunnels through the REE and at least partially removes the compromisation from the device.
US11687677B2
Method for producing a security device (1) comprising the following steps: providing at least one stochastic selector (8), generating a coupling between an identifier (11) and one particular combination of security features (6) from a finite set (5) of distinct combinations of security features based on the at least one stochastic selector (8), registering the coupling in a database (12); and applying an identification element (3) comprising the identifier (11) and a non-printable security element (2) comprising the particular combination of security features (6) according to the coupling to a substrate (22) to produce a security device (1).
US11687674B2
A computer device that manages privilege delegation is disclosed. The computing device can insert a custom verb command into a plurality of verb commands corresponding to a file. The computing device can intercept a request to execute the custom verb command on the file by intercepting a request to create a context menu. The computer device can obtain information related to the request to execute the custom verb command by obtaining a file identifier of the file from the request to create the context menu. The computer device can determine whether to execute the custom verb command on the file according to second privileges different from the first privileges based on the information related to the request to execute the custom verb command. The computer device can cause the custom verb command to be executed on the file according to the second privileges.
US11687666B2
Provided are systems for conducting private set intersection (PSI) techniques with multiple parties using a data repository that include at least one processor to generate a data repository, receive, from a submission entity system associated with a submission entity, a private set intersection (PSI) data query that includes a match parameter for performing the PSI data query, transmit, to the submission entity system, a data classification encryption key, wherein the data classification encryption key is associated with a data field that corresponds to a match parameter data field of the match parameter, determine whether to authorize the PSI data query on the data repository, transmit, to the submission entity system, a data authorization encryption key based on determining to authorize the PSI data query on the data repository, and perform the PSI data query on the data repository. Methods and computer program products are also provided.
US11687665B2
One embodiment provides a computer implemented method, including: receiving, at a service provider from each of a plurality of data owners each having data accessible to the service provider, a privacy budget, wherein the privacy budget identifies a set of privacy requirements to be employed by the service provider on data of the data owner; receiving, at the service provider, a query from a client; receiving, at the service provider from each of at least a subset of the data owners, a response to the query; adding, by the service provider, noise to each of the responses, wherein an amount of noise added to each response is based upon the privacy budget of the data owner corresponding to a given response; and returning, by the service provider to the client, an aggregated response including the responses having added noise.
US11687651B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for malware detection to detect and stop the distribution of malware and other undesirable content before such content reaches computing systems. A Malware Detection Service (MDS) including a processor and memory storing computer program instructions that when executed cause the processor to receive one of content or a signature of a file, responsive to receiving a signature of a file, determine a status of the file as trusted, untrusted, or unknown for malware based on the signature, responsive to receiving content of a file, generate a signature of the file and scan the content to identify the status of the content as trusted or untrusted.
US11687642B2
A system and method for identifying and authenticating a counterfeit article using digital fingerprints are disclosed. The system comprises a server with a processor and memory, and a database. The memory is configured to store a set of modules executable by the processor. The set of modules include, but not limited to, a digital image acquisition module, a comparison module, and a decision module. The digital image acquisition module is configured to extract analog identification indicium of the article from one or more images. The comparison module is configured to compare analog identification indicium with actual analog identification indicium of the article. The decision module detects the authenticity of the article based on the comparison results. The system further comprises an anti-counterfeiting network verification system in communication with the server, configured to securely protect the actual analog identification indicium of the article from unauthorized access and other potential crimes.
US11687641B1
A computer system and method having a user interface including a touch-sensitive display screen. The system and method enables entry of a password which includes displaying a first array of a plurality of images on the touch-sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed. Subsequently at least another array of a plurality of images successive to the first array is displayed on the touch sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed in the another array of images. A computer processor then determines if a user selected a predetermined image from the first array of the plurality of images and a predetermined image from each at least another array of plurality of images displayed after the first array. If determined, the user is permitted access to an application executable on the computer system.
US11687634B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for multi-voice speech recognition commands, such as based on monitoring a telecommunications channel between first and second devices, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to prompting initiation of a transaction between a first entity associated with a first device and a second entity associated with a second device based on detection of an audible request corresponding to the second entity and an audible response corresponding to the first entity.
US11687633B2
Access authentication in an artificial intelligence system includes perceiving electronically with a first user's artificial intelligence voice response system (AIVRS) a physical presence of a second user. A voice request is generated by the first user's AIVRS and conveyed to a second user requesting access to a knowledge corpus stored by an AIVRS of the second user. Based on a voice response of the second user, the first user's AIVRS instantiates an electronic communications session with the second user's AIVRS. The session is initiated via an electronic communications connection with a portable device of the second user. Selected portions of the knowledge corpus are retrieved by the first user's AIVRS from the second user's AIVRS, the portions selected based on the voice response. An action by one or more IoT devices is initiated in response to a voice prompt interpreted by the first user's AIVRS based on the selected portions.
US11687621B2
Multi-modal fusion techniques considering inter-modality correlations and computer model uncertainty
A joint multimodal fusion computer model architecture is provided that receives prediction output data from a machine learning (ML) computer model set comprising a plurality of different subsets of ML computer models operating on input data of different modalities and generating different prediction outputs. Prediction outputs are fused by executing an uncertainty and correlation weighted (UCW) joint multimodal fusion operation on the prediction outputs to generate a fused output providing multimodal prediction output data. The UCW joint multimodal fusion operation applies different weights to different ones of prediction outputs from the different subsets of ML computer models operating on input data of different modalities. The different weights are determined based on an estimation of uncertainty in each of the different subsets of ML computer models and an estimate of a correlation between different modalities.
US11687620B2
A computer completes a data image analysis task. The computer receives a machine learning (ML) model trained for use with image data content characterized by first context. The computer receives an evaluation image dataset having evaluation image data content characterized by a second context. The computer receives a request to complete an image data analysis task for the evaluation image dataset using the ML model. The computer compares the contexts to determine whether the contexts are similar and whether the evaluation image dataset is compatible with the ML model. If the evaluation dataset is incompatible with the ML model, the computer uses the generative model to generate a ML model compatible synthetic image dataset based on the evaluation dataset. The computer applies the ML model to the synthetic image dataset to provide an answer for the data image analysis task; the computer delivers the answer to a user interface.
US11687611B2
A request is received from a client for data to render a modular contained widget component of an application user interface. Whether the requested data is cached at an intermediary server is determined at the intermediary server, wherein the requested data is based at least in part on one or more database records stored at a backend server. In response to a determination that the requested data is cached, the requested data is obtained from an identified cache instance that cached the requested data. The cached requested data is based at least in part on the one or more database records provided by the backend server to the intermediary server to maintain an updated version of the requested data at the identified cache instance. The requested data is provided to the client from the intermediary server.
US11687601B2
A method for providing a dynamic user interface for navigating user account data is disclosed. The method includes: performing a first data transfer from a user account; updating an interaction model for the user account based on the first data transfer; receiving, from a client device associated with the user account, a query having at least one query term; determining, based on the interaction model and the at least one query term, that the query maps to a user intent associated with the first data transfer; and in response to determining that the query maps to a user intent associated with the first data transfer, providing, to the client device, a search result based on the first data transfer.
US11687592B2
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for storing Merkle tree data in memory. The Merkle tree data comprising uncle node data, first nephew node data and second nephew node data. The computer implemented method comprises determining a first nephew node memory address, determining a second nephew node memory address, storing the uncle node data at the uncle node memory address, storing the first nephew node data at the first nephew node memory address, and storing the second nephew node data at the second nephew node memory address. The first nephew node memory address is less than the uncle node memory address and the second nephew node memory address is greater than the uncle node memory address, or the first nephew node memory address is greater than the uncle node memory address and the second nephew node memory address is less than the uncle node memory address.
US11687589B2
Methods and systems for auto-populating image metadata are described herein. The system receives or accesses an image. The system then generates a link to a video having a frame that corresponds to the image. To generate the link, the system searches for a video having a frame comprising a portion of the image and generates the link such that the link comprises a timestamp of the frame. The system then modifies the metadata of the image to include the link. Once a user interaction with the image is detected, the system may follow the link to generate for display the video beginning at the timestamp.
US11687580B2
Systems and methods are directed to auto-adjusting play time of slides based on content intelligence. The system accesses media comprising a plurality of media items, wherein a media item of the plurality of media items comprises a first content type. The system performs machine analysis associated with the first content type. Based on the machine analysis, the system determines a first display time for the first content type and derives a total display time for the media item based on the first display time. If the media item includes a second content type, then the system performs machine analysis associated with the second content type and determines a second display time for the second content type. The total display time now comprises an aggregation of the first and second display times. The system can cause a machine action based on the total display time.
US11687577B2
A machine learning system may be used to suggest clinical questions to ask during or after a patient appointment. A first encoder may encode information and a second encoder may encode second information related to the current patient appointment. An aggregate encoding may be generated using the encoded first information and encoded second information. The current patient appointment may be clustered with similar appointments based on the aggregate encoding. Outlier analysis may be performed to determine if the appointment is an outlier, and, if so, which features contribute the most to outlier status. The system may generate one or more questions to ask about the features that contribute the most to outlier status.
US11687572B2
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for clustering based on context triggered piecewise hashing (CTPH). A method can include determining a first index of a first CTPH string of the file. The first index can include contiguous bits of the CTPH string. The first index can be smaller than the CTPH string, such as to be a proper subset of the CTPH string. The method can include determining the first index matches a second index of a cluster of files and in response to determining the first index matches the second index of the cluster, associating the file with the cluster. The method can include determining that the file includes malware based on the cluster.
US11687571B2
Embodiments are directed to managing a data model that includes data objects associated with layers of the data model may be provided. A lineage model that includes lineage objects that has one or more lineage objects associated with a layer may be provided. A lineage object associated with a layer may be activated. A first portion data objects may be determined based on the activated lineage object. An anchor object may be determined from the first portion of data objects. A search of the data model may be employed to provide dependency information based on a position of the anchor data object in the data model. A second portion of data objects may be determined based on the dependency information. A report that includes a list of the second portion of data objects, the dependency information, or the like, may be provided.
US11687565B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for managing asynchronous data replication in a multiple availability zone cloud environment. Metadata for files for asynchronous replication at a second availability zone is stored at an in-memory data grid of a first instance of a storage service at a first availability zone at a multiple availability cloud platform that provides storage services. The in-memory data grid includes a queue data structure of metadata records and a map of metadata records. In response to determining that connection from the first availability zone to the second availability zone is available, asynchronous data replication for files identified at the map is executed. A file for replication is identified at the map and provided for replication at a second file storage at the second availability zone through a replication interface of a second instance of the storage service at the second availability zone.
US11687559B1
Computer system compares data across two data sources. Database connectivity drivers access the first and second data sources. RAM receives and stores data from each of the first and second data sources accessed by the drivers. The data from the first data source are stored in a first table in the RAM and data from the second data source are stored in a second table in the RAM. A processor compares data in the first and second tables. The processor is programmed to compare the data by identifying a set of primary keys across the first and second tables. The set of primary keys are a set of one or more columns in the both first and second tables that uniquely identify rows across both the first and second tables. The processor then compares the data in the first and second tables, which comparison can include: determining, based on the identified set of primary keys, a total number of mismatched cell values across the first and second tables; and computing a score for the comparison of the first and second tables, where the score is computed based on the total number of mismatched cell values. The computer system can then generate an electronic comparison report based on the comparing of the first table and second table.
US11687544B2
Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for enabling an analytics user interface to be adaptive based on, among other things, content of a user-defined query. A computing device may receive the query, which is to be applied to a dataset. The computing device way receive the query via an analytics user interface. Based on the query and using a recommendation engine, a plurality of recommended result elements and associated visualization elements may be determined. Based on the query and a selected recommended result element, a query result may be generated. The query result may contain a portion of records from the dataset, which may associated with the query and the at least one result element.
US11687543B2
A database system is described that includes components for storing time-series data and executing custom, user-defined computational expressions in substantially real-time such that the results can be provided to a user device for display in an interactive user interface. For example, the database system may process stored time-series data in response to requests from a user device. The request may include a start time, an end time, a period, and/or a computational expression. The database system may retrieve the time-series data identified by the computational expression and, for each period, perform the arithmetic operation(s) identified by the computational expression on data values corresponding to times within the start time and the end time. Once all new data values have been generated, the database system may transmit the new data values to the user device for display in the interactive user interface.
US11687540B2
Techniques are described for fast approximate conditional sampling by randomly sampling a dataset and then performing a nearest neighbor search on the pre-sampled dataset to reduce the data over which the nearest neighbor search must be performed and, according to an embodiment, to effectively reduce the number of nearest neighbors that are to be found within the random sample. Furthermore, KD-Tree-based stratified sampling is used to generate a representative sample of a dataset. KD-Tree-based stratified sampling may be used to identify the random sample for fast approximate conditional sampling, which reduces variance in the resulting data sample. As such, using KD-Tree-based stratified sampling to generate the random sample for fast approximate conditional sampling ensures that any nearest neighbor selected, for a target data instance, from the random sample is likely to be among the nearest neighbors of the target data instance within the unsampled dataset.
US11687532B2
A computer-implemented method for efficiently performing a database join in a distributed data processing system comprising multiple computational nodes, the method comprising determining a first set of one or more columns of a first database table and a second set of one or more columns of a second database table on which the join is to be performed; estimating a size of the rows of the first table which have a particular combination of values in the first set of columns; computing a salt factor n based on the estimated size of rows and further based on a processing capacity of a computational node of the distributed data processing system; assigning one of n different salt values to each row of the first table having the particular combination of values in the first set of columns; for each row of the second table having the particular combination of values in the second set of columns into n rows, expanding the row into n row, and assigning to each expanded row a different one of the n salt values; and performing a join operation on the modified first and second tables, wherein the rows of the first and second tables have the same combination of values in the first and second sets of columns and the same salt value are joined on the same computational node.
US11687519B2
A first stack running on a processor receives the transaction data, reference data, and context data. The reference data is independent of the transaction and of a user. The context data is associated with the user but is independent of the transaction. The first stack strips the transaction of derivable data to obtain stripped data. The derivable data includes data that can be derived from the stripped data, the context data, and the reference data. The derivable data can stream the stripped data to a global database available and redundant across multiple geographical regions. After the first stack fails, a second stack can resume the transaction by retrieving the stripped data from the global database, and retrieving the context data, and the reference data. The second stack can recreate the transaction data based on the stripped data, the context data, and the reference data, and can resume the transaction.
US11687516B2
Using an action registry to edit data across users and devices is described. In one or more implementations, a user editing data in an application requests to share the data with another user or another device for further editing. Responsive simply to the request or based on an exchange of content transfer information, the data is communicated to the selected user or device. Using information maintained by an action registry, a list of applications capable of editing the data is presented to the selected user or via the selected device. Upon selection of an application from the list, the selected application is launched. Once changes are made to the data by the selected user or device, those changes can be saved and the changed data automatically returned to the original user and/or device. The changed data can then be automatically presented to the original user or on the original device.
US11687515B1
Event time selection output techniques are described. In one or more implementations, one or more inputs are received, at one or more computing devices, that involve interaction associated with a particular one of a plurality of events via a user interface, in which the plurality of events result from a search of data, each of the plurality of events include the data that is associated with a respective point in time, and the one or more inputs specify a relative time in relation to the respective point in time of the particular event. A determination is made as to which of the plurality of events correspond to the specified relative time by the one or more computing devices and a result of the determination is output by the one or more computing devices for display in the user interface.
US11687514B2
Multimodal table encoding, including: Receiving an electronic document that contains a table. The table includes multiple rows, multiple columns, and a schema comprising column labels or row labels. The electronic document includes a description of the table which is located externally to the table. Next, operating separate machine learning encoders to separately encode the description, schema, each of the rows, and each of the columns of the table, respectively. The schema, the rows, and the columns are encoded together with end-of-column tokens and end-of-row tokens that mark an end of each column and row, respectively. Then, applying a machine learning gating mechanism to the encoded description, encoded schema, encoded rows, and encoded columns, to produce a fused encoding of the table, wherein the fused encoding is representative of both a structure of the table and a content of the table.
US11687512B2
Creating and executing flow plans by performing at least the following: obtaining a run-time flow plan that comprises a trigger, a first operation, and a second operation, wherein the first operation precedes the second operation within the run-time flow plan and one or more input values of the second operation are linked to the first operation, determining whether one or more conditions of the trigger are met, execute the first operation based at least on the determination that the one or more conditions of the trigger are met, monitoring whether the second operation is ready for execution based at least on a determination that the one or more input values of a second action operation are ready, and executing the second action operation when the second action operation has been identified as ready for execution.
US11687506B1
Affinity-based listing recommendations are created and used in a public data exchange. Listings can be evaluated against one another for affinity or similarity such that users working with a particular dataset can be presented with other datasets that share an affinity. Affinity can be determined from both the dataset metadata as well as information from the dataset content. Calculation of affinity scores can be pre-computed and stored, in advance of use, or determined on-the-fly. Presentation of most-similar listings can be deterministic, can contain randomization, can employ time-decay, can be weighted, and can make use of a tiered-sum approach.
US11687495B2
An electronic device may include logic to provide a trust credential for linking to a permissioned network over a local network, comprising a plurality of user devices; retrieve a document in an initial status for editing, corresponding to a first state of a distributed ledger, maintained by the permissioned network; generate a first change in the document, wherein the document is in a second status; send, to the permissioned network via the local network, the first change for storage in the distributed ledger, in a second state; retrieve the document in a third status, including a second change, performed subsequently to the first change, the second change being generated by a user device, external to the electronic device, and coupled to the local network; and link to the distributed ledger to retrieve a third state of the distributed ledger, the third state comprising the first change and the second change.
US11687493B1
A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. The system allows participants in the ecosystem to browse the hierarchical model to view information about the manufacturing entities, their plant facilities, and the packages assigned to the respective facilities. The system offers filtered role-specific views of the technology transfer documents, their approval statuses, and their plant assignments.
US11687488B2
A directory deletion method and apparatus, and a storage server, where the directory deletion method includes receiving, by a storage server, a delete operation authentication request of a host, where the delete operation authentication request carries user information and information about a target directory, storing, by the storage server, the user information and returning a file identifier (FID) of the target directory to the host after authentication succeeds, sending, by the host to the storage server, a delete request carrying the FID, performing, by the storage server, verification on the file and the subdirectory using the user information, and deleting a successfully verified empty subdirectory and a successfully verified file. Hence, the directory deletion method and the apparatus, and the storage server improve directory deletion efficiency.
US11687486B2
A system and method for the secure management of digital contracts utilizes technology from the following fields: digital timestamping, encryption, distributed storage, and distributed payment systems. The existing state-of-the-art contract management systems require counter-parties to give a substantial level of trust to third parties to perform functions such as storage and verification. This system and method reduces the amount of trust that the counterparties need to give to a single third party. The system and method may be used for the secure construction and management of digital contract data and metadata.
US11687482B2
A device for contactless communication with a terminal, comprising: an antenna for communication with the terminal; an embedded chip configured to communicate with the terminal in accordance with a contactless transmission protocol whereby a message sent by the terminal sets a specified initial waiting time for a response from the embedded chip to maintain a connection with the terminal, the embedded chip being configured to communicate requests to the terminal to extend the waiting time for response; and a module configured to perform processing formed of a plurality of discrete operations, the module being configured to, in response to completing a subset of one or more discrete operations within a waiting time interval set by the terminal, send a first type of command to the embedded chip if the processing is not complete; wherein the embedded chip is further configured to, in response to receiving the first type of command, communicate a request to the terminal to extend the waiting time for response.
US11687471B2
A method is described. The method includes executing solid state drive program code from system memory of a computing system to perform any/all of garbage collection, wear leveling and logical block address to physical block address translation routines for a solid state drive that is coupled to a computing system that the system memory is a component of.
US11687468B2
A memory system for storing data that includes providing a memory module having one or more memory devices and a voltage regulator for controlling voltage levels supplied to the one or more memory devices, wherein the voltage regulator has a first state that permits write and read operations with the one or more memory devices, and a second state where the voltage regulator prevents at least read operations with the one or more memory devices the system configured to store an encryption key in ROM on the voltage regulator; copy the encryption key value from the ROM to a voltage regulator register; set a voltage regulator encryption timer for a period of time; and transition the voltage regulator to the second state in response to the voltage regulator encryption timer expiring.
US11687463B2
A method is used for uninterrupted data flushing in a storage system. A barrier in a page descriptor ring is determined to distinguish between a filling flushing work set (FWS) and a frozen FWS. A sequence number of an I/O request is compared to the barrier. A FWS corresponding to the I/O request is identified based on the comparison. The I/O request is committed to the identified FWS.
US11687462B1
Techniques are disclosed for transferring a message between a sender agent and a receiver agent via a shared memory having a main memory and a cache. Feedback data indicative of a number of read messages in the shared memory is generated by the receiver agent. The feedback data is sent from the receiver agent to the sender agent. A number of unread messages in the shared memory is estimated by the sender agent based on the number of read messages. A threshold for implementing a caching policy is set by the sender agent based on the feedback data. The message is designated as cacheable if the number of unread messages is less than the threshold and as non-cacheable if the number of unread messages is greater than the threshold. The message is written to the shared memory based on the designation.
US11687457B2
A system includes a non-coherent component; a coherent, non-caching component; a coherent, caching component; and a level two (L2) cache subsystem coupled to the non-coherent component, the coherent, non-caching component, and the coherent, caching component. The L2 cache subsystem includes a L2 cache; a shadow level one (L1) main cache; a shadow L1 victim cache; and a L2 controller. The L2 controller is configured to receive and process a first transaction from the non-coherent component; receive and process a second transaction from the coherent, non-caching component; and receive and process a third transaction from the coherent, caching component.
US11687452B2
An amount of threshold voltage distribution shift is determined. The threshold voltage distribution shift corresponds to an amount of time after programming of a reference page of a block of a memory device. A program-verify voltage is adjusted based on the amount of threshold voltage distribution shift to obtain an adjusted program-verify voltage. Using the adjusted program-verify voltage, a temporally subsequent page of the block is programmed at a time corresponding to the amount of time after the programming of the reference page.
US11687445B1
A device, method and system is directed to fast data storage on a block storage device. New data is linearly written to an empty write block. A location of the new data is tracked. Meta data associated with the new data is linearly written. A lookup table may be updated based in part on the meta data. The new data may be read based the lookup table configured to map a logical address to a physical address.
US11687442B2
A computer-implemented method related to dynamic resource provisioning, includes: receiving, at a computer, a request to facilitate a testing environment, where the request specifies a number and type of resources to be included in the testing environment. A database which lists available resources in systems and/or devices that are in communication with the computer is inspected and the available resources are compared to the number and type of resources specified in the request to be included in the testing environment. In response to determining that a valid combination of the available resources meets the number and type of resources specified in the request to be included in the testing environment, the database is updated to indicate that each of the resources in the valid combination are in use. Moreover, the request is satisfied by returning information about the resources in the valid combination.
US11687433B2
Techniques for detecting state changes in a system may include receiving a first neural network that is trained to detect when the system transitions into a first resulting state, wherein the system transitions into at least a first intermediate state prior to transitioning into the final resulting state; training the first neural network using a first plurality of inputs denoting the system in the first intermediate state; obtaining a plurality of sets of internal state information of the first neural network, each set of the plurality of sets denoting an internal state of the first neural network at a different point in time after the first neural network has processed at least a portion of the first plurality of inputs; and training a second neural network, using the plurality of sets of internal state information, to detect the first intermediate state.
US11687428B2
An apparatus includes a main core processor configured to receive a first signal through a first main buffer, a second signal through a second main buffer, a third signal through a third main buffer and a fourth signal through a fourth main buffer, a shadow core processor configured to receive the first signal through a first shadow buffer, the second signal through a second shadow buffer, the third signal through a third shadow buffer and the fourth signal through a fourth shadow buffer, and a first glitch suppression buffer coupled to a common node of an input of the first main buffer and an input of the first shadow buffer.
US11687418B2
An illustrative method includes a data protection system detecting a data corruption event that impacts data stored within a storage element of a storage system, identifying one or more attributes associated with the storage element, and determining, based on the one or more attributes associated with the storage element, a recovery plan for the storage element, the recovery plan specifying one or more operations configured to recover the data stored within the storage element from the data corruption event.
US11687416B2
At least one data file for backup can be received. The data file can be divided into a plurality of data blocks. A first portion of the plurality of data blocks can be allocated to a first data processing system for backup by the first data processing system. A second portion of the plurality of data blocks can be allocated to a second data processing system for backup by the second data processing system.
US11687413B1
Various embodiments of the present application set forth a computer-implemented method that includes receiving at a mobile device from a first data source, a plurality of live data snapshots, each live data snapshot included in the plurality of live data snapshots being associated with a different point in time, generating, based on a presentation template and a first live data snapshot included in the plurality of live data snapshots, a first presentation data snapshot, receiving, at the mobile device from a wearable device, a plurality of data requests, wherein each data request included in the plurality of data requests comprises a different request for data to be presented by the wearable device and is received at a different point in time, and a first rate of receiving the plurality of data requests by the mobile device is lower than a second rate of receiving the plurality of live data snapshots by the mobile device, and in response to receiving a first data request included in the plurality of data requests, transmitting, by the mobile device, the first presentation data snapshot to the wearable device.
US11687411B2
Methods, systems, and devices for generating a balanced codeword protected by an error correction code are described. A memory device may receive data bits for storage. Based on the data bits, the memory device may generate a codeword that includes the data bits, parity bits, and placeholder bits. The memory device may balance the codeword by inverting one or more packets of the codeword. After balancing the codeword, the memory device may store at least a portion of the codeword in memory so that a later operation or a decoding process reveals the packets that were inverted as part of the balancing process. Accordingly, the memory device may re-invert the appropriate packets to recover the original data bits.
US11687406B2
Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which a memory device may select an option for a host device to access a memory array including a first portion configured to store user data and a second portion configured to store different data based on whether an ECC function of the memory device is enabled or disabled—e.g., storing ECC data when the ECC function is enabled, storing additional user data, metadata, or both when the ECC function is disabled. The host device may disable the ECC function and transmit an input to the memory device as to how to access the memory array. The memory device, based on the input, may select the option for the host device to access the memory array and communicate with the host device in accordance with the selected option.
US11687404B2
Technologies for preserving error correction capability in compute-in-memory operations in a memory include memory media and a media access circuitry coupled with the memory media. The media access circuitry is to detect an error code adjustment state indicative of a failure in the initiated error correction. The media access circuitry is to adjust a voltage to the memory media to eliminate the error code correction adjustment state. Once eliminated, the media access circuitry is to perform the error correction on the read data.
US11687402B2
Provided are a data transmission circuit and a memory. The data transmission circuit includes: a normal reading module, which is connected to a normal storage array and configured to read and output data from the normal storage array; a redundant reading module, which is connected to a redundant storage array, and configured to read and output data from the redundant storage array; and an error detection operation module, which is connected to the normal reading module and the redundant reading module respectively, and configured to synchronously receive the read data output from the normal reading module and the redundant reading module, and perform error detection operation on the read data.
US11687401B2
A method of feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit includes providing a precoding matrix index (PMI), error checking the (PMI) to produce an error check (EC) bit, coding the PMI and the EC bit and transmitting the coded PMI and EC bit.
US11687400B2
Apparatus and methods for controlling unmanned systems (UMSs), such as unmanned aircraft, are provided. A UMS can be provided that includes a physical computer, one or more auxiliary systems for the UMS, and a payload. The physical computer can execute software to cause the physical computer at least to instantiate a plurality of virtual computers that include a mission virtual computer and a payload virtual computer for: controlling the one or more auxiliary systems for the UMS using the mission virtual computer, communicating with the payload using the payload virtual computer, determining whether a software fault has occurred on one virtual computer of the plurality of virtual computers, and after determining that a software fault has occurred on one virtual computer of the plurality of virtual computers, preventing the software fault from causing a fault on a different virtual computer of the plurality of virtual computers.
US11687392B2
Method and system for constructing persistent memory index in non-uniform memory access architecture
A method for constructing a persistent memory index in a non-uniform memory access architecture includes: maintaining partial persistent views in a persistent memory and maintaining a global volatile view in a DRAM; an underlying persistent memory index processing a request in a foreground thread when cold data is accessed; when hot data is accessed, reading a key-value pair for a piece of hot data in the global volatile view in response to a query operation carried in the request, and in response to an insert/update/delete operation carried in the request, updating a local partial persistent view and the global volatile view; and in response to a hotspot migration, a background thread generating new partial persistent views and a new global volatile view, and recycling the partial persistent views and the global volatile view for old hot data into the underlying persistent memory index.
US11687391B2
Upon occurrence of multiple errors in a central processing unit (CPU) package, data indicating the errors is stored in machine check (MC) banks. A timestamp corresponding to each error is stored, the timestamp indicating a time of occurrence for each error. A machine check exception (MCE) handler is generated to address the errors based on the timestamps. The timestamps can be stored in the MC banks or in a utility box (U-box). The MCE handler can then address the errors based on order of occurrence, for example by determining that the first error in time causes the remaining error. The MCE can isolate hardware/software associated with the first error to recover from a failure. The MCE can report only the first error to the operating system (OS) or other error management software/hardware. The U-Box may also convert the timestamps into real time to support user debugging.
US11687385B2
Computer-implemented techniques for unsupervised event extraction are provided. In one instance, a computer implemented method can include parsing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, unstructured text comprising event information to identify candidate event components. The computer implemented method can further include employing, by the system, one or more unsupervised machine learning techniques to generate structured event information defining events represented in the unstructured text based on the candidate event components.
US11687382B2
Systems and methods for generating synthetic video are disclosed. For example, the system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include generating a static background image and determining the location of a reference edge. The operations may include determining a perspective of an observation point. The operations may include generating synthetic difference images that include respective synthetic object movement edges. The operations may include determining a location of the respective synthetic object movement edge and generating adjusted difference images corresponding to the individual synthetic difference images. Adjusted difference images may be based on synthetic difference images, locations of the respective synthetic object movement edges, the perspective of the observation point, and the location of the reference edge. The operations may include generating texturized images based on the adjusted difference images.
US11687371B2
This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining target allocation parameters for initiating targeted communications in complex computing networks, which may be associated with the allocation of allocatables in execution events over a period of time. The systems and methods may include receiving a desired allocation; determining a first available allocation at a first time; generating allocation information for a second period comprising the first time; determining a second available allocation at a second time; determining a remaining available allocation, based on the allocation information and the second available allocation; and determining one or more target allocation parameters for initiating a targeted communication to a computing device after the second time.
US11687367B2
A method of scheduling a plurality of tasks in an autonomous vehicle system (AVS) includes, by a processor, prior to runtime of an autonomous vehicle, identifying a plurality of tasks to be implemented by the AVS of the autonomous vehicle, for each of the tasks, identifying at least one fixed parameter and at least one variable, and developing a schedule for each of the tasks. The schedule includes an event loop that minimizes an overall time for execution of the tasks. The method includes compiling the schedule into an execution plan, and saving the execution plan to a memory of the autonomous vehicle. During runtime of the autonomous vehicle, the processor receives data corresponding to the variables of the tasks, and uses the variables to implement the execution plan on the autonomous vehicle.
US11687357B2
In a virtualization system that includes a hypervisor that performs OSID management for linking a plurality of OSs with resources, a guest OS that receives an initial value from the hypervisor and sets a OSID for each resource, and a OSID manager that sets a OSID for each resource, a new OSID created by OSID generator in OSID manager after a certain period of time has elapsed after setting the initial value is set to the guest OS and the IP (resource), and is requested to be updated to a new OSID set by the update controller in OSID manager. This enables simultaneous updating of OSID of the guest operating system and the resources, thus achieving high robustness.
US11687355B1
A system and method are provided to derive Virtual Network Function (VNF) infrastructure and networking requirements from the virtual network function descriptor and network services descriptor definitions (extended). This results in a fully automated system for VIM creation and VNF onboarding in order to prepare the infrastructure for VNF instantiation.
US11687354B2
The present disclosure provides a virtual machine management method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring virtual machine information of each virtual machine in a virtualization platform, receiving a first onboarding operation instruction for a target virtual machine in the virtualization platform, configuring a network and a virtual network console VNC of the target virtual machine, and when the configuration succeeds, storing in an already-onboarded virtual machine list in a database table virtual machine information of the target virtual machine. With the application of examples of the present disclosure, a unified management and control of virtual machines in the virtualization platform by a cloud management platform can be realized.
US11687353B2
A method is described for controlling an electronic device with a programmable control unit based upon a plurality of operative parameters and a series of rules that these operative parameters shall satisfy. The method includes the following steps: associating a firmware with the electronic device; providing the firmware with a file containing the values of the operative parameters and the rules these operative parameters shall satisfy; and controlling the device by using the operative parameters and the rules contained in the file.
US11687350B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing foldably connected with the first housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, at least one sensor, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the at least one sensor, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured, when instructions stored in the memory are executed, to control the flexible display to display a first execution screen of a first application, based on an angle between the first housing and the second housing, which is identified using the at least one sensor, falling within a predetermined range, identify whether the first application supports changing of an execution screen according to a change in angle, and based on the first application supporting the changing of the execution screen according to the change in the angle, control the flexible display to display a second execution screen of the first application associated with the predetermined range instead of the first execution screen.
US11687348B2
Disclosed are various examples of intelligent provisioning management. An application launch is detected from a client device. An application launch policy is identified. Device parameters are identified and mapped to an application access type according to the application launch policy. The application is accessed according to the application access type.
US11687324B2
A property management method is provided. Firstly, a projectable space instance for modeling a home system is provided. When the projectable space instance is acquired by a user, a projector parses the projectable space instance. After the projectable space instance is parsed, a projected home system corresponding to the home system is created, so that at least one property is accessible by the user. A property management system and a machine using the property management method are also provided.
US11687320B2
The disclosure relates to detecting phase slips that may occur in a multi-lane serial datalink. Phase slips may occur when a lane experiences lane skew, which may introduce a phase slip with respect to another lane. To detect phase slippage, the system may select a reference lane from among the lanes. The system may generate a pre-deskew delta value based on a difference between the FIFO filling level of the reference lane before a deskew and the FIFO filling level of a second lane before the deskew. The system may generate a post-deskew delta value based on a difference between the FIFO filling level of the reference lane after the deskew and the FIFO filling level of the second lane after the deskew. The system may use a difference between the post-deskew delta and the pre-deskew delta to detect phase slip on the second lane relative to the reference lane.
US11687318B1
Techniques include a method of providing a user interface on a device. The user interface has at least a first display portion, a second display portion and a third display portion, the second display portion including a link to the third display portion that, when activated by a user, cause the device to present the third display portion of the user interface, the first display portion not including the link to the third display portion. The method includes causing the first display portion to be displayed. The method further includes receiving audible input while the first display portion is being displayed. The method further includes determining that the third display portion corresponds to an utterance in the audible input based at least in part on labels determined to match the utterance. The method further includes causing the third display portion to be displayed.
US11687317B2
An auditory signal is received by a wearable contact lens. The auditory signal is received from a user. The receiving occurring during a listening mode. The wearable contact lens positioned adjacent to an eye of the user during the receiving. A connection is made from the wearable contact lens to a paired computing device of the user. The connection is through a personal network connection. The auditory signal is transferred from the wearable contact lens, through the personal network connection, to the paired computing device of the user.
US11687304B1
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for allowing a user to add content from an external medium to a job submitted at a multi-function device. The method includes receiving a job at the multi-function device for a pre-defined operation. The method further includes providing a user interface at the multi-function device including an option for adding the content from the external medium. Once the option is selected, a code generated corresponding to the job is displayed at the multi-function device. Upon scanning the code, the user selects the content to be added and provides details of the content to be added from the external medium. Finally, the selected content is added in the job resulting in a final output.
US11687302B2
An image forming apparatus is provided on which an application including a first module and a second module is installed. The first module is configured to determine whether to activate the second module based at least on a time set by a user, and activate the second module based on the first module determining to activate the second module. The second module is configured to cause the image forming apparatus to perform printing. In addition, the image forming apparatus includes an activation unit configured to activate the first module without activating the second module, periodically at each elapse of a predetermined time interval. In a case where it is determined that the second module is to be activated before a time when the first module is to be activated next, the first module is configured to set a timing to activate the second module.
US11687296B2
A terminal device may obtain specific information stored in a memory. The specific information may include at least one of region information indicating a region where the terminal device is used and model information of a printing device used by the terminal device. The printing device may be configured to execute printing by using a plurality of cartridges corresponding to a plurality of colors. The terminal device may determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied or not by using the specific information, and in a case where it is determined that the condition is satisfied, send a first page request and color information to a server. The color information may indicate a selected color selected from the plurality of colors.
US11687293B2
An information processing apparatus having print data generation software and print software installed thereon, the print data generation software having been obtained at a first timing, the print software being different from the print data generation software and obtained at a second timing different from the first timing, launches the print software in a case where print setting information set by a user using a setting screen provided by the print software includes a setting that matches a launch condition for the print software.
US11687286B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for improving the resiliency and performance for clustered memory. A computing device can mark a page of the memory as being reclaimed. The computing device can then set the page of the memory as read-only. Next, the computing device can submit a write request for the contents of the page to individual ones of a plurality of memory hosts. Subsequently, the computing device can receive individual confirmations of a successful write of the page from the individual ones of the plurality of memory hosts. Then, the computing device can mark the page as free in response to receipt of the individual confirmations of the successful write from the individual ones of the plurality of memory hosts.
US11687278B2
A data storage system can connect a data storage controller to a host and a data storage device. A first reference state corresponding to a first zone of the data storage device can be incremented in response to a first version of data being assigned to the first zone by the data storage controller. A second version of the data may be written to a second zone of the data storage device prior to populating a recently freed list with the first zone having an incorrect reference state. The first zone can be allocated by the data storage controller for new data without altering the incorrect reference state that is subsequently written to the first zone as directed by the data storage controller.
US11687277B2
Devices and techniques for arbitrating operation of memory devices in a managed NAND memory system to conform the operation to a power budget. In an example, a method can include initiating a first plurality of host-requested NAND memory operations of a first type at a first channel of a memory device for a first interval, and, at the completion of the first interval, performing a second plurality of homogeneous, host-requested NAND memory operations of a second type at the first multiple plane memory die for a second interval.
US11687276B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for streaming arbitrarily large amounts of data through computational storage programs of a computational storage device. A computational storage device comprises a storage media, a computational storage processor, and a controller. A firmware of the controller comprises a plurality of streaming drivers, each associated with a data source or data destination of the storage device. The firmware further comprises a buffer abstraction layer operable to read data from a data source through an associated ingress streaming driver of the plurality of streaming drivers to provide a source data stream for a computational storage program executing on the computational storage processor. The buffer abstraction layer is further operable to receive a destination data stream from the computational storage program and write data to a data destination through an associated egress streaming driver of the plurality of streaming drivers.
US11687272B2
A system divides non-volatile memory of a plurality of storage devices into physical extents which comprises chunks. The system allocates slabs associated with the storage devices, wherein a respective slab comprises extents from different storage devices and further comprises stripes. A stripe comprises a chunk from each extent of the respective slab. The system updates, in a first data structure, an entry which indicates: a slab number for the respective allocated slab; and a storage device identifier and an extent number for each extent in the respective allocated slab. Responsive to receiving a write request, the system obtains a first stripe from a pre-allocated list which includes the allocated slabs. The system searches, based on stripe information associated with the first stripe, the first data structure to obtain a physical location in a storage device to which to issue the write request.
US11687265B2
Techniques are provided for incremental snapshot copy to an object store. A list of deallocated block numbers of primary storage of a computing device are identified. Entries for the list of deallocated block numbers are removed from a mapping metafile. A list of changed block numbers corresponding to changes between a current snapshot of the primary storage and a prior copied snapshot copied from the primary storage to the object store is determined. The mapping metafile is evaluated using the list of changed block numbers to identify a deduplicated set of changed block numbers without entries within the mapping metafile. An object, comprising data of the deduplicated set of changed block numbers, is transmitted to the object store for storage as a new copied snapshot.
US11687263B2
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to receive a request from a requester for a superblock, determine that one or more blocks of a die of the superblock are expected to fail, and either replace the one or more blocks of the die with another one or more blocks from a different die or add the another one or more blocks from the different die and disable the one or more blocks of the die, and provide the superblock to the requester. The superblock provided to the requester is erased prior to the providing and is the same size as an original superblock.
US11687252B2
A non-volatile storage apparatus comprises one or more memory die assemblies, each of which includes an inference circuit positioned in the memory die assembly. The inference circuit is configured to use a pre-trained model (received pre-trained from a source external to the non-volatile storage apparatus and stored in a dedicated block in non-volatile memory) with one or more metrics describing current operation of the non-volatile storage apparatus in order to predict a defect in the non-volatile storage apparatus and perform a countermeasure to preserve host data prior to a non-recoverable failure in the non-volatile storage apparatus due to the defect.
US11687243B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to reducing the latency of data deduplication. In embodiments, an input/output (IO) workload received by a storage array is monitored. Further, at least one IO write operation in the IO workload is identified. A space-efficient probabilistic data structure is used to determine if a director board is associated with the IO write. Additionally, the IO write operation is processed based on the determination.
US11687239B2
A file storage system configured to use a second storage system includes a first file system provided to an application, a first storage system in which a file is stored by the first file system, a processor, state management information storing a state of the file, a state information management unit that manages the state management information, and a file virtualization unit that manages files stored in the first storage system and the second storage system. The processor performs a calling process of the first file system based on an operation request of the file from the application. The first file system processes the operation request of the file. The state information management unit performs a state management information update process of the file based on input information with respect to the first file system related to the operation request, or an operation content.
US11687234B2
A computer system including an electronic device and an input device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a touch display area and a control unit. The input device includes a plurality of positioning structures and a grounding piece. The positioning structures are electrically connected to the grounding piece. When the input device is disposed on the touch display area of the electronic device, the control unit detects positions of the positioning structures on the touch display area, calculates a coverage area covered by the input device on the touch display area according to the positions, and determines a range of a display area of the touch display area according to the coverage area.
US11687229B2
In some embodiments, a method receives an input for a user interface and determines whether an input classification that classifies the input in one of a plurality of input classifications is included with the input. When the input classification is not included with the input, performing: determining an input classification for the input and sending the determined input classification and the input to a server system. When the input classification is included with the input, sending the input and the input classification that is included with the input to the server system. Then, the method receives a user interface format that is based on the input classification from the server system and causes output of content in the user interface format on the user interface.
US11687221B2
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for computing device control. The embodiment may include segmenting an augmented reality (AR) view of an environment of a user into distinct segmented areas of the AR view. The AR view is created by an AR device of the user. The segmenting is performed using the AR device. The embodiment may include mapping a computing device within the environment to a distinct segmented area of the AR view. The mapping results in a user interface (UI) of the computing device being displayed within the distinct segmented area of the AR view. The embodiment may include controlling the computing device via the UI of the computing device displayed within the distinct segmented area of the AR view.
US11687217B2
A system and method whereby an user interface editing device is used to create a user interface for a controlling device, the created user interface including user interface elements that are associated with functional operations of a virtual equivalent of an appliance. After the created user interface is transferred to the controlling device, the virtual equivalent of an appliance is caused to be linked to an intended target appliance whereupon activation of those user interface elements of the graphical user interface that were associated with functional operations of the virtual equivalent of an appliance will cause the controlling device to transmit commands to control corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance.
US11687205B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a base substrate, a first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode. A hole is defined through the base substrate. The first sensing electrode includes first sensing patterns and first connection patterns, which are arranged in a first direction. The second sensing electrode includes second sensing patterns and second connection patterns, which are arranged in the first direction. One first connection pattern and one second connection pattern are spaced apart from each other in a second direction with the hole defined therebetween. A first distance in the second direction between the one first connection pattern and the one second connection pattern is greater than a second distance in the second direction between another first connection pattern and another second connection pattern.
US11687192B2
A touch controller that can configure touch circuitry according to a scan plan, which can define a sequence of scan events to be performed on a touch panel is disclosed. The touch controller can include a configurable transmit section to generate stimulation signals to drive the panel, a configurable receive section to receive and process touch signals from the panel, and a configurable memory to store the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a programmable scan engine to configure the transmit section, the receive section, and the memory according to the scan plan. The touch controller advantageously provides more robust and flexible touch circuitry to handle various types of touch events at the panel. An active stylus that can generate stimulation signals that can be detected by the touch controller during various touch events at the panel is also disclosed.
US11687180B2
A method for transmitting a touch control driving signal, a touch control chip and an electronic device are provided, which could effectively reduce the influence of the touch control driving signal in a touch control screen on a display screen. The method includes: acquiring a pixel update interval of a pixel circuit in a display screen, the pixel update interval being a time interval during which the pixel circuit receives a data driving signal; and generating a touch control driving signal of a touch control screen according to the pixel update interval, part of the touch control driving signal that is located within the pixel update interval being a constant value.
US11687178B2
According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a cover base material opposed to the second substrate; a plurality of first electrodes overlapping a display region on a plane parallel with the first substrate; and a second electrode arranged at the cover base material and overlapping a frame region outside the display region. Proximity or contact of an object with respect to the frame region is detected based on capacitance between the first electrodes and the second electrode. The second electrode extends along a side of the frame region.
US11687157B2
The present invention relates to a brain-computer interface system and a method for recognizing a conversation intention of a user using the same in addition to inferring the waveform of word sound intended by a user from an imagined speech brainwave associated with a word intended by a user, since the user can intuitively recognize the sentence he/she wants to speak through the imagined speech by classifying words that are most relevant to the imagined speech brainwave of the user in a database in which a word often used by the user or frequently used in a specific situation is stored and by generating a sentence intended by the user by recognizing the words classified in this way, it is possible to perform communication by only thoughts of the user.
US11687153B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein may operate to adjust display orientation of a user device based on facial landmark information. In various embodiments, information identifying and describing a facial landmark of a user may be received via a user device corresponding to the user. Head orientation of the user may be determined based at least in part on the information identifying and describing the facial landmark. A display unit of the user device may be automatically signaled to align display orientation of contents being presented with the head orientation as determined based at least in part on the information identifying and describing the facial landmark.
US11687152B1
A computer-implemented method is disclosed which includes determining a current activity of an individual, comparing movements of the individual while performing the current activity to corresponding movements in a reference activity, determining whether a performance level of respective movements of the individual while performing the current activity are within a predetermined performance range for corresponding movements in the reference activity, generating, via a generative adversarial network (GAN), a directional guidance recommendation based, at least in part, on: a comparative analysis of the movement of the individual while performing the current activity and the corresponding movement included in the reference activity, and a degree of deviation between the performance level of the at least one movement of the individual and an optimal performance level of the corresponding movement included in the reference activity, and displaying the generated directional guidance recommendation to the individual.
US11687141B2
A foldable display apparatus, a method of manufacturing the same, and a controlling method of the same are disclosed. The foldable display apparatus includes a substrate including a metal thin film and an insulating layer provided on the metal thin film, an organic light-emitting unit formed on the substrate and emitting light in an direction away from the substrate, and a thin film encapsulating layer for encapsulating the organic light-emitting unit. The foldable display apparatus may be folded in a direction such that the metal thin film is exposed.
US11687136B2
A power throttling engine includes a register configured to receive a power throttling signal. The power throttling engine further includes a decoder configured to generate a vector based on a value of the power throttling signal. The value of the power throttling signal is an amount of power throttling of a device. The power throttling engine further includes a clock gating logic configured to receive the vector and further configured to receive a clocking signal. The clock gating logic is configured to remove clock edges of the clocking signal based on the vector to generate a throttled clocking signal.
US11687135B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of domains each to operate at an independently controllable voltage and frequency, a plurality of linear regulators each to receive a first voltage from an off-chip source and controllable to provide a regulated voltage to at least one of the plurality of domains, and a plurality of selectors each coupled to one of the domains, where each selector is configured to provide a regulated voltage from one of the linear regulators or a bypass voltage to a corresponding domain. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11687132B2
A crossflow air deflector part for directing airflow includes a front central spine, a first arcuate wall extending from the spine to a first back lateral edge of the airflow deflector, and a second arcuate wall extending from the spine to a second back lateral edge of the airflow deflector opposing the first back lateral edge. Such an airflow deflector can be implemented into a storage server, positioned between a laterally adjacent pair of data storage device (DSD) chambers and a pair of vertically stacked fans, such that the crossflow air deflector functions to direct airflow from one of the lateral DSD chambers into the lower fan and to direct airflow from the other lateral DSD chamber into the upper fan. Independent airflow control for each DSD chamber and each corresponding DSD is thereby provided.
US11687128B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display, a printed circuit board, an antenna radiator, and a flexible printed circuit board. The second housing slides in a first direction to be pulled out of the first housing and slides in a second direction opposite to the first direction to be pulled into the inside of the first housing. The flexible display is disposed in the first housing and the second housing. The printed circuit board is disposed in the second housing and may move according to sliding of the second housing. The antenna radiator is disposed on a side surface of the first housing. The flexible printed circuit board electrically connects the printed circuit board and the antenna radiator. The first housing includes a through hole formed in a side surface thereof, and at least a portion of the antenna radiator may be inserted via the through hole into the inside of the first housing. The antenna radiator may move on the side surface of the first housing according to sliding of the second housing.
US11687126B2
A device includes: an array of light emitting elements extending in a first plane, each light emitting element being arranged to emit light; an array of pixel driver elements extending in a second plane beneath the array of pixels, in which each pixel driver element is configured to drive a corresponding light emitting element of the array of light emitting elements; a hole positioned within the array of light emitting elements and the array of pixel driver elements, in which the hole extends from the first plane through the second plane, a first multiple of light emitting elements from the array of light emitting elements in a first region adjacent the hole are arranged to provide a first resolution, and a second multiple of light emitting elements from the array of elements in a second region away from the hole are arranged to provide a second resolution.
US11687117B2
A semiconductor apparatus include a first electrode, an insulating layer covering an end of the first electrode, a functional layer arranged on the first electrode and the insulating layer, and a second electrode arranged above the functional layer, wherein, in a cross-section passing through the insulating layer, and the first electrode, the insulating layer includes a first portion having a side surface inclining at an angle of 45° or more and 90° or less, a second portion having a side surface inclining at an angle smaller than 45°, and a third portion below the first portion, and having a side surface inclining at an angle smaller than 45°, and wherein a length of the second portion in a direction vertical to the first electrode is larger than that of the third portion.
US11687116B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for dynamically adjusting a clock speed of a core of a multicore processor of user equipment. The method includes one or more processors generating a dedicated logical channel from a user device to a multidomain service orchestration layer of a fifth generation (5G) telecom network. The method further includes collecting information of the user device through the dedicated logical channel. The method further includes identifying situational insight of the user device based at least in part on the information of the user device. The method further includes identifying determining a workload forecast of one or more cores of the user device based at least in part on the situational insight. The method further includes identifying determining a recommended central processing unit (CPU) clock speed for a CPU core of the user device based at least in part on the workload forecast.
US11687113B2
A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
US11687110B2
A multi-channel current pulse generator for driving a plurality of loads with unique positive terminals and a shared negative terminal. The pulse generator comprises a pulse control transistor and, for each load, a load capacitor and a charging control transistor. The pulse control transistor allows or blocks current pulses through the loads and has a drain terminal connected to the shared negative terminal, a source terminal connected to ground, and a gate terminal for receiving a load driver control signal. The load capacitors are discharged by current pulses through the corresponding loads. The charging control transistors allow or block charging currents for the corresponding load capacitors. The pulse control transistor is preferably an enhancement mode GaN FET and is chosen to withstand current pulses through a maximum number of loads to be driven simultaneously.
US11687104B2
In certain aspects, a system includes an amplifying circuit having an input and an output, wherein the input of the amplifying circuit is coupled to a gate of a pass transistor of a low dropout (LDO) regulator. The system also includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor coupled between the output of the amplifying circuit and the input of the amplifying circuit.
US11687100B2
A system and method for distributing control over a drone and an active-payload carried by the drone to loosely coupled drone controller and payload controller, are disclosed. The active-payload includes a self-embedded payload controller and at least one controllable thrust source or moving weight. The drone controller identifies a current active-payload type that is coupled to the drone for performing one or more tasks and selects a control-type, which defines degrees of freedom (DOFs) to be controlled by the drone controller and released DOFs to be controlled by the payload controller, accordingly. The drone and active-payload perform the one or more task, wherein the drone controller controls maneuver instructions in drone controller controlled DOFs and simultaneously and asynchronously the payload controller controls maneuver instructions in the released DOFs by exerting controllable force or torque in the released DOFs by the at least one thrust source and/or moving weight.
US11687094B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for managing autonomous vehicles. In this regard, vehicle context data associated with an indication of a change in an autonomous level for a vehicle traveling along a road segment is determined. Furthermore, the vehicle is assigned to a queue of vehicles traveling along the road segment in response to a determination that the vehicle context data corresponds to particular vehicle context data associated with the queue of vehicles. An indication of the queue of vehicles may also be provided to the vehicle to facilitate navigation of the vehicle.
US11687092B2
A hand-held surface cleaning device includes circuitry to communicate with a robotic surface cleaning device to cause the same to target an area/region of interest for cleaning. Thus, a user may utilize the hand-held surface cleaning device to perform targeted cleaning and conveniently direct a robotic surface cleaning device to focus on a region of interest. Moreover, the hand-held surface cleaning device may include sensory such as a camera device for extracting three-dimensional information from a field of view. This information may be utilized to map locations of walls, stairs, obstacles, changes in surface types, and other features in a given location. Thus, a robotic surface cleaning device may utilize the mapping information from the hand-held surface cleaning device as an input in a real-time control loop, e.g., as an input to a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) routine.
US11687087B2
Systems and methods for trajectory prediction and motion device control include receiving a first set of data about a surrounding environment of a motion device. The first set of data includes first sensory data and first position data. The method includes receiving a second set of data about the surrounding environment of the motion device. The second set of data includes second sensory data and second position data, where the first sensory data differs in modality from the second sensory data. The method also includes extracting features from the first set of data that model motion behavior of the motion device, and extracting features from the second set of data that model motion behavior of the motion device. The method includes inputting the features into a machine learning model, and computing a first trajectory based on a first latent variable and a second trajectory based on a second latent variable.
US11687082B2
A traffic management system for controlling an AGV includes a sensor arranged proximate to an intersection between first and second passages in a logistics facility. The sensor transmits sensing beams into the second passage to detect presence of a vehicle in the second passage. The sensor transmits sensor signals based on the presence of the vehicle in the second passage. The traffic management system includes a traffic controller receiving the sensor signals and communicating with the AGV causing the AGV to stop at a stopping location in the first passage and restrict movement of the AGV into the second passage when the object is detected.
US11687076B2
Many different types of systems are utilized or tasks are performed in a marine environment. The present invention provides various configurations of unmanned vehicles, or drones, that can be operated and/or controlled for such systems or tasks. One or more unmanned vehicles can be integrated with a dedicated marine electronic device of a marine vessel for autonomous control and operation. Additionally or alternatively, the unmanned vehicle can be manually remote operated during use in the marine environment. Such unmanned vehicles can be utilized in many different marine environment systems or tasks, including, for example, navigation, sonar, radar, search and rescue, video streaming, alert functionality, among many others. However, as contemplated by the present invention, the marine environment provides many unique challenges that may be accounted for with operation and control of an unmanned vehicle.
US11687073B2
The invention relates to a special controller for an electric wheelchair (D), comprising an element for inputting commands (input element) and an adapter box (B) for transmitting data of the input element to an input/output module (C) of the electric wheelchair (D), wherein the data of the input element are transmittable wirelessly to the adapter box (B) and the input element comprising a wearable computer system (wearable) (A).
US11687070B2
A shock absorber system may include at least one sensor that is configured to measure an operating parameter of the shock absorber during operation of the shock. The system may be configured to determine Time-Through-Stroke (TTS) and/or Rod Return Time (RRT) utilizing data from the sensor or sensors. The system may be configured to utilize machine learning to detect and/or predict a failure of the shock absorber.
US11687067B2
According to certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method may be used for detecting health status of an environmental control system. The method may include receiving aircraft data of an aircraft and receiving flight data of an aircraft. Calculating a predicted performance of the aircraft based on the received aircraft data and the received flight data and generating at least one model scalar or residual, wherein the at least one model scalar or residual is generated based on the aircraft data of the aircraft. Identifying at least one pattern from the at least one model scalar or residual and classifying the at least one pattern into at least one of a plurality of classifications. Identifying a failure of modes or components from the classifications and transmitting a maintenance report once the failure of modes or components is identified.
US11687066B2
A computing system may include a virtual cross metrology engine configured to construct a given virtual metrology model. The given virtual metrology model may take, as inputs, process parameters applied for the given step of a semiconductor fabrication process. The virtual cross metrology engine may also be configured to construct a subsequent virtual metrology model, and the subsequent step is performed after the given step in the semiconductor fabrication process. Doing so may include determining inputs for the subsequent virtual metrology model from a combination of the process parameters applied for the given step of the semiconductor fabrication process, process parameters applied for the subsequent step of the semiconductor fabrication process, and a wafer value for the given step of the semiconductor fabrication process that the given virtual metrology model is configured to predict.
US11687047B2
A system and approach for storing factors in a quadratic programming solver of an embedded model predictive control platform. The solver may be connected to an optimization model which may be connected to a factorization module. The factorization module may incorporate a memory containing saved factors that may be connected to a factor search mechanism to find a nearest stored factor in the memory. A factor update unit may be connected to the factor search mechanism to obtain the nearest stored factor to perform a factor update. The factorization module may provide variable ordering to reduce a number of factors that need to be stored to permit the factors to be updated at zero floating point operations per unit of time.
US11687046B2
A system for optimizing machine performance includes an optimization system and a data processing system. The data processing system records readings from data sources monitoring the performance of a machine and related aspects. The readings are processed at the optimization system and a machine learning model is trained to differentiate between data corresponding to an interval of optimal runtime performance and data corresponding to an interval of pre-error performance. The trained model is used to identify a subset of the various data sources that are most-predictive for a particular performance state of the machine, such as a pre-error performance state or an optimal runtime performance state. The subset of the various data sources are provided to a multivariate model for generating set-point recommendations for each of the most-predictive data sources. Visualizations are generated for providing real-time monitoring of deviations of the most-predictive data sources from the set-points associated therewith.
US11687037B2
A device (1000) for the winding and time-setting of a watch (1) with an oscillating resonator (2), which includes: an automatic winding mechanism (304) for a mechanical or automatic watch, which includes at least one watch reception support (305), a viewing system (1002), a stoppage monitor (500) to observe the stoppage of a resonator (2), and a controller (900) arranged to identify the stoppage time displayed by the watch (1) in the stoppage position thereof, to compute the time remaining until a synchronization between the actual time indicated by the clock (1001) and the stoppage time, and, when the remaining time has elapsed, to activate the automatic winding mechanism (304) for rewinding the power storage device of the watch (1).
US11687036B2
A timepiece includes a drive module, a dial including a central opening, an hour pipe passing through the central opening of the dial and driven in rotation by the drive module, and a dial attachment device. The attachment device includes a holding tube arranged around the hour pipe and mechanically connected to the drive module. The holding comes to bear against the dial or against a dial support to which the dial is attached.
US11687035B2
A display panel includes a plate-shaped decoration member including a shading part and a light transmission part formed within the shading part, as well as a plate-shaped reflection member disposed on a back side of the decoration member. The shading part and the light transmission part create a fine pattern in plan view. The reflection member is configured to reflect light. The decoration member is disposed on a front surface of the reflection member.
US11687033B2
A self-winding mechanical horological movement including a pivotally oscillating weight, wherein the oscillating weight is provided with a decorative disc mounted on the oscillating weight and pivotally driven by the weight. The disc is fastened to a support that includes a stem inserted into a hole provided in the rotational shaft of the weight. The stem and the hole include non-circular section cylindrical portions corresponding with one another, so that the support and the disc are pivotally driven by the shaft. The disc forms a decoration that covers the entire surface of the movement, without requiring technical complexities. The disc can be free to undergo an axial movement in relation to the weight, so that the disc may be removed from the weight when the horological movement is dismantled from a watch case.
US11687028B2
An image-forming device includes a main casing, a belt accommodated in the main casing, developing units arranged along the belt, a drawer configured to detachably support the developing units, the drawer configured to move to a position inside the main casing and to a position outside the main casing, and the drawer having a leading end and a trailing end in a pulling direction from the inside position to the outside position; and a guide configured to guide the drawer and to move between a first position and a second position when the drawer is at the inside position, the second position being farther from the belt than the first position from the belt. When the guide is at the second position, the guide is configured to be tilted downward relative to a horizontal direction such that the leading end is lower than the trailing end.
US11687022B2
A sheet stacker includes a sheet stacking member, a biasing force applier, an angle setter, and a regulator. The sheet stacking member has an upstream portion in a sheet conveyance direction. The upstream portion is movable in a vertical direction. The biasing force applier is configured to apply a biasing force to bias the sheet stacking member upward. The angle setter is configured to set an angle of the sheet stacking member in the sheet conveyance direction, relative to a sheet conveying portion, between a first angle and a second angle. The regulator is configured to regulate movement of the sheet stacking member in a case in which the upstream portion of the sheet stacking member is located closer to the sheet conveying portion at either the first angle or the second angle.
US11687016B2
In a cartridge, a housing has a developer accommodating portion and includes a first side wall and a second side wall. A coupling member is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the first side wall. A detection body is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the second side wall. A first driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the coupling member with respect to the first side wall, and transmits driving force from the coupling member to a rotating member. A second driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the detection body with respect to the second side wall, and transmits driving force from the rotating member to the detection body.
US11686994B2
A method for driving an acousto-optic element with an acousto-optic crystal and a piezoelectric transducer for setting the acousto-optic crystal in mechanical vibration includes driving the piezoelectric transducer with a drive signal with at least one drive frequency. The at least one drive frequency in alternation takes on a plurality of different values around a center frequency during a passage of a mechanical vibrational wave through the acousto-optic crystal, such that a grating that is produced owing to density fluctuations in the acousto-optic crystal exhibits different grating spacings at the same time.
US11686993B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal phase shifter array, a driving method thereof, and a laser scanner. The liquid crystal phase shifter array includes a plurality of liquid crystal phase shifter units arranged in array, a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode provided on the first substrate, and a second electrode provided on the second substrate. Each liquid crystal phase shifter unit includes a first optical waveguide provided on a side of the first substrate proximal to the liquid crystal layer and arranged to be in direct contact with the liquid crystal layer.
US11686991B1
A silicon optical modulator includes a silicon-on-insulator substrate and a first waveguide and a second waveguide arranged parallel to each other in the silicon-on-insulator substrate. The first waveguide includes a first PN junction. The second waveguide includes a second PN junction. At least one of the first PN junction and the second PN junction is disposed at an interface between a P type doped region and a N type doped region. The interface has an irregular shape that is not perpendicular to a plane in which the silicon-on-insulator substrate lies.
US11686990B2
Optical modulators with semiconductor based optical waveguides interacting with an RF waveguide in a traveling wave structure. The semiconductor optical waveguide generally comprise a p-n junction along the waveguide. To reduce the phase walk-off between the optical signal and the RF signal, the traveling wave structure can comprise one or more compensation sections where the phase walk-off is reversed. The compensation sections can comprise a change in dopant concentrations, extra length for the optical waveguide and/or extra length for the RF waveguide. Corresponding methods are described.
US11686988B2
Automated control of an electrochromic device is described. A method includes receiving a first image captured from a first viewpoint of an electrochromic device. The method further includes identifying at least one of an obstructed portion of the first image or an unobstructed portion of the first image. The method further includes generating an obstruction map based on the at least one of the obstructed portion of the first image or the unobstructed portion of the first image. The method further includes determining, based on the obstruction map, a desired tinting state of the electrochromic device and causing a current tinting state of the electrochromic device to correspond to the desired tinting state.
US11686987B2
The display device includes a first substrate; an active layer disposed on the first substrate; a first insulation layer disposed on the active layer; a first electrode layer disposed on the first insulation layer including a gate electrode line extending along a first direction and a protruding portion extending along a second direction; a second insulation layer disposed on the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the second insulation layer. The second electrode layer includes a date line extending along the second direction and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion has a first maximum width A along the first direction, and the second conductive portion has a second maximum width B along the first direction. The first maximum width A is less than the second maximum width B.
US11686983B2
A display device is provided and includes display unit comprising common electrodes two dimensionally arrayed on substrate, drive signal lines configured to transmit drive signals for touch detection to common electrodes, and switch circuit comprising transistors connected to drive signal lines to select at least one common electrode; flexible substrate connected to substrate; pads at connections of flexible substrate and substrate; and touch detection circuit configured to transmit drive signals to common electrodes, wherein: transistors comprises: first transistor connected to first electrode of common electrodes via first wiring of first length; and second transistor connected to second electrode of common electrodes via second wiring of second length; channel width of first transistor is narrower than channel width of second transistor; drive signal lines are respectively connected to pads separated at two or more positions.
US11686969B2
A jagged display effect may be ameliorated by processing an edge of the display into an arc shape, thereby improving display quality. Display units in the color filter substrate are in a one-to-one correspondence with pixel units in the display. A plurality of display units corresponding to a corner area of the display include a ribbon area including K display units. A target boundary line that is of the ribbon area and that is away from the center of the color filter substrate is jagged, and K≥2. In the ribbon area, a light transmittance of a first display unit close to the target boundary line is less than a light transmittance of a second display unit away from the target boundary line. The ribbon area comprises Q transition layers disposed along the target boundary line.
US11686955B2
An integrated circuit interposer includes a semiconductor substrate layer; a first metal contact layer including a first metal contact section that includes metal contacts arranged for electrically coupling to a first semiconductor die in a controlled collapsed chip connection, and a second metal contact section that includes metal contacts arranged for electrically coupling to a second semiconductor die in a controlled collapsed chip connection. A first patterned layer includes individually photomask patterned metal path sections. A second patterned layer includes individually photomask patterned waveguide sections, including a first waveguide that crosses at least one boundary between individually photomask patterned waveguide sections. A first modulator is coupled to the first waveguide for modulating an optical wave in the first waveguide based on an electrical signal received at a first metal contact in the first metal contact section, and a second modulator is coupled to the first waveguide for modulating the optical wave based on an electrical signal received at a second metal contact in the first metal contact section or the second metal contact section.
US11686948B2
A head-mounted display system includes a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold a display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use and an interfacing structure for the display unit constructed and arranged to be in opposing relation with the user's face. The interfacing structure comprises a substantially continuous face engaging surface adapted to contact the user's face around a periphery of the user's eyes. The interfacing structure comprises silicone. The interfacing structure is configured and arranged such that force applied to the user's face is distributed around the periphery thereof. The interfacing structure comprises a first compliance at a first region and a second compliance at a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured around the periphery of the interfacing structure to allow selective distribution of the force onto the user's face.
US11686947B2
A set of augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) glasses are disclosed. The glasses comprise a fiber reinforced structure. The fiber reinforced structure includes a continuous fiber component. The fiber reinforced structure also includes a thermoplastic material injection molded over the continuous fiber component, wherein the thermoplastic material surrounds the continuous fiber component. The glasses also comprise electronics that are coupled to the fiber reinforced structure, wherein the electronics are configured to facilitate presentment of imagery onto a lens of the glasses.
US11686945B2
A method including determining a maximum luminance location of a display based on a field of view of an eye of a user of the display, and driving a plurality of light sources in the display based on locations of the plurality of light sources with respect to the maximum luminance location of the display. The plurality of light sources is controlled to have different luminance levels in different display zones corresponding to different zones on the retina of the eye of the user. In some examples, the display zones of the display system that have higher luminance levels can be dynamically changed based on the field of view or the gaze direction of the eye of the user.
US11686936B2
A head up display mirror holder arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a picture generation unit producing a light field. A mirror reflects the light field such that the light field is visible to the driver as a virtual image. A mirror holder has two opposite ends and an activation feature. The two opposite ends are aligned along a rotational axis of the mirror. The mirror holder retains the mirror. Each of two bushings is coupled to a respective opposite end of the mirror holder. A calibration switch has minimum proximity to the activation feature of the mirror holder.
US11686916B2
A lens barrel includes a lens and a holding barrel configured to hold the lens. The holding barrel includes a holding unit configured to hold the lens, a plurality of adhesion portions at which the lens held by the holding unit is fixed to the holding barrel by an adhesive, and a plurality of caulking portions at which the lens held by the holding unit is fixed to the holding barrel by caulking the lens. Each of the plurality of adhesion portions and each of the plurality of caulking portions are spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the holding barrel, on a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens.
US11686913B2
Fiber optic cable assemblies and methods of fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fiber optic cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a connector body having a body passageway and a body aperture. The connector assembly further includes a crimp ring, a crimp body and a locking element. The crimp ring includes a first end, a second end, a crimp ring passageway, and a crimp ring aperture. The crimp body includes a crimp body passageway and one or more crimp features. The crimp body is crimped to the cable jacket such that the strength members wrap around the cable jacket and are disposed between the crimp body and the cable jacket. The second end of the crimp ring is crimped to the crimp body. The locking element is disposed within the body aperture and the crimp ring aperture.
US11686901B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an optical polarizer with a varying vertical thickness, and methods to form the same. An optical polarizer according to the disclosure may include a first waveguide core over a semiconductor substrate. A first cladding material is on at least an upper surface of the first waveguide core. A second waveguide core over the first waveguide core and above the first cladding material. The second waveguide core includes a first segment having a vertical thickness that varies along a length of the first segment. A second cladding material is at least partially surrounding the second waveguide core. Transfer of one of a transverse electric (TE) mode signal and a transverse magnetic (TM) mode signal from the first waveguide core to the second waveguide core occurs between the first segment of the second waveguide core and the first waveguide core.
US11686900B2
An optical device includes an input array, an output array and a waveguide array. The input array is connected to a first slab structure, while the output array is connected to a second slab structure. The waveguide array is optically coupled to the first slab structure and the second slab structure. The waveguide array includes a first connecting part, a second connecting part and a plurality of waveguide channels. The first connecting part is joined with the first slab structure. The second connecting part is joined with the second slab structure, wherein the second connecting part includes a central portion and at least one flank portion, the central portion is connected to and overlapped with the second slab structure, and the at least one flank portion extends over a side surface of the second slab structure. The waveguide channels are joining the first connecting part to the second connecting part.
US11686896B2
An LED light source module includes a substrate; a protective layer disposed on the substrate and having at least one opening; a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the at least one opening, a light-emitting member, a plurality of electrodes, and an auxiliary structure. The conductive terminals include a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal. The light-emitting member includes a bottom surface, a light-emitting surface connected to the bottom surface, a back surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, at least one lateral surface connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface. The electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode are respectively electrically connected to the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal The auxiliary structure is arranged between the substrate and the light-emitting member and does not contact with the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the auxiliary structure includes a main support portion provided on the substrate to support the bottom surface of the light-emitting member, and the main support portion is located between the electrodes and extends at least from the back surface to the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting member.
US11686895B2
Techniques for creating, configuring, and employing diffusion light devices are presented. Such light device(s) can comprise or be associated with a light management component (LMC) that can employ sensors to monitor environmental conditions in a defined area of people or vehicles, and a diffusion component that can diffuse or otherwise process light. At a least a portion of the diffusion component and/or a light component can be formed of a fabric that can emit light and/or diffuse light. LMC can enhance function of the light device to manage diffusion of light or perform other tasks to enhance user experience and safety and security of people or vehicles. Based on results of analyzing sensor data relating to the conditions, LMC can determine and facilitate implementing an adjustment(s) to a parameter(s) of the diffusion component or light component to achieve desired emission or diffusion of light.
US11686892B2
Disclosed are a combination structure including a nanostructure array including a plurality of nanostructures with a smaller dimension than the near-infrared wavelength are repeatedly arranged and a light absorption portion adjacent to the nanostructure array and including a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light in at least a portion of near-infrared wavelength regions, an optical filter, an image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device including the same.
US11686889B2
A system includes a first group of optic lenses within a focusing unit positioned along the propagation direction of a collimated laser beam, the first group of optic lenses separated by a predetermined fixed distance. The first group of optic lenses in conjunction cause the collimated beam to form as an annular beam as it passes through the first group of optic lenses. An axicon lens located distal from the first group of optic lenses along the propagation direction, the axicon lens operable to bifurcate the annular beam into two deflected collimated beam sections, and the axicon lens having a focus that causes the two deflected collimated beam sections to merge at a distance distal from the axicon lens to create an interference pattern region.
US11686888B1
The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a deformable element, a structural support element, a substantially transparent deformable medium positioned between the deformable element and the structural support element, a compliant peripheral component positioned between peripheral portions of the deformable element and the structural support element, and an actuator configured to displace at least a portion of the compliant peripheral component to deform the deformable element and change at least one optical property of the optical lens assembly. Related head-mounted displays and methods of fabricating such optical lens assemblies are also disclosed.
US11686883B2
Provided is a display device including a display panel including a first area, a second area, and a bendable area which is disposed between the first and second areas and is bent so that the second area is disposed below the first area, a driving IC disposed below the second area, a window disposed on the first area, a window protection layer disposed on the window, and a first panel protection layer disposed below the first area. When viewed on a plane, one side of the window protection layer and one side of the window are spaced apart from a first boundary between the first area and the bendable area, and the one side of the window protection layer is disposed between the first boundary ad the one side of the window.
US11686873B2
The present invention discloses a new submerged buoy data acquisition system, including a battery compartment, a main control processor, a GPS receiver, a gigabit Ethernet interface module, and a plurality of data acquisition boards, where the GPS receiver is connected to the main control processor, and the main control processor is connected to a host computer by using the gigabit Ethernet interface module; the data acquisition board includes a hydrophone sensor, a front-end drive circuit, an AD conversion circuit, a clock module, a DA conversion circuit, an FPGA, an ARM processor, and a storage module; the hydrophone sensor is connected to the AD conversion circuit by using the front-end drive circuit, the AD conversion circuit is connected to the FPGA, the FPGA is connected to the ARM processor, the storage module is connected to the ARM processor, the DA conversion circuit is connected to the FPGA and the clock module, the clock module is connected to the FPGA, and the ARM processor is connected to the main control processor. The present invention improves acquisition performance of the submerged buoy data acquisition system, and implements synchronous acquisition and control of the entire system.
US11686869B2
The present disclosure discloses a seismic vibrator, a vibration device and a driving apparatus for the same. The seismic vibrator comprises: a base; a mounting plate; a first spring configured to connect the base and the mounting plate, so that the mounting plate reciprocates relative to the base; a coil fixed with the base; a magnet having one end fixed with the mounting plate, and the other end stretched into the coil; a magnetic steel fixed with the magnet, wherein a gap for accommodating the coil is provided between the magnetic steel and the magnet; and a counterweight fixed with the mounting plate. The vibration device comprises the above seismic vibrator and an adjustable base. Compared with the traditional electromagnetic controllable seismic vibrator, the structure of the seismic vibrator provided by the present disclosure is simpler.
US11686868B2
An earthquake estimation method for more promptly estimating an earthquake on the basis of observation data. The earthquake estimation method includes, by a computer: generating an observation image showing a spatial distribution of seismic wave propagation on a basis of an observation result of seismic waves at a plurality of observation points on a ground; and estimating a parameter of an earthquake with respect to the observation image by using an earthquake estimation model in which a parameter of an earthquake including at least a position of a hypocenter and a magnitude is associated with a simulated observation image showing a spatial distribution of seismic wave propagation on a ground obtained from a result of a numerical simulation of the earthquake, performed with the parameter.
US11686845B2
A lidar receiver that includes a photodetector circuit can be controlled so that the detection intervals used by the lidar receiver to detect returns from fired laser pulse shots are closely controlled. Such control over the detection intervals used by the lidar receiver allows for close coordination between a lidar transmitter and the lidar receiver where the lidar receiver is able to adapt to variable shot intervals of the lidar transmitter (including periods of high rate firing as well as periods of low rate firing). The lidar receiver can define the detection intervals based on a region in the field of view that a laser pulse shot is targeting (e.g., setting longer detection intervals for laser pulse shots targeting a horizon region, setting shorter detection intervals for laser pulse shots targeting a region that intersects within the ground within a relatively short distance of the lidar system).
US11686843B2
In an apparatus, each of light receiving elements outputs an intensity signal based on a corresponding intensity of return light from a measurement space. The return light includes reflected light reflected based on reflection of the measurement light by a target object. An identifying unit identifies a light receiving area in the light detection region as a function of the intensity signals of the respective light receiving elements. The light receiving area is based on specified light receiving elements in the plurality of light receiving elements. The specified light receiving elements are arranged to receive the reflected light. An estimating unit estimates, based on a geometry of the light receiving area, a state of the apparatus including a state of the optical system.
US11686841B2
A radar system and a terminal device are provided. The radar system includes a controller and at least two radar modules directly or indirectly connected to the controller. The at least two radar modules include a first radar module and a second radar module, and the first radar module and the second radar module implement time division multiplexing of the controller in a digital domain. Compared with an existing radar system, the radar system in this application can provide more transmit channels, more receive channels, and a larger antenna array size when the two radar systems include a same quantity of controllers.
US11686840B2
A system and method for identifying damage to an embankment includes acquiring satellite imagery of an area of the embankment, generating a set of input data from the satellite imagery, removing at least one anomaly in the set of input data to obtain a cleaned set of input data, and identifying the damage by determining a dam motion area indicative of ground motion in the embankment from the cleaned set of input data and determining an anomalous vegetation area and an anomalous wetness area indicative of seepage in the embankment from the cleaned set of input data.
US11686837B2
A method of determining kinetic information may include: receiving a plurality of raw information related to a plurality of objects using a radar device provided in a vehicle; obtaining, by analyzing the plurality of raw information, a plurality of candidate kinetic information related to the vehicle; estimating, through spatial filtering, current first kinetic information related to the vehicle from the plurality of candidate kinetic information; and correcting, using a kinetic model, the estimated current first kinetic information based on current first kinetic information, wherein the current first kinetic information is predicted from previous first kinetic information related to the vehicle using a kinetic model.
US11686829B2
A display apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a storage section for storing distance measurement data acquired by performing a distance measurement and position data indicating a position at which the distance measurement was performed as a set, a position detecting section for detecting a current position, and a display section for displaying the distance measurement data stored as a set with the position data corresponding to the detection result of the current position detected by the position detecting section, within the distance measurement data stored in the storage section. By displaying, with the display section, the distance measurement data stored as a set with the position data corresponding to the detection result of the current position detected by the position detecting section, within the distance measurement data stored in the storage section, only necessary distance measurement data corresponding to the current position can be displayed to the user.
US11686824B2
Embodiments discussed herein refer to using LiDAR systems that uses a rotating polygon with a multi-facet mirror. Such multi-facet galvanometer mirror arrangements generate a point map that has reduced curvature.
US11686816B2
A scanner that can detect types of targets in a scan are includes a processor, housing and a 3D scanner disposed within the housing. The 3D scanner has a light source, a beam steering unit, a first angle measuring device, a second angle measuring device, and a light receiver, the beam steering unit cooperating with the light source and light receiver to define a scan area, the light source and the light receiver configured to cooperate with the processor system to determine locations a plurality of points in the scan area. In cases where the targets are spheres, the processor is configured to: identify potential sphere center points in the scan area by processing points identified in a single scan line; record locations of potential sphere center points; and compare some or all of the recorded locations to one another to select a sphere center point.
US11686810B2
A radar apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit radio waves; a reception unit including a first receiver configured to receive a first reflected radio wave and a second receiver configured to receive a second reflected radio wave, the first reflected radio wave and the second reflected radio wave having different polarization characteristics from each other and being included in reflected radio waves that are the radio waves reflected by a detection target; and a control unit configured to control operations of the transmission unit and the reception unit, and configured to identify the detection target on the basis of the operation of the transmission unit, a first reception level at the first receiver, and a second reception level at the second receiver.
US11686807B2
A method of wireless ranging between an initiator node and a responder node, involves performing a measurement procedure resulting in a two-way phase measurement between an initiator node and a responder node, the measurement procedure involving the initiator node transmitting an initiator carrier signal; the responder node performing a phase measurement of the initiator carrier signal relative to a responder node clock reference; the responder node transmitting a responder carrier signal; and the initiator node performing a phase measurement of the responder carrier signal relative to the initiator node clock reference, the method further involving calculating a distance between the initiator node and the responder node using as input the two-way phase measurements for the plurality of nominal frequencies; and a clock reference offset correction of the initiator node and of the responder node.
US11686803B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to trigger calibration of a sensor node using machine learning are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a machine learning model trainer to train a machine learning model using first sensor data collected from a sensor node. A disturbance forecaster is to, using the machine learning model and second sensor data, forecast a temporal disturbance to a communication of the sensor node. A communications processor is to transmit a first calibration trigger in response to a determination that a start of the temporal disturbance is forecasted and a determination that a first calibration trigger has not been sent.
US11686802B2
The present invention relates to the locally resolved examination of objects by means of magnetic resonance (MR) and relates specifically to a less motion-artifact prone method for navigated multi-shot acquisition of diffusion-weighted image data using moment-nulled magnetic field gradients for diffusion encoding. The invention further relates to an apparatus for performing the method.
US11686800B2
Disclosed is a medical imaging system (100, 300). The execution of machine executable instructions (120) causes a processor (104) to: receive (200) measured magnetic resonance imaging data (122) descriptive of a first region of interest (307) of a subject (318); receive (202) a B0 map (124), a T1 map (126), a T2 map (128), and a magnetization map (130) each descriptive of a second region of interest (309) of the subject; receive (204) pulse sequence commands (132); calculate (206) a simulated magnetic resonance image (136) of an overlapping region of interest (311) using at least the B0 map, the T1 map, the T2 map, the magnetization map, and the pulse sequence commands as input to a Bloch equation model (134); and reconstruct (208) a corrected magnetic resonance image from the measured magnetic resonance imaging data for the overlapping region of interest by solving an inverse problem. The inverse problem comprises an optimization of a cost function and a regularization term formed from the simulated magnetic resonance image.
US11686791B2
An MRI system receive coil arrangement 3 for use with a main MRI scanner arrangement. The arrangement includes at least one primary receive coil 6 having a first impedance at a predetermined frequency and a first size defined by a cross-sectional area bounded by the primary receive coil and at least one auxiliary receive coil 7 having a second impedance at said predetermined frequency and a second size defined by a cross-sectional area bounded by the auxiliary receive coil wherein the first impedance is lower than the second impedance and the first size is larger than the second size.
US11686790B2
Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods to facilitate imaging an infant using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. A system for facilitating imaging an infant using an MRI device is provided herein, the system comprising a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly configured to be coupled to the MRI device and comprising a first RF coil configured to transmit RF signals during MRI and/or be responsive to MR signals generated during MRI and a helmet for supporting at least a portion of the infant's head, and an infant support to support at least a portion of the infant's body and configured to be coupled to the RF coil assembly. Further provided is an apparatus for coupling an infant support to an MRI device.
US11686778B1
A multifunctional battery health state detection device is disclosed, which includes a housing, two ignition clamps for connecting to a vehicle battery; a microcontroller; a sampling circuit connected to the two ignition clamps for sampling a voltage signal of the vehicle battery; and an indicator unit including a plurality of indicators configured to display a ranking of the battery health state of the vehicle battery. The microcontroller is configured to obtain the sampled voltage signal from the sampling circuit, detect the ranking of the battery health state based on the sampled voltage signal, and control the indicator unit to display the battery health state according to the ranking of the battery health stat, and boost the vehicle battery by providing starting energy from a portable power supply to the vehicle battery in response to detecting the battery health state being one of two lowest rankings among a plurality of rankings.
US11686768B2
The present disclosure provides a method of testing a single device under test (DUT) through multiple cores in parallel, which includes steps as follows. The test quantity of the DUT is calculated; the test quantity of the DUT is evenly allocated to to a plurality of test cores, so as to control a period of testing the DUT through the test cores in parallel.
US11686766B2
A temperature measurement circuit includes a band-gap reference circuit configured to generate a band-gap reference voltage that is fixed regardless of an operation temperature, a reference voltage generator circuit configured to generate a measurement reference voltage by adjusting the band-gap reference voltage, a sensing circuit configured to generate a temperature-variant voltage based on a bias current, where the temperature-variant voltage is varied depending on the operation temperature, an analog-digital converter circuit configured to generate a first digital code indicating the operation temperature based on the measurement reference voltage and the temperature-variant voltage, and an analog built-in self-test (BIST) circuit configured to generate a plurality of flag signals indicating whether each of the band-gap reference voltage, the measurement reference voltage, and a bias voltage corresponding to the bias current is included in a predetermined range.
US11686757B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a controller for an aircraft electrical system includes, a software safe module. In embodiments, the software safe module can be configured to determine whether there was a sudden power failure upon controller initialization, and cause operation of the controller in a software safe mode if there was a sudden power failure such that manual intervention is required to leave the software safe mode to prevent repetitive power failure of the controller.
US11686756B2
Detecting a counterfeit status of a target device by: selecting a set of frequencies that best reflect load dynamics or other information content of a reference device while undergoing a power test sequence; obtaining target electromagnetic interference (EMI) signals emitted by the target device while undergoing the same power test sequence; creating a sequence of target kiviat plots from the amplitude of the target EMI signals at each of the set of frequencies at observations over the power test sequence to form a target kiviat tube EMI fingerprint; comparing the target kiviat tube EMI fingerprint to a reference kiviat tube EMI fingerprint for the reference device undergoing the power test sequence to determine whether the target device and the reference device are of the same type; and generating a signal to indicate a counterfeit status based at least in part on the results of the comparison.
US11686747B2
The disclosure relates to accurately determining a DC energy signal, such as a DC current or DC voltage, which may be particularly useful when controlling a formation/testing current of a battery cell during formation and/or testing. In the battery formation/testing context, a current sensor is used to measure the current of the battery cell, which is used as a feedback signal for controlling the current to achieve a target current. The transfer function of the current sensor is used to improve the accuracy of the current measurement. Because the transfer function can be regularly determined during formation/testing, a lower-cost current sensor with relatively poor temperature coefficient may be used. Any change in the gain of the current sensor may be detected by the transfer function determination and corrected for. Therefore, high current control accuracy may be achieved at lower cost.
US11686742B2
An air data system includes a laser emitter, a laser receiver, and an electronics module. The electronics module includes a processor and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the laser to emit a coherent light pulse into a target volume locating within an exhaust flow aft of an aircraft. The laser receiver detects backscatter produced by the coherent light pulse interacting with the aft target volume, and the electronics module determines an air data parameter based on the backscatter and at least one of an engine parameter indicative of an engine condition of the aircraft and an aircraft parameter indicative of a state of the aircraft before outputting the air data parameter to a consuming system of the aircraft.
US11686733B2
A means for predicting an infant's risk of developing an allergy to an allergen is provided. IgG1 antibody titers and IgE antibody titers against egg white in a sample of infants 6 months old or younger are measured using a DCP chip, and a scattergram is created by plotting the IgG1 antibody titer on an X axis and the IgE antibody titer on a Y axis. For data distribution divided into two blocks, a linear function applicable to the respective blocks is calculated to obtain two types of linear functions, and the risk of developing an allergy is predicted based on which block an infant belongs to.
US11686723B1
Method to record or prevent the recordation of consent between at least one sexual partner. If the partner cannot prove certain information, generally including but not limited to his or her level of intoxication, program instructions ensure that a menu of sexual acts will not be generated. If a menu of sexual acts is not presented, the sexual partner cannot override the program instructions.
US11686714B2
Provided is a gas sensor and methods of monitoring the same. The gas sensor may detect gas restrictions within the gas sensor. The gas sensor may include a test gas diffusion path allowing for monitoring of restrictions within the gas sensor. A pulse of test gas may be electrochemically generated into a void disposed between the membrane and capillary of the gas sensor. The resulting transient signal on the sensing electrode may be analyzed to determine the degree of restriction present in the gas sensor.
US11686708B2
A system for non-destructive testing of a bond condition of concrete beams reinforced by steel rods is described. The system includes a transducing transmitter, a transducing receiver, and an ultrasonic pulse generator configured to generate drive signals for the transducing transmitter and receive a plurality vibrational waves at the transducing receiver. The system further includes a computing device including a measurement circuit configured to record a transit time for each vibrational wave and divide a distance between the transducing transmitter and the transducing receiver by the transit time to determine a pulse velocity of each vibrational wave, a comparison circuit configured to identify a highest pulse velocity of the vibrational waves and compare each highest pulse velocity to a first reference pulse velocity, and a decision circuit including an artificial neural network configured to identify a compromised bond condition around a steel rod.
US11686694B2
An apparatus (and method) for automated NMR relaxation measurements on borehole materials (e.g., drill cuttings, sidewall cores and whole cores) includes a sample cassette and a sample transfer system operating synchronized with the NMR experiment. The apparatus implements an automatic calibration, adaptive data stacking and automated measurements of the sample volume for irregular shaped samples. The measurements throughput may be increased by creating more than one excitation/detection volume during a measurement cycle. The NMR surface data may be interpreted together with other bulk sensitive measurement data (e.g. natural gamma ray spectroscopy) or/and downhole data to evaluate earth formations while drilling an oil well.
US11686691B2
A radiation imaging apparatus that obtains a radiation image by an energy subtraction method. Each pixel includes a conversion element that converts radiation into an electrical signal and a reset portion that resets the conversion element. Each pixel performs an operation of outputting a first signal corresponding to an electrical signal generated by the conversion element in a first period, and an operation of outputting a second signal corresponding to an electrical signal generated by the conversion element in the first period and a second period. Radiation having first energy is emitted in the first period, and radiation having second energy is emitted in the second period. In each pixel, the reset portion does not reset the conversion element during a period that includes the first period and the second period.
US11686683B2
A thin-film deposition system deposits a thin-film on a wafer. A radiation source irradiates the wafer with excitation light. An emissions sensor detects an emission spectrum from the wafer responsive to the excitation light. A machine learning based analysis model analyzes the spectrum and detects contamination of the thin-film based on the spectrum.
US11686681B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are methods and systems of image analysis useful for rapidly identifying and/or quantifying features.
US11686670B2
Implementations are described herein for isolating mirrors and/or other potentially-vulnerable components of multi-pass optical systems from samples being analyzed, while mitigating interference and/or reduction in optical power. In one implementation, an apparatus may include: an optical cell with one or more passages, the one or more passages provided for introducing a sample into an interior of the optical cell for analysis and for removing the sample from the interior; a first mirror with a first reflective surface that faces the interior of the optical cell; one or more additional mirrors with one or more corresponding additional reflective surfaces that face the first reflective surface of the first mirror; and a wedge-shaped optical element positioned between the first mirror and the interior of the optical cell.
US11686661B2
Hydrogel particles and their use in cytometric applications are described. The hydrogel particles described herein are selectively tunable to have at least one optical property substantially similar to at least one optical property of a target cell. In this regard, the hydrogel particles provided herein, in one aspect, are used as a calibration reagent for the detection of a target cell in a sample.
US11686660B2
A particle concentration analyzing system for testing particle concentrations in a fluid sample, such as engine emission particle concentration present in the exhaust of an engine. The particle concentration analyzing system includes a condensation particle counter having a saturation chamber, a condenser, and a laser optic particle counter. The analyzing system further includes a working fluid tank, a working fluid pump, and a sampling probe. The system provides a robust analysis system for a user to test vehicle emissions without being highly trained on the device, as the device is protected from misuse. A position sensitive sensor is used to ensure that the system is not damaged if the system is tipped over or placed in a position that would produce false results. Additional features include differential pressure sensors, a sealed and replaceable tamper resistant working fluid tank, a solvent recovery system, an anti-cheat device, and fluid purity sensors.
US11686657B1
In the specification and drawings a method for testing a proppant is described and shown that involves: obtaining a proppant sample; separating the proppant sample into a plurality of sub-samples according to grain size; subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure that is sufficient to crush at least a portion of the proppant within at least one of the plurality of sub-samples; and independently analyzing each sub-sample to determine at least one of: i) the amount of proppant that was crushed within each sub-sample; and ii) the amount of proppant that was not crushed within each sub-sample.
US11686654B2
The present invention provides a device for collecting liquid and a smart toilet comprising the same. The device comprises a fixing support, a swinging mechanism, a suction tube assembly and a pump body mechanism; the suction tube assembly (9) comprises a slide rail component and a retractable suction tube component disposed therein, one end of the slide rail component is connected to the swinging mechanism; the suction tube component comprises a suction tube internally provided with a cavity and an opening disposed above the cavity, and a first conduit disposed in the suction tube one end of the first conduit is inserted in the cavity, the other end of the first conduit is connected to the pump body mechanism. The fixing support is fixedly connected to the toilet body; the suction tube component swings towards the center of the toilet under the effect of the swinging mechanism, the suction tube component is used for receiving the urine. The device further comprises a liquid-level sensing mechanism for monitoring the amount of the urine in the cavity in real time and controlling the start and stop of the pump body mechanism according to the amount of the urine. The device takes the urine sucked in the air as a sample for health analysis, avoiding the problem of cross-contamination caused by sucking the urine from the inside surface of the toilet.
US11686645B2
An electric clip, such as may be utilized with a leak detector, has a base which receives an insert to secure an inserted material, such as a mesh, there between. The insert has an arm with opposing hooks which pass through a first slot in a biased manner and then spring out once through to provide an assembled configuration. The clip can be secured to the material, such as by directing fingers through a second slot in a biased manner which then return once through to retain on a ledge.
US11686639B2
A protective device for a membrane of a sensor that detects a physical parameter acting upon the membrane includes a hollow main body that elongates in a direction along a longitudinal axis. The main body is open at one opposite end of the main body along the longitudinal axis, and at the end of the main body opposite the open end the protective device includes a bottom in which is defined a passage through which the medium is able reach the membrane when the protective device is attached to the sensor. The passage is defined in part by a wall that is configured so that the electromagnetic radiation propagating in the passage cannot reach the membrane without being reflected at least once on the wall.
US11686637B2
A silicon carbide-based micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) combined temperature-pressure sensor chip and a preparation thereof. The chip includes a peripheric pressure-measuring unit and a center temperature-measuring unit. The pressure-measuring unit includes a silicon carbide substrate with a raised island and a pressure sensitive diaphragm formed by etching the back of the substrate. The raised island and the pressure-sensitive diaphragm constitute a membrane-island structure. Four piezoresistive strips are arranged symmetrically along a circumferential direction of a root of the pressure-sensitive diaphragm and between the raised island and the pressure-sensitive diaphragm. The temperature-measuring unit includes the raised island and a thin-film thermocouple arranged thereon.
US11686635B2
A calibration monitoring system is provided to automatically monitor the calibration status of tools and other inventory items, such as upon the items being issued from or returned to the automated calibration monitoring system. The system identifies an inventory item, for example a calibrated torque wrench or other calibrated tool identified based on a unique identifying tag attached thereto. The system retrieves a calibration parameter value for the item from a calibration database, and completes a calibration measurement of the item based on the calibration parameter value. In the example, a torque measurement of the calibrated torque wrench can thus be automatically completed. In turn, the system determines a current calibration status of the item based on the calibration measurement, and selectively enables or disables issuance of the inventory item from the system according to the item's status as being in calibration or out of calibration.
US11686631B2
A method for calibrating an electronic temperature sensor connected to a mobile device. The device includes a microprocessor and memory linked to the microprocessor, to store an application coupled to a data entry interface. The temperature sensor is initially placed in a plurality of predetermined environments, where it provides an initial raw temperature value measured in each environment, and, for each of these environments, a predetermined initial temperature value corresponding to the actual temperature of this environment is entered beforehand directly into the application via the interface. The method includes in computing a calibration curve according to each predetermined initial temperature value entered from the application and according to each corresponding initial raw temperature value provided by the temperature sensor, storing in the device or in the sensor, calibration parameters determined from the calibration curve, and correcting by the calibration parameters each raw temperature value measured by the sensor.
US11686620B2
Provided is a spectral imaging apparatus. The spectral imaging apparatus includes: an optical filter including a plurality of band filter units having different center wavelengths; a sensing device configured to receive light passing through the optical filter; an imaging lens array including a plurality of lens units which respectively correspond to the plurality of band filter units and each implement imaging on the sensing device; and a transparent substrate which is apart from the sensing device. At least one of the optical filter and the imaging lens array is provided on the transparent substrate.
US11686614B2
A photodetecting device is provided. The photodetecting device includes a first photodetecting component including a substrate having a first absorption region configured to absorb photons having a first peak wavelength and to generate first photo-carriers, and a second photodetecting component including a second absorption region configured to absorb photons having a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and to generate second photo-carriers. The first photodetecting component further includes two first readout circuits and two first control circuits for the first photo-carriers and electrically coupled to the first absorption region. The second photodetecting component further includes two second readout circuits and two second control circuits for the second photo-carriers and electrically coupled to the second absorption region, wherein the two second readout circuits are separated from the two first readout circuits, and the two second control circuits are separated from the two first control circuit.
US11686613B2
An ultraviolet flame detector (100) includes a housing (102) having an opening (103) at a first end (101a) of the housing (102), and a window structure (104) arranged to cover the opening (103) of the housing (102). A photocathode (106) is arranged to a second end (101b) of the housing (102) so that the photocathode (106) is facing inside the housing (102). An anode wire (108) is arranged between the window structure (104) and the photocathode (106). The anode wire (108) is configured to travel transversally across the housing (102). The ultraviolet flame detector (102) is filled with a gas.
US11686610B2
A condition monitoring device for monitoring machinery includes a combination of on-board sensors and a condition monitoring module. The on-board sensors include modules for non-contact temperature, magnetic flux and 3-axis vibration sensing of the machinery. The condition monitoring module provides a condition monitoring signal containing information about an operating condition of the machinery, based upon a data synthesis condition monitoring technique that synthesizes non-contact temperature, magnetic flux and 3-axis vibration sensed data received from the combination of on-board sensors, determines a current operating condition of the machinery, and compares the current operating condition and the baseline operating condition of the machinery.
US11686604B2
An ultrasonic flow meter includes measurement flow path where a cross section of a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows is rectangular, one or more partition plates that divide measurement flow path into a plurality of layered flow paths, and a pair of ultrasonic sensors that are disposed upstream and downstream on the layered flow paths and are capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic signal. In addition, the ultrasonic flow meter includes a flow rate measuring unit that detects a flow rate of the fluid to be measured based on a propagation time, the propagation time being a time period from when one of the ultrasonic sensors transmits the ultrasonic signal to cause the ultrasonic signal to propagate through the fluid to be measured until when an other one of the ultrasonic sensors receives the ultrasonic signal.
US11686600B2
An apparatus with rotor input detection includes: a first reactance element disposed at a rotor configured such that at least a part of the rotor rotates around a rotation axis, and disposed at the rotor such that reactance of the first reactance element varies depending on relative rotation between a first portion of the rotor and a second portion of the rotor; and a second reactance element disposed at the rotor such that reactance of the second reactance element varies depending on a contact or a force applied to a side surface of the rotor. The first and second reactance elements are configured to detect inputs of different areas of the rotor.
US11686598B2
Provided are a detection circuit of a bridge sensor, a chip and a detection system. The detection circuit includes: an alternating current excitation module, and further includes a signal conditioning module, an analog-to-digital conversion module and a processing module connected in sequence. The alternating current excitation module is configured to apply an alternating current excitation signal to the bridge sensor. The signal conditioning module and the analog-to-digital conversion module are configured to sequentially process an output signal of the bridge sensor. The processing module is configured to demodulate the processed output signal and obtain detection information of the bridge sensor according to the demodulated output signal. In embodiments of the present disclosure, a white noise of the system can be greatly suppressed, and a signal-to-noise ratio of the system is improved, thereby improving detection performance of the bridge sensor.
US11686594B2
Devices, systems and methods for a cloud-based meter management system are provided. The present disclosure includes a meter cloud server, a plurality of IEDs or meters, and one or more clients (e.g., a web browser client), which are coupled via a network (e.g., via various wireless and/or hardwired communication networks). The various components and modules of the present disclosure provide a plurality of functions to enable one or more users to manage a plurality of IEDs or meters via the at least one client device.
US11686592B2
In some implementations, a mobile device transmits traffic information to a server for analysis. The traffic information includes movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information is analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information is analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops is associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes is determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights.
US11686588B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving location data for a first location and a second location and generating a plurality of candidate routes to travel from the first location to the second location, based on the location data, each candidate route comprising a plurality of segments. The systems and methods further generate a safety score for each segment of each candidate route of the plurality of candidate routes, generate a safety score for each candidate route based on safety scores generated for each segment associated with each candidate route, select a best candidate route using the safety score associated with each of the candidate routes, and provide a recommendation for a travel route comprising the best candidate route.
US11686581B2
A MEMS device is provided comprising a substrate; a proof mass coupled to the substrate and configured to move along a resonator axis; a drive structure comprising at least one electrode and configured to drive the proof mass to move along the resonator axis; and a pivoting linkage coupled to the proof mass at first and second ends of the pivoting linkage, the first end comprising a first fixed pivot and the second end comprising a second fixed pivot, the pivoting linkage comprising: a first bar configured to pivot about the first fixed pivot and a first dynamic pivot; a second bar configured to pivot about the second fixed pivot and a second dynamic pivot; and a third bar configured to pivot about the first dynamic pivot and the second dynamic pivot, wherein the proof mass moves along the resonator axis when the pivoting linkage pivots.
US11686577B2
An angled face cap probe includes a housing having a radially inner end and a radially outer end, defining a cavity, and configured to be located radially outward from an airfoil. The angled face cap probe further includes a sensor located in the cavity at the radially inner end of the housing, having a sensor body with a sensing face that is angled to match or substantially match an angle of a radially outward face the airfoil, and having a sensor flat that is elongated in a first direction. The angled face cap probe further includes an outer cap located in the cavity, coupled to the housing, and having an outer cap main body and cap legs that extend radially inward from the outer cap main body to interface with the sensor flat to resist rotation of the sensor relative to the housing.
US11686573B2
A structured light pattern comprising at least two sub-patterns in the direction of motion are projected onto an object during in-line inspection. Images of the object are captured for each sub-pattern. The sub-patterns are used to establish correspondence and to construct a profile using dense per pixel camera-projection correspondence.
US11686561B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a polymeric ammunition having a metal injection molded primer insert.
US11686545B2
A rifle having a receiver alignment system includes an upper receiver and a lower receiver configured to engage with each other in an assembled configuration by aligning and pressing an exterior portion of the upper receiver into an interior portion of the lower receiver. A cavity is defined within the interior portion of the lower receiver configured to receive the upper receiver. A lug positioned on the upper receiver defines an alignment groove formed on a lower surface of the lug. A plunger pin is provided in a hole defined within the interior portion of the lower receiver. The plunger pin is configured to engage with the alignment groove and generate a spring-loaded tension when the upper receiver and the lower receiver are engaged in an assembled configuration.
US11686544B1
A Gatling type machine gun system whose rotational operation of subsystems is accomplished by way of a plurality of electronically controlled motors. The Gatling type gun system includes a core gun, a feeder subsystem, and a transfer subsystem each of which must operate at particular instance and speed to accomplish the proper operation of the gun system. Control of the gun and subsystems is provided by electronically controlled motors.
US11686532B2
The disclosure is related to a heat dissipation structure. The heat dissipation structure is adapted to accommodate a fluid and thermally contact a heat source. The heat dissipation structure includes a heat conductive plate and a channel arrangement. The heat conductive plate is configured to thermally contact the heat source. The channel arrangement is located on the heat conductive plate, and the channel arrangement includes a wider channel portion and a narrower channel portion. The wider channel portion is wider than the narrower channel portion, and the wider channel portion is connected to the narrower channel portion so that the channel arrangement forms a loop. The channel arrangement is configured to accommodate the fluid and allow the fluid to absorb heat generated by the heat source through the heat conductive plate so as to at least partially change phase of the fluid.
US11686529B2
A rotary seal assembly for a rotary kiln having a hood and a rotary drum with an opening formed between the drum and the hood, and an end. The rotary seal assembly includes a flexible framework arrangement that attaches to the end. The rotary seal assembly includes a riding surface that engages the drum as the drum rotates. The riding surface includes a series of seal segments with each seal segment having a mounting eye positioned to eliminate a fulcrum point at the mounting eye. The rotary seal assembly includes a seal that is supported by the riding surface and is in essentially 360-degree contact with the drum when it is rotating and seals the opening between the drum when it is rotating in the hood to prevent fluid flow into and out of the end. A rotary seal assembly for a rotary kiln having a hood and a rotary drum with an opening formed between the drum and the hood, and an end, includes redundant tension springs which form a complete 360-degree circle around the drum. A method for sealing an opening formed between a drum and a hood.
US11686525B2
An insulating structure for an appliance includes a trim breaker, a wrapper, and a liner. The wrapper and liner coupled to the trim breaker and at least partially defining a structural cabinet. A barrier is positioned between the liner and the wrapper. The barrier is also coupled to the trim breaker. An inner compressible gasket is proximate the liner, and an outer gasket is proximate the wrapper. The inner gasket and the outer compressible gasket are coupled to the barrier.
US11686520B2
An example transport refrigeration system includes first and second refrigeration circuits configured to cool first and second transport compartments, respectively. An electric machine powers the first and second refrigeration circuits. A controller is configured to monitor a temperature of the electric machine, and reduce a cooling capacity of a selected one of the first and second refrigeration circuits based on the temperature exceeding a first threshold.
US11686514B2
An automatic oil level retention system for a compressor and a method for controlling a same, including: a normal oil return mode and an auxiliary oil return mode. When a lubricating oil liquid level monitored by a liquid level detection unit in real time is above a required liquid level height, the system initiates only the normal oil return mode; and when the lubricating oil liquid level monitored by the liquid level detection unit in real time is below the required liquid level height, the system initiates the auxiliary oil return mode, and the auxiliary oil return mode is closed and the normal oil return mode is initiated after the lubricating oil liquid level monitored in real time is lifted above the required liquid level height.
US11686513B2
A flash gas bypass system includes a separation assembly having an inlet configured to receive a refrigerant flow from an expansion valve. A bypass conduit is coupled to a first port of the separation assembly and configured to receive a first portion of the refrigerant flow via the first port, where the first portion of the refrigerant flow includes flash gas. A second port of the separation assembly is coupled to an outlet conduit in fluid communication with an evaporator. The outlet conduit is configured to receive the second portion of the refrigerant flow via the second port and direct the second portion of the refrigerant flow toward the evaporator, where the second portion of the refrigerant flow includes liquid refrigerant. A filter is configured to redirect droplets captured by the filter from the first portion of the refrigerant flow into the second portion of the refrigerant flow.
US11686508B2
An adsorptive cooling system includes two highly adsorptive structures positioned to receive thermal energy from a thermal energy source, each highly adsorptive structure includes a substrate and a metal-organic framework (MOF) coupled to the respective substrate and adapted for adsorbing and desorbing a refrigerant under predetermined thermodynamic conditions. The adsorptive cooling system includes a cooling unit and a circulation system adapted for circulating the refrigerant from one of the highly adsorptive structures to the cooling unit to provide cooling from the thermal energy source and to return the refrigerant from the cooling unit to the same or other highly adsorptive structure. Each substrate may include a plurality of microchannels, providing ingress and egress paths for a refrigerant, defined by grooves in a surface of the substrate nearest the MOF and/or surfaces of a plurality of microcapillaries of the substrate. The microchannels provide ingress and egress paths for a refrigerant.
US11686498B2
An arrangement of multiple environmental control systems for a multi-unit structure has a first environmental control system installed in a first unit, a second environmental control system installed in a second unit, a system monitor in communication with each of the environmental control systems and a firewall. Each environmental control system has a control unit coupled to the system monitor through the firewall that prevents unauthorized devices from accessing the respective control unit and a HVAC system device coupled to the respective control unit through the firewall. For each unit, a local user device that is located inside the unit is coupled to the control unit through a local communication interface, and an external user device that is located outside the unit communicates with the control unit through the firewall.
US11686497B2
An air pressure measuring ventilation system, comprising: at least one duct; at least one motorized exhaust fan; one or more ultrasonic sensors; one or more infrared spark detectors; and one or more air pressure sensors. The at least one motorized exhaust fan may draw air through the at least one duct. The one or more air pressure sensors may be placed on a side of the at least one duct such that an air pressure is measured as the air is drawn through the at least one duct, such that a plurality of air pressure measurements are generated. The one or more air pressure sensors may be substantially flush with an interior side of the at least one duct and do not obstruct the air as the air is drawn through the at least one duct.
US11686486B2
An air curtain generating device includes: a plurality of pairs of an air jet unit and an air suction unit placed opposite each other on both sides in a lateral direction of an inlet/outlet of a drying chamber, the plurality of the pairs being aligned up and down, the air suction units sucking air ejected from the air jet units to generate an air curtain; a first air guide provided to the air jet units in an upper part of the inlet/outlet to guide air ejected from the air jet units in a direction inclined inward of the drying chamber relative to the lateral direction of the inlet/outlet; and a second air guide provided to the air jet units in a lower part of the inlet/outlet to guide air ejected from the air jet units in a direction inclined outward of the drying chamber relative to the lateral direction.
US11686484B2
A virus elimination assembly for sterilizing air includes a base that is hollow. An intake vent is pivotally coupled to the base to direct air into the base. A canister is coupled to the base and the canister is in fluid communication with an interior of the base. A filter tray is slidably positioned in the canister and a filter is integrated to pass air therethrough. A blower tray is slidably positioned in the canister and a blower is integrated therein to blow air when the blower is turned on. A light tray is slidably positioned in the canister and a light emitter is integrated therein to eliminate viruses and bacteria. An exhaust vent is pivotally integrated into the canister to direct the air that has been sanitized by the light emitter out of the exhaust vent.
US11686483B2
An assembly for use in mounting an object in an opening in a structural member, the structural member having opposing first and second surfaces, the assembly including a housing that is sized and shaped to define an interior to house the object and that can be received within the opening in the structural member, a trim ring sized and shaped to fit within the interior of the housing and to bear against the second surface of the structural member, and a cover having a first panel sized and shaped to cover the trim ring, the cover having a connector that releasably connects the cover to the housing, the cover further including at least one standoff extending therefrom that is sized and shaped to bear against the trim ring to hold the trim ring in place.
US11686480B2
A method for performing extremum-seeking control of a plant includes determining multiple values of a correlation coefficient that relates a control input provided as an input to the plant to a performance variable that characterizes a performance of the plant in response to the control input. The performance variable includes a noise-free portion and an amount of noise. The method includes determining an adjusted correlation coefficient by scaling a first value of the correlation coefficient selected from the multiple values relative to a second value of the correlation coefficient selected from the multiple values. The adjusted correlation coefficient relates the noise-free portion of the performance variable to the control input. The method includes using the adjusted correlation coefficient to modulate the control input provided as an input to the plant.
US11686479B2
An encapsulated cleanroom system comprising a processing chamber and a storage section in which the processing chamber is stored, wherein, during operation, the pressure in the storage section is lower or higher than the pressures in the processing chamber and exterior space. The system can simultaneously prevent the entry of outside gases into its processing chamber and the leakage of the gases inside the processing chamber to the exterior space.
US11686478B2
A grille assembly for an air handling unit is provided. The grille assembly includes a plurality of first wires aligned in a first plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of air and a plurality of second wires aligned in a second plane perpendicular to the direction of flow of air. The plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires together form a staggered structure to at least partly enclose an air passage opening of the air handling unit. The second plane is parallel to the first plane and separated by an offset distance along a third plane parallel to the direction of flow of air.
US11686468B1
A birthday candle holding assembly includes a panel that has a plurality of first wells to insertably receive a birthday candle. Each of the first wells has a circular shape thereby facilitating the first wells to receive cylindrical birthday candles. The panel has a plurality of second wells to receive letter or number birthday candles. A plurality of legs is each pivotally disposed on the panel. Each of the legs is positionable in a deployed position having the legs extending downwardly from the panel thereby facilitating the panel to support the birthday candles over a birthday cake. Each of the legs is positionable in a folded position to facilitate the panel to be positioned in a dishwasher for cleaning the panel.
US11686461B1
The intelligent light source module includes an LED lamp panel, a built-in intelligent drive module, and an integrated lens structure. The built-in intelligent drive module is provided at a middle of the LED lamp panel and electrically connected to the LED lamp panel. A plurality of white-light lamp beads and a plurality of color-light lamp beads are dispersedly arranged at the LED lamp panel outside the built-in intelligent drive module. The integrated lens structure is provided above the LED lamp panel and the built-in intelligent drive module, and includes a plurality of lenses and a raised portion. The raised portion corresponds to the built-in intelligent drive module, the lenses are in one-to-one correspondence with the white-light lamp beads and the color-light lamp beads, and the lenses mix white light emitted by the white-light lamp beads and color light emitted by the color-light lamp beads into uniform light by optical processing.
US11686436B2
This application relates to the field of lighting, and discloses an LED filament including: at least one LED section, each LED section including at least two LED chips, adjacent LED chips being electrically connected to each other; electrodes, electrically connected to the LED section; and a light conversion layer, wrapping the LED section and parts of the electrodes, and including a top layer and a carrying layer, the carrying layer including a base layer and a transparent layer, the base layer including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, the upper surface of the base layer being in contact with a part of the top layer, and a part of the lower surface of the base layer being in contact with the transparent layer. This application has the characteristics of uniform light emission and good heat dissipation effect.
US11686434B1
A system and a method for dispensing a liquefied fuel (e.g., hydrogen) are provided. The system includes a cryotank for storing a liquefied fuel, a pump insertable into the cryotank, and a switching valve. The pump has a piston, an intake port, and an isolation valve configured to supply the liquefied fuel to the intake port. The switching valve is controlled to flow the vapor from the pump and the liquefied fuel contacting a backside of the piston to the intake port of the pump. At least one block valve is also connected with the cryotank and the pump. At least one of the switching valve, the at least one block valve, and the isolation valve can be controlled to operate the system in one of three working modes including a pressure increase mode, a pressure maintaining mode, and a pressure decrease mode.
US11686431B1
A supporting structure includes a seat, a suction cup, a rotary plate, and a support, wherein the suction cup is located at a cavity of the seat. The rotary plate is disposed between the seat and a bottom portion of the support. The support drives the suction cup to act together. By rotating the rotary plate clockwise or counter-clockwise, a distance between the bottom portion of the support and the seat could be changed to make the suction cup be attached to or removed from a smooth surface of an object. The supporting structure of the present invention facilitates the convenience of use.
US11686430B2
The present invention discloses a mobile device positioning structure including, a central magnetic portion on a mounting surface of a fixture for magnetically positioning the back of a mobile device and a ring-shaped magnetic portion formed by two curved clamp arms which are bilaterally symmetrical to each other, and separated and unfolded from each other. After the two curved clamp arms are unfolded relative to the mounting surface, the back of the mobile device is magnetically positioned by the central magnetic portion, and both sides of the mobile device are elastically abutted, clamped and positioned by the two curved clamp arms.
US11686422B2
A saddle includes an arcuate central portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first flange portion bent radially inward from the arcuate central portion at the first end; and a second flange portion bend radially inward from the arcuate central portion at the second end.
US11686418B2
A utility pole system that provides for easy temperature inspection of the fiberglass reinforced plastic utility pole. The system may include utility pole and a sleeve arranged around the pole, and a temperature sensor positioned underneath the sleeve.
US11686414B2
Improved couplings for conduit systems include a male coupling and a female coupling. The male coupling and female coupling may be mechanically engaged by inserting the male coupling into a receiver in the female coupling until fastening structures are aligned, and then rotating one or both of the male and female couplings until the fastening structures are overlapping and in interfacial engagement. The male and female couplings provide an efficient coupling solution for end-to-end conduit connection and also addresses a leakage problem in conventional irrigation pipe couplers.
US11686408B2
A system and method for detecting passage of a pipeline pig, the system and method including a passive impulse detector (10) having a housing (13); a non-intrusive connection (15) of the housing to an exterior wall (17) of a pipeline (P), at least one vibration sensor (11) housed by the housing, and signal processing (23) including at least one band pass filter (27) configured to receive data collected by the vibration sensor, the vibration sensor and band pass filter configured to monitor frequencies in a predetermined range indicating a series of impulses caused by start-and-stop movement of the pipeline pig. The selected frequencies should be those more easily detectable above the baseline (signature or natural resonance) frequency of the section of pipeline being monitored. In some embodiments, the selected frequencies are lower frequencies. No portion of the passive pipeline pig signal intrudes into an interior of the pipeline.
US11686407B2
A non-curable injectable ester containing packing material for use in the repair of leaking valves contains a calcium sulfonate grease containing at least one polyalphaolefin, an ester, an anti-wear/anti-galling agent, a binding/thickening agent and a plasticizing agent.
US11686405B2
A mechanical valve assembly for the control of a gas flow to a gas appliance. The mechanical valve assembly includes at least one input knob movably connected to a housing, a shaft assembly connected to at least one input knob, and a manually-operated valve located inside the housing and in between the inlet port and the outlet port. The manually-operated valve is mechanically connected to the shaft assembly, and the manually-operated valve is configured for opening and closing a gas flow between the inlet port and the outlet port.
US11686383B2
The present disclosure periodically monitors an oil condition through a temperature sensor installed in a driving motor of an in-wheel-type running gear, the generated torque of the driving motor, or the like and transmits oil condition information to a driver through a vehicle warning light.
US11686378B2
A continuously variable transmission including a main planetary gear set. A sun gear of the main planetary gear set coupled to an input shaft and a ring gear of the main planetary gear set may be coupled to an output shaft. A continuous range of transmission ratios between the input shaft and the output shaft provided by gradually changing an rpm of a carrier of the main planetary gear set. To this end a vane coupling mechanism may be coupled with the main planetary gear set. The vane coupling mechanism including an inner rotor coupled with the main carrier, where the inner rotor may be rotatably disposed within an outer rotating chamber. The outer rotating chamber coupled with the main sun gear.
US11686368B1
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a novel system, device, and methods for providing an isolator for components and instrumentation to isolate vibrations, shock, static or quasi-static loads, thermal loads, and electrical currents. The novel isolator has an asymmetrical shape, experiences uniform motion under quasi-static loading, and reduces the effective modal mass across a range of frequencies. The novel isolator outperforms conventional vibration isolators in terms of cost, schedule (manufacturing time and lead time), heat dissipation, and performance.
US11686356B2
An electromagnetic dog clutch is disclosed to solve the technical problem in conventional electromagnetic dog clutches that the friction is easy to occur between a bearing seat and an end cap of a movable gear sleeve. The electromagnetic dog clutch comprises a movable gear sleeve (5) and a fixed gear sleeve (12) that mesh with each other for transmission. A first end cap (6) is provided on an outer side of the movable gear sleeve (5), a bearing (1) is provided on an outer circumference of the movable gear sleeve (5), the bearing (1) is embedded in a bearing seat (7), a rear end of the bearing seat (7) is provided with a positioning surface, and a front end of the first end cap (6) is a vertical plane that matches the positioning surface of the bearing seat (7). The front end of the first end cap (6) is provided with a positioning pin (15), the rear end of the bearing seat (7) is provided with a positioning hole to cooperate with the positioning pin (15), and the positioning pin (15) is inserted into the positioning hole to limit the bearing seat (7) and the first end cap (6) so that they can move in an axial direction relative to each other but cannot rotate relative to each other, thereby preventing the occurrence of friction between them.
US11686355B2
An actuating apparatus has a first and a second actuating element that delimit a pressure chamber. The actuating apparatus has a rotary decoupling bearing coupled via a compensation assembly to the second actuating element for joint movement along the spatial axis. The compensation assembly comprises a first ramp element which is supported axially on the second actuating element and is preloaded relative to the second actuating element by a first preloading apparatus for rotation about the spatial axis and a second ramp element coupled to the rotary decoupling bearing. An axial overall length of the compensation group along the spatial axis changes in the case of a rotation, of the first ramp element relative to the second actuating element. The compensation assembly has a blocking element and a blocking toothing system in blocking engagement with a counter-blocking toothing system of the first ramp element
US11686334B2
A fitting splice plate connects a cable tray fitting to a cable tray section. The fitting splice plate includes a guard extending in an outboard direction from a second longitudinal portion of a plate body adjacent a first longitudinal portion of the plate body. The guard is adjacent one of an upper side and a lower side of the second longitudinal portion. The fitting splice plate may include both upper and lower guards.
US11686328B2
An annular tube (or other shape) of elastomeric cellular material comprising elastomeric closed cells having gas infused therein is supported by structures protruding from the bottom surface of a suction stabilizer's head and/or by structures within the interior volume of the annular body of the suction stabilizer, preferably with spacing between the outer diameter of the annular tube of the cellular material and the inner walls of the suction stabilizer body. The gas-infused closed cell material may thus be employed in new suction stabilizer or pulsation dampener or to retrofit existing suction stabilizers or pulsation dampeners designed for a gas-filled bladder.
US11686327B2
The present disclosure is drawn to inertial pumps. An inertial pump can include a microfluidic channel, a fluid actuator located in the microfluidic channel, and a check valve located in the microfluidic channel. The check valve can include a moveable valve element, a narrowed channel segment located upstream of the moveable valve element, and a blocking element formed in the microfluidic channel downstream of the moveable valve element. The narrowed channel segment can have a width less than a width of the moveable valve element so that the moveable valve element can block fluid flow through the check valve when the moveable valve element is positioned in the narrowed channel segment. The blocking element can be configured such that the blocking element constrains the moveable valve element within the check valve while also allowing fluid flow when the moveable valve element is positioned against the blocking element.
US11686320B2
A centrifugal fan is formed from an impeller installed within a casing. The impeller is formed from two plates that are interconnected by a plurality of blades. A duct extends through each blade. At each of its ends, the duct opens at one of the plates. Air enters the fan from through a central opening formed in one of the plates, moves to a medial zone between the plates, and exits the fan at the medial zone's unwalled periphery. Air also crosses the fan by way of the ducts formed within each blade.
US11686318B2
A pump device (10) includes a housing (30) including a blood inflow port (38) through which blood flows in, and having a fixed-side repulsive magnet (44) disposed in an annular manner; and an impeller (14) that is rotatably housed inside the housing (30), and having a movable-side repulsive magnet (56) disposed in an annular manner. The fixed-side repulsive magnet (44) is disposed in a position offset toward the blood inflow port (38) side relative to the movable-side repulsive magnet (56). In the fixed-side repulsive magnet (44) and the movable-side repulsive magnet (56), a fixed-side repulsive surface (44a) and a movable-side repulsive surface (56a) adjacent to each other have the same polarity.
US11686316B2
Combining at least one centrifugal compression stage and at least one positive displacement compression stage in an integrally geared compressor to allow for different types of compression based on a temperature or a volume of gas to be compressed by the integrally geared compressor.
US11686314B2
A fan motor for a vacuum cleaner includes a motor mount defining a cooling flow path inlet, an impeller, an impeller cover defining an air inlet, an air discharge opening defined at the motor mount and configured to discharge air to an outer space of the motor mount, and a cooling flow path outlet defined vertically above the motor mount. The cooling flow path inlet is configured to introduce air from the outer space of the motor mount into an inner space of the motor mount to cool the motor part, and the cooling flow path outlet is configured to discharge air from the inner space of the motor mount toward a space that is defined between the impeller and the air discharge opening based on the space between the impeller and the air discharge opening having a lower pressure than the inner space of the motor mount.
US11686312B2
A first fluid rotor that has a first fluid intake end and a first fluid discharge end. A second fluid rotor that has a second fluid intake end and a second fluid discharge end. The second fluid rotor is rotatably coupled to the first fluid rotor to rotate in unison with the first fluid rotor along a shared rotational axis. The first fluid intake end and the second fluid intake end are facing opposite directions. A first fluid stator surrounds the first fluid rotor. The first fluid rotor and the first fluid stator form a first fluid stage. The second fluid stator is aligned along the rotational axis. The second fluid stator and the second fluid rotor form a second fluid stage. A flow crossover sub is positioned between the first fluid stage and the second fluid stage.
US11686307B2
A scroll type compressor includes an orbiting scroll including an orbiting wrap and a fixed scroll including a fixed wrap, in which first and second oil channels are respectively configured to supply oil to inner and outer oil channels formed by the orbiting wrap and the fixed wrap. Thus, the scroll type compressor has an oil channel structure that allows oil feeding into to the scrolls.
US11686305B2
A hydraulic fracturing pump includes a power end with a plurality of torsion tubes extending between sides of a crankcase housing in which a crankshaft is rotatably mounted. The crankshaft is coupled by piston arms to crossheads disposed to reciprocate along crosshead axes that are perpendicular to the crankshaft. Disposed within the crankcase housing are a plurality of ribs generally perpendicular to the crankshaft and extending from the base of the crankshaft housing to an upper surface of the crankshaft housing. The torsion tubes are generally adjacent the upper surface of the crankcase housing and pass perpendicularly through each of the plurality of ribs and are attached to the ribs to provide rigidity to the power end.
US11686304B2
A reciprocating compressor-expander according to the present invention comprises a cylinder, a piston, a crankshaft connected to the piston, a first valve for a low pressure compressible fluid, a second valve for a high pressure compressible fluid, and a valve drive mechanism for driving the first valve and the second respectively such that, during a compression process, the low-pressure compressible fluid is sucked into the cylinder from the first valve in synchronization with the rotation of the crankshaft and the high-pressure compressible fluid compressed in the cylinder is discharged from the second valve, and that, during an expansion process, the high-pressure compressive fluid is introduced from the second valve into the cylinder, and the low-pressure compressible fluid expanded in the cylinder is discharged from the first valve.
US11686303B2
The invention provides a pump assembly and high-pressure cleaning apparatus. The pump assembly comprises a motor, a transmission assembly driven by the motor, a water pump connected with the transmission assembly, and a water flow passage. The transmission assembly comprises a sealing portion, a heat dissipating portion capable of dissipating heat to the sealing portion, and a transmission structure arranged in the sealing portion. A lubricating medium is injected in the sealing portion, and the heat dissipating portion is in fluid communication with the water flow passage. The pump body is provided with a heat dissipating portion capable of dissipating heat to the sealing portion, so that the heat generated by the transmission structure in the sealing portion can be dissipated through flowing-out of water in the heat dissipating portion to achieve a heat dissipating effect of the pump assembly.
US11686302B2
A high pressure gas lift compressor system and method of using the system for supplying compressed gas to multiple wells are provided. The system includes a compressor having multiple compressor cylinders. Each cylinder has its own gas inlet line and dedicated gas outlet line that supplies compressed gas from that cylinder directly to a wellbore to provide artificial gas lift. Each cylinder also has its own control valve upstream of the cylinder to control the suction pressure to the cylinder. A desired gas flow rate to each well may be input, and the control valve is adjusted accordingly to achieve the flow rate. By inputting a flow rate for each separate cylinder, the flow rate to each well may be independently controlled.
US11686297B1
An electric oil pump with an one-way valve is provided, which includes a control box. The control box is provided with a communication pipe and a control board, one end of the communication pipe is connected with an oil-extracting pipe, the other end is connected with an oil outlet pipe, a pump body is arranged in the oil outlet pipe, and a bottom of the control box is rotatably installed with a threaded cap. When the oil pump is, working, the gasoline is blocked by the one-way valve and transported to the oil outlet pipe via the oil-extracting pipe during the oil delivery process, and the negative pressure in the oil drum makes the outside air enter into the oil drum through the one-way valve when the oil pumping is completed, so as to maintain the pressure balance between the inside and outside of the oil drum.
US11686290B2
A lift system for a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a lifting device having a structural frame body having a root end and a tip end. The root end supports a root cradle and the tip end supports a tip cradle. The root and tip cradles each have a profile that corresponds to at least one exterior surface of the rotor blade so as to receive and support at least a portion of the rotor blade. Due to a shape of the rotor blade, when the rotor blade is installed in the lifting device and lifted uptower, the rotor blade can experience an asymmetric loading. Accordingly, the lift system also includes a variable airflow assembly coupled to tip end of the lifting device. The variable airflow assembly includes at least one surface moveable between a plurality of positions having varying resistances so as to counteract the asymmetric loading.
US11686278B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a gas mixer that includes a convergent-divergent nozzle comprising a convergent portion and a divergent portion and defining a first gas flow path, an air housing comprising an air inlet configured to supply air to the first gas flow path upstream of the convergent-divergent nozzle, a gas housing defining a second gas flow path and including a first gas inlet configured to receive a secondary gas and allow the secondary gas into a second gas flow path, and a gas nozzle positioned parallel to and centrally within the first gas flow path in a convergent portion of the convergent-divergent nozzle, the gas nozzle configured to supply the secondary gas to the first gas flow path upstream of the divergent portion.
US11686275B2
A method is described for operating a catalytic evaporator (1), with the step: feeding fuel and an oxidant to the catalytic evaporator, which method is distinguished by the fact that (a) the feed of the fuel is performed as a pulsed feed, and/or (b) the feed of the oxidant is performed as a pulsed feed.
US11686274B2
A confluence structure of an aircraft bypass turbine engine which includes a confluence plate with a downstream end supported by a portion that is movable in the direction of the axis by a control mechanism which can optionally be adjusted in flight. A mobile portion of a sleeve delimiting the secondary stream on the outside, and an inner projection of the outer casing can also slide axially in certain embodiments. This provides a wide range of options for modifying the gas dilution and operating conditions of the engine.
US11686271B1
A method, system and device for the sealing of a locomotive diesel engine cylinder head support frame's cover assembly. The method, system and device comprise a one-piece elastomeric seal having a plurality of protrusions/legs/appendices specifically constructed for sealing the top external covering of the individual power assemblies to prevent oil leakage during the operation of the diesel engine. The diesel engine's cylinder head cover seal has a combination of a dimensional profile and a material composition(s) that extends the diesel engine's cylinder head support frame cover seal's contact integrity and life.
US11686267B2
A system includes a control circuit and an adjustable low-pass filter. The control circuit is configured to receive an input signal and to control at least one engine output based on the input signal. The adjustable low-pass filter receives the input signal, and filters the input signal prior to forwarding the input signal to the control circuit. The adjustable low-pass filter has a first setting in which the adjustable low-pass filter has a first cut-off frequency and a second setting in which the adjustable low-pass filter has a second cut-off frequency. The first setting configures the control circuit to be used with a first sensor having a first dynamic range and the second setting configures the control circuit to be used with a second sensor having a second dynamic range.
US11686264B1
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling particulate filter regeneration for a particulate filter of a drive system of a vehicle, including: obtaining sensor data pertaining to the drive system via one or more sensors of the vehicle; determining, via a processor of the vehicle, when particulate filter regeneration is warranted, using the sensor data; and providing particulate filter regeneration while performing scavenging with respect to the drive system, via instructions provided by the processor, when it is determined that particulate filter regeneration is warranted.
US11686261B2
A process to adjust the ignition timing of an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the process comprises determining a first quantity indicative of a pressure of the mixture for a cycle of the engine, determining a second quantity indicative of a speed of the engine, determining a third quantity indicative of a first temperature of a conditioning fluid, providing a heat exchange mathematical model for the combustion chamber, which maps the three quantities from the first to the third one onto a fourth quantity indicative of a second temperature of a wall portion around the combustion chamber, estimating the fourth quantity by means of the three determined quantities and by means of the mathematical model, and adjusting the ignition timing as a function of the fourth estimated quantity.
US11686259B2
The disclosure concerns an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust camshaft, an intake camshaft, a turbocharger, and a control system. The turbocharger comprises a compressor. A timing of the exhaust camshaft and a timing of the intake camshaft are controllable by the control system, which is configured to: store a compressor map related to the compressor, store a reference area within the compressor map, and determine at least two parameters. In response to the at least two parameters indicating that a current operational point of the compressor is outside the reference area, the control system changes the timing of the exhaust camshaft to advance closing of the exhaust valve, and the timing of the intake camshaft to delay opening of the intake valve.
US11686251B1
A combustion control system and method for a turbulent jet ignition engine is presented. A controller is configured to access a trained feedforward artificial neural network (ANN) configured to model a first spark from a first ignition source and maximum brake torque (MBT) based on measured operating parameters, generate the first spark and MBT using the ANN, generate a second spark from a second ignition device, and determine a target spark timing. The ANN can be further configured to receive an input related to spark stagger.
US11686250B2
A system and method for increasing power output of a gas turbine. A method of increasing a power output of a gas turbine comprises providing an auxiliary system configured to be coupled to the gas turbine. The auxiliary system includes a natural gas engine, a compressor, and a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the compressor. The method includes fluidly coupling the auxiliary system to a combustor case of the gas turbine. The method comprises operating the natural gas engine to drive the compressor to compress air to form compressed air and directing exhaust of the natural gas engine to the heat exchanger. The method includes heating the compressed air in the heat exchanger using the exhaust of the natural gas engine to form heated compressed air and injecting the heated compressed air into the combustor case of the gas turbine.
US11686249B2
An aircraft turbine engine having a primary air flow path with low-pressure and high-pressure compressors, a secondary air flow path which is located around the primary path and runs coaxially thereto, the turbine engine including vanes distributed about a main axis of the turbine engine. A pressurized air circuit draws air between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor or in the high-pressure compressor and supplies at least one component located close to a main axis of the turbine engine. The pressurized air circuit includes a heat exchanger between the stream of pressurized air and the stream of air flowing in the secondary path, the heat exchanger being arranged in at least one of the straightening vanes, where a heat exchanger pipe is arranged, the pipe having a pressurized-air inlet and a pressurized-air outlet that are located at the same radial end of the vane.
US11686242B2
A pre-combustion chamber system is presented. The pre-combustion chamber system includes a pre-combustion chamber housing defining a pre-combustion chamber, a cooling chamber housing surrounding the pre-combustion chamber housing, a cooling chamber defined between the pre-combustion chamber housing and the cooling chamber housing. The pre-combustion chamber system includes a flow agitator arranged in the pre-combustion chamber housing protruding into the pre-combustion chamber. The flow agitator increases flow disturbance in the pre-combustion chamber for improving mixture of fuel and air. Cooling of the pre-combustion chamber system is improved by dividing the cooling chamber into a cooling inner chamber and a cooling outlet chamber or by arranging cooling fins in the pre-combustion chamber housing extending into the cooling chamber.
US11686240B2
Power system radiators and power systems having radiators are disclosed. An example power system includes: an engine; a generator configured to generate electrical power from mechanical power provided by the engine; power conversion circuitry configured to convert the electrical power from the generator to welding-type power; and a housing enclosing the engine, the generator, and the power conversion circuitry; and a radiator assembly configured to cool the engine and comprising a heat exchanger oriented substantially horizontally when the power system is installed.
US11686239B2
An intake manifold is provided. A first inlet is structured to receive pressurized intake air from a turbocharger. A second inlet is structured to receive exhaust gas recirculation gas from an exhaust gas recirculation system. A third inlet is structured to receive fuel from a fuel line. A plurality of outlets are structured to be fluidly coupled to an engine. An intake manifold passage extends between each of the first, second, and third inlets, and the plurality of outlets. The intake manifold passage is shaped so as to cause at least two reversals in flow direction of each of the intake air, the exhaust gas recirculation gas, and the fuel through the intake manifold passage so as to improve mixing of each of the intake air, the exhaust gas recirculation gas, and the fuel.
US11686238B2
An exhaust device that guides exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe in front of an engine to a muffler in a rear of the engine is provided. The exhaust device includes a primary catalyst case accommodating a primary catalyst configured to purify the exhaust gas at a downstream side from the exhaust pipe, a secondary catalyst case accommodating a secondary catalyst configured to purify the exhaust gas at a downstream side from the primary catalyst, and a chamber formed with a muffling chamber configured to reduce an exhaust noise at a downstream side from the secondary catalyst. The primary catalyst case is disposed in a front space of the engine. The secondary catalyst case is disposed on a front part of a lower space of the engine. The chamber is disposed so as to occupy at least a rear part of the lower space of the engine.
US11686235B2
A method for controlling an exhaust gas aftertreatment system, wherein the system includes a first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device, a catalytic particulate filter arrangement arranged downstream of the first SCR device, and a second selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device arranged downstream of the catalytic particulate filter arrangement. The method includes estimating future exhaust conditions based upon predicted vehicle operating conditions (s403); —estimating a future NOx conversion demand based on the estimated future exhaust conditions (s405); —dosing a reducing agent from a first reducing agent dosing device at a rate based at least on the estimated future NOx conversion demand (s406).
US11686234B2
An exhaust treatment system for a work vehicle includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system having an SCR outlet for expelling treated exhaust flow therefrom, a flow conduit in fluid communication with the outlet, an exhaust sensor positioned within the flow conduit downstream of the outlet, and a flow mixer positioned upstream of the exhaust sensor. The flow mixer has an end wall defining sector openings circumferentially extending between first and second sector sides and radially between radially inner and outer sector ends. Moreover, the flow mixer has swirler vanes, where each of the swirler vanes extends circumferentially from the first sector side of a respective one of the sector openings and radially between radially inner and outer vane ends. Particularly, the radially outer vane end of each of the swirler vanes is spaced apart from the radially outer sector end of the respective one of the sector openings.
US11686233B2
A method to control an internal combustion engine having an exhaust duct and an exhaust gas after-treatment system comprising at least one catalytic converter arranged along the exhaust duct; an oxygen sensor housed along the exhaust duct and arranged upstream of said at least one catalytic converter; and a burner suited to introduce the exhaust gases into the exhaust duct upstream of the oxygen sensor the method provides the steps of identifying the operation phases in which the internal combustion engine is turned off and the burner is turned on so that the oxygen sensor is exclusively hit by the exhaust gases produced by the burner; acquiring the signal generated by the oxygen sensor; and using the signal generated by the oxygen sensor to determine the objective fuel flow rate and the objective air flow rate to be fed to the burner.
US11686231B2
Provided are an LNT layered catalyst for a lean burn gasoline engine having an enhanced NOx storage rate and capable of developing a higher NOx purification rate, and an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the same, the LNT layered catalyst including a substrate, a first catalyst layer including ceria-alumina particles carrying Pt, Pd, and BaO, and a second catalyst layer including ceria-alumina particles carrying Pt and Rh, in which a content of Pt in the first catalyst layer is 0.45 to 0.85 mass %; among Pt included in the first catalyst layer, a content proportion in a first depth region is 88 to 90 mass %, and a content proportion in a second depth region is 10 to 12 mass %; a content of Ba in the first catalyst layer is 4 to 11 mass %; and the second catalyst layer is substantially free from Ba.
US11686227B2
A portable pump and fuel containment system includes a portable base assembly including a lower support and wheels, a container on the lower support including an interior volume and inlet and outlet ports in fluid communication with the interior volume, and a liquid transfer assembly coupled to the portable base assembly. The liquid transfer assembly includes a pump, a three-way control valve, a flexible transfer line having a first transfer line segment coupled to a first inlet of the three-way control valve and a second transfer line segment extending from the outlet port to a second inlet of the three-way control valve, and a flexible return line having a first end coupled to the outlet of the pump and a second end detachably coupled to the inlet port of the container. An outlet of the three-way control valve is connected to an inlet of the pump.
US11686220B2
A gas turbine engine includes a fan rotor driven by a fan drive turbine about an axis through a gear reduction to reduce a speed of the fan rotor relative to a speed of the fan drive turbine. A fan case surrounds the fan rotor, and a core engine with a compressor section, including a low pressure compressor. The fan rotor delivers air into a bypass duct defined between the fan case and the core engine. A rigid connection between the fan case and the core engine includes a plurality of H-frame connecting members rigidly connected to the fan case, and to the core engine. The H-frame connecting members each are defined by two rigid legs which extend between the fan case and to the core engine, along directions which are generally parallel to each other. A plurality of non-structural fan exit guide vanes and the non-structural fan exit guide vanes are provided with an acoustic feature to reduce noise. The non-structural fan exit guide vanes are rigidly mounted to at least one of the fan case and the core engine.
US11686213B2
A propeller health monitoring system for an aircraft includes an aircraft having one or more propellers that includes light in or on them. The system includes one or more receptors mounted to a fuselage or a nacelle of the aircraft, each receptor having a sensor surface which is able to detect a position for each light beam crossing over the sensor surface as the propeller rotates, such that the receptor generates a signal that is indicative of the position as a measure of blade tip trajectory for each passing propeller blade The system also includes a processing unit which analyses the signals from the receptor to determine health of the propeller blades of the one or more propellers based on where the beams of light from the propeller blades have crossed over the sensor surface.
US11686212B2
A method of operating a turbine engine that includes shutting down the turbine engine such that a rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases, and actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine at one of as the rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases or at a preset time after the turbine engine receives a full stop command such that residual heat is exhausted from the turbine engine.
US11686211B2
A fan assembly includes a fan duct, an inlet fan, and an outlet guide vane assembly. The inlet fan forces fan exit air toward an aft end of the fan duct. The outlet guide vane assembly is located in the fan duct downstream of the inlet fan and adjusts a direction of the fan exit air, and includes a plurality of outlet guide vanes and a plurality of actuation assemblies that control rotation of the outlet guide vanes about a pitch axis. The outlet guide vanes include a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion rotatably coupled to an axially aft edge of the leading edge portion. The actuation assembly rotates the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion to minimize losses created by distortions in fan inlet air and created by the leading edge portion redirecting the fan exit air in the first direction.
US11686198B2
The present invention relates to a reinforcement system at a railway tunnel section passing through a karst cave with a large dip angle and a construction method. The reinforcement system of the present invention can solve the problems of downward mud filling, watertightness, etc. of a top through structures of an umbrella arch, a concrete layer, a flexible buffer layer and a protective layer at the top, at a karst cave, of a tunnel, solve the problem of upward mud inrush at a bottom through structures of an anchor cable, a ring beam and a foundation pad at the bottom of the tunnel, guarantee stability of an arch bridge by erecting “a triple arch bridge” in a middle and adding a vertical bearing wall under the arch bridge, and make a railway safely cross the mud-inrush karst cave by safely laying a ballastless track on the bridge.
US11686197B2
A communication system employed during wellbore operations, such as during drilling, cementing, fracturing, or other wellbore operations, which utilizes ultrasound (i.e., acoustic waves characterized by ultrasonic frequencies) to communicate sensor and/or control information from inside a riser and/or blowout preventer (BOP) to outside the riser/BOP, and/or vice versa. More specifically, the communication system may include an internal ultrasonic module (IUM) residing inside the riser/BOP and acoustically coupled to a drill string and/or a centralizer also inside the riser/BOP. The communication system may further include an external ultrasonic module (EUM) residing outside the riser/BOP and acoustically coupled to the riser/BOP. The ultrasound may traverse from the IUM to the EUM, and vice versa, using a communication path that may include propagation of the ultrasound through the drill string, the centralizer, and the riser/BOP without traversal through fluids contained within a fluid column enclosed by the riser/BOP.
US11686194B2
Methods and systems for assessing cross-well interference and/or optimizing hydrocarbon production from a reservoir by obtaining low frequency DAS and DTS data and pressure data from a monitor well, when both the monitor and production well are shut-in, and then variably opening the production well for production, and detecting the temperature and pressure fluctuations that indication cross-well interference, and localizing the interference along the well length based on the low frequency DAS data. This information can be used to optimize well placement, completion plans, fracturing plans, and ultimately optimize production from a given reservoir.
US11686193B2
A method includes positioning a formation tester tool into a borehole formed within a formation and radially expanding a first and second radially extendable packers of the formation tester tool out from the formation tester tool to the formation to form a sealed volume between the first radially extendable packer and the second radially extendable packer. The method includes radially extending a pad of the formation tester tool that is positioned between the first radially extendable packer and the second radially extendable packer to form a sealed connection volume between the formation and a pressure sensor within the pad. The method includes acquiring a first pressure measurement, using the pressure sensor, from fluids in the sealed connection volume and extracting fluid from the sealed volume to reduce pressure around the pad. The method includes acquiring a second pressure measurement, using the pressure sensor, from fluids in the sealed connection volume.
US11686187B2
A fracturing device, including a power unit, wherein the power unit comprises a muffling compartment, a turbine engine, an air intake unit, and a starter; the air intake unit is communicated with the turbine engine through an intake pipe, and configured to provide a combustion-supporting gas to the turbine engine; the air intake unit is located at the top of the muffling compartment, the muffling compartment comprises an accommodation space, the turbine engine and the starter are located in the accommodation space, and the starter is configured to start the turbine engine, the starter comprises a first electric motor.
US11686183B2
A firing head assembly may include a tubular housing; a valve slidably disposed within the tubular housing; a lock mandrel disposed in the tubular housing between the valve and the tubular housing second end; a firing pin holder disposed in the tubular housing between the lock mandrel and the tubular housing second end; an engagement mechanism operably contacting the lock mandrel and the firing pin holder latch. The valve may have a piston end exposed to the lumen. The lock mandrel may be restrained from axial movement by a shear element. The firing pin holder may include a firing pin and latch. The engagement mechanism may be switchable between an engaged arrangement and a disengaged arrangement. The engagement mechanism may be configured to transition from the engaged arrangement to the disengaged arrangement in response to an axial movement of the lock mandrel.
US11686177B2
The well system includes a casing and production tubing and a control unit that can receive measurements of temperature and pressure of fluid in the tubing-casing annulus (TCA). A subsurface safety valve (SSSV) connected to the tubing can switch to an open or closed state in response to a change in pressure of the fluid. An expected thermal expansion or contraction of the TCA fluid is calculated based on the received measurements, and the control unit determines, based on the expected thermal expansion or contraction and on a calculated TCA volume, a volume necessary to be added to or released from the TCA to maintain the fluid within an optimal pressure range. The control unit can also receive an indication of an emergency condition and transmit a signal to activate a release valve to release from the TCA a volume of fluid sufficient to cause the SSSV to close.
US11686171B2
Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead and then orienting a tree (or spool, or flowline connection body) relative to the tubing hanger while landing the tree on the wellhead are provided. This alignment is accomplished without the use of either a tubing spool or a BOP stack with an orientation pin. The tubing hanger alignment devices may be used to orientate the tree as the tree is landed so that the couplings and stabs between the tree and the tubing hanger line up with each other just at the moment of landing.
US11686159B2
A gap sub assembly for electromagnetic telemetry used in downhole drilling. The gap sub comprises a female part comprising a female mating section and a male part comprising a male mating section. The male mating section is matingly received within the female mating section and electrically isolated therefrom. One or more electrically insulating bodies secure the male part axially and torsionally relative to the female part. The electrically insulating bodies also electrically isolate the male part from the female part. The electrically insulating bodies can be installed through apertures in the female part or at least some of the electrically insulating bodies can be installed before the male mating section is inserted into the female mating section. The electrically insulating bodies can be held in place on the male mating section using a retention apparatus such as a ring, a scarf, pods or an adhesive.
US11686155B2
Devices, systems, and methods are directed to mounting an auxiliary component to a tower based at least in part on a force distribution in which a normal force is greater than a shear force exerted by the auxiliary component on a shell of the tower such that the auxiliary component may be held in place relative to the tower without penetrating the shell of the tower. Thus, as compared to mounting techniques requiring penetration of the shell of the tower, this force distribution along the shell of the tower may facilitate mounting the auxiliary component to the tower with little to no impact on cost and/or structural requirements of the tower. Further, or instead, as compared to other mounting techniques, mounting the auxiliary component based at least in part on this force distribution may reduce or eliminate the need for specialized tools, thus facilitating in-field installation of the auxiliary component.
US11686150B1
The present lift lock is employed on a gate that is swingable and liftable on a first axis. In a first position the lift lock is on the first axis and in a blocking position that prevents the gate from being lifted relative to a barrier having the gate. The lift lock is slideable away from the first position on the axis to a second position away from the axis where the lift lock is in an unblocking position, thereby permitting the gate to be lifted on the axis. The lift lock snaps into and out of the second position.
US11686146B2
An automated window mechanism having a motor and a force measuring component. A movement path is defined for the window movement relative to a window frame. The force-measuring component measures the force required to move the window along the movement path. The force required is stored as a force map and is a function of position along the path. Deviations from the force map cause the motor to take measures which may include stopping the motor.
US11686145B2
A shaft-mounted overhead door operator is disclosed having a motor, a torque transfer component such as a gear train, and a clutch that is axially movable to engage or disengage the clutch. While the door operator has power, the clutch is engaged to ensure door operator can raise, lower, and stop the overhead door as directed from a remote control. The clutch can be released in the event of a loss of power or by direction from the remote control in which case the clutch releases the shaft of the overhead door. The shaft-mounted overhead door is small, having a width no greater than three times the diameter of the shaft to which it is mounted.
US11686143B2
A system and method of operating a power tailgate assembly for a vehicle. The system can detect that a tailgate, connected to the vehicle by a pivotal connection and having an open position and a closed position, is in the open position, detect that the vehicle is being driven, detect, by one or more sensors, a movement of the tailgate, and control a motor assembly to restrain movement of the tailgate and return the tailgate to the open position in response to detecting that the tailgate is in the open position, the vehicle is being driven, and the tailgate has moved more than a threshold amount.
US11686141B2
An open roof assembly is configured for providing a closable roof opening in a vehicle roof. Thereto, the open roof assembly comprises a closure member that is moveably arranged for opening and closing the roof opening and a detection system for detecting an object in the roof opening. The detection system is configured to provide an entrapment signal if a foreign object is detected in the roof opening, when the closure member is moving and a collision may occur. The detection system is further configured to provide an operating signal, when an object is detected performing a predefined action. Based on the operating signal a control unit may execute an associated function.
US11686139B2
A hinge structure includes: a base having an axial hole whose an inner wall has positioning concave portions; at least one torque element, disposed in the axial hole and includes a torque providing portion and positioning convex portions; and a rotation shaft, passing through the through hole. The torque providing portion surrounds a central axis of the axial hole to form a through hole, the torque providing portion has a fracture adjacent to the through hole, and the positioning convex portions are connected to the torque providing portion and correspond to the positioning concave portions respectively. The torque providing portion and the positioning convex portions are located on a same virtual plane perpendicular to the center axis. A first virtual straight line on the virtual plane passes through the fracture and the center axis, and at least some positioning convex portions are not located on the first virtual straight line.
US11686138B2
A wall plate mounting system for attaching one end of a swing arm at a desired height and orientation to a vertical wall and attaches at the opposite end to a monitor and keyboard. The system includes an elongated body opened at one end with a center channel partially covered by two elevated flanges. The elongated body includes lateral flanges each with an upward extending ear. The ears are spaced apart and form a slot that communicates with the channel. Formed on the elongated body and under the slot are mounting holes. The system also includes an elongated template configured to slide freely inside the channel and under the ears. Formed on the elongated template is an elongated second slot and length measurement indices. During assembly, the elongated template is partially extended from the r channel formed on the elongated body at a desired length and locked together to form a jig. The jig is then moved to other walls and the mounting holes are marked so that mounting holes used with all wall plate mounting systems are the same height and proper orientation.
US11686137B2
A hinge has a first component that pivotally supports a second component of the hinge. The first hinge component carries an energy harvesting switch having a movable operator such as a spring-projected plunger that is positioned to be depressed or otherwise moved by the second hinge component in response to relative pivotal movement of the first and second hinge components. If a gate is fastened to the second hinge component, at least some of the weight of the gate is transferred from the second hinge component to the first hinge component. When the gate is pivoted away from a closed orientation toward an open orientation, the second hinge component moves the operator of the energy harvesting switch thereby causing the energy harvesting switch to emit a radio frequency signal.
US11686135B1
A pre-hung door and casing retention device and a method of latching and unlatching a pre-hung door and casing. The door includes a tubular body configured to be receivable in a door lock cylinder opening and a door latch opening. A male portion has an extending post with a plurality of teeth extending from at least one side of said post, the male portion receivable in a latch bolt opening and the door latch opening. An elongated engagement portion has a first end fastened in the tubular body, an opposed second end extending from the tubular portion and a protrusion engaging teeth on the male portion when inserted into the tubular portion and wherein the protrusion is disengaged from the teeth when a withdrawal force is exerted on the engagement portion.
US11686131B2
An actuating drive for motor vehicle applications, in particular for a motor vehicle lock comprising an actuating drive, for realizing different functional positions, includes an electromagnetic rotary actuator with a rotor and a stator, in particular a coil carrier, a drive lever, wherein the drive lever can be moved to different functional positions by the rotary actuator, and means for latching the drive lever in the functional position, wherein the drive lever interacts with a switching lever in such a way that, after a functional position of the drive lever is reached, a moment which stabilizes the functional position can be introduced into the drive lever by the switching lever.
US11686130B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for operating a power tailgate system include overload checking a tailgate latched by a latch that is in a full-latching position, connected with a latch actuator, and activated by the latch actuator for non-revertible movement in a latching direction. Overload checking the tailgate includes operating the latch actuator to over-stroke the latch, identifying an over-stroking load on the latch actuator, and based on the over-stroking load on the latch actuator, determining whether the tailgate is overloaded or not overloaded. Over-stroking the latch includes moving the latch in the latching direction from the full-latching position to an over-stroking position, and the over-stroking load on the latch actuator is associated with its operation to over-stroke the latch.
US11686128B2
A tool box or tool cabinet (hereafter: “tool box”) is provided with a locking mechanism having a locked condition in which it prevents access to tools within the tool box, and an unlocked condition in which it allows access to tools within the tool box. An electric motor has a rotor, and is provided with a microprocessor and control circuit, coupled to the motor for controlling it. The microprocessor is adapted to receive Bluetooth signals when paired to a user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, The microprocessor and control circuit are effective, when the user's portable Bluetooth-enabled mobile device is sufficiently close to the control circuit to be detected, to energise the motor to rotate the rotor in a first sense, effective to disable the locking mechanism to allow access to the tools.
US11686119B1
The present disclosure provides a tent trailer and a vehicle, the tent trailer is capable of being connected with the vehicle to move with the vehicle. The tent trailer includes a tent assembly, a wheel assembly having two opposite wheels, and a connecting assembly. The tent assembly is arranged on the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes a first connecting member arranged between the two opposite wheels, and two opposite connecting shafts, two ends of each of the connecting shafts are respectively connected with one corresponding wheel and one corresponding one of the first connecting member, so as to connect the wheels with the first connecting member, and the vehicle is connected with the first connecting member to drive the tent trailer to move. The vehicle of the present disclosure has multiple functions and is convenient to use.
US11686115B2
A wall brace system for providing an apparatus for supporting a wall in a building structure, which has been moved inward by pressure from the earth outside in order to return the wall to a desired position. The wall brace system has a structural member, a retainer, a mounting assembly, a load member, a jack, and/or a locking member. A jack and/or locking member are operatively coupled between the structural member and the mounting assembly. The jack functions to exert a force against the structural member, directly or through the load member, in order to force the structural member toward the wall for shifting the wall (e.g., outwardly). The locking member functions to lock the structural member in place with respect to the mounting assembly after the jack positions the structural member. Thereafter, the jack is removed from the mounting assembly.
US11686114B2
A power head for a powered concrete roller screed includes a handle and a driver housing at a distal end of the handle. A cordless, battery-operated driver is received in the driver housing. A head actuator includes a translatable link extending along the handle and an eccentric cam. The eccentric cam is operatively connected to the translatable link within the drive housing such that translation of the translation link imparts rotation of the eccentric cam about a rotational axis of the eccentric cam to an actuated position. The eccentric cam is adjacent a trigger of a cordless, battery-operated driver and is configured to depress the trigger when the eccentric cam is rotated about its rotational axis to the actuated position.
US11686097B2
A skylight for a building includes a solar panel arranged within the skylight, the solar panel comprising one or more photovoltaic cells to collect direct radiation from rays of sunlight for conversion to electrical power, and an optical element to receive the direct radiation and refract it to the solar panel, and to receive the direct radiation and diffuse radiation scattered from the rays of sunlight and refract the direct radiation and the diffuse radiation through the skylight, bypassing the solar panel, to provide daylighting in the building.
US11686093B2
The present invention relates to a lintel or angle iron cover, and specifically a cover for an L-shaped lintel having a rise portion and a run portion. The cover is also L-shaped and is a continuous wall made up of an upper wall joined to a top wall which is joined to a side wall. The side wall is also joined to a bottom wall which is joined to a back wall. Further, the upper wall is at least as high as the rise portion of the lintel. The top wall and bottom wall form a U-shaped opening closed by the side wall, and the U-shaped opening is the size of the run portion. Whereas the back wall forms a lip at the end of the bottom wall.
US11686090B2
A leveling assembly for leveling a bottom edge of an interior wall panel includes an elongate floor channel secured to the floor, a floor rail at least partially disposed with the floor channel for supporting the bottom edge of the wall panel, and at least one leveler at least partially located within the floor rail. Each leveler includes a head couplable to the floor channel, an adjustment rod projecting from the head, and a rail support having a collar and a support shoulder extending outwardly from the collar. The head is substantially prevented from transverse movement when coupled to the floor channel. The collar passes through an aperture defined in a horizontal portion of the floor rail and is threadedly engaged with the adjustment rod. The support shoulder supports the floor rail. The adjustment rod is rotated to vary a vertical distance between the floor rail and the floor channel.
US11686089B2
An enclosure assembly apparatus can include a plurality of elements that can be arranged to facilitate positioning of an enclosure in a work space such as a room or floor of an office building or other building. Embodiments can be configured to facilitate relatively quick and level positioning of such an enclosure. Embodiments of the enclosure assembled via use of at least one embodiment of the enclosure assembly apparatus can be define a room, a meeting space, a privacy booth, a meeting cubicle, or other type of enclosure or work space within the room or floor of a building.
US11686088B2
A mountable panel includes a panel body and a hanger body. The panel body includes front, rear, longitudinal side and lateral side surfaces, and a channel having a recessed portion recessed from the rear surface and a leg portion extending into the panel body from a first longitudinal end of the recessed portion. The hanger body includes a base portion disposed in the recessed portion of the channel and recessed from the rear surface of the panel body, a leg portion extending forward from a first longitudinal end of the base portion and into the leg portion of the channel, and a hook portion extending rearward from the base portion.
US11686079B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a container (11) with at least one opening (13) for storing cleaning agents for a toilet rim block cage (30), wherein a polymer film (20) is provided, and at least one opening (13) is punched into the polymer film (20). The at least one opening (13) is closed by a substantially gas-tight and removable closure material (21), and the film (20) together with the closed opening (13) is then three-dimensionally deformed by means of thermoforming. The invention also relates to the container (11).
US11686078B1
A hands-free toilet flushing apparatus includes a mounting bracket, an input gear assembly, an output gear assembly, a flush pedal, an actuator arm, and a toilet handle connector. The input gear assembly and the output gear assembly are rotatably connected to a wall member of the mounting bracket. The flush pedal is operatively coupled to the input gear assembly, wherein the downward movement of the flush pedal rotates the input gear assembly in a clockwise motion. The output gear assembly is rotatably engaged with the input gear assembly, wherein the clockwise motion of the input gear assembly rotates the output gear assembly in a counterclockwise motion. The actuator arm is operatively coupled to the output gear assembly, wherein the counterclockwise motion of the output gear assembly applies a downward force to the actuator arm and the engaged toilet handle connector.
US11686045B2
The object of the invention is to provide a shoe press belt which has an excellent strength while the variation in strength among its parts being suppressed, and to provide a method for producing such a shoe press belt. Provided is a shoe press belt for use in a papermaking machine comprising at least one resin layer comprising polyurethane resin, wherein the polyurethane resin comprises as a component a polycarbonate diol comprising one or more unit(s) A expressed by the following formula (1) (wherein R1 is a branched alkylene group having 3 or more and 20 or less of carbon atoms):
US11686044B2
A fibrous body accumulating device includes an accumulating section including a drum that introduces and releases a material including fibers, a detection section detecting a presence of the material in the drum, and an estimation section estimating an amount of the material in the drum based on a detection frequency at which the detection section detects the material. The fibrous body accumulating device further includes a storage section in which a calibration curve showing a relationship between the detection frequency and the amount of the material in the drum is stored, and the estimation section calculates information on the detection frequency and estimates the amount of the material in the drum with reference to the calibration curve.
US11686041B2
An appliance having a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, a capacitive sensing arrangement within the drying chamber and configured to generate an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, and a control unit arranged for carrying out at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual humidity of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle according to the electric signal.
US11686040B2
A drying appliance includes a cabinet. A drum processes articles of laundry. The drum is positioned for rotational operation within the cabinet. A blower directs process air through a recirculating airflow path that includes the drum. The drum and the blower are activated in an operating state and deactivated in an idle state. A first operable vent is positioned proximate a front of the cabinet. A second operable vent is positioned proximate a rear of the cabinet. The first and second operable vents define an open position after the drum and the blower define the idle state. The first and second operable vents define a closed position after the drum and the blower define the operating state.
US11686038B2
The present disclosure relates to a clothing treatment device capable of omitting a frame for structurally connecting an inner case and a cabinet by filling a foaming agent between the inner case and the cabinet forming an appearance. The clothing treatment device comprises a cabinet having an opening at the front thereof: a door which is rotatably provided in front of the opening to open and close the opening; an inner case which is provided in the cabinet to form an accommodation space in which clothes are accommodated, and a hot air supply unit which is provided at the lower portion of the inner case to supply at least one of hot air and moisture to the accommodation space, wherein the inner case is formed of a styrene resin that maintains adhesion to the foaming agent injected into the inner portion of the cabinet.
US11686036B2
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.
US11686035B2
The present disclosure discloses a detergent delivery device, comprising a water box and a liquid storage box, an inner side wall of the water box is provided with a boss protruding towards an inside of the water box and extending along an axial direction of the water box, an upper surface of the boss is a supporting surface, and the liquid storage box is placed on the supporting surface of the boss, and is pulled along an extension direction of the supporting surface, the boss is provided with a notch penetrating through the supporting surface, such that water on the supporting surface flows into the water box through the notch. In the present disclosure, the notch is arranged on the supporting surface, under the condition of not influencing the pulling movement of the liquid storage box, water on the supporting surface is guided to the inside of the water box.
US11686028B1
One embodiment can provide an apparatus. The apparatus can include a robotic arm, a pair of jaws coupled to the robotic arm configured to grip a fabric piece at a pair of predetermined locations, a force sensor coupled to the jaws and configured to measure a tension force applied to the fabric piece by the jaws, and a control module configured to control movements of at least one jaw based on the measured tension force, thereby allowing the fabric piece to be stretched.
US11686020B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a protection board. A reinforcement fabric including multiple reinforcement fibers is provided, each reinforcement fiber containing multiple adjacent filaments, each filament being composed of a core and a shell formed around the core, and a melting temperature of the shell is lower than a melting temperature of the core, the shell of each filament attached to the shell of the adjacent filament. The impact strength of the shell is higher than the impact strength of the core. The reinforcement fabric can be manufactured into a protection board with good impact resistance simply through heating and molding. Therefore, the reinforcement fabric has the advantage of both manufacturing a protection board with good impact resistance and reducing its process complexity and cost.
US11686019B2
The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a CNT fiber that is constituted of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs), is thin, has little irregularity in thickness, has excellent winding properties when undergoing coiling processing, and has superior conductivity. Provided is a CNT fiber constituted of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a thickness of 0.01 μm-3 mm, having a coefficient of variation for irregularity in thickness of 0.2 or less, having a distribution rate a for deviation from roundness of 40% or greater, and a distribution rate b of 70% or greater. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the CNT fiber.
US11686011B2
Graphene electrodes-based supercapacitors are in demand due to superior electrochemical characteristics. However, commercial applications have been limited by inferior electrode cycle life. A method to fabricate highly efficient supercapacitor electrodes using pristine graphene sheets vertically-stacked and electrically connected to the carbon fibers which results in vertically-aligned graphene-carbon fiber nanostructure is disclosed. The vertically-aligned graphene-carbon fiber electrode prepared by electrophoretic deposition possesses a mesoporous three-dimensional architecture which enabled faster and efficient electrolyte-ion diffusion with a specific capacitance of 333.3 F g−1. The electrodes have electrochemical cycling stability of more than 100,000 cycles with 100% capacitance retention. Apart from the electrochemical double layer charge storage, the oxygen-containing surface moieties and α-Ni(OH)2 present on the graphene sheets enhance the charge storage by faradaic reactions. This enables the assembled device to provide a gravimetric energy density of 76 W h kg−1 with a 100% capacitance retention even after 1,000 bending cycles.
US11686008B2
An electroplating apparatus including an anode and a cathode, a power supply, and a regulating plate is provided. The power supply is electrically connected to the anode and the cathode. The regulating plate is arranged between the anode and the cathode. The regulating plate includes an insulating grid plate and a plurality of magnetic components. The plurality of magnetic components are uniformly and randomly arranged on the insulating grid plate. An electroplating method is also provided.
US11686005B1
Electroplating methods and systems are described that include adding a metal-ion-containing starting solution to a catholyte to increase a metal ion concentration in the catholyte to a first metal ion concentration. The methods and systems further include measuring the metal ion concentration in the catholyte while the metal ions electroplate onto a substrate and the catholyte reaches a second metal ion concentration that is less than the first metal ion concentration. The methods and systems additionally include adding a portion of an anolyte directly to the catholyte when the catholyte reaches the second metal ion concentration. The addition of the portion of the anolyte increases the metal ion concentration in the catholyte to a third metal ion concentration that is greater than or about the first metal ion concentration.
US11686001B2
The disclosure provides a eutectic ceramic thermal barrier material and a preparation method thereof, which relates to the field of composite materials. The present disclosure provides a eutectic ceramic thermal barrier material comprising a nickel-based superalloy substrate, an intermediate binding layer and a eutectic ceramic cladding layer stacked sequentially; the intermediate binding layer comprises a NiCoCrAlY binding layer; the eutectic ceramic cladding layer comprises an Al2O3/GdAlO3 binary eutectic ceramic coating or an Al2O3/GdAlO3/ZrO2 ternary eutectic ceramic coating. The eutectic ceramic thermal barrier material provided by the present disclosure has good high temperature resistance, good oxidation resistance and excellent mechanical properties.
US11685997B2
A flow substrate mounting structure comprising a fastener aperture and an alignment feature, wherein the alignment feature comprises at least one of an alignment pin removably coupled with the flow substrate mounting structure, an alignment slot, and an alignment step. A structure for coupling a plurality of flow substrates comprising a flow substrate mounting structure comprising a first fastener aperture, and a second fastener aperture, wherein the first fastener aperture is configured to couple with a first fastener and the second fastener aperture is configured to couple with a second fastener, wherein an alignment fixture is used to align the flow substrate mounting structure with the plurality of flow substrates.
US11685993B2
There is provided a technique that includes a first annealing step of annealing the reaction tube; a first cleaning step of cleaning an inner surface of the reaction tube, after the first annealing step, with a liquid including a fluorine compound having a first concentration; a first rinsing step of washing away the fluorine compound used in the first cleaning step with pure water; a second annealing step of annealing the reaction tube; a second cleaning step of cleaning the inner surface of the reaction tube, after the second annealing step, with a liquid including a fluorine compound having a second concentration higher than the first concentration; and a second rinsing step of washing away the fluorine compound used in the second cleaning step with pure water.
US11685986B2
The tantalum-doped molybdenum disulfide/tungsten disulfide (MoS2/WS2) multi-layer film includes a titanium transition layer, a titanium/tantalum/molybdenum disulfide/tungsten disulfide (Ti/Ta/MoS2/WS2) multi-layer gradient transition layer, and a tantalum-doped MoS2/WS2 multi-layer layer which are successively laminated in a thickness direction. The preparation method includes: successively depositing the titanium transition layer, the Ti/Ta/MoS2/WS2 multi-layer gradient transition layer, and the tantalum-doped MoS2/WS2 multi-layer layer on the surface of a matrix by adopting a magnetron sputtering technology to obtain the tantalum-doped MoS2/WS2 multi-layer film. The tantalum-doped MoS2/WS2 multi-layer film has good matrix binding strength, hardness and elasticity modulus, good friction and abrasion performance, good temperature self-adopting performance, heat and humidity resistance, and high temperature oxidization resistance under an atmospheric environment at different temperatures, and can meet the requirements of stable lubrication and long-life service of aerospace vehicles.
US11685983B2
A castable, moldable, or extrudable magnesium-based alloy that includes one or more insoluble additives. The insoluble additives can be used to enhance the mechanical properties of the structure, such as ductility and/or tensile strength. The final structure can be enhanced by heat treatment, as well as deformation processing such as extrusion, forging, or rolling, to further improve the strength of the final structure as compared to the non-enhanced structure. The magnesium-based composite has improved thermal and mechanical properties by the modification of grain boundary properties through the addition of insoluble nanoparticles to the magnesium alloys. The magnesium-based composite can have a thermal conductivity that is greater than 180 W/m-K, and/or ductility exceeding 15-20% elongation to failure.
US11685976B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing amorphous particle-modified magnesium alloy surface-gradient composites and pertains to the technical field of composites. The method comprises steps of: holding the temperature at 150˜350° C. for FeCrMoBC amorphous alloy particles; mixing pure magnesium, pure zinc, pure aluminum, pure copper and Mg-5 wt % Mn alloy under continuous protective gases, gradually raising temperature to 720˜760° C. and melting at a constant temperature for 15˜25 min to obtain a magnesium alloy melt; cooling the magnesium alloy melt to 600˜635° C. and starting mechanical stirring; continuing the cooling until the semi-solid temperature is 570˜615° C., slowly adding the above FeCrMoBC amorphous alloy particles, holding for 2˜5 min after mixing evenly, and cooling the crucible with water to obtain an amorphous particle-modified magnesium alloy surface-gradient composite.
US11685975B2
A magnesium alloy containing, in % by mass, 0.95 to 2.00% of Zn, 0.05% or more and less than 0.30% of Zr, 0.05 to 0.20% of Mn, and the balance consisting of Mg and unavoidable impurities, wherein the magnesium alloy has a particle size distribution with an average crystal particle size from 1.0 to 3.0 μm and a standard deviation of 0.7 or smaller.
US11685969B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrode for measuring an analyte. The electrode includes a first base layer, a first electrode layer upon the first base layer, and a second base layer. The first electrode layer is arranged between the first base layer and the second base layer. The first base layer includes a conductive metal, a conductive metal alloy, or carbon. The first electrode layer includes ruthenium metal, a ruthenium based metal alloy, nickel metal, or a nickel based metal alloy. The first base layer is made of different elements than the first electrode layer. The first base layer is more conductive than the first electrode layer.
US11685967B2
A preparation method of a high-strength and high-toughness A356.2 metal matrix composites for a hub is provided, including the following preparation process steps: preparation of a (graphene+HfB2)-aluminum master alloy wire; A356.2 alloy melting, master alloy addition, refining, and pressure casting; solution and aging treatment; shot blasting, finishing, alkaline/acid cleaning, anodic oxidation, and finished product packaging. In this way, two systems of two-dimensional nano-structure graphene nucleation and in-situ self-nucleation are introduced to complement each other, a second phase of silicon in A356.2 is refined by multi-dimensional scaling, and multi-dimensional nano-phases strengthen the aluminum-based composite material simultaneously. The preparation method solves the problems of limiting the strength, hardness, plasticity and toughness during the application of common A356.2 alloys for a hub, and a graphene/HfB2/aluminum composite material produced by a low-pressure casting process has an excellent comprehensive performance, so as to achieve a further weight reduction requirement for light weight.
US11685966B2
The present invention relates to techniques for producing 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys by recycling waste aircraft aluminum alloys, which belong to technical fields for circular economy. The present invention develops techniques for obtaining the 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys by subjecting waste aircraft aluminum alloys as raw materials to pretreatment, smelting, impurity removal, melt ingredient assay, ingredient adjustment, refining, and casting. Through utilizing the waste package aluminum alloys and the waste aluminum pop-top cans to adjust the ingredients, the waste aircraft aluminum alloys would be recycled at a lower cost without downgrading. The present invention has some advantages, such as low cost, and applicability for industrial production, as well as prominent economic benefit.
US11685964B2
Disclosed is a method and a device for retrieving, from an object A, elements G present in a matrix M, the method including at least the following steps: bringing said abject A into contact with a dense fluid Fd with a molar mass greater than 2 g mol−1 under temperature T1 and pressure P1 conditions suitable for transforming the intergranular phase and for releasing the elements G, modifying the temperature T2 and/or pressure P2 values to stop the reaction transforming the intergranular phase, and recovering the elements G separated front the matrix M.
US11685963B2
A zinc-plated steel sheet of an aspect of the present invention includes a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a zinc-plated layer. In the steel sheet, steel microstructures in a range of ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness, having the center at ¼ thickness from a steel sheet surface, include, by vol %, ferrite: 0% to 10%, bainite: 0% to 20%, tempered martensite: 70% or more, fresh martensite: 0% to 10%, retained austenite: 0% to 10%, and pearlite: 0% to 5%. In the zinc-plated steel sheet, the amount of hydrogen emitted when the steel sheet is heated to 200° C. from a room temperature after removal of the zinc-plated layer is 0.40 ppm or less per mass of the steel sheet, the tensile strength is 1470 MPa or more, and no cracking occurs in a U-shape bending test where a stress equivalent to 1000 MPa is applied for 24 hours.
US11685958B2
The present description provides a cancer assay panel for targeted detection of cancer-specific methylation patterns. Further provided herein are methods of designing, making, and using the cancer assay panel for the diagnosis of cancer.
US11685955B2
The invention relates to methods for predicting the response of a patient with a malignant disease to immunotherapy with a pharmaceutical compound that is designed to inhibit an immunoregulatory effect of an immune checkpoint selected from cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4) and its ligands Cluster of differentiation 80 (CD80) and Cluster of Differentiation 86 (CD86). The methods are based on a DNA methylation analysis of the CTLA4 gene of cells of the malignant disease and/or T lymphocytes interacting with said cells of the malignant disease.
US11685947B2
Methods and compositions for maintaining DNA contiguity for sequencing is provided. For example, a plurality of partitions is provided comprising a bead, a forward primer oligonucleotide cleaved from the bead, the forward primer oligonucleotide having a bead-specific barcode and a 3′ end specific for and complementary to a first or second adaptor; a reverse primer oligonucleotide having a 3′ end complementary to the first or second adaptor, wherein the forward primer 3′ end and the reverse primer 3′ end are complementary to different adaptors selected from the first adaptor and the second adaptor; and fragments of genomic DNA reacted with an adapter-loaded tagmentase such that the DNA fragments comprise breakpoints in the fragments and an inserted adaptor at the break points, wherein the tagmentase binds the breakpoints to form linked DNA segments in the form of DNA segment-first adaptor tagmentase second adaptor-(DNA segment-first adaptor tagmentase second adaptor)n-DNA segment, where n is any integer and “-” indicates a covalent linkage.
US11685942B2
A method of making a polypeptide including one or more D-amino acids is provided. The method includes combining a ribosome with protein translation factors including (1) a template encoding the polypeptide, wherein the template encoding the polypeptide includes one or more codons which have been recoded to accept a tRNA attached to a D-amino acid, (2) a plurality of L-amino acids and a plurality of corresponding tRNAs, (3) a plurality of D-amino acids and their corresponding aminoacyl tRNA synthetase or a plurality of tRNAs ligated with a D-amino acid, and (4) elongation factor P in a concentration of 2 to 20 micromolar, wherein translation of the template encoding the polypeptide occurs to produce the polypeptide including one or more D-amino acids.
US11685940B2
Provided is a method capable of replicating or amplifying circular DNA, and particularly, long-chain circular DNA, in a cell-free system. Specifically, provided is a method for suppressing generation of a DNA multimer as a by-product, when circular DNA having a replication origin sequence (origin of chromosome (oriC)) is replicated or amplified by using the following enzyme groups: (1) a first enzyme group that catalyzes replication of circular DNA; (2) a second enzyme group that catalyzes an Okazaki fragment maturation and synthesizes two sister circular DNAs constituting a catenane; and (3) a third enzyme group that catalyzes a separation of two sister circular DNAs. Moreover, also provided is a method comprising introducing oriC into circular DNA by using a transposon.
US11685937B2
The invention features compositions and methods for the increased production of mevalonate, isoprene, isoprenoid precursor molecules, isoprenoids, and/or acetyl-CoA-derived products in recombinant microorganisms by engineering the microorganisms to comprise one or more acetylating proteins such that the expression and/or activity of the one or more acetylating proteins is modulated.
US11685935B2
The present invention is in the field of CRISPR-Cas system for genome targeting. The present invention relates to new engineered Cas9 scaffolds and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for genome targeting, cell engineering and therapeutic application. The present invention also relates to vectors, compositions and kits in which the new Cas9 scaffolds of the present invention are used.
US11685934B2
The present invention provides high efficiency targeted and marker-less single or simultaneous multiple integrations using nucleases and a stable plasmid in Kluyveromyces host cells.
US11685933B2
Recombinant expression vectors are disclosed that include a control sequence for recombinant expression of proteins of interest; the control sequence combines a mCMV enhancer sequence with a rat EF-1alpha intron sequence. Some of the vectors are useful for tetracycline-inducible expression. Some of the vectors contain a 5′ PiggyBac ITR and a 3′ PiggyBac ITR to promote genomic integration into a host cell chromosome. A method of selecting a stable production cell line for manufacturing a protein of interest is also disclosed. Also disclosed are mammalian host cells comprising the inventive recombinant expression vectors and a method of producing a protein of interest, in vitro, involving the mammalian host cell.
US11685931B2
Application of a fragment of an isolated nucleotide sequence in the construction of zebrafish without intermuscular bones. The nucleotide sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO:1. Gene mutation is performed by taking SEQ ID NO:1 as a target gene; the mutant F0 embryos are selected and cultured to adult fish; F0 mutant is hybridized with wild type zebrafish to generate an F1 embryos; sense mutant heterozygotes F1 is screened out and cultured to adult fish; and then F1 heterozygote self-crosses to generate F2 generation of three gene types, including homozygote, heterozygote, and wild type. Zebrafish without intermuscular bones is obtained by using a gene mutation method, which provided a basis for subsequent research on a molecular formation mechanism of fish intermuscular bones and the cultivation of economic fishes without intermuscular bone and possessed a basic research value and an application value in other economic aquaculture fish species.
US11685928B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins in plants, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising a milk protein, or fragment thereof and a structured mammalian, avian, plant, or fungal protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.
US11685927B2
Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions with reduced glucosinolate content as well as plants that yield such seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions are provided. Methods of making and using the pennycress plants and/or seed that provide such seed, seed lots, seed meal, and compositions are also provided.
US11685926B2
The present invention relates to a mutant onion (Allium cepa) plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin. The mutant onion plant has a reduced level, reduced activity or complete absence of AcDMR6 protein as compared to a wild type onion plant.
US11685923B2
The present invention relates to methods and a kit for enhancing the translation ability of an RNA molecule. The methods involve the use of an RNA molecule comprising a methylated adenosine residue in a 5′ untranslated region (UTR). Also disclosed are methods for eIF4E-independent translation of an RNA molecule and treatment methods.
US11685910B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides having trehalase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using a trehalase of the invention, in particular a process of producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol.
US11685907B2
A method for producing insoluble alpha-1,3-glucan is disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise providing (i) oligosaccharides that comprise alpha-1,3 and alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, or (ii) oligosaccharides derived from a glucosyltransferase reaction; and contacting at least water, sucrose, a glucosyltransferase enzyme, and the oligosaccharides provided in the first step. Glucosyltransferase reaction compositions embodying such a method, and insoluble products thereof, are also disclosed. Yield and other product benefits can be realized when practicing the disclosed subject matter.
US11685906B2
The present disclosure provides a modified human OTC protein having improved properties for the treatment of OTC deficiency in a patient. Preferably, the protein of the disclosure is produced from a codon optimized mRNA suitable for administration to a patient suffering from OTC deficiency wherein upon administration of the mRNA to the patient, the protein of the disclosure is expressed in the patient in therapeutically effective amounts to treat OTC deficiency. The present disclosure also provides codon optimized mRNA sequences encoding wild type human OTC comprising a 5′ UTR derived from a gene expressed by Arabidopsis thaliana for use in treating OTC deficiency in a patient.
US11685898B2
This invention is directed to, inter alia, stable cartilage-derived progenitor cell lines as well as methods for producing stable cartilage-derived progenitor cell lines from diseased human cartilaginous tissues and lesions. Also provided herein are methods for using cartilage-derived progenitor cell lines for treatment of cartilage and bone degenerative diseases.
US11685893B2
A system comprising a collocated thermal plant, water source, CO2 source and biomass growth module is disclosed. A method of improving the environment by utilizing the system is disclosed.
US11685889B2
The present disclosure provides automated modules and instruments for improved detection of nuclease genome editing of live cells. The disclosure provides improved modules—including high throughput modules—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying and selecting cells that have been properly edited.
US11685886B2
A method for filtering a gas includes delivering a gas into a compartment of a gas filter assembly; applying a partial vacuum to the gas filter assembly so that the partial vacuum assists in drawing the gas through a porous filter body of the gas filter assembly that is at least partially disposed within the compartment of the gas filter assembly; and regulating the application of the partial vacuum based on a pressure reading of the gas upstream or downstream of the gas filter assembly.
US11685883B2
Embodiments described herein generally provide for the expansion of cells in a cell expansion system using an active promotion of a coating agent(s) to a cell growth surface. A coating agent may be applied to a surface, such as the cell growth surface of a hollow fiber, by controlling the movement of a fluid in which a coating agent is suspended. Using ultrafiltration, the fluid may be pushed through the pores of a hollow fiber from a first side, e.g., an intracapillary (IC) side, of the hollow fiber to a second side, e.g., an extracapillary (EC) side, while the coating agent is actively promoted to the surface of the hollow fiber. In so doing, the coating agent may be hydrostatically deposited onto a wall, e.g., inner wall, of the hollow fiber.
US11685882B2
Methods of dishwashing to remove soils are disclosed, including a first detergent wash step, wherein the detergent is substantially-free of water conditioning agents including polycarboxylic acid polymers and phosphonates, followed by a second step of rinsing under high temperature with a water conditioning agent, namely polycarboxylic acid polymers. The methods result in little to no precipitation forming on the treated ware due to the treating of the hard water before it contacts the alkalinity source which prevents precipitation and/or flocculation from occurring.
US11685881B2
A method of automatic dishwashing of dishware, including electrolytically generating a bleaching species, washing the dishware with a composition comprising the bleaching species, and washing the dishware with a composition including an enzyme. The invention also includes an automatic dishwasher including a wash tank, an electrochemical cell, and a first reservoir containing a composition including an enzyme, wherein the electrochemical cell contains a solution including an alkali metal chloride salt, wherein the dishwasher is configured to electrolyze the solution, and to dose the electrolyzed solution into the wash tank before dosing the composition including the enzyme into the wash tank. The invention also includes a kit for use in the method of automatic dishwashing of dishware.
US11685880B2
The present disclosure describes a peroxide based cleaning composition comprising a peroxide; a builder; a surfactant; a peroxide stabilizer; and remainder water and optional adjuvant. In various embodiments, the cleaning composition comprises hydrogen peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, a vegetable fatty acid potassium soap, glycerin, water and essential oil. The peroxide based cleaning composition exhibits storage stability for up to about 9-months and provides cleaning efficacy on a wide variety of hard surfaces and fabrics.
US11685879B2
The present application provides azeotrope or azeotrope-like compositions comprising dimethyl carbonate and a perfluoroheptene ether or a perfluoropentene ether, wherein the perfluoroheptene ether or perfluoropentene ether is present in the composition in an amount effective to form an azeotrope composition or azeotrope-like composition with the dimethyl carbonate. Methods of using the composition provided herein in cleaning and carrier fluid applications are also provided.
US11685874B2
A comb copolymer viscosity modifier may be made by polymerization comprising at least, or consisting essentially of, the following monomers: (a) (optionally from 7.0 wt % to 18 wt %, by repeat units, of) a hydrogenated polybutadiene-based (alk)acrylate ester macromonomer; (b) (optionally from 33 wt % to 64 wt %, by repeat units, of) a C3-C8alkyl (alk)acrylate ester monomer; (c) a C12-C24 alkyl (alk)acrylate ester monomer; and (d) (optionally from 3.0 wt % to 25 wt %, by repeat units, of) H-endcapped, C1-C18 alkyl-endcapped, or C6-C20 aryl-, aralkyl-, or alkaryl-endcapped C2-C6 oxyalkyl or C2-C6 oligo(alkylene glycol)-based (alk)acrylate ester monomer, wherein repeat units based on monomer (c) and/or monomer (d) comprise at least 21.0 wt % (and optionally up to 35.0 wt %) of repeat units of the comb copolymer viscosity modifier. Lubricant compositions comprising the comb copolymer viscosity modifier, as well as uses thereof and methods for modifying viscosity and dispersancy, are also contemplated.
US11685870B2
A catalytic upgrading process includes introducing a feed comprising crude oil to a steam cracking unit, thereby producing pyrolysis fuel oil (PFO). The PFO is introduced to a first catalytic depolyaromatization reactor to remove polyaromatics from the feed, thereby producing polyaromatics adsorbed to the catalyst and depolyaromatized PFO. The depolyaromatized PFO is introduced to a hydrocracking unit. The resulting benzene-toluene-xylenes (BTX) and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) are separated, and the BTX is introduced to a BTX complex to produce refined BTX. The LPG can then be introduced to the steam cracking unit. After depolyaromatization, a wash solvent is introduced into the first catalytic depolyaromatization reactor to remove the polyaromatics, regenerate the catalyst, and produce a mixture comprising the wash solvent and the polyaromatics. The wash solvent is separated from the polyaromatics.
US11685868B2
A catalytic cracking gasoline upgrading method is provided. First, in the presence of a prehydrogenation catalyst, the full-range FCC gasoline undergoes prehydrogenation in a prehydrogenation reactor to remove diolefins, mercaptans and sulfides, and then the prehydrogenation product undergoes selective hydrodesulfurization in the presence of a hydrodesulfurization-isomerization catalyst, and straight-chain olefins are isomerized into single-branched olefins or single-branched alkanes, thus obtaining a low-olefin, ultralow-sulfur and high-octane clean gasoline product.
US11685861B2
A quantum dot structure includes a core and an inner shell. The core is a single crystal of a compound M1C1, and has a core surface having a first region and a second region. The first region has a crystal plane that is inactive with oxygen, and the second region has a crystal plane that is easily reactive with oxygen. The inner shell is a single crystal of a compound M2C2, and is formed on the first region of the core surface. A method for making the quantum dot structure is also disclosed.
US11685854B1
A carbonation-resistant cementitious blend containing cement, an expandable agent present, a dispersion agent, a fluid loss additive, a defoamer, and an olive waste. Concrete samples made therefrom and methods of producing such concrete samples are also specified. The addition of olive waste provides enhanced durability (carbonation resistance) and maintains mechanical strength (e.g. compressive strength, tensile strength) after exposure to CO2 and/or brine. The resulting concretes are suitable cementing material for oil and gas wells as well as wellbores for geologic carbon sequestration.
US11685849B2
An abrasive particle can include a coating overlying at least a portion of a core. In an embodiment, the coating can include a first portion overlying at least a portion of the core and a second portion overlying at least a portion of the core, wherein the first portion can include a ceramic material and the second portion can include a silane or a silane reaction product. In a particular embodiment, the first portion can consist essentially of silica. In another particular embodiment, the first portion can include a surface roughness of not greater than 5 nm and a crystalline content of not greater than 60%.
US11685843B2
A laminate for a battery with a polypropylene adhesive layer and a metal substrate layer: (1) the adhesive includes 40-94 wt % of a propylene copolymer (A), 3-30 wt % of a butene-containing copolymer (B), 3-30 wt % of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (C) ((A), (B), and (C) is 100 wt %), (2) the copolymer (A) has a melting point of 130° C. or more measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, and a total proportion of a structural unit derived from ethylene is 4-25 mol % relative to 100 mol % of a total structural units forming all the copolymers (A) contained in the adhesive, (3) the copolymer (B) includes less than 1 mol % of a structural unit derived from ethylene, and has a melting point of 100° C. or less measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, and (4) the copolymer (C) includes 50-99 mol % of a structural unit derived from ethylene.
US11685840B2
The present invention provides a polyolefin composition, said composition comprising a terpolymer comprising a cross-linkable polyolefin comprising hydrolysable silane groups and a polar comonomer, the polyolefin composition further comprising a cross-linking catalyst and a silicon containing compound. The polar comonomer Is present in an amount of 5-35 wt %.
US11685827B2
A polyvinyl chloride composition for powder molding includes a polyvinyl chloride (A) an amount of 100 parts by mass, a plasticizer in an amount of 110 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less, and an acrylic polymer in an amount of 4 parts by mass or more and 23 parts by mass or less. The polyvinyl chloride (A) has an average particle diameter of 50 μm or more and 500 μm or less and an average degree of polymerization of 1,350 or more. The acrylic polymer has an average particle diameter of 0.01 μm or more and 10 μm or less and contains a constitutional unit derived from a (meth) acrylic ester in an amount of 50 mass % or more.
US11685826B2
The present invention relates to an ethylene polymer composition comprising: (A) an ethylene polymer comprising epoxy-groups, and (B) a cross-linking agent comprising: (B1) an organo-metallic Lewis acid, and at least one of: (B2) a compound comprising at least one amino group; and (B3) a compound comprising at least one hydroxyl group.
US11685818B2
Methods of making fiber reinforced composite articles are described. The methods may include treating fibers with a sizing composition that includes a polymerization compound, and introducing the treated fibers to a pre-polymerized composition. The combination of the treated fibers and pre-polymerized composition may then undergo a temperature adjustment to a polymerization temperature at which the pre-polymerized composition polymerizes into a plastic around the fibers to form the fiber-reinforced composite article. Techniques for introducing the treated fibers to the pre-polymerized composition may include pultrusion, filament winding, reactive injection molding (RIM), structural reactive injection molding (SRIM), resin transfer molding (RTM), vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM), long fiber injection (LFI), sheet molding compound (SMC) molding, bulk molding compound (BMC) molding, a spray-up application, and/or a hand lay-up application, among other techniques.
US11685816B2
Foamed articles including a foamed thermoplastic elastomeric material, methods of making the foamed articles, and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear, apparel, and athletic equipment incorporating such foamed articles are provided. In one aspect, a method for making a foamed article comprises placing an article comprising a foamable material and carbon dioxide in a vessel, maintaining the vessel at a first pressure and first temperature at which the carbon dioxide is a liquid and carbon dioxide is soluble in the foamable material, optionally exposing the infused article to a second temperature and second pressure, and subjecting the article to a third pressure and third temperature at which the infused carbon dioxide phase transitions to a gas, thereby expanding the foamable material into a foamed material and forming the foamed article.
US11685807B2
The present invention provides a resin composition containing an epoxy compound A having a specific structure having an aromatic ring, and having an epoxy equivalent in the range of from 500 to 10,000 g/eq, and an epoxy compound B having an epoxy equivalent in the range of from 100 to 300 g/eq, and a bonding agent containing the resin composition. Further, the present invention provides a cured product containing resin particles and a matrix resin, wherein the resin particles are a cured product of an epoxy compound A having a specific structure having an aromatic ring, and having an epoxy equivalent in the range of from 500 to 10,000 g/eq, and the matrix resin is a cured product of an epoxy compound B having an epoxy equivalent in the range of from 100 to 300 g/eq, and a laminate having a substrate and the cured product.
US11685806B2
The present invention relates to a melt processable thermoplastic polyurethane-urea composition formed by a continuous bulk process without the presence of solvent using a polyol component, an isocyanate component, and chain extender component comprising a hindered aromatic diamine.
US11685802B2
The present application relates to a multiblock copolymer comprising at least one PA block, at least one PB block, and at least one PC block. PC block is positioned between PA block and PB block, where PC block is a rubber block, and where PA represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A, PB represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B, and PC represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer C, with monomers A and B being the same or different.
US11685798B2
In various embodiments, a polyethylene formulation has a density of greater than 0.940 g/cm3 when measured according to ASTM D792, and a high load melt index (I21) of 1.0 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min when measured according to ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and a 21.6 kg load. Moreover, the polyethylene formulation has a peak molecular weight (Mp(GPC)) of less than 50,000 g/mol, a number average molecular weight (Mn(GPC)) of less than 30,000 g/mol, and a weight fraction (w1) of molecular weight (MW) less than 10,000 g/mol of less than or equal to 10.5 wt %, as determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC). Articles made from the polyethylene formulation, such as articles made by blow molding processes are also provided.
US11685792B2
The invention relates to antibodies against human CD39 and use thereof for inhibiting T regulatory cells (Treg) activity. More particularly CD39 antibodies may be used for the treatment or prevention of cancers and infectious diseases.
US11685789B2
CD47 antigen-binding molecules are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding, compositions comprising, and methods using, the CD47 antigen-binding molecules.
US11685787B2
Provided herein are methods for treating cancer, comprising administering to a subject having cancer a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-GITR antibody alone or together with an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibody.
US11685784B2
The present disclosure provides an anti-immune-checkpoint nanobody that specifically binds to a programmed cell death ligand 1. The present disclosure also provides the nucleic acid sequence of the anti-immune-checkpoint nanobody, use of the anti-immune-checkpoint nanobody for treating cancer and immune-related disorders, and a method for detecting expression levels of PD-L1.
US11685783B2
Provided are anti-PD-1 antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, related expression vectors, and host cells. Provided are methods of making anti-PD-1 antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their use to treat subjects. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US11685782B2
Provided herein are methods of treating cancer using LSD1 inhibitors in combination with immunotherapy.
US11685780B2
The invention relates to COnditional Bispecific Redirected Activation constructs, or COBRAs, that are administered in an active pro-drug format. Upon exposure to tumor proteases, the constructs are cleaved and activated, such that they can bind both tumor target antigens (TTAs) as well as CD3, thus recruiting T cells expressing CD3 to the tumor, resulting in treatment. In some embodiments, the tumor target antigen is B7H3.
US11685778B2
Disclosed in the present invention are an antibody targeting LAG-3, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. In particular, disclosed in the present invention is a novel monoclonal antibody targeting LAG-3. Also disclosed in the present invention is a method for the preparation of the monoclonal antibody. The monoclonal antibody of the present invention is capable of binding LAG-3 antigens with high specificity, and has very high affinity and significant activities such as anti-tumor activity.
US11685775B2
The present disclosure relates, in general, to combination therapy using an inhibitor of transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) and an inhibitor of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) for treating cancer or preventing recurrence of cancer diseases such as lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, hepatocellular cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, ovarian cancer, stomach cancer, fibrotic cancer, glioma and melanoma, and metastases thereof.
US11685774B2
A method of reducing a symptom of a clinical disorder characterized by aberrantly elevated circulating aP2 is carried out by administering to a subject an inhibitor of secreted aP2, secretion of aP2, or a serum aP2 blocking agent. For example, glucose intolerance is reduced following administration of such an inhibitor or agent. Exemplary compositions inhibit cellular secretion of aP2 or bind to circulating aP2, thereby reducing the level or activity of aP2 in blood or serum.
US11685770B2
The present invention provides stabilized activin IIB receptor polypeptides and proteins capable of binding and inhibiting the activities of activin A, myostatin, or GDF-11. The present invention also provides polynucleotides, vectors and host cells capable of producing the stabilized polypeptides and proteins. Compositions and methods for treating muscle-wasting diseases and metabolic disorders are also provided.
US11685765B2
A method of concentration of a liquid comprising a biomolecule is provided. The method comprises passing the liquid through a tangential flow filtration device under pressure, wherein the pressure applied is varied between at least a higher pressure and a lower pressure. Preferably, the variation in pressure is delivered by the use of a variable flow-controller, such as a valve.
US11685760B2
The present patent application relates to the use of an innovative amino acid derivative of glucosamine having the Formula 1 of the general structure which follows, or of a pharmaceutical composition which contains it as a single active ingredient or in association with one or more further active ingredients for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases involved mainly with the regulation of the turnover of macromolecules that make up the ECM of connective tissue in general and more specifically of the cartilage.
US11685756B2
Novel phosphorescent OLED emitters based on metal complexes with indolizine-derived heterocycles as ligands are disclosed. Structural variations of the ligands provide access to a variety of green, yellow and red emitters.
US11685755B2
The disclosure relates to dicarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The disclosure relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.
US11685748B2
Provided is a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate, isotopic substituent, polymorph, prodrug, or metabolite thereof. Also provided is a method for preparing the compound of formula I. The compound of formula I has higher inhibitory activity against SHP2, and thus can be used to prevent or treat a disease related to SHP2.
US11685743B2
Disclosed herein are compound capable of exploiting non-bonding electron densities, for example, cationic open-shell, pi-conjugated bisphenalenyls wherein intermolecular covalent bonding interactions can occur in multiple dimensions. Further disclosed are compositions comprising the disclosed compounds and process for the preparation thereof.
US11685741B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula I, II, or III and compositions of the same, which are reversible off-on or ratiometric fluorescent iron sensors and are useful in live-cell imaging of labile iron ions and their quantification in subcellular compartments, as well as treatment of diseases associated with iron dyshomoestasis.
US11685740B2
Provided are a novel compound having an antagonistic activity for the P2X7 receptor, and a pharmaceutical composition having an antagonistic activity for the P2X7 receptor. A compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Z1 is C(R4) or the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom or the like; Z2 is C(R5a)(R5a′) or the like; the dashed line represents the presence or absence of a bond; when the dashed line represents the presence of a bond, then R5a′ is absent; R5a and R5a′ are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; Ring Q is a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered non-aromatic heterocycle or the like; Y1 is O or the like; R2a is a group represented by the formula: —(C(R2a′)(R2b′))n—R1; R2b is a hydrogen atom or the like; R2a′ and R2b′ is each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; R1 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like; X is N(R7a) or the like; R7a is a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like; n is an integer from 0 to 4; and m is an integer from 0 to 4, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11685739B2
One aspect of the invention provides a composition of novel high penetration compositions (HPC) or a high penetration prodrug (HPP) for treatment of Parkinson's disease. The HPCs/HPPs are capable of being converted to parent active drugs or drug metabolites after crossing the biological barrier and thus can render treatments for the conditions that the parent drugs or metabolites can. Additionally, the HPPs are capable of reaching areas that parent drugs may not be able to access or to render a sufficient concentration at the target areas and therefore render novel treatments. The HPCs/HPPs can be administered to a subject through various administration routes, e.g., locally delivered to an action site of a condition with a high concentration or systematically administered to a biological subject and enter the general circulation with a faster rate.
US11685731B2
The present application provides processes for preparing 4-[3-(cyanomethyl)-3-(3′,5′-dimethyl-1H, 1′H-4,4′-bipyrazol-1-yl)azetidin-1-yl]-2,5-difluoro-N-[(1S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-methylethyl]benzamide, and phosphoric acid salt thereof, which is useful as a selective (Janus kinase 1) JAK1 inhibitor, as well as salt forms and intermediates related thereto.
US11685727B2
Disclosed are compounds active towards nuclear receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and use of the compounds in therapy.
US11685724B2
The present invention relates to intermediate compounds for the synthesis of novel cannabinoids 1 and 2, synthesized from simple starting materials using a cascade sequence of allylic rearrangement, aromatization and, for tetracyclic cannabinoids, further highly stereoselective and regioselective cyclization. These synthesized cannabinoids can more easily be obtained at high purity levels than cannabinoids isolated or synthesized via known methods. The cannabinoids 2 are obtained containing very low levels of isomeric cannabinoids such as the undesirable Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol. The analogues with variation in aromatic ring substituents, whilst easily synthesized with the new methodology, would be much more difficult to make from any of the components of cannabis oil. Novel compounds of the formulas 3 and 6, useful as intermediates for the synthesis of the cannabinoids of advanced intermediates 4 and 5 as well as cannabinoids of the formulas 1 and 2, are disclosed.
US11685720B2
Provided herein are compounds, salts, crystalline forms, and pharmaceutical compositions that are related to thiobutyrate compounds, such as Compound (1) and its salts (such as sodium, potassium, and calcium salt), as well as methods of preparing the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the compounds, salts, crystalline forms, and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases or disorders, such as gout and hyperuricemia.
US11685718B2
Provided are methods of producing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) grade migalastat hydrochloride, and for purifying intermediate grade migalastat hydrochloride. Further provided are methods of producing [(2R,3S,4R,5S)-1-butyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-3,4,5-triol hydrochloride (lucerastat hydrochloride) and other 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin compounds, as well as methods of purifying intermediate grade lucerastat hydrochloride and other 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin compounds.
US11685715B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and nanostructures having one or more quaternary ammonium salts, compositions including the compounds and nanostructures, and methods useful for treating conditions using the compounds, nanostructures, and compositions. In at least one aspect, a compound is represented by formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Q is fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo; each of s, b, and n is independently an integer from about 10 to about 100; and each of v, j, p, z, q, x and m is independently an integer from 1 to about 20.
US11685709B2
Disclosed herein is a novel class of multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds that are derived from an aza-Michael Addition reaction between a polyamine (Michael donor) and an activated olefin (Michael acceptor), methods of making the same, and use thereof. Also disclosed herein are the methods of using multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds disclosed herein in a reverse emulsion breaker composition to break reverse emulsion commonly found in a produced fluid in oil and gas operations. The disclosed REB methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used for oil/solid and water separation.
US11685701B2
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system comprising i) (a) an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine chromium salt or (b) a chromium salt and an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine and ii) an organoaluminum compound. The present disclosure also relate to a process comprising: a) contacting i) ethylene; ii) a catalyst system comprising (a) an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine chromium salt complex or (b) a chromium salt and an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine; ii) an organoaluminum compound, and iii) optionally an organic reaction medium; and b) forming an oligomer product in a reaction zone.
US11685696B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a redispersible dispersion powder, to the redispersible dispersion powder obtainable by this process, to an aqueous dispersion obtainable by step (1) of this process, and to a building material composition comprising the redispersible dispersion powder and/or the aqueous dispersion, to the use of the redispersible dispersion powder in a building material composition and to the use of the aqueous dispersion for production of a redispersible dispersion powder.
US11685692B2
The present invention relates to a composition for manufacturing artificial marble including a first preliminary composition and a second preliminary composition which include an acrylic-based monomer, an acrylic-based resin, a polymerization initiator, a crosslinking agent, a coloring agent, and a gelling agent and have a viscosity of 100,000 Ps to 5,000,000 Ps and/or a storage modulus of 100,000 Pa to 1,000,000 Pa. A viscosity of the second preliminary composition is higher than a viscosity of the first preliminary composition. Coloring agents of the first preliminary composition and the second preliminary composition have different colors. A weight ratio of the first preliminary composition to the second preliminary composition is in a range of 1:1 to 500:1. According to the present invention, artificial marble having a dashed pattern similar to that of natural marble is provided by increasing viscoelasticity to prepare semi-solid preliminary compositions for manufacturing artificial marble, having excellent workability and machinability, preparing a composition for manufacturing artificial marble by mixing two or more of the semi-solid preliminary compositions, and performing various molding and machining processes on the composition.
US11685691B2
A mortar composition, which includes (i) a treated palm oil fuel ash, wherein the treated palm oil fuel ash is the only binder present, (ii) a fine aggregate, (iii) an alkali activator containing an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate, and (iv) aluminum hydroxide as a strength enhancer. A cured mortar made from the mortar composition is also disclosed with advantageous compressive strength properties.
US11685688B2
The present document discloses a glazing in the form of a window glass or vehicle glass which comprises a transparent glass substrate, and a coating, which comprises at least one functional metal Ag alloy coating layer. The alloy coating layer consists essentially of Ag with an alloying agent selected from a group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Hf, Ta or W. An alloying agent concentration is 0.15-1.35 at. %, preferably 0.20-1.00 at. % or 0.25-0.80 at. % of the Ag alloy coating layer, the rest being Ag, and the Ag alloy coating layer has a thickness of 5-20 nm, preferably 8-15 nm or more preferably 8-12 nm.
US11685687B2
Mineral wool fibers having a mineral wool fiber composition are manufactured by introducing batch materials into a melter, melting the mineral batch materials in the melter to provide a melt and fiberizing the melt to form the mineral wool fibers. The batch materials comprise i) fibers having a first batch material composition which is different from the mineral wool fiber composition and consisting of scrap fibers which have broken at a bushing producing continuous fibers; and ii) one of more additional mineral batch materials.
US11685685B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming a curved glass article. In the method, a mold having a curved surface is provided. A self-adhesive layer is disposed on the curved surface. A glass sheet is bent into conformity with the curved surface at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the glass sheet. The glass sheet includes a first major surface and a second major surface in which the second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface is adhered to the self-adhesive layer. A frame is bonded to the second major surface of the glass sheet, and the glass sheet is removed from the self-adhesive layer. A system for performing the method and a mold having a self-adhesive layer are also disclosed.
US11685684B2
Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.
US11685675B2
A treatment process for municipal, commercial, industrial, and institutional fluids containing one or more substances at a first concentration includes a contactor, an aerator, and a separator. The fluid is mixed with a powdered natural lignocellulosic material (“PNLM”), a microbial growth inoculum, and at least a portion of the fluid in the contactor to provide a mixture that includes an established, acclimated microbial growth in the fluid. The mixture is introduced to an aerator where physical binding and chemical bonding of at least some of the one or more substances to the PNLM additionally physiological uptake by microbial growth in a biosludge reduces the concentration of at least some of the one or more substances in the fluid discharged from the aerator to a second concentration. The biosludge is separated to recover at least a portion of the PNLM that is recycled to the contactor.
US11685667B2
A method for purifying ferric chloride, the method including: 1) adding an oxidant to an aqueous solution of an iron-containing chloride for oxidation of Fe2+, to yield a ferric chloride solution; 2) adding industrial hydrochloric acid and butyl acetate to the ferric chloride solution, shaking and resting a mixture of the ferric chloride solution, the industrial hydrochloric acid, and butyl acetate for phase separation, to yield an organic phase and an aqueous phase; 3) adding a stripping agent to the organic phase, shaking, and resting a mixture of the stripping agent and the organic phase; and collecting an aqueous phase including ferric chloride; and 4) evaporating and concentrating the aqueous phase including ferric chloride, removing butyl acetate, to yield purified ferric chloride.
US11685665B2
According to an embodiment, a method for preparing a sea urchin-shaped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire comprises preparing a mixture of a ZnO nano-powder and a graphite powder and irradiating the mixture, in a container, with a microwave.
US11685662B2
A method for producing silicon carbide directly from comminuted coal and a silicon precursor is described. The process includes coating comminuted coal with a silicon precursor and heating the silicon precursor coated comminuted coal to initially form polymerized preceramic silicon-carbon foam and then further heating to form silicon carbide foam.
US11685658B2
Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.
US11685649B2
A method of manufacturing MEMS housings includes: providing glass spacers; providing a window plate; attaching the window plate to the glass spacers; aligning the glass spacers with a device glass plate having MEMS devices thereon; bonding the glass spacers to the device glass plate; and singulating the glass spacers, window plate, and device glass plate to produce the MEMS housings.
US11685642B2
A controlled liquid pourer that may include a liquid path, an air path, a flow control mechanism that is configured to control, during a liquid consumption iteration, (a) a flow of liquor from a bottle and through the liquid path, and (b) a flow of air through the air path and into the bottle, a mechanical coupling mechanism and a locking mechanism configured to selectively lock the controlled liquid pourer to the bottle.
US11685631B2
A method of operating a building elevator system having a plurality of elevator systems organized into an elevator group including: detecting crowd data within an elevator lobby proximate the elevator group on a landing; determining a level of crowdedness in response to the crowd data; determining at least two elevator cars of the plurality of elevator systems are required in response to the level of crowdedness; dispatching an elevator car of a first elevator system of the plurality of elevator systems to the landing; dispatching an elevator car of a second elevator system of the plurality of elevator systems to the landing; and coordinating an arrival time of the elevator car of the first elevator system at the landing and an arrival time of the elevator car of the second elevator system at the landing.
US11685629B2
A reel chock is disclosed according to various embodiments. The reel chock can include a chock body that has a width that extends along a pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot plate attached to the chock body. The pivot plate can be transverse to the pivot axis. The reel chock also can include a pivot arm that is rotatably connected to the pivot plate such that the pivot arm rotates about the pivot axis. The pivot arm can include a fastener portion that extends at least partially over the chock body.
US11685614B2
The present invention relates to a lifting device for lifting and vertically, and possibly horizontally, replacing an object. The lifting device comprises a first unit (1) configured with one or more catching parts such as suction pads and a second unit (2) configured to control vertical and optionally horizontal position of the object. The second unit (2) comprises a first attachment position and a second attachment position and the first attachment position is fixed to a vertically extending part (3) of the first unit (1); the second attachment position is fixed to a sliding member (10) of the first unit (1) by a rigid joint configured to transfer all movements induced at the second attachment position by the second unit (2) to a sliding member (10) of the first unit configured to slide between two positions along a longitudinal member (11) of the first unit.
US11685612B2
A motorized transfer apparatus is described, comprising: a conveyor belt movable along a predetermined feeding direction and comprising a plurality of modular elements arranged in closed loop; a support structure comprising a sliding surface having a substantially cross-sectional triangular shape, so as to form in sequence: a first flat portion, which is substantially horizontal and which defines a transport plane for the objects transported by said conveyor belt, a second flat portion, which defines a descent path for the conveyor belt, and a third flat portion, which defines an ascent path for said the conveyor belt. The apparatus further comprises a motorized actuator device for the conveyor belt and a drive unit, inserted inside the support structure and arranged to transmit the motion generated by the motorized actuator device to the conveyor belt. Each modular element has a length, measured along the feeding direction, which is between 1.5% and about 6% of the overall length of the conveyor belt. The third flat portion connects the second flat portion with the first flat portion.
US11685610B2
A pick-and-place device of display screen substrate and a control method for picking and placing a display screen substrate are disclosed. The pick-and-place device of display screen substrate includes a housing, a support assembly and a control component. The support assembly is disposed in the housing and includes: a support plate extending in a first direction, and two sets of support bars disposed opposite to each other and spaced apart from each other in the first direction. Each set of support bars includes a plurality of support bars arranged at intervals along a second direction, and each support bars is movable in a third direction. The support plate and the support bar are connected with the housing respectively, and the support plate is provided with an opening configured to allow the support bar to move along the third direction.
US11685609B2
A split drive sprocket assembly includes: a first sprocket portion and a second sprocket portion configured to be joined along an opposing mating surface to form a cylindrical sprocket body; a series of teeth extending radially from a circumferential end of the first sprocket portion and the second sprocket portion; a first shoulder connected to the first sprocket portion and extending radially so as to extend from an axial further than the teeth extends from the axial and spaced axially apart from the teeth; a second shoulder connected to the second sprocket portion and extending radially so as to extend from the axial further than the teeth extends from the axial and spaced axially apart from the teeth. The first sprocket portion and the second sprocket portion are configured to engage a belt with the teeth and the first and second shoulder are configured to overlap with the belt while the teeth are engaged with the belt.
US11685607B2
A method of operating a conveyor system includes providing a fixed, non-powered first rail supporting first and second trolleys of a first carrier, at least one of which is self-driving. The first and second trolley are conveyed in line along the first rail with a load bar therebetween. The first carrier defines a length measured along the first rail and a width measured transverse. The first carrier is conveyed to a branch point where a second rail branches from the first rail. The second trolley is conveyed along the second the rail to turn the first carrier so that it is conveyed with the load bar traversing between the first and second rails. The width is substantially less than the length such that the turning of the first carrier reduces an occupancy of the first carrier along the first rail.
US11685603B1
System for use in directing an article sorting operation includes a routing engine, first and second vehicles, and a grid comprising a plurality of grid cells, each grid cell having a grid cell length X. First size vehicle has a first vehicle length greater than the grid cell length X and second size vehicle has a second vehicle length greater than the first vehicle length. The system is configured to: receive article information of first and second articles; assign the first article to be transported by the first size vehicle, and the second article to be transported by the second size vehicle; determine a first route for the first size vehicle such that the first route has a first width equaling A*X, and a second route for the second size vehicle such that the second route has a second width equaling B*X.
US11685600B2
The invention relates to automotive tire storing system (100) providing storage of the tires (200) used in automotive sector and building a storage-controlling automatization. The invention particularly relates to automotive tire storing system (100) providing automatically detecting diameter of the tires (200), placing the tire at an appropriate position according to the detected diameter, firstly taking the tire stored in the first place thereout.
US11685593B2
The invention relates to portable liquid supply device, mainly for water from central and other sources or for suspensions, for example pharmaceutical products and nutrient liquids. The invention can be used in household, outdoors, in the garden plots, in health care institutions, for example, for patients with dysphagia, as the source of purified drinking water or nutrient liquids, which go to a patient easily. Liquid supply device, includes raw liquid vessel, pressure generating means, liquid treating unit, comprising a lid, liquid supply means, liquid treating element and raw liquid inlet element, characterized in that is configured to supply treated liquid in portions from 5 to 100 ml, with velocity 0.5 to 10 ml/sec.
US11685590B2
A dosing dispenser for a flowable composition includes a housing, a traveler, a plunger, and a driver. The housing defines a chamber, and the plunger is movable within the chamber. The traveler is at least partially within the chamber and configured to selectively position the plunger. The driver is at least partially within the chamber and configured to movably position the traveler relative to the driver. The driver is engaged with the traveler within the chamber.
US11685589B2
An insulating device backpack may include an outer shell, a first sidewall defining a front portion of the insulating device backpack, and a second sidewall and a third sidewall defining side portions of the insulating device backpack, and a fourth sidewall defining a back portion of the insulating device backpack, an inner liner forming a storage compartment, an insulating layer positioned in between the outer shell and the inner liner, the insulating layer providing insulation for the storage compartment, and an opening configured to allow access to the storage compartment, and a closure adapted to seal the opening.
US11685587B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a packaging composite material comprising polarizing films, the packaging composite material comprising: a polarizing layer, comprising two or more layers of polarizing film, wherein polarization directions of at least two layers of polarizing film have an included angle which is not 0°. The packaging composite material of the present invention has a simple structure, strong light-blocking properties, a high light-blocking rate, and a broad-spectrum light-blocking effect. Also disclosed in the present invention are the use of the packaging composite material in packaging, and the use of the packaging composite material in a label. When used as packaging or a label, the packaging composite material can extend the shelf life of products which need to be stored in the dark.
US11685581B2
An apparatus, system, and method that relate to a self-locking tie with one or more elastomeric features are disclosed. A strap of the self-locking tie includes one or more features that physically anchor the strap to a base of a mold during a multi-stage molding process. These features may include one or more recesses. Side walls of the one or more recesses may be sloped, as defined by anchors with undercut regions that physically engage material of the strap to prevent movement of the strap within a mold cavity of the base as the strap cools and as the strap is exposed between its formation and formation of one or more elastomeric features thereon.
US11685579B2
The container with a lid and threaded closure mechanism includes a receptacle having a mouth surrounded by a thread, a lid, a sealing ring and a closure mechanism formed by a disc with a hollow interior and a perimetral tubular skirt provided with an engagement configuration complementary to the thread of the receptacle. The closure mechanism surrounds the lid and holds it against the mouth of the receptacle by means of a threaded attachment between the engagement configuration of the closure mechanism and the thread of the receptacle, assuring proper hermetic closure of the lid with the receptacle in cooperation with the sealing ring. The lid and the closure mechanism have mutually engaging elements with a complementary non-circular geometry and size, with both elements being tightly fitted preventing relative rotation of the closure mechanism with respect to the lid.
US11685576B2
A lid is capable of easily taking out contents from an opening portion thereof, while securing sealability of a container. The lid includes a top lid made of a paper-based material, the top lid including: an opening portion communicating between the inside and the outside of the top lid; a lid piece formed to be capable of opening or closing the opening portion; and a holding portion for holding the lid piece in a state where the opening portion is opened; and the lid includes a holding reception portion configured to hold the holding portion in a state where the opening portion is opened.
US11685575B2
A tamper-evident closure comprising a cap and a retaining ring, the retaining ring is connected to the sidewall by a plurality of bridges, at least one of the bridges is frangible and at least one of the bridges is non-frangible whereby to form a link between the ring and the sidewall.
US11685559B2
A storage container for a storage and dispensing station for drugs or dietary supplement products is provided. The storage container has a separating device including a plurality of channels and a retainer for preventing drugs from slipping into a channel aligned with a dispensing opening. The separating device includes an annular groove and the retainer includes a positioner that engages in the annular groove of the separating device and fixes the retainer vertically. The retainer also includes a retaining section and a holder. The holder secures the retainer against a concurrent rotation with the separating device and aligns the retaining section with the dispensing opening by the holder interacting with a circular cylindrical section of the housing.
US11685557B1
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a launch vehicle fairing recovery system and method using inflatable bags and fairing repositioning mechanisms. Embodiments of the present invention also relate to providing a system or mechanism to flip the fairing into the proper floating position. In some embodiments, the fairing has an inner surface and an outer surface, where the outer surface is exposed to the atmosphere when the fairing is interconnected to a spacecraft, and one or more inflatable bags interconnected to the outer surface of the fairing, where when the fairing is interconnected to the spacecraft the one or more inflatable bags is empty, and after the fairing separates from the spacecraft the one or more airbags are filled with pressurized gas and/or hydraulic liquids.
US11685556B2
A radiator for a geostationary satellite is disclosed having a radiative panel perpendicular to a radiation axis, and pivoting relative to the radiation axis, a mounting foot for the panel, a motor which rotates the mounting foot about a rotation axis, the radiation axis and the rotation axis being tilted relative to each other by an angle corresponding to the angle of the satellite's orbital plane relative to the ecliptic plane of the planet, and a guidance system for the panel, limiting rotation of the panel about the rotation axis, including a connecting arm pivoting relative to the satellite about a first axis and relative to the panel about a second axis concurrent with the first axis at a point of intersection of all the axes.
US11685549B2
A device that is capable of creating multiple connections on a grounding point in a single airport hangar, as well as reducing the likelihood of there being a tripping hazard over the connected cables, while also assisting in preventing damage to cable connections which may result from vehicles being driven inside an airport hangar.
US11685548B2
Provided is a transportation system comprising a hybrid vehicle that is propelled on a highway by a linear induction electric motor comprising a stationary motor element (“stator”) and a moving motor element (“rotor”), where the stator is incorporated into a groove in the highway and the rotor is incorporated into the hybrid vehicle and protrudes into the groove in the highway; and where the hybrid vehicle further comprises at least one wing that elevates the hybrid vehicle when propelled to a take-off speed on the highway. Methods of transportation utilizing this hybrid vehicle transportation system are further provided.
US11685545B2
An imaging system has a tether sub-system deployable and retrievable from an aircraft, an imaging device attached at a deployable end of the tether, and control apparatus comprising control and communication circuitry receiving images captured by the imaging apparatus and storing the images. The tether is deployed to a predetermined length, the aircraft is piloted in a flight pattern causing the imaging device at the deployed end of the tether to attain a fixed position proximate an imaging target, and the control apparatus is operated to capture images of the target.
US11685544B2
An expandable fuel line section for an aircraft, a fuel line for an aircraft, and a method for fabricating an expandable fuel line section for an aircraft are provided. In one non-limiting example, the expandable fuel line section includes a first inner tube section subassembly. A second inner tube section subassembly is in fluid communication with the first inner tube section subassembly. An outer tube subassembly has an outer tube wall surrounding an outer tube channel. The first and second inner tube section subassemblies are slidingly disposed in the outer tube channel to move between retracted positions and extended positions.
US11685543B1
A hybrid cooling system of an electric machine is contemplated. The hybrid cooling system comprises a propeller positioned on an exterior of an enclosure, at least one electronic component disposed within the enclosure, and a vapor chamber disposed within the enclosure, wherein the vapor chamber comprises an actuator configured to generate mist from a liquid coolant within the enclosure. In operation, in a first mode, the propeller rotates for generating air that is channeled into the enclosure via fins that are disposed on exterior portions of the enclosure, and in a second mode, the actuator generates mist within the vapor chamber, and the propeller rotates for generating air that is channeled into the enclosure via the fins disposed therein.
US11685530B1
A seat base includes a plurality of linear actuators each having a first end pivotally mounted to a base member and a second end pivotally mounted to a seat member. A controller is adapted for controlling an extension length of each of the plurality of linear actuators in a coordinated manner for adjusting a position of the seat member with six degrees-of-freedom and for damping vibration of the seat member. An active vibration mitigation method for reducing vibrations of an aircraft seat includes receiving vibration data from one or more accelerometers mounted to the aircraft seat and determining a vibration profile based on the vibration data. When vibration mitigation is warranted, control signals for damping vibration are determined and transmitted to a plurality of linear actuators adapted to support the aircraft seat.
US11685508B2
A bonded structure is described. The bonded structure includes an outer structure including a close tolerance hole associated with a first accuracy level. The bonded structure includes an interior structure comprising an oversized hole associated with a second accuracy level that is different from the first accuracy level. The bonded structure includes an elastomeric grommet disposed in the oversized hole. The bonded structure includes one or more spacers between the outer structure and the interior structure providing a space between the outer structure and the interior structure. The bonded structure includes a fastener positioned in the close tolerance hole and in the oversized hole. The bonded structure includes a bonding media disposed in the space between the outer structure and the interior structure via one or more channels of the fastener. The bonding media, elastomeric grommet, and oversized hole collectively position the interior structure relative to the outer structure.
US11685504B2
A shell arrangement for a fuselage of an aircraft includes a first shell portion extending in a curved manner in a shell peripheral direction and a second shell portion extending in a curved manner in the shell peripheral direction, wherein, in an overlapping portion of the shell arrangement, a first end region of the first shell portion and a second end region of the second shell portion overlap each other in the shell peripheral direction and a first outer face of the first shell portion and a second inner face of the second shell portion are adhesively bonded to each other by an adhesive layer, and wherein an edge of the first shell portion which terminates the first end region with respect to the shell peripheral direction extends in the overlapping portion in an undulating manner in a shell longitudinal direction which extends transversely relative to the shell peripheral direction.
US11685499B1
A steering system for marine propulsion devices having a steering device and steering actuators configured to change steering angles of the marine propulsion devices. A control system is operatively connected to the steering actuators and operatively connected to the steering device to receive steering requests from the steering device. The control system is configured to receive a request to activate the steering for a first device among the marine propulsion devices. The control system is further configured to change the steering angle of the first device according to a steering request when the steering request is received after receiving the request to activate the steering for the first device and to leave the steering angle for the first device unchanged when the steering request is received before receiving the request to activate the steering for the first device.
US11685497B2
A marine vessel maneuvering system includes a propulsion device, a steering device, a forward/reverse drive switch, a steering wheel, a forward drive operator, a reverse drive operator, and a controller. The forward drive operator and the reverse drive operator are respectively located on one and the other sides of a pivot axis of the steering wheel, and are pivotable together with the steering wheel. The controller performs a forward drive propulsion control and a reverse drive propulsion control to set the propulsive force direction and control a magnitude of the propulsive force according to the operation of the forward drive operator and the reverse drive operator. The controller enables the forward drive propulsion control in a forward drive operation valid range. The controller enables the reverse drive propulsion control in a reverse drive operation valid range.
US11685492B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices adapted to enhance propulsion (i.e., propulsion enhancing devices) of watercraft such as, for example, personal watercraft and the like. To this end, a propulsion enhancing device in accordance with the disclosures made herein may be attached to or integral with (e.g., formed unitarily with a housing thereof) a propulsion unit of a watercraft. The propulsion unit generates a stream of water that provides for propulsion of the watercraft. A propulsion enhancing device in accordance with the disclosures made herein includes internal structures that enhance velocity and/or volumetric attributes of a stream of water generated by the propulsion unit by transforming non rotational flow at the inlet of the propulsion enhancing device to rotational flow at the outlet of the propulsion enhancing device.
US11685490B2
A fish-like underwater robot includes a shell, a driving assembly and an integrated tension and swing component. The integrated tension and swing component includes a plurality of tension ropes and tension elements. Every two adjacent tension elements are connected in series through the plurality of tension ropes. The driving assembly and the integrated tension and swing component are disposed inside the shell. The driving assembly is disposed at a head of the shell. The integrated tension and swing component has an end connected to a tail of the shell and an end connected to the driving assembly. When the fish-like underwater robot is used, the driving assembly drives the integrated tension and swing component to swing to generate power for forward movement. A traditional fish-like tail swing structure is replaced with an integrated tension skeleton structure.
US11685488B2
An apparatus and method for lifting a boat. The apparatus comprises a base frame, a lifting platform engagable upon the bottom surface of a boat, at least one lifting arm rotatably connected to each of the base frame and the lifting platform, wherein the at least one lifting arm is substantially horizontal at a lowered position and substantially vertical at a raised position and at least one linear actuator extending between the frame and a top surface of the at least one lifting arm so as to be extended at the lowered position and retracted at the raised position. The method comprises positioning the boat above the lifting platform in its lowered position and pulling on a top surface of the lifting arm with at least one linear actuator so as to rotate the at least one lifting arm from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position.
US11685487B2
An ultrasonic system for treating a submerged surface of a target structure, the system including: an ultrasonic generator for generating electrical energy to drive first and second ultrasonic transducers, the electrical energy including at least two different frequencies including a first and second operation frequency; first ultrasonic transducers configured to be mounted as a first array to the target structure, and connectable to the ultrasonic generator and operable to generate a first ultrasound signal from the first operation frequency; and second ultrasonic transducers configured to be mounted as a second array to the target structure, and connectable to the ultrasonic generator and operable to generate a second ultrasound signal from the second operation frequency, wherein the first and second ultrasonic transducers are spaceable from one another to produce guided ultrasonic waveforms through the target structure including heterodyned frequencies from the first ultrasound signal and the second ultrasound signal.
US11685485B2
A vessel hull stabilization system includes a housing having a rotatable shaft mounted thereto, the shaft configured to connect to a fin such that the fin is located on an outside of the vessel hull and the housing is located on an inside of the vessel hull. A drive system is mounted to the housing and includes a motor and a drive element. The motor is connected to a central shaft of the drive element. The drive element includes a plurality of teeth positioned between the outer element and the central shaft such that when the motor rotates the central shaft, the plurality of teeth oscillate inwards and outwards to interact with teeth in the outer element and thereby cause rotation of a fin shaft connected to the outer element or to the gear having the oscillating teeth. A controller receives sensor readings to determine control signals to send to the motor(s) to impart rotation of the fin.
US11685482B2
Watersport board fins with fin retention systems and associated watersport boards and methods. A fin includes a hydrodynamic blade and a fin base extending from the hydrodynamic blade. The hydrodynamic blade defines a fin plane and includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a foil surface. The fin further includes a fin retention system with a selective retention system that includes a retainer and an actuator coupled to the retainer via a pivot shaft. The actuator forms a portion of the hydrodynamic blade when the selective retention system is in a locked configuration and is configured to rotate away from the fin plane when the selective retention system transitions from the locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. The retainer is configured to rotate away from the fin plane when the selective retention system transitions from the unlocked configuration to the locked configuration.
US11685474B2
The human powered hydrofoil bicycle includes multiple subsystems integrated together including a structural frame subsystem with associated steering and tiller module, a hydrofoil subsystem to provide vehicle lift, and a powertrain subsystem. The structural frame subsystem may be fitted with buoyancy modules to provide the overall vehicle with a near neutrally buoyant character. The structural frame subsystem also supports a seat for an operator and provides structural support for the steering and tiller module for the hydrofoil subsystem and the drivetrain subsystem. The hydrofoil subsystem includes multiple hydrofoil elements at lowermost portions of the vehicle. These hydrofoil elements generally include in a preferred embodiment a larger rear foil and a smaller front foil. The powertrain subsystem generally includes pedals rotatably supported on the vehicle at a convenient location for engagement and driving by feet of an operator. Power transmission elements extend from the pedals down to a prime mover such as a propeller.
US11685470B2
A bicycle component controller is basically provided with a data storage device and a processor. The data storage device contains sprocket assembly information of at least one sprocket assembly. The processor is configured to perform a gear shift control based on the sprocket assembly information. The sprocket assembly information of the at least one sprocket assembly at least includes a total sprocket number and shifting gate information. The single shifting distance of the sprocket assembly information corresponds to an axial spacing between adjacent sprockets of the at least one sprocket assembly.
US11685468B2
Chain-rings sets for power transmission systems, where at least one of the chain-rings is formed by independent segments provided with axial displacement means, where the segmentation is optimum both for shifts to a bigger chain-ring or a smaller chain-ring through a relative configuration between chain-rings, especially between the teeth involved in the power transmission during the shift, that ensure a smooth shift, efficient in the power transmission and reducing as possible the friction and the wear of the components.
