US11796206B1
A control method for air conditioning is proposed. The control method, which is provided to operate an air conditioning apparatus air conditioning an interior space, includes selecting either a comfort priority mode and an energy saving mode as an operational mode, inputting an input air conditioning temperature for air conditioning the interior space, setting a basic air conditioning temperature or a revised air conditioning temperature, by comparing the input air conditioning temperature and the basic air conditioning temperature read out from data in a database, as an air conditioning operational temperature, and operating the air conditioning apparatus so that the interior space is air conditioned at the air conditioning operational temperature.
US11796202B2
Systems and methods for monitoring ventilation effects in one or more locations are described herein. In various embodiments, a server computer 120 tracks CO2 level changes measured for a plurality of locations over a plurality of intervals of time over a plurality of days. When the server computer 120 receives data indicating performance of a ventilation action at a particular location and time, the system tracks changes in CO2 levels to determine whether the device is operating optimally and, if the device is not operating optimally, sends a notification to a client computing device. Using tracked CO2 level changes, the server computer 120 may identify ventilation actions to perform at different points in time and send instructions to a ventilation system which, when executed, cause performance of the ventilation actions.
US11796188B2
A cooking device includes a frame forming a cooking chamber; a door opening and closing the cooking chamber; a burner cover disposed in the cooking chamber; and a burner located in the burner cover, the burner generating a flame, wherein the burner cover is provided with a first hole providing a path through which air flows, and the frame is provided with a second hole communicating with the first hole, the second hole providing a path through which the air flows.
US11796184B2
An oven rack assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, and a first frame member rotatably coupled with the first arm and the second arm at spaced apart positions along an axis of the first frame member and supported by the first and second arms between a first vertical position and a second vertical position higher than the first vertical position. The first and second arms move the first frame member between the first and second vertical positions with movement of the first frame member in a direction of the axis by rotation of the first and second arms. The assembly further includes a first rack supported on a least a first side thereof by the first frame member and coupled with the first frame member to be slideable with respect thereto along the axis.
US11796183B2
A multi-compartment oven provides removable shelves receiving separated streams of heated air providing heating for different oven cavities above and below the shelves. The shelves communicate with an operator automatically closing ducts providing air to the shelves when the shelves are removed.
US11796178B2
An oven appliance includes a cabinet. A chamber is defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking. The oven appliance also includes a gas burner positioned proximate to a bottom portion of the chamber with a combustion products guide structure positioned and oriented to guide combustion products from the gas burner to an outlet proximate a back wall of the chamber.
US11796175B2
A method for designing a combustion system which emits less of at least one environmentally-harmful emission is presented. In a describing step, an injector which introduces a fuel into a combustion chamber is described via a CFD code. In a modeling step, combustion kinetics of the fuel are modeled via a pre-processing code as the fuel mixes and reacts with an oxidizer. In a first selecting step, at least one primary scalar is derived during the modeling of the combustion kinetics. In a performing step, a table look-up is performed to obtain at least one data from a look-up database based on the primary scalar. In a second selecting step, at least one secondary scalar is selected in addition to the primary scalar(s). In a specifying step, at least one chemical pathway of formation or destruction for the secondary scalar is specified via a chemistry manager wherein the secondary scalar is representative of the environmentally-harmful emission(s) of the chemical pathway(s). In a utilizing step, the data is utilized to evaluate the chemical pathway(s) to quantify the environmentally-harmful emission(s). In an identifying step, an improvement to the combustion system is identified which reduces the environmentally-harmful emission(s).
US11796156B2
A fluorescent plate includes a fluorescent phase which emits fluorescence by excitation light, a light-transmitting phase which allows passage of the excitation light, and a plurality of voids surrounded by the fluorescent phase and the light-transmitting phase, wherein, in a cross section of the fluorescent plate including cross sections of the voids, an average ratio of a portion of the circumference of a void, which portion is in contact with the fluorescent phase to the entire circumference of the void, is higher than an area ratio of the area of the fluorescent phase present in the fluorescent plate to the total area of the fluorescent phase and the light-transmitting phase present in the fluorescent plate.
US11796151B2
An optical film and a light emitting module using the same are disclosed. The light emitting module includes a light emitting assembly and an optical film. The light emitting assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units disposed on the substrate. The optical film is disposed above the light emitting units, and includes a base layer and a first optical structure. The first optical structure is disposed on the base layer and includes a first high refractive index layer and a first low refractive index layer. The first high refractive index layer is located between the light emitting assembly and the first low refractive index layer. The first inclined surfaces are formed on an interface between the first high refractive index layer and the first low refractive index layer. Each first inclined surface is inclined relative to a thickness direction of the base layer.
US11796140B1
A lighting device is disclosed operating a vivid source having a first duty cycle and a dulling source with second duty cycle. The vivid source and the dulling source operate at alternating time intervals where the intensity of one wavelength segment or block is emphasized in the vivid source and absent or de-emphasized in the dulling source. The operation provides the user with an emphasis on objects that reflect or absorb the emphasized wavelength segment.
US11796137B1
A corn lamp is provided includes a lamp body assembly having a mounting lamp holder, a connecting bracket and a lamp cap. A lamp source module is mounted on the mounting lamp holder. The connecting bracket is arranged between the mounting lamp holder and the lamp cap. The mounting lamp holder is fixed with the lamp cap through the connecting bracket. A mounting base for mounting other external lamp bodies is arranged on an inner side of the mounting lamp holder. A first mounting cavity corresponding to the lamp cap is formed on an inner side of the mounting base, and the mounting base is detachably connected with lamp caps of other external lamp bodies through threads. The corn lamp is convenient to assemble and disassemble. A plurality of lamp body assemblies can be assembled and disassembled to meet the lighting requirements of different scenes.
US11796134B2
A method for inhibiting the formation of carbonyl compounds in a gas cylinder containing carbon monoxide wherein the gas cylinder is in fluid communication with a valve assembly wherein the valve assembly connects to a threaded opening in the gas cylinder by a threaded assembly by coating interior and exterior components of the valve assembly selected from the group consisting of an inlet port, an outlet port, a diaphragm and a lower spindle with an amorphous hydrogenated silicon compound. A valve assembly containing the coated interior and exterior components is also disclosed.
US11796133B2
An automatic obstruction device for closing a filling circuit for filling a tank with fluid includes: a movable element movable between a non-obstruction position of the filling circuit, in which the movable element offers resistance to the fluid compatible with the filling of the tank, and an obstruction position of the filling circuit, in which the movable offers a resistance to the fluid that is incompatible with the filling of the tank; a holding element of the movable element holding the movable element in the non-obstruction position, and allowing movement of the movable element toward the obstruction position; and a first device of non-reversible movement or of non-reversible modification of the holding element allowing movement of the movable element toward the obstruction position, and being controllable by a control device.
US11796130B2
A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a low-temperature liquefied gas, having an insulating box-section with a bottom panel coming into abutment on a support wall, by means of sealant beads disposed between the support wall and the bottom panel, the sealant beads being disposed in the form of at least one closed outline delimiting at least one confined space between the support wall and the bottom panel, the bottom panel having at least one through passage leading into the confined space to allow gas to circulate between the confined space and an internal space of the insulating box-section.
US11796120B2
A support component includes a leg component having a male thread portion that is provided on at least an upper side of a rod extending in a height direction, and a pedestal portion that is provided larger than the rod and provided at a lower end portion of the rod, and a receiving component having a extruded portion that is provided, in a frame material including two vertically separated plate materials constituting a housing bottom portion of an equipment, in the plate material located on an upper side of the frame material and into which the male thread portion of the rod is screwed, and a through-hole that is provided in the plate material located on a lower side of the frame material and through which the rod passes, in which the support component enables height adjustment in a state in which the rod of the leg component is inserted through the extruded portion and the through-hole of the receiving component.
US11796111B2
A structured assembly of perpendicular, interwoven fluidic conduits permits connections between conduits to be readily (and in some cases visibly) established, thereby providing operational convenience and amenability to automated means of validation or verification.
US11796102B2
An assembly, connector and process for a quick connector includes a receptacle having first and second interior passages including a chamber in fluid communication between the first and second passages. A flow control insert is installed in the chamber to regulate fluid flow between the first and the second passage.
US11796097B2
A coupling part for a hose coupling, in particular for high-pressure hydraulic lines, and a hose coupling having such coupling part, has a connection head for connecting to a fitting, and, formed on the connection head, a press-fit nipple, which is intended for accommodating a hose-end portion, on which a pushed-on hose-end portion can be fastened in a sealing manner by pressing action by an at least partially sleeve-form press-fit ferrule enclosing the hose-end portion, and which has a rib profile including ribs bounded by grooves. The rib profile has at least two profile portions. The grooves of the first profile portion, which is directed towards the connection head, have a symmetrical cross section and the grooves of the second profile portion have an asymmetrical cross section and a larger groove volume than the grooves of the first profile portion.
US11796092B2
A double-wall spiral welded pipe includes a first steel belt layer and a second steel belt layer which have equal widths, are arranged in parallel and align with each other; at least two supporting steel bars perpendicular to the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer are arranged between the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer; the supporting steel bars are arranged on end parts of two sides of the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer and extend together with the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer; and the first steel belt layer, the second steel belt layer and the supporting steel bars on the end parts of the two sides are mutually welded to form a double-layer composite steel belt with a rectangular section in an extending direction.
US11796087B2
A coupling bracket for use with fluid and/or gas delivery systems that includes an elongated central body portion having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a channel running lengthwise therethrough; a first connecting region formed on the first end portion, wherein the first connecting region is adapted to receive a first accessory device in a non-threaded manner; and a second connecting region formed on the second end portion, wherein the second connecting region is adapted to receive a second accessory device in a non-threaded manner.
US11796072B2
A mixing cartridge (1) for a sanitary faucet, comprising at least: a mixing chamber (2) having at least one hot-water inlet (3) for hot water and at least one cold-water inlet (4) for cold water, and a vortex element (5) for at least partially swirling the hot water and the cold water in the mixing chamber (2), wherein the vortex element (5) comprises a plurality of outer wedge-shaped vortex bodies (6) and a plurality of inner wedge-shaped vortex bodies (7).
US11796067B2
A valve device capable of reducing pressure loss is provided. The valve device is provided with a valve main body having a valve chamber in which a valve body is arranged, inflow outlets, and communication holes communicating the valve chamber and the inflow outlets, and a rectification member arranged in the communication hole. The communication hole has a bent portion where the center line of the communication hole is bent, and the rectification member is arranged in the bent portion and has a corner portion formed by an inner circumferential surface bent or curved at an angle larger than the angle of the bent portion.
US11796060B2
A sealing device for sealing a space filled with a fluid in a MEMS sensor system. The sealing device includes a sealing unit, the sealing unit encompassing a channel, which is connected to the one space, and a sealing element for sealing the channel being situated in the channel in such a way that the channel and/or the sealing element are/is designed in such a way that the sealing element is sealingly fixed in the channel via a mechanical clamping.
US11796057B2
The control method for the continuously variable transmission in the present invention detects a magnitude of an acceleration request, and when the acceleration request exceeds a preset threshold value, the control method controls a transmission ratio by switching from a first shift mode, in which a target transmission ratio is changed steplessly, to a second shift mode, which includes a stepwise change in the target transmission ratio. Then, when executing the second shift mode, a target engine rotation speed is set according to the magnitude of the acceleration request, and a step-down shift, in which the target transmission ratio is lowered stepwise according to the target engine rotation speed, is executed at an acceleration start time, and the target engine rotation speed after executing the step-down shift is retained for a predetermined period.
US11796056B2
A working machine includes: a machine body provided thereon with a traveling pump and a traveling motor; a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state where a rotation speed of the traveling motor is set to a first speed and a second state where the rotation speed is set to a second speed; an actuation valve operable to control a flow of operation fluid to an operation valve that changes a pressure of operation fluid to be applied to the traveling pump according to operation of an operation member; and a controller to perform a shock-mitigation control for reducing an opening degree of the actuation valve when the traveling change-over valve is shifted from the first state to the second state. The controller determines a reduction amount of the opening degree of the actuation valve reduced by the shock-mitigation control, based on a straight-traveling degree of the machine body.
US11796055B2
A monitoring method and device for determination of a gear-stick position, a vehicle control unit, and a vehicle. The monitoring method for determination of a gear-stick position includes: acquiring a first actual gear-stick position and a first acceptable gear-stick position calculated by a functional layer; calculating a second actual gear-stick position according to a gear-stick position signal; determining whether the first actual gear-stick position and the second actual gear-stick position are consistent; in case that the first actual gear-stick position and the second actual gear-stick position are consistent, determining whether the first acceptable gear-stick position is valid; and in case that the first actual gear-stick position and the second actual gear-stick position are inconsistent or the first acceptable gear-stick position is invalid, controlling the vehicle to enter a safe state. The present application can ensure safe driving of a vehicle.
US11796054B2
A storage device stores a mapping data entry that specifies a mapping and includes data learned through machine learning. A detection value of an oil temperature sensor is an oil temperature detection value. When oil temperature relation data, which is data corresponding to time series data of the oil temperature detection value, is input to the mapping as an input variable, the mapping outputs an output variable that determines whether a frictional engagement element has an anomaly. Processing circuitry executes an obtainment process that obtains the input variable and an anomaly determination process that determines whether the frictional engagement element has an anomaly based on the output variable that is output from the mapping as a result of inputting the input variable obtained in the obtainment process into the mapping.
US11796052B2
A gear shifting apparatus in a new energy vehicle includes a primary power transmission unit, a secondary power transmission unit, an intermediate shaft, an intermediate shaft gear, a first clutch unit, a second clutch unit, and a third clutch unit. The intermediate shaft gear is fixedly sleeved on the intermediate shaft, and the first clutch unit is disposed between the intermediate shaft and the primary power transmission unit. The second clutch unit is disposed between the intermediate shaft and the secondary power transmission unit. The third clutch unit is disposed between the primary power transmission unit and the intermediate shaft gear.
US11796045B2
A strain wave gear includes gear elements including a circular element having an internally-toothed gear and a flex element having a flexible externally-toothed gear arranged in the circular element. A wave generator is rotatably arranged in the flex element and configured to flex the externally-toothed gear in a radial direction to partly mesh the internally-toothed gear and the externally-toothed gear. Support elements include a bearing input support element and a bearing output support element rotatably coupled to the bearing input support element. Elements of the support elements are fixed respectively to elements of the gear elements. An encoder arrangement includes an encoder track and an encoder reader. A part of the encoder arrangement is between an element of the support elements and an element of the gear elements.
US11796043B1
A differential device includes a differential case, a first output gear and a second output gear, and an interrupting mechanism. The differential case is rotatable. A drive force can be input to the differential case. The first output gear and the second output gear are accommodated in the differential case. The first output gear and a second output are rotatable with respect to the differential case and output the drive force received from the differential case. The interrupting mechanism is disposed on a side of the first output gear and connects and disconnects power transmission between the differential case and the first output gear. The first output gear is coupled to an output shaft through an intermediate member.
US11796042B2
A continuously variable transmission, provided with a continuously variable transmission provided with an outer housing, an intermediate housing is provided in the middle of the outer housing, a first end cover and a second end cover are respectively provided on both sides of the intermediate housing, the inside of the intermediate housing is a cavity structure, and the cavity inside the intermediate housing and insides of the first end cover and the second end cover form an inner cavity. The described continuously variable transmission may be widely used in the field of transmission.
US11796040B2
A chain tensioning device which combats natural build-up of chain slack. In controlling the chain slack, the torque at which a chain jumps occurs is delayed resulting in a higher jump torque performance.
US11796035B2
The present invention relates to a V-ribbed belt that has a medium elongation of 0.8% or more when the load of 4 cN/dtex is applied, and that contains a twisted cord in which a high-elongation aramid fiber having a tensile modulus of 50-100 GPa and a low-modulus fiber having a lower tensile modulus than the high-elongation aramid fiber are blended and twisted.
US11796033B2
A vibration damping device equipped with a resonator mechanism comprising at least one resonator, the at least one resonator having a first beater extending from an embedded end to a free beating end. The resonator consists of an elastically deformable base equipped with a first branch and a second branch connected by a central section, the embedded end being embedded at the first branch, the first branch extending from a first end to a second end each rigidly fastened to a mount, the second branch extending from a first end section to a second end section each rigidly fastened to a vibration source.
US11796032B2
A torsional vibration damper and a hydrodynamic torque converter comprising same is disclosed. The torsional vibration damper has an input part which can be rotated about a rotational axis (d) and an output part. An intermediate flange is arranged against a respective spring device, which acts in a circumferential direction, between the input part and the output part, and the intermediate flange is made of two axially spaced interconnected lateral parts, axially between which the input part and the output part are received. In order to improve the loading of the spring devices, the loading of the spring devices by means of the intermediate flange is at least partly provided by loading means arranged between the lateral parts.
US11796027B2
A damping adjuster is disclosed herein. The damping adjuster includes an adjuster housing and an adjuster shaft. The adjuster shaft rotatable within the adjuster housing, the adjuster shaft comprising a variable flow area feature, the variable flow area feature formed annularly about a portion of the adjuster shaft, the variable flow area feature comprising a plurality of different flow area values therealong. The damping adjuster also includes a fluid flow path through the adjuster housing, wherein the fluid flow path includes the variable flow area feature of the adjuster shaft.
US11796023B2
A damping device with a fixing structure includes a housing and a valve stem which extends through the housing. The inner housing plate is disposed in the housing, and the inner housing plate separates a space in the housing to be a first housing chamber and a second housing chamber which are independent and communicated with each other. An end of the valve stem is in sliding and sealing fit with the first housing chamber, and the valve stem separates the first housing chamber to be two independent sub-chambers with variable volumes. A plunger rod is directly or indirectly slidably sealed on the plug hole. The powerhead assembly is configured to drive the plunger rod to move. The housing is separated to be two chambers The plunger rod is moved to communicate or block the damping liquid, which realizes two functions of damping and supporting.
US11796022B1
A magnetic levitation buffer device includes a seat body, a first moving member, and a second moving member. The seat body has a housing space, and a first and a second buffer members disposed in opposite to each other therein. The first moving member has a first magnetic end movably disposed in the housing space. The first moving member abuts against the first buffer member. The second moving member has a second magnetic end movably disposed in the housing space. The second magnetic end and the first magnetic end are arranged in a face-to-face arrangement and magnetically repulsive to each other, whereby the second moving member contacts the second buffer member. With such configuration, the present invention applies the first buffer member and the second buffer member to absorb the vibration force, thereby reducing the vibration.
US11796008B2
A constant velocity joint comprises an outer joint part with outer ball tracks, an inner joint part with inner ball tracks, wherein respectively an outer ball track and an inner ball track form a pair of tracks with each other; a torque-transmitting ball in each pair of tracks; a ball cage in which the torque-transmitting balls are received; wherein a first articulation angle range is defined comprising articulation angles of less than twenty degrees, and a second articulation angle range comprising articulation angles greater than twenty degrees; wherein an opening angle within the first articulation angle range increases as the articulation angle (β) increases, and wherein a first mean opening angle increase of the first articulation angle range is greater than a second mean opening angle increase of the second articulation angle range.
US11796007B2
A connecting device for the connection of mechanical shaft parts with a first connector section for connection to a first shaft part, a second connector section for connection to a second shaft part, and a locking mechanism. The first connector section can be connected to a mating section of the first shaft part for the transmission of torque. The locking mechanism, which is functionally independent of the transmission of torque and includes at least one displaceable element, prevents the release of the first connector section from the mating section of the first shaft part. The displaceable element of the locking mechanism can be moved between a release position, in which the first connector section can be released from the mating section, and a blocking position, which prevents release of the mating section from the first connector section. In some aspects, the locking mechanism may include an annular actuating element.
US11796004B2
A sealing device adapted to be disposed between an inner member and an outer member that rotate relative to each other includes a first sealing member including a cylindrical part adapted to be mounted to the outer member, and an annular part that extends radially inward from the cylindrical part; and a second sealing member including a sleeve adapted to be mounted to the inner member, and a flange. The first sealing member includes a lip that extends toward the flange of the second sealing member. An annular first clearance is provided between the flange and the cylindrical part of the first sealing member. The second sealing member includes a labyrinth lip extending from the flange radially outward and extending toward the atmosphere side more than the cylindrical part of the first sealing member, and a second clearance is provided between the labyrinth lip and the outer member.
US11796001B2
A method of forming a bearing cage segment includes punching a plurality of openings in a sheet metal band to form a plurality of pockets separated by a plurality of bridges, the bridges having a length direction transverse to a length direction of the band and having a width in the length direction of the band and having a thickness in a direction perpendicular the length direction and to the width, and laser cutting the sheet metal band along one of the plurality of bridges transversely to the length direction of the band to form a joint edge.
US11795999B2
Disclosed is a bearing configured to couple a faucet spout to a faucet body. The bearing includes a plurality of fingers extending parallel to a central axis of the bearing. The plurality of fingers is configured to engage with the faucet spout at an intermediate position between a first end of the bearing and a second end of the bearing. The fingers are configured to exert an outward pressure to the faucet spout. The fingers are also configured to compress in a substantially axial direction.
US11795989B2
A fastener assembly to be used in the construction of semi-trailers consisting of a first fastener having a head and a shank, a mating second fastener, and a plurality of axially extending knurls formed on the shank. The knurls engage in a hole for receiving the first fastener to prevent rotation and removal of the first fastener. The first fastener may also be provided with an encapsulating cover with two sealing points on its underside to seal the fastener to a surface through which the fastener is inserted.
US11795987B2
A rivetless nut plate for attachment to a panel via a panel bore, having a nut, a washer, and a cage that retains the nut and the washer. The nut plate has a nonactivated state and an activated state. In the activated state a portion of the cage is expanded to grip the panel bore, and the nut has split into two independent sections allowing one section to move throughout a constrained range of motion.
US11795986B2
An external screw member includes a parallel screw portion and a tapered screw portion provided on a side further toward a tip end than the parallel screw portion, and a plurality of sets of step portion and a transition screw thread portion are provided on at least one of the parallel screw portion and the tapered screw portion, the step portion having a reduced thread height in a radial direction and the transition screw thread portion gradually increasing in diameter from the step portion in an anti-driving rotation direction so as to reach a thread height of a normal screw thread portion. A top portion of the transition screw thread portion is positioned at an offset toward a pressure side relative to a position of a regular screw pitch in a minimum diameter portion of the step portion, and transitions to the regular screw pitch in the anti-driving rotation direction.
US11795985B2
The present invention is concerned with improvements to removable fasteners and particularly relates to removable and re-usable fasteners with features that allow them to be gripped and handled positively. The present invention therefore provides a fastening system comprising a fastener and a tool, the tool being suitable for installing and removing the fastener from an aperture in a work-piece, wherein the fastener has a main body and a head at one end, and wherein the head of the fastener and the tool have grip features that allow the fastener to be releasably locked to the tool to prevent separation of the fastener and tool during installation and removal of the fastener. This allows the fastener to be handled positively without fear of the fastener becoming misaligned, or dropping off the tool.
US11795984B2
A fastener for securing a door hinge to a wooden jamb is provided. The fastener includes an anchor and a screw. The anchor has a wall formed by a plurality of splines enclosing a central inner void extending along the length of the anchor. The screw has a shaft extended between a tapered head and a tip and a threaded portion that extends along the length of the shaft. The anchor is inserted into a drilled hole in the wooden jamb. A door hinge is positioned on the wooden jamb and the screw is concentrically inserted into the central inner void of the anchor. The turning of the screw causes linear displacement of the tip of the anchor towards the tapered head of the screw causing expansion of the wall of the anchor against the wooden wall of the drilled hole and firmly holds the fastener secured in the hole.
US11795975B2
Today the low noise blades and especially the super low noise blades for large diameter axial fans which are employed in the big cooling machines and cooling plants are so costly and are requiring so many extra costs on the other related equipment, that the noise pollution abatement can increase the whole cooling apparatus cost by up to a 35%. This invention, provides a new technology to make low noise fans able to transform any common blade into a low noise or very low noise at very low cost, preserving the same high efficiency and tip speed, as opposite to all the other low noise blades at actual status of art. As the fans for the big cooling apparatus are generally their main noise source, this invention will offer the opportunity to dramatically reduce the noise pollution produced by big cooling machines and cooling plants.
US11795972B2
A vacuum pump capable of removing side reaction products without overhaul is provided. The vacuum pump includes A motor for rotating a rotor, a heater capable of raising a temperature, a base spacer for holding the heater, a controller capable of controlling the heater by switching an operation mode between a normal operation mode and a cleaning operation mode, and a storage portion storing information on a set temperature relating to the heater, the storage portion stores at least first temperature information for the normal operation mode, or more specifically, set temperature information capable of using the pump without nonconformity, second temperature information for the cleaning operation mode, or more specifically, set temperature information capable of re-gasifying side reaction products generated during the normal operation mode, and the temperature represented by the second temperature information is higher than the temperature represented by the first temperature information.
US11795967B2
A blower includes a body, a motor, and a single fan configured to rotate in response to rotation of a motor shaft to discharge air through a discharge opening. The maximum rotational speed of the motor shaft is within a range of 50,000 rpm to 120,000 rpm. An area of the discharge opening is changeable by a user. The blower is configured to selectively operate in a first mode or in a second mode according to the area of the discharge opening. In the first mode, the maximum blowing force of the air discharged through the opening is within a range of 2.5 N to 5.0 N when the motor is driven at the maximum rotational speed. In the second mode, the maximum dynamic pressure of the air discharged is within a range of 30 kPa to 65 kPa when the motor is driven at the maximum rotational speed.
US11795960B2
A system includes a vertical molten sulfur pump assembly that includes a top portion adjacent to a first end of the vertical molten sulfur pump assembly and a bottom portion adjacent to a second end of the vertical molten sulfur pump assembly. A pump motor is disposed in the top portion, an impeller is disposed in the bottom portion within an impeller casing, and a shaft is disposed within a central column and connecting the pump motor with the impeller. A pump inlet is disposed at the second end below the impeller casing. The pump inlet and the impeller casing are configured to be immersed in molten sulfur. The vertical molten sulfur pump assembly is configured to pump the molten sulfur into the inlet and upwards through a discharge passageway by rotation of the impeller. A vibration sensor and a temperature sensor are disposed on an external surface of the bottom portion, on or proximate to the impeller casing and the pump inlet. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the molten sulfur proximate to the pump inlet. The vibration sensor includes a substrate comprising a polymer and a resonant layer disposed on a surface of the substrate. The resonant layer includes an electrically conductive nanomaterial and is configured to produce a resonant response in response to receiving a radio frequency signal.
US11795958B2
A disclosed method of determining operating states of a fan uses a digital image of the fan and at least one operating parameter-specific algorithm. In a first stage, the method includes generating the digital image of the fan as a representation of the fan's properties, the representation based on one or more mathematical calculation models and optionally known data. The method further includes generating the at least one operating parameter-specific algorithm based on at least one of known relationships and characteristic curves, and calculating component states of the fan via the digital image, wherein the calculation of component states is based on virtual sensors. The method further includes generating a system behavior algorithm that calculates operating parameters of the fan based on the component states and optionally generates predictions relating to the operation of the fan.
US11795954B2
An efficient axial fan includes an upper camber with a linear angle upper surface that expands from the leading edge of upper camber to the top of the surface and decreases from this peak to the trailing edge of upper camber, a lower camber with the parabolic curve vertex surface and the reverse parabolic curve vertex surface and the pointed lower surface as a result of a sudden curve towards the trailing edge of lower camber of the surface, a tip end connecting the ends of the wings to prevent eddies to form at the ends, a roof end connecting the bottom of the wings, at least one middle beam positioned between the lower camber and the upper camber associated with the tip end and the roof end, and a mean camber fixed on the middle beam located 90 degrees perpendicularly between the lower camber and the upper camber.
US11795946B2
A rotor for a mud motor includes a core having a first outer shape, and a shell positioned around the core, the shell having a second outer shape that is different from the first outer shape, the second outer shape defining one or more lobes and one or more cavities that are configured to engage a bore of a stator during rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. A thickness of the shell varies as proceeding around the core, from a non-zero minimum thickness to a maximum thickness.
US11795945B2
The disclosure provides a pump device capable of suppressing hydraulic amplitude and reducing noise or vibration associated with hydraulic amplitude while simplifying the structure. The pump device includes: a housing which defines a suction port, a discharge port, and an accommodation chamber; and a pump unit which is arranged in the accommodation chamber and which defines a pump chamber that expands and contracts to exert a pumping action including a suction stroke and a pressurization and discharge stroke on a fluid. The housing includes an air introduction hole that is opened to introduce air into the pump chamber at a predetermined opening timing immediately before the suction stroke is completed.
US11795943B2
A scroll-type fluid machine includes a motor unit and a main body. The motor unit includes a rotor, a stator, a shaft provided with an eccentric portion at a distal end of the shaft and configured to rotate integrally with the rotor, a main bearing configured to support the shaft, and a motor cover configured to house the rotor and the stator. The main bearing is fixed to an inside of the motor cover by a fixing flange. The main bearing supports the shaft and is located between the fixing flange and an end bracket on an opposite side of the main body unit with respect to the fixing flange.
US11795938B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a linear pump of a vapour recovery system in a fuel dispensing unit. The linear pump is flow controlled by a signal. The method comprises applying a known voltage to a solenoid coil of the linear pump for a predetermined time period, measuring a current consumption of the solenoid coil during the predetermined time period, and adjusting the signal based on the measured current consumption. The invention also relates to a vapour recovery system for recovering vapour from a motor vehicle tank via a fuel dispensing nozzle to a vapour tank.
US11795932B2
A double-roller hose pressing apparatus for a peristaltic pump is provided. Two sides of a working hose (3) in the peristaltic pump are respectively provided with a set of flexible-rolling rollers (2) configured for pressing hose, and the two sets of rollers (2) are arranged in relative positions to clamp the working hose (3) during operation.
US11795923B2
A machine support for a wind power installation, in particular a gearless wind power installation, wherein the machine support is designed to be rotated about a tower axis by means of an azimuth drive, and has a supporting structure which has a first mechanical interface for connecting the machine support indirectly or directly to an azimuth bearing and a second mechanical interface for assembling a generator or an axle journal on the machine support. It is proposed in particular that the supporting structure has one or a plurality of lateral through openings as access to the azimuth drive and/or the azimuth bearing.
US11795921B2
A nacelle of a wind turbine comprising a machine carrier which is adapted to be installed on a tower of the wind turbine and to carry a generator and a rotor hub of the wind turbine, a working frame installed on the machine carrier and having one or more working planes, and a nacelle housing which encloses the machine carrier and the working frame for protection from weather influences, wherein the nacelle housing has a nacelle base compartment accessible from the working frame. It is proposed that the nacelle base compartment is adapted to be lowerable relative to the working platform. A wind turbine and a maintenance method is also provided.
US11795920B2
Disclosed is a wind turbine blade comprising a first blade section and a second blade section connected to the first blade section. The wind turbine blade comprises a first down conductor for conducting lightning current to ground. The blade further comprises one or more lightning receptors at or in proximity of an external surface of the wind turbine blade. A smallest distance from a first lightning receptor of the one or more lightning receptors to an interface between the first blade section and the second blade section may be less than or equal to a chord length of a chord of the wind turbine blade at the interface between the first blade section and the second blade section.
US11795917B2
A main rotor shaft of a wind turbine configured to reducing contact pressure at a hub joint connection includes a flanged portion and a rod portion. The flanged portion includes an outer circumferential edge, an outer radial area, and an inner radial area. The outer radial area includes holes placed around the outer radial area for attachment to a wind turbine hub. The outer circumferential edge includes a groove placed atop the outer circumferential edge. The rod portion is formed with the inner radial area and configured for connection to a gearbox of a wind turbine.
US11795916B2
A hydraulic continuous variable transmission is provided to connect a wind turbine and a generator. The hydraulic continuous variable transmission has a primary paddle wheel and a number of secondary paddle wheels for macro speed control. Also provided are pneumatic paddle wheels for micro speed control. A controller is included that measures AC electrical characterized output to load or line for speed control.
US11795915B2
A transportation arrangement (10) includes a train (12) including at least first and second railcars (14) operatively coupled to each other for hauling by a locomotive along a railroad and having a first side (20) and a second side (22). The transportation arrangement (10) also includes a blade (40) extending between a root end (42) and a tip end (44), wherein a root region (60) of the blade (40) proximate the root end (42) is supported on the first railcar (14) and pivotable relative thereto about a first vertical axis (V1) spaced apart from the root end (42), and wherein a tip region (64) of the blade (40) proximate the tip end (44) is supported on the second railcar (14) and pivotable relative thereto about a second vertical axis (V2), such that at least a portion of the root region (60) is configured to extend laterally away from the first side (20) of the train (12) when the first and second railcars (14) are longitudinally offset from each other.
US11795913B2
A turner gear assembly (52) for turning an unbalanced rotor of a wind turbine (10) having a drivetrain (30). The turner gear assembly (52) includes a turner gear (50) configured to couple to the drivetrain (30) and having at least two motors (58a, 58b), and a valve block (78) connectable to the turner gear (50) and having a first flow control valve (106) configured to be in fluid communication with a pump (80) and with the at least two motors (58a, 58b). The first flow control valve (106) is selectively moveable between a first fluid control position (106a) and a second fluid control position (106b). When the first flow control valve (106) is in the first fluid control position (106a), the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in parallel and when the first flow control valve (106) is in the second fluid control position (106b), the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in series. A method of operating the turner gear assembly is also disclosed.
US11795902B2
A system in a water body uses buoyant force of gaseous Hydrogen and Oxygen to generate electrical power with one or more turbines that includes power resulting from the buoyant force while transporting the Hydrogen or Oxygen to a higher elevation, without loss of electrons, for conversion to electricity at the higher elevation. Conversion of Hydrogen and Oxygen to water through a Hydrogen Fuel Cell or by burning at the higher elevation may generate additional steam power, hydropower, or purified water. Portable submersible modules may transport the system below or above the water to and from the base of a plumbing portion of the system. The amount of gaseous fuel energy available at the higher elevation is not detrimentally impacted by the generation of electricity by the turbine.
US11795900B2
The VEHICLE WITH TRAVELING WAVE THRUST MODULE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS include force or forces applied to an arc-like flexible sheet-like material to create a deformed crenated strip fin with strained-deformations. The strained-deformations take on a sinusoid-like form that express the internal energy state of the flexible sheet-like material after it has been configured into a crenated strip fin. After being incorporated into a mechanism with couplings that prevent the crenated strip fin from returning to its un-strained state, the strained-deformations persist. Actuators may be used to sequentially rotate vertebrae attached to the fins causing the travel of sinusoid-like deformations along the fins. The fin, fin actuator or actuators, power source and central controller may be incorporated into a thrust module. Two thrust modules coupled to a central body via roll actuators and flexible coupling members may form a vehicle with exceptional maneuverability.
US11795889B2
To keep catalyst purification efficiency high and prevent deterioration of emission performance. Therefore, an internal combustion engine control device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an oxygen storage ratio calculation unit that calculates an oxygen storage ratio of a catalyst based on a catalytic reaction model having at least a detection value of a first exhaust gas sensor disposed on an upstream side of the catalyst as an input; a statistical model calculation unit that predicts a catalyst downstream exhaust gas concentration using a statistical model having an oxygen storage ratio as an input and a catalyst downstream exhaust gas concentration as an output; and an air-fuel ratio correction amount calculation unit that calculates an air-fuel ratio correction amount of an air-fuel mixture of an internal combustion engine based on a future catalyst downstream exhaust gas concentration calculated by the statistical model calculation unit.
US11795882B2
A turbomachine engine includes a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine also includes a shaft coupled to the power turbine and characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. In one aspect, the shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). In another aspect, the shaft has a length L, an outer diameter D, and a ratio of L/D between twelve and thirty-seven.
US11795872B2
An engine system includes a gas turbine engine with a first compressor, a first combustor, and a first turbine. The engine system also includes a secondary power unit with a second compressor, a second combustor, a second turbine, a third compressor coupled to the second compressor, and an electric motor-generator, where the secondary power unit is coupled to the gas turbine engine. A controller is operable to determine an operating mode of the engine system, select an input energy source and an output type of the secondary power unit based on the operating mode, control the secondary power unit based on the input energy source and the output type as selected, detect a change in the operating mode of the engine system, and modify the input energy source and/or the output type of the secondary power unit based on the change in the operating mode.
US11795863B2
Power systems and enclosures having a configurable cooling air flow are disclosed. The power system includes an enclosure; an air inlet location, a first air outlet location, a second air outlet location, a fan assembly, and one or more relocatable covers to obstruct the first and second air outlet locations. The air inlet location may be at a first location on an exterior of the enclosure to permit intake of air from the exterior of the enclosure to an interior of the enclosure. The first air outlet location may be at a second location on the exterior of the enclosure to expel air taken in through the air inlet location, while the second air outlet location at a third location on the exterior of the enclosure to expel air taken in through the air inlet location.
US11795859B2
A method of operation of exhaust valves of an adjustable exhaust port 2-stroke motorcycle engine with a two stage exhaust valve system includes: providing a control rod mechanically coupled to a governor, so that the governor causes a rotation of the control rod. A first stage exhaust valve, a second stage left exhaust valve, and a second stage right exhaust valve are also controllably linked to the control rod; and operating the second stage left exhaust valve and the second stage right exhaust valve by opening at least one of the second stage left exhaust valve and the second stage right exhaust valve before the first stage exhaust valve is completely open in an overlap operation. Related methods and structures for overlap, and/or stagger, and/or limiter operation of exhaust valves of an adjustable exhaust port 2-stroke motorcycle engine are also described.
US11795858B1
A marine drive has a primary exhaust outlet on its lower gearcase that discharges a primary flow of exhaust gas from the engine to seawater in which the marine drive is situated. A secondary exhaust outlet is located on the marine drive above the primary exhaust outlet and discharges a secondary flow of exhaust gas from the engine to atmosphere around the marine drive at least when the engine is operated at an idle speed. A tertiary exhaust outlet is located on the marine drive between the primary and secondary exhaust outlets, and discharges a tertiary flow of exhaust gas from the engine to the seawater or to the atmosphere depending upon a current location of the tertiary exhaust outlet with respect to the seawater. A muffler is configured to reduce noise emanating from the tertiary exhaust outlet.
US11795851B2
An electrical heating unit H for introduction into the exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, in particular upstream with respect to an exhaust gas purification unit, for instance a catalytic converter, which for its operation requires a temperature higher than the ambient temperature, comprises a casing (13) and at least one resistance heating element (14) which is designed as a band and is retained inside the casing (13), wherein the at least one heating band (14) is arranged so that it runs in a meandering pattern and with its flat face parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the casing (13). The heating unit H also comprises at least one support structure (19, 19.1) which is arranged on the end face relative to the heating band (14) and mechanically connected to the casing (13) and has slot-shaped heating band bearings (27) to retain the heating band (14) inside the casing (13), into which slot-shaped heating band bearings (27) the heating band (14) engages by an edge portion and via which support structure (19) the heating band (14) is electrically insulated from the casing (13).
US11795850B2
An exhaust gas treatment device for arranging in an exhaust gas section of a motor vehicle that includes a heating disk which is assigned to an exhaust gas aftertreatment component. The heating disk is configured by way of a flat heating element and a holder which is coupled to the former. The holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder itself is of disk-shaped configuration. The inner face of the heating disk is configured by way of arcuate spokes which are coupled irregularly to one another.
US11795849B1
An apparatus for purifying exhaust gas includes an engine for producing power by burning a mixture of air and fuel, and discharging exhaust gas generated in a combustion process to the outside through an exhaust pipe; a first three-way catalyst (TWC) and a second three-way catalyst which are sequentially mounted on the exhaust pipe at a rear end of the engine, and convert noxious gas including carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas into harmless components through an oxidation-reduction reaction; and an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) mounted between the first three-way catalyst and the second three-way catalyst and heated by application of electric power to transfer heat to the first three-way catalyst and the second three-way catalyst to cause the first three-way catalyst and the second three-way catalyst to reach a catalyst activation temperature.
US11795846B2
An internal combustion engine is provided with: two intake pipe portions for guiding intake air to two banks; and a blow-by gas recirculation pathway for leading blow-by gas to the two intake pipe portions from a cylinder head or a crank case that includes the two banks. The blow-by gas recirculation pathway includes a distribution passage which is provided between the two intake pipe portions, and which distributes the blow-by gas and allows the same to flow to the two intake pipe portions.
US11795843B2
A gas turbine plant includes a gas turbine, an exhaust line, an exhaust heat recovery boiler that generates steam due to heat of exhaust gas and guides the exhaust gas to the exhaust line, a carbon dioxide recovery device that recovers carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas, a heat exchanger that cools the exhaust gas to a temperature set in advance, and a circulation line that branches from a position between the carbon dioxide recovery device and the heat exchanger and is connected to an inlet of the gas turbine. The carbon dioxide recovery device has an absorption tower that absorbs carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas by causing the exhaust gas at the set temperature and an absorption liquid to come into contact with each other. The heat exchanger is formed of a material having higher corrosion resistance than a material forming the exhaust heat recovery boiler.
US11795841B2
A system includes an air chamber and an oil capture cavity. The air chamber includes an inlet to receive pressurized air from a gas turbine engine. The oil capture cavity is positioned between the air chamber and an oil sump supplying lubricating oil to the gas turbine engine. The oil capture cavity includes an auxiliary vent formed in a base of the oil capture cavity. A seal may separate the oil capture cavity from fluid communication with the oil sump. A nozzle provides fluid communication between the oil capture cavity and the air chamber. The nozzle is configured and positioned to direct a stream of the pressurized air into the oil capture cavity against an opposite wall of the oil capture cavity to create a quiescent zone at the base of the oil capture cavity. The quiescent zone includes the auxiliary vent.
US11795839B2
The invention regards a structural assembly for a gas turbine engine which includes a bearing with a statically arranged outer ring and a rotatably arranged inner ring, the bearing outer ring including a radially outer surface. The assembly further includes a housing structure supporting the statically arranged outer ring. It is provided that the housing structure forms a housing ring against which the radially outer surface of the bearing outer ring lies and which supports the bearing outer ring radially outwards.
US11795835B2
A safety apparatus for containing an energy release from a rotor sub-assembly, the safety apparatus includes a plurality of containment members. The containment member has an elongate region defining a longitudinal axis; and at least two arms projecting away from the longitudinal axis of the elongate region; and at least one connecting member connected to at least two of the plurality of containment members. In use the at least one connecting member is configured to connect the safety apparatus to the sub-assembly and the plurality of containment members are configured to withstand an energy release from the sub-assembly.
US11795830B2
A material for water droplet erosion- and corrosion-resistant coatings, comprising metallic tungsten alloyed with carbon in a substantially uniform nano-structure that is substantially free of oxygen, other than at surface portions exposed to air or moisture. The coatings disclosed may be particularly resistant to water droplet erosion when coated onto gas or steam turbine blades.
US11795829B2
A calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS)-reactive thermal barrier coating includes a ceramic coating and a CMAS-reactive overlay coating, wherein the CMAS-reactive overlay coating conforms to a surface of the ceramic coating and comprises a compound that forms a stable high melting point crystalline precipitate when reacted with molten CMAS at a rate that is competitive with CMAS infiltration kinetics into the thermal barrier coating. The ceramic coating phase is stable with the CMAS-reactive overlay coating.
US11795827B1
An airfoil assembly comprising a central spar extending along the radial direction; a blade skin positioned around the central spar to define an airfoil that has a pressure side and a suction side extending in the axial direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein at least one cavity is defined between the blade skin and the central spar; and a support structure positioned at least partially within the at least one cavity. The support structure comprises: a foam; and a foam reinforcement structure embedded within the foam.
US11795815B2
Provided are techniques for operating a hydrocarbon well system that include installing a wellhead seal assembly at a wellhead of a hydrocarbon well system, conducting pressure testing of a wellhead seal cavity defined by the seal assembly to verify its integrity, disposing a control fluid into the wellhead seal cavity, conducting baseline ultrasonic imaging of the wellhead seal cavity to generate a baseline ultrasonic image that depicts a signature of the control fluid disposed in the wellhead seal cavity at a first point in time, conducting updated ultrasonic imaging of the wellhead seal cavity to generate an updated ultrasonic image that depicts a signature of substances disposed in the wellhead seal cavity at a second point in time, comparing the updated ultrasonic image to the baseline ultrasonic image to determine whether the integrity of the wellhead seal cavity has been compromised.
US11795813B2
A formation evaluating system including a sonic sensor device attached to a drill string adjacent to a bit includes a sonic source and a first sonic receiver aligned adjacent to the sonic source, and a second sonic receiver aligned with a horizontal offset X. Three kind of two-way trip times are measured: from the sonic source to a) the first receiver after a reflection at the borehole wall, b) the first receiver after propagation in a layer below the borehole wall, an invaded zone, and a reflection at an interface below the borehole wall, and c) the second receiver after oblique propagations in the invaded zone and a reflection at the interface. After determining a sonic speed in the drilling mud and a sonic speed in a matrix of the invaded zone, a porosity and a thickness of the invaded zone are estimated based on a time average equation.
US11795812B2
A well system includes a fiber-optic cable positionable downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system further includes an opto-electrical interface to communicatively couple to the fiber-optic cable to monitor a gas released from a well element within the wellbore. Further, the well system includes a processing device and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device. The instructions cause the processing device to detect hydrogen absorption by the fiber-optic cable within the wellbore and determining a location of deterioration of the well element using the detected hydrogen absorption by the fiber-optic cable.
US11795805B2
Apparatus and methods regarding a first processing system operable to receive a job plan developed by a second processing system, and implement the job plan, including generating commands for an equipment controller based on the job plan. The first processing system is operable to transmit, through a network, the commands to the controller for execution by the controller. The first processing system is operable to iteratively (i) monitor, through the network, current conditions of the well construction system during execution of commands by the controller; (ii) update the implementation of the job plan, including generating updated commands for the controller based on the job plan and the current well construction system conditions when the current well construction system conditions indicate a deviation from the implementation; and (iii) transmit, through the network, the updated commands to the controller for execution by the controller.
US11795795B2
An electric submersible pumping system includes a motor filled with motor lubricant, a pump driven by the motor, and a fluid expansion chamber connected to the motor. The fluid expansion chamber includes a seal bag filled with a seal bag lubricant and a bellows contained within the seal bag. The bellows includes an interior in fluid communication with the motor and an exterior in fluid communication with the seal bag lubricant.
US11795792B2
A switch assembly, which is part of a chain of switch assemblies. The switch assembly includes a micro-controller PB that has no address, a thru-line switch, and a detonator switch. The micro-controller PB is configured to directly communicate with an upstream or downstream switch assembly through a pulsing scheme, and the micro-controller PB receives no command from a surface controller.
US11795791B2
Disclosed embodiments may relate to perforating gun assemblies configured for use in unconventional wells, for example in rock formations with low permeability. In some embodiments, the perforating gun assembly may include a perforating gun housing and at least one shaped charge positioned in the perforating gun housing. The shaped charge and the perforating gun housing may be jointly configured to improve total target penetration in unconventional wells by 20-100%. Related method embodiments may be used to improve the performance of unconventional wells.
US11795790B2
A frame for a shaped charge has a body with a cylindrical configuration, the body having a central passage along an axis thereof and a track extending in a direction parallel to the axis for installing and removing a shaped charge, the track having a snap structure. The frame provides a slide-in snap-in charge receptacle for a shaped charge.
US11795788B2
A fluid control device includes a filtration component, which has a porous filtration medium. The filtration medium contains a shape memory thermoset material foamed with a polymeric microsphere and a gas-producing chemical foaming agent. The porous filtration medium is configured to be compacted from an initial shape to a compacted shape, deployed in the borehole, and subsequently expanded to conform to a surface of the borehole.
US11795786B2
Downhole electrical energy harvesting and communication in systems for well installations having metallic structure carrying electric current, for example CP current. In some instances there is a harvesting module (4) electrically connected to the metallic structure (2) at a first location and to a second location spaced from the first location, the first and second locations being chosen such that, in use, there is a potential difference therebetween due to the electric current flowing in the structure (2); and the harvesting module (4) being arranged to harvest electrical energy from the electric current. In addition or alternatively, there may be communication apparatus (4, 5, 6) for communication by modulation of the current, for example CP current, in the metallic structure (2).
US11795782B2
A petroleum well toolstring valve includes a drill pipe string conveyed J-slot running tool for a top stinger on a retrievable bridge plug. The J-slot running tool includes a J-slot sleeve with J-slots for disconnectably receiving the stinger. The top stinger includes a cylindrical stinger portion with J-slot connecting lugs. An internal plug is arranged between a central connector and stinger bores. A cylindrical neck on the stinger portion spans the internal plug in the axial direction. The cylindrical neck, when covered by the J-slot sleeve, forms an annular flow space connecting upper and lower radial ports and thus central bores. The stinger portion has a rotatable sleeve valve body arranged on a stinger valve stem portion. The sleeve valve body has a sleeve valve port arranged for being aligned with the lower stinger port when rotated into an open position. The rotatable sleeve valve body is connected to the lugs for being rotated by the drill pipe string for opening or closing the valve.
US11795778B2
Example systems, apparatus, and methods are described for providing continuous backup rings that are swaged into closed gland seal grooves to reduce extrusion of elastomeric sealing elements in packers. In an example embodiment, the closed gland sealing system includes a mandrel body having a cylindrical outer surface. A seal mandrel portion of the mandrel body is defined by an annular recess in the mandrel body that extends radially around the substantially cylindrical outer surface to form a closed gland groove. A sealing element is positioned in the closed gland groove and extends radially around the seal mandrel portion. Further, a continuous backup ring is positioned in contact with the sealing element in the closed gland groove that also extends radially around the seal mandrel portion.
US11795776B2
This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.
US11795775B2
An electrical feedthrough assembly has a lower assembly having a first end and a second end. The lower assembly includes an outer body with a lower housing and an upper housing disposed within a bore of the outer body and a first conductor extending from the lower housing to the upper housing. Additionally, the lower housing extends axial outward from the outer body to form the first end and the upper housing extends axial outward from the outer body to form the second end. Further, the electrical feedthrough assembly has an upper assembly having body extending from a first end to a second end. The second body includes a pin end at the first end inserted into an opening of the second end of the lower assembly. A second conductor is disposed within the body. A piston is disposed within the body configured to move the second conductor.
US11795773B2
A magnet assembly for a debris collection tool includes first and second annular end bands, between which is disposed an annular arrangement of magnets. The magnet assembly includes a plurality of bridges, each bridge disposed between the first and second annular end bands and between circumferentially adjacent magnets of the annular arrangement of magnets. The first and second annular end bands are substantially of a non-magnetic material, and the bridges are substantially of a magnetic material.
US11795767B1
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate connection of multiple stage completions. A first completion stage is deployed at a wellbore location. Subsequently, the next completion stage is moved downhole into engagement with the first completion stage. The completion stages each have communication lines that are coupled together downhole via a wetmate connection. Debris prevention and removal devices and methods are also provided.
US11795766B2
A lubricator assembly for servicing a tubular member includes a mounting base, a lubricant housing movably coupled to the mounting base and configured to receive lubricant from a lubricant source, a guide pin slidably disposed in the lubricant housing, a first seal positioned between the guide pin and the lubricant housing and a second seal positioned between the guide pin and the lubricant housing, and a first chamber extending between the first seal and the second seal, wherein the guide pin is configured to direct lubricant disposed in the first chamber against the tubular member in response to the tubular member engaging the guide pin.
US11795750B2
A snubber includes an engagement portion with a free end configured to be removably engaged within a groove in a frame. The engagement portion includes a first engagement member and a second engagement member at least partially separated from the first engagement member. The second engagement member deflecting less than the first engagement member when a negative pressure is applied to the sash.
US11795748B2
A control curve arrangement includes a base member having a first control curve, a switch element separate from the base member and having a second control curve, a pressure portion to be displaceably supported along the first control curve and the second control curve, and a spring device for applying a force to the pressure portion. The pressure portion, in the first operating position and in a first movement direction, is displaceable along the second control curve of the switch element. The pressure portion, in the second operating position and in a second movement direction opposite the first movement direction, is displaceable along the first control curve of the base member. A timing element is operative between the base member and the switch element, and the switch element can be transferred from the second operating position into the first operating position by the timing element in a time-delayed manner.
US11795746B2
A pivot assembly includes a fixing base, a pivot portion, a center shaft, a compression spring and two hollow abrasion proof pieces. The fixing base is equipped with an isolating board defining a fixing hole. The pivot portion defines a pivoting hole in alignment with the fixing hole. The center shaft is inserted into the fixing hole and the pivoting hole. The compression spring is mounted around the center shaft. The two hollow abrasion proof pieces are sleeved around the center shaft. The two abrasion proof pieces are located between the isolating board and the pivot portion. The compression spring is located between the two abrasion proof pieces. An electronic device includes the pivot assembly.
US11795736B2
A vehicle door structure includes: a door having a door body defining a closed section with a door inner panel and a door outer panel; an engaging member configured to hold the door in a closed and stopped state by engaging with an engaged member; and a load transmitting member configured to, when a load in a direction perpendicular to a design surface on a vehicle cabin outer side of the door outer panel is input, transmit the load toward a base end side of the engaging member and apply a load to the base end side of the engaging member in an engagement direction of the engaging member with the engaged member.
US11795728B2
A cylinder lock comprises a lock cylinder; a holder for receiving the lock cylinder; and a securing element, wherein the lock cylinder comprises a cylinder housing and a cylinder core that is rotatable about a cylinder axis in the cylinder housing and that has a keyway, wherein the securing element is axially fixedly held at the lock cylinder and has a blocking section, which contacts an abutment section of the holder in a blocking position, and a coupling section. The coupling section is accessible for a coupling actuation through the keyway and is rotationally fixedly couplable to the cylinder core by the coupling actuation. The blocking section is hereby then displaceable from the blocking position into a release position, in which the lock cylinder is released for a removal from the holder, by turning the cylinder core by means of an associated key.
US11795727B2
An awning is mounted in stake pockets of a truck bed and casts shade asymmetrically relative to its mount rearwardly toward the truck tailgate. The awning is braced by struts connecting the truck and the awning. The awning is pivoted between a stowed position overlying the truck rails to a position extending rearwardly of the truck bed.
US11795722B1
A tornado shelter apparatus includes a substantially unitary shell positionable at least partially below a ground surface. A cover is slidably movable over an opening of the shell. The cover has an arced shape with a substantial center point of the cover being positioned higher than a side edge of the cover. At least one lock is provided for removably locking the cover to the shell.
US11795715B2
Described herein is a pool assembly and methods of manufacturing and/or installing the pool assembly thereby providing for an above ground pool that may be personally customized by a user. The pool assembly may include a pool shell, a support structure, including a base member and support members, and a filtration system. A user may customize, or design, the pool assembly, including shape, size, and dimensions, such that the pool assembly may be delivered in a plumbed and ready to fill state. Upon delivery, the pool need only be positioned on a flat, or level, surface, coupled to an energy source and filled with water, thereby eliminating the need for additional assembly or skilled labor.
US11795714B2
According to one aspect of what is invented, a wall repair kit 10 comprises a back blocking element 12, for blocking a hole 13 in a wall 15, behind the hole in the wall; and a front blocking element 14, for blocking the hole in the wall, in front of the hole in the wall. Embodiments are disclosed that comprise a connecting element 18, to connect the front blocking element and the back blocking element. Embodiments are disclosed wherein the front blocking element comprises an input aperture 16, to facilitate inputting a filler agent into the hole in the wall, through the front blocking element. Embodiments are disclosed that are operable with the connecting element travelling through the input aperture, to connect the back blocking element and the front blocking element. Embodiments are disclosed where a container, for containing filler agent, is removably attachable to the front blocking element. According to another aspect, a blocking element, for blocking a hole in a wall, comprises a blocking body; wherein the blocking body comprises a break arrangement, configured for breaking, to facilitate breaking off a portion of the blocking body.
US11795707B2
The invention relates to a spacer for keeping a wall connection-side joint free, for example when laying a rigid floor covering, comprising a spacer element (2, 2.1) with a thickness, which corresponds to the width of the joint to be kept free, and an angle bracket (3, 3.1) with a strip-shaped holding limb (4, 4.1) and a holding shaft (5, 5.1) which is connected to the holding limb (4, 4.1) at the end thereof and which protrudes from the holding limb (3, 3.1). A bore (7) which extends in the vertical direction of the spacer element and into which the holding shaft (5, 5.1) engages is introduced into the spacer element (2, 2.1).
US11795701B2
Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet comprising at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer comprising at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet comprise a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
US11795698B2
This disclosure relates to a patio cover system. The system comprises a frame comprising support beams; support posts configured to support the frame; cover panels rotatably coupled to the support beams; an actuator, and/or other components. The actuator may be mounted to the frame and coupled to the cover panels, may be configured to rotate the cover panels between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and comprises a motor; a piston coupled to the motor; an arm coupled to the piston and configured to extend from the piston toward the cover panels; a linking member coupled to the arm and the cover panels, and/or other components. The linking member may be configured to rotate the cover panels in unison between the open configuration and the closed configuration when driven by the arm, the piston, and/or the motor.
US11795695B2
A flashing assembly for use with a roof penetrating structure, such as a roof window, in an inclined roof of a building is disclosed. It comprises a bottom flashing element and at least one side flashing element, both of which are provided with a bend portion bent away from the interior side towards the exterior side and forming a water drainage channel, which extends along an edge. The dimensions of the flashing elements are such that the two water drainage channels extend in continuation of each other in the mounted condition of the flashing assembly, and least one of the water drainage channels has a U-shape in a cross-section perpendicular to the edge of the flashing element along which is extends. A method for manufacturing a flashing assembly is also disclosed.
US11795693B2
A method of roofing a bare roof deck includes applying asphalt shingles and metal flashings to a wood deck of a roof. The flashings applied are edge drip for edges and gable ends, metal valleys, and step flashing for wall to roof junctions. Asphalt capping of ridges or hips are applied. Metal panels overtop of existing asphalt roof are applied thereby creating a metal overlay configured such that substantially all of the asphalt shingles are covered with a metal panel for preventing further degradation of asphalt components by shielding from sunlight, UV rays, excessive moisture, snow, wind, ice, and fire. No further flashings are installed thereby the metal panel overlay is configured to create a semi-watertight seal such that the metal panel overlay together with the asphalt roof is adapted to create a watertight seal.
US11795692B2
An exemplary shingle includes at least one coated shingle sheet defining a headlap portion and a tab portion each having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A first line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a first thermally activated adhesive material. A second line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a second thermally activated adhesive material having a minimum activation temperature less than a minimum activation temperature of the first thermally activated adhesive material.
US11795691B1
Some embodiments relate to asphalt shingle waste coatings in roofing shingles of roofing systems. A roofing system comprises a plurality of roofing shingles. The plurality of roofing shingles, when installed on a roof substrate, comprises exposed surfaces and unexposed surfaces. The plurality of roofing shingles comprises asphalt shingle waste coatings on or only on at least one of the unexposed surfaces. The plurality of roofing shingles comprises asphalt coatings on or only on at least one of the exposed surfaces.
US11795690B2
An anchor for supporting a reinforcing mesh includes an elongated bar having a predetermined length. A cap is mounted on the elongated bar and includes a mounting section with an opening for receiving the elongated bar and a clip section extending from a side of the mounting section and including a flexible slot configured to receive a section of a reinforcing mesh therein.
US11795682B2
To provide a plant construction module that is easily manufactured and easily transported. Provided is a plant construction module (10) for a plant configured to process fluid, the plant construction module including: a plant structural part (3, 12) including a pipe structural part (3) serving as a piping through which the fluid flows, a processing-unit structural part (21) serving as a processing unit configured to process the fluid to be transferred into/from the processing unit through the piping; and a frame unit (11), which has a contour enabling the frame unit to be arranged in a horizontal direction, or to be stacked in an up-and-down direction, wherein the plant structural part (3, 12) and the frame unit (11) have an integrated structure.
US11795680B2
A modular building system allows for quickly and easily erecting prefabricated wall panels on a building foundation at a construction site. The system allows for manufacturing and installing, at a high level, complete budding components, using steps that are highly repeatable and scalable, resulting in construction that is quick and efficient, and easily performed at many types and locations of construction sites. A system in accordance with the invention comprises a wad panel, a floor panel and a roof panel. The wad panel comprises a horizontal member supported along a bottom horizontal edge, and a plurality of vertical studs integral to the horizontal member and extending vertically downward from the horizontal member. A floor panel comprises a rail disposed rigidly fixed to the foundation and defining an enclosure to receive the plurality of vertical studs of the wall panel to thereby vertically position the wall panel upon the foundation.
US11795675B2
A smart sanitary system and a control method thereof are provided. A fixed display, a movable display, a shower unit and a toilet unit are provided. Motion of the movable display is controlled relative to the fixed display. The operation of the shower unit or the toilet unit is controlled according to the position of the movable display. Accordingly, a diversified space is provided, and the operation of sanitary equipment is triggered with the variation of the space.
US11795661B2
A method of controlling a rotatable load by a hydraulic system, the method includes determining if the hydraulic system is in a first operating state or a second operating state; controlling the rotatable load in a valve control mode if the hydraulic system is in the first operating state, the valve control mode including controlling the rotatable load by controlling a valve arrangement; controlling the rotatable load in a displacement control mode if the hydraulic system is in the second operating state, the displacement control mode including controlling the rotatable load mainly by controlling the displacement of a hydraulic machine; and applying a non-zero absolute minimum displacement limitation to the hydraulic machine at least in the valve control mode.
US11795640B2
A vehicle barrier includes a longitudinally extending beam positioned vertically above a ground level and separating a protected side from an attack side, the beam comprising beam sections, each of the beam sections comprising a web oriented generally parallel to the ground level, a line post positioned on the attack side and comprising a bottom end positioned in a concrete foundation and a frame, a line brace having a first brace end located with the frame and a second end secured in the concrete foundation such that the line brace and the concrete foundation form adjacent sides of a vertex on the protected side, and adjacent beam sections pivotally connected to each other at the frame and the first brace end.
US11795636B2
Systems and methods to produce thermoplastic products in a process are described herein. In some cases, the systems and methods may eliminate contact between the product and a heat transfer fluid. The thermoplastic compositions can be useful for roadway markings. In some examples, a formed thermoplastic product is discharged by a product formation apparatus onto a temperature controlled transporter, cooled, and cut to a desired product dimension.
US11795627B2
A direct fixation fastener comprising: a top plate; a bottom plate made of metal structural channel providing two spaced-apart side walls, wherein the bottom plate has a first end and a second end and wherein each of the first and second ends terminate in a first flat edge section and a second flat edge section, respectively, without spaced-apart side walls; first and second angle bars, wherein the first angle bar is attached to the first flat edge section and the second angle bar is attached to the second flat edge section; and an elastomeric layer disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate, between the top plate and angle bars and between the angle bars and the spaced-apart side walls.
US11795624B2
The present invention provides a wet-laid tissue product comprising regenerated cellulose fibers that can provide 25 percent or less of the total weight of the wet-laid tissue product. The regenerated cellulose fibers can have a linear density of less than about 1.5 dtex and a fiber length of less than 6.0 mm. The wet-laid tissue product can provide improvements in softness at a given strength. The products may also have improved wet physical properties when regenerated cellulose fibers are presented, such as improved wet tensile strength and wet burst. The improvement in wet physical properties does not come at the expense of dispersibility, as the products are readily dispersible and, in some instances, have improved dispersibility compared to similar products prepared entirely from conventional wood pulp fibers.
US11795623B2
The present invention provides rolled products, such as spirally wound rolls of bath tissue comprising a plurality of separably joined sheets, that may be repeatably and reliably dispensed by a user with a single hand. Single handed dispensing of the rolled products is facilitated by the web having a ratio of detach strength, typically having units of grams (g) to cross-machine direction (CD) tensile, having units of grams per 76.2 mm, of 0.65 or less, such as from about 0.10 to 0.65. In this manner rolled bath tissue products may have a CD tensile from about 400 to about 1,000 g/76.2 mm and a detach strength from about 100 to about 500 g.
US11795622B2
The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
US11795613B2
Provided is an elastomer reinforcement cord with improved rust inhibition. An elastomer reinforcement cord (10) includes metal filaments and a polymer material. The elastomer reinforcement cord (10) has a multi-strand structure which includes: at least one core strand (21) formed by twisting plural metal filaments (1a) and (1b) together; and two or more sheath strands (22) each formed by twisting plural metal filaments (11a) and (11b) together, and in which the sheath strands are twisted together around the core strand. In a region surrounded by a line connecting the centers of the metal filaments constituting the outermost sheath layer of the core strand at a cross-section in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction after vulcanization of the core strand, when a region occupied by other than the metal filaments is defined as a gap region, a filling rate, which is a ratio of the area of the polymer material with respect to the gap region, is 52% to 120%.
US11795608B2
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a door, and a steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a heat pump unit that is located in the cycle chamber and that is configured to circulate and condition air in the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply tank that is installed in the tank installation space, that is connected to the steam unit, and that is configured to supply water to the steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage tank that is separably installed in the tank installation space, that is configured to store condensed water generated in at least one of the treatment chamber or the heat pump unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply level sensor. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage level sensor.
US11795605B2
A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a lid, and a filter assembly. The cabinet may define an opening. The tub may be disposed within the cabinet for the receipt of articles therein. The lid may be movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively cover the opening and restrict access to the tub. The filter assembly may be mounted to the lid to move therewith. The filter assembly may include an assembly box defining a box compartment and an assembly outlet upstream from the tub to direct liquid thereto. The assembly box may be movable relative to the lid. The filter assembly may further include a filter cartridge selectively received within the box compartment to filter liquid upstream from the assembly outlet.
US11795604B2
A washing machine appliance defines a mutually perpendicular vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction. The washing machine appliance includes a cabinet having an opening defined in and through a top cover thereof. A wash tub is mounted within the cabinet and a wash basket is mounted rotatably within the wash tub. The wash basket is accessible through the opening in the top cover. A dispensing assembly includes a dispenser box mounted above the wash tub, a shower plate positioned within the dispenser box and defining a plurality of water supply apertures, lateral suspension arms that extend downward from the shower plate along a vertical direction, and a detergent drawer defining one or more detergent reservoirs, the detergent drawer being directly supported by the lateral suspension arms.
US11795603B2
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus, including a tub provided inside a main body and a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; and a detergent supply apparatus provided to be inserted into or withdrawn from a front surface of the main body, and configured to supply laundry detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supply apparatus includes a laundry detergent input pipe that allows laundry detergent being moved by the laundry detergent pump to pass through an upper portion of the wash water dispenser so as to flow into the housing through the wash water dispenser.
US11795586B2
A composite cord is composed of two first strands formed of aramid fibers and one second strand formed of nylon fibers. In a cross section perpendicular to a length direction, a ratio L2/L0 of a length L2 of an exposed surface of the second strand along the outer cord periphery to a length L0 of an exposed surface of the composite cord along the outer cord periphery is in a range of 0.30 or more and 0.40 or less.
US11795584B2
The present invention provides a chargeable sheath/core-structured fiber that contains a polypropylene-based resin as a main resin, wherein the sheath part contains (a) a carboxylic anhydride-modified polyolefin and (b) at least one antioxidant selected from the group consisting of a combined antioxidant a phenolic antioxidant and a phosphorus-based antioxidant, and sulfur-based antioxidants; and (c) an oil containing a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by the general formula (I) as a finishing oil is deposited on the outer surface of the sheath part, and that can satisfy heat resistance and charge retainability. (In the formula, R1 represents a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and k is an integer of 1 to 4.)
US11795582B2
What is shown is a spinning device (1) and a method for spinning up a spinning device (1) for the continuous extrusion of molded bodies (3) from a spinning solution (6), as well as a spin-up device (11) for the execution of the method, in which method the molded bodies (3) are extruded from the spinning solution (6) through spinnerets (7) of the spinning device (1) in the form of a loose spinning curtain (2), the molded bodies (3) of the loose spinning curtain (2) are, after the extrusion, combined into a molded body bundle (4), and the molded body bundle (4) is, in a further step, fed to a draw-off member (10) of the spinning device (1) in order to start a continuous extrusion of the molded bodies (3). In order to make the method for spinning up the spinning device (1) simpler and more reproducible, it is proposed that the molded bodies (3) be combined into the molded body bundle (4) by twisting the spinning curtain (2) around a torsion axis (20).
US11795577B2
A SiC epitaxial wafer includes a SiC substrate and an epitaxial layer laminated on the SiC substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer contains an impurity element which determines the conductivity type of the epitaxial layer and boron which has a conductivity type different from the conductivity type of the impurity element, and the concentration of boron is less than 1.0×1014 cm−3 at any position in the plane of the epitaxial layer.
US11795573B2
A method of manufacturing a group III nitride crystal according to a first aspect includes: preparing a seed substrate; generating a group III element oxide gas; supplying the group III element oxide gas; supplying a nitrogen element-containing gas; supplying an oxidizing gas containing nitrogen element containing at least one selected from the group consisting of NO gas, NO2 gas, N2O gas, and N2O4 gas; and growing the group III nitride crystal on the seed substrate.
US11795564B2
This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes an aluminum alloy substrate and an anodized layer overlaying and formed from the aluminum alloy substrate. The anodized layer includes pores, where the pores include (i) dye particles that impart the anodized layer with a color, and (ii) divalent metal cations.
US11795561B2
An electrochemical-deposition apparatus includes an electrode array, a photoconductor, an electrically conductive layer, an electromagnetic-radiation emitter, an electric-power source, and a controller. The controller is configured to direct electric power to be supplied from the electric-power source to the electrically conductive layer and direct the electromagnetic-radiation emitter to generate electromagnetic radiation. When the electric power is supplied to the electrically conductive layer and when the electromagnetic radiation is generated, the photoconductor is illuminated at a first radiation level and a first level of electric current is enabled through the photoconductor and the at least one deposition electrode. When the electric power is supplied to the electrically conductive layer and when the electromagnetic radiation is generated, the photoconductor is illuminated at a second radiation level and a second level of electric current is enabled through the photoconductor and the at least one deposition electrode.
US11795559B2
An object comprising a chromium-based coating on a substrate is disclosed. The chromium is electroplated from an aqueous electroplating bath comprising trivalent chromium cations, wherein the chromium-based coating comprises: a first chromium-containing layer, on the substrate, having a thickness of at least 100 nm, and a Vickers microhardness value of 700-1000 HV; a second chromium-containing layer, on the first chromium-containing layer, having a Vickers microhardness value that is at least 1.3 times higher than the Vickers microhardness value of the first chromium-containing layer, and a crystal size of 8-35 nm; and wherein the chromium-based coating exhibits a critical scratch load value (LC2) of at least 60 N in the adhesion test according to ASTM C1624-05 (2015; point 11.11.4.4), and wherein the chromium-based coating does not contain chromium carbide. Further is disclosed a method for its production.
US11795556B2
The invention discloses a method for preparing a Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material, which comprises the following steps: dissolving a ferric salt and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate in DMF and reacting at 180-200° C. for 6-24 hrs to obtain a Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material. The present invention also provides a Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material supported by nickel foam, which includes a nickel foam substrate and the Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material loaded on the nickel foam substrate. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a preparation method and use of the above materials. In the invention, the desired product can be obtained by a one-pot solvothermal reaction, and thus the operation is simple. There is no need to introduce a surfactant for morphological control during the preparation process, and the resulting product has a clean surface and is easy to wash.
US11795553B2
This invention relates to electrocatalytic processes for the formation of formate esters using at least one catalyst or pre-catalyst; wherein the formate ester can be further hydrolyzed.
US11795544B2
A chamber for processing deposition on a wafer includes a wafer holder having a central surface region for placing a wafer and a carrier ring support surface encircling the central surface region; and a carrier ring disposed on the carrier ring support surface. The carrier ring comprises an annular disk body comprising an annular wafer support region, an annular peripheral region, and an annular transition region between the annular wafer support region and the annular peripheral region. The annular peripheral region comprises a top carrier ring surface. The annular wafer support region has a lower carrier ring surface that is in physical contact with a wafer during processing. The annular transition region comprises a curved slope between the top carrier ring surface and the lower carrier ring surface.
US11795535B2
An aluminum-based coating of a flat steel product is applied in a hot-dipping method and comprises a mass percentage of silicon within a given range. The coating for a flat steel product, in particular for press mold hardening components, offers a shortened required minimum oven dwell time and a sufficiently large processing window when heating in an oven. This is achieved in that the surface of the coating has a degree of absorption for thermal radiation ranging between 0.35 and 0.95 prior to an annealing treatment, where the degree of absorption relates to an oven temperature ranging from 880 to 950° C. during the austenitizing annealing treatment. The invention additionally relates to an improved method for producing a flat steel product with an aluminum-based coating, to an inexpensive method for producing press-hardened components from such flat steel products, and to a press-hardened component made of such flat steel products.
US11795531B2
A high-strength galvanized steel sheet of the present invention includes a steel sheet having a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure containing, in terms of area ratio, 4% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite, 30% or less (including 0%) of ferrite, 40% or more of martensite, and 10% or more and 50% or less of bainite; and a galvanized layer provided on the steel sheet, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel is less than 0.20 mass ppm, a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more, a relationship between a tensile strength TS (MPa), an elongation El (%), and a sheet thickness t (mm) satisfies a (1) formula below, and a yield ratio YR is 67% or more. TS×(El+3−2.5t)≥13000 (1)
US11795529B1
A low-melting-point alloy composite material and a composite material structure are provided. The low-melting-point alloy composite material includes 48 to 54 wt. % In, 30 to 36 wt. % Bi, 14 to 21 wt. % Sn, and at least one selected from 0.1 to 0.3 wt. % carbon material and 0.05 to 0.1 wt. % boron nitride (BN). The composite material structure includes a metal layer, a low-melting-point alloy composite material layer, and an interface material layer, wherein the material of the low-melting-point alloy composite material layer is the above low-melting-point alloy composite material, and the interface material layer is formed between the metal layer and the low-melting-point alloy composite material layers.
US11795525B2
To improve adhesion between a plating film reducing contact electrical resistance and a copper alloy plate containing Mg. A copper alloy plate containing Mg of more than 1.2% by mass and 2% by mass or less and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities in a center portion in a plate thickness direction, in the copper alloy plate, a surface Mg concentration at a surface is 30% or less of a center Mg concentration at the center portion in the plate thickness direction, a surface layer portion having a depth from the surface to where a Mg concentration is 90% of the center Mg concentration is provided, and in the surface layer portion, the Mg concentration increases from the surface toward the center portion of the plate thickness direction with a concentration gradient of 0.2% by mass/μm or more and 50% by mass/μm or less.
US11795516B2
Techniques for predicting an amount of at least one biomaterial produced or consumed by a biological system in a bioreactor are provided. Process conditions and metabolite concentrations are measured for the biological system as a function of time. Metabolic rates for the biological system, including specific consumption rates of metabolites and specific production rates of metabolites are determined. The process conditions and the metabolic rates are provided to a hybrid system model configured to predict production of the biomaterial. The hybrid system model includes a kinetic growth model configured to estimate cell growth as a function of time and a metabolic condition model based on metabolite specific consumption or secretion rates and select process conditions, wherein the metabolic condition model is configured to classify the biological system into a metabolic state. An amount of the biomaterial based on the hybrid system model is predicted.
US11795513B2
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.
US11795509B2
A screening kit for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia contains a reagent for detecting a human CACNA1B gene c. 1700A>G mutation site at base No. 1700 in a coding region of CACNA1B gene from A to G.
US11795501B2
Methods are provided herein for identifying rare and/or unknown DNA sequences by next-generation sequencing approaches. Isolated double-stranded (ds), single-stranded (ss), or ds/ss DNA is fragmented and the fragments are polished, phosphorylated, and tailed, as necessary. Fragmentation can be enzymatic or mechanical. A universal adapter sequence is ligated to each fragment, wherein the adapter can have a top strand without a 5′ phosphate, a 3′ with an —H in place of the —OH, and/or a 3′ extra base complementary to any base added to the polished fragments. The ligatamers may then serve as templates for amplification using a forward primer complementary to the adapter sequence and a reverse primer targeted to the fragment sequence. Compositions produced by these methods and kits adapted for performing these methods are also described herein.
US11795500B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of identifying RNA targets of RNA binding proteins. In aspects, the disclosure relates to a method of identifying RNA molecules bound by RNA binding proteins. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method that can definitively identify direct RNA-target interactions with targeted proteins without the requirement for immunoprecipitation or gel extraction. In some embodiments, the method may include combining multiple antibodies in the same sample.
US11795496B2
A method of determining responsiveness to therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.
US11795491B2
The present invention provides photosensitizer compounds for use in detecting beta-lactamase activity. Methods and kits that utilize the photosensitizer compounds of the invention for the detection of, quantitation of, and classification or typing of microbial beta-lactamases.
US11795489B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a gelatine blend comprising the steps of a) providing a gelatine extract or a series of gelatine extracts, differing in bloom and viscosity; b) subjecting a portion of one or more of the gelatine extracts of a) to an enzymatic treatment to obtain one or more enzymatically treated extracts having a viscosity that is lower than that of the respective extract before said enzymatic treatment, while maintaining the bloom substantially unaffected, the enzymatically treated extracts comprising less than 1.5 w/w % of gelatine-derived peptides having a molecular weight of less than 2000 Da; c) selecting one or more gelatine extracts of step a); d) combine the selected one or more gelatine extracts of step c) and blend with one or more enzymatically treated extracts of step b) to provide a gelatine composition having a lower viscosity as compared to that of the said combined selected extracts of step c) without being blended with said selected one or more enzymatically treated gelatine extracts of step b), while maintaining the bloom substantially unaffected. The present invention also relates to a gelatine composition, and a gelatine product comprising said gelatine composition.
US11795488B2
The present invention relates to a method of ligating a first peptide via its C-terminus to the N-terminus of a second peptide, wherein the reaction is catalyzed by an asparagine/aspartate (Asx) peptide ligase OaAEPI Cys247Ala having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. Further encompassed are a method of preparing a dimer, oligomer, or multimer of one or more peptides of interest and a method of modifying or tagging the surface of a target cell by one or more peptides of interest. Also encompassed in the invention are the ligated peptides and/or tagged target cells obtainable according to any of the methods, the peptide ligase OaAEPI Cys247Ala having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, as well as kits comprising said peptide ligase.
US11795476B2
The present invention presents a sequence of the AAV/UPR-plus virus, a genetic treatment method and its use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, among others, as presented in the in vitro studies shown in FIG. 14/17.
US11795470B2
The present invention relates to a polygenic DNA construct consisting of three abiotic stress tolerance genes, separated by nucleic acids encoding FMDV 2A peptides under the control of a stress inducible promoter. The stable insertion of the construct into plants confers drought tolerance to the plants. The invention also provides for vectors, host cells, transgenic plants and transgenic seeds containing the construct.
US11795464B2
Inducible promoters for the coordinated expression of at least one heterologous gene in yeast and methods of using them are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to sets of inducible promoters derived from S. cerevisiae and related species that can be induced in the presence of nonfermentable carbon sources.
US11795463B2
The present disclosure provides for antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates, methods of preparation thereof, and methods of use thereof. Also provided are related compounds, compositions and kits.
US11795462B2
The present invention provides an oligonucleotide comprising the sequence 5′-GGAACAGTTCGTCCATGGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO:2) for use in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in a human subject, wherein individual doses of from 100 mg to 350 mg of said oligonucleotide are administered to the subject on at least four separate occasions, wherein the separate occasions are each a week apart.
US11795458B2
The present disclosure provides oligonucleotides and double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) targeting Hemipteran and Lepidopteran insect pests. Bantam-sequence targets are detailed and shown to be effective targets for RNAi induction utilizing multiple dsRNAs, antisense oligonucleotides, and modified dsRNAs (e.g., 2′-O-methylated and dsRNAs containing non-canonical nucleosides).
US11795453B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for increasing the rate of site specific insertion of a donor DNA sequence to the genome. More specifically, the method introduces a donor DNA template containing at least one transcription factor binding site to a cell in order to favor specific insertion of a donor template sequence at a target site by homology directed repair (HDR).
US11795452B2
Compositions and methods are provided herein for conducting prime editing of a target DNA molecule (e.g., a genome) that enables the incorporation of a nucleotide change and/or targeted mutagenesis. The compositions include fusion proteins comprising nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) and a polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), which is guided to a specific DNA sequence by a modified guide RNA, named a PEgRNA. The PEgRNA has been altered (relative to a standard guide RNA) to comprise an extended portion that provides a DNA synthesis template sequence which encodes a single strand DNA flap which is synthesized by the polymerase of the fusion protein and which becomes incorporated into the target DNA molecule.
US11795447B2
Disclosed is a method for extracting high-purity polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) from salmon testes, including 1) separating semen and immature testicular regions from the testes of a salmonid fish, 2) gently grinding the immature testicular regions, followed by dilution with an artificial seminal plasma, 3) treating the dilution with a predetermined concentration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to induce artificial sexual maturation of the testicular cells to sperm, 4) centrifuging the testicular dilution after the passage of a predetermined time from the hCG treatment and collecting potentially motile sperm, and 5) extracting PDRN from the collected sperm. The method enables the production of raw materials for PDRN with a 100- to 200-fold higher purity from 20 mL (a maximum of 50 mL) of sperm (semen) collected at one time from a salmonid fish. In addition, the method enables the extraction of PDNR in high yield in a cost-effective and economically viable manner.
US11795442B2
The disclosure describes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the manipulation of nucleic acids in a targeted fashion. The disclosure describes non-naturally occurring, engineered CRISPR systems, components, and methods for targeted modification of nucleic acids. Each system includes one or more protein components and one or more nucleic acid components that together target nucleic acids.
US11795441B2
A composition includes two exogenous enzymes from animals for consumption by human beings to prevent, treat and/or alleviate veisalgia and/or symptoms associated therewith arising from or caused by consumption or spontaneous production of alcohol through a dual-enzyme based breakdown of the alcohol, wherein a first enzyme of the two exogenous enzymes is capable of converting alcohol into a first metabolite while a second enzyme thereof is capable of converting the first metabolite into a second metabolite which is excretable to systemic circulation after an oxidation reaction of the alcohol in the presence of the two exogenous enzymes and NAD+/NADH, and wherein the first enzyme to the second enzyme is in a molar ratio of 1:3-51 in the composition in order to avoid an elevation in the level of the first metabolite in the human being.
US11795440B2
Attenuated viruses and methods of designing them are disclosed. In one embodiment, there is disclosed an attenuated form of a virulent virus comprising an RNA encoding a viral protein or a nucleic acid sequence transcribable to said RNA, wherein the folding energy or structure of the RNA is changed at positions of evolutionarily conserved RNA structures with respect to that of said RNA encoding said viral protein in the virulent virus so as to bring about attenuation of the virus.
US11795439B2
A method of obtaining a pancreatic multipotent or unipotent cell including providing a cell of a first type which is not a pancreatic multipotent or unipotent cell; contacting the cell of a first type with an agent capable of remodeling the chromatin and/or DNA of the cell; transiently increasing expression of at least one pancreatic multipotent or unipotent gene regulator in the cell of a first type, to a level at which the at least one pancreatic multipotent or unipotent gene regulator is capable of driving transformation of the cell of a first type into the pancreatic multipotent or unipotent cell; and placing or maintaining the cell in a pancreatic cell culture medium and maintaining intracellular levels of the at least one pancreatic multipotent or unipotent gene regulator for a sufficient period of time to allow a pancreatic multipotent or unipotent cell to be obtained.
US11795435B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the biological activity or therapeutic efficacy of cultured mesenchymal lineage precursor cells or stem cells based on their released TGF-9 levels in culture. The present invention also relates to isolated populations of mesenchymal lineage precursor cells or stem cells selected based on the level of TGF-9 levels released by such cells in culture. The present invention further relates to treatment of a subject suffering from a degenerative disc disease by administering such selected cell populations.
US11795434B2
There is disclosed a cardiac explant-derived stem cell (EDC), the cell comprising a gene encoding an intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel, and wherein the gene causes an overexpression of the intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel, and methods of producing same. There is also disclosed a method of producing engineered EDCs having a modulated bioelectric property, the method comprising: obtaining EDCs; introducing a KCNN4 gene into the EDCs to increase the expression of KCa3.1 channels, to produce engineered EDCs. There is also disclosed a composition for treating or ameliorating a damaged myocardium in a subject, the composition comprising extracellular vesicles isolated from cultures of engineered EDCs. There is also disclosed a method for treating or ameliorating a damaged myocardium in a subject, comprising administering the engineered EDCs or the extracellular vesicles isolated from cultures of engineered EDCs to the damaged myocardium of the subject.
US11795432B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to passively replacing media in a closed cell expansion system to reduce or prevent the dilution of chemical signaling used to inhibit signaling pathways that keep a cell population in the lag phase of cell growth. To prevent such dilution, active inlet fluid flow to the system may be halted. To replace fluid lost by the system, a bag containing media may be attached to the waste line in replacement of the waste or outlet bag connected thereto. By turning off one or more pumps, media from the replacement bag is added to the system at the rate of evaporation. Chemical signaling dilution may be prevented while conserving system resources. Enhancement of chemical signaling to reduce the lag phase of cell growth may further be accomplished by adding molecules, such as chemical-signaling proteins, from a direct source to the system.
US11795430B2
Disclosed herein is a material that may be useful as a coating for optical slides and medical implants. The material may aid or restrict grown of cells on a coating of the composite material. As such, there is provided a composite material having a substrate on the surface of which a coating layer of an amorphous metal oxide is formed. The metal oxide may be one or more of Ag2O, ZnO, ZrO2, TiO2, CuO, and Y2O3 and the coating layer may be from 5 to 100 nm thick and have a root mean square roughness of the coating surface is from 0.1 to 0.7 nm.
US11795421B2
Microalgae cultivation equipment for the cultivation of microalgae is provided in which a raceway is modified so as to contain multiple generally upright photobioreactor columns spaced apart along its length so as to increase the total surface area of liquid growth medium directly exposed to light and to improve the transfer of CO2 from the gas-phase to the liquid-phase by providing adequate height inside the vertical photobioreactor columns. The lowermost ends of the photobioreactor columns are immersed inside the liquid growth medium in the raceway component and are fed with liquid growth medium by a circulation promoting facility circulating the liquid growth medium from the raceway through the photobioreactor columns to become discharged back into the raceway. Gas inlets provide CO2 containing gas bubbles passing upwards in each of the photobioreactor columns. One or more paddle wheels or jet pumps induce a flow of liquid growth medium within the raceway.
US11795414B2
The present invention relates to a method of processing a workpiece comprising contacting a tool and a workpiece to effect a change in the shape of the workpiece, and applying a metalworking fluid to a surface area where the tool and the workpiece are in contact, where the metalworking fluid contains a propoxylate of the formula R—O—(C3H6O)n—H, where R is a branched C6 to C20 alkyl and n is from 3 to 30. The invention further relates to the metalworking fluid, and to a use of the propoxylate as additive in metalworking fluids.
US11795413B2
The invention relates to a poly alkyl(meth)acrylate polymer comprising polybutadiene-based monomer units and a process for preparing the same. The invention also relates to the use of said polymer as a viscosity index improver in lubricant formulation and to lubricant compositions comprising said polymer.
US11795409B1
An oxidation-reduction desulfurization system includes a reactor vessel with sour gas inlet at the bottom and a gas outlet at the top. A primary stage phase separator includes a vertically-oriented pipe with an inlet located inside the reactor vessel. The ratio of the reactor vessel diameter to the pipe inlet diameter is in a range of 2:1 to 5:1. Surface foam and non-gaseous multi-phase mixture including emulsion flow into a partially gas-filled upper section of the vertically-oriented pipe and freefall to a lower level, thereby facilitating mechanical breaking of the foam and the emulsion. A secondary stage phase separator connected to the gas outlet separates non-gaseous surge from sweet gas. Valves and a controller automatically maintain target levels of the non-gaseous multi-phase mixture and non-gaseous surge.
US11795407B2
A gasifier for organic solid waste by injection into molten iron and slag bath includes a gasification furnace, a liquid level adjusting furnace and a slag discharge and heat exchange shaft furnace. The liquid level adjusting furnace, in communication with the bottom of the gasification furnace, contains 1200-1700° C. molten iron-based alloy liquid, which is covered with molten liquid slag layer. When gas pressure above or liquid volume in the liquid level adjusting furnace increases, liquid level of the molten liquid in the gasification furnace rises simultaneously. A particle material injection lance is immersed, through which organic particles to be gasified are blown into molten bath, and oxygen gas or oxygen-enriched air as gasifying agent is blown into the melt at the same time. Organic substance is gasified into CO-rich and H2-rich syngas, and most of inorganic substance enters molten slag and is discharged termly.
US11795405B2
The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a regenerated catalyst are brought into contact, said process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h−1; and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 SI/I, said regenerated catalyst resulting from an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb and an oxide support.
US11795401B2
Process and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.
US11795399B2
Suggested are new adhesion promoters, which are particular suitable for use in displays. Its inclusion in the polymerisable LC mixture results in an excellent adhesion on substrate without colouration over time i.e. compared to amino siloxanes. The new additives have no effect on alignment of LC on the substrate while improving the adhesion.
US11795385B2
A compound having a Pt tetradentate structure of Formula 1, is provided. In the structure of Formula 1, rings C and D each independently represent 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; L1, L2, and L3 are each independently a direct bond, BR, NR, PR, O, S, Se, C═O, S═O, SO2, SiRR′, GeRR′, alkyl, cycloalkyl, or a combination thereof; the sum of n1 and n2 is 1 or 2; X is selected from NRE, O, S, and Se; X3 and X4 each independently carbon or nitrogen; and one of Q1, Q3, and Q4 is oxygen, and the remaining two of Q1, Q3, and Q4 each represents a direct bond. Formulations and devices, such as an OLEDs, that include the compound of Formula 1 are also described.
US11795381B2
The invention includes a method of reducing a need to re-acidize a hydrocarbon-containing formation. The method comprises providing a composition a HCl and lysine mixture and water wherein a molar ratio between the HCl and the lysine mixture ranges between 3:1 and 12.5:1, and the composition has an initial pH of less than 1; injecting the composition into the formation; allowing a sufficient time for the composition to become a spent acid composition and to subsequently create wormholes in the formation by dissolving calcium carbonate in the formation; maintaining the dissolved calcium carbonate in suspension in the spent acid composition to prevent reprecipitation of the calcium carbonate into the wormholes; removing the spent acid composition containing the dissolved calcium carbonate from the formation; and wherein a pH of the spent acid composition ranges between 4 and 6.
US11795378B2
Well stimulating fluids and methods may use a first and a second chelating agent, e.g., diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), glutamic diacetic acid (GLDA), and/or hydroxyethyl ethylene diamine triacetic acid (HEDTA), particularly in amounts of from 1 to 10 wt. %, to control iron precipitation during the stimulation process. Such fluids can stabilize iron ions without precipitation to manage the efficiency and performance of the stimulation fluid. Such stimulation fluids can be used with for highly concentrated HCl solutions, e.g., more than 20 up to 28 wt. % or more, that are useful in emulsified acid formulations in acid fracturing or acidizing of carbonate formations.
US11795366B2
A coiled tubing wellbore fluid may include a base fluid; and a crosslinked and branched polymeric fluid loss control agent formed from at least an acrylamide monomer and a sulfonated anionic monomer; wherein the coiled tubing wellbore fluid has a low shear rate viscosity, measured at 120° F. at 3 rpm, of at least 20,000 centipoise.
US11795365B1
A method including forming a hydrophobic film on one or more surfaces as part of a geothermal operation in which a circulating fluid comprising water is injected into an injection well, absorbs heat, and is recovered from a production well prior to extraction of at least a portion of the heat therefrom and recycle of the circulating fluid back to the or another injection well.
US11795362B1
A method of drilling is disclosed that includes introducing a water-based drilling fluid into a drill string disposed within a wellbore, circulating the water-based drilling fluid through the drill string and the wellbore, and extending the wellbore using the drill string while circulating the water-based drilling fluid, wherein the water-based drilling fluid includes water and a lubricating additive including a de-oiled cake, wherein the de-oiled cake are residues obtained after extraction of oil from a plant source, wherein the de-oiled cake is in particulate form having a particle size of 100 microns or less. A composition is disclosed that includes water-based drilling fluid including water and a lubricant additive comprising a de-oiled cake, wherein the de-oiled cake are residues obtained after extraction of oil from a plant source and wherein the de-oiled cake has a particle size of 100 microns or less.
US11795361B2
A composition of matter including a fluorescent assembly and a drilling fluid is provided. The fluorescent assembly includes a matrix material and a plurality of fluorophores held within the matrix material and has an average particle size of at least one millimeter. A method includes introducing the fluorescent assembly into a drilling fluid and circulating the drilling fluid through a well during a drilling operation that creates formation cuttings such that the fluorescent assembly interacts with the formation cuttings, creating tagged cuttings. The method further includes collecting returned cuttings from the circulating drilling fluid at a surface of the well, detecting the presence of the fluorescent assembly on the returned cuttings to identify the tagged cuttings, and correlating the tagged cuttings with a drill depth in the well at a time during the drilling operation.
US11795360B2
A method for producing a form-stable phase-change material to nucleate sugar alcohols includes directionally freezing a slurry of solid chitosan and solvent and additives, providing a frozen slurry including unidirectional pillars of frozen solvent that force suspended solid particles into interstices, exposing the frozen slurry to conditions causing sublimation of the solvent of the frozen slurry to remove frozen solvent and provide a body having pillars of vacancies therein, sintering the body to provide a scaffold including the pillars of vacancies therein, graphitizing the scaffold by heating in argon, treating the scaffold with aqueous base, and adding a molten sugar alcohol phase-change material to the scaffold such that the molten phase-change material is drawn into the pillars of vacancies by capillary action to provide the form-stable phase-change material having reduced hysteresis of the melting point of the sugar alcohol phase-change material.
US11795359B2
The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant that has characteristics of having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (HFC-32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein the total concentration of the three components is 99.5% by mass or more, based on the entire refrigerant, and three components have a mass ratio that falls within a region surrounded by a figure passing through the following 4 points in a ternary composition diagram whose three vertices represent the three components: point A (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=51.8/1.0/47.2 mass %), point B (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=35.3/1.0/63.7 mass %), point C (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=10.1/18.0/71.9 mass %), and point D (HFO-1132(E)/HFC-32/HFO-1234yf=27.8/18.0/54.2 mass %).
US11795355B2
One-component, moisture-curable polyurethane adhesives exhibit excellent handling strength before being fully cured, and excellent creep properties after curing. The adhesives include an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer made from polyols that include a crystalline polyester and hydroquinone bis (2-hydroxyethyl) ether, and a polyoxazolidine compound.
US11795354B2
An epoxy resin adhesive including at least one epoxy resin in the resin component, at least one adduct AD including primary amino groups which is free-flowing at room temperature and is formed from (i) at least one polyepoxide and (ii) at least one amine of the formula (I) and optionally further amines, and additionally at least one accelerator B having at least one dimethylamino group in the hardener component, and a total of at least 50% by weight of at least one inorganic filler. The epoxy resin adhesive has low odor and good processibility, rapidly builds up strength at room temperature and under cold conditions and, after curing, has high strengths, especially particularly high compressive strengths, and high bonding forces to substrates such as steel, carbon fiber composites (CRP) and concrete.
US11795351B2
An adhesive composition comprising an acrylic first polymer having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less, a second polymer comprising a unit derived from a monomer represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2 or Chemical Formula 3, and a crosslinking agent, and an adhesive film comprising the same are provided.
US11795349B2
The disclosed adhesive sheet exhibits high anchoring performance and where separation between the substrate and the adhesive layer substantially does not occur when unwinding or re-peeling in actual applications. The adhesive sheet comprises a substrate including a urethane polymer component at least at a portion of a surface and a silicone adhesive layer that is in contact with the urethane polymer component, wherein the urethane polymer having a chain extender-derived hard segment and a polyoxyalkylene polyol-derived soft segment.
US11795343B2
The presently claimed invention relates to a process for preparing urea urethane polymer, liquid compositions comprising the urea urethane polymer and the use of the urea urethane polymer as a thickening and thixotropic agent for water based and solvent based paint and coating formulations, lacquer, varnish, paper coating, wood coating, adhesive, ink, cosmetic formulation, detergent formulation, textile and drilling muds plaster formulations, PVC plastisol and cement formulations.
US11795342B2
A method of preparing a biocompatible polymeric coating includes preparing an aqueous polymer solution by contacting and reacting methacrylic acid and at least one methacrylate or phosphorylcholine. The methacrylate or phosphorylcholine may include hydroxyethyl methacrylate, polyethylene glycol monomethacrylate, or methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine. An aqueous coupling agent solution is prepared and is either applied to the substrate surface or is mixed with the polymer solution to form a coating solution. If the coupling agent solution was first applied to the substrate surface, the polymer solution is then applied to the primed substrate surface. Alternatively if a coating solution was created, the coating solution is applied to the substrate surface. In either event, the polymer solution and coupling agent solution react with the substrate to form the biocompatible polymeric coating on the substrate surface.
US11795338B2
An example of a build material composition for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes a polymeric or polymeric composite build material and a wetting modifying agent. The wetting modifying agent is: (i) incorporated into the polymeric component of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material and changes the wetting behavior of the polymeric component; or (ii) selected from the group consisting of: a fluorotelomer; a C8-C20 alcohol; a methyltrialkyl ammonium chloride; docusate sodium salt; a polymer having a chemical structure of the polymeric component of the polymeric or polymeric composite build material modified to include a hydrophobic group or a hydrophilic group; and a combination thereof.
US11795333B2
Coating compositions are provided. In embodiments, a coating composition comprises a solvent system comprising water; a crosslinked organic additive in the form of particles and comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a multifunctional vinyl monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups; a binder; and optionally, one or more of a colorant and a wax. Methods of making and using the coating compositions are also provided.
US11795320B2
A grafted glycosaminoglycan polymer is disclosed. The grafted glycosaminoglycan polymer comprises a glycosaminoglycan having a polymer backbone and one or more side chains comprising a polyalkylene glycol-containing residue grafted onto the polymer backbone.
US11795318B2
A composition comprising; a) at least one homopolymer or copolymer of vinyl acetate; and b) at least one softener.
US11795316B2
Pressure-responsive particles include pressure-responsive base particles and inorganic oxide particles, in which the pressure-responsive base particles contain a styrene-based resin which contains styrene and other vinyl monomers as polymerization components and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin which contains at least two kinds of (meth)acrylic acid esters as polymerization components and in which amass ratio of the (meth)acrylic acid esters to all polymerization components is 90% by mass or higher, a liberation rate of the inorganic oxide particles is 10% by mass or higher and 40% by mass or lower, the pressure-responsive particles have at least two glass transition temperatures, and a difference between a lowest glass transition temperature and a highest glass transition temperature is 30° C. or higher.
US11795304B2
The present invention provides an improved method of quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of a target molecule using nitrocellulose membrane (NCM). In particular, the present invention provides a porous nitrocellulose membrane that includes a surface and an organic nanostructured molecule that is non-covalently attached to the surface of NCM. The organic nanostructured molecule has a branched region that includes a plurality of terminal region (e.g., terminal end) moieties that are non-covalently attached or bound to a surface of the porous NCM. The organic nanostructured molecule also comprises a linear region that includes a covalently attached capture molecule that is adapted to selectively bind to a target molecule. The NCM of the invention provides an improved reproducibility, reliability, and selectivity compared an NCM in the absence of the organic nanostructured molecule.
US11795300B2
Provided are: an additive composition which has an excellent extruder feed stability as a result of having an excellent powder flowability, and can impart excellent transparency and mechanical properties to molded articles; a polyolefin resin composition containing the additive composition; a method of producing a polyolefin resin composition; and a molded article of the polyolefin resin composition. The additive composition contains (A) 1-[8-propyl-2,6-bis(4-propylphenyl)tetrahydro[1,3]dioxino[5,4-d]-1,3-dioxin-4-yl]ethane-1,2-diol and (B) an aromatic phosphate metal salt represented by Formula (1) where R1 to R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n represents a number of 1 or 2; when n is 1, M1 represents an alkali metal; and when n is 2, M1 represents hydroxyaluminum. In this additive composition, the mass ratio of (A) and (B), (A)/(B), is in a range of 10/90 to 90/10.
US11795297B2
A method of fabricating plastic products having a preselected color, comprising preparing a dispersion of pigment of the preselected color in cottonseed oil; supplying a preselected plastic resin for the product to be fabricated to a process machine having a rotating screw; furnishing the dispersion to the process machine at a position adjacent to threaded portion of the rotating screw; and blending the dispersion and the resin by rotating the screw.
US11795296B2
A particulate nucleating agent of the present invention is a particulate nucleating agent that contains a compound represented by a predetermined general formula, in which a content of phosphate ions in the particulate nucleating agent, which is obtained by a predetermined measurement procedure, is equal to or more than 5 ppm and equal to or less than 8,000 ppm based on a mass of the compound represented by the predetermined general formula.
US11795287B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to pore inducers and porous abrasive forms made using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of forming a porous abrasive form including heating an abrasive composition including pore inducers to form the porous abrasive form. During the heating the pore inducers in the porous abrasive form reduce in volume to form induced pores in the porous abrasive form.
US11795286B2
The present invention relates to an in-mold expanded beads molded article of expanded beads of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer, a cushion for shoe sole, and a method of producing expanded beads provided with through-holes and composed of a block copolymer of a polyethylene block and an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer block, and with respect to the in-mold expanded beads molded article of expanded beads of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer, a voidage of the expanded beads molded article is 5 to 40%; a density of the expanded beads molded article is 30 to 150 g/L; and a flexural modulus of the olefin thermoplastic elastomer that constitutes the expanded beads molded article is 10 to 100 MPa.
US11795284B2
A polyolefin film having between about 10% and about 95%, by weight of the polyolefin film, of recycled polyolefin is described. The polyolefin film has an Average Hole Count between about 0.0 and about 10.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method. The polyolefin film has an Average Gel Count between about 0.0 and about 100.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method. The polyolefin film has an Average Relative Gel Height between about 0.0% and about 150.0%. The polyolefin film has a Total Spot Count between about 0.0 and about 100.0, according to the Gel Count Test Method.
US11795282B2
A polypropylene film has an excellent long-term operating reliability in a high temperature environment when used in a high-voltage capacitor, which is suitable for use in such capacitor applications and the like, and which has an excellent structural stability to heat; and a metal film-laminated film and a film capacitor including the same. The polypropylene film, wherein the relationship between the sum (E′135 (MD+TD)) of the storage moduli in the machine direction and the transverse direction of the film, as determined by solid viscoelasticity measurement at 135° C., and the sum (E′125(MD+TD)) of the storage moduli, as determined by solid viscoelasticity measurement at 125° C., satisfies formula (1): E′135(MD+TD)/E′125(MD+TD)>0.7 (1).
US11795277B2
A method for producing aluminum oxide is provided. The method uses an aluminum-oxide-forming agent containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl compound containing an aluminum trialkyl or a mixture thereof, and a solvent. It is thus possible to produce an aluminum oxide thin film or aluminum oxide particles on or in a substrate that is not resistant to polar solvents. A method of producing a polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite containing zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles using a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed zinc alkyl or a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl is also provided. The polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite contains a polyolefin substrate and zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles, and does not contain a dispersant. The zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles have an average particle size of less than 100 nm.
US11795264B2
Provided is a latent curing agent, including: porous particles supporting an aluminum chelate compound; and a coating film over surfaces of the porous particles, the coating film containing an aluminum chelate compound and a polymer that contains at least one of a urea bond and an urethane bond, wherein a content of an active aluminum chelate compound is 20% by mass or greater.
US11795260B2
The present invention relates to a bulk material comprising solid diisocyanate, especially naphthalene 1,5-diisocyanate or p-phenylene diisocyanate, to a process for production thereof, and to a process for preparing isocyanate prepolymers using the bulk material of the invention, to the isocyanate prepolymers themselves and to the use thereof for preparation of polyurethane elastomers, especially cast polyurethane elastomers.
US11795257B2
The present invention relates to a precursor material for an insulation composition, comprising: a crosslinkable graft polymer comprising a polyolefin component and a polyene component; and an antioxidant. The present invention also relates to an insulation composition obtained from the precursor material.
US11795253B2
The present invention relates to a composition containing a compound (A) represented by the following general formula (I) and a compound having two or more polymerizable functional groups (B) in a molecule (except for compound (A)), wherein a mass ratio ((A)/(B)) of the compound (A) to the compound having two or more polymerizable functional groups (B) in a multi-molecule is 30/70 to 50/50: wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; R3 represents any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; R4 represents any one selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a styryl group, and an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; and n represents any integer of 1 to 5.
US11795252B2
Disclosed are co-polymers which are produced from reactive monomer mixtures and which have both high refractive index and a high Abbe number. These materials are well suited for use as implantable ophthalmic devices and have a refractive index which may be edited through application of energy. When used for an intraocular lens, the high refractive index allows for a thin lens which compresses to allow a small incision size.
US11795249B2
Provided are a novel structure of a copolymer, a preparation method thereof, a vinyl chloride-based resin composition including the copolymer, and a coating ink including the vinyl chloride-based resin composition. According to the present invention, when the vinyl chloride-based resin composition including the copolymer is used, compatibility with ethylene vinyl acetate is excellent, and ink dispersibility and ink color are also excellent.
US11795247B2
Provided herein are polyolefin dispersants, as well as methods for producing polyolefin dispersants. The polyolefin dispersants can be defined by the formula below where Rx is cationic initiator residue; Ra is a polyolefin group; R1 and R2 are each, independently in each —(CR1R2) unit, H, alkyl, alkoxy, or alkylaryl; R3 and R4 are each, independently, H, alkyl, or alkoxy; m is an integer from 1 to 20; n is an integer from 1 to 6; r is an integer from 1 to 4; Y is a polyvalent amine linker comprising one or more tertiary amines, wherein the polyvalent amine linker does not include a primary amine or a secondary amine; and A is absent, or comprises a dispersive moiety.
US11795238B2
High affinity antibodies capable of binding to a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of anti-CD70 antibody, for example, the scFv expressed on cell surface as a portion of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Also provided herein are methods for producing such anti-scFv antibodies and methods of using the antibodies disclosed herein for detecting, for example, T cells expressing an anti-CD70 CAR that comprise the scFv as an extracellular domain.
US11795237B2
Disclosed is a method for improving affinity of an antibody for an antigen, comprising, in an unmodified antibody, improving affinity for an antigen as compared to the unmodified antibody, by changing 3rd, 5th and 9th amino acid residues of a light chain defined by Kabat method to charged amino acid residues.
US11795235B2
Disclosed is a molecule comprising: (a) a first domain, which comprises a targeting moiety; (b) a second domain, which comprises an albumin binding domain (ABD), (c) a third domain, which comprises a furin cleavage sequence (“FCS”), which FCS is cleavable by furin; and (d) a fourth domain, which comprises an optionally substituted Domain III from Pseudomonas exotoxin A (“PE”). Related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of producing the molecule, methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal, and methods of inhibiting the growth of a target cell are also disclosed.
US11795233B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload inhibits expression or activity of DUX4. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
US11795228B2
The present disclosure relates to antibodies that bind to human CD94, as well as methods, uses, polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and pharmaceutical compositions related thereto. In some embodiments, the antibodies are human or humanized antibodies that bind to human CD94 and do not block binding between CD94 and HLA-E. In some embodiments, the antibodies cross-react with cynomolgus CD94. In some embodiments, the antibodies do not promote internalization of surface-expressed CD94 to the extent of existing antibodies. In some embodiments, the antibodies promote ADCC targeting cells that express human CD94, e.g., on the cell surface.
US11795215B2
Provided is an anti-mesothelin chimeric antigen receptor specifically binding to mesothelin. The anti-mesothelin chimeric antigen receptor according to an aspect exhibits an ability to specifically bind to mesothelin, and thus may be usefully applied to preventing or treating mesothelin-overexpressing cancers.
US11795213B2
The invention features the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders associated with an innate immune response triggered by alpha amylase inhibitor CM3, alpha amylase inhibitor 0.19 (0.19), CM1, CM2, CMa, CMd, CM 16, CMb, CMX1/CMX3, CMX2, and/or alpha amylase inhibitor 0.53 (0.53). To this end, the invention features pharmaceutical compositions including neutralizing antibodies to CM3, 0.19, CM1, CM2, CMa, CMd, CM16, CMb, CMX1/CMX3, CMX2, and/or 0.53, food products containing reduced levels of CM3, 0.19, CM1, CM2, CMa, CMd, CM1 6, CMb, CMX1/CMX3, CMX2, and/or 0.53 protein, the use of oral TLR4 inhibitors to block the effect of said alpha-amylase inhibitors, assays for identifying CM3, 0.19, CM1, CM2, CMa, CMd, CM16, CMb, CMX1/CMX3, CMX2, and/or 0.53 content in food products, and assays for diagnosing subjects with a disorder related to CM3, 0.19, CM1, CM2, CMa, CMd, CM 16, CMb, CMX1/CMX3, CMX2, and/or 0.53 triggered innate immune responses.
US11795206B2
An active form (BY-001) of a homomultimeric chimeric protein PD-L1/Fc-gammal may have a composition of 25% dimer, 30% tetramer and 45% hexamer. BY-001 consists of two distinct functional domains at the aggregated state, one is the extracellular domain of PD-L1 and another one is the IgG1 Fc region. Accordingly, the first functional domain of PD-L1 at its aggregated state is more effective in suppressing the activity of CD3+ and CD28+ T cells; while, on the other hand, the second functional domain of FC-gammal at its aggregated state exerts only the suppressive effects on the immune cell bearing the Fc-gamma receptors. Thus, the features provided in present invention indicate that BY-001 regulates the functions of immune cells subsets that are responsible for the peripheral immune tolerance, which makes BY-001 potential to help restore or maintain the peripheral immune tolerance in patients with autoimmune diseases or in recipients of allografts.
US11795204B2
The present invention relates to glucagon analogues and their medical use, for example in the treatment of hypoglycaemia. In particular, the present invention relates to stable glucagon analogues suitable for use in a liquid formulation.
US11795203B2
Disclosed are a protein heterodimer and the use thereof. The protein heterodimer comprises a first polypeptide chain and a second polypeptide chain different from the first polypeptide chain, wherein the first polypeptide chain comprises IL(interleukin)12a and a first factor fused to IL12a, the second polypeptide chain comprises IL12b and a second factor fused to IL12b, and the first factor and the second factor are each independently selected from a group consisting of: IL2, GMCSF(granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), IL7, IL15, IL21 and FLT3L(FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand). The protein heterodimer can be used for treating tumors.
US11795200B2
A nano small peptide FG and its use in preparation of drugs for treating and preventing fundus vascular diseases are provided. The artificially synthesized nano small peptide has a molecular formula of X-FFVLKKNKAAKG (SEQ ID NO:1), wherein the X is dodecanoyl, tetradecanoyl, hexadecanoyl, or octadecanoyl group. The nano small peptide of the present invention can specifically select receptors to encapsulate sSema4D protein, and the concentration of sSema4D is effectively reduced, so that the sSema4D is unable to bind to any receptors, thus changing the shortcoming of few inhibitory targets of antibody drugs. The nano small peptide molecule with a simple structure can be mixed with antibody drugs without causing mutual immune reactions, so as to achieve the effect of reducing multiple pro-angiogenesis molecules.
US11795196B2
Disclosed are non-natural peptides useful for the treatment and prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury (e.g., cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury) or myocardial infarction.
US11795193B2
The present disclosure involves optimized methods for production of biologically active proteins termed optimally manufactured stradomers. The present disclosure further provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment of diseases and conditions including autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, or infectious diseases.
US11795187B2
Hydroxycitric acid-metal heterocyclic compounds with covalent characteristics are provided. The subject hydroxycitric acid compounds include monomeric hydroxycitric acid (HCA) compounds having a divalent metal, lactone forms thereof, and dimeric compound forms thereof. The monomeric HCA compound includes a divalent metal (X) bonded via a 5-membered ring to both the carboxylic acid and the hydroxy group of the central C2 carbon of the HCA. In addition, a monovalent metal (Y) can also be bonded to the carboxylic acid of C3 or C1, or to both C1 and C3. The subject dimeric compounds include monomeric HCA compounds linked via a second divalent metal (X) to a carboxylic acid group of each HCA unit at C3 or C1. Also provided are compositions including a monomeric HCA compound and one or more other additional compounds. Methods of alleviating at least one symptom associated with a target disease or condition in a subject are provided.
US11795177B2
The disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, which may be useful as aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The variables, J, R4, G, Q, and ring A are defined herein. Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors of Formula I are useful for treating a variety of conditions including cancer and inflammation. The disclosure includes methods for using compounds and salts of Formula I to treat colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, brain tumors breast cancer, atherosclerosis, ischaemic heart disease, acne vulgaris, asthma, autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, chronic prostatitis, glomerulonephritis, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, reperfusion injury, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, transplant rejection, vasculitis, and interstitial cystitis. The disclosure also includes pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound or salt of Formula I.
US11795175B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.
US11795174B2
Disclosed are a compound represented by the general Formula (I), or a stereisomer, tautomer, derivative, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing the compound and use of the compound in manufacture of a medicament for treating a neuropathic pain and/or neuropathic pain syndrome or a medicament for combating an inflammation: wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, cyano and haloalkyl, R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl and nitro, and R1, R2 and R3 are not hydrogen at the same time; furthermore, when either R2 or R3 is nitro or halogen, the other two of R1, R2 and R3 are not hydrogen at the same time. The compound has good effects in treating a neuropathic pain and/or neuropathic pain syndrome and good effects in combating an inflammation, and has not side effects such as addiction.
US11795171B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of USP7 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, ischemic diseases, viral infections and diseases, and bacterial infections and diseases, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5′, R6, X1, X2, m, and n are described herein.
US11795169B2
This invention relates to pyrrolopyrimidine comprising compounds that may be useful as inhibitors of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Kinase-4 (MAP4K4). The invention also relates to the use of these pyrrolopyrimidine comprising compounds, for example in a method of treatment. There are also provided processes for producing compounds of the present invention and method of their use. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds of formula (I).
US11795163B2
The present invention relates to a novel compounds for inhibiting nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NamPT), a composition comprising the same, and various uses thereof.
US11795161B2
A compound of the following Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US11795158B2
The present invention relates to azaquinolone compounds of Formula (I), and their use in medicine.
US11795153B1
Processes for preparing epoxide compounds are provided. Processes for using epoxide compounds and their industrial applications are also provided.
US11795150B2
Methods and intermediates for synthesizing triethylenetetramine and salts thereof, as well as novel triethylenetetramine salts and their crystal structure, and triethylenetetramine salts of high purity.
US11795130B2
A method for purification and separation of cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol, e.g., from dried hemp and cannabis leaves can use a continuous simulated moving bed process, a batch column chromatography method, or a single column, and a combination of one or more of a sequence of purification steps including: filtration, decolorization, activation or decarboxylation, dewaxing, polishing, and crystallization to separate a cannabinoid from the cannabis plant and to provide various cannabinoid products. The cannabinoid products can be used in various pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.
US11795127B2
The present application describes process for preparing an ortho-allylated hydroxy aryl compounds such as compounds of Formula (I) by reacting an allylic alcohol with a hydroxy aryl compound in the presence of aluminum compound selected from alumina and aluminum alkoxides and in a non-protic solvent wherein at least one carbon atom ortho to the hydroxy group in the hydroxy aryl compound is unsubstituted. The present application also includes compounds of Formula (I).
US11795125B2
The present disclosure provides a method for conversion of a mixture of high-boiling fluorinated components comprising 1,1,3,3-tetrachloro-1-fluoropropane (HCFC-241fa), 1,3,3-trichloro-1, 1-difluoropropane (HCFC-242fa), 1,1,3-trichloro-1,3-difluoropropane (HCFC-242fb), 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243fa), 1,3-dichloro-1,1,3-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243fb), 3-chloro-1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244fa), their isomers, and combinations thereof, to 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd). Heavy impurities, such as oligomers and other high boiling impurities, that are present may be purged during the process to prevent yield loss and reduction of catalyst efficacy.
US11795123B2
Metal oxide catalysts comprising various dopants are provided. The catalysts are useful as heterogenous catalysts in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane to C2 hydrocarbons such as ethane and ethylene. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed.
US11795121B2
A hydrocarbon generation system includes a first generation apparatus configured to generate a hydrocarbon with two or more carbon atoms from a first raw material containing: at least one of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide; and hydrogen. The hydrocarbon generation system includes a second generation apparatus configured to generate methane from a second raw material including: hydrogen; and at least one of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide contained in the first raw material and discharged from the first generation apparatus.
US11795116B2
Ceramic assembly can comprise a ceramic article comprising a thickness defined between a first major surface and a second major surface. The thickness can be about 100 micrometers or less. The ceramic assembly can comprise a polymer coating deposited over at least an outer peripheral portion of the first major surface of the ceramic article. The polymer coating can comprise a thickness of about 30 micrometers or less. An edge strength of the ceramic assembly can be greater than an edge strength of the ceramic article by about 50 MegaPascals or more. Methods of forming a ceramic assembly can comprise depositing a polymer coating on an outer peripheral portion of a first major surface of a ceramic article. Methods can further comprise curing the polymer coating.
US11795112B2
A method for producing the component, and to the use of the component. The method for producing a three-dimensional, ceramic component containing silicon carbide, by a) providing a powdery composition having a grain size (d50) between 3 microns and 500 microns and comprising at least 50 wt % of coke, b) providing a liquid binder, c) depositing a layer of the material provided in a) in a planar manner and locally depositing drops of the material provided in b) onto said layer and repeating step c), the local depositing of the drops in the subsequent repetitions of the step is adapted in accordance with the desired shape of the component to be produced, d) at least partially curing or drying the binder and obtaining a green body having the desired shape of the component, e) carbonising the green body, and f) siliconising the carbonised green body by infiltration with liquid silicon.
US11795107B2
A method of producing a nanosilica-containing cement formulation, the method comprising the steps of mixing an amount of a determinant nanosilica particle and a functional coating; applying a dynamic initiator to trigger a reversible reaction of the functional coating to produce a reversible cage, where the reversible cage surrounds the determinant nanosilica particle to produce an encapsulated nanosilica; and mixing the encapsulated nanosilica and a cement formulation to produce the nanosilica-containing cement formulation.
US11795103B2
Chemically-strengthened thin glass having modified curvature and a method for making the same. The method includes providing a thin glass substrate which has host alkali ions situated in its surface regions, and possesses a treatment-advantaged surface region and a treatment-disadvantaged surface region located opposing each other; conducting a step of ion-exchange with invasive alkali ions having an average ionic radius larger than the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions, thereby producing a chemically-strengthened substrate which is characterized by an undesired curvature (warpage), and then conducting a step of reverse ion-exchange with reversing alkali ions having an average ionic radius equal to, or smaller than, the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions before ion-exchange, so as to produce a chemically-strengthened substrate having either less curvature or having a predetermined profile of curvature, which is not present in the chemically-strengthened glass substrate prior to reverse ion-exchange.
US11795102B2
A coated glass article and of a system and method for forming a coated glass article are provided. The process includes applying a first coating precursor material to the first surface of the glass article and supporting the glass article via a gas bearing. The process includes heating the glass article and the coating precursor material to above a glass transition temperature of the glass article while the glass article is supported by the gas bearing such that during heating, a property of the first coating precursor material changes forming a coating layer on the first surface of the glass article from the first precursor material. The high temperature and/or non-contact coating formation may form a coating layer with one or more new physical properties, such as a deep diffusion layer within the glass, and may form highly consistent coatings on multiple sides of the glass.
US11795092B2
In a plunger assembly for forming ribbons of molten glass, at least one extruder plunger is guided in a vertical direction from and towards a tank adapted to contain a mass of molten glass from a guide head carried by a support arm kept fixed during the forming of the bead. The extruder plunger is displaced by alternated cyclic motion with respect to the support arm according a predefined law of motion from one drive unit displaced above the support arm and at least partly above the tank.
US11795085B2
A water hygiene improving system and method are provided which may include and utilize one or more water hygiene improving devices which may be coupled to a building water supply network at any number of locations so that water passing through each water hygiene improving device is returned to the building water supply network. The water hygiene improving device may include one or more membrane filtration systems and optionally one or more bioreactors. The system and method include a new and innovative approach for surviving or improving water hygiene within the whole water supply network of new or existing buildings, for prevention of their contamination with Legionella or other pathogens, general limitation of biofilm growth and their negative effects on water hygiene, also at point of use (POU), and water distribution within new or existing buildings by limitation of incoming nutrients, bacteria and other microorganisms at point of entry (POE) of buildings or at other locations of the water supply network within the building.
US11795079B2
The invention provides a dynamic membrane reactor with function of nitrogen and phosphorus removal and an operation method thereof, and comprises a biological treatment system, a dynamic membrane loading system and an automatic system. The operation method comprises the following steps. (1) Before the formation of dynamic membrane, a porous filter for phosphorus removal is used as a cathode, a conductive precision filter screen is used as an anode, and aerobic denitrifying bacteria are inoculated into the dynamic membrane reactor under certain constant current density, hydraulic retention time and flux. (2) After the dynamic membrane is formed, the porous filter for phosphorus removal is used as the anode, the conductive precision filter screen is used as the cathode. And intermittent aeration is started at the anode under certain constant current density. (3) When the transmembrane pressure difference exceeds a certain range, hydraulic backwashing is performed under certain constant current density.
US11795070B2
This invention provides processes for treating a mixture of produced water and blowdown water comprising introducing produced water (PW) into blowdown water (BD) for forming a PW-BD water mixture, softening the PW-BD water mixture, subjecting the PW-BD water mixture to activated carbon filtration and reverse osmosis membrane desalination. The process generates a product water and a brine by-product.
US11795062B2
The present invention is to provide an electron or hydride ion intake/release material comprising a lanthanoid oxyhydride represented by the formula Ln(HO) (in the formula, Ln represents a lanthanoid element) or an electron or hydride ion intake/release composition comprising at least one kind of lanthanoid oxyhydride; a transition metal-supported material wherein a transition metal is supported by the above electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition; and a catalyst comprising the transition metal-supported material. The electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition according to the present invention has a higher ability for intake/release of electron or hydride ion than that of a conventional hydride-containing compound, and can be used effectively as a catalyst such as a catalyst having excellent ammonia synthesis activity by supporting a transition metal thereon.
US11795057B2
Disclosed is a system and method related to removal of carbon from carbon dioxide via the use of plasma arc heating techniques. The method involves generating C atoms and H atoms from CxHy. The method involves generating graphite and H2 from the C atoms and H atoms, and extracting the graphite. The method involves quenching the H2 with CxHy. The method involves receiving, at a generator, the quenched the H2 and CxHy and generating electricity. The method involves generating a concentrated stream of H2 from the quenched H2 and CxHy. The method involves receiving CO2 and the concentrated stream of H2 and generating C, O, and H atoms. The method involves receiving the C, O, and H atoms and generating graphite, wherein the graphite is extracted. In the hydrocarbon CxHy: x is an integer 1, 2, 3, . . . , and y=2x+2.
US11795053B2
A sensor device includes a sensor chip with a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) structure, wherein the MEMS structure is arranged at a main surface of the sensor chip, and a gas-permeable cover arranged over the main surface of the sensor chip, which covers the MEMS structure and forms a cavity above the MEMS structure.
US11795051B2
A semiconductor device, which comprises: a silicon substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a metal layer located on said front surface; a through silicon via (TSV) extending through said silicon substrate from said back surface to said front surface, wherein said TSV is connected at one end to said metal layer; and a redistribution layer (RDL), wherein said RDL is embedded in said silicon substrate.
US11795048B2
A leak stop assembly for an automatic shut-off fluid nozzle having a fluid flow path and a check valve with a through bore in the flow path. The assembly includes a bleeder seat that houses a length of the flow path proximate the check valve, a rubber plug, and a rigid cross-brace attached to the bleeder seat and holding the plug. Fluid flows around the check valve when open. The cross-brace positions the plug relative to the check valve through bore such that the plug seals against the check valve through bore when the check valve is closed.
US11795042B2
A bale loading apparatus has a base frame mounted to a loader vehicle operative to move the base frame up and down. Right and left fork frames are connected to right and left portions of the base frame by corresponding right and left linkages, and right and left fork pairs extend away from the loader end of the base frame. A right actuator is operative to pivot the right fork pair with respect to the base frame upward and outward to the right of a path of the loader vehicle from a lowered right position to a raised right position, and a left actuator is operative to pivot the left fork pair with respect to the base frame upward and outward to the left of the path of the loader vehicle from a lowered left position to a raised left position.
US11795030B2
The present invention is an apparatus, system, and method for a low tension application spooler and or coiler system that positively drives the material into the coil and or reel so that the tension is minimum during the winding process.
US11795028B1
According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit, a fold reinforcing unit, and a control unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and forms a fold line thereon. The fold reinforcing unit includes a fold reinforcing roller. The fold reinforcing roller sandwiches the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit and moves in a fold-line direction in which the fold line extends. The control unit moves the fold reinforcing roller from a first position close to a first end of the fold line on a first side in the fold-line direction to a second position close to a second end of the fold line on a second side opposite to the first side. The control unit can execute, at this time, a division movement mode including a reversal return operation. The reversal return operation is an operation of reversing a movement direction of the fold reinforcing roller to the first side at a middle portion of the fold line and then returning the movement direction of the fold reinforcing roller to the second side.
US11795021B2
A method for assembling an information handling system display may include attaching a first side of a strip of double-sided tape to a display panel cover. A display panel may then be aligned with the display panel cover, and, when aligned, the display panel may be in contact with a release paper attached to a second side of the double-sided tape. The release paper may then be removed from the double-sided tape while the display panel is in contact with the release paper. A first surface of the display panel may be attached to the second side of the double-sided tape as the release paper is removed.
US11795015B2
A device conveying a solid material into a radially-arranged stockpile. The device has a a trailer chassis, with at least one wheeled axle at a first end thereof and, at a second end thereof, means provided for attaching the trailer chassis to a tractor in a mobile condition and for fixed mounting in an operational condition. A stacking conveyor is mounted near the first end of the trailer chassis. A power unit for generating electrical and hydraulic power is positioned on the trailer chassis. A feed system is mounted to the trailer chassis and extends generally along the length thereof from the second end to the first end, to receive the solid material at the second end and transport the solid material to the stacking conveyor.
US11795013B2
An article transport facility includes a main conveyor device and induction conveyors. The main conveyor device includes belt conveyors and carriage bodies. The induction conveyor includes a first conveyor device for loading article onto a second transport path and a second conveyor device that is provided for an article-loading position on a transport path and loads the article onto the belt conveyor. The first conveyor device adjusts the timing of loading the article to the article-loading position, by controlling the timing of loading the article onto the second conveyor device. The second conveyor device adjusts, on the belt conveyors, loading position of the article loaded onto the belt conveyor by controlling the timing of loading the article onto the belt conveyor.
US11795012B1
Methods and apparatus for an end-of-arm tool having multiple robotic grippers, such as two or more grippers, and coordination of motion of the multiple grippers, so as to allow for automated testing and packaging of sealable bags conveyed to an inspection station.
US11795000B2
Various embodiments are directed to a carriage lift assembly comprising: at least one frame element configured to secure the carriage lift assembly relative to a first mast and a second mast; and at least one spreader arm extending laterally and defining at least a portion of a lift width; wherein the spreader arm width of the spreader arm comprises a selectively adjustable configuration, wherein the lift width is configured to be selectively adjustable based at least in part on the adjustable configuration of the spreader arm width. In various embodiments, the at least one spreader arm comprises an at least partially resilient configuration such that, in response to a force acting on the spreader arm in one or more directions, the spreader arm may exhibit a movement in the one or more directions so as to absorb at least a portion of the force.
US11794998B2
A cup dispenser comprising a cup-holder turret comprising a plurality of columns containing respective stacks of cups and each provided with an associated cup release device operable to release individual cups from the stack of cups; and an electronically-controllable actuator assembly comprising a first electric actuator to rotate the cup-holder turret; and a second electric actuator to operate the cup release devices of the columns.
US11794985B2
A compostable lid intended to seal a beverage capsule is provided. The lid is composed of a multilayer complex successively comprising a non-woven material wherein at least 50% by weight of the fibers are composed of polylactic acid (PLA), an adhesive layer suitable for coming into contact with food, and a support layer composed of a vegetable parchment.
US11794983B2
A thermal insulation article includes a thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container. The pad includes a solid compostable panel formed primarily of starch and/or plant fiber pulp that holds together as a single unit, and a water-proof or water-resistant film forming a pocket enclosing the panel. The panel includes a first section, a second section, and a third section connecting the first section to the second section, the first and second section each having a central portion and two flaps that extend from the central portion beyond the third section, and wherein the panel is foldable into an open box.
US11794979B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for forming an odor control item and providing packaging for an odor control item. A method for forming at least one odor control item includes providing a resealable package comprising a first blister and a second blister, wherein the first blister comprises at least one cavity, performing a hot mold process whereby a liquid substance is poured into the at least one cavity, and curing the liquid substance while the liquid substance is in the at least one cavity to form the at least one odor control item.
US11794974B2
The present invention relates to a holding structure for simultaneously holding a plurality of containers for substances for pharmaceutical, medical or cosmetic applications or of devices having such containers, having a plurality of receptacles. The receptacles are arranged in a regular arrangement and are formed by in each case peripherally formed side walls. The receptacles have in each case one or two widened clearances having a dimension which is greater than the width of a gap between the containers received in the receptacles and side walls of the receptacles in the regions other than the widened clearances. The widened clearances additionally make available space for access to containers or devices which are received in the receptacles for handling thereof.
US11794964B2
An assembly (2) for dispensing liquids comprises: • a base member (8); • a cap (4) on the base member (8); and • a dispensing capsule (6) in the base member (8) and covered by the cap (4). The dispensing capsule (6) comprises: • a capsule body (7) having a first end (16) and a second end (18); • at least one wall (20) defining a first cavity (38) within the capsule body, the first cavity (38) having a first opening at the first end (16) of the capsule body; • at least one wall (22) defining a second cavity (40) within the capsule body, the second cavity (40) having a second opening at the first end (16) of the capsule body; • the first opening and the second opening provided with a seal member (64) which seals the first cavity (38) and the second cavity (40). The walls of the first cavity and the second cavity are collapsible if pressure is applied to the cavities from the second end (18) of the capsule body.
US11794960B2
A container having a canister can be configured to retain a volume of liquid. The canister can be sealed by a lid structure, and the lid structure can have a spout opening. The spout opening may be sealed by a removably-coupled cap. Further, the cap may have a magnetic top surface configured to magnetically couple to a recess on the top surface of the lid for temporary storage of the cap when manually removed from the spout opening.
US11794959B2
A moisture tight container includes a container body and a lid preferably linked to the body by a hinge. The body and lid include at least a first seal and a second seal in series to provide a moisture tight seal between the body and the lid. The first seal includes mating of thermoplastic-to-thermoplastic sealing surfaces of the body and lid respectively. The second seal includes mating of thermoplastic-to-elastomeric sealing surfaces of the body and lid, respectively, or of the lid and body, respectively.
US11794953B2
A packaging system that is manufactured entirely out of recyclable materials and that allows consumers to view the items, such as food items, within the package container is disclosed. Specifically, the packaging system comprises a package container manufactured entirely out of recyclable materials, and a code identifier component positioned thereon which is linked to an image or other information of the product contained within the package container. The code identifier component is typically a 2D bar code or an RFID tag. Further, the image linked to the code identifier component can be generic, or the actual individual image of the product in the container, and the image can be associated with the product during its manufacture, or when it is packaged. The image can be viewed with a tablet, mobile phone, virtual reality headset, a provided terminal, or other suitable device.
US11794949B1
A system and method for repurposing tennis ball canisters, wherein said system comprises an insertable liner, further comprising a vessel, a lower collar flange, an upper collar flange, a plurality of notch(es) distributed about the upper collar flange, and a collar. Said system further comprises a retainer ring comprising a band portion, one or more tab(s), and a radially inward protruding ridge within said band. Said method comprises placing at least the liner into the bore of the canister barrel until the underside surface of the lower collar flange is in contact with the canister's lip, placing the retainer ring on the topside surface of the upper collar flange, orienting the retainer ring's angular position until the tab(s) are within the complementary notch(es) of the upper collar flange, and finally pressing the retainer ring downward until the retainer ring's radially inward protruding locking topology is snapped under the canister's lip.
US11794946B2
A container for housing scented product includes a bottom wall, a top wall, a plurality of longitudinal sidewalls, and a plurality of lateral sidewalls. The container further includes a scented product disposed within the cavity and a first plurality of selectively openable and closable vents extending through the top wall of the container. The first plurality of vents is configured to at least partially open when a force is applied to one or more of the plurality of longitudinal sidewalls and the plurality of lateral sidewalls of the container. The container further includes a second plurality of selectively openable and closable vents extending through the bottom wall of the container. The second plurality of vents are configured to at least partially open when the force is applied to one or more of the plurality of longitudinal sidewalls and the plurality of lateral sidewalls of the container.
US11794942B2
A method of opening a box includes providing the box in a closed configuration, the box comprising a first top panel attached to a second top panel, the first top panel comprising a first sealing flap, a second sealing flap, and a middle flap disposed therebetween; removing a first tear strip of the first sealing flap to detach the first sealing flap from the second top panel; and removing a second tear strip of the second sealing flap to detach the second sealing flap from the second top panel and to configure the box in an open configuration.
US11794936B2
A labeling machine is presented for labeling containers by a continuous film strip suitably cut into labels, configured for fixing the label to the container by an adhesion fluid adapted to adhere the label to the container. The adhesion fluid is of the dissolvable type within a determined time sufficient to guarantee the function of applying the label to the container and/or removable through the use of suitable removal means.
US11794935B2
A pharmaceutical filling system for a high volume pharmacy is described. The system can include a spill detection subsystem and method. The system can include a cameras to take images that a processed to determine presence of a spilled pharmaceutical. A mirror portion is provided so that the camera can take images of the entire field of the filling area. The mirror portion can be a concave mirror that increases the field of view of the camera. A light panel can illuminate the field of view to allow the camera to take high speed images. A controller can receive a series of at least two images captured by the camera and determine whether an object in the captured images is a spilled pharmaceutical.
US11794930B1
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) jettison apparatus. The UAV jettison apparatus may comprise a payload bay, fairing, ejector plate, and releasable latch. The payload bay may be mounted beneath an aircraft and may have an inner space and a top plate attached therewith. The fairing may substantially cover the inner space of the payload bay and may have an opening positioned directly below the top plate. The ejector plate, which may be spring-loaded, may substantially cover the opening and may be used to mount the UAV. The releasable latch, which may be disposed between the top plate and the ejector plate, may releasably lock and hold the UAV in a stowed position and, upon release, may allow the ejector plate to move into a launch position, such that the UAV is released and jettisoned from a larger aircraft.
US11794922B1
A mobile nest for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a cuboid-shaped frame, staging pads, charging electronics, and exterior siding. The cuboid-shaped frame includes vertical supports positioned at corners of the cuboid-shaped frame. The staging pads are adapted for landing, launching, and charging the UAVs. The staging pads are mounted to pivot about two or more of the vertical supports. Each of the staging pads rotates into the cuboid-shaped frame when stowed and rotates out of the cuboid-shaped frame when deployed for launching or landing the corresponding one of the UAVs. The charging electronics are disposed within the cuboid-shaped frame and coupled to the staging pads to charge the UAVs when the UAVs are positioned on the staging pads. The exterior siding is mounted to the cuboid-shaped frame to provide a weather barrier that protects the UAVs from weather when the UAVs are stowed within the mobile housing structure.
US11794920B2
Systems for policing and managing the operation of so-called unmanned vehicles are presented which allow for the takeover of the unmanned vehicle in the event of the detection of possible or actual ill-intentioned or inappropriate use of, malfunction or usurpation of the vehicle. Embodiments of the invention include dual-control unmanned vehicles which allow both pilot and police control of the vehicle, with the police having priority.
US11794914B2
Electric aircraft power plants and associated methods are provided. One power plant includes an emergency power unit (EPU) for providing electric power in the event of a malfunction of a battery pack of an electric aircraft to permit the electric aircraft to make an emergency maneuver. The EPU includes a rocket engine for generating a stream of exhaust fluid using a rocket propellant, a turbine operatively connected to extract energy from the stream of exhaust fluid generated by the rocket engine, and an electric generator operatively connected to be driven by the turbine and to supply electric power to an electric motor propelling the electric aircraft.
US11794912B2
A gas turbine engine includes a fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell stack and defining a fuel cell assembly operating parameter, a fuel source, and a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The combustor is configured to receive a flow of fuel from the fuel source and further configured to receive output products from the fuel cell stack. A controller is configured to perform operations including receiving data indicative of system operation conditions, determining a set of fuel cell operating conditions to move the system emission output into or maintain the system emission output within an emissions range, and controlling the fuel cell assembly operating parameter according to the determined set of fuel cell operating conditions.
US11794908B2
A flow body for an aircraft with an integrated de-icing system. The flow body includes a front skin, an internal structural component, a lever having first and second ends, with an attachment point in-between, and an actuator. The actuator is spaced inside the front skin. The lever extends from the actuator to a front skin inner surface, the first end coupling with the front skin, and the second end coupling with the actuator. The attachment point is swivably supported on the internal structural component. The attachment joint is closer to the first end than the second end. The lever and the actuator apply an impulsive force in a transverse direction to the lever, such that the lever rotates around the attachment point, and such the first end urges the front skin to locally elastically deform for removing ice accretion from an outer side of the front skin.
US11794906B2
Container 12 is a cabin of a gas balloon, Container 12 has Main Body 121, which is an airtight container for accommodating Crew Member H1 and is filled with Air 122, Heat Transfer Member 125 made of a material that has a high thermal conductivity such as aluminum and that covers the inside of Main Body 121 and is partially in contact with Heat Absorber Holder 123, Heat Absorber Holder 123 that is a container made of a material that has a high thermal conductivity, such as aluminum, and is located outside of Main Body 121, and Heat Absorber 124 contained in Heat Absorber Holder 123. Heat generated by Crew Member H1 is transferred via Air 122 to Heat Transfer Member 125 and then to Heat Absorber Holder 123. Heat Absorber 124 absorbs heat from Heat Absorber Holder 123 as heat of vaporization and changes from a liquid to a gas.
US11794904B2
A rotorcraft seating assembly includes a seat base supporting a seat bucket, the seat base having left- and right-side panel portions. Each side panel portion has a linear bucket guide channel set into its inside face (including an upper portion for adjusting the seat bucket relative to the seat base for pilots of varying heights, and a lower portion for energy attenuation (EA) stroking in response to a crash event) and a bucket guide slot set into its outside face (including a linear upper portion corresponding to the range of adjustment of the seat bucket and a curved lower portion allowing the seat bucket to translate forward and away from the seat base during EA stroking). The curved outer bucket guide slot allows for the required EA stroking distance within a minimal vertical space between the seat bucket and the flight deck floor.
US11794901B1
A payload coupling apparatus is provided that includes a housing. The housing is adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether. The apparatus further includes a slot extending downwardly from an outer surface of the housing towards a center of the housing thereby forming a lower lip on the housing beneath the slot. The slot is adapted to receive a handle of a payload. The apparatus further includes a sensor configured to detect touchdown of the payload and a transmitter configured to send a touchdown confirmation signal to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on a touchdown detection by the sensor.
US11794898B2
The present disclosure provides an air combat maneuvering method based on parallel self-play, including the steps of constructing a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) maneuver model, constructing a red-and-blue motion situation acquiring model to describe a relative combat situation of red and blue sides, constructing state spaces and action spaces of both red and blue sides and a reward function according to a Markov process, followed by constructing a maneuvering decision-making model structure based on a soft actor-critic (SAC) algorithm, training the SAC algorithm by performing air combat confrontations to realize parallel self-play, and finally testing a trained network, displaying combat trajectories and calculating a combat success rate. The level of confrontations can be effectively enhanced and the combat success rate of the decision-making model can be increased.
US11794897B2
An aerial drone is configured to capture aerial objects. The aerial drone has an airframe, a propulsion system mounted to the airframe, and a capturing device mounted to the airframe. The propulsion system is configured to control the movement of the aerial drone. The capturing device is configured to receive and capture an aerial object located above the aerial drone. A method of capturing an aerial object using the aerial drone is also contemplated.
US11794894B2
Landing apparatuses for unmanned aerial vehicles are provided herein. An example UAV includes a frame; a propeller rotatably coupled to the frame; and a landing guard armature extending from the frame. A terminal end of the landing guard armature extends beyond a propeller radius of the propeller. The landing guard armature has a surface area that is sized to promote airflow around the landing guard armature.
US11794892B2
A tail sitter aircraft is described that comprises: a fuselage arranged vertically in a take-off/landing position and transversely to a vertical direction in a cruising position of the aircraft; a single wing; at least two first engines configured to exert respective first thrusts directed along respective first axes on the tail sitter; and at least two second engines rotating about respective second axes arranged above said first axes of the first engines, with reference to the cruising position; the at least two second engines being configured to exert respective second thrusts directed along respective second axes on the tail sitter; the first and second engines being carried by the single wing; the single wing comprises a first portion and a second portion mutually staggered from one another; the second portion being arranged above said first portion, with reference to said cruising position; said first portion comprises two half-wings, extending from opposite lateral sides of the fuselage; the wing further comprises a third portion arranged below said first portion with reference to said cruising position of said aircraft.
US11794890B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes obtaining, from a user device, flight operation information describing an inspection of a vertical structure to be performed, the flight operation information including locations of one or more safe locations for vertical inspection. A location of the UAV is determined to correspond to a first safe location for vertical inspection. A first inspection of the structure is performed is performed at the first safe location, the first inspection including activating cameras. A second safe location is traveled to, and a second inspection of the structure is performed. Information associated with the inspection is provided to the user device.
US11794887B1
A rotor blade assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a main rotor blade body comprising an upper blade skin, a lower blade skin, an inboard end, an outboard end, and a trailing edge. The rotor blade assembly further includes a trailing edge actuator assembly. The trailing edge actuator assembly includes an upper actuator skin and a lower actuator skin defining a cavity and a trailing edge flap, a control panel disposed in the cavity and coupled to one of the upper actuator skin or the lower actuator skin and one or more actuators disposed in the cavity and configured to apply force to the control panel to cause the trailing edge flap to deflect. The trailing edge actuator assembly is coupled to the trailing edge of the main rotor blade body.
US11794878B2
An assembly comprising a first part and a second part, the assembly comprising a disconnectable coupling system provided with a mechanical fuse for securing the first part and the second part according to an axis of movement up to a breaking threshold. The assembly comprises at least one single-use friction brake interposed between the first part and the second part, the friction brake braking a movement of the first part with respect to the second part after the mechanical fuse has broken.
US11794868B2
A wingsurfing wing, a handle thereof and a method of retaining the handle. The handle includes a member that is elongated in an elongation direction to be suitable for grasping. First and second attachment portions suitable for attaching the member to a strut of the wing extend from the member and are spaced apart from each other in the elongation direction. A fitting defines the second attachment portion and is adjustable between first and second configurations. In the first configuration, the fitting is movably engaged with the member to reposition the second attachment portion in the elongation direction. In the second configuration, the fitting is fixedly engaged with the member. The method includes causing frictional engagement between the strut and the fitting via an interference fit between a fastening portion and the strut, and causing frictional engagement between the fitting and the member to prevent movement of the fitting.
US11794867B1
A driving method is implemented to a lifting device of an underwater survey system, and the lifting device includes a phase-change heat exchange module, an oil bag module, a pressurized energy storage module, and a drive energy storage module. The driving method includes: controlling the pressurized energy storage module to extract hydraulic oil in the oil bag module to descend the lifting device; during a transformation of a phase-change material, the pressurized energy storage module transmitting hydraulic oil to the phase-change heat exchange module; transmitting the hydraulic oil inside the oil bag module to the pressurized energy storage module to descend the lifting device; controlling the drive energy storage module to transmit hydraulic oil to the oil bag module for rising the lifting device; and during a transformation of the phase-change material, transmitting the hydraulic oil in the phase-change heat exchange module to the drive energy storage module.
US11794863B2
An anti-roll stabilizer device for boats includes a container adapted to be mounted on a suspension so as to oscillate around a first axis; a mass rotatably supported inside the container so as to form a rotor that rotates around a second axis transverse to the first axis; and a rotor cooling system having a hollow shaft arranged along the second axis, a first and a second cooling chamber sealed from the container of the rotor and from the outside, arranged at the ends of the hollow shaft and communicating through the hollow shaft, the first chamber having an inlet and the second chamber an outlet that are connected to a forced circulation circuit of the cooling fluid so that the cooling fluid can circulate from the first chamber to the second chamber through the hollow shaft and from the second chamber to the first chamber through the circulation circuit.
US11794850B2
Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axle having a shaft adapted to extend into the internal cavity. A sliding bearing block may be secured to a distal end of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be adapted for transverse or side-to-side rotatable movement relative to a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be self-centering and include one or more springs to apply force to move the pedal body member toward a home or resting position relative to the axle shaft. The pedal may be adapted so that the user's foot can be placed on either a top surface or a bottom surface of the pedal body member.
US11794846B2
A leaning vehicle including a vehicle body, front and rear wheels, a leaning mechanism that causes the vehicle body and the front and rear wheels to lean left or right when the leaning vehicle turns left or right, a lean actuator, a support stand, a detection device that detects a getting on intention input and or a getting off intention input, which respectively indicate that a rider of the leaning vehicle intends to get on and off the leaning vehicle, and a control device configured to control the lean actuator to thereby control a lean angle of the vehicle body while the vehicle body is in motion, based on a manipulation that the rider performs for turning in the left or right direction, and control the lean angle of the vehicle body while the leaning vehicle is not in motion, based on a detection result of the detection device.
US11794839B2
A connecting arrangement is provided for fastening lateral luggage containers on a motor vehicle, in particular to a motorcycle or a motorcycle-like vehicle, and a vehicle including the connecting arrangement. The connecting arrangement includes a rear vehicle frame section and a carrier element movably connected thereon. The carrier element extends transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame section, and has a lateral left-hand end designed for connecting to a left-hand luggage container and at a lateral right-hand end designed for connecting to a right-hand luggage container. The invention further relates to a vehicle having a corresponding connecting arrangement.
US11794835B2
Anti-theft device of a bicycle wheel includes at least one braking unit having two pads acting on a rim of the wheel and an actuator to control at least one braking unit. The actuator includes two tie-rods pivoting on shafts and is actuated by a key acting on a key cylinder to press the pads on the rim of the wheel. Each tie-rod is driven at one end by a secondary transmitter piston interacting with a primary transmitter piston and driving a receiver piston holding the pad at its other end. The rotational movement of the key cylinder is converted into a translational movement of the primary transmitter piston by an indirect movement converter.
US11794834B2
A system comprising a lever-actuated lock for removable motorcycle stand handle. The motorcycle stand has a removable handle configured to attach to a primary receiver extending outwardly away from a U-shaped stand frame such that when the removable handle is secured to the primary receiver the motorcycle stand is configured to lift an end of a motorcycle off a surface. The lever release mechanism positioned on an end of the removable handle and configured for a single handed release by a user, the lever release mechanism having a locking configuration configured to secure the removable handle component to the primary receiver and having an locking configuration configured to allow for the removable of the removable handle from the primary receiver post.
US11794826B2
A cable hoist system for a spare tire carrier in a vehicle includes a housing; a drive cable; a reel assembly; and a drive mechanism. A first gear assembly of the drive mechanism includes a control plate member connected to a first gear using at least two frangible connectors. The at least two frangible connectors connecting the control plate member and the first gear provides a frangible connection in the first gear assembly such that, when the first gear assembly is subject to a force exceeding a predetermined value caused by momentum of a spare tire applied through the reel assembly and a second gear of a second gear assembly, the at least two frangible connectors break to allow the first gear to move relative to the control plate member such that the second gear and the reel assembly can rotate to allow for pay out of the drive cable.
US11794824B2
In a vehicle air guide path structure, a vertically long air guide path forming member is provided along an outer edge of a side surface portion of a vehicle body on a rear side of a wheel house. A vertically long air guide path is formed at the rear side of the wheel house. The vertically long air guide path suctions air from the wheel house and exhausts air along a side surface of the vehicle body. A partition member partitions the vertically long air guide path so as to form a plurality of sections in an upper-lower direction. A vertically long inclined surface is formed on the side surface portion of the vehicle body at a rear side of the vertically long air guide path. The partition member protrudes to a rear side from the vertically long air guide path.
US11794815B2
A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member having a wall and a hollow space at least partially defined by the wall and a second structural frame member having a section thereof extended into the hollow space of the first structural frame member forming an internal interface with the wall of the first structural frame member. The assembly further includes a foam material located in the hollow space that fills a portion of the hollow space to thereby form a bearing member adjacent the section to restrict motion of the section relative to the wall and thereby to form an internal connection between the second structural frame member and the first structural frame member at the internal interface to secure the second structural frame member to the first structural frame member to form a recreational vehicle component.
US11794813B2
An embodiment vehicle body includes a plurality of shock absorber housings configured to cover and support upper ends of respective shock absorbers connected to the wheels of a vehicle, a plurality of upper truss members, each of which is connected at one end thereof to a front shock absorber housing and extends upwards while being bent and is connected at a remaining end thereof to a rear shock absorber housing so as to constitute a corresponding one of two lateral pillars of the vehicle; and a roof member, which extends in a width direction of the vehicle and is connected at two ends thereof to upper portions of the plurality of upper truss members.
US11794809B1
A method including detecting an obstacle location in response to an image, determining the obstacle location in response to a range measurement received from a range sensor, predicting a tow vehicle path in response to a tow vehicle steering angle and a tow vehicle location, predicting, by a processor, a trailer wheel path in response to the tow vehicle path, a vehicle dimension and a trailer dimension, and generating a warning control signal in response to an intersection of the obstacle location and the trailer wheel path.
US11794807B2
The steering control apparatus determines whether or not a deviation degree of a current traveling route of a vehicle with respect to a target traveling route is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, when steering control is switched from manual steering control to automatic steering control. In the automatic steering control, a command steering angle is calculated so that a difference between a real traveling route of the vehicle and the target traveling route is eliminated. However, when the deviation degree is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, the steering control apparatus recalculates the command steering angle used in the command steering angle tracking control based on a steering angle at the time of starting the automatic steering control and the command steering angle so that a real steering angle after switching to the automatic steering control changes gradually to the command steering angle.
US11794804B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor driven power steering system. The apparatus for controlling a motor driven power steering system includes a steering angle position controller configured to control a steering angle by adjusting a gain value based on a steering angle error between a command steering angle inputted by an autonomous driving system and a current steering angle; a current controller configured to compensate for a current error between a second command current outputted from the steering angle position controller and a sensor current; and a disturbance estimator configured to estimate noise due to an external factor, to remove the estimated noise in advance from a third command current outputted from the current controller, and to apply the third command current with no noise to an MDPS.
US11794795B2
A method for reconditioning a railcar coupler is disclosed, including determining, using a gauge, an amount of wear to a coupler pulling lug; cleaning a surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear; and applying a weldment to the surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear to increase the thickness of the coupler pulling lug. The amount of weldment applied to the coupler pulling lug is preferably equal to the amount of wear experiencing by the coupler pulling lug to bring the thickness of the coupler pulling lug back to its original thickness or very close thereto.
US11794789B2
A road information exchange system includes a plurality of Guided Autonomous Information Network (GAIN) units (102) installed on a road. Each GAIN unit (102) communicates with another GAIN unit (102) of the plurality of GAIN units (102) to divide the road into virtual lanes by formation of microgrids and further communicates with a vehicle passing through the road information exchange system (100).
US11794788B2
An automatic driving system includes an electronic control device configured to: detect a driving operation input amount during an automatic driving control for a vehicle; determine whether the driver is able to start manual driving during the automatic driving control for the vehicle; output a signal for performing switching from automatic driving to the manual driving based on a result of a comparison between the driving operation input amount and a driving switching threshold that is a threshold for the switching from the automatic driving to the manual driving; set the driving switching threshold to a first driving switching threshold when it is determined that the driver is able to start the manual driving; and set the driving switching threshold to a second driving switching threshold exceeding the first driving switching threshold when it is determined that the driver is not able to start the manual driving.
US11794785B2
Generally, the disclosed systems and methods utilize multi-task machine-learned models for object intention determination in autonomous driving applications. For example, a computing system can receive sensor data obtained relative to an autonomous vehicle and map data associated with a surrounding geographic environment of the autonomous vehicle. The sensor data and map data can be provided as input to a machine-learned intent model. The computing system can receive a jointly determined prediction from the machine-learned intent model for multiple outputs including at least one detection output indicative of one or more objects detected within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle, a first corresponding forecasting output descriptive of a trajectory indicative of an expected path of the one or more objects towards a goal location, and/or a second corresponding forecasting output descriptive of a discrete behavior intention determined from a predefined group of possible behavior intentions.
US11794770B1
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for evaluating a driving environment of a vehicle for hearing impairment conditions, detecting a request related to hearing impairment conditions, activating an accessibility mode in response to the request based on the hearing impairment condition, the accessibility mode providing sensory aids in response to the hearing impairment conditions, and altering vehicle motion to enable driver attention to the driving environment. The detecting the request related to hearing impairment conditions includes receiving a driver request for accessibility, a predetermined setting implementing a driver profile indicating a request for accessibility, and an alert from a drivers assisted technology system using artificial intelligence (AI) that the driving environment has hearing impairment conditions. The alert from the DAT system includes analyzing behaviors of the driver including response times to environmental sounds and analyzing driver-chosen volume settings indicative of a hearing-impaired driver.
US11794767B2
A vehicle display device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a travel environment; a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of another vehicle traveling ahead of a vehicle of a driver, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the other vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the other vehicle to the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle display device may include: a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a vehicle, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle.
US11794761B2
A user input signal management method for a vehicle provided with a prime mover having an output that rotates and an input for a user input signal that controls the rotating speed of the output of the prime mover. The method including the reception of a signal representative of the position of a user input of a vehicle, the reception of data representative of at least one condition of the vehicle, the modification of the received signal representative of the position of the user input as a function of the data received and the supply of the modified signal to the accelerator input of the prime mover.
US11794758B2
A first network device includes a transceiver, a memory and a control module. The transceiver receives an integrated model from a second network device that is separate from the first network device. The memory stores the integrated model and diagnostic trouble code data, most probable cause data, and least probable cause data, which have corresponding cause of issue indications for an issue of a vehicle. The control module while executing the integrated model: compares the cause of issue indications to determine whether the cause of issue indications are consistent such that a same cause of issue is indicated; in response to the cause of issue indications being consistent, displays the same cause of issue, and in response to the cause of issue indications being inconsistent and based on a set of conditions, displays a portion of health related information while refraining from displaying another portion of the health related information.
US11794756B2
Techniques are described for using variables associated with vehicle wheels (e.g., linear velocity at a wheel and orientation of the wheel) to estimate velocity of a vehicle during a turn maneuver. In examples of the disclosure, in association with one or more wheels, a wheel orientation during the maneuver and a linear speed during the maneuver may be determined, and well as a yaw rate (e.g., from an inertial measurement unit, gyroscope, etc.) of the vehicle. Examples of the present disclosure include, based on the variables associated with the wheel(s) and the yaw rate associated with the turn maneuver, estimating a vehicle velocity, which may be used by various downstream components, such as to determine or update a pose of a vehicle as part of a localization operation.
US11794755B2
A system provides on-demand remote support services including teleoperation of vehicles. In response to a remote support request, the system assesses environmental conditions, historical data, and/or parameters of a request for remote support to rank available operators capable of fulfilling the request, and selects an optimal operator for the remote support request based on desired criteria.
US11794753B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating a gaze direction of an occupant of the vehicle; determine whether the gaze direction is in a permitted area defined by a boundary, the permitted area being in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle; laterally adjust the boundary of the permitted area based on a speed of the vehicle and based on data indicating turning of the vehicle; and control the vehicle based on whether the gaze direction is in the permitted area.
US11794747B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling at least one actuator of a vehicle, the actuator being configured to apply a torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein the applied torque is determined by a control function associated with a control bandwidth, the method comprising configuring the control function to control the applied torque to reduce a difference between a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the wheel and a second parameter value related to target rotational speed of the wheel; obtaining data indicative of a current operating condition of the vehicle; setting the control bandwidth of the control function in dependence of the current operating condition of the vehicle; and controlling the actuator using the control function.
US11794746B2
A method ensures that a vehicle can safely pass a traffic light. The vehicle includes a processor and a light sensor. The method includes receiving traffic data, establishing a speed profile, establishing a control distance, the processor establishing, in accordance with the speed profile, a control distance at which braking ensures that the vehicle stops safely before the position of the traffic light, adjustment according to the speed profile, detecting the state of the traffic light when the vehicle is at the control distance from the traffic light, and the processor activating braking if the traffic light is red.
US11794742B1
A location of an occupant within a vehicle and/or an activity engaged in by the occupant may be determined. Based on the location and/or the activity, a point of interest associated with the occupant and/or the vehicle may be determined. One or more systems of the vehicle, such as the steering and/or suspension, may be controlled to minimize acceleration associated with the point of interest, thereby increasing a comfort of the occupant. In instances where the vehicle includes more than one occupant, the vehicle may be adjusted to accommodate the multiple occupants.
US11794735B2
A vehicle drive assistance apparatus includes a surrounding environment information acquiring unit, a crossing-vehicle recognition unit, a contact estimation unit, a contact avoidance operation determination unit, and a front-vehicle recognition unit. The crossing-vehicle recognition unit recognizes a crossing vehicle based on the surrounding environment information acquired by the surrounding environment information acquiring unit. The contact estimation unit estimates a possible contact between an own vehicle and the crossing vehicle at an intersection by comparing an intersection entering time of the own vehicle with an intersection entering time of the crossing vehicle. When a front vehicle entering the intersection prior to the own vehicle is recognized by the front-vehicle recognition unit, the contact avoidance operation determination unit calculates an intersection entering timing of the front vehicle, and determines that the contact avoidance operation is not to be executed if the estimated intersection entering timing is a predetermined value or less.
US11794730B2
Detecting a damage angle between a vehicle and a trailer. One example system includes an electronic controller and a rear-view camera configured to obtain video of the trailer. The electronic controller is configured to receive the video of the trailer from the rear-view camera and determine a damage point based upon the video of the trailer. The electronic controller is further configured to determine a change in a rotation angle of the trailer and determine a changed location of the damage point of the trailer based upon the change in the rotation angle of the trailer. The electronic controller is also configured to determine a damage angle based upon the changed location of the damage point relative to the vehicle and determine at least one maneuver to avoid collision between the damage point and the vehicle based upon the damage angle.
US11794722B2
A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel.
US11794719B2
When an estimation state of a road noise value based on an angular acceleration of a wheel is a proper estimation state, it is determined whether a background noise of the vehicle is in the high background or the low background noise state according to magnitudes of the road noise value and a predetermined threshold value. When the estimation state is not the proper estimation state, it is determined that the background noise of the vehicle is in the low background noise state regardless of road noise value. When the background noise is in the high background noise state, an output of the in-vehicle actuator is set so noise accompanying an operation of the in-vehicle actuator becomes relatively large. When the background noise is in the low background noise state, an output of the in-vehicle actuator is set so that noise accompanying an operation of the in-vehicle actuator becomes relatively small.
US11794716B2
An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a water tank supported by the chassis, an energy storage system coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the cab, a water pump supported by the chassis, and an electromagnetic device electrically coupled to the energy storage system. The electromagnetic device is coupled to the water pump and at least one of the front axle or the rear axle. The electromagnetic device is configured to receive stored energy from the energy storage system and provide a mechanical output to selectively drive the water pump and the at least one of the front axle or the rear axle.
US11794715B2
Responsive to accelerator pedal release and a speed of a vehicle being less than a threshold in a presence of indication that available powertrain torque has been reduced for at least a predetermined period of time during an absence of brake pedal engagement, a controller operates friction brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop. Responsive to accelerator pedal release and the speed being less than the threshold in an absence of the indication that available powertrain torque has been reduced and brake pedal engagement, the controller operates an electric machine and not the friction brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop.
US11794705B2
A sensor device for a towing vehicle coupling or as a component of a towing vehicle coupling, with which a trailer vehicle, in particular a semi-trailer, can be coupled to a towing vehicle wherein the towing vehicle coupling has a coupling element for detachably coupling a coupling counter element, which are/can be secured to the towing vehicle and the trailer vehicle, and in the coupled state forming a joint, where they can rotate relative to one another about at least one joint rotational axis, wherein the sensor device has a follower, which is mounted on a bearing body where it can rotate relative to the coupling element about a follower rotational axis, which can rotate about the follower rotational axis by rotationally following the coupling counter element in a rotation about the at least one joint rotational axis, and which is for detecting a rotation of the coupling counter element relative to the coupling element about the at least one joint rotational axis, and wherein the sensor device has at least one sensor for detecting a respective rotational position of the follower relative to the bearing body in relation to the follower rotational axis. The follower is mounted such that it moves relative to the coupling element for providing or maintaining a follower coupling to the coupling counter element with at least one degree of freedom of movement that is different to the rotatability about the follower rotational axis.
US11794704B2
A brake pedal device includes: a pedal bracket fixed to a dash panel; an operation pedal mechanism having a step portion rotatable with respect to the pedal bracket and in which the step portion is stepped forward of a vehicle; a rotating member having a bent portion, a front end portion, and an upper end portion, and rotatably supported with respect to the operation pedal mechanism by a rotating shaft portion at the bent portion; a connecting pin and a clevis that rotatably hold a tip portion of an operating rod projecting rearward of the vehicle from the dash panel with respect to the rotating member, at the front end portion of the rotating member; and a caulking pin that fixes the rotating member and the operation pedal mechanism, at the bent portion of the rotating member.
US11794700B2
The present disclosure relates to a wiper system (100) for a vehicle windshield (102), the wiper system comprising a first wiper arm (104) and a second wiper arm (106), the first and second wiper arms being movable in at least a vertical direction (200); and a horizontal wiper arrangement (300) comprising a wiper blade (302) arranged to wipe the surface of the vehicle windshield, the horizontal wiper arrangement (300) further comprising a horizontally extending wiper guide element (304) connected to the wiper blade for arranging the wiper blade to extend between vertical end sides (502, 504) of the vehicle windshield, the first (104) and second (106) wiper arms being connected to the horizontally extending wiper guide element (304) for vertically moving the horizontal wiper arrangement (300) between a vertically lower position (602) of the vehicle windshield and a vertically higher position (604) of the vehicle windshield; wherein the wiper system (100) further comprises a plurality of spring elements (700) connecting the wiper blade (302) to the horizontally extending wiper guide element (304), the plurality of spring elements being spaced apart from each other along the length of the horizontally extending wiper guide element (304), wherein the spring elements (700) are arranged to force the wiper blade (302) towards the windshield in a horizontal direction (202) perpendicular to the direction of the horizontally extending wiper guide element.
US11794697B2
The invention relates to a wiper blade (10), in particular for a motor vehicle. Said wiper blade comprises a heating device with an elongated heating element (28). According to the invention, the heating element (28) comprises at least one loop (34).
US11794694B2
Utilizing an access device is provided. A command mapping of user input to RKE commands is utilized to identify a RKE command based on the user input to one or more motion or orientation sensor of the access device. Responsive to the environmental input from one or more environmental sensors of the access device being indicative of command entry, a transceiver of the access device is activated, the RKE command is sent, and the transceiver is deactivated. Otherwise, the user input of the RKE command is ignored.
US11794678B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to isolating a compartment. In one embodiment, a method includes isolating airflow to an occupant by actuation of a partition in response to a signal indicating a risk and the partition utilizes an inflatable bladder to seal an area of a compartment in a vehicle. The method also includes communicating a precaution associated with the actuation to occupants.
US11794673B2
This electronic device, which is used while being assembled at a mounting position of an assembling target, includes: a plurality of terminals configured to receive a plurality of input signals and a mounting position registration unit that determines and registers a mounting position on the basis of a combination of input states of the plurality of terminals including the plurality of input signals received through the plurality of terminals.
US11794669B2
A fastening structure for a vehicle includes an upper trim of which an outer clip inserted into a panel is formed thereon, and a lower trim of which an inner clip inserted into the outer clip is formed thereon.
US11794663B2
Systems and methods for a transducer assembly for a vehicle having a resonating surface. The transducer assembly comprising a housing, a spacer connected to the housing, and a piezoelectric assembly disposed between the spacer and the housing. The spacer is configured to connect to the resonating surface to form an air gap between the resonating surface and the piezoelectric assembly.
US11794652B2
An electro-optic element having multiple regions is disclosed. The electro-optic element comprises an electro-optic medium disposed between two electrodes. Further, the electro-optic medium is operable between activated and un-activated states based, at least in part, on exposure to an electrical potential. In some embodiments, in response to an electrical potential of a first polarity, the electro-optic medium may be substantially activated in one region and substantially un-activated in another region. In response to an electrical potential of a second polarity opposite the first polarity, the electro-optic medium may be substantially activated in both regions. In other embodiments, the electro-optic medium is operably activated such that electro-optic medium is activated in one region and un-activated in another region, regardless of polarity.
US11794651B2
A vehicular vision system includes a video display screen and a video processor operable to process captured video image data captured by a rearward-viewing color video camera at the vehicle. The video display screen includes a left display region at a left portion, a right display region at a right portion, and a middle display region that spans between the left and right display regions. The video display screen (i) displays at the left display region video images derived from captured image data to display a scene occurring in a left side lane, (ii) displays at the right display region video images derived from captured image data to display a scene occurring in a right side lane and (iii) displays at the middle display region video images derived from captured image data to display a scene occurring rearward of the vehicle in the lane the equipped vehicle is travelling in.
US11794647B2
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras including a rear camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and having at least a rearward field of view and a front camera disposed at a front portion of the vehicle and having at least a forward field of view. Responsive to processing at an electronic control unit of provided vehicle data, the vehicular vision system determines a vehicle motion vector during maneuvering of the vehicle. Responsive to image processing at the electronic control unit of frames of captured image data, the vehicular vision system determines an object present in the field of view of a camera of the plurality of cameras and determines movement of the object relative to the vehicle. The vehicular vision system compares the determined relative movement of the object to the determined vehicle motion vector to determine misalignment of the camera.
US11794646B2
An opening system of a vehicle for avoiding interference of a door having a camera monitoring system (CMS) includes: the door in which the CMS is installed and which is slidably openable, an input device configured to receive an input request for opening the door, a processor configured to calculate a sliding opening trajectory of the door, and a controller configured to direct the CMS to be accommodated in the door when the door is opened and perform locking of the door when interference is determined as occurring in the opening trajectory of the door calculated in the processor based on surroundings information received through an image capturing device.
US11794632B2
A headlight system for a banking vehicle is provided. The headlight system includes a plurality of optical assemblies being arranged about an optical horizon and an optical vertical axis. Each of the plurality of optical assemblies includes an illumination source and an optical element. Each of the illumination sources is configured to direct light toward a corresponding one of the optical elements to produce an illumination region. The illumination regions combine to form an illumination pattern that includes at least one illumination region that is radial and is positioned relative an optical origin. The intersection between the optical horizon and the optical vertical axis defines the optical origin.
US11794628B1
Embodiments herein illustrate a cargo strap tightening device. The cargo strap tightening device includes a buckle assembly that comprises a strap webbing. The cargo strap tightening device includes a spring having high tension. Each end of the spring being coupled to the buckle assembly. Further the cargo strap tightening device includes at least two hook and loop connecting points and at least two shrink tubes to fasten the buckle assembly. The at least two shrink tubes are used to fasten the ends of the spring and the strap webbing when heat is applied on the shrink tubes. Furthermore, the cargo strap tightening device includes a protective sleeve to cover the spring.
US11794625B2
A vehicular vessel mounting system is provided. In one aspect, a vehicular vessel mounting system includes a mount arranged to support a pressure vessel in a substantially vertical orientation. The mount includes a vertically oriented spine and a backing connected to the spine. The backing is shaped to match an outer wall of the pressure vessel. One or more retention mechanisms are arranged to retain the pressure vessel to the backing.
US11794624B2
An illustrative embodiment of an enclosed boat trailer may be configured to allow loading of a boat in the water for the purpose of removing the boat from the water using the enclosed boat trailer to engage the boat for storage and/or transportation. An illustrative embodiment of an enclosed boat trailer may be comprised of a roller system positioned on the floor and a right and left rear arm adjacent a rear opening in the enclosed boat trailer. In an illustrative method of use, a boat operator may load and/or unload the boat into the water from the enclosed boat trailer without leaving the boat and without additional personnel.
US11794619B2
To reduce the weight of a cross member bridged between right and left sides of a seat frame. A seat frame includes an upper frame forming an upper portion of a seat back frame, and a cross member bridged at the upper frame. The cross member includes right and left end portions in a seat width direction, the right and left end portions being fixed to the upper frame; and a first recessed portion that is recessed upward or downward and provided between the right and left end portions. The first recessed portion is provided at a center portion of the cross member in the seat width direction.
US11794613B2
A long rail assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes a fixed long rail, a rail drive assembly having a drive wheel for transposing the rail drive assembly along the fixed long rail, an upper gearbox attached to a vehicle seat, and an auto-centering quick connection mechanism for operatively coupling a guide pin extending from the upper gearbox to the drive wheel when the vehicle seat is attached to the rail drive assembly. The auto-centering quick connection mechanism further automatically rotates the guide pin to a home position when the vehicle seat is decoupled from the rail drive assembly.
US11794611B2
A vehicle seat comprises: a seat base; a first side member is affixed to a base at a first side of the base; a second side member is affixed to the base at a second side of the base, opposite the first side of the base; a slider slidably received in the base; a seat back assembly is rotatably coupled to the first side member and rotatably coupled to the second side member; a linkage rotatably coupled to the seat back assembly and rotatably coupled to the slider; a first lower seat lifting mechanism comprising a lifting bracket, wherein the lifting bracket is rotatably coupled to the first side member at a first end of the lifting bracket; and a second lower seat lifting mechanism comprising a bracket rotatably coupled to the base and a link arm rotatably coupled to the bracket and rotatably coupled to the slider.
US11794599B2
Example embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are provided for electric vehicles that are subject to intermittent charging, such as rail-based electric vehicles, having one or more modular cascaded energy systems. The one or more modular systems can be configured to supply multiphase, single phase, and/or DC power to numerous motor and auxiliary loads of the EV. If multiple systems or subsystems are present in the EV, they can be interconnected to exchange energy between them in numerous different ways, such as through lines designated for carrying power from the intermittently connected charge source or through the presence of modules interconnected between arrays of the subsystems. The subsystems can be configured as subsystems that supply power for motor loads alone, motor loads in combination with auxiliary loads, and auxiliary loads alone.
US11794590B2
A vehicle motor control apparatus includes: a processor configured to determine whether a state of a vehicle is an over-steer state or an under-steer state, to determine a driving control mode or a braking control mode of a motor based on a determination result of the state of the vehicle, to calculate a target yaw moment of based on a tire force by using the over-steer state or the under-steer state, and to determine a motor control amount that follows the target yaw moment; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.
US11794589B2
A motor control system and a method thereof are provided for a vehicle having a plurality of motors as a driving power source. The system includes a request torque determination part that determines a request torque requested for the plurality of motors corresponding to a driver request torque. An optimal operating point torque determination part determines an optimal operating point torque for each of the plurality of motors according to a current rotation speed of each of the plurality of motors. An motor torque determination part then determines a target torque for each of the plurality of motors by distributing the request torque to the plurality of motors based on the optimal operating point torque.
US11794583B2
The disclosure relates to a drive device for a motor vehicle, with a primary power network and a secondary power network, wherein a fuel-cell device is provided in the primary power network, and a battery is provided in the secondary power network, and a drive unit of the drive device is electrically connected to the secondary power network, and wherein the battery provides, within an operating voltage range delimited downwards by a minimum voltage and upwards by a maximum voltage, electric current for proper operation of at least one electrical consumer over an operating current range delimited downwards by a minimum amperage and delimited upwards by a maximum amperage. It is provided in this respect that an open-circuit voltage of the fuel-cell device correspond at most to the maximum voltage, and that the fuel-cell voltage provided by the fuel-cell device across the operating current range be higher than the minimum voltage. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle.
US11794578B2
An integrated control apparatus for driving a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a lever housing mounted in an interior space of the vehicle; a joystick lever coupled to the lever housing and configured to be rotatable in a forward-backward direction and a leftward-rightward direction; and a gentle acceleration lever coupled to the joystick lever and configured to be rotatable in the forward-backward direction. When the gentle acceleration lever is operated, a gentle acceleration signal of the vehicle is generated, and when the joystick lever is operated, one of a sudden acceleration signal, a deceleration signal, a steering signal, or a braking signal of the vehicle is generated.
US11794574B2
A transmission comprises a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft. A first input shaft gearwheel, a second input shaft gearwheel, a first intermediate shaft gearwheel, a second intermediate shaft gearwheel, a first output shaft gearwheel drivingly connected to the first input shaft gearwheel, a second output shaft gearwheel in meshing engagement with the first intermediate shaft gearwheel, and a third output shaft gearwheel in meshing engagement with the second intermediate shaft gearwheel, are provided. A first shifting device is selectively settable to: a first shifting device first state, rotationally connecting the first output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, a first shifting device neutral state, and a first shifting device second state, rotationally connecting the first output shaft gearwheel to the second output shaft gearwheel, A second shifting device is selectively settable to: a second shifting device first state, rotationally connecting the second output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft, a second shifting device neutral state, and a second shifting device second state, rotationally connecting the third output shaft gearwheel to the output shaft.
US11794572B2
Methods and systems for an electric drive axle of a vehicle are provided. An electric drive axle system includes, in one example, an electric motor-generator rotationally coupled to a gear train. The gear train includes an output shaft rotationally coupled to a gear assembly axially offset from an input shaft rotationally coupled to the electric motor-generator, where the gear assembly is rotationally coupled to a differential and the differential is rotationally coupled to an axle, a first clutch assembly is configured to rotationally couple and decouple a first gear set from the output shaft, and a second clutch assembly is configured to rotationally couple and decouple a second gear set from the output shaft, the second gear set having a different gear ratio than the first gear set.
US11794570B2
A vehicle canister device includes a main canister including an inlet port through which evaporative gas is introduced from a fuel tank, an outlet port through which the evaporative gas introduced during operation of an engine is discharged to an intake side of the engine, and an internal space for filling activated carbon. The vehicle canister device also includes an auxiliary canister mounted in fluid-communication with the main canister and configured to allow external air to flow into the main canister through an atmosphere port provided on the main canister or the evaporative gas to flow therethrough upon stop of the engine. The auxiliary canister includes a plurality of activated carbon layers each filled with an activated carbon and a plurality of air layers disposed between the activated carbon layers.
US11794565B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an engine support system and method. The engine support system includes a frame mounted engine support and at least one engine mounted coupler. The engine support includes a frame mount with a telescoping body and opposing arms to releasably engage a frame of a vehicle, and at least one jack assembly. Each jack assembly includes a collar coupled to and horizontally movable along the telescoping body, and a jack rod coupled to and vertically movable relative to the collar. The jack rod includes a ball mount configured to insert into the coupler at an underside of an engine block of the vehicle. Each jack assembly is configured to support and/or lift the engine block relative to the vehicle frame by vertical movement of the ball mount into the coupler and relative to the frame mount engaged with the vehicle frame.
US11794562B2
The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a chassis having an upper frame plate and a lower frame plate. Between the upper frame plate and the lower frame plate there is provided a traction battery pack arrangement comprising one or more battery modules, and a hydrogen tank structure comprising one or more hydrogen tanks. The hydrogen tank structure is vertically tightened to the traction battery pack arrangement, so that one of the hydrogen tank structure and said traction battery pack arrangement is located on top of the other. At least one of the hydrogen tank structure and the traction battery pack arrangement is tightened to one of the upper and lower frame plates.
US11794559B1
A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion.
US11794554B2
A method determines air quality in a passenger compartment (4) of a motor vehicle (2) based on measured data representative of outside air quality and an evaluation model for extrapolating interior air quality. Measured data (MD) is collected by at least one sensor (6) arranged outside the passenger compartment. The measured data is evaluated using a model (12) for the air quality in the passenger compartment (4) in order to determine output data (AD) indicative of the air quality in the passenger compartment (4). Then the output data is output to the occupants of the passenger compartment.
US11794550B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle, capable of heating up or cooling a battery module by use of a single chiller in which a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat, simplifying the system, includes: first and second cooling apparatuses; and a battery module, wherein a main heat exchanger provided in an air conditioning apparatus is connected to each of the first and second coolant lines to enable the coolants circulating in the first and second cooling apparatuses to pass therethrough, and a refrigerant passing through the main heat exchanger is selectively condensed or evaporated depending on a vehicle mode through mutual heat exchange with the coolant supplied from one of the first coolant line and the second coolant line, or the coolants supplied through the first and second coolant lines, respectively.
US11794541B2
A vehicle lift kit for a golf cart is disclosed. The lift kit comprises a front suspension attached to a vehicle frame having a suspension body, a pair of lower control arms, a leaf spring, and a pair of spindles connected to the pair of lower control arms. Each spindle comprises a spindle shaft, an upper bracket, and a lower bracket. The upper control arms are configured to connect between a steering rack mount of the vehicle and the upper end of the spindle. Further, the lift comprises a camber alignment adjustment on the connector between the upper control arm and the upper bracket of the spindle to provide proper alignment. The spindle further comprises a support gusset to strengthen the joints. The lift kit also has grease fittings to provide lubrication of the mounting points. Further, the lift kit comprises a rear suspension kit for the golf cart.
US11794535B2
A method for dampening trailer sway, includes: receiving, by a controller of a vehicle system that is coupled to a trailer, a vehicle speed signal of the vehicle system, wherein the vehicle speed signal is indicative of a vehicle speed of the vehicle system; determining a friction force to be applied to the trailer by an actuator using the vehicle speed of the vehicle system and a graph that establishes a relationship between the friction force to be applied to the trailer and the vehicle speed; and adjusting, by the controller, the graph that establishes the relationship between the friction force and the vehicle speed using the decay rate of the plurality of oscillation amplitudes to create an updated graph.
US11794531B2
A transmitter arranged in a tire includes a transmitting section, which has a terminal, and a pressure switch. The pressure switch includes a hollow box and a passage that causes an interior of the box and an interior of the tire to communicate with each other. The box includes a conductive deforming portion, which is separate from the terminal when the difference between the pressure in the box and the pressure in the tire is less than a predetermined value and is elastically deformed to contact the terminal when the pressure in the box is higher than the pressure in the tire at least by the predetermined value. The transmitting section transmits a warning signal that causes a tire pressure warning device to issue a warning in response to contact between the deforming portion and the terminal.
US11794521B2
An example article of furniture includes a number of furniture legs having mechanically coupled thereto a respective furniture caster having a rolling component. The furniture casters are movable between (i) an extended position in which their rolling components at least partially extend below bottom surfaces of the furniture legs and (ii) a retracted position in which their rolling components are positioned entirely above the bottom surfaces of the furniture legs. Push-pull cables are mechanically coupled to the furniture casters, and at least one actuator is mechanically coupled to the push-pull cables. When actuated, the actuator applies a pushing force to the push-pull cables, thereby causing the furniture casters to transition from the retracted position to the extended position. When the actuator is not actuated, the pushing force is removed from the push-pull cables, thereby causing the furniture casters to transition from the extended position to the retracted position.
US11794513B2
A wheel assembly for a tire includes a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, an annular first rim piece for engaging the tire, the first rim piece being secured to a first axial end of the circular hub member, an annular second rim piece for engaging the tire, the second rim piece being secured to an opposite second axial end of the circular hub member, a plurality of cylindrical bolts for engaging both the first rim piece and the second rim piece, the cylindrical bolts each engaging the first rim piece, the second rim piece, and a spoke structure of the tire; and a threaded tension bolt for varying a radial position of a first axial end of one of the cylindrical bolts relative to a first elongate opening of the first rim piece.
US11794512B1
A tool holder includes a body having a posterior arm with a first longitudinal axis extending from a posterior arm proximal portion to a posterior arm distal end. The body includes an anterior arm having a second longitudinal axis extending from an anterior arm proximal portion to an anterior arm distal end. The anterior arm proximal portion includes an anterior arm offset portion having a third longitudinal axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis at or below a midpoint of the posterior arm. The body also includes a u-shaped portion joining the posterior arm distal end and the anterior arm distal end. At least one magnet is positioned on the anterior arm to connect to a paintbrush or other tool.
US11794505B2
A resin dispersion for dye receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, including a polyester resin particle and an aqueous medium. The polyester resin particle includes a polyester resin that is a polycondensate of an alcohol component including at least one of a propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, and a carboxylic acid component including an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less. A molar ratio of the propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in the alcohol component is 0/100 or more and 40/60 or less. A molar ratio of the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less is 2.1 or more and 15 or less.
US11794501B2
A printing device according to the present disclosure includes: a device body; an opening/closing cover pivotably provided on the device body; a plurality of light sources provided on the device body; a plurality of icon indicators provided in the opening/closing cover at positions corresponding to the plurality of light sources when the opening/closing cover is closed; first light-shielding portions provided on the opening/closing cover at positions between the plurality of icon indicators; and second light-shielding portions provided on the device body at positions between the plurality of light sources.
US11794500B2
A thermal transfer device with a communication function and a management system thereof can transfer state information and/or failure information of the thermal transfer device via the communication function, manage the received state information and failure information, and provide them to a user. The thermal transfer device includes a driving unit provided with at least one motor to perform a conveying or blowing function under the control of a control unit, a heating unit provided with at least one heater to perform a heating operation under the control of the control unit, a communication unit for accessing the network, and the control unit for controlling the driving unit and the heating unit to perform a thermal transfer function and transferring state information related to the operation of the thermal transfer device to a management server through the communication unit.
US11794499B2
Example filters are disclosed herein. In an example, the filter includes a housing including a central axis, an inlet, and an outlet. The central axis extends perpendicularly to a fluid flow direction at the outlet. In addition, the filter includes an outlet flow path defined within the housing that extends angularly about the central axis to the outlet. Further, the filter includes a first plurality of vanes extending from a radially outer surface of the outlet flow path.
US11794498B2
A processing apparatus includes a housing that includes a frame member; a cover member configured to be pivotable between a closed position covering the housing and an open position opening the housing; a support member having a first end connected to the cover member and a second end connected to the frame member; a guide portion for guiding movement of the support member; an engaging portion configured to restrict movement of the second end of the support member caused by pivoting of the cover member; and a switching member configured to engage with the support member and be movable between a first position in which the engaging portion restricts movement of the second end of the support member and a second position in which the restriction of movement of the second end by the engaging portion is canceled.
US11794479B2
The inkjet printing apparatus includes: a printing unit to eject ink; a wiping unit capable of wiping an ejection opening surface by moving relative to the ejection opening surface with an opening, adapted to be in contact with the ejection opening surface, put in contact with the ejection opening surface; a suction unit connected to the wiping unit and configured to apply negative pressure to the ejection opening surface via the opening; a moving unit to move the wiping unit relative to the ejection opening surface; and a control unit to perform suction wiping operation by wiping the ejection opening surface with the wiping unit while applying negative pressure to the ejection opening surface. The control unit determines the timing to perform the suction wiping operation, and, according to the timing, determines a moving speed of the moving unit and a pressure value caused by the suction unit.
US11794477B2
An image forming apparatus for forming an image with a coloring material on a recording medium includes a region specifier that specifies a region that becomes a margin when the image is formed on the recording medium; and a pattern image generator that generates image data of a pattern image to be formed in the region based on a size of the region and a type of the coloring material.
US11794470B2
There is provided print apparatus including: piezoelectric member; individual electrode; first and second common electrodes; voltage application circuit; detection circuit configured to detect a capacitance of a first capacitor configured by the piezoelectric member, the individual electrode, and the first common electrode and a second capacitor configured by the piezoelectric member, the individual electrode, and the second common electrode; first switching element; and control circuit. The control circuit is configured to execute: a first voltage application process to apply a first voltage to the second common electrode in order to discharge the ink; a detection process to detect the capacitance after electrically connecting the piezoelectric member and the detection circuit with the first switching element; and a second voltage application process to apply a second voltage to the second common electrode before the detection process, the second voltage being lower than the first voltage.
US11794466B2
A printing parameter acquisition device includes an acquisition section and an output section. The acquisition section acquires a printing condition for specifying a member to be used when solder is printed on a board. The output section outputs, from a database that stores the printing condition, a printing parameter used for controlling driving of a printer, and a reliability of the printing parameter in association with each other, the printing parameter which is associated with the printing condition corresponding to the printing condition acquired by the acquisition section and of which the reliability is a predetermined level or more.
US11794464B2
An absorbent pad has: a first, outer layer comprising a permeable or non-permeable film; a second, outer layer comprising a permeable or non-permeable film, placed on a side of the pad opposite the first, outer layer; a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, and comprising a tissue laminate comprising at least a first ply and a second ply, with at least one chemical agent or system fixed in the third layer and being either activated by contact with or soluble in an aqueous liquid, the at least one chemical agent or system being in a predetermined amount distributed substantially uniformly per unit area of the surface area between the at least first ply and second ply: and a fourth layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer and comprising fluff, with or without a chemical agent or system, the third layer being joined to the fourth layer to serve as a substrate for the fourth layer.
US11794460B2
A method is provided for manufacturing panels with a substrate and a decorative top layer that may include a printed motif and a transparent or translucent protective layer formed there above. The method may involve applying a first and a second finishing layer for forming a first and a second portion of the protective layer. Recesses may be formed at the surface of the second finishing layer. Hard particles may be provided in the first finishing layer.
US11794457B2
A multilayered stretched polyamide film which is biaxially stretched, and comprises three layers composed of a polyamide resin composition and comprising layer B as an easily adhesive layer, layer A as a base layer, and layer C as an easily slippery layer in this order, wherein the film satisfies the following (1) to (4); (1) the layer A contains 50 to 90% by mass of polyamide 6 and 10 to 50% by mass of a polyamide 6 copolymer in which a ratio of a copolymerization component in the copolymer is 3 to 35% by mass; (2) the layer B contains 0 to 40% by mass of polyamide 6 and 60 to 100% by mass of the polyamide 6 copolymer in which a ratio of the copolymerization component in the copolymer is 3 to 35% by mass; (3) the layer C contains 70% by mass or more of polyamide 6 and 0.05 to 1% by mass of fine particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 10 μm; (4) the film has tensile strength at break of 150 MPa or more both in MD direction and TD direction; and (5) the film has laminate strength of 3.3 N/15 mm or more.
US11794455B2
Object of the present invention is a process for manufacturing a membrane adapted for coupling to a fabric or other supports that can be used in the field of the clothing or furnishing, and so-obtained product.
US11794452B2
A thermoplastic polymer film comprising a multilayer film having an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) layer and a polymer layer is provided. The multilayer thermoplastic polymer film may possess beneficial and desirable properties useful in protecting surfaces from harmful environmental conditions or elements, such as for example, stain and scratch resistance as well as high gloss. Methods of making the multilayer film with interpenetrating polymer network are also provided.
US11794450B2
At least some example embodiments relate to a container including a body and a lid. The body includes a base, a side wall, and an interior region at least partially defined by the base and the side wall. The lid includes a lid wall and a skirt that extends from a periphery of the lid wall. The skirt engages the body to retain the lid on the body. The skirt cooperates with the lid wall to define a cavity. The lid is formed from a laminate including a metal layer and a polymer layer coupled to the metal layer. The polymer layer is disposed inside of the metal layer with respect to the cavity. A portion of the body is disposed inside the cavity when the container is in a closed configuration. At least some example embodiments relate to a forming of manufacturing the lid.
US11794441B2
The present disclosure is a method of bonding an electrostatic chuck to a temperature control base. According to the embodiments, a bonding layer is formed between a dielectric body comprising the electrostatic chuck and a temperature control base. A flow aperture extends through the dielectric body and is aligned with a flow aperture in the temperature control base. The bonding layer is also configured with an opening that aligns with apertures in the dielectric body and the temperature control base. In one aspect, a porous plug may be disposed within the flow aperture to protect the bonding layer. In another aspect, a seal is disposed within the flow aperture to seal off the boding layer from gases in the flow aperture.
US11794440B1
A molded equipment pad having a top deck, side walls, underlying reinforcing radial ribs, and underlying reinforcing arc-shaped ribs. The arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad and that extend toward the side walls of the pad and a number of distributed circular hubs. Alternatively, the arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad that end short of the side walls, a series of opposing arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the corners of the equipment pad, and a number of distributed circular hubs.
US11794437B2
A paper box package forming apparatus includes a continuous feeding device, a box folding mechanism and a cover sealing mechanism. The continuous feeding device includes a paperboard stacking frame, an adsorption mechanism and a roll extrusion conveying mechanism. A paperboard is absorbed from a back side of the paperboard stacking frame through the adsorption mechanism and conveyed to a box folding device through the roll extrusion conveying mechanism. The box folding device includes a downward-pressing inner punch, a box folding outer mold and a pushing mechanism. The pushing mechanism conveys a bottom box to the cover sealing mechanism. The downward-pressing and attaching mechanism includes downward-pressing driving mechanism, a top-pressing plate, side-pressing plates and overturning cylinders. The side-pressing plates are hinged to side edges of the top-pressing plate through the driving of the overturning cylinders.
US11794434B2
A separating machine separates a food source material into first and second food portions. The separating machine a separating arrangement with a roller assembly; a belt assembly including a belt; a drum assembly including a drum, and holes extending between the surfaces of the drum. The drum assembly is arranged proximate to the belt assembly to define a separation area. The belt assembly is arranged relative to the belt assembly such that the food source material delivered by the inlet assembly into the separation area is pressed by the belt against the outer surface of the drum and the first food portion is pressed through the holes into the drum interior, thereby separating the first and second food portions. The separating machine further includes a belt tensioning device configured to reposition at least a portion of the roller assembly to adjust a tension of the belt.
US11794433B2
Technology for controlling in-vehicle three dimensional (3D) printer(s) that replenish road engaging surfaces of the vehicle assembly. In some embodiment the 3D printer is controlled to replenish the road engaging surface while the vehicle is being driven. In some embodiments, an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor is used to detect wear on the road engaging surface to help control the location(s) where the 3D printer adds the additive material.
US11794431B2
A method for manufacturing a tire includes forming a belt layer by bonding strip materials adjacent in the circumferential direction on the molding surface located on the outer circumferential side of the rigid core. Along the profile in the width direction of an outer circumferential surface of the rigid core, the rigid core is moved so that the molding surface is brought close to the strip material to be bonded, and the strip material is bonded to the molding surface extending in the longitudinal direction while rotating the rigid core in a direction in which the circumferential angle of the rigid core with respect to the longitudinal direction of the strip material changes, so that variation in the bonding margin, due to the position of the rigid core in the width direction, between strip materials that have been adjacently bonded to the molding surface in the circumferential direction is reduced.
US11794409B2
A method is provided for maintaining resin in a system including a main feed tank and at least one vat, each of the at least one vats associated with a 3-D printing machine. The method includes the steps of: transferring resin from the main feed tank to the at least one vat; operating the associated 3-D printing machine in a build cycle; returning the resin from the at least one vat to the main feed tank; and repeating in a cycle the steps of transferring the resin, operating the 3-D printing machine, and returning the resin.
US11794406B1
A method of forming a three-dimensional structure of liquid crystal (LC) elastomers includes contacting a resin layer of LC oligomers with a layer of photoalignment material, and exposing a portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the portion of photoalignment material in a first orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the first orientation of the illuminated portion. The portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured. Operations for forming additional layers include creating a relative movement of the resin layer away from the photoalignment material, contacting another resin layer with the photoalignment material, and exposing another portion of photoalignment material to light for aligning the photoalignment material in a different orientation. The LC oligomers adjacent the illuminated portion of photoalignment material align to the different orientation, and the portion of aligned LC oligomers of the resin layer are cured.
US11794403B2
A method and a device are described for creating a pattern (7) of a first fluid in a second fluid, the density of which is adapted, as a function of the viscosity thereof, to the density of the first fluid, and wherein the two fluids are immiscible or are miscible only with difficulty, said device comprising a storage container (1) for the first fluid and an injector which is connected to the storage container (1) and is associated with a positioning unit (5). In order to make it possible to create floating patterns (7) of a first fluid in a second fluid, in particular in the food sector for creating predefined floating patterns (7) in beverages, it is proposed that the injector forms a capillary (3) which is connected to the storage container (1) via a metering device (4) and the length of which corresponds at least to the maximum pattern depth in the second fluid, and that the outlet tip (9) of the capillary (3) is movable by way of the positioning unit (5) in the longitudinal direction of the capillary (3) and in at least one direction transverse thereto.
US11794387B2
An injection molding apparatus includes: a first fixed mold attachment and detachment unit configured to attach and detach a first fixed mold; a second fixed mold attachment and detachment unit configured to attach and detach a second fixed mold; a first movable mold attachment and detachment unit configured to attach and detach a first movable mold; a first injection unit configured to inject a first molding material through a first gate opening of the first fixed mold; a second injection unit configured to inject a second molding material through a second gate opening of the second fixed mold; and a position changing unit configured to change a position of the first movable mold attachment and detachment unit such that the first movable mold is located at a position facing the first fixed mold or the second fixed mold. The position changing unit includes: a driving unit, a rotation shaft member configured to rotate by the driving unit, and a rotation disk coupled to the rotation shaft member and provided with the first movable mold attachment and detachment unit. The rotation disk is configured to rotate about a rotation axis of the rotation shaft member, and a flow path that communicates with the first movable mold and through which a medium flows is formed in the rotation shaft member.
US11794383B2
Disclosed is a material with directional thermal conduction and thermal insulation and a preparation method thereof. The method includes: (1) dispersing a viscose-based carbon fiber in water and adding a phenolic resin and polyacrylamide sequentially to obtain a dispersion I; dispersing a high-thermal conduction carbon fiber in water and adding a phenolic resin and polyacrylamide sequentially to obtain a dispersion II; (2) dividing equally the dispersion I and the dispersion II into several parts, respectively, pouring each part of the dispersion I and each part of the dispersion II into a mold alternately until all the dispersion I and the dispersion II are poured, draining after each pouring of a part of the dispersion I or a part of the dispersion II to obtain a porous carbon fiber skeleton, and solidifying the skeleton to obtain a preform; (3) subjecting the preform to a heat treatment to obtain the material.
US11794372B2
A method is disclosed for inserting a nail into at least one component part, the nail having a nail head, a nail shank and a nail tip. The method includes (i) arranging the at least one component part, (ii) positioning the nail, and (iii) driving-in the nail. A force is applied to the nail in the direction of the component part, such that it is pressed into the at least one component part. In addition to the application of force, vibrations are coupled into the nail, and a multipart nail is used.
US11794369B2
An apparatus for applying weight material onto a wheel may include a conveyor assembly, upper and lower severing-head assemblies, and upper and lower control arms. The severing-head assemblies may be mounted above and below the conveyor assembly and may include a housing, a severing device and a dispensing mechanism. The dispensing mechanism may position the weight material from a source relative to the severing device. The severing device may separate a predetermined amount of weight material from a source. The control arms may be movably mounted above and below the conveyor assembly and have weight-application tools configured to transfer the predetermined amounts of weight material from the severing-head assemblies to locations on the wheel.
US11794368B1
A knife adapted for competitive knife-throwing that includes removable guards that can be added in the case that the knife throwing is directed toward a target with holes therethrough. The removable guards can be put in place prior to throwing at such a target to provide a stop against the hazard of the knife potentially moving through a hole and hitting an unintended target.
US11794354B2
A method applying a bead of a coating product to a surface by a print head equipped with nozzles, each centered on a central axis, the coating product application moves the print head and the surface relative to each other, by moving the print head along a fixed trajectory relative to the surface without rotating the print head about an axis parallel to the central axes of the nozzles. The method includes selecting certain nozzles for a point of the trajectory based on the trajectory direction at this point, and activating the selected nozzles at this point. The selected nozzles are arranged in a line, or form part of a nozzle group delimited by a line, whose regression line coincides with a line as close as possible to a line perpendicular to the trajectory direction from among lines that can be defined with nozzles of the print head.
US11794352B2
A bore metrology method includes aligning a first structure, which defines an initial bore, with a second structure, which defines a pilot bore, such that the initial bore is partially obstructed by the second structure and the pilot bore is superimposed with the initial bore. The initial bore includes a bore locating target assembly within the initial bore, the bore locating target assembly having an optical target, the optical target having a reflector and an optical absorbing feature, the optical absorbing feature defining a pattern on the optical target. At least a portion of the reflector and at least a portion of the pattern are visible through the pilot bore. The method further includes imaging the portion of the reflector and the portion of the pattern that are visible through the pilot bore. The method further includes determining a centerline of the initial bore based on the imaging.
US11794344B2
In a robot utilization system using a plurality of transport robots, the transport robot includes a traveling mechanism having a traveling function, a main body supported by the traveling mechanism and configured to receive products, and a specifying unit configured to specify the products received by the main body. The transport robots include a transport robot that performs a purchase process of the products received by the main body, and a transport robot that performs a return process of the products received by the main body.
US11794333B2
An embodiment joint structure for a robot includes an upper plate provided in an upper region, a link part coupled to a lower surface of the upper plate, wherein the link part includes a first link and a second link, and wherein the first link and the second link are provided close to one side of the upper plate with respect to a center of the lower surface of the upper plate, a support part coupled to the lower surface of the upper plate and configured to support the upper plate, wherein the support part is provided to be closer to the center of the lower surface of the upper plate than is the link part, and a motor part configured to provide power to the support part and the link part.
US11794327B2
A power tool is provided including a power supply interface receiving a medium-voltage-rated removable battery pack having a maximum rated voltage in the range of 40 to 80 volts, and a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor. The motor includes a rotor and a stator having at least three stator windings corresponding to at least three phases of the motor, the rotor being moveable by the stator when the stator windings are appropriately energized within the corresponding phases. A multi-phase inverter bridge circuit is disposed between the power supply interface and the motor, and a controller is configured to output drive signals to the inverter bridge circuit to control flow of current from the battery pack to the motor such that the motor produces a maximum power output of at least approximately 1750 watts at a torque of approximately 1.5 to 2 Newton-meters.
US11794326B2
A hand-held power tool, in particular a saber saw, having at least one holding unit for fastening the hand-held power tool to a holding device, in particular to an arresting cable and/or carabiner clip. The holding unit includes at least one receiving opening for receiving the holding device, and at least one damping element for damping a force transferred from the holding device to the hand-held power tool, in particular to a housing of the hand-held power tool. The damping element includes an at least substantially elastic element that at least partially encloses the receiving opening and receives in a form-fitting manner a fastening part delimiting the receiving opening.
US11794321B2
A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component includes inserting a cover body into an aperture of a housing, the cover body being disposed about a central axis concentric with the aperture of the housing, the cover body having a convex side and a concave side and an outer perimeter disposed about the central axis, the cover body defining a threaded bore concentric with the central axis, and deforming the cover body into retaining engagement with the housing by pressing against the convex side until the cover body is at least partial deformed and the outer perimeter is expanded compared to a pre-deformed state of the cover body.
US11794320B2
The present invention relates to torque application tools, such as a torque screwdriver and ratchet tools, with one or more light indicators disposed in a ring shape around the tool. The light indicators are adapted to indicate amounts of torque values and/or angle values as the tool is used to tighten or install a work piece. For example, the light indicators may flash at a first flashing rate, when about 40% of a target torque or angle value is applied; flash at a second flashing rate (greater or faster than the first flashing rate) when about 60% of the target torque or angle value is applied; and illuminate at a solid state when about 80% of the target torque or angle value is applied.
US11794318B2
A securing mechanism is provided for a tool that allows for the attachment and release of the shafts of a variety of implements from the tool. The mechanism has a construction that provides an easily releasable, but secure engagement of the implement shaft within the mechanism while also having an alignment feature which engages the implement at multiple locations when engaged with the mechanism to maintain the alignment and concentricity of the implement shaft with regard to the mechanism and the tool when in use.
US11794312B2
Cutting pliers include a first plier body and a second plier body. The first plier body includes a support end and a first handle coupled to each other. The second plier body includes a cutting end and a second handle coupled to each other. The first handle and the second handle are rotationally coupled by a connecting shaft. The support end and the cutting end cooperatively form jaws for cutting a pipe. The support end comprises a convex arcuate surface for supporting a pipe. The cutting end comprises two clamping arms and a blade. The blade is arranged between the two clamping arms. When the jaws are closed, a clamping end of the clamping arms abuts against the pipe, the pipe on the arcuate support surface is squeezed and deformed along the arcuate support surface to form an arcuate pipe, and the blade abuts against the arcuate pipe.
US11794307B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to an abrasive article. The abrasive article includes a nonwoven web. The non-woven web includes a first irregular major surface and an opposite second irregular major surface. The nonwoven web further includes a fiber component comprising staple fibers having a linear density ranging from about 50 denier to about 2000 denier and a crimp index value ranging from about 15% to about 60%. The nonwoven web further includes a binder dispensed on the fiber component and abrasive particles dispersed throughout the nonwoven web.
US11794302B2
A method of chemical mechanical polishing includes bringing a conductive layer of a substrate into contact with a polishing pad, supplying a polishing liquid to the polishing pad, generating relative motion between the substrate and the polishing pad, monitoring the substrate with an in-situ electromagnetic induction monitoring system as the conductive layer is polished to generate a sequence of signal values that depend on a thickness of the conductive layer, and determining a sequence of thickness values for the conductive layer based on the sequence of signal values. Determining the sequence of thickness values includes at least partially compensating for a contribution of the polishing liquid to the signal values.
US11794295B2
There is provided an inclination adjusting mechanism including an annular upper plate that has an upper surface for connecting a table and a lower surface inclined relative to the upper surface, an annular lower plate that has an upper surface parallel to the lower surface of the upper plate and a lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the upper plate and facing an upper surface of a base, an upper rotating mechanism that rotates the upper plate, a lower rotating mechanism that rotates the lower plate, a first bearing provided between the lower surface of the upper plate and the upper surface of the lower plate, a second bearing provided between the lower surface of the lower plate and the upper surface of the base, and a connecting mechanism that connects the upper plate, the lower plate, and the base.
US11794294B2
A fabrication fixture suitable for retaining a workpiece. The fabrication fixture includes a first housing having a plurality of reversibly connected modular subsections and a plurality of independently adjustable supports. A second housing has a plurality of reversibly connected modular subsections and a plurality of independently adjustable supports. In use, the first and second housings at least in part envelop the workpiece such that the independently adjustable supports retain the workpiece within the first and second housings, so as to allow the retained workpiece to be moved. A method of moving a workpiece is also disclosed.
US11794292B2
An assembling die block includes a first main die having at least one first mounting section; a second main die having at least one second mounting section; at least one first matching die respectively having a first mating section to be correspondingly associated with the at least one first mounting section; and at least one second matching die respectively having a second mating section to be correspondingly associated with the at least one second mounting section. Wherein, there is a plurality of first mounting sections arrayed in a matrix; or there is a plurality of second mounting sections arrayed in a matrix; or there is a plurality of first mounting sections arrayed in a matrix and a plurality of second mounting sections arrayed in a matrix. An assembling apparatus using the above assembling die block is also disclosed.
US11794287B2
A weld filler is proposed which significantly improves the weldability of some nickel-based superalloys and includes the following constituents (in wt %): 14.6%-15.6% chromium (Cr), 10.4%-11.4% cobalt (Co) 4.6%-5.0%, molybdenum (Mo), 4.4%-5.2% tungsten (W), 1.4%-1.8% tantalum (Ta), 3.0%-3.7% aluminum (Al), 0.7-1.3% titanium (Ti), 0.14%-0.16% carbon (C), 0.0425-0.0575% zirconium, 0.7%-1.2% hafnium (Hf), at most 0.15% iron, at most 0.1% manganese, at most 0.1% silicon, at most 0.1% vanadium, at most 0.015% boron, trace elements, and remainder nickel.
US11794277B2
A mechanism for detecting the inside of a workpiece includes a wavelength delaying unit for outputting each pulse of a pulsed laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator with time differences imparted to respective wavelengths, and a ring generating unit for generating a ring-shaped pulsed laser beam from the pulsed laser beam with the time differences imparted to the respective wavelengths and diffracting the ring-shaped pulsed laser beam into ring-shaped laser beams ranging from small to large at the respective wavelengths. When the ring-shaped laser beams with the time differences imparted to the respective wavelengths are applied to the workpiece, they produce an interference wave of ultrasonic waves in the workpiece, and vibrations are produced at a position where the interference wave of the ultrasonic waves is converged. A laser beam is applied to an upper surface of the workpiece at a position aligned with the center of the vibrations.
US11794271B2
The present invention is characterized by including a primary joining process to perform friction stirring to a first butted portion by moving a stirring pin one round around a sealing body with a predetermined depth along a set moving route set at an inner position relative to an outer peripheral side face in a state that only the stirring pin of a rotary tool being rotated is inserted into the sealing body and that an outer face of the stirring pin is slightly in contact with a step side face of a peripheral wall step portion. In the primary joining process, after only the stirring pin being rotated is inserted into a starting position set at a position on an inner side relative to the set moving route, the stirring pin is gradually inserted to the predetermined depth while an axis of the rotary tool is moved to a position on the set moving route.
US11794269B2
A pair of two nozzle assembly receptacles for a dual-wire welding torch for two melting welding wires, has a torch body, a connection for a hose package, and a common gas nozzle, and a dual-wire welding torch has a pair of two nozzle assembly receptacles constructed as inserts for accommodating and fastening in interfaces in the torch body provided therefor, and the nozzle assembly receptacles respectively have an opening for the accommodation of a nozzle assembly in each case, which openings are arranged at an angle between 0° and 20° to one another, so that the central axes of the contact tubes or the welding wires running therein enclose this angle to one another.
US11794259B2
A rotary cutting tool according to the present disclosure is rotatable about an axial line and includes a rake face and a flank face. The flank face is contiguous to the rake face. A ridgeline between the rake face and the flank face constitutes a cutting edge. In a cross section perpendicular to the axial line, the rake face is constituted of a plurality of straight line portions.
US11794255B2
A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is operated to form sloping surfaces having a slope angle of more than 45° from a line that is perpendicular to the structure on which the layer forming the slope surface is formed. The angle corresponds to a step-out distance from the perpendicular line and a maximum individual step-out distance determined from empirically derived data. Multiple passes of an ejection head of the apparatus can be performed within a layer to form a sloped edge and the mass of the sloped structure is distributed within the sloped edge so the edge is formed without defects.
US11794252B2
A lamination molding method, which repeats a material layer forming step of forming a material layer and a solidifying step of irradiating an irradiation region of the material layer with laser beams scanned by n scanners to form a solidified layer, includes: a first dividing step and an irradiation order deciding step. In the first dividing step, the irradiation region is divided to 2n-1 or more divided regions by a plurality of first dividing lines in a manner that irradiation time of each of the divided regions to which the laser beams are simultaneously irradiated becomes equal. In the irradiation order deciding step, an irradiation order of the divided regions in the solidifying step is decided in a manner that the laser beams are simultaneously irradiated to the divided regions that are not adjacent, and the laser beams are not simultaneously irradiated to the divided regions that are adjacent.
US11794248B2
A multi-stage gas atomization preparation method of titanium alloy spherical powder for a 3D printing technology includes the following steps: bar preparation and machining step, multi-stage gas atomization powder preparation step through vacuum induction, and powder screening step. The collision probability of the metal droplets at the gas atomization stage is reduced by controlling the gas atomization pressure and the feeding speed of the titanium alloy electrode bar in a hierarchical manner, so that the collaborative control of the particle size and the surface quality of the titanium alloy 3D printing powder in the gas atomization preparation process is realized.
US11794245B2
A super hard polycrystalline construction is disclosed as comprising a body of super hard material having a first fraction of super hard grains in a matrix of a second fraction of super hard grains. The average grain size of the first fraction is between around 1.5 to around 10 times the average grain size of the second fraction and the first fraction comprises around 5 vol % to around 30 vol % of the grains of super hard material in the body.
US11794244B2
A method for manufacturing a dust core, including: a step of preparing a raw material powder including a coated pure iron powder composed of a plurality of pure iron particles each having an insulating coating layer, a coated iron alloy powder composed of a plurality of iron alloy particles each having an insulating coating layer, and a metal soap; a step of manufacturing a molded article by performing a compression molding of the raw material powder filled in a mold; and a step of performing a heat treatment of the molded article to eliminate distortions in the coated pure iron powder and the coated iron alloy powder, wherein a difference Tm−Td between a melting point Tm of the metal soap and a temperature Td of the mold in the step of manufacturing the molded article is greater than or equal to 90° C.
US11794232B1
A system for shaping a workpiece, which may be in the form of a structural framing component, includes a tool with first and second indenting blades for indenting the workpiece as driven by a blade control apparatus. The workpiece is supported at the tool by one or more workpiece support modules that are each selectively and removably securable to the tool. A base plate is provided at the tool for removably securing the workpiece support modules to the tool without having to detach the tool from a platform of substructure. The workpiece support modules may therefore be quickly replaced to coordinate with workpieces of various size and shape.
US11794224B1
A decalcification tool for cleaning chemical feed injection port includes a rod having a first end, a second end and a handle bar segment between the first end and the second end. The tool includes a stopper having a threaded exterior surface for mating with an orifice of an injection port and being installed on the rod at a location below the handle rod segment and above the first end. The stopper is slidable along a portion of a longitudinal axis of the rod. The tool includes a paddle integrated with or affixed to the first end of the rod and configured to be inserted into the injection port. Rotation of the rod causes the paddle to rotate within the injection port such that the paddle applies impact forces to chip, crack, or breakup debris along an interior surface of the injection port.
US11794215B1
A tire mold cleaning device includes a protective cover, a cleaning mechanism, a loading mechanism and a limiting mechanism. The cleaning mechanism is disposed in the protective cover; the loading mechanism includes linear sliding rails and a loading platform, the linear sliding rails are mounted at a bottom end of an interior of the protective cover, and the loading platform is connected to movable ends of the linear sliding rails. The limiting mechanism includes a base plate and limiting rods, and the base plate is disposed on a bottom end of the interior of the protective cover. A tire mold is cleaned through cooperation of the linear sliding rails and the loading platform, the limiting rods can limit a moving range of the tire mold, thereby preventing the tire mold from sliding under the action of inertia.
US11794206B2
A dispensing head for a supply tube that enables material to be evenly applied adjacent to the peripheral edge of a thin structure, such as a vehicle door. The dispensing head has a first end with a first opening and a second end with a discharge opening. A guide extends from the second end. The guide includes a descending element and a lateral foot element, wherein the bottom surface of the second end, the descending element, and the lateral foot element define three sides of an open gap space. The dispensing head is attached to a supply tube. The thin structure is positioned within the guide. The hook shaped guide positions the discharge opening a set distance from the application surface on the thin structure. The guide is moved along the peripheral edge where the material can be dispensed evenly at a set distance from the peripheral edge.
US11794201B2
A rotary atomizing coating device includes a rotary atomizing head. The rotary atomizing head includes a first bell cup, a second bell cup, and an inner member. The outer peripheral surface of the inner member is provided with paint discharge holes. The paint discharge holes communicate with a paint supply passage. The first bell cup includes a plurality of through holes. The plurality of through holes are disposed near the paint discharge holes. The plurality of through holes communicate with the second bell cup.
US11794200B2
A sprayer assembly for an ion source is disclosed. The sprayer includes a capillary having an outlet, a sheath for the capillary, and an elastic member. The sheath can move relative to the capillary between a first position in which the sheath covers the outlet of the capillary and a second position in which the outlet of the capillary is exposed. When the sheath moves from the first position to or towards the second position, the elastic member provides a restoring force that acts to restore the position of the sheath to or towards the first position.
US11794199B2
A dispensing nozzle and a dispensing assembly incorporating the dispensing nozzle are provided. The dispensing assembly comprises a cap body, a dispenser actuator, and a dispensing nozzle. The dispensing nozzle comprises a nozzle base having a mounting end configured to be mounted to the dispenser actuator; and a nozzle body connected, at a connection joint, to a distal end of the nozzle base. The connection joint includes a first surface having an arcuate slot and a second surface opposing the first surface, which may include a post, the arcuate slot being configured to receive the post. The post is configured to pass through the arcuate slot such that the nozzle body is configured to rotate about the nozzle base.
US11794165B2
The present disclosure provides a porous silica having an average pore diameter of at least 210 Å and a pore volume of at least 0.80 cm3g−1. The present disclosure also provides a method of producing the porous silica including gelling a liquid phase-dispersed nanoparticulate silica in the presence of either (i) a Brønsted acid and an amine group having two or more primary or secondary amine groups or (ii) an amino acid.
US11794164B2
Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.
US11794163B1
The present invention provides a metal-organic framework material for the adsorptive separation of acetylene/ethylene mixture and preparation method therefor. The metal-organic framework material is named TJE-2 with a chemical formula of [Ni(pyc)(apyz)]n, wherein, Ni represents nickel as a metal center, pyc represents the organic ligand 1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid, and apyz represents the organic ligand 2-aminopyrazine. The preparation method is as follows: thoroughly dissolving pyc, apyz and Ni(NO3)2·6H2O, transferring the mixture to a pressure-resistant closed container for heating reaction, followed by solvent exchange and activation to obtain a homogeneous powder material. The ultra-microporous metal-organic framework material prepared by the present invention features a significantly high C2H2 adsorption capacity, good selectivity, and low raw material costs, and therefore can realize C2H2/C2H4 separation at lower costs.
US11794162B2
The present disclosure relates to a heat exchange system which is capable of saving energy consumed in a whole process by exchanging heat of different streams from each other, included in a continuous preparation system of a diester-based composition.
US11794158B2
Provided is an apparatus for producing solid polymeric microparticles, the apparatus comprising a plurality of liquid droplet generators for forming liquid droplets of a first liquid, and a nozzle for forming a jet of a second liquid, wherein the plurality of liquid droplet generators and the nozzle are arranged relative to each other such that, in use, liquid droplets from the plurality of liquid droplet generators pass through a gas into said jet of second liquid. Also provided is a process for producing solid microparticles, the process comprising: providing a first liquid comprising a solute and a solvent, the solute comprising a biocompatible polymer, the concentration of polymer in the first liquid being at least 10% w/v, ‘w’ being the weight of the polymer and ‘v’ being the volume of the solvent, providing a plurality of liquid droplet generators operable to generate liquid droplets, providing a jet of a second liquid, causing the plurality of liquid droplet generators to form liquid droplets of the first liquid, passing the liquid droplets through a gas to contact the jet of the second liquid so as to cause the solvent to exit the droplets, thus forming solid microparticles, the solubility of the solvent in the second liquid being at least 5 g of solvent per 100 ml of second liquid, the solvent being substantially miscible with the second liquid.
US11794155B2
The present application is directed towards systems and methods for adding components to materials being fluidized in a vibratory mixer by use of atomizers or sprayers. A mechanical system can fluidizes, mix, coat, dry, combine, or segregate materials. The system may comprise a vibratory mixer, mixing vessel containing a first material and a sprayer to introduce a second material. The vibratory mixer may generate a fluidized bed of a first material and the sprayer, coupled to the mixing vessel, may introduce a second material onto the fluidized bed to mix the materials in a uniform and even fashion.
US11794154B2
A mixing apparatus (1) for mixing a fluid and/or solid. The mixing apparatus includes a mixing container (100) having an interior in which the fluid and/or solid can be arranged. A feed-through passage (10) extends through a container wall (101) of the mixing container. A drive shaft (50) is fed through the feed-through passage, to drive a stirring element (30) arranged at least partly in the interior of the mixing container. The stirring element is used to mix the fluid and/or solid arranged in the mixing container. A drive-side shaft end (51) of the drive shaft couples the drive shaft to a drive (120) arranged outside of the mixing container. An adjustable seal (70) seals off the feed-through passage. A setting apparatus (80) is provided to switch the adjustable seal into at least two sealing operation states having different sealing effects.
US11794153B2
Methods and systems of admixing hydrocarbon liquids from a plurality of tanks into a single pipeline thereof. The system may include two or more tanks positioned at a tank farm each containing a hydrocarbon liquid therein. The system may include two or more first main pipes, each connected to one of the tanks. The system may include two or more main valves, each connected to one of the first main pipes. The system may include two or more second main pipes each connected to a corresponding main valve. The system may include two or more mixing jumpers, each connected to a corresponding first main pipe, each mixing jumper to, when a corresponding main valve is closed, control hydrocarbon liquid. The system may include a mixing pipe, connected to the second main pipes and the mixing jumpers, configured to transport hydrocarbon liquid from one or more of the tanks.
US11794151B1
An automatic brine salinity control system receives salt brine, by way of an on-off valve, at its inner end. The control system also receives fresh water, by way of a control valve, from a source of fresh water. The salt brine and the fresh water are mixed to reduce the salinity of the mixture. The salt brine-fresh water mixture is fed to the inner end of a mass flow sensor which measures the mass flow rates, density, volume flow rate, temperature and concentration thereof and transfers the data to a Programmable Logic Controller and computer. The mixture, after being discharged from the mass flow sensor, is fed to a three-way valve which is selectively connected to a storage tank, a waste tank or the brine production system. The PLC and computer controls the operation of the three-way valve, the control valve and the on-off valve.
US11794148B2
A natural gas processing system is mounted on a mobile platform that is transported to a natural gas source, such as a well. The system supplies retentate gas to operate multi-fuel engines for wellfield equipment such as pumps, compressors, and drills. A liquid drain discharges contaminants. A separator, first and second coalescing filters, and a particulate filter remove particulate matter and fluid contaminant matter from the natural gas. A dryer removes water vapor from the natural gas. Dual membranes separate the natural gas into a retentate gas and a permeate gas. A first heat exchanger adjusts temperature of the natural gas entering the membranes. A second heat exchanger adjusts temperature of the retentate gas output. A thermoelectric generator powered by the natural gas supplies process electricity. A process control monitors and controls the natural gas processing system, including pressure control valves, temperature control valves, and emergency shutdown systems. An instrument gas supply with an accumulator supplies gas pressure to operate pneumatic valves and instruments.
US11794147B2
A wastewater treatment method includes: a soft water treatment 1 of crystallizing calcium carbonate from wastewater to remove the calcium carbonate therefrom; and an electrolysis 2 of electrolyzing some of the wastewater from which the calcium carbonate has been removed to obtain an acidic aqueous solution and an alkaline aqueous solution, wherein at least some of the alkaline aqueous solution is circulated to be used in the soft water treatment 1.
US11794143B2
An air purifier comprising: a housing provided with air inlets and air outlets and defining an accommodating cavity, wherein the air inlets are located on the side walls of the housing; a water supply module arranged within the accommodating cavity and defining a water storage cavity; a purifying module arranged within the accommodating cavity and located on the water supply module, the purifying module comprising: a purifying assembly rotatably disposed within the accommodating cavity, a water distribution assembly for guiding water in the water supply module to flow upwards and distributing water to the purifying assembly, and a driving device located on the purifying assembly and connected with the purifying assembly; and an air discharge module disposed within the accommodating cavity and located on the purifying module.
US11794135B2
A single-use filtration device including a plurality of single-use filter capsules connected with each other by rigid lines, of which at least a part is firmly mounted in a raster universally specified by a holder. The filter capsules, in particular as regards the type of filter, type of construction and/or size, and/or the connections of the filter capsules, are preconfigured for a desired filtration process.
US11794132B2
A method of operating a liquid separator includes detecting a volume of a multi-phase liquid mixture inside the operating liquid separator using one or more detectors; determining, from a signal of the one or more detectors, a volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; determining an amount of a chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, based on the volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; and applying the amount of chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, to the separator.
US11794129B2
An extraction cell (10) for a centrifugal partition chromatograph (20), which extraction cell (10) contains an extraction chamber (12) delimited by a cell wall (12c) and accommodates the liquid stationary phase (30á), and it has a liquid inlet opening (13b) and a liquid outlet opening (13k) serving to let in and out the liquid mobile phase (30m) to be made to flow through the extraction cell (10). The extraction cell (10) contains an extraction chamber (12) established as a tubular body, and a liquid inlet plug (16b) that includes a liquid inlet opening (13b) and a liquid outlet plug (16k) that includes a liquid outlet opening (13k), that can be attached to the extraction chamber (12) and an insert (14) through which liquids may pass is positioned in the extraction chamber (12) between the liquid inlet opening (13b) and the liquid outlet opening (13k). A further objective relates to a centrifugal partition chromatograph (20) containing such an extraction cell (10), and a method for providing such an extraction cell (10).
US11794124B2
Connection systems for toy construction pieces, toy construction pieces, and toy construction kits. A connection system includes a male connection element and a female connection element. The male connection element includes a peg unit with a connector peg. The female connection element includes at least a portion of a connector core that defines a receiver cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the connector peg and at least a portion of a core shell. A toy construction kit for assembling a constructed assembly includes a plurality of toy construction pieces that collectively embody the connection system. A first construction piece includes the male connection element and a second construction piece includes the female connection element. The connection system is configured to selectively and repeatedly couple the first construction piece and the second construction piece to one another.
US11794120B2
Systems and methods for tokenizing moments in a game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: create an asset that represents a set of rights pertaining to an occurrence of a given moment in the game. The given moment includes a transition from a first user game state to a second user game state that has occurred to a given user-controlled character. The set of rights includes a right to a given type of usage of the asset. Implementations may include recording ownership of the asset; receiving a request for using the asset according to the given type of usage; verifying whether the requesting player owns the given right; creating a presentation of the game as requested; and presenting the presentation to the requesting player.
US11794115B2
Systems and methods to provide in-game consequences for unique digital articles, the in-game consequences being based on real-world information, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players, including a first and a second player account associated with a first and a second player; record player-configurable sensitivity of player-owned unique digital articles to be exposed to in-game consequences of either receiving distributions of benefits or losing stakes; determine real-world information based on events that have occurred in the real world; evaluate whether to distribute the benefits or seize the stakes, based on the real-world information; and either provide the distributions of benefits or seize the stakes accordingly.
US11794109B2
A method for navigating through a gaming world, including capturing a plurality of snapshots generated from instances of a video game; generating for display a timeline of a first user playing the video game, wherein the timeline includes snapshot images of at least one user progressing through the video game displayed in relation to a currently rendered image displayed in association with the first user; generating for display in the timeline thumbnails including first snapshot images associated with the first user, wherein the first snapshots shows past progress of the first user in comparison to the currently rendered image; and generating for display in the timeline second thumbnails including second snapshot images associated with a second user, wherein the second snapshot images shows progress of the second user at a point in the video game after the currently rendered image.
US11794098B2
A game controller includes an electronic input sensor and a mounting platform. The mounting platform includes an accessory-retention feature and a sensor-activation feature. The accessory-retention feature is configured to removably affix a selected removable controller accessory to the mounting platform. The selected removable controller accessory is one of a plurality of differently configured removable controller accessories removably affixable to the mounting platform. The mounting platform is configured to move from a default posture to an activation posture responsive to finger manipulation of the selected removable controller accessory when the selected removable controller accessory is affixed to the mounting platform. The sensor-activation feature interfaces with the electronic input sensor to generate an activate control signal in the activation posture.
US11794093B2
A centralized gaming system is provided. The centralized gaming system includes a thin gaming device providing game play in a communal game and a central gaming server configured to: store a ball call for the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device and at least one legacy gaming device; receive an outcome request message from the thin gaming device; allocate a bingo card to the game instance associated with the outcome request message from a card pool of predetermined bingo cards; evaluate the allocated bingo card based on a current state of the ball call of the communal game; determine a reward value based on the evaluation of the allocated bingo card; and transmit an outcome results message to the thin gaming device in response to the outcome request message.
US11794091B2
A playing card machine and delivery mechanism thereof, and a playing card shuffling method are provided. The playing card machine includes a base and a machine core. The machine core is arranged on the base or inside the base, and the machine core includes a card receptor and a card dealer. The machine core can be driven to move up and down on the base by a machine core lifting drive mechanism. The card dealer is arranged at a center of the card receptor and is able to be driven by a rotation drive mechanism to rotate relative to the card receptor. The card dealer includes a card storage box, a card distribution mechanism, and a delivery mechanism. The card receptor is provided with multiple card reception positions around the card dealer.
US11794083B1
Relates to a portable magnetic multifunction golf accessory including the capability to be used for cleaning out golf club “head-groves” and the like, the capability to fix pitch marks and golf greens on a green, the capability of being used as a ball marker including a marker alignment aid, and the capability to be used as a club rest
US11794079B2
An American-style football may include a prolate spheroidal shaped bladder having a longitudinal axis, an outermost layer about the bladder, a lacing surface featuring a series of parallel projections from an exterior of the outermost layer and an intermediate sandwiched between the bladder and the outermost layer, wherein the intermediate layer is configured to decrease a MOI of the football.
US11794077B2
Golf balls according to the present invention achieve flight symmetry and overall satisfactory flight performance due to a dimple surface volume ratio that is equivalent between opposing hemispheres despite the use of different dimple geometries, different dimple arrangements, and/or different dimple counts on the opposing hemispheres.
US11794074B2
A method is provided. The method comprises a first step of acquiring wrist exercise information including at least one of orientation information and motion information of a wrist of a user, a second step of acquiring upper body exercise information including at least one of orientation information and motion information of a torso of the user, a third step of calculating, using reference wrist exercise information and reference upper body exercise information corresponding to each of a plurality of exercise types, a first similarity degree between the reference wrist exercise information and the wrist exercise information and a second similarity degree between the reference upper body exercise information and the upper body exercise information for each of the exercise types, and a fourth step of determining an actual exercise type performed by the user, among the exercise types, based on the first similarity degree and the second similarity degree.
US11794071B2
A therapy device aids an occupational therapist in soft tissue recovery and development. The device includes an attachment base which anchors to a table or other support surface, a riser pivotably connected to the base with 2-3 degrees of freedom, and a handle connected to the riser with an additional 2-3 degrees of freedom. Each pivotable connection can be adjusted to rotate freely or with a desired level of friction, or can be locked in a desired configuration. Multiple interchangeable handles may be included to adjust the patient-device interface, e.g., unilateral or bilateral engagement. Height adjustments may also be provided. The dual-pivoting design and adjustability of the device facilitates applications for a wide variety of patients with varying therapeutic needs, such that the device provides a highly.
US11794069B2
A system for a treadmill with a tread that rotates on front wheels supported on a front axle and rear wheels supported on a rear axle includes a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises a first device associated with one of the front axle or the rear axle and configured to prevent rotation of respective front wheels or rear wheels in a first direction and a second device associated with another of the front axle or the rear axle and configured to prevent rotation of the respective front wheels or rear wheels in a second direction opposite the first direction. The system also includes a controller and a sensor configured to detect a user on the tread. The controller is configured to, in response to the sensor detecting no user on the manual treadmill, engage the locking mechanism to prevent movement of the front wheels and the rear wheels.
US11794062B2
A training apparatus having a frame with a pivot bearing on which a seat surface and/or a backrest are pivotably arranged, wherein the training apparatus has at least one actuator and a control unit with which the seat surface and/or the backrest are adjustable, wherein the at least one actuator is operatively connected to the frame and to the seat surface and/or to the backrest is disclosed.
US11794055B2
An electromagnetically controlled wheel resistance adjusting device includes a motor, a magnetic tile, a potentiometer, a circuit board, a socket, a connecting rod and an output gear. The socket, the motor and the potentiometer are electrically connected to the circuit board, respectively. An external controller may, through the socket and the circuit board, provide power to the motor and control operation of the motor. The external controller may, through the socket and the circuit board, provide power for the potentiometer and receive an output voltage sent by the potentiometer. The motor drives the magnetic tile to move through the output gear and the connecting rod. The output voltage of the potentiometer varies with the rotation angle of the output gear. The external controller may drive the magnetic tile to rotate through the motor, and determine the moving angle of the magnetic tile through the output voltage of the potentiometer.
US11794037B2
A method for radiation therapy treatment verification includes acquiring: treatment plan information from a radiation therapy system; patient image data; and transit image data received from an electronic portal imaging device during radiation therapy. The treatment plan information is divided into a plurality of segments. Predicted segment image data is determined utilizing a predicted image calculation algorithm and at least the patient image data and the treatment plan information. A predicted integrated image is determined through superposition of the predicted segment image data. Measured segment responses are determined from the transit image data utilizing the predicted segment image data and the predicted integrated image. The measured segment responses are converted to measured segment doses. A measured dose map having a sum of the measured segment doses is compared to a planned dose map based on the treatment plan information to assess radiation treatment delivery.
US11794036B2
Described here are systems, devices, and methods for imaging and radiotherapy procedures. Generally, a radiotherapy system may include a radiotransparent patient platform, a radiation source coupled to a multi-leaf collimator, and a detector facing the collimator. The radiation source may be configured to emit a first beam through the collimator to provide treatment to a patient on the patient platform. A controller may be configured to control the radiotherapy system.
US11794031B2
There is provided a phototherapy apparatus, in which the therapeutic light is delivered through or in proximity to one or more massage components. The massage component provides mechanical massage to the subject biological tissue and modifies the properties of the subject tissue in thickness, density, etc. to facilitate the absorption of the therapeutic light and enhance the effect of the phototherapy procedure.
US11794029B2
Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient.
US11794012B2
Systems and methods are provided for neurostimulation timed relative to respiratory activity. Neurostimulation may be delivered to the spinal cord, the vagus nerve, and/or branches of the vagus nerve to provide therapeutic outcomes by controlling or adjusting stimulation based on pulmonary activity. In particular, the systems and methods use a detecting device to detect respiratory activity over time. Specific points in the respiratory signal are identified where central autonomic nuclei may be more receptive to afferent input and a stimulator is instructed to provide neurostimulation to at least one auricular branch of a vagus nerve, or to a cervical branch of the vagus nerve, or to a spinal cord of the subject. In this regard, the neurostimulation is advantageously correlated to the detected respiratory activity providing improved therapeutic outcomes.
US11794009B2
Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for treating urological and gastrointestinal disorders, including bedwetting, through stimulation of the dorsal or plantar surface of the foot, including the superficial peroneal nerve and branches thereof, such as the dorsal intermediate and medial cutaneous nerves, or the medial and/or and lateral plantar nerves. The device facilitates placement of electrodes on the foot. Also provided herein is a system including the device, a pulse generator, and a controller, and methods of manufacturing and using the same.
US11793990B2
A suction/irrigation medical device comprises a valve body having one or more conduits fluidically coupled thereto and a first channel extending through the valve body. The medical device also comprises a first valve plunger disposed along the first channel and configured to move along an axis to open and close the first channel. The first valve plunger has a first opening to permit a fluid to flow through the first channel. The medical device also comprises a second valve plunger disposed along the first channel and along a second channel to couple the second channel into the first channel when the second valve plunger is in a first position. The second valve plunger has a second opening that has at least one dimension that is greater than a corresponding dimension of the first opening of the first valve plunger.
US11793987B1
A closure assembly for a medical dispenser including a cover and a tip cap removably disposed therein. A flexible retaining member including a plurality of flexible fingers is/are angularly positioned within the cover in both a retaining relation and a blocking position, which respectively restrict removal of the tip cap from the cover and a reinsertion of the tip cap, back into the cover, subsequent to its removal. Structurally distinguishable but similarly operable embodiments include the plurality of flexible fingers connected to and extending angularly outward from an interior of the cover or connected to an exterior of the tip cap.
US11793986B2
A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, a septum housing, and a septum. The catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, an inner wall extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a lumen formed by the inner wall. The septum housing may include one or more protrusions and may be secured to the inner wall by one or more of the following: an interference fit between the one or more protrusions and the inner wall, a snap fit between the one or more protrusions and the inner wall, and bonding between the one or more protrusions and the inner wall. The septum may be at least partially disposed within the septum housing and configured to at least substantially seal the lumen.
US11793980B2
An intestinal attachment device is provided that includes an ingestible housing with a chamber having disposed therein a low-profile ribbon with a head that serves as a single attachment area for an anchor sized and configured to attach to the mucosal surface of an intestine. A disposable material is also disposed within the chamber and at least partially surrounds the ribbon. An anchor is disposed within the housing and is attached to the head of the low-profile ribbon. The anchor has a constrained and a non-constrained state and is sized and configured to attach to the mucosal surface of the intestine. The anchor is at least partially surrounded by a dissolvable material.
US11793977B2
Systems and methods for a multi-layered peel-away sheath assembly for insertion of a blood pump, the peel-away sheath assembly including a sheath hub and a sheath body having a proximal end that is connected to the sheath hub, and a distal end. The sheath body comprises multiple layers including a reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer improves flexibility and kink resistance of the assembly. The reinforcing layer can comprise LCP, PEBAX, stainless steel, Nitinol, or Kevlar. The reinforcing layer may be a laser-cut hypotube or a braided or coiled filament. A first layer material and a third layer material are thermoplastics, including PEBAX or TPU. The reinforcing layer has at least one discontinuity, which is aligned with peel-away lines in the sheath body to allow an operator to peel-away the assembly. The peel-away lines are formed of inner notches, outer notches, or both inner notches and outer notches. The sheath hub also includes a discontinuity to allow the sheath hub to peel-away.
US11793974B2
Fixation devices are disclosed herein that can be used to secure to a catheter. The fixation devices include a body having a central bore extending therethrough to receive a catheter and at least one end having a tapered profile tapering inwardly a distal edge thereof. The body can include an expanded intermediate portion, such as one or more bulbous portions. The fixation devices can also include suture openings or grooves to secure the devices to tissue.
US11793968B2
A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma treatment of respiratory infections or lung cancer having a source of a carrier gas, a cold atmospheric plasma generator connected to the source of carrier gas, a source of compressed air, a humidifier connected to the source of compressed air, a source of oxygen, a ventilator having inputs connected to an output of the humidifier and the source of oxygen, a mixer having an interior chamber formed from a dielectric, an active electrode inside the interior chamber, and an outer electrode connected to ground, wherein the mixer has a fluid input port connected to a gas output of the cold atmospheric plasma generator and an output of the ventilator, and a delivery member connected to an output of the mixer for delivering combined humidified air and cold atmospheric plasma to a respiratory system of a patient.
US11793965B2
Aspects of the present technology comprise a positioning and stabilising structure to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a head of a patient. The seal-forming structure may be constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face surrounding an entrance to the patient's airways for sealed delivery of a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure of at least 4 cmH2O with respect to ambient air pressure throughout the patient's respiratory cycle in use. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise at least one gas delivery tube to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of a patient's airways via the seal-forming structure. The positioning and stabilising structure may comprise an adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a length of the at least one gas delivery tube to enable the positioning and stabilising structure to fit different size heads.
US11793957B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to an apparatus for manipulating one or more characteristics of air to be inhaled. The apparatus includes an outer housing including an outer surface, a hollow interior, and at least one opening formed in the outer housing and extending between the outer surface and the hollow interior. The apparatus includes a manipulation enclosure disposed within the hollow interior of the outer housing, the manipulation enclosure capable of receiving therein an air characteristic manipulation component. A substantially continuous channel is formed between the manipulation enclosure and the outer housing.
US11793954B2
An inhalation device including at least one processor configured to control an inhalation process including vaporing a substance received from a substance storage when coupled to the inhalation device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to be operated in an operation mode or in a standby mode, an electronic interface configured to be coupled to a substance storage interface, a passive detection circuit coupled between the electronic interface and the at least one processor and configured to detect whether the substance storage is coupled to the inhalation device, and, in case it is detected that the substance storage is coupled to the inhalation device, cause the at least one processor to switch from the standby mode to the operation mode.
US11793951B2
The present invention provides a particulate delivery device with an automatic activation mechanism that pierces or cuts a composition capsule when a cap is removed. The cap cannot be replaced once the device is activated for use. The device allows for gas flow through the device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet through a composition receptacle and dispersion chamber to deliver particulate to the airway of a subject.
US11793945B2
A droplet delivery device includes a housing with a mouthpiece port or outlet from a nasal device for releasing fluid droplets, a fluid reservoir, and an ejector bracket having a membrane positioned between a mesh with a plurality of openings and a vibrating member that is coupled to an electronic transducer, such as an ultrasonic transducer. The transducer vibrates the vibrating member which causes the membrane to push fluid supplied by the reservoir through the mesh to generate droplets in an ejected stream released through the outlet.
US11793939B2
A medicament delivery device is disclosed, comprising a cartridge assembly that comprises a cartridge having a medicament chamber for containing a medicament, a sealing element for sealing a distal end of the medicament chamber and a coupling element attached to the cartridge. The device also includes a sealing element release member, a cannula for delivery of the medicament, and a removable cap. The device is switchable from a starting configuration in which the release member is spaced from the sealing element to an activated configuration in which the release member cooperates with the sealing element to connect the medicament chamber to the cannula. A proximal end of the release member is sealed in a release member chamber defined in part by, the sealing element and in part by the coupling element.
US11793938B2
A device for injecting a medicament is provided. The device has a housing with a container within it which can hold a medicament. At its proximal end the container has a needle and a stopper. The device includes a plunger which at one end can engage the stopper. At the opposite end, the plunger can engage a first resilient member to move the stopper within the container to inject the medicament from the container. The device includes a collar with distal and proximal ends, the distal end engaging with a carriage and causing its rotation and the proximal end engaging with a second resilient member. The second resilient member can engage with a skin sensor which has distal and proximal ends. At the proximal end, the skin sensor can contact an injection site. The housing has a cap which can reduce or prevent movement of the skin sensor.
US11793937B2
A method of monitoring depth of muscle relaxation of a patient includes determining a sedative drug effect of one or more sedative drugs on a patient based on at least one of drug delivery information and measured nervous system information. The sedative drug effect is then compared to a sedation criterion and, if the sedative drug effect fulfills the sedation criterion, then a neuromuscular transmission (NMT) monitor is controlled to apply a series of stimulation to a nerve of a patient and muscle responses of the patient are measured to obtain an NMT baseline. A neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) notice is then generated on a user interface after obtaining the NMT baseline.
US11793926B2
According to one aspect of the disclosure, packaging for a sterile syringe having a nominal size of less than 1 mL may include a flexible tray having a cavity for containing the syringe. The cavity may include an opening, one or more sidewalls, and a base. A lip may surround the opening, may extend radially outward from the cavity, and may define a periphery of the tray. A removable cover may have a periphery that is adhered to the lip, and the removable cover may be permeable to a gaseous sterilant, including one or more of vaporized hydrogen peroxide or ethylene oxide. A projection may be associated with the base of the cavity and may extend away from the base of the cavity in a direction opposite to the opening of the cavity.
US11793918B2
A system for assisting a patient's heart has a pump, an oxygenator, a holder having a pump receiving portion for removably receiving the pump and an oxygenator receiving portion for removably receiving the oxygenator, and a harness configured to surround at least a portion of a patient's torso. The holder is connected to the harness. The system further has a brace connected to at least a portion of the harness. The brace is configured to extend behind a back portion of a user's head and to support tubing connected to at least one of the pump and the oxygenator. A priming tray and wet-to-wet connector connecting the cardiac assist system to the cannula so are also disclosed.
US11793914B2
A medical system, usable for example in connection with a dialysis apparatus, may utilize radar waves for monitoring a patient, a medical area, or an object. The medical system includes at least one sending device for sending radar waves, and at least one receiving device for receiving reflected radar waves. The medical system further includes an evaluation unit for evaluating the reflected radar waves which have been received by the at least one receiving device, resulting in obtaining a result, and an output device for outputting the result or a signal based on the result.
US11793913B2
A breast pumping assembly for a forward-leaning chair is provided. The assembly allows for a breast pumping mother to be optimally positioned and comfortable while pumping breast milk, leading to quicker and more effective pumping. The breast pumping assembly and the chair are adjustable to adapt for different sized mothers and changing body size and shape as pumping progresses.
US11793908B2
A bioanalogic implantable ophthalmic lens (“BIOL”) capable of replacing the natural crystalline lens (NCL) in its various essential functions after the NCL having been removed and BIOL implanted into the posterior eye chamber and placed into the capsular bag vacated from the NCL. At least the posterior surface of the lens has a convex shape and is made from a transparent flexible hydrogel material. At least the anterior and posterior optical surfaces are defined by rotation of one or more conic sections along the main optical axis and the surfaces defined by the rotation will include a plane perpendicular to the axis and conical surface symmetrical by the axis. A hydrogel implantable ophthalmic lens whose optical parameters can be optimized and/or customized by a controlled absorption of electromagnetic radiation resulting in a change of the refractive index of the irradiated hydrogel.
US11793900B2
This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods to sanitize a vehicle. In an example method, a motor vehicle wirelessly transmits a request to sanitize the motor vehicle. The request may be transmitted to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) either directly or indirectly (via a server computer). The motor vehicle then detects the UAV landing upon the roof of the motor vehicle and opens a window of the motor vehicle. The UAV inserts an articulated arm through the open window and into the cabin area of the motor vehicle for executing a sanitizing procedure. The articulated arm can be configured to hold various objects such as a scrubbing pad and/or a container containing a cleaning agent, a sanitizing agent, or a deodorizing agent. In an example scenario, the sanitizing procedure may be directed at eliminating viruses and bacteria that may be present inside the cabin area of the motor vehicle.
US11793898B2
A sanitation assembly (1) comprising a first chamber (2) with a first volume (2a) for receiving a first fluid, and a second chamber (3) with a second volume (3a) for receiving a second fluid, wherein the first volume (2a) communicates with an outlet (6) of the assembly (1) via a first valve mechanism (4) configured to allow discharge of the fluid from the first volume (2a) to the outlet (6) at a predefined first opening pressure, wherein the second volume (3a) communicates with the outlet (6) of the assembly (1) via a second valve mechanism (5) configured to allow discharge of the fluid from the second volume (3a) to the outlet (6) at a predefined second opening pressure, and wherein the predefined second opening pressure of the second valve mechanism (5) is higher than the predefined first opening pressure of the first valve mechanism (4).
US11793893B2
A compound comprising an oligomer formed from a biocompatible multifunctional carboxylic acid comprising a hydroxyl group and at least one carboxylic acid, an polyol (e.g., an aliphatic diol), and a linker. One or more conductive oligomers (e.g., polyanilines) are covalently bonded to the oligomer. The compounds can have various forms (e.g., articles of manufacture, films, scaffolds, and the like). The compounds have various uses. For example, the compounds are used in photoacoustic imaging methods.
US11793886B2
Hydrophilic linkers and their conjugates are disclosed. Formula (I) (II)
US11793885B2
The invention relates to novel benzodiazepine derivatives with antiproliferative activity and more specifically to novel benzodiazepine compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III). The invention also provides conjugates of the benzodiazepine compounds linked to a cell-binding agent. The invention further provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a proliferative disorder in a mammal using the compounds or conjugates of the invention.
US11793884B2
Described herein, in various embodiments, are peptides comprising: (i) a cyclic cell-penetrating peptide sequence (cCPP) and (ii) a CAL-PDZ binding sequence, which is conjugated, directly or indirectly, to an N-terminus of an amino acid in the cCPP, to a C-terminus of an amino acid on the cCPP, or on a side chain of an amino acid in the cCPP. In other embodiments, the peptides further comprise a physiologically cleavable group, wherein after entering the cell, the physiologically cleavable group is reduced, thereby providing a linear peptide. Without being bound by theory, the inventors discovered that the amino acid sequence in the cCPP, which facilities cytosolic delivery of the CAL-PDZ binding sequence also, surprisingly and unexpectedly, synergistically improves binding of CAL-PDZ binding sequence to the CAL-PDZ binding domain. Additionally, the cCPP sequence may also improve selectivity of the CAL-PDZ binding sequence for the CAL-PDZ domain relative to other PDZ binding domains.
US11793883B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods for the manufacture of a protein-bound cannabinoid, comprising: obtaining a cannabinoid or cannabis in a form selected from the group consisting of cannabis smoke, cannabis vapor, cannabinoid solution and cannabis extract, and combining the cannabis smoke, vapor, cannabinoid solution or cannabis extract with an aqueous solution or suspension comprising a plasma protein to form a protein-bound cannabinoid. Further embodiments relate to aqueous solutions comprising a plasma protein-bound cannabinoid and pharmaceutical compositions comprising cannabinoids bound to plasma protein.
US11793879B2
The present document describes a process for the preparation of a low functionalization polysaccharide having carboxyl groups, comprising a) swelling of a polysaccharide granule in boiling water or a water/polyol mixture, to obtain a swollen polysaccharide; b) partial gelatinization of said swollen polysaccharide in an alkaline solvent mixture of water and alcohol and/or polyol, to obtain a partially gelatinized polysaccharide; and c) partial functionalization of said partially gelatinized polysaccharide with a functionalizing agent, to obtain the low functionalization polysaccharide.
US11793876B2
The present invention relates to bulk dry compositions comprising polyethylene glycol and an additive, such as a flavoring agent and/or sweetener, wherein the additive remains at a consistent concentration throughout the bulk composition. The invention also relates to processes for preparing the bulk dry compositions comprising polyethylene glycol.
