US11874736B2
A memory controller includes an interface and a processor. The interface communicates with memory cells organized in multiple Word Lines (WLs). The processor is configured to read a Code Word (CW) of an Error Correction Code (ECC) from a group of multiple memory cells belonging to a target WL, to calculate for a given memory cell (i) a first soft metric, depending on a first threshold voltage of a first neighbor memory cell in a first WL neighboring the target WL, and (ii) a second soft metric, depending on a second threshold voltage of a second neighbor memory cell in a second WL neighboring the target WL, to calculate a combined soft metric based on both the first and second soft metrics and assign the combined soft metric to the given memory cell, and to decode the CW based on the combined soft metric, to produce a decoded CW.
US11874735B2
This application discloses a fault tolerant computation method and device for a quantum Clifford circuit with reduced resource requirement. The method includes decomposing a quantum Clifford circuit into s logic Clifford circuits and preparing auxiliary quantum states corresponding to the s logic Clifford circuits. For each logic Clifford circuit, the method further includes teleporting an input quantum state corresponding to the logic Clifford circuit to an auxiliary qubit, processing a quantum state obtained after the teleportation by the logic Clifford circuit to obtain a corresponding output quantum state; measuring a corresponding error symptom based on the input quantum state and the auxiliary quantum state; and performing error correction on the output quantum state according to the error symptom to obtain an error-corrected output quantum state.
US11874733B2
Recovery of a container storage provider, including: storing, within a first database, configuration information related to the container storage provider; storing, within a second database, the configuration information; and responsive to detecting that one or more components associated with the container storage provider have become unavailable, creating a replacement component using configuration information contained in the second database.
US11874731B2
The system determines a first and a second snapshot of memory usage by processes in a computing system based on a predetermined time interval, wherein a respective snapshot indicates, for a respective process, memory usage corresponding to memory types including private memory and shared memory. The system computes, for processes common to the first and the second snapshots, a likelihood of memory leak for a process and memory type based on: an increase in an amount of heap memory and private memory; an increase in an amount of shared memory; and an increase in a total amount of private and shared memory. The system compares the computed likelihood for the process with a predetermined threshold. Responsive to determining that the computed likelihood for the process exceeds the predetermined threshold, the system performs a corrective action to address memory leak associated with the process.
US11874727B2
Service providers, such as website operators, may rely on interfacing with third-party systems over the Internet to provide services to their users. Outages and degraded responsiveness of these third-party systems can affect the efficiency of the operations of the service provider. The described embodiments allow a service provider to monitor the responsiveness of one or more third-party systems, including making predictions on the future reliability of those third-party systems. The described embodiments include various monitors, that use outgoing and incoming web traffic data from the service provider, to produce responsiveness parameters of third-party systems, based on which the service provider can dynamically route its outgoing traffic to the more reliable third-party systems.
US11874726B2
A first information handling system may receive a telemetry metric report from a client information handling system. The first information handling system may determine that one or more characteristics of the telemetry metric report do not match one or more predetermined telemetry metric report characteristics. The first information handling system may perform one or more corrective actions based, at least in part, on the determination that the one or more characteristics of the telemetry metric report do not match one or more predetermined telemetry metric report characteristics.
US11874724B2
An extension device is positioned within a point-to-point link to connect two devices, where the extension device includes error detection circuitry to detect a set of errors at the extension device. The extension device further includes memory to store an event register, where the extension device is to write data to the event register to describe detection of an error by the error detection circuitry. The extension device further includes a transmitter to transmit a notification signal to indicate the detection of the error and presence of data in the evert register associated with the error.
US11874723B2
A method and system that efficiently selects sensors without requiring advanced expertise or extensive experience even in a case of new machines and unknown failures. An abnormality detection system includes a storage unit for storing a latent variable model and a joint probability model, an acquisition unit for acquiring sensor data that is output by a sensor, a measurement unit for measuring the probability of the sensor data acquired by the acquisition unit based on the latent variable model and the joint probability model stored by the storage unit, a determination unit for determining whether the sensor data is normal or abnormal based on the probability of the sensor data measured by the measurement unit, and a learning unit for learning the latent variable model and the joint probability model based on the sensor data output by the sensor.
US11874715B2
Dynamic power budget allocation in a multi-processor system is described. In an example, an apparatus includes a plurality of processor units; and a power control component, the power control component to monitor power utilization of each of the plurality of processor units, wherein power consumed by the plurality of processor units is limited by a global power budget. The apparatus is to assign a workload to each of the processor units and is to establish an initial power budget for operation of each of the processor units, and, upon the apparatus determining that one or more processor units require an increased power budget based on one or more criteria, the apparatus is to dynamically reallocate an amount of the global power budget to the one or more processor units.
US11874705B2
A display device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure may include a stretchable lower substrate; a lower pattern layer disposed on the lower substrate and including a plurality of lower plate patterns and a plurality of lower line patterns; a plurality of pixel circuits disposed on each of the plurality of lower plate patterns; a plurality of lower stretched lines disposed on each of the plurality of lower line patterns; an upper pattern layer disposed on the lower pattern layer and including a plurality of upper plate patterns and a plurality of upper line patterns; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on each of the plurality of upper plate patterns; and a plurality of upper stretched lines disposed on each of the plurality of upper line patterns, so that a uniform power may be supplied.
US11874701B2
A smart ring includes a curved housing having a U-shape interior storing components including: a curved battery approximately conforming to the curved housing, a semi-flexible PCB approximately conforming to the curved housing and having mounted thereon: a motion sensor for generating motion data from physical perturbations of the smart ring, a memory for storing executable instructions, a transceiver for sending data to a client computer, a temperature sensor, and a processor for receiving motion data and performing executable instructions in response thereto, and a potting material disposed in the interior, forming an interior wall of the smart ring, wherein the potting material encapsulates the components and is substantially transparent to visible light, infrared light, and/or ultraviolet light.
US11874699B2
Provided is a display panel, including: a main body having a display region; and a rear folding portion provided with a plurality of binding pins. In an embodiment, the rear folding portion is bendable, and at least a part of the rear folding portion is capable of being folded back to a side of a backlight surface of the main body. In an embodiment, an edge of the rear folding portion that is connected to the main body is a first edge, and the first edge extends along a first direction. In an embodiment, the main body includes two second edges arranged opposite to each other along the first direction. In an embodiment, a vertical distance between an endpoint of the first edge and a line of one second edge most adjacent thereto is d1, and a minimum distance between two second edges is d2, 0.025≤d1/d2≤0.25.
US11874690B2
This disclosure describes techniques for creating a universal schema with default fields that support sensor formats of different devices. In one example, the universal schema supports substantial equivalents between data fields in different sensor formats. Further, a sensor format may be configured to support inheritance and aggregation of sensor formats in prior devices. Accordingly, the mapping of sensor formats that supports inheritance and aggregation in the universal schema may provide several advantages such as capturing a mapping of substantive equivalents between the fields in different sensor formats.
US11874685B2
A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support structure during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure at outboard ends thereof.
US11874682B1
A circuit includes: a first load circuit and a second load circuit coupled in parallel between a first node and a reference voltage node, where the first load circuit and the second load circuit are configured to receive a first input signal and a second input signal, respectively; a first pass device and a first switch coupled in series between a voltage supply node and the first node; a second pass device and a second switch coupled in series between the voltage supply node and the first node; and an amplifier, where a first input terminal and a second input terminal of the amplifier are configured to be coupled to a reference input voltage and the first node, respectively, where an output terminal of the amplifier is coupled to a first control terminal of the first pass device and a second control terminal of the second pass device.
US11874680B2
Disclosed is a power supply that automatically switches between a voltage regulation mode and an over current protection mode, as needed. The power supply includes a voltage regulator that generates a first control voltage for applying to the control terminal of a pass transistor during a voltage regulation mode to maintain an output voltage at a desired voltage level. The power supply includes a current limiter that generates a second control voltage for applying to the control terminal of the pass transistor during an over current protection mode to prevent an output current from rising above a maximum output current limit. The power supply includes additional circuitry that detects when over current protection is required and automatically switches the control voltage applied to the control terminal from the first control voltage to the second control voltage or vice versa, as necessary. Also disclosed is an associated power supply method.
US11874672B2
The present disclosure provides a design method for an active disturbance rejection roll controller of a vehicle under disturbance of complex sea conditions, including: step 1: establishing a vehicle roll attitude control model; step 2: designing an active disturbance rejection controller (ADRC) on the basis of the control model in step 1 and a pole placement method; and step 3: performing an active disturbance rejection roll control by using the active disturbance rejection controller in step 2. The present disclosure solves the problem of a stable control of the vehicle under the disturbance of the complex sea conditions.
US11874669B2
One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US11874661B2
Remaining charge acquisition means of a battery installation system acquires remaining charge information on a remaining charge of each of a plurality of batteries which are installable in an unmanned aerial vehicle. Battery weight acquisition means acquires battery weight information on a weight of each battery. Location acquisition means acquires location information on a movement destination of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Selection means selects, based on the remaining charge information, the battery weight information, and the location information, from among the plurality of batteries, a battery having a remaining charge equal to or more than a battery consumption amount for moving to the movement destination. Processing execution means executes processing for installing the battery selected by the selection means in the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11874660B2
An autonomous vehicle uses a secondary vehicle control system to supplement a primary vehicle control system to perform a controlled stop if an adverse event is detected in the primary vehicle control system. The secondary vehicle control system may use a redundant lateral velocity determined by a different sensor from that used by the primary vehicle control system to determine lateral velocity for use in controlling the autonomous vehicle to perform the controlled stop.
US11874658B2
A transmitter loop is carried by a first aircraft. A receiver sensor is carried by a second aircraft. The first aircraft and the second aircraft fly away from each other. The transmitter loop transmits a primary magnetic field. The transmitted primary magnetic field induces a current in the earth. The induced current generates a secondary magnetic field in the air. The receiver sensor receives the generated secondary magnetic field, and detects strength of the received secondary magnetic field.
US11874651B2
A peer-to-peer interaction management system for optimizing flexible manufacturing comprising a plurality of peers and comprises rules for defining the data interaction, operational interaction, environmental interaction and safety interaction. The plurality of peers comprising a robot control server and a plurality of autonomous mobile robots. One peer can exchange data with another peer, the data can comprise planning data, operational data, monitor data, and safety data.
US11874650B2
The present disclosure discloses an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) system for automatic control of production line manufacturing parameters, which comprises a user platform, a service platform, a management platform, a sensor network platform and an object platform that interact in turn. The service platform adopts centralized layout, and the management platform and the sensor network platform adopt independent layout. The present disclosure also discloses a control method of the IIoT for automatic control of production line manufacturing parameters. The present disclosure builds the IIoT based on the five platform structure, in which the sensor network platform and the management platform are arranged independently, and each corresponding platform includes a plurality of independent sub-platforms, so that the independent sensor network platform and the management platform can be used for each production line device to form an independent data processing channel and transmission channel, and reduce the data processing capacity and transmission capacity of each platform.
US11874646B2
A control system includes at least one field device, a first control apparatus, a second control apparatus, a cache server, and a network. The first control apparatus has a first field device directly connected thereto and includes a first access route controller and a first control application capable of controlling the first field device. The second control apparatus includes a second access route controller and a second control application capable of controlling the first field device. The cache server includes a memory and a third access route controller. The first through third access route controllers are configured to work together to be capable of transferring, to the cache server, an input/output instruction for the first field device from the second control application.
US11874645B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable medium for a multi-source item creation system. The method includes receiving, through a user interface and from a requesting member of a digital platform, manufacturing parameters for an item to be manufactured, dynamically altering the user interface based on the manufacturing parameters to include different user interface elements that correspond to a subset of attributes, determining, based on interaction with the different user interface elements, additional manufacturing parameters, generating, using one or more machine learning models, a set of manufacturers based on the manufacturing parameters and the additional manufacturing parameters, wherein the one or more machine learning models have been trained to generate the set of manufacturers based on a level of uniqueness of the item to be manufactured and characteristics of the manufacturers, and returning, to the requesting member, a subset of the set of manufacturers.
US11874643B2
A determination apparatus includes circuitry to receive operation information corresponding to an action being performed by a machine to be diagnosed and a detection signal of a physical quantity that changes according to the action of the machine; take out, from the detection signal, an operation detection signal indicating that the machine is operating, based on the operation information; extract feature information of the operation detection signal; select, from the feature information, particular feature information to be compared with a plurality of reference feature information; and determine a machining section of the machine in the feature information, based on the plurality of reference feature information and the particular feature information.
US11874642B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a safety control system having a processor that (1) automatically interrogates a portable data storage device, (2) determines whether a configuration profile of the safety control system matches a stored configuration profile in the portable data storage device, (3) obtains network settings of the safety control system, and (4) stores network settings into the portable data storage device. In an illustrative example, a safety control system may include a processor designed to perform operations to configure the safety control system with a configuration profile stored in the portable data storage device or download network settings of the safety control system to the portable data storage device under some predetermined conditions. By using the above method, the safety control system may be quickly configured, and network settings may be easily obtained and backed up.
US11874641B2
A valve driver system for driving a plurality of valves of a valve manifold. The system includes a plurality of valve drivers, wherein each valve driver is configured to drive a zone of one or more valves of the manifold; and, a power board that separately powers the respective valve drivers such that the valve drivers are powered separately with a separate power source that can individually power the valve driver. A multiple safety zone valve driver system for driving a plurality of valves of a valve manifold. The system includes a plurality of valve drivers; a first safe PM output; and a second safe PM output. The first and second safe PM outputs are configured such that in response to a first type of safety event the first PM output shuts off power to the first one or more valve drivers and the second PM output maintains power to the second one or more valve drivers. A zoning adapter for adapting logical addresses of valve drivers to physical addresses of valves of a valve manifold A conversion portion converts logical addresses to physical addresses of the valves in the different zones of the valve manifold with a spacing in one or more portions of the logical addresses.
US11874638B2
A controller for heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment includes a communications interface configured to communicate with first HVAC equipment and second HVAC equipment and a processing circuit communicably coupled to the communications interface. The processing circuit is configured to detect a staging event for the first HVAC equipment occurring at a first time, obtain a delay time based on an estimated amount of time required to reach steady state after the staging event for the first HVAC equipment occurs at the first time, determine whether the delay time has elapsed since the staging event for the first HVAC equipment has occurred, and prevent the second HVAC equipment from staging in response to a determination that the delay time has not elapsed since the staging event for the first HVAC equipment has occurred.
US11874628B2
A developing cartridge for an imaging device may include: a housing; a developer roller supported by the housing and configured to rotate about an axis of the developer roller; and a coupling gear on a first side of the housing and configured to rotate; a transmission rod configured to move in response to a rotation of the coupling gear, a first part of the transmission rod on the first side of the housing; a first protrusion movably mounted on a second side of the housing, and configured to move in response to a movement of the transmission rod; and a second protrusion on the first side of the housing, extending toward the second side of the housing, and the second protrusion comprising a guide surface configured to cause the transmission rod to move toward the second side of the housing in response to the rotation of the coupling gear.
US11874617B2
An endless belt includes a resin, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In a volume frequency distribution of the particles determined by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, the ratio (area B/area A) of graph area B of a particle diameter region of over 35 nm to graph area A of a particle diameter region of 35 nm or less is 0.3 or less.
US11874615B2
A developing device includes a developing container, a first stirring conveyance member, a second stirring conveyance member, a developer carrying member including a developing sleeve and a magnet, and a regulation member. The regulation pole in the magnet has a region extending over 10° or more in which a maximum value of a vertical magnetic force is not more than 65 [mT] and a vertical magnetic force gradient is not more than 0.3 [mT/°]. A peak position of the vertical magnetic force gradient of the regulation pole is arranged at a position opposed to the second stirring conveyance member, and when a value of the vertical magnetic force gradient and a value of the vertical magnetic force at the peak position of the vertical magnetic force gradient are indicated as A [mT/°] and K [mT], respectively, A≥2.8 and A×K≥62.5 are satisfied.
US11874610B2
A light-emitting device includes a base that extends in one direction; a light-emitting unit in which multiple light sources that are disposed in the one direction are supported by a supporting body that extends in the one direction and that is formed from a metal block; a spacer that is interposed between the base and the light-emitting unit in a direction of an optical axis of each light source; and a fixing unit that fixes the light-emitting unit to the base in a mode in which a compressive load is applied to the spacer.
US11874597B2
A method of improving mask data used in fabrication of a semiconductor device includes, in part, setting a threshold value associated with a defect based on stochastic failure rate of the defect, performing a first optimal proximity correction (OPC) of the mask data using nominal values of mask pattern contours, identifying locations within the first OPC mask data where stochastically determined mask pattern contours may lead to the defect, placing check figures on the identified locations to enable measurement of distances between the stochastically determined mask pattern contours, and performing a second OPC of the first OPC mask data so as to cause the measured distances to be greater than the threshold value.
US11874595B2
Some embodiments include a reticle which includes first pattern features and second pattern features. A first optimal dose of actinic radiation is associated with the first pattern features and a second optimal dose of the actinic radiation is associated with the second pattern features. The second pattern features are larger than the first pattern features. Each of the second pattern features has a configuration which includes a central region laterally surrounded by an outer region, with the central region being of different opacity than the outer region. The configurations of the second pattern features balance the second optimal dose of the actinic radiation to be within about 5% of the first optimal dose of the actinic radiation. Some embodiments include photo-processing methods.
US11874594B2
A camera module includes a housing, a movable body configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing; a reinforcing member formed integrally on one surface of the movable body, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.
US11874590B2
An illumination system including multiple light sources, a first light combining module, a second light combining module, and a converging lens is provided. The light sources respectively provide multiple beams with the same wavelength range. The first light combining module is disposed on a transmission path of a portion of the beams. The second light combining module is disposed on a transmission path of another portion of the beams to combine the beams into an exciting beam. The converging lens is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam.
US11874585B2
An image capturing unit includes an imaging element and a dual-shot injection-molded optical folding element that are adjacent to each other. The imaging element is configured for an imaging light to pass through. The dual-shot injection-molded optical folding element includes a first part and a second part. The first part is made of transparent material. The first part has a reflective surface configured to reflect the imaging light. The second part is made of opaque material, and the second part is fixed at periphery of the first part. The second part includes a supporting portion configured to support the dual-shot injection-molded optical folding element. The supporting portion maintains the dual-shot injection-molded optical folding element at a predetermined position corresponding to the imaging element through mechanism assembly.
US11874583B2
An imaging device includes a composite display device capable of switching between an electronic viewfinder function and a sighting device function. The composite display device includes an eye window and an object window, an organic EL panel that displays a sighting mark that is an indicator, and a photochromic mirror that is a reflective optical element for guiding the indicator to the eye window. A determination unit determines a subject, and a distance-measuring unit measures a distance to the subject. A body control unit controls the organic EL panel, and a photochromic mirror control unit controls a state and a shape of the photochromic mirror. The body control unit performs control for adjusting the projected position of the sighting mark on the basis of distance information of the subject.
US11874582B2
A monolithically integrated optical analog-to-digital conversion system based on a lithium niobate-silicon wafer, and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a novel wafer (lithium niobate-silicon wafer) is used to implement the monolithically integrated optical analog-to-digital conversion system having multiple photonic devices, including an electro-optical modulator array, a tunable delay line array, an electronic circuit, and the like. As a result, multiple devices are manufactured on one chip, and the performance advantages and the stability of the system are guaranteed. Moreover, the present invention provides a CMOS-compatible method for manufacturing the system, so that the monolithically integrated optical analog-to-digital conversion system based on the lithium niobate-silicon wafer can be implemented on platforms of most chip manufacturers.
US11874580B2
An electrophoretic display including a low-modulus adhesive foam. The electrophoretic display additionally includes a conductive integrated barrier layer including a light-transmissive electrode and a moisture barrier. In some embodiments, the resulting electrophoretic display may include touch sensing, a front light, color, and a digitizing layer to record interactions with a stylus. In some embodiments, the display includes a color filter array.
US11874578B2
An electrochromic polymer is comprised of a repeat unit comprising one or more meta-conjugated linkers (MCLs) and one or more aromatic moieties (Ars). Each of the one or more MCLs is partially conjugated with the one or more Ars at meta positions of the MCLs to form a polymer backbone of the electrochromic polymer. The electrochromic polymer undergoes an optical switching and a color change in an electrochromic device, which shows a high transparency and a high optical contrast.
US11874576B2
A switchable privacy display apparatus comprises a polarised output spatial light modulator, and an additional polariser. A reflective polariser, switchable liquid crystal polar control retarder, passive polar control retarders and air gap are arranged between the display output polariser and additional polariser. The passive retarders are arranged to provide no phase difference to polarised light from the spatial light modulator for on-axis light; and simultaneously provide a non-zero phase difference for polarised light in off-axis directions. The polar control retarders are further arranged to achieve low reflectivity for light propagating through the air gap. A switchable privacy display that can be conveniently assembled at low cost can be provided with high contrast images for display users while maintaining high visual security level for off-axis snoopers.
US11874554B2
A diffusion sheet structure includes a transparent substrate and a diffusion film. The transparent substrate includes a first upper surface and a first lower surface. The diffusion film is disposed on the transparent substrate and includes a plurality of nano diffusion particles, and has a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second lower surface is connected to the first upper surface. Janus material in a diffusion sheet is used in the present disclosure to replace diffusion particles of prior art, which not only retains original function of diffusing light, but also has excellent thermal conductivity, thereby improving thermal uniformity, making the liquid crystal display panel be heated uniformly, and reducing influence of temperature on liquid crystal material during lighting, thereby improving the problem of local area whitening.
US11874549B2
Provided are an optical element that can achieve both color difference control and luminance reduction at an oblique viewing angle, and a liquid crystal display device including the optical element and having excellent display quality. The optical element includes: a first polarizer; a first phase difference layer; a second phase difference layer; and a second polarizer, the first polarizer, the first phase difference layer, the second phase difference layer, and the second polarizer being arranged in the stated order, the first phase difference layer satisfying the formula nx>ny≈nz, the second phase difference layer satisfying the formula nz>nx≈ny, the first polarizer and the second polarizer being linear polarizers, transmission axes of the first polarizer and the second polarizer being parallel to each other, a slow axis of the first phase difference layer being orthogonal to a polarization axis of the first polarizer.
US11874547B2
A film wrapping display includes a display device configured to display information in a display area by emitting light, a transparent plate disposed on a display surface side of the display device, a bezel disposed around a periphery of the display device and including a support portion that supports the transparent plate, and a film continuously attached to both of the transparent plate and the bezel. A periphery of the display area where the transparent plate is supported by the support portion is an edge portion. The edge portion includes a decorative layer whose pattern or color is different from that of the display area.
US11874545B2
A manufacturing method of an electronic device is provided. First, a mother panel including a first flexible mother board, a second flexible mother board and at least one sealing material is provided, and the sealing material is disposed between the first flexible mother board and the second flexible mother board. Then, a separating process including a laser-cutting process is performed to cut the first flexible mother board into a first flexible substrate and to cut the second flexible mother board into a second flexible substrate. The first flexible substrate includes a first laser-cutting buffer region and a first edge. The second flexible substrate includes a second laser-cutting buffer region and a second edge. The sealing material is away from the first edge by the first laser-cutting buffer region and away from the second edge by the second laser-cutting buffer region.
US11874540B2
A resonator modulator for modulating light in a photonic circuit, the modulator comprising: a capacitor formed of a ring-shaped insulating region sandwiched between an outer conductive region and an inner conductive region, wherein at least one of the outer conductive regions or the inner conductive regions is a polycrystalline semiconductor material.
US11874535B2
An irradiation device for an additively manufacturing apparatus may include a working beam generation device configured to provide a working beam, a modulation beam generation device configured to provide a modulation beam, and a solid-state optical modulator that includes a crystalline material that exhibits a change in refractive index in response to photoexcitation of free electrons within the crystalline material. The irradiation device may include a power source coupled to the solid-state optical modulator and configured to introduce free electrons into the crystalline material. The modulation beam may cause photoexcitation of the free electrons within the crystalline material. The photoexcitation of the free electrons within the crystalline material may cause the crystalline material to exhibit a change in refractive index. The working beam, when incident upon the crystalline material, may exhibit a change in one or more parameters, such as a phase shift, attributable at least in part to the change in refractive index exhibited by the crystalline material.
US11874532B2
The present disclosure is directed generally to a lens that provides a stop signal to a myopic eye, over a substantial portion of the spectacle lens that the viewer is using. The present disclosure is directed to devices, methods and/or systems of imposing a stop signal to eye growth, using a spectacle lens in conjunction with a micro lenslet array. The present disclosure is also directed to devices, methods and/or systems of modifying incoming light through spectacle lenses that utilizes chromatic cues to decelerate the rate of myopia progression. The present disclosure is directed to devices, methods and/or systems of imposing a stop signal to eye growth, using a spectacle lens in conjunction with a refractive optical element and/or diffractive optical element that offer conflicting or contradictory optical signals at a wavelength between 510 nm and 610 nm.
US11874522B2
An optical mechanism is provided. The optical mechanism includes an immovable part, a movable part, and a drive assembly. The movable part is connected to an optical element. The movable part is movable relative to the immovable part. The drive assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the immovable part. The immovable part includes a frame. The frame includes a receiving space receiving the movable part.
US11874516B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having an inner surface and an outer surface in which the inner surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable and the outer surface defines the outermost extent of the cable. The optical fiber cable also includes at least one access feature disposed in the cable jacket between the inner surface and the outer surface. Further included are a first plurality of optical fiber bundles. Each optical fiber bundle includes a second plurality of optical fiber ribbons that has a third plurality of optical fibers arranged in a planar configuration. The optical fiber cable bends uniformly in all directions transverse to the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable.
US11874514B2
A light guide or beam guiding system with safety component and a method for its breakage monitoring. The present invention provides a fiber optic cable comprising a power fiber as well as first and second channels for break and plug monitoring of the power fiber, wherein the first and second channels may be separate.
US11874513B2
In an embodiment, a package structure including an electro-optical circuit board, a fanout package disposed over the electro-optical circuit board is provided. The electro-optical circuit board includes an optical waveguide. The fanout package includes a first optical input/output portion, a second optical input/output portion and a plurality of electrical input/output terminals electrically connected to the electro-optical circuit board. The first optical input/output portion is optically coupled to the second optical input/output portion through the optical waveguide of the electro-optical circuit board.
US11874492B2
An illumination device (10) is attached to a gaming machine island including a plurality of gaming machines (40), and comprises LEDs (21a) that emit light, light guide plates (20), a rotating body (23), a plate-shaped member (24), a motor (31), a lower case (13), and a control unit 17. A plurality of light guide plates 20 are attached to the plate-shaped member 24. The light guide plates 20 each have an end surface 20a on which the light emitted from the LEDs 21a is incident, and a flat surface 20b from which the incident light is emitted. The rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 hold an LED board 21 and the light guide plates 20. The motor 31 rotates the rotating body 23 in the desired direction. The lower case 13 is provided with the motor 31, is connected to the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 in a relatively rotatable state, and is installed on a gaming machine island that includes gaming machines 40. The control unit 17 controls the rotation of the rotating body 23 and the plate-shaped member 24 by the motor 31.
US11874491B2
A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a light source including a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the substrate; and a first diffusion layer disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes a first resin portion disposed on the light source, and a second resin portion adjacent to the first resin portion and disposed on the substrate. The upper surface of the first resin portion has an inclination and is spaced apart from the first diffusion layer, the second resin portion includes a material different from that of the first resin portion, and the second resin portion based on the upper surface of the substrate. The height of the upper surface may be greater than the lowermost height of the upper surface of the first resin portion.
US11874487B2
Provided are a light guide plate assembly, a backlight module, and a display device, which relate to the field of display technologies, and improve uniformity of the light intensity of light emitted from different areas in the light guide plate assembly. The light guide plate assembly includes a reflection portion having an aperture; and a transmission portion. At least part of the transmission portion is located in the aperture. The transmission portion includes a converging portion and a diverging portion. The converging portion is configured to make light that enters the converging portion be converged towards a direction away from a center of the aperture. The diverging portion is configured to make light that enters the diverging portion be diverged towards a direction away from the center of the aperture. The converging portion is located at a side of the transmission portion away from the center of the aperture.
US11874482B2
A camera module includes a lens holder having a hollow region; a first lens unit disposed in the hollow region and including at least one lens; a second lens unit disposed above the lens holder; a circuit board disposed under the lens holder; an adhesion unit disposed between a lower surface of the lens holder and an upper surface of the circuit board and configured to couple the lens holder and the circuit board to each other. The adhesion unit includes an opening and a portion of an internal space formed by a coupling of the circuit board and the lens holder is to be open to an outside through the opening of the adhesion.
US11874481B2
To provide a head-mounted display that can obtain a higher sense of immersion without sensing coloring by diffusing and transmitting light from an organic electroluminescence display panel by an anisotropic optical film to reduce the visibility of a black matrix (BM). The head-mounted display is provided with an anisotropic optical film on the viewing side with respect to a color filter or an RGB light emitting layer in an organic electroluminescence display panel, said anisotropic optical film having a linear transmittance that varies depending on an incident light angle. The head-mounted display is characterized in that: the anisotropic optical film includes at least a single or a plurality of anisotropic light diffusion layers; and the anisotropic light diffusion layers have a matrix region and a plurality of pillar regions having refractive indexes different from that of the matrix region.
US11874476B1
According to various embodiments, a device may include a light-emitting diode (LED) to generate optical radiation at an operational wavelength with a divergent emission profile, such as a Lambertian emission profile, relative to a planar face thereof. A metalens may be positioned to modify the divergent emission profile of the optical radiation from the LED to have a modified transmission profile. The metalens may comprise, for example, a substrate and a two-dimensional array of passive pillars that extend from the substrate with a radially symmetric pattern of varying pillar diameters. The pillars may be spaced from one another according to a uniform subwavelength interelement spacing. The diameters of the pillars are selected as a function of the operational wavelength to provide a target phase gradient that modifies the divergent emission profile of the optical radiation from the LED to have the modified transmission profile.
US11874475B2
A vortex beam-excited precision grating displacement measurement apparatus, which performs displacement measurement by taking a vortex beam carrying topological charges as an excitation light source of a grating and by using the interference of a ±m-order diffracted vortex beam. In the vortex beam-excited precision grating displacement measurement method and apparatus, the displacement p/m of the measured displacement corresponds to the rotation of a circle 2π rad of an interference petal pattern, and then the rotation of 1° of the interference petal pattern corresponds to the measured displacement amount of p/360m. Compared with a conventional grating measurement method, the present disclosure provides a grating interference sensing signal that realizes a higher optical subdivision rate itself.
US11874468B2
The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a first out-coupling diffractive optical element and a second out-coupling diffractive optical element. Each of the first and second out-coupling diffractive optical elements comprises a first region having a first repeated diffraction spacing, d1, and a second region adjacent to the first region having a second repeated diffraction spacing, d2, different from the first spacing, d1. The first region of the first out-coupling diffractive optical element is superposed on and aligned with the second region of the second out-coupling diffractive optical element. The second region of the first out-coupling diffractive optical element is superposed on and aligned with the first region of the second out-coupling diffractive optical element.
US11874467B2
Various embodiments relate to an FTIR-based diffractive optical structure, and a waveguide device and an augmented reality display each including same. The augmented reality display may comprise: a projector configured to provide light related to an image; and a waveguide device for outputting at least a part of the light, wherein: the waveguide device comprises a waveguide and a diffractive optical structure disposed on one surface of the waveguide; and the diffractive optical structure comprises an expansion grating disposed at the one surface of the waveguide and an output grating disposed along the axis perpendicular to the one surface of the waveguide and overlapping at least a partial area of the expansion grating.
US11874464B2
A head-up display includes a display panel, a parallax barrier, an optical system including a reflector and an optical member, and a controller. The optical system projects a virtual image of an image displayed by the display panel onto a virtual image plane. The controller controls the display panel such that first second images which have a parallax with each other are projected as a three-dimensional image in a field of view of the user, and a convergence angle at which the user views a point on the three-dimensional image is equal to or less than a maximum convergence angle which is greater by 0.43 degrees than a convergence angle for viewing a point on the virtual image plane and is equal to or greater than a minimum convergence angle which is less by 0.43 degrees than the convergence angle for viewing a point on the virtual image plane.
US11874459B2
The disclosure provides a display device for head mounting, in particular a Maxwellian display device, with an enlarged eye-box. The display device includes a light source emitting light beams for forming an image, an optical system for guiding the light beams to a beam forming element. The beam forming element is configured to converge each of multiple sets of the light beams into a different point of convergence, for example on an exit pupil of the display device. Each point of convergence is a convergent viewing point for a user. The eye-box is thus enlarged.
US11874457B2
A method for projecting an image comprising providing a scanning mirror having a resonance frequency which is unequal to a target operating frequency (aka “scanning frequency”) at which the mirror is to operate; and/or providing logic and an actuator e.g. motor; and/or using the scanning mirror to project at least one image, including repeatedly using the logic to measure the mirror's operating frequency and to control the actuator to apply at least one force, to the mirror, which causes the mirror's instantaneous operating frequency to equal the target operating frequency.
US11874456B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to electromechanical systems and devices, and more particularly to electromechanical systems for implementing reflective devices for displays, sensors, and authentication solutions. In some embodiments a reflective device includes a thin film transistor layer and a plurality of reflective elements positioned approximately parallel to the thin film transistor layer. The plurality of reflective elements is electrically coupled with the thin film transistor layer. Each reflective element is configured for controlling a reflectance parameter of the reflective element based on a first voltage applied to the reflective element by the thin film transistor. In other embodiments, a reflective element includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of polymer-air pair layers positioned approximately parallel position to the transparent substrate. The plurality of polymer-air pair layers are configured to vary a reflectance parameter based on a force applied to the plurality of polymer-air pair layers.
US11874453B2
An optical system including a first light source, a first lens, and a light splitting module, wherein the light splitting module has a first splitter, a second lens, a first camera and a second camera, the first lens is configured for receiving a first light beam from the first light source and collimating the first light beam onto a sample, and for receiving and collimating a light beam from the sample, the second lens is configured for focusing the collimated light beam from the first lens to the first camera and the second camera, the first splitter is configured for splitting the focused light beam from the second lens into a second light beam and a third light beam, the first camera is configured for receiving the second light beam, and the second camera is configured for receiving the third light beam.
US11874449B2
A light-collecting unit having an inverted pyramid shape is described. The light-collecting unit has one or more outer light-collecting panel facing inward. The light-collecting unit also includes a first plurality of inner, light-collecting panels facing outward and a second plurality of inner, light-collecting panels facing inward. A flower base is configured to support the first plurality of inner, light-collecting panels and the second plurality of inner, light-collecting panels. The first plurality of inner, light-collecting panels is disposed on an outer facing side of the flower base and the second plurality of inner, light-collecting panels is disposed on an inner facing side of the flower base. The light-collecting unit may also include a light emitting element, such as an LED or fiber optic cable end. The light emitting element may provide infrared light to the light-collecting unit. The light emitting element may provide the light using pulse-wave modulation.
US11874448B2
Proposed is a lens system capable of providing, to a user, a high-definition image in which generation of concentric circles is reduced. The lens system has one or more Fresnel lenses. A lens surface of each of the Fresnel lenses has a plurality of grooves that is concentrically formed. Both a pitch which is the distance between two adjacent grooves and the depth of each of the plurality of grooves vary with the distance from an optical axis that passes through the center of the lens system.
US11874443B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens satisfying following conditions: 65.00≤v1≤90.00; −5.00≤f2/f≤−1.50; 1.50≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤30.00; and −6.00≤R12/R11≤−1.20; where v1 denotes an abbe number of the first lens L1; f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; R5 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens; R6 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens; R11 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lens; and R12 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the sixth lens. The camera optical lens provided in the present disclosure satisfies a design requirement of large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness while having good optical functions.
US11874435B1
Improved methods and apparatus for additive manufacture of an ophthalmic lens, such as a contact lens or intraocular lens. The improvements are directed to repeated application of a monomer according to a pattern of energy transmissibility, such as grayscale image. The method includes intermittent pinning of deposited polymerizable mixture and final cure of the deposited polymerizable mixture. A pattern of multiple defied areas may be manufactured, with each area representing an amount of energy transmissibility associated with that area. Each area may have a light value based upon a scale, such as an 8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit scale or other scale. In some embodiments, each area may refer to a smallest single component of a digital image.
US11874434B2
Various non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials comprising a reactive substituent. For example, the present disclosure contemplates ophthalmic devices comprising photochromic materials, such as photochromic naphthopyrans and indeno-fused naphthopyrans having a reactive substituent comprising a reactive moiety linked to the photochromic naphthopyran by one or more linking groups. In certain non-limiting embodiments, the reactive moiety comprises a polymerizable moiety. In other non-limiting embodiments, the reactive moiety comprises a nucleophilic moiety. Other non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of making the photochromic ophthalmic device, wherein the photochromic ophthalmic devices comprise the photochromic naphthopyrans described herein.
US11874430B2
A solar radiation heat sensor device includes: a black plate having a black surface; a silver plate having a silvery-white surface; a casing that supports the black plate and the silver plate in such a manner as to be exposed to an outside with the black surface and the silvery-white surface facing the same direction; a thermistor which is accommodated in the casing and is configured to measure temperatures of each of the black plate and the silver plate; and a processor configured to calculate a solar radiation heat amount based on a difference between the temperature of the black plate and the temperature of the silver plate, the temperatures being measured by the thermistor.
US11874429B2
A high-temperature disaster forecast method based on a directed graph neural network is provided, and the method includes the following steps: S1, performing standardization processing on meteorological elements respectively to scale the meteorological elements into a same value range; S2, taking the meteorological elements as nodes in the graph, and describing relationships among the nodes by an adjacency matrix of graph; then learning node information by a stepwise learning strategy and continuously updating a state of the adjacency matrix; S3, training the directed graph neural network model after determining a loss function, obtaining a model satisfying requirements by adjusting a learning rate, an optimizer and regularization parameters as a forecast model, and saving the forecast model; and S4, inputting historical multivariable time series into the forecast model, changing an output stride according to demands, and thereby obtaining high-temperature disaster forecast for a future period of time.
US11874421B2
Techniques and apparatus are disclosed for performing marine seismic surveys. In some embodiments, one or more vessels are used to tow a set of streamers and two or more sources such that a first set of sources consists of all those that are disposed within a first threshold distance from the streamers, and a second set of sources consists of all those that are disposed beyond a second, greater, threshold distance from the streamers. Sources in the first set are activated more frequently than sources in the second set are activated.
US11874420B2
A cross sectional representation of a geological surface is displayed on a display screen. A segment of the cross-sectional representation is edited, and a pseudo log of formation properties based on the edited segment is displayed on the display screen. A determination is made whether formation properties associated with the pseudo log match actual formation properties measured during drilling of a well and a signal is output indicative of the match. A drill operator may use a structural model determined based on the edited geological surface to drill for hydrocarbons in the formation.
US11874419B2
A method is claimed for automatically transforming sonic well logs from a depth domain to a seismic two-way travel-time domain. The method includes obtaining a training well with a measured sonic well log in the depth domain and a borehole seismic dataset in the depth domain and obtaining an application well with only a measured sonic well log in the depth domain. The method further includes training a network to predict a transformed sonic well log for the training well based, at least in part, on the measured sonic well log and the borehole seismic dataset in the training well, and predicting with the network, the transformed sonic well log in the application well.
US11874418B2
There is provided systems and methods for providing enhanced high definition images of subterranean activities, and structures using migrated data from two independent sources. There are provided systems and methods for imaging hydraulic fracturing and hydraulic fractures and the resultant images of hydraulic fracturing and hydraulic fractures, including the image of the shape of the fracture.
US11874412B2
A method for correcting PET data includes acquiring first PET data at a time interval. The method also includes acquiring a first normalization coefficient corresponding to the first PET data. The method also includes determining a scale factor based at least partially on the first normalization coefficient. The method also includes determining second PET data based on the first PET data, the scale factor, and the second normalization coefficient. The method also includes determining a first dead time correction coefficient corresponding to the second PET data. The method also includes determining third PET data based on the second PET data and the first dead time correction coefficient. The method further includes reconstructing a first image based on the third PET data.
US11874404B2
What is disclosed are systems and methods for measurement, pre-distortion, and linearization of FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) LiDAR chirped laser signals, in which I/Q channels of an IF optical signal of a combination of delayed and undelayed versions of the laser signal are generated and used in the process of pre-distorting waveform data for linearization.
US11874401B2
In one embodiment, a method for dynamically varying receiver characteristics in a lidar system includes emitting light pulses by a light source in a lidar system. The method further includes detecting, by a receiver in the lidar system, light from one of the light pulses scattered by one or more remote targets to identify a return light pulse. The method also includes determining an atmospheric condition at or near a geolocation of a vehicle that includes the lidar system. The method further includes providing a control signal to the receiver adjusting one or more characteristics of the receiver to compensate for attenuation or distortion of the return light pulses associated with the atmospheric condition.
US11874398B2
A movement amount detection system capable of accurately detecting a movement amount at a reference point of a moving body is provided. A movement amount detection system calculates a second movement amount at the reference point by using first movement amounts each of which is detected based on image data acquired by a respective one of the plurality of optical sensors, and inversely calculates a third movement amount at each of the plurality of places where a respective one of the plurality of optical sensors is disposed from the second movement amount, and the arithmetic processing unit determines an optical sensor that should be excluded in the calculation of the movement amount at the reference point of the moving body based on a difference between the first movement amount and the third movement amount at each of the plurality of optical sensors.
US11874396B2
A radar device includes a transmit antenna radiating a modulation signal and a receive antenna receiving reflection waves from the modulation signal. The radar device also includes a mixer mixing the modulation signal and the received signal to output a beat signal, a calculation circuit judging presence or absence of an abnormality by using the beat signal, and a memory storing reference data and a threshold. The reference data indicates a phase component of a set frequency signal from a beat signal without necessarily any abnormality. The set frequency signal is generated from the modulation signal reflected on a surface of a housing located at a set distance from the radar device. The calculation circuit extracts a phase component from the beat signal and supplies information indicating the presence of an abnormality if the difference between the extracted phase component and the reference data is greater than the threshold.
US11874394B2
A system may include a processor configured to: receive ambient data from an environment; calculate an average amplitude of the ambient data as a measure of a noise floor; receive a signal of interest found by the signal exceeding a noise riding threshold, the noise riding floor being an upward offset from the noise floor; calculate a running average for amplitude and frequency of the signal of interest; calculate a running variance for the amplitude and the frequency of the signal of interest; use the running average and the running variance to provide an adjustment to limits for modulation detection; use an offset from the noise riding threshold to provide a signal qualification minimum amplitude; and qualify the signal of interest based at least on the signal qualification minimum amplitude.
US11874390B2
Systems and methods for determining a time difference are provided in the present disclosure. The systems includes a first base station configured to receive a first signal transmitted from a terminal and receive a second signal from a second base station. The systems may also include the second base station configured to receive the first signal transmitted from the terminal, and transmit the second signal after receiving the first signal. The systems may further include at least one processor configured to determine a time duration between the first base station receiving the first signal and receiving the second signal and determine the time difference between a first time period of the first signal transmitted from the terminal to the first base station and a second time period of the first signal transmitted from the terminal to the second base station based on a third time period and the time duration.
US11874386B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a polarization state of an input RF signal. Two distinct RF antennas receive the input RF signal and output a first antenna signal and a second antenna signal. Polarizsations of the first and second antenna signals are orthogonal to one another. The first antenna signal is converted to a first optical signal, and the first optical signal is passed through a first optical signal to introduce a first delay. The delayed first optical signal is converted to a first RF signal. An amplitude ratio and a phase difference are determined between the first RF signal and a second RF signal that is associated with the second antenna and optionally includes a second delay. A polarization angle or polarization type of the input RF signal is determined based on the amplitude ratio and phase difference of the first and second RF signals.
US11874381B2
In a method for accurately estimating gait characteristics of a user, first parameters indicative of user movement, including a GNSS-derived speed and step count, are monitored. Values of the first parameters are processed to determine values of second parameters indicative of movement of the user. The processing includes using values of at least one monitored parameter to generate one or more inputs to an estimator (e.g., Kalman filter) having the second parameters as estimator states. At least two of the second parameters are collectively indicative of a mapping between step frequency and step length of the user. A graphical user interface may display values of at least one of the second parameters, and/or at least one parameter derived from one or more of the second parameters.
US11874379B2
A system and method of LIDAR imaging to overcome scattering effects pulses a scene with light pulse sequences from a light source. Reflected light from the scene is measured for each light pulse to form a sequence of time-resolved signals. Time-resolved contrast is calculated for each location in a scene. A three-dimensional map or image of the scene is created from the time-resolved contrasts. The three-dimensional map is then utilized to affect operation of a vehicle.
US11874378B2
A coherent imaging system produces coherent flood illumination directed toward a remote object and local oscillator (LO) illumination derived based on a same master oscillator as the flood illumination. A Doppler sensor receives the LO illumination and a return of flood illumination reflected off the object. Doppler shift data from the Doppler sensor, corresponding to a longitudinal velocity of the object relative to the imaging system, is used to produce Doppler-shifted LO illumination received by a low bandwidth, large format focal plane array (FPA), together with the return illumination from the object. Interference between the Doppler-shifted LO illumination and the return illumination facilitates producing an image of the object with the low bandwidth FPA despite the longitudinal velocity. Pixel intensities from the FPA are integrated over a period approaching the maximum interference frequency. The Doppler sensor and FPA may concurrently process return for a high energy laser target spot.
US11874377B2
Methods and systems for performing three-dimensional (3-D) LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a 3-D environment are described herein. In one aspect, illumination light from each LIDAR measurement channel is emitted to the surrounding environment in a different direction by a beam scanning device. The beam scanning device also directs each amount of return measurement light onto a corresponding photodetector. In some embodiments, a beam scanning device includes a scanning mirror rotated in an oscillatory manner about an axis of rotation by an actuator in accordance with command signals generated by a master controller. In some embodiments, the light source and photodetector associated with each LIDAR measurement channel are moved in two dimensions relative to beam shaping optics employed to collimate light emitted from the light source. The relative motion causes the illumination beams to sweep over a range of the 3-D environment under measurement.
US11874376B1
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a scanner. The transmitter is configured to output a transmit beam. The transmitter includes a first grating coupler. The receiver includes a plurality of second grating couplers spaced apart from the first grating coupler.
US11874372B2
A fish finder transducer mount apparatus for independently controlling a directional transducer and trolling motor includes a clamp body. A motor clamp is coupled to the clamp body. The motor clamp is selectively engageable with the clamp body and configured to secure the apparatus to a propeller shaft of a trolling motor. A directional transducer shaft is rotatably coupled to the clamp body and a directional transducer shaft bottom end of the directional transducer shaft to receive a directional transducer of a fish finder. A gearing system is coupled to the directional transducer shaft to rotate the directional transducer shaft. A handle is coupled to the gearing system. The handle comprises an extension portion secured by a user to manipulate the orientation of the directional transducer shaft.
US11874368B2
A millimeter wavelength charting synthetic aperture radar having small dimensions and light weight, carried by an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), also referred to as a drone.
US11874357B2
The disclosed technology relates to a method and device for generating a fat suppression magnetic resonance image. The method includes: inputting, by an imaging device, a magnetic resonance image to an encoder of a neural network to extract features of the magnetic resonance image; and generating, by a generator of the neural network, a T2-weighted fat suppression image based on the features, in which the neural network is trained according to a result of discriminating, by a discriminator of the neural network, a loss due to a generation of a T2-weighted fat suppression image and as a result of reconstructing, by a decoder, the magnetic resonance image input to the encoder using a Bloch equation before the magnetic resonance image is input.
US11874354B2
Systems and methods for MRI are provided. The methods may include for each slice of a plurality of slices of a subject to be scanned, determining a plurality of radiofrequency (RF) parameters, the plurality of RF parameters including at least one channel parameter corresponding to each of a plurality of channels; determining a slice group based at least in part on the RF parameters corresponding to the plurality of slices, the slice group including at least two slices selected from the plurality of slices; and directing at least a portion of the plurality of channels to excite the slice group based on RF parameters corresponding to the slice group.
US11874344B2
A device is dynamically isolated via a broadband switch that includes a plurality of cascade elements in series, wherein each cascade element comprises a first set of SQUIDs in series, a matching capacitor, and a second set of SQUIDs in series. The broadband switch is set to a passing state via flux bias lines during programming and readout of the device and set to a suppression state during device's calculation to reduce operation errors at the device. A device is electrically isolated from high-frequencies via an unbiased broadband switch. A device is coupled to a tunable thermal bath that includes a broadband switch.
US11874338B2
A “motorless” power electronic test device for testing adjustable speed motor drives without having to connect motors to the drive includes a bidirectional internal power converter, filtering, a charging switch for charging the capacitors of internal and external power converters, line switches for setting the test mode and operating the device, and a switch controller. The test device can be set to separately test an external power converter or an external rectifier, with the internal power converter operating in an AC-to-DC mode for testing the external power converter, and operating in a DC-to-AC mode for testing the external rectifier. The motorless test device recycles test power to reduce testing losses and carbon footprint. It is also much lighter and more convenient to handle than a full-load motor-absorber and, therefore, more amenable to deployment as a portable unit that can be readily transported to customer sites.
US11874335B2
An apparatus configured to test an electrical system including one or more power supplies, a load, and one or more protective-isolation devices disposed between the one or more power supplies and the load is disclosed. The apparatus has a first measurement assembly configured to sense a first voltage or a first current at an input side of the one or more power supplies, a second measurement assembly configured to sense a second voltage or a second current at an output side of the one or more power supplies, and a third voltage or a third current between the one or more protective-isolation devices and the load, and a power controller electrically disposed between the second or third measurement assembly and a fault assembly. The fault assembly and the power controller are configured to selectively induce a fault, which is selected from a plurality of fault types, either to the output side of the electrical system or between the one or more protective-isolation devices and the load.
US11874324B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for carrying a chip, and a device and a method for testing a chip. The device for carrying a chip is configured to fasten chips of different sizes, and includes a support box and a plurality of first elastic snap rings. The support box is configured to carry a chip. A first connection terminal of the first elastic snap ring is provided on a first inner side wall of the support box, a second connection terminal of the first elastic snap ring is suspended, and is configured to be in contact with the chip and provide a pressure in a first direction for the chip because an elastic body of the first elastic snap ring is in an elastically compressed state.
US11874305B2
The application provides an attenuator and a differential voltage probe, comprising a forward attenuation circuit and a reverse attenuation circuit which are symmetrical with each other, a first compensation unit and a third compensation unit which are symmetrical with each other, a second compensation unit and a fourth compensation unit which are symmetrical with each other, and a differential amplifier; the four compensation units are all adjustable capacitor units composed of constant capacitance; a positive-going signal to be tested is attenuated by the forward attenuation circuit, and frequency characteristics of a preset frequency point are adjusted by the first compensation unit and second compensation unit; a negative-going signal to be tested is attenuated by the reverse attenuation circuit, and frequency characteristics of a preset frequency point are adjusted by the third compensation unit and fourth compensation unit; finally, the difference value is calculated by the differential amplifier, amplified and output.
US11874300B2
A contact probe includes: a first contact member; a second contact member; and a spring member. The first contact member includes: a first tip part configured to contact a first contact target; and a boss part configured to couple with the spring member by fitting into the spring member, and the second contact member includes: a second tip part configured to contact a second contact target; and a cylindrical part extending from the second tip part and having a cylindrical shape with an inner circumference having a uniform diameter, the cylindrical part being engaged with at least a portion of the spring member, the portion of the spring member that is engaged with the cylindrical part having a diameter larger than the other portion of the spring member, the entire spring member being configured to be housed in the cylindrical part when the spring member is contracted.
US11874287B2
An auto-aligning cable sensor for performing measurements on a medium contained in a vessel is provided. The cable sensor includes a cable which has an end sensor and which is adapted to be carried by a mounting fixture. The mounting fixture and the vessel are movable into a measurement position relative to each other such that a contact face of the end sensor is held in alignment against a surface of the vessel by a pressing force, thereby enabling the end sensor to sense a characteristic of the medium contained in the vessel. The cable sensor further includes an elastically deformable coupling member which is arranged to mediate transfer of the pressing force from the mounting fixture to the cable and thence to the end sensor when the mounting fixture and the vessel are moved into the measurement position. The coupling member deforms under the pressing force such that the cable can flex to tilt the end sensor relative to the surface of the vessel to accommodate misalignment of the contact face and the surface of the vessel.
US11874282B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for diagnosing preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition in a pregnant subject. The method is based on the measurement of the amount of the biomarker IGFBP-7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) in a sample from the subject and on the comparison of the measured amount to a reference. Also disclosed are methods for assessing the severity of preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition and methods for monitoring a preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition in a pregnant subject. The present disclosure further relates to the use of the biomarker IGFBP-7 or of an agent that specifically binds to IGFBP-7 in a sample from a pregnant subject for diagnosing, for monitoring or for assessing the severity of preeclampsia or a preeclampsia-related condition. Finally, the present disclosure relates to a device or kit adapted to carry out the method of the present invention.
US11874261B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an Internet of Things (IoT) system for managing dust pollution in a smart city. The method may be executed by a management platform, the method may include: obtaining one or more environmental data of the area to be detected through the sensing network platform, and obtaining one or more street data associated with the environmental data, the environmental data at least including dust data indicating dust information in the air; determining whether there is dust pollution in the area to be detected based on the environmental data; and in response to the determining that there is dust pollution in the area to be detected, determining a position of at least one dust pollution source based on the environmental data and the street data, and treating the dust pollution.
US11874256B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods for evaluating system inertness, such as the inertness of a LC or other fluidic system. Some methods are directed to tests wherein the column has been removed prior to injecting a sample including a positive (e.g., metal reacting moiety) control into the system. Some methods can include: (1) repeatedly injecting the sample into a system, the system comprising: fluidic paths wherein interior surfaces of the fluidic paths define wetted surfaces, and wherein at least a portion of the wetted surfaces of the fluidic flow path are coated with an inert coating, wherein the inert coating is inert to at least one analyte in the sample; (2) detecting a value associated with the positive control; and (3) analyzing values associated with the detected positive control to determine system inertness.
US11874252B2
An apparatus for ion manipulation having improved duty cycle includes first and second separation regions separated by a switch that alternates between guiding ions to each of the separation regions. The separation regions separate the ions based on mobility over respective time periods that at least partially overlap. The apparatus can additionally or alternatively include a pre-separation region that filters ions prior to accumulating ions, thus allowing an accumulation region to accumulate for a longer time period. The apparatus can additionally or alternatively include a plurality of gates along the separation region(s) to simultaneously filter a plurality of ion packets sequentially released into the separation region(s). Methods for ion manipulation having improved duty cycle involve separating ions on two separation regions over first and second time periods that at least partially overlap, pre-filtering ions prior to accumulation and separation, and/or simultaneously filtering a plurality of ions packets are also provided.
US11874249B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method for manufacturing sensors and circuit structures. The method can include providing a substrate including a layer of polymer capable of producing graphite in response to the application of energy, a first electrode adjacent to a first via location on the layer of polymer, and an insulating layer over at least a portion of the first electrode and the layer of polymer at the first via location; and applying sufficient energy to the layer of polymer at the first via location through the insulating layer to ablate the insulating layer and to form a first via as mass of graphite that extends into electrical contact with the first electrode and is surrounded by the insulating layer in a plane of the insulating layer.
US11874243B1
The present application provides an isolation testing unit for a pipeline segment having an isolation junction is provided. The isolation testing unit includes, among other things, an isolation monitoring device that allows for constant monitoring of an isolation parameter at a display with a graphical user interface. The isolation testing unit may include a potentiometer for measuring a potential on an upstream portion of a pipe and a downstream portion of a pipe. The effectiveness of the isolation is determined by the difference between the potentials.
US11874237B2
A system and method for measuring a sample by X-ray reflectance scatterometry. The method may include impinging an incident X-ray beam on a sample having a periodic structure to generate a scattered X-ray beam, the incident X-ray beam simultaneously providing a plurality of incident angles and a plurality of azimuthal angles; and collecting at least a portion of the scattered X-ray beam.
US11874235B2
A detection device and method based on an S-shaped microwave transmission line are provided. The detection device includes a metal housing, where the metal housing includes a sensor chamber communicating with an external environment and a circuit board chamber sealed off from the external environment; the sensor chamber includes at least one detection transmission line therein as an external S-shaped microwave transmission line; if there are multiple detection transmission lines, the multiple detection transmission lines are connected in series from end to end to form the external S-shaped microwave transmission line; the circuit board chamber includes an internal S-shaped microwave transmission line therein; and a head end of the external S-shaped microwave transmission line and a head end of the internal S-shaped microwave transmission line serve as microwave signal input terminals.
US11874234B2
Methods and systems for RF pulse monitoring and RF pulsing parameter optimization at a manufacturing system are provided. A radio frequency (RF) signal is pulsed within a processing chamber in accordance with a set of process parameters. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors that indicates a RF pulse waveform detected within the processing chamber. One or more RF signal characteristics are identified in the detected RF pulse waveform. Each identified RF signal characteristic corresponds to at least one RF signal pulse of the RF signal pulsing within the processing chamber. A determination is made, based on the identified one or more RF signal characteristics, whether the detected RF pulse waveform corresponds to the target RF pulse waveform. An indication of whether the detected RF pulse waveform corresponds to the target RF pulse waveform is provided to a client device.
US11874230B2
A method for determining an amount of a Raman-invisible gas in a multi-component gas stream includes performing a first and second absolute Raman analysis on the gas stream. A decrease in the absolute Raman bands from the first analysis to the second analysis is attributed to an increase of the Raman-invisible gas in the gas stream. The amount of the Raman-invisible gas is calculated from the difference between the first and second sets of Raman bands. The calculation of the Raman-invisible gas is verified via a measurement and a calculation of a secondary property of the gas stream such as the thermal conductivity of the gas stream or the density of the gas stream.
US11874229B2
An optical metrology device performs multi-wavelength polarized confocal Raman spectroscopy. The optical metrology device uses a first light source to produce a first light beam with a first wavelength and a second light source to produce a second light beam with a second wavelength. A dichroic beam splitter partially reflects the first light beam and transmits the second light beam to combine the light beams along a same optical axis that is incident on a sample. The dichroic beam splitter directs the Raman response emitted from the sample in response to the first light beam and the second light beam together towards at least one spectrometer and directs the first light beam away from the at least one spectrometer. A chopper may be used to isolate the Raman response to the first and second light beams that is received and spectrally measured by the at least one spectrometer.
US11874228B2
A method of distinguishing between proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous particulates in a fluid sample includes the steps of acquiring a brightfield background image of a membrane filter, introducing a fluid sample onto the membrane filter, acquiring a brightfield image of filtered particles resting on the membrane filter, generating a particle mask based on the brightfield background image and the brightfield image of filtered particles, introducing a fluorescent dye onto the membrane filter, detecting fluorescence on the particle mask, and distinguishing between proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous particulates based on the detected fluorescence. A method for detecting other types of particles, such as polysorbate particles, silicone oil or protein monomers is also disclosed.
US11874223B1
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods for characterizing a multi-layered tire tread. In one example, a method comprises providing a first rubber composition having a first refractive index and providing a second rubber composition having a second refractive index. The method further comprises determining a difference between the first refractive index and the second refractive index and comparing the difference to a threshold refractive index. In addition, the method comprises adding a refractive index modifier to the first rubber composition and/or second rubber composition in case the comparison provides that the difference is lower than the threshold refractive index, so that the difference is greater than, or equal to, the threshold refractive index.
US11874220B2
A computer system for seeding a formulation engine receives spectrometric data from a target coating. The computer system processes the spectrometric data through a probabilistic colorant analysis. The probabilistic colorant analysis generates a set of colorants. Each colorant within the set of colorants is associated with a calculated probability that the associated colorant is present within the target coating. Additionally, the computer system adds at least a portion of the colorants within the set of colorants to a formulation engine. The portion of the colorants is added to the formulation engine in order of decreasing probability. Further, the computer system generates, from an output of the formulation engine, a coating formulation that is calculated to match the target coating within a predetermined qualitative threshold.
US11874218B2
The invention relates to a modulatable infrared emitter comprising a heating element, a planar base element, a dielectric interlayer, and a planar cover element which is a structured metamaterial, and an actuator, wherein the actuator is configured for a relative movement of the cover element and the base element between a first and a second position in order to modulate the intensity of the emission of the infrared emitter. The invention further relates to production methods for the infrared emitter, methods for the modulated emission of infrared red radiation by means of the infrared emitter, and preferred uses of the infrared emitter. A system comprising the infrared emitter and a control device for regulating the actuator are also preferably the subject matter of the invention.
US11874215B2
An analyzer and a detection system are provided. The analyzer includes a chip placement structure and at least one detector unit. The chip placement structure is configured to place a detection chip, and the detection chip is provided with at least one detection area. The at least one detector unit is configured to detect one or more detection areas of the detection chip in a case where the detection chip is placed on the chip placement structure.
US11874210B2
A sample analysis substrate capable of holding a plurality of liquids. The sample analysis substrate has a microchannel structure for transferring a liquid through rotary motion, the sample analysis substrate including: a substrate body having a rotation axis; a first and a second container holding a first and a second liquid therein; a first and a second accommodating section accommodating the first and the second container; and a cap having a first and second projection and movably supported on the substrate body. As the cap moves, the first drive projection and the second drive projection move the first container and the second container with staggered timing, thereby releasing the first and the second liquid accommodated therein.
US11874199B2
A device for testing a sample via a gas stream that includes an opening, a generator for generating a gas stream in the device along at least one flow path, at least one pressure sensor, and a mass flowmeter configured to measure the mass flow rate of the gas stream along each flow path. The flow path including an exhaust path terminating at the opening, and the gas stream generator configured to exhaust a leakage gas along the exhaust path. The pressure sensor includes an exhaust pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the leakage gas along the exhaust path, and the mass flowmeter is configured to measure a parameter representing the mass flow rate of the leakage gas along the exhaust path. A calculation device determines the size of a leak hole, based on a measurement of the parameter representing the mass flow rate along the exhaust path.
US11874185B2
Described herein is a force attenuator for a force sensor. The force attenuator can linearly attenuate the force applied on the force sensor and therefore significantly extend the maximum sensing range of the force sensor. The area ratio of the force attenuator to the force sensor determines the maximum load available in a linear fashion.
US11874176B2
A two-wavelength, single-camera imaging thermography system for in-situ temperature measurement of a target, comprising: a target light path inlet conduit for receiving a target light beam reflected from the target; a beam splitter installed in a splitter housing at a distal end of the target light path conduit, wherein the beam splitter divides the target light beam into a first light beam and a second light beam; a first light path conduit emanating from the splitter housing comprising a first aperture iris installed within the first light path conduit for aligning the first light beam; a first band pass filter installed within the first light path conduit for regulating the first light beam to a first wavelength λ1 and an optional half waveplate installed within the first light path conduit to modulate a polarization ratio of the first light beam of λ1 wavelength; a second light path conduit emanating from the splitter housing comprising a second aperture iris installed within the second light path conduit for aligning the second light beam; a second band pass filter installed within the second light path conduit for regulating the second light beam to a second wavelength λ2; a junction housing, wherein distal ends of each of the first and second light path conduits are connected to the junction housing; a polarizing beam splitter installed in the junction housing, wherein the polarizing beam splitter reflects the first light beam of λ1 wavelength along the same path or a parallel path of the second light beam of λ2 wavelength that passes directly through the polarizing beam splitter unreflected to create a merged light beam comprising light of λ1 and λ2 wavelengths; and a light path outlet conduit connected to the junction for directing the merged beam to a high-speed camera for imaging.
US11874167B2
A spectrometer is provided. In one implementation, for example, a spectrometer comprises an excitation source, a focusing lens, a movable mirror, and an actuator assembly. The focusing lens is adapted to focus an incident beam from the excitation source. The actuator assembly is adapted to control the movable mirror to move a focused incident beam across a surface of the sample.
US11874145B2
An optical system performs a method for measuring an acoustic signal in a wellbore. The optical system includes a light source, an optical fiber and a detector. The light source generates a light pulse. The optical fiber has a first end for receiving the light pulse from the light source and a plurality of enhancement scatterers spaced along a length of the optical fiber for reflecting the light pulse. A longitudinal density of the enhancement scatterers increases with a distance from the first end to increase a signal enhancement generated by the enhancement scatterers distal from the first end. The detector is at the first end of the optical fiber and measures a reflection of the light pulse at the enhancement scatterers to determine the acoustic signal.
US11874139B2
Systems and methods for sensor position measurements are provided. Aspects include receiving, through a first signal path, a first secondary signal from a first sensor and a built in test (BIT) signal, wherein the first signal path comprises a first multiplexer connected to a first filter, receiving, through a second signal path, a second secondary signal from the first sensor and the BIT signal, wherein the second signal path comprises a second multiplexer connected to a second filter, wherein the first signal path and the second signal path are connected to a third multiplexer, wherein the third multiplexer is connected to a first analog to digital converter (ADC), receiving, by a controller, an output signal from an output of the first ADC, and determining, by the controller, a position measurement for the first sensor based on the first secondary signal, the second secondary signal, and the BIT signal.
US11874137B1
A measurement apparatus includes a base having a top portion forming a fulcrum, and a rod-shaped body having a supported portion supported by the top portion, a pH sensor provided on one side thereof, and a reservoir provided on the other side thereof opposite to the one side with the supported portion therebetween, the reservoir being configured to store a fluid. When the reservoir is filled with the fluid, the rod-shaped body is balanced horizontally. When the reservoir is not filled with the fluid, the rod-shaped body is tilted to the side where the pH sensor is provided, so that the pH sensor is immersed in the solution in a water tank.
US11874134B2
A map information-providing system, a map information-providing method, and a map information-providing program which can provide map information while suppressing incongruity a recipient feels are provided. A navigation system (map information-providing system) includes a storage unit storing map information for navigation (first map information) and map information for autonomous driving (second map information) an updating period thereof is different from the map information for navigation with respect to at least a portion of a period of time, and a map information-providing unit which provides map information by combining the map information for navigation with the map information for autonomous driving in a case where the map information for autonomous driving had been updated based on newer information than the map information for navigation at a time of providing the map information.
US11874125B2
A reversing assistant system for a vehicle comprising a first path memory for storing a continuously recorded current forward segment, and a second path memory for storing a recorded preceding forward segment. The system is configured to transfer the content of the first path memory to the second path memory when the vehicle resumes forward motion after reversing, and it further comprises a path merger observer configured to repeatedly assess whether the current forward segment is mergeable with the preceding forward segment and, if so, to trigger a path merging operation. The system further comprises a path merger configured to execute a path merging operation and to substitute its output into the first path memory and a drive assistance unit configured to determine drive actions causing the vehicle to reverse along a recorded forward segment or a merged segment.
US11874122B2
Systems and methods are provided for predicting a traversal time for a route. A request for navigation directions is received and a route between the origin and destination is calculated. A series of route segments to be traversed on the route are identified, as well as one or more sub-series of route segments of the series of route segments, with each sub-series having route segments to be traversed consecutively on a portion of the route. For each sub-series, a sub-series traversal time is predicted based on historical traversal time data associated with historical trips where each of the route segments of the sub-series were traversed consecutively. A total route traversal time is predicted based on the sub-series traversal time. A set of navigation directions and the predicted total route traversal time are provided for presentation on a client device for navigating from the origin to the destination via the route.
US11874119B2
The present disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for mapping of traffic boundaries.
US11874117B2
The present invention is related to a vehicle positioning device being connected to a first sensor outputting satellite positioning data, and a second sensor detecting a state amount of a vehicle and outputting the state amount as state amount data, and being connected to at least one of a third sensor detecting a terrestrial object and outputting data of a relative relationship between the terrestrial object and the vehicle, and a fourth sensor detecting a road line shape and outputting road line shape data. The vehicle positioning device includes: observed value processing circuitry configured to generate an actual observed value; sensor correction circuitry; inertial positioning circuitry; and observed value prediction circuitry configured to predict an observed value and output the observed value as a predicted observed value. Positioning calculation is performed by using the predicted observed value and the actual observed value and results are output as positioning results.
US11874114B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling aircraft. A specified flight position of the aircraft is compared with a piece of geographical height information corresponding to the provided flight position. The piece of geographical height information is obtained from a set of pieces of height information, said set corresponding to a geographical area, wherein for a first part of the geographical area, the set of pieces of height information indicates a piece of relevant geographical height information and for a second part of the geographical area, the set indicates a piece of height information deviating from the actual geographical height. The second part of the geographical area comprises a first special area, in which the aircraft is only permitted to operate to a limited degree. The height information deviating from the actual geographical height is evaluated in order to actuate an operating component of the aircraft such that the aircraft complies with the limitation when the aircraft is operated in the first special area. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding control system.
US11874107B2
A device for processing rotation-dependent measured values includes a data converter, a sequencing control, and an output interface. Series of measured values, which are a function of the rotation of a shaft and of which at least one is an angle value that indicates the angular position of the shaft, are conveyable to the data converter at constant time intervals of a measuring interval. The data converter is adapted to subdivide a rotation of the shaft into sectors and, using one of the angle values as a reference angle value, to allocate received measured values to a sector, and per rotation of the shaft, to ascertain for each series of measured values precisely one result value for each sector. The result values are able to be output to the output interface.
US11874100B2
Embodiments of present disclosure relates to method and device for controlled emission of radiation. Device comprises probe unit, sensor unit and switch unit. Probe unit is configured to emit radiation on surface of object. Probe unit is supported, via an elastic, to supporting structure of device. Sensor unit is placed at predefined distance from probe unit, along supporting structure, to establish contact with surface. Sensor unit comprises flexible material, mounted to supporting structure, with cavity and first force sensing unit placed in cavity of flexible material. First force sensing unit is configured to detect first force transferred from surface sensor unit. Switch unit is configured to control emission of radiation on surface, based on first force detected by first force sensing unit, upon contact of sensor unit with surface and identification of probe unit to be one of in contact with surface or at minimal distance from surface.
US11874099B2
An assembly is provided combining a low power light source, a distance measuring radio, an electrical storage and an adapter compatible with an existing socket for a light unit. The unique configuration of the assembly enables deployment of distance measuring radios in buildings, vehicles and outdoor venues without the need to install dedicated infrastructure such as electrical grid connections. A method is further disclosed of automatically determining the location of a newly installed assembly by first learning the locations of already installed neighboring assemblies, measuring the distances to such known assemblies, and using the measured distances to determine the location of the newly installed assembly.
US11874089B1
A rangefinder includes a housing detachably mounted and fixed on a sighting telescope; a power supply, a control module, a laser ranging module, a visible laser indicator, a display module and an optical visibility adjustment system which are accommodated in the housing, an optical path of laser ranging module is coaxial with an optical path of visible laser indicator, the visible laser indicator is used for a position indication when a ranging and aiming position of the laser ranging module coincides with a center of a reticle of the sighting telescope, an image shown by the display module is adjusted by the optical visibility adjustment system to meet observation habits of different users and make a ranging data visible in an eyepiece field of the sighting telescope, the image displayed by display module shows ranging and related information of the laser ranging module.
US11874088B2
An archery accessory, such as an archery sight, may attach to a riser of a bow along a centerline plane of the riser. This positioning may prevent or reduce any change in balance of the bow. The archery sight may include a sight element that may be adjusted in a horizontal direction by a horizontal adjustment system and in a vertical direction by one or more vertical adjustment systems.
US11874086B2
A firearm accessory mounting system includes a mount for attachment to a firearm mounting structure such as a handguard. The firearm mounting structure includes a slot. The mount includes projections around an opening for a fastener. The projections may, for example, be a slotted recoil lug. The opening includes first and second regions having different slopes. The fastener has a head which, during tightening, initially engages the second region to deform the projections radially outward against an end of the slot in the firearm mounting structure. Continued tightening of the fastener causes the head to engage the first region of the opening to apply an axial clamping force on the mount against the firearm mounting structure. This results in securing forces both transverse and parallel to the rotational axis of the fastener.
US11874082B2
A containment facility for a revolver has first and second opposed cups which embrace and seal against the opposed side faces of a revolver frame. The revolver cylinder resides within an aperture defined by the frame, and the cups enclose the exposed portions of the cylinder. The first cup defines a first internal space and has a first rim configured to conform with the first side face contour of the revolver frame, and encompasses the cylinder aperture with a first portion of the cylinder received in the first internal space. A second cup defines a second internal space and has a second rim similarly configured to conform with the second side face contour of the revolver frame, and encompasses the cylinder aperture with a second portion of the cylinder received in the second internal space. The containment facility includes flexible gaskets between the cup rims and the frame side faces.
US11874081B2
The present disclosure is directed to a firearm capable of holding more than one magazines. In a particular embodiment, the firearm can include an operational magazine well adapted to receive an operational magazine and a secondary magazine well adapted to receive a secondary magazine, wherein the secondary magazine well is nonoperational.
US11874078B2
A muzzle accessory for installation on a barrel of a firearm is provided. The muzzle accessory includes an accessory body having a through-channel sized to receive the barrel of the firearm; and a locking member structured to engage the groove of the barrel to lock the muzzle accessory to the barrel.
US11874067B2
A heat dissipation unit with axial capillary structure includes a case and at least one tubular body. The case has an internal case chamber and at least one opening in communication with the case chamber. A case capillary structure is formed in the case chamber. The tubular body has at least one axial capillary structure, an open end and a closed end. The open end and the closed end together define a tubular body chamber in communication with the open end. The axial capillary structure is disposed in the tubular body and the open end is plugged in the opening. The axial capillary structure directly abuts against and connects with the case capillary structure disposed on the bottom side of the case in the case. The heat dissipation unit with axial capillary structure is able to achieve better capillary transfer effect.
US11874060B2
A continuous feed lyophilizer drying chamber that has an overall internal volume, a primly drying stage portion having a primary drying stage internal volume, a secondary drying stage portion having an internal volume, a frozen formulation feed inlet that provides frozen formulation droplets into the internal volume of the primary drying stage of the drying chamber and a dried particle outlet proximate an end of the continuous feed lyophilizer drying chamber configured to provide dried formulation droplet particles. The primary drying stage typically makes up from about 65-75% of the overall internal volume of the drying chamber and the secondary drying stage makes up from 25 to 35% of the overall internal volume of the drying chamber. The drying chamber dries frozen formulation droplets received into the primary drying stage internal volume via the frozen formulation feed inlet.
US11874059B2
A system for drying grain in a storage bin, having an air injector for injecting external air into the bin interior to displace moist warm air toward an air extractor and the air extractor for extracting moist warm air from the bin interior and directing it outside the bin.
US11874047B2
A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet having a freezer chamber, and an ice maker provided in the freezer chamber, wherein the ice maker includes a tray for forming an ice chamber, and a case for supporting the tray, the case includes a fixing part to be fixed to walls for forming the freezer chamber or a housing fixed to the walls, and the fixing part includes an inclined surface so that the case forms a slope at the walls or the housing.
US11874042B2
An ice maker includes an upper assembly including a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers, a lower assembly disposed below and pivotably coupled relative to the upper assembly, wherein the lower assembly includes a plurality of hemispherical lower chambers, a driver configured to pivot the lower assembly, a pair of rotating parts disposed at both sides of the lower assembly, a first pivoting arm pivotally mounted on one of the rotating parts, a second pivoting arm pivotally mounted on the other of the rotating parts and connected to the driver, a connection shaft connecting the first pivoting arm to the second pivoting arm, a first elastic member having one end connected to the first pivoting arm and the other end connected to the lower assembly, and a second elastic member having one end connected to the second pivoting arm and the other end connected to the lower assembly.
US11874038B2
A method of operating a refrigeration system is provided. The method includes activating an evaporator heater, monitoring a pressure differential within the refrigeration system, when the pressure differential reaches a predetermined value, deactivating the evaporator heater, and activating one or more evaporator fans, after deactivating the evaporator heater, to cause a thermostatic expansion valve to open.
US11874034B2
A heat exchanger includes a heat transfer unit (HTU) including a heat transfer channel portion (HTCP) and auxiliary heat transfer portions (AHTPs). The HTCP and the AHTPs extend in a direction and are disposed in another direction being perpendicular to the direction. One of the AHTPs is an AHTP adjacent to the HTCP in another direction. When viewed from the direction, the AHTP is at an end of the HTU in another direction. A distance from the AHTP to the HTCP in another direction is defined as a length, in a case where the HTU further includes a plurality of HTCPs, the length is larger than a distance between adjacent ones of the HTCPs in another direction, and in a caser where the heat exchanger further includes a plurality of HTUs, the length is larger than a distance between the HTUs adjacent to each other in a direction different.
US11874030B2
A coupling system for use with a solar tracker includes a support flange, a swivel flange rotatably supported on the support flange, an articulation joint interposed between each of the support flange and the swivel flange and rotatably supported by each of the support flange and the swivel flange, wherein opposed first and second end portions of the articulation joint are configured to be operably coupled to a respective first and second torque tube, and at least one locking fastener selectively coupled to a portion of the support flange and a portion of the swivel flange, the at least one locking fastener configured to selectively inhibit rotation of the swivel flange relative to the support flange.
US11874014B2
A controller configured to selectively set a reversible heat pump assembly (100) in either a heating mode or in a cooling mode is presented. The controller comprising a control circuit (44) configured to: for a time period, determine, using a demand determining function (50), a heating demand for heat from one or more local heating circuits (140) connected to the reversible heat pump assembly (100) and a cooling demand for cold from one or more local cooling circuits (140) connected to the reversible heat pump assembly (100); generate, using a control function (52), a control signal indicative of if the reversible heat pump assembly (100) is to be set in either the heating mode or in the cooling mode, wherein the control function is configured to use the heating demand and the cooling demand as input data; and send, using a transmission function (54), the control signal to a heat pump (110) of the reversible heat pump assembly (100). Also a method for controlling the reversible heat pump assembly (100) is presented.
US11874009B2
A system and method of monitoring the performance of an HVAC system including a controller in communication with an HVAC unit where the method includes monitoring environmental conditions using a controller. A target rate of change in indoor air temperature (IATR) can be established, and one or more adjusted environmental values can be adjusted to account for the adjusted IATR measurement. An adjusted IATR value can be established using one or more equations adjusting for a target sensible capacity value of one or more environmental factors in comparison to the measured sensible capacity of the one or more environmental factors to determine the adjusted IATR. The environmental factors can include but are not limited to the indoor air temperature, indoor humidity, outdoor air temperature, and any other measured parameter that could affect system capacity. The system can generate an alert when the adjusted IATR value reaches a pre-determined threshold.
US11874002B2
An integral air conditioner is provided. An electric control box of the air conditioner is split into at least a first box body and a second box body. The first box body is arranged between a first fan shell and a middle partition plate. The second box body is arranged below the middle partition plate. A first fan has a first fan wheel and the first fan shell. Since the first fan wheel rotates around a shaft, the first fan shell generally has an arc-shaped edge. A gap is presented between a surface of the first fan shell and the middle partition plate. The electric control box is split into multiple box bodies and constructed to match the shape of the first fan shell. The first box body of the multiple box bodies is arranged in the gap between the first fan shell and the middle partition plate.
US11874001B1
A compact temperature control system is provided for use within a building. The temperature control system may be designed with a floor-saving design that causes a condenser unit (CU) and a fan coil unit (FCU) to be supported at or near the ceiling. The temperature control system may allow for multi-zone temperature control by connecting multiple FCUs to a CU.
US11873999B2
A plumbing system pressure protection valve assembly that utilizes a unitary body to connect a hot water tank to a cold water supply, a vacuum breaker, and an expansion tank. The assembly includes two ball valves coupled to the unitary body to isolate the hot water tank from the cold water feed and to isolate and permit draining of the expansion tank. The assembly also includes a rod and foot coupled to a tab on the unitary body to provide support for the expansion tank service valve assembly.
US11873994B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system comprising a recuperated gas turbine engine with a catalytic combustor, and methods of operating the same, the catalytic combustor comprising: (a) an upstream section comprising an electrical heater and (b) a downstream catalyst section, wherein the upstream section and the downstream catalyst section are disposed adjacent to and in fluid communication with one another.
US11873993B1
A combustor includes a liner defining a combustion chamber. An air and fuel mixing body is received within the liner and upstream of the combustion chamber. The mixing body has a center axis and includes a bluff-body. A plurality of fuel injection ports on the bluff-body communicate with a central fuel supply such that fuel passes from the fuel supply passage and into a mixing chamber with a component in an axially downstream direction and a radially outward direction relative to said central axis. A plurality of inner air swirlers provide air into the mixing chamber with a component in an axially downstream direction, a radially outward direction, and with a circumferential component due to swirler structure. The fuel injection ports are downstream of an outlet of the inner air swirlers.
US11873985B2
A grip is suitable for sporting or recreational equipment having bars that intersect to form nodes. Fasteners, such as a bolt, washer and nut, can secure the bars together at each respective node. Each grip can include a grip body secured to respective ones of the nodes. Each grip body can have a hole through which a respective bolt extends, and a light assembly recess. A light assembly can be mounted in the respective light assembly recess of the grip body, and the light assembly can illuminate the grip.
US11873978B2
The application discloses a lighting fixture. The lighting fixture includes a base assembly; and a bracket assembly connected with the base assembly. The bracket assembly is configured to carry a first lamp body. The bracket assembly includes a first lamp pole movably connected with the base assembly, so that the first lamp pole is capable of moving close to or moving away from the base assembly.
US11873976B1
The breath synchronization lighting devices and apparatus helps the user to regulate their breathing rate by moving a light source with respect to a stationary shade or cover. The shade or cover, optionally perforated or with an integrated obscuring pattern, partially blocks the light created by the light source. The result is the generation of a shadow pattern on adjacent surfaces. As the light moves with respect to the cover, the shadow pattern correspondingly moves on the surface is surrounding the device. The result is a cycling shadow pattern on adjacent surfaces, the pattern timed to match the ideal breathing rate of the user, helping the user to slow their breathing and reach a calm and meditative state.
US11873973B2
The application relates to a lamp mounting structure and a lamp comprising the same. The lamp mounting structure includes: a mounting section, fixable to a fixed surface on which a power input line is provided; an engagement section, configured to be detachably connected with a lamp body of a lamp; and a wiring section, configured to realize electrical connection between the power input line and the lamp. The technical solution of the application achieves the technical effect that enabling a user to easily connect a ceiling lamp mechanically and electrically without any help.
US11873971B2
An LED and/or laser light for night time or dark area use, such as a plug-in wall outlet night light or direct current (DC) operated desktop light, includes projection or pin-hole image features to project or present an image, message, data, logo, or time on a ceiling, walls, floor, or other desired surface, or an cover surface, inner housing wall. The optics piece surround light source including an optics-lens, slide, openings, cut-outs, film, grating, or holographic element to create an image at a desired location. The night light may have an adjustable angle or distance between light source and optics piece, as well as other adjustable position, location, or orientation features.
US11873968B2
A light fixture includes a housing having an upper wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall at least partially defining an interior and a bottom opening. A mounting tray is positioned in the interior and releasably connected to the housing. A first light emitter is connected to the mounting tray and has a first light output. A second light emitter is connected to the mounting tray and has a second light output. A third light emitter is connected to the mounting tray and has a third light output. A lens is connected to the housing. The light fixture can be optionally connected to a secondary light fixture and used to control light outputs from both fixtures.
US11873965B2
Disclosed is a vehicular lamp. This vehicular lamp comprises: a light source; glass disposed in front of the light source; a housing supporting the light source and the glass and forming the exterior; a thermoelectric element unit which generates cold wind and warm wind by introducing air outside the housing into the housing; a first flow path through which one of the cold wind or the warm wind generated in the thermoelectric element unit flows into the housing; and a second flow path through which the other one of the cold wind or the warm wind is discharged outside the housing. The thermoelectric element includes: a first part connected to the first flow path and generating one of cold air or warm air; a second part connected to the second flow path and generating the other one of the cold air or the warm air; a body part which partitions arrange spaces for the first part and the second part and has an opening formed in the bottom surface; a first fan which is disposed in the opening of the body part and generates an inflow of air from the lower side to the upper side; and a second fan which is disposed inside the housing and circulates the air that has flowed into the first flow path.
US11873956B1
A smart multi-color light dimming LED chip module, a bulb, and a light string are provided. The smart multi-color light dimming LED chip module includes a transparent circuit board, a control integrated circuit (IC), four metal terminals, at least three light-emitting chips of different colors. The control IC is disposed on the transparent circuit board, and the at least three light-emitting chips are uniformly disposed at a first side of the control IC on the transparent circuit board. The four metal terminals are disposed at a second side of the control IC on the transparent circuit board, the four metal terminals are respectively and electrically connected to a power supply pin, a ground pin, a signal input pin, and a signal output pin of the control IC. A conductive pattern is disposed on each of at least two circuit layers of the transparent circuit board.
US11873952B2
A light ring assembly for a smart-home device may include a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a light guide, where the light guide may include a plurality of cutouts that receive the plurality of LEDs, and a plurality of transmissive sections between the plurality of cutouts where a thickness of the transmissive sections tapers as the transmissive sections extend away from the plurality of cutouts. The light ring assembly may also include an output surface that receives light emitted from the plurality of LEDs through the plurality of transmissive sections, where the output surface is substantially circular.
US11873951B1
A full-spectrum illumination method for plant and a full-spectrum illumination control device for plant are provided. The full-spectrum illumination method for plant includes following steps: illuminating plants through a combination of spectrum during a full life cycle of the plants. The combination of spectrum is a special spectrum combination formed through a plurality of LEDs. Improvement of photosynthesis effect in current plant illumination technology effectively improves effective components and unit time output of the plant, which is suitable for large-scale production and processing extraction of current plant factories.
US11873941B2
The invention relates to a flexible piping and an improved process for capturing accidental pressurized fluid leaks resulting from a pipeline wherethrough these fluids are transported, in the situation of breaking or cracking, and redirecting the fluid flow in a controlled manner to a desired direction. The device according to the invention is made up of a number n≥1 of heat shrinkable strips (A), each provided on both sides with two zippers (B) and (C) having fluid tight toothed rails (7) and (8) with antagonistic directions of operation, in order to allow the interconnecting and closing of the zippers independently from both ends of the piping towards the central part thereof. The strips (A) with antagonistic zippers are each provided, on one of the longitudinal sides with 2 (two) robotic closing sliders (9) and (10) remotely electrically commanded, and at both ends they have provided magnetic inserts (16) and (17) and inserts of shape memory materials (18) and (19) to generate a curvature in the transverse plane of the strips. The strips (A) are provided at the outer side with a layer (14) having properties of thermal protection, and at the inner side with a thermally activable layer (15) of solid adhesive. The process according to the invention, allows the fixing by heat shrinking and vulcanization of both ends of the flexible piping onto the body of the pipelines on which it is mounted, and comprises in a first step, the mounting on the body of a suction pipe (20), of the front ends (c) of some strips (A) by wrapping around and interconnecting the same, concomitantly acting the curvature in the transverse plane of the element (18) made up of shape memory material, and closing the zippers (B) by moving the robotic closing sliders (9). Subsequently, there are activated the electrical heating resistances (3) for heat shrinking and complete molding of the piping, and the thermal activation of the adhesive layer (15) for the vulcanization on the body of the pipeline (20) on which it was mounted. In a subsequent step, on the damaged end (d) of the pipeline (1) there are mounted the rear ends (e) of the strips (A) by wrapping around and interconnecting the same, concomitantly with acting the curvature in the transverse plane of the elements (19) made up of shape memory material, and closing the zippers (C) by moving the robotic closing sliders (10). Subsequently, there are activated the electrical heating resistances (3) for the heat shrinking and complete moldng of the piping, and the thermal activation of the adhesive layer (15) for the vulcanization on the body of the damaged pipeline (1) on which it was mounted. There is commanded the movement of all robotic sliders (9) and (10) up to the contact thereof with the limit stops (11) and (12), so that all the zippers are completely closed, thereby sealing the system and redirecting the fluid flow coming out through the end of the damaged pipeline (1) towards the suction pipeline (20) and towards the pump (21), which creates a controlled depression in the flexible and tight piping, pushing the captured fluid into the pipeline (22).
US11873937B2
A pressure tight plug for sealing a coupler of a dry disconnect valve includes a housing, a main flow valve, and at least one urging member being rotatable with respect to the housing of the coupler. The pressure tight plug includes a body, a locking ring, a pressure relief lock valve, and a pressure relief channel. The body includes an internal region for sealing adjacent the main flow valve of the coupler member, and a flanged perimeter for securing the plug to the coupler. The locking ring is receivable on, and rotatable with respect to, the body for engaging with the at least one urging member of the coupler. The pressure relief lock valve is fixed with respect to the body. The pressure relief channel extends from the internal region of the body to atmosphere, via said pressure relief lock valve. The pressure relief lock valve is arranged such that in a valve closed position the pressure relief lock valve is engaged with the locking ring, therein restricting movement of the locking ring and therein fixing the plug to the coupler.
US11873936B2
A block fitting assembly includes a first block, a second block, and a first sealing element disposed between the first block and the second block. A clamping device applies a clamping force for compressing the first sealing element between the first block and the second block in an axial direction of the block fitting assembly. A first heel structure projects axially from one of the first block or the second block and projects towards the other of the first block or the second block. The first heel structure is configured to be spaced apart from or to contact the other of the first block or the second block depending on a temperature of the first block.
US11873930B2
A locking quick connect assembly is provided for removably coupling a first tube and a second tube. A quick connect housing presents a central bore for receiving the second tube. A redundant latch component positionable between an unlocked position and a locked position may be provided to slidingly engage the quick connect housing. A twist lock retainer surrounds the quick connect housing and the redundant latch component. The redundant latch component includes an axially extending latch retaining arm and the twist lock retainer includes a locking channel for receiving the latch retaining arm. The twist lock retainer also includes a twist lock retaining arm that locks against a bead of the second tube to resists separation. The twist lock retaining arm extends transversely to and radially inwardly of the locking channel to engage the latch retaining arm to prevent unwanted decoupling of the assembly. A handle extends from the redundant latch component in a direction opposite the latch retaining arm.
US11873920B2
A safety device for detachably locking the output member of a linear drive has a coupling rod that can be coupled with the output element of the linear drive. A blocking unit is linearly movably penetrated by the coupling rod that is relatively movable with respect to the housing between a locking position blocking the stroke of the coupling rod and a release position enabling the linear movement of the coupling rod. A spring device prestresses the blocking unit in the blocking position and a locking device locks the blocking unit in the release position. The locking device has locking rolling elements in the housing and a support sleeve that is linearly movably penetrated by the coupling rod. When energized, an electromagnet device holds the support sleeve in the support position against the recoil force of at least one trigger spring of a trigger spring device.
US11873914B2
A buffer valve is installed on a pneumatic diaphragm valve. An inner flow channel of the buffer valve includes an inner micro gas hole, an inner chamber, an outer gas hole, and a floating ball. The buffer valve has functions with a high-filling action, a shielding action, a releasing action, a shielding time Δt, and an adjusting mechanism. When inflatable, the floating ball will not block the inner micro hole to be quickly filled with high-pressure gas. when gas discharge, the floating ball will move to the outer gas hole with the gas flow and produce the shielding action to reduce the discharge rate to reduce the vibration and slow down the approach speed of the diaphragm to reduce the impact against the valve seat. When the pressure of the gas decreases, the floating ball is separated from the outer gas hole by the releasing action to accelerate the discharge.
US11873908B2
A butterfly valve includes a body, a gear assembly, a shaft, a Scotch yoke actuator on the shaft, and a gear box cover. The body has a fluid conduit and a gear platform supported on and over the fluid conduit. The shaft passes through the gear platform. The gear assembly is supported on the gear platform and includes a valve stem with a first threaded portion and includes a pin nut with a second threaded portion engaging the first threaded portion. The Scotch yoke actuator engages the pin nut. The gear box cover defines an internal cavity sized to house the gear assembly.
US11873897B2
A drive apparatus includes a motor that has a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a transmission mechanism that is connected on one side in the axial direction of the motor shaft, a lock mechanism that restricts driving of the transmission mechanism, a housing that houses the motor, the transmission mechanism, and the lock mechanism, an oil that is stored in the housing, and an oil passage that circulates the oil. The housing includes a motor room that houses the motor, a gear room that houses the transmission mechanism and the lock mechanism, and a partition that is provided between the motor room and the gear room. The oil passage includes a pump that pumps the oil in the oil passage, a first feed flow passage that feeds the oil to the motor, and a second feed flow passage that feeds the oil to the lock mechanism.
US11873895B2
A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle having a dual-clutch transmission (DCT) includes: operating the DCT while the vehicle is in motion with a high or low transmission gear drivingly engaged; receiving a shift request to engage an other one of the high and low transmission gears; reducing an engine torque output and first and second clutch torques; shifting a subtransmission to a neutral gear setting; selecting a first gear or a second gear to drive the subtransmission; shifting the main transmission to engage the selected first or second gear; after shifting the main transmission, shifting the subtransmission to the other one of the high and low transmission gears; and after shifting the subtransmission, controlling the engine torque output and the first and second clutch torques according to a driver request at an accelerator of the vehicle.
US11873892B2
A method and a system for controlling a gear of the two-speed gearbox and a vehicle is provided. The method for controlling a gear of a two-speed gearbox includes: determining a first target gear of the gearbox reflecting a current driving demand of a user according to a current vehicle-speed; and performing a gear intervention control of the gearbox based on at least one of the following aspects: position information of a drive gear-lever, a rotation-speed of a drive motor of a vehicle, and gear fault information of the gearbox, to shift the first target gear of the gearbox to a second target gear of the gearbox that matches with real-time operation conditions of the vehicle.
US11873890B2
Oil system for a turbomachine, making it possible to continue the supply of oil to the pieces of equipment of the turbomachine in case of occurrence of a fire within the turbomachine, including an oil circuit, at least one oil-consuming piece of equipment, supplied by the oil circuit, a pumping unit, including at least one speed-pilotable electrically driven pump, supplying the oil circuit, and an electronic control unit, configured to pilot the electrically driven pump, wherein the electronic control unit includes two separate logics of piloting the electrically driven pump, and wherein the electronic control unit is configured to pilot the electrically driven pump according to the first logic by default and to switch to the second logic in case of receipt of a signal representative of the presence of a fire or of an overheating.
US11873888B1
A differential carrier and ring gear assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly comprises a differential carrier, a ring gear, and a weld nugget. The differential carrier comprises an outer surface including a first contact face having a weld end extending to a root end. The first contact face has a first slot formed on a first radial portion thereof. The ring gear is disposed about the differential carrier and comprises an inner side having an inner surface. The inner side has a stop flange abutting the root end. The inner surface comprises a second contact face disposed on the first contact face such that the root end is in abutment with the second end. The first and second hollow channels define a pocket therebetween and the first slot defines a first vent hole for venting. The weld nugget is disposed between the first and second contact faces.
US11873884B2
A torque transmission device for a vehicle including at least one motor, the torque transmission device including a first clutch, a second clutch and a transmission member. A first transmission mechanism is provided between the first clutch and the transmission member, and a second transmission mechanism is provided between the second clutch and the transmission member. A connection element arranged to permit or interrupt the mutual rotational drive between the first output element of the first clutch and the transmission member, by means of the first transmission mechanism.
US11873882B2
A transmission structure of a coreless tubular motor includes a motor main body, a motor connecting seat, a primary gear ring, a primary planetary gear assembly, a brake outer sleeve, a secondary planetary gear assembly and a tertiary planetary gear assembly; the motor main body is a coreless motor; a brake driving member and a brake driven member which are coaxially provided are provided in and pass through the brake outer sleeve; the brake driving member is connected to an output end of the primary planetary gear assembly, the brake driven member is connected to an input end of the secondary planetary gear assembly, the brake driving member is in transmission connection with the brake driven member, and a braking assembly connected to the brake driving member and the brake driven member is provided on the inner side of the brake outer sleeve in the circumferential direction.
US11873881B1
Cable gripper jaws and cable gripper jaw members having at least one removable, cable gripping surface insert. The gripper jaw member has a recess for receiving the insert and the insert can engage with the gripper member by means of a fixative and/or a mechanical engaging means, including mechanical interlocking means. The insert and gripper member can be of different materials, including metals of differing hardness ratings. The cable gripper jaws have utility in the cable gripping fields, including in the drilling and horizontal directional drilling industries, and as part of a method for pulling cable through space, including pulling cable through space in the pipe bursting and trenchless pipe replacement industries.
US11873879B2
A flexible flywheel includes: a shaft fastening portion fixed to an end portion of an engine crankshaft; an annular inertia ring provided around the shaft fastening portion; a plurality of elastic spoke portions which extend in the radial direction between the shaft fastening portion and the inertia ring and connect the shaft fastening part and the inertia ring to each other, and that absorb vibration acting on the crankshaft by undergoing deflection; and weight portions provided between adjacent ones of the elastic spoke portions. The fastening portion, inertial ring, elastic spoke portions, and weight portions are formed integrally by casting or forging.
US11873873B2
Systems and methods of making an enhanced brake rotor having enhanced wear resistance are provided. The systems and methods provide a vehicular rotor comprising a base comprising iron (Fe). The base comprises an outer surface having a laser-hardened portion thereon. The laser-hardened portion comprises martensite and having a thickness of between 10 and 100 microns of the outer surface to define the enhanced brake rotor with enhanced wear resistance.
US11873872B2
A restriction device includes a bridge including a connection portion and a locking portion respective formed on two ends thereof. The connection portion includes a protrusion on the outside of the bridge. The protrusion is to be connected to one of the connection parts on the hub. The locking portion includes a tubular part on the inside of the bridge. The tubular part is located beyond the outer periphery of the hub. A space is formed between the inside of the bridge and the tubular part so as to accommodate the hub on the disk body when the protrusion is connected to one of the connection parts on the hub. The tubular part contacts one of two ends of the brake caliper to restrict rotation of brake disk.
US11873871B2
A brake caliper has an adjustment for controlling the location of the brake pads with respect to a brake rotor. The brake caliper includes a mount for attaching to a fixed surface to support the brake caliper, and a caliper connected to the mount for movement relative to the mount. A brake frame supports brake pads, one of which is movable with respect to the brake frame. An adjustor for controlling a position of the caliper with respect to the mount is configured for adjustment to change the position of the caliper with respect to the mount in an unactuated condition of the brake caliper thereby moving the caliper with respect to the mount and adjusting the position of the first and second brake pads with respect to the rotor. The brake caliper also may have an adjustable brake pressure feature.
US11873867B1
An electric vehicle transmission includes a housing, a first gear, a second gear, and a first clutch pack supported in the housing. A first actuator is arranged in the housing. The first actuator is coupled with a first actuator member. A second actuator is arranged in the housing. The second actuator is coupled with a second actuator member. A modular actuation system is mounted to the housing. The modular actuation system includes a first energizer member and a second energizer member. The first energizer member is operatively connected to the first actuator and is operable to engage the first gear and the second energizer member is operatively connected to the second actuator and is operable to engage the second gear.
US11873862B2
A planar high-density ball bearing comprises a cage and balls; the cage is provided with multiple groups of ball holes for arranging the balls; the ball holes in each group are distributed in the circumferential direction of the cage in an ellipse; the centers of the ellipses in each of which a group of ball holes is distributed coincide with each other, the major axes of the ellipses lie in a common line. The ball holes in adjacent groups are arranged to be staggered in relative to each other in the circumferential direction of the cage, and the balls in the same group of the ball holes are distributed in an ellipse. A method for manufacturing the planar high-density ball bearing, nutation reducer are provided.
US11873859B2
A clamper mechanism for a motion guide device includes a clamper block having tapered faces, clamper rolling elements arranged between the tapered faces and both left and right side faces of a track member, and a clamper rolling element holder attached to the clamper block with an interposition of an elastic member. When an elastic force exerted by the elastic member acts in a direction in which the clamper block and the clamper rolling element holder are separated from each other, the clamper rolling elements bite the tapered faces to bring the clamper block into a state restrained to the track member. When an external force against the elastic force exerted by the elastic member acts, the clamper rolling elements are brought into a free state within the tapered faces to bring the clamper block into a state not restrained to the track member to exert a stable clamping force.
US11873855B2
A barrel nut retainer for retaining a barrel nut in a bore of a component is disclosed having a body adapted to fit within a bore and extending between a first end and a second end, and wherein the body has an aperture between the first end and second end configured to receive a barrel nut, and a head portion at the first end of the body, the head portion adapted to sit over an open end of the bore.
US11873851B2
The present disclosure relates to an edge clip for attaching an item to an edge of an object. In an aspect, an edge clip includes a first part with a holding fixture for the item and a second part with two sidewalls and a gap between the two sidewalls. When the edge clip is plugged onto the edge, the edge is introduced into the gap in an insertion direction. The first part and the sidewalls are formed integrally with each other. The first part and at least a part of the sidewalls are formed of a hard component. At least two respective legs protrude into the gap and are formed integrally with each of the sidewalls. The legs of the different sidewalls are offset with respect to each other in the insertion direction and are formed at least in part of a soft component, relative to the hard component.
US11873846B2
A pressure regulating valve includes an inlet, an outlet, an internal cavity, a first regulating window, and a second regulating window. Pressurized fluid enters the valve through the inlet at a first pressure, the fluid flows through the first regulating window into and through the internal cavity, and then the fluid flows out through the outlet at a second pressure which is lower than the first pressure. The second regulating window of the valve adds a leakage network that prevents pressure spikes within the valve. Further, the second regulating window is only utilized when the fluid pressure within the valve reaches a pressure limit, aiding in maintaining the desired regulated pressure.
US11873841B1
Drive casings, heat exchange systems and methods for cooling lubricant within the casings which house within a main cavity of the casing a drive shaft, bearings or gears of an engine-driven apparatus, the casing having an integrated base defining a heat exchanger cavity and separating the heat exchanger cavity from the main cavity, where the base receives cooling liquid within the heat exchanger cavity, a surface of the base within the main cavity defining a main cavity floor which is slanted with respect to a horizontal plane when in normal use.
US11873839B1
A variable vaneless diffuser includes a shroud, a backing plate, a divider plate adjacent to the backing plate, a floor plate adjacent to the shroud, a plurality of standoffs formed on the divider plate, and a plurality of clearance slots formed in the floor plate. The divider plate is between the shroud and the backing plate. The floor plate is between the shroud and the divider plate and is movable relative to the divider plate. The plurality of standoffs and the plurality of clearance slots define a flow path for fluid flow. The flow path has an area which is variable through movement of the floor plate relative to the divider plate.
US11873835B2
A manufacturing method of an axial air moving device. A model of the axial air moving device includes a hub and blades. The axial projection of blades is partially overlapped in the axial direction of the hub. The model of the axial air moving device is parted in the axis direction of the hub. The blades are divided into multiple parting models non-overlapped in the axial projection. A mold manufacture using axial demolding and an injection molding are performed and the parting models are connected. Therefore, the axial air moving device with overlapped blades and better fluid performance is achieved through the axial demolding method.
US11873829B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a fan blade support assembly for a fan blade, an air duct assembly, and an air conditioner. The fan blade support assembly includes: a support base, the support base includes a support base body, and the support base body is provided with a support base hole; a support structure, provided in the support base hole, and the support structure is provided with a shaft hole; and a fan blade shaft, an end of the fan blade shaft is connected to a drive portion after passing through the shaft hole, and the fan blade shaft is movably provided relative to the support base, wherein, the fan blade shaft includes a first shaft section and a second shaft section connected with the first shaft section, and a diameter of the first shaft section is less than a diameter of the second shaft section.
US11873819B2
The present invention relates to an impeller for an electric water pump capable of preventing a cavitation from occurring in the impeller according to the related art and improving a flow restriction in the impeller by changing an internal structure of the impeller in consideration of a flow of a coolant introduced into the impeller. The impeller for an electric water pump, includes: an inlet member formed in a pipe shape extending to allow a fluid to be introduced; an upper member connected to one end of the inlet member, extending to one side, and having an inner diameter increasing toward the one side; an extension member outwardly extending from one end of the upper member; and a lower impeller member coupled to an upper impeller member formed by the inlet member, the upper member, and the extension member to form a discharge space from which the fluid is discharged.
US11873813B2
The present invention relates to highly efficient suction and compression rotating mechanisms, particularly the compression mechanism with piston blocks mounted on two axes and driven by a pair of matching gears in the field of compressors and vacuums or hydraulic system such as oil pump, hydraulic motor, hydraulic gearbox, specifically there is application that uses this mechanism to create one rotary motor with multi compression stages, force-generating stages and continuous fuel burning regime. The new rotary lobe structure in this invention provides a close contact between curved surfaces with the same radius, which is a “Surface-to-surface” contact, with much better tightness than “line” contact.
US11873803B2
The present invention discloses a continuous high-power turbine fracturing equipment, including a turbine engine, a reduction gearbox, a drive shaft and a plunger pump, the turbine engine is arranged in the same straight line with the reduction gearbox, the reduction gearbox is connected to the plunger pump through the drive shaft, the angle of the drive shaft is between 2° and 4°. The beneficial effects are as follows: chassis T1 materials are selected to provide a stable working platform for the equipment; the turbine engine is arranged in the same straight line with the reduction gearbox, the drive shaft is disposed between the reduction gearbox and the plunger pump, and the angle of the drive shaft is between 2° and 4°, ensuring stable and efficient transmission of the turbine engine, thus reducing the incidence of failure; a lubrication system driven by an auxiliary power system ensures that the turbine engine, the reduction gearbox and the plunger pump all run under appropriate circumstances, and a dual lubrication system ensures that the plunger pump achieves a power operation continuously at 5000 HP or above; with all the above technical means, the requirements of continuous high-power operations for the fracturing equipment would finally be satisfied.
US11873784B2
A gas metering valve for an internal combustion engine. The gas metering valve includes a housing in which a gas chamber is formed, which includes an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A movable valve element is situated in the gas chamber, which is movable by an electrical actuator against the force of a return spring and which cooperates with a valve seat for opening and closing the inlet opening. A blocking valve is situated between the valve element and the outlet opening, which opens in the flow direction to the outlet opening and blocks in the opposite flow direction.
US11873772B1
A method for controlling a dual fuel engine system includes determining a gas flow target for an internal combustion engine of the dual fuel engine system, where the gas flow target is based on a gas power target of the internal combustion engine, a thermal efficiency estimate of the internal combustion engine, and a lower heating value (LHV) within the internal combustion engine. The method also includes adjusting the gas flow target based on at least one of a measured gas temperature or a measured gas injector pressure and determining at least one base gas injector command based on the adjusted gas flow target, a gas substitution rate estimate, and a gas substitution rate target. The method further includes determining, based on the at least one base gas injector command, a gas injector command for at least one engine bank.
US11873768B1
A method of operating a fuel management unit for a fuel system. The method including: receiving data indicative of a state of an exhaust assembly using a sensor of the fuel system, the state of the exhaust assembly including a temperature of a working gas flow within the exhaust assembly; determining an amount of a hydrogen fuel in a liquid phase to provide to a hydrogen delivery assembly in response to receiving data indicative of the state of the exhaust assembly; and directing one or more components to provide the determined amount of the hydrogen fuel to the hydrogen delivery assembly.
US11873757B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a system for delivering oxygen to an internal combustion engine of a vehicle including an air filter for removing contaminants from an ambient air source. Embodiments may also include a main air supply pump driven by a first rotational power source to produce pressurized high temperature air. In some embodiments, the first rotational power source may be powered by an internal combustion. Embodiments may also include an engine of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the air filter may be in pneumatic communication with the main air supply pump generating the pressurized high temperature air. Embodiments may also include a heat exchanger for lowering a temperature of the pressurized high temperature air to produce pressurized cold temperature air.
US11873755B2
A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston comprises a number of fuel directing surfaces for directing a fuel spray sprayed onto the fuel directing surface. At least one of the fuel direction surfaces is/are inclined relative to a tangential direction of the piston. The present disclosure further relates to an engine comprising a piston and a vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine.
US11873746B2
A vehicle includes a filter, a negative-pressure mechanism, and a first opening and closing mechanism. The filter is disposed in an exhaust passage coupled to an engine. The negative-pressure mechanism is configured to pressurize a portion of the exhaust passage upstream of the filter to a negative pressure less than an atmospheric pressure. The first opening and closing mechanism includes an opening disposed in the exhaust passage, and a valve configured to selectively open and close the opening. The valve is configured to, when the exhaust passage becomes negatively pressurized by the negative-pressure mechanism, open the opening.
US11873743B2
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability. High-voltage DC power conversion and distribution circuitry improves the efficiency of VRE power transfer into the system.
US11873734B2
An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.
US11873732B2
A vane of a turbine engine blade includes a first portion of structural resistance formed by two end portions including the leading and trailing edges and end strips of the lower surface and the upper surface, and of a core joining them. Two other portions of the blade are constructed of light material, composite for example, between the end portions to reconstitute the complete vane. The core has an oblique or diagonal extension between the end portions.
US11873726B2
A strut provided in an exhaust diffuser and having an airfoil-shaped cross-section is provided. The strut may include a cut portion configured to be formed in a trailing edge in a span direction. The cut portion is configured to provide a stepped portion in at least a portion of the trailing edge.
US11873715B2
An apparatus comprises a sub-section of a pulse power drilling assembly including a transformer encircling a center flow tube through which a drilling mud is to flow for drilling a borehole into a subsurface formation based on periodic pulses of electrical discharges from the pulse power drilling assembly. The transformer comprises at least one primary winding that encircles the center flow tube; a core that encircles the at least one primary winding, wherein the core comprises an electrically non-conductive material; and at least one secondary winding that encircles the core.
US11873705B1
A method of fracturing a rock formation includes cementing a production pipe to a wellbore within the rock formation, wherein a seat is attached to an inner surface of the production pipe. The method further includes forming access ports along a first section of the wellbore that fluidly connect the production pipe to the wellbore, delivering treatment fluid from the production pipe to the wellbore through the access ports, flowing formation fluid from the rock formation to the production pipe through the access ports, and closing an opening in the seat to isolate the first section of the wellbore from a second section of the wellbore located above the first section.
US11873700B2
A method of manufacturing a valve of a tool for use downhole includes changing a flow characteristic of the valve. A load is applied to a first nozzle secured in a housing of the valve via a first release member, wherein a magnitude of the load is greater than a release threshold of the first release member, to release the first release member. The first nozzle is removed from the housing, and a second nozzle is secured in the housing via a second release member.
US11873699B2
An electro-hydraulic control system for actuating a control valve includes a control module. The control module is coupled to the surface via two hydraulic lines and an electric line. The control module uses one of the hydraulic lines as an “open” line and the other line as a “close” line. The control module includes a normally closed (NC) solenoid valve (SOV) that is coupled to the electric line and can be controlled from the surface to open or close. The opening or closing of the NC SOV in cooperation with hydraulic pressure on an “open” or “close” line of the hydraulic lines operates (i.e., closes or opens) the control valve.
US11873692B2
The disclosure relates to a sensor transportation apparatus to convey an elongate sensor assembly through a wellbore. The sensor transportation apparatus comprises at least one engagement structure to connect the sensor transportation apparatus to the sensor assembly, and a pair of wheels arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor assembly when the transportation apparatus is connected to the sensor assembly, and an orientation structure comprising at least one orientation projection, in a transverse outline of the sensor transportation apparatus a said orientation projection extending between the pair of wheels so that the shortest distance between a centre of mass of the elongate sensor assembly and the wellbore wall is when the pair of wheels are in contact with the wellbore wall.
US11873690B2
Downhole tractor control systems and methods to maintain a load of a downhole tractor are disclosed. A method to maintain a load of a downhole tractor includes identifying a reduction of power of a first set of motors of a plurality of motors of the downhole tractor, determining whether the reduction of power of the first set of motors is below a first threshold, and increasing, in response to the determination, a first power limit of a second set of motors of the plurality of motors to a maximum acceptable power limit of the second set of motors while maintaining the load of the downhole tractor.
US11873682B2
A light absorbing and light emitting device, comprising a first structure supported by a holder. A first portion of the first structure (which can be flexible, sheet-like and/or at least partially opaque) comprises phosphorescent material and/or phase change material on a first side. The first structure is movable relative to the holder between a first position, in which the first side faces a first direction, and a second position, in which the first side faces a second direction. Also, a light admitting, light absorbing and light emitting assembly that comprises a light absorbing and light emitting device and a first light-transmitting structure. Also, a light absorbing and light emitting device that comprises a holder assembly and a plurality of first structures, with phosphorescent and/or phase change material, and each movable between first and second positions. Also, methods of absorbing light and emitting light with such structures.
US11873676B2
Disclosed is a pane unit (10), which comprises a frame structure (12) formed from a plurality of profiles (14), at least two outer panes (16, 16′), and at least one middle pane (18). The panes are each connected or attached to the frame structure (12). The pane unit (10) moreover comprises at least one functional element (20) used for the illumination of the at least one middle pane (18), which functional element (20) is inserted into at least one chamber (24) provided in the profiles (14). The plurality of profiles (14) are coupled with each other by at least one connection element (28), wherein the at least one connection element (28) engages with the profiles (14) in such a manner that the pane unit (10) is hermetically sealed.
US11873675B1
Examples of glass adjustment assemblies arc described. An example glass adjustment assembly includes a locking member and a clamp that includes a base member with side extensions on either side. The example glass adjustment assembly also includes a horizontal connection member. The side extensions of the clamp are to be slidably mounted to the horizontal connection member. The locking member is to be variably attached to the horizontal connection member. The variable attachment is to apply controlled pressure on the base member of the clamp which is transmitted to a glass panel through an adhesive tape. The pressure applied to the glass panel may generate tension in a frame structure, which reduces sag and allows for thin members of the frame structure. In some examples, external hardware can attach to the vertical and/or horizontal connection members.
US11873673B2
Provided is a single-axis hinge with a damper mechanism and a catch mechanism for allowing either one of a first member and a second member to be attached to a portion having a small attachment space. The single-axis hinge (2) includes the first member (11) attached to the main body, and the second member (12) which is attached to the door and can rotate with respect to the first member (11) around a shaft (13) facing a vertical direction. The catch mechanism (6) has a spring (8) and gives rotational force in a closing direction to the door in the vicinity of a closed position. The damper mechanism (7) has a linear damper (9) and damps rotation of the door when the door is closed. The catch mechanism (6) and the damper mechanism (7) are disposed on either one of the first member (11) and the second member (12).
US11873662B2
A locking device (1), comprising:—a latch bolt arrangement (2), which is movable into at least a first and a second latch bolt position, said latch bolt arrangement (2) comprising a first follower arm engagement part (7); —a first follower arrangement (8) configured for transferring a motion to the latch bolt arrangement from a first unlocking device which can be connected to the first follower arrangement (8), wherein said first follower arrangement (8) comprises a first follower arm (11) which comprises a latch bolt engagement part (13) which is configured to at least in some positions of the first follower arm (11) contact the first follower arm engagement part (7) of the latch bolt arrangement (2), whereby the latch bolt arrangement (2) can be pushed by a movement of the first follower arm (11) such that the latch bolt arrangement (2) is moved from the first latch bolt position to the second latch bolt position; and —a locking arm (15), wherein said locking arm (15) further comprises a locking arm catch (19), whereby said locking arm (15) can be moved from the first locking arm position to the second locking arm position by pushing said locking arm catch (19), and wherein the first follower arm (11) further comprises a locking arm catch engagement part (21) which will push the locking arm catch (19) for moving the locking arm (15) towards the second locking arm position when the first follower arm (11) is moved for pushing the latch bolt arrangement (2) to the second latch bolt position.
US11873647B2
A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor covering consists of floor panels, which, on at least one pair of edges, are provided with coupling parts. The coupling parts substantially are manufactured from the material of the floor panel, and the coupling parts are configured such that two such floor panels, at the pair of edges, can be installed and locked to each other by means of a downward movement and/or by means of the fold-down principle.
US11873646B2
A modular floor tile has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first side has a first male locking structure with a male locking end. The second side has a female locking structure with a locking receptacle, which has a receiving groove, a locking notch vertically adjacent the receiving groove, and a female locking end adjacent the locking notch, such that the male locking end of a first one of the floor tile is insertable into the receiving groove of a second one of the floor tile, and vertically movable from the receiving groove into the locking notch to engage with the female locking end of the second one of the floor tile, thereby engaging the first male locking structure of the first one of the floor tile with the female locking structure of the second one of the floor tile.
US11873642B2
A fire resistant construction block that comprises a core comprising a polygonal shape including a front face, a rear face, a right face, a left face, a bottom face, and a top face. The fire resistant construction block further comprises a fire resistant coating surrounding at least a portion of the core and an optional intermediate layer disposed between the core and the fire resistant coating. The fire resistant construction block can comprise a plurality of channels, and the top face of the fire resistant construction block comprises a sloped surface. The fire resistant construction block can be configured to be disposed above a window of a building and the placement of the fire resistant construction block can enable an exterior wall of a building to comply with a National Fire Protection Agency Code 285 standard fire test method and/or other fire test standards.
US11873640B2
A fastening apparatus for two or more prefabricated blocks, in which the apparatus includes a perforated plate, a first block with a step, a connector plate that sized and shaped to engage the step, and an upstanding wall that is spaced apart from the block member. The perforated plate is connected to the wall and extends away from it towards the step. The perforated plate is partially mounted on part of the connector plate so as to sandwich it between the perforated plate and the step.
US11873631B2
An apparatus (100), including: a sheet (102) composed of a resilient material and configured to be flexed and then installed in a trapway of a toilet where the sheet takes on an installed shape in which a resilience of the resilient material biases the sheet outward against the trapway; at least one snare (104) protruding from a first side (142) of the sheet and thereby radially into the trapway once installed and configured to snare select items being flushed down the trapway; and a retention feature (106) extending from the sheet and configured to catch on a perimeter of an inlet of the trapway and thereby aid in holding the apparatus in place.
US11873630B2
A pneumatic valve control device includes an air cylinder. The air cylinder includes a first piston; an air outlet; and a locking and releasing mechanism configured to lock and release the first piston when the first piston is pushed up. The device also includes a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder includes a second piston; an air vent disposed on a first side of the second piston; and a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet disposed on a second side of the second piston. The device also includes a partition disposed between the hydraulic cylinder and the air cylinder; a partition channel disposed on the partition; a piston rod connected to the second piston and configured to pass through the partition channel; and a tappet valve connected to the piston rod and configured to leave the partition channel in response to an upward movement of the piston rod.
US11873629B2
A sanitary insert unit (6) is provided having an insert housing (2) which can be mounted on or in a water outlet (3) of a sanitary outlet fitting and in the housing interior of which there is provided a liquid path that channels water flowing through the housing interior. A jet splitter (9, 10) with a plurality of splitter openings (11, 13) is provided in the liquid path, and the splitter openings divide the through-flowing water into a plurality of individual jets. At least one grid or mesh structure (14, 15) follow the jet splitter (9, 10) in the liquid path, and at least one bypass duct (16) which bypasses the liquid path at least in certain portions is provided. The bypass duct (16) is formed as a nozzle for generating at least one accelerated liquid jet, and for this purpose, the at least one bypass duct (16) has a tapering clear duct cross section at least in a sub-portion.
US11873628B2
A redundant meter measurement system includes a first water sensor configured to measure a first set of water use data and a second water sensor configured to measure a second set of water use data. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the first water sensor and the second water sensor. The controller is configured to receive the first set of water use data from the first water sensor and receive the second set of water use data from the second water sensor. The controller is also configured to store the first set of water use data and the second set of water use data as a collection of water use data. The controller is also configured to enable transmission of the collection of water use data to a remote device.
US11873624B2
A working machine includes a controller to perform automatic deceleration to automatically reduce a first rotation speed of a left traveling motor to output a power to a left traveling device on a left portion of a machine body and a second rotation speed of a right traveling motor to output a power to a right traveling device on a right portion of the machine body by shifting a speed stage of each of the left and right traveling motors from a second speed to a first speed that is lower than the second speed. The controller is configured or programmed to determine, based on the second rotation speed, a left threshold for judging whether to perform the automatic deceleration in left pivot turn of the machine body, and to determine, based on the first rotation speed, a right threshold for judging whether to perform the automatic deceleration in right pivot turn of the machine body.
US11873623B2
A controller controls a first drive source and a second drive source based on a moving speed of a motor grader measured by a speed sensor and a turning angular velocity of the motor grader measured by an IMU, to thereby independently control a rotation speed of each of a right front wheel and a left front wheel.
US11873622B2
A system and method are provided for determining mistrack conditions in work vehicles such as excavators having first and second tracks. A controller uses data from onboard sensors (e.g., cameras, lidar) having an external field of view to detect a first position of, e.g., a track of the work vehicle relative to a first external point in a local reference system independent of a global reference system and to detect, upon the work vehicle having advanced from the detected first position a predetermined distance, a second position of the at least first component of the work vehicle relative to a second external point in the local reference system. The controller further determines an amount of mistrack error corresponding to a difference between the detected second position and an expected second position, and generates an output signal based on the determined amount of mistrack error.
US11873621B2
A system and method are provided for controlling movement of an implement for a self-propelled work vehicle, said implement comprising one or more components coupled to a main frame of the work vehicle. A linkage joint in defined in association with at least one implement component, wherein sensors are respectively associated with opposing sides of the linkage joint. Output signals from each sensor comprise sense elements which are fused in an independent coordinate frame associated at least in part with the respective linkage joint, wherein the independent coordinate frame is independent of a global navigation frame for the work vehicle. At least one joint characteristic (e.g., joint angle) is tracked based on at least a portion of the sense elements from the received output signals for each of the opposing sides of the respective linkage joint. Movement of implement components may optionally be controlled in view of the tracked joint characteristics.
US11873617B2
A mobile work machine includes a first grade control system that receives a an external reference position signal from a geographic positioning system, and generates blade control signals to control an orientation of a blade in grading a worksite. The mobile work machine also includes a second grade control system that uses blade mainfall and cross slope as well as chassis (or mainframe) mainfall and cross slope to control the orientation of the blade relative to the frame of the work machine to create a planar grade of a desired mainfall and cross slope. When functionality of the first grade control system is interrupted, the mobile work machine automatically switches to using the second grade control system to perform the grading operation, until the interruption to the functionality of the first grade control system is restored.
US11873595B2
A foldable laundry hamper having a folded and unfolded state, and in the folded state a floor panel and a cover of the hamper are sandwiched between the front and back panels and the hamper occupies a relatively small volume.
US11873592B2
A shift mechanism for a tufting machine for controlling the transverse, lateral shifting movement of a series of needles of the tufting machine across a backing material for forming a series of cut and/or loop pile tufts of yarns in the backing in accordance with a pattern. The shift mechanism will include a motor controlled rack and pinion shift control assembly having one or more pinions, each driven by a motor, that engage and drive a rack coupled to at least one needle bar of the tufting machine, for controlling the transverse shifting movement of the needles.
US11873583B2
A fiber for artificial hair constituted of a resin composition containing an aliphatic polyamide. A weight average molecular weight Mw of a dissolved component obtained when the fiber for artificial hair is dissolved in hexafluoroisopropanol is 46,000 or more and less than 65,000.
US11873575B2
Ingot puller apparatus for preparing a single crystal silicon ingot by the Czochralski method are disclosed. The ingot puller apparatus includes a heat shield. The heat shield has a leg segment that includes a void (i.e., an open space without insulation) disposed in the leg segment. The heat shield may also include insulation partially within the heat shield.
US11873561B2
Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet used for an automobile outer panel and so forth and, more specifically, to a method for producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent press formability and clarity after painting, and to a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet produced by the method.
US11873558B2
Precursor container, comprising a first volume formed by a first chamber to house precursor material, a second volume formed by a second chamber and separated from the first volume by a partition wall, and a conduit passing through the partition wall and extending from the first volume to the second volume providing the precursor material housed within the first volume with a route to the second volume following a pressure increase in the first volume. The partition wall is a gas-permeable wall allowing gas from the first volume to permeate to the second volume.
US11873542B2
A high-Ni alloy having excellent weld-hot-cracking resistance includes, in mass %, Cr: 16-30%, Ni: 18-50%, Al: 0.01-1.0%, and Ti: 0.01-1.5%. In a first aspect of the invention, a relationship between number density of TiC precipitates having 1.0 μm or more of equivalent circle diameter and Mg content in steel satisfies formula (1) below. In a second aspect of the invention, S average concentration in oxide- and sulfide-inclusions is 0.70 mass % or more. In a third aspect of the invention, mass ratios of CaO, MgO, and Al2O3 in inclusions, where O or S is detected, satisfy formula (2), the mass ratios being respectively calculated from average concentrations of Ca, Mg and Al in the inclusions, (1) number density of TiC (number of pieces/mm2)≤463−9.5×Mg concentration in steel (mass ppm) and (2) [CaO−0.6×MgO] (mass %)/[CaO+MgO+Al2O3] (mass %)≥0.20.
US11873540B2
A method of extracting lithium from a lithium-bearing material including: (i) mixing the lithium-bearing material, gypsum, a sulfur-containing material, and a calcium-containing material and forming a feed mixture having a moisture content of at least 20 wt %; (ii) drying the feed mixture to form a dried mixture having a moisture content of less than 20 wt %; (iii) roasting the dried mixture and forming a roasted mixture including a water-soluble lithium compound; and (iv) leaching lithium from the water-soluble lithium compound and forming a lithium-containing leachate by mixing the aqueous solution and the water-soluble lithium compound.
US11873532B2
The present invention relates to methods, systems and kits for the diagnosis, prognosis and the determination of progression of cancer in a subject. The invention also provides biomarkers that define subgroups of prostate cancer, clinically useful classifiers for distinguishing prostate cancer subtypes, bioinformatic methods for determining clinically useful classifiers, and methods of use of each of the foregoing. The methods, systems and kits can provide expression-based analysis of biomarkers for purposes of subtyping prostate cancer in a subject. Further disclosed herein, in certain instances, are probe sets for use in subtyping prostate cancer in a subject. Classifiers for subtyping a prostate cancer are provided. Methods of treating cancer based on molecular subtyping are also provided.
US11873526B2
A reagent solution includes water, a nucleotide, and tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine in a range of 0.5 μM to 1000 μM. The reagent solution can further include a non-ionic surfactant in an amount of 0.001% to 1% or a biocidal agent in an amount of 0.001% to 1%. The reagent solution can include salts, such as sodium chloride or magnesium sulfate.
US11873515B2
The present invention provides a dehydrogenase mutant L283V/L286V, and a preparation method and use thereof, and relates to the field of biomedicine technologies. An amino acid sequence of the mutant L283V/L286V is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; and the mutant is prepared by simultaneously mutating 283rd and 286th leucine of a dehydrogenase with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 into valine. The dehydrogenase mutant L283V/L286V shows high selectivity in catalyzing myosmine reduction reaction in a whole cell system to produce S-nornicotine, and has relatively high dehydrogenase and imine reductase activities, a short enzyme reduction time, and a high transformation rate. The product S-nornicotine obtained through the reaction has extremely high optical purity, which reduces the operation difficulty of subsequent purification.
US11873513B2
The invention relates to progenitor cells of mesodermal lineage and their use in therapy.
US11873510B2
This invention relates to methods of expanding T regulatory cells through OX40L and Jagged-1 induced signaling. The methods can be used for treating autoimmune diseases.
US11873504B2
The present disclosure provides CasX proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CasX proteins, and modified host cells comprising the CasX proteins and/or nucleic acids encoding same. CasX proteins are useful in a variety of applications, which are provided. The present disclosure provides CasX guide RNAs that bind to and provide sequence specificity to the CasX proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CasX guide RNAs, and modified host cells comprising the CasX guide RNAs and/or nucleic acids encoding same. CasX guide RNAs are useful in a variety of applications, which are provided. The present disclosure provides archaeal Cas9 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same, as well as their associated archaeal Cas9 guide RNAs and nucleic acids encoding same.
US11873496B2
The invention relates to methods of modulating the expression of one or more genes in a cell by modulating the multimerization of a transcription factor and/or modulating the formation of enhancer-promoter DNA loops, and thereby modulating the expression of the one or more genes. The invention also relates to treating diseases and conditions involving aberrant gene expression by modulating the multimerization of a transcription factor and/or modulating the formation of enhancer-promoter DNA loops. The invention also relates to methods for screening for compounds that modulate expression of one or more genes in a cell.
US11873495B2
Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of LRRK2 RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of LRRK2 protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include ataxia, neuropathy, and aggregate formation. Such neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease.
US11873492B2
The invention provides a medication and a diagnostic kit for inhibiting metastasis and invasion of breast cancer, an shRNA molecule for silencing expression of human LINC01614 and applications thereof. The shRNAs obtained by the invention can interfere with the expression of LINC01614, thereby reducing the migration and invasion ability of tumor cells, inhibiting the expression of EMT proteins, and inhibiting tumor formation and lung metastasis in an animal model in vivo. The invention provides a new solution for targeted therapy of breast cancer. Therefore, the kit for diagnosing metastasis and invasion of breast cancer and the medication for treating metastasis and invasion of breast cancer are developed. The invention provides a new way and strategy for diagnosing and treating metastasis and invasion of breast cancer.
US11873477B2
Bacterial cultures are provided that comprise a modified Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium missing or deficient in two or more virulence factors. The two or more virulence factors can be selected from exotoxin A, hemolytic phospholipase C, phenazine-specific methyltransferase, alpha-1,3-rhamnosyltransferase, and 3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase. Certain of the modified Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria are also missing or deficient in one or more alginate acetylation enzymes including the alginate Oacetyltransferases AlgI, AlgJ, AlgF, AlgX, and/or the C5-mannuronan epimerase AlgG. Methods of producing alginate are also provided along with compositions comprising alginate produced by the modified Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
US11873472B2
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for culture of cell aggregates. The subject invention utilizes three-dimensional (3-D) inserts comprising micro-channels having selected dimensions. The inserts are provided in or on tissue culture plates that can be supported on a programmable rocking platform/station, thereby providing for a hydrodynamic environment that promotes 3-D aggregation of cells cultured on the plates. The supporting rocker is programmed to provide motion that generates hydrodynamic conditions that support 3-D cell aggregation and long-term culture. The subject invention also concerns an apparatus comprising a tissue culture vessel that comprises a 3-D insert of the present invention, and a programmable rocking platform/station that can provide motion to the vessel provided thereon, thereby generating hydrodynamic conditions and wave motion that support 3-D cell aggregation and cell culture. The subject invention also concerns methods for growing 3-D aggregates of cells.
US11873466B2
An opacified liquid detergent composition includes at least one anionic surfactant, a fatty acid, calcium cations, and water. The fatty acid and calcium cations are present in the opacified liquid detergent composition in a weight ratio of the fatty acid to the calcium cations of from about 1:25 to about 1:150. The opacified liquid detergent composition is free of a microplastic opacifier and has a turbidity value of greater than 250 NTU measured utilizing a turbidity meter at about 24° C.
US11873461B1
A sulfurized extreme pressure additive and lubricant including the same providing good copper corrosion and seal compatibility.
US11873457B2
A catalytic conversion process for producing gasoline and propylene includes the steps of 1) subjecting a feedstock oil to a first catalytic conversion reaction in a first catalytic conversion reaction device to obtain a first reaction product; 2) separating the first reaction product to obtain a propylene fraction, a gasoline fraction and a fraction comprising C4 olefin; 3) carrying out an oligomerization reaction on the fraction comprising C4 olefin in an oligomerization reactor to obtain an oligomerization product comprising C12 olefin, and optionally separating the oligomerization product to obtain a fraction comprising C12 olefin; 4) recycling the C12 olefin-containing oligomerization product or fraction to the first catalytic conversion reaction device, and/or sending the C12 olefin-containing oligomerization product or fraction to a second catalytic conversion reaction device for a second catalytic conversion reaction to obtain a second reaction product comprising propylene.
US11873446B2
The present disclosure provides a novel process of using nonionic surfactants in wells at, near, or below their cloud point temperature for increased oil production from reservoir formations. Adjusting the surfactant cloud point temperature to be proximate to the reservoir temperature results in the maximum surface activity of the surfactant, increased adsorption, and better imbibition performance. The nonionic surfactants may be mixed with a solution on surface and then injected into formation brine for spontaneous brine imbibition and crude oil production from oil-wet unconventional reservoir formations.
US11873440B2
The present disclosure relates to a radiative cooling device which is sensitive to the ambient temperature and in which the emissivity changes depending on the infrared wavelength range and emission angle, and a method of cooling an object using the radiative cooling device.
US11873432B2
Luminescent materials that include a luminescent phosphor compound, articles including a security feature, and methods for producing the luminescent phosphor compounds are provided herein. In an embodiment, a luminescent material includes a medium and luminescent particles. The luminescent particles include a luminescent benzothiazole having a ureido linkage. The luminescent benzothiazole has a peak intensity within a wavelength of from about 555 to about 630 nm in response to excitation with electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength of about 366 nm.
US11873431B2
An article comprising a luminescent nanoparticle is described, wherein the luminescent nanoparticle is selected from the group consisting of oxide nanoparticles, aluminate nanoparticles, and germanate nanoparticles; and wherein the luminescent nanoparticle is doped with one or more metals or rare-earth elements. A method of making a luminescent nanoparticle is also described, the method comprising the steps of: providing a nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle is doped with one or more chemical elements, and heating the nanoparticle to a temperature of between about 1000° C. and about 1200° C. to alter the crystal structure of the nanoparticle and/or to create oxygen vacancies in the nanoparticle. A persistent luminescent nanoparticle is described, said persistent luminescent nanoparticle being selected from the group consisting of: LaAlO3 nanoparticles, Gd2O3 nanoparticles, SrAl2O4 nanoparticles, Y2O3 nanoparticles, and combinations thereof; wherein the nanoparticle is doped with about 1 mol % or less of a chemical element selected from the group consisting of: holmium, europium, ytterbium, neodymium, magnesium, and combinations thereof.
US11873426B2
The present invention provides a curable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula A and a compound represented by General Formula B. ArL-Sp-Pol)n (General Formula A) In General Formula A, Ar represents an n-valent group containing a nitrogen-containing fused aromatic ring as a partial structure; L represents a linking group such as —O— and —C(═O)O—; Sp represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol represents a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; n represents 1 or 2; and the compound represented by General Formula A has at least one polymerizable group. In General Formula B, R′, R″, and R′″ are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R′ and R″ or R″ and R′″ may be bonded to each other to form a ring that may have a substituent; and W is a hydrogen atom or a substituent. Using the curable composition of the present invention, it is possible to form a cured product having a small Abbe number, a large partial dispersion ratio, and high light stability.
US11873424B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic apparatus comprises: a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing in the opposite direction as the first plate, and side members surrounding the space between the second plate and the second plate; a printed circuit board which is disposed within the space and on which at least one electrical component is mounted; a shield can mounted on the printed circuit board and disposed to surround the at least one electrical component; and an insulating tape member attached to the inner surface of the shield can between the shield can and the electrical component. The insulating tape member may include: a first layer including a first material and formed to a first thickness; a second layer laminated on the first layer by means of an adhesive, including a second material, and formed to a second thickness that is the same as or thicker than the first thickness; and an adhesive layer formed on the second layer and for being attached to the shield can. Various other embodiments may also be possible.
US11873422B2
An adhesive composition comprising a silane-modified epoxy resin, a dicyclopentadiene novolac epoxy resin and a curing agent. The composition shows good oily steel bonding, even in the absence of CTBN rubber or rubber adducts as toughening agents, with good Tg values of the cured resin and good Tg retention after hot wet aging.
US11873418B2
An ultraviolet (UV)-resistant nanocomposite coating may include a polyaniline (PANI)/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite. The PANI/GO nanocomposite may include GO nanosheets that may be coated with PANI. The PANI/GO nanocomposite may be dispersed into a binding matrix.
US11873414B2
A sealing resin composition contains an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B) having at least one amino group in one molecule, and an inorganic filler (C), wherein the inorganic filler (C) contains a first inorganic filler (C1) having an average particle size from 0.1 μm to 20 μm and a second inorganic filler (C2) having an average particle size from 10 nm to 80 nm, and a value obtained by multiplying a specific surface area of the inorganic filler (C), by a proportion of a mass of the inorganic filler (C) in a solid mass of the sealing resin composition, is 4.0 m2/g or more.
US11873406B2
A bituminous composition comprising at least one bitumen base, at least one compound of general formula (I): Ar1-R1—Ar2 (I), and at least one compound of general formula (II): R2—(NH)nCONH—X—(NHCO)p(NH)n—R′2 (II). The invention also concerns a process for the preparation of said bituminous composition.
US11873405B2
Provided herein are high oleic oil compositions. Further provided herein are methods of producing high oleic oil compositions from microorganisms and applications thereof in end products, including, for example, polyols, polyurethane products, personal care products, and food products.
US11873396B2
Nanostructures and associated compositions, systems, and methods are provided. In some embodiments, a nanostructure may comprise polymers, intermolecular bonding groups, and a particle. The polymers may be associated with the particle and the intermolecular bonding groups may be associated with at least some of the polymers. In some embodiments, at least some of the intermolecular bonding groups may have a different chemical composition and/or chemical property than the polymers. In some embodiments, nanostructures may reversibly associate with each other via the intermolecular bonding groups to form a material. In some such cases, the intermolecular bonding groups on different nanostructures may reversibly associate with each other. In some embodiments, the nanostructures may be designed, such that the energy required to disassociate at least a portion of the nanostructures in the material is greater than the energy required to dissociate a single association between intermolecular bonding groups.
US11873393B2
A bimodal ethylene-based polymer, including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, wherein the high density fraction is measured by crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) integration at temperatures from 93° C. to 119° C., an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.5, wherein I2 is the melt index when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 2.16 kg and temperature of 190° C. and I10 is the melt index when measured according to ASTM D 1238 at a load of 10 kg and temperature of 190° C., and a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10° C., wherein the short chain branching distribution is measured by CEF full width at half height.
US11873383B2
Vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions and substrates including films comprising vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions are described. A film and composition generally including a polymeric matrix; and a crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial dispersed in the polymeric matrix, wherein the crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial comprises a smallest dimension between about 100 nm and about 5 nm.
US11873382B2
The current embodiments include all-polymeric protective material for mitigating lightning strike damage. The protective material includes a hybrid matrix comprising PANI and MXene dispersed within a thermosetting epoxy resin. This hybrid matrix can be painted, printed, or applied as a conductive polymeric layer to a FRCP structure, for example an aircraft fuselage, wing, empennage, control surface (aileron, flap, slats, rudder, elevator) or a wind turbine blade. The protective material not only withstands lightning strikes, but also functions as shielding against electromagnetic interference and is corrosion-resistant and lightweight.
US11873374B2
The invention encompasses hydrogels, monomer precursors of the hydrogels, methods for the preparation thereof, and methods of use therefor. The linking of monomers can take place using non-radical, bioorthogonal reactions such as copper-free click-chemistry.
US11873369B2
Polymers are obtained by polymerizing in the presence of a Bronsted acid or a Lewis acid catalyst, a monomer comprising a 1,3-diisoalkenylarene, a 1,4-diisoalkenylarene, or mixtures thereof. The polymer comprises at least one of repeat units (A), (B), (C), and (D); wherein R1 is H or a C1-C8 alkyl group. The polymers have high Tg and exhibit good solubility in non-polar solvents, forming substantially gel-free solutions. The polymers are useful for producing crosslinked materials having good physical properties. The crosslinked materials are valuable for further downstream uses, such as copper clad laminates.
US11873365B2
A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins made from or containing Mg, Ti and an electron donor of formula (I) where the R1 and R5 groups, equal to or different from each other, are selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, R2 group is selected from C2-C10 hydrocarbon groups, R3 to R4 groups, independently, are selected from hydrogen or C1-C20 hydrocarbon groups, optionally fused together to form one or more cycles, with the proviso that at least one of R3 to R4 groups is a C1-C20 alkyl group.
US11873363B2
Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode capable of forming an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent low-temperature cycle characteristics and low-temperature output characteristics. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a polymer and a solvent. The polymer is a block copolymer including an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit having a carbon number of 5 or more. The amount of the polymer that elutes into electrolyte solution is not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %.
US11873361B2
An ophthalmic device for slowing, inhibiting or preventing myopia progression which is a polymerization product of a monomeric mixture comprising (a) greater than 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the monomeric mixture, of one or more non-silicone-containing hydrophilic monomers; (b) one or more crosslinking agents; and (c) one or more red-light blocking compounds blocking greater than 5% to about 25% of red-light transmission through the ophthalmic device at a wavelength of from about 550 nm to about 800 nm, wherein the one or more red-light blocking compounds have one or more ethylenically unsaturated reactive end groups.
US11873359B2
A photocurable composition includes a photopolymerizable component and a photopolymerization initiator, in which a diluted solution (D1) obtained by diluting the photocurable composition with ethanol such that the content of ethanol is 99% by mass would satisfy the following Condition (X): the transmittance at at least one wavelength within the wavelength range of from 365 nm to 405 nm, measured at an optical path length of 1 cm, is from 1.0% to 70.0%.
US11873358B2
A novel synthetic functionalized backbone polymer is provided which is a polyanionic side-chain functionalized back-bone polymer comprising a hydrophilic backbone polymer functionalized with an activated alkene or epoxy group. The functionalized backbone polymer may be combined with a free or protected thiol-containing compound to form a crosslinked hydrogel having bio-medical application, and may additionally be combined with a hydrogel matrix to yield a hydrogel system useful for in vivo delivery of cells and other therapeutic agents.
US11873353B2
A system and method for flow synthesis of polymer nanoparticles in a continuous flow reactor having a channel. The polymer nanoparticles are synthesized from monomer in the presence of an initiator.
US11873352B2
A process for producing a polymer material comprising: (a) providing a polymer material, which is carbon dioxide neutral and is selected from polyethylene, e.g. made from sugar cane ethanol, polypropylene and polystyrene, (b) providing a biodegradable additive, (c) blending the polymer material of step (a) with the biodegradable additive of step (b), wherein the biodegradable additive of step (b) is an organic mixture for the growing of naturally occurring organism comprising a fungal-bacterial mixture, e.g. a Penicillium-Bacillus mixture.
US11873351B2
There is provided a method for producing hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate (HPMCP), including an esterification step of reacting hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose with a carboxybenzoylating agent in the presence of an aliphatic carboxylic acid in a kneader reactor equipped with two or more stirring blades rotating around their own axes and orbitally revolving, to obtain a reaction product solution containing HPMCP; a precipitation step of precipitating the HPMCP by mixing the reaction product solution with water to obtain a suspension of the precipitated HPMCP; and a washing and recovery step of washing the HPMCP in the suspension and recovering the washed HPMCP. Further, there is provided HPMCP having yellowness at 20° C. of 10.0 or less, as determined in a 10% by mass solution of the HPMCP in acetone.
US11873350B2
A process for dissolving modified cellulose is disclosed. The process includes contacting modified cellulose with a solvent in a mixture to form swelled modified cellulose and then contacting the mixture with a salt to dissolve the swelled modified cellulose.
US11873346B2
VISTA antigen-binding molecules are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding, compositions comprising, and methods using, the VISTA antigen-binding molecules.
US11873342B2
Provided are antibodies or fragment thereof having binding specificity to the human chemokine (C—C motif) receptor 8 (CCR8) protein. These antibodies are capable of binding to CCR8 at high affinity and can mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).
US11873329B2
A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC. A method of treating a patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC.
US11873325B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding for proteins correlated with the resistance of the Sm1 locus in wheat and uses of these nucleic acids, in particular for conferring or improving resistance to orange wheat blossom midge (OWBM) in a plant.
US11873318B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising dichloroacetic acid, a process for preparing the same and a use thereof. It has been discovered that the novel impurity is glyoxylic acid, and glyoxylic acid in dichloroacetic acid can be detected and its concentration accurately measured, by ion chromatography method.
US11873316B2
The present disclosure, among other things, provides technologies for oligonucleotide synthesis. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides phosphoramidites and methods for synthesis thereof. In some embodiments, provided methods provides higher yields and/or purities. In some embodiments, provided methods remove byproducts without contact with an aqueous solution.
US11873315B2
Provided herein are diaryl and arylalkyl phosphonates, useful as intermediates in, for example, the synthesis of leukocyte elastase inhibitors, potassium channel modulators, chemiluminescence materials, and flame retardants, and methods for making same. Also provided are N-heterocyclic phosphorodiamidic acids (NHPAs) useful in reactions such as, for example, in the preparation of diaryl and arylalkyl phosphonates. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11873314B2
Metal containing polymer compositions, useful for the production of high temperature metal carbide ceramics are described, including poly(carbohafnocene) compositions and related poly(carbometallocene) compositions, as well as compositions formed from the reaction of hafnium chloride and 2-butyne-1,4-diol. Methods of synthesizing such compositions are provided.
US11873308B2
The present invention relates to a novel chemical compound for use in the treatment of cancer, to compositions containing said compound, methods of manufacture and combinations with other therapeutic agents.
US11873305B2
Provided herein are processes for the preparation of indolyl intermediates using Wenker Synthesis for the total synthesis of SERD compounds useful in the treatment of cancer.
US11873304B2
This application relates to compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which modulate the activity of adenosine receptors, such as subtypes A2A and A2B receptors, and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of adenosine receptors including, for example, cancer, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US11873302B2
The present invention relates to novel solid forms of compound (I), 3-[(8aS)-7-[[(4S)-5-ethoxycarbonyl-4-(3-fluoro-2-methyl-phenyl)-2-thiazol-2-yl-1,4-dihydropyrimidin-6-yl]methyl]-3-oxo-5,6,8,8a-tetrahydro-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazin-2-yl]-2,2-dimethyl-propanoic acid and pharmaceutical compositions comprising solid forms thereof disclosed herein, which can be used as a HBV capsid inhibitor (or HBV Core Protein Allosteric Modifier), or for the treatment or prophylaxis of a viral disease in a patient relating to HBV infection or a disease caused by HBV infection.
US11873301B2
Curatives and their resulting thermosets and other crosslinked polymers can reduce thermal expansion mismatch between an encapsulant and objects that are encapsulated. This can be accomplished by incorporating a negative CTE moiety into the thermoset resin or polymer backbone. The negative CTE moiety can be a thermal contractile unit that shrinks as a result of thermally induced conversion from a twist-boat to chair or cis/trans isomerization upon heating. Beyond CTE matching, other potential uses for these crosslinked polymers and thermosets include passive energy generation, energy absorption at high strain rates, mechanophores, actuators, and piezoelectric applications.
US11873284B2
The present invention discloses a pyridinylcyanoguanidine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as an NAMPT inhibitor, and useful as a potential agent for the chemotherapy of a variety of diseases associated with abnormal NAD+ expression. The pyridinylcyanoguanidine derivative has a parent structure including cyanoguanidine attached to piperazine or pyrrolidine by an intermediate aliphatic chain, to which a side arylformyl (or heterocyclylformyl) group and pyridinyl (or substituted pyridinyl) group are attached. This structure comes from the structural optimization of FK866, a high-efficiency NAMPT inhibitor. In the structure, the substituted formyl piperazine and substituted formyl pyrrolidine are the further optimizations on the basis of FK866, which strengthens the interaction with NAMPT. The introduction of cyanoguanidine structure not only further enhances the affinity with NAMPT, but also improves the disadvantage of poor water solubility of FK866, which is more conducive to the subsequent drug test.
US11873282B2
This invention provides novel indole, indazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, indoline, quinolone, isoquinoline, and carbazole selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating hyperproliferations of the prostate including pre-malignancies and benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, other AR-expressing cancers, androgenic alopecia or other hyper androgenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels (through degradation) and/or activity (through inhibition) of any androgen receptor including androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic and/or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
US11873281B2
A conjugate of a potent cytotoxic agent with a cell-binding molecule having a structure represented by Formula (I), wherein T, L, m, n, , R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 are as defined herein, can be used for targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious disease.
US11873277B2
Disclosed is a method for converting cymene generated from renewable low value terpene streams into renewable benzene, toluene, xylenes, and cymene isomers (ortho and meta) under flow disproportionation reaction conditions, which compounds are basic building blocks for fragrance materials. This technology has potential to replace high volume petrochemical-based feedstocks with plant-based building blocks that can fill the renewability gap for key fragrance ingredients.
US11873273B2
A method of producing an organic peroxide includes introducing an organic solution and a peroxide solution into a mixing tank to form a mixture. The method further includes circulating the mixture over a fixed catalyst bed to form the organic peroxide and measuring a concentration of the organic peroxide in the mixture. Further, the method includes removing at least a portion of the mixture when the concentration reaches a set value.
US11873272B2
The disclosure relates generally novel sulfur containing glycerol mono-ester derivatives and methods useful for treating gram positive, gram negative, fungal and envelope viral infections in a patient.
US11873271B1
A glycerin separation system heats a mixture of glycerin to about 231 degrees Fahrenheit and then allows the mixture to rest in a settling tank. Over time the mixture separates into layers of differing densities. The layers are removed individually by measuring the density of the exiting fluid. The glycerin is heating in a loop to allow for precise control of the temperature of the mixture. The pH is also controlled with a preferable level of 5.
US11873268B2
Parallel co-production process for the production of methanol and urea product from a hydrocarbon containing feed-stock by means of primary and secondary reforming, intermediary methanol and ammonia formation and conversion of the ammonia to urea product and catalytic oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde.
US11873265B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a benzyl amine compound, i.e., synthesizing a benzyl amine compound by means of an oxidation reaction between a methylbenzene/ethylbenzene compound and arylamine by using an ionic iron (III) complex containing 1,3-di-tert-butylimidazolium cation and having a molecular formula of [(RNCHCHNR)CH][FeBr4] (R being tert-butyl) and di-t-butyl peroxide as an oxidant. The present invention is not only applicable to a methylbenzene compound containing a benzylic primary carbon-hydrogen bond but also applicable to an ethylbenzene compound containing a benzylic secondary carbon-hydrogen bond, and therefore is widely applicable. This is the first case where the preparation of a benzyl amine compound by means of an oxidation reaction between a methylbenzene/ethylbenzene compound and arylamine is implemented by an iron catalyst.
US11873255B2
In order to provide a dielectric composition having high density even when fired at a relatively low temperature, the main component of a dielectric composition includes tantalum and at least one of barium or strontium, and the subcomponent of the dielectric composition includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, titanium, and aluminum.
US11873254B2
A composition comprises a zirconia powder, in which 55% or more thereof is monoclinic, and a stabilizer capable of suppressing phase transition of zirconia. An average particle diameter of zirconia particles and particles of the stabilizer is 0.06 μm to 0.17 μm. At least a portion of the stabilizer does not form a solid solution with zirconia.
US11873245B2
A method of manufacturing a window includes preparing a base material layer, forming a first hard coating layer on the base material layer, and forming a second hard coating layer on the first hard coating layer. The forming of the second hard coating layer is performed in an environment having an oxygen concentration of about 0.01% to about 0.1%.
US11873236B1
A carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) nanohybrid composition comprising carboxymethyl cellulose loaded with metal nanoparticles, such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), iron nanoparticles (FeNPs), or silver nanoparticle-doped iron nanoparticles (AgNPs@FeNPs). These compositions can be used to remove contaminants, such as 2,4-dinitrophenol, from wastewater. The compositions are low-cost, eco-friendly, and highly efficient for 2,4-dinitrophenol removal, due to the high surface area to volume ratio and super catalytic effect to remove 2,4-dinitrophenol. The results indicate that the performance of fabricated AgNPs@Fe@CMC nanohybrids objectively is relatively high, and suitable compared to commercial materials.
US11873234B2
A positive electrode active material precursor for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a nickel composite hydroxide particle, is provided, wherein a cross section of the nickel composite hydroxide particle includes a void, a ratio of an area of the void to the cross section of the nickel composite hydroxide particle is less than or equal to 5.0%, a circular region having a radius of 1.78 μm is set at a position where a ratio of an area of the void to the circular region is maximum, on the cross section of the nickel composite hydroxide particle, and the ratio of the area of the void to the circular region is less than or equal to 20%.
US11873232B2
Provided is a method for producing hexagonal tungsten oxide, the method including preparing an alkaline solvent having a pH of 8 to 9, which contains at least one of water or alcohol, adding tungsten chloride to the alkaline solvent to form a first reaction solution, adding an additive to the first reaction solution to form a second reaction solution, and adding strong acid to the second reaction solution to form nanoparticles. The additive includes any one of an amine compound having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aliphatic hydrocarbon derivative having 10 or more carbon atoms.
US11873228B2
Provided are a method of extracting lithium, which includes adding a phosphorus source material to a first solution containing a lithium cation (Li+) and an alkaline earth metal cation to produce a precipitate containing lithium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and phosphorus, wherein the total concentration of the alkaline earth metal cations in the first solution is 100,000 mg/L or more, a method of preparing lithium carbonate using the same, and a method of preparing lithium hydroxide using the same.
US11873227B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an apparatus and process for producing ammonia. The apparatus includes a reactor having (i) an inlet to receive an inlet gas comprising nitrogen and hydrogen, (ii) a catalyst and an absorbent disposed within an internal volume of the reactor, the catalyst configured to convert the nitrogen and hydrogen to a reaction mixture including ammonia, unreacted nitrogen, and unreacted hydrogen, the absorbent configured to selectively absorb a portion of the ammonia in the reactor during formation of the reaction mixture, and (iii) an outlet to discharge the reaction mixture from the reactor.
US11873225B2
The present disclosure provides a modified montmorillonite self-repairing agent and a preparation method and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of cement repairing materials. Montmorillonite is mixed with water, such that water is fully adsorbed between montmorillonite layers. The structure of montmorillonite is modified by supercritical CO2 treatment at a temperature of 50-60° C. and a pressure of 8-12 MPa, and the self-repairing efficiency of cement is improved by adding the modified montmorillonite into cement. Supercritical CO2 is adsorbed by montmorillonite, such that the montmorillonite is activated and an interlayer distance is increased to improve the repairing efficiency. When a crack is formed in cement, the adsorbed supercritical CO2 in montmorillonite is released into the crack and combined with positive ions to generate carbonate deposition, such that the crack is sealed and the self-repairing activity of the cement is improved. Results of examples show that carbonate microcrystals are generated in the modified montmorillonite self-repairing agent provided by the present disclosure. The generated carbonate microcrystals serve as “active sites” that induce additional carbonate precipitation, which is beneficial for crack sealing.
US11873224B2
A polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material is provided that has an average thermal conductivity at room temperature through a thickness of the polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material of between 1700 and 2400 Wm−1K−1, a thickness of at least 2.5 mm and a visible transmittance through the thickness of the polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond of at least 25%. A wafer comprising the material is also provided, wherein at least 70% of a total area of the wafer has the properties of the polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond material. A method for fabricating the wafer is also disclosed.
US11873220B2
According to the present invention, organic material is converted to biogas through anaerobic digestion and the biogas is purified to yield a combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane. A fuel production facility utilizes or arranges to utilize combustible fluid feedstock to generate renewable hydrogen that is used to hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons in a process to make transportation or heating fuel. The renewable hydrogen is combined with crude oil derived hydrocarbons that have been desulfurized under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen or alternatively, the renewable hydrogen can be added to a reactor operated so as to simultaneously desulfurize and hydrogenate the hydrocarbons. The present invention enables a party to receive a renewable fuel credit for the transportation or heating fuel.
US11873208B2
A method and a system are disclosed for filling an LPG tank equipped with a spit valve and a fill assembly, the method comprising providing an indication of a level in the LPG tank upon detection of a filling vehicle in a vicinity of the LPG tank, the filling vehicle having a filling hose; initiating a filling of the LPG tank once the filling hose is connected to the fill assembly of the LPG tank; determining when a current level reaches a given level in the LPG tank and stopping the providing of the LPG to the LPG tank once the current level reaches the given level in the LPG tank.
US11873207B2
A system for dispensing a beverage from at least one pouch having a first dispensing apparatus is provided herein, the system including: a keg defining a longitudinal axis, an inner surface, and an outer surface; a first aperture extending from the inner surface of the keg to the outer surface of the keg, the first aperture configured to receive the first dispensing apparatus; and a first outer clip positioned to abut the outer surface of the keg and encircle a first portion of the first dispensing apparatus. Also provided herein are methods of assembling and using the beverage-dispensing apparatus.
US11873202B2
The present invention discloses an opening tool for opening and/or removing a tab portion of a beverage can. The opening tool includes a hollow housing. The hollow housing includes a generally cylindrical housing body having a top end, a bottom end, an outer surface, an inner surface and an open cavity extending from a top end towards a bottom end of the housing body. The opening tool further includes one or more claws, having a claw body extending between a claw end portion and a claw tip such that the tip of each of the claws is adapted to be hangingly disposed within the open cavity of hollow housing. In operation, when a beverage can is passed through the hollow housing from the bottom end towards the top end, the claw tip of at least one of the claws engages and pulls-opens the tab portion while the beverage can moves out of the housing.
US11873193B1
Elevator systems include an elevator car configured to travel along an elevator shaft, the elevator car having a car door and a car sill. One or more landings are arranged along the elevator shaft, the landings each having a landing door and a landing sill. An elevator coupling is provided that includes a car door coupling operably coupled to the car door and a landing door coupling operably coupled to the landing door. The car door coupling and the landing door coupling are selectively operable to drive operation of the car door and the landing door simultaneously and a sill gap between the car sill and the landing sill is less than 25 mm.
US11873186B2
A document conveyance device includes a supply tray, a discharge tray, a conveyance part, a discharge part, and a lifting and lowering part. The lifting and lowering part lifts the supply tray and the discharge part according to a feeding of the document. When the feeding of the document to the document conveyance path is completed and then the supply tray is lifted, in a small number of documents discharge state where the height of the documents stacked on the discharge tray is less than the specified value, the lifting and lowering part positions the supply tray at a taking out position depart upward from the specified value by a predetermined space.
US11873185B2
A textile machine producing cross-wound packages with a plurality of identical workstations which are arranged in the area of the longitudinal sides of the textile machine and each of which has a winding device, and equipped with a tube supply device which includes a central tube magazine and at least one tube conveyor belt installed in the area of the longitudinal sides of the machine, in which case a cross-wound package can be removed, if necessary, from the winding device of the relevant workstation on the textile machine producing cross-wound packages and can be transferred to a cross-wound package transport device running the length of the machine, and an empty tube provided on the tube conveyor belt of the tube supply device can be inserted by means of a tube gripper into the winding device of the relevant workstation. The tube supply device is designed in such a way that the tube conveyor belt can be used as a tube accumulator for empty tubes during the operation of the textile machine producing cross-wound packages. In order to improve the efficiency of such a textile machine producing cross-wound packages, in particular to minimize significantly the tube delivery times arising in the event of yarn lot changes at a textile machine producing cross-wound packages, a drive is connected to the at least one tube conveyor belt, which drive enables reversible operation of the tube conveyor belt.
US11873182B2
A feeder includes a mount board that moves vertically while allowing sheet-shaped media to be stacked thereon; a transport device allows an uppermost one of the sheet-shaped media stacked on the mount board to be sucked by a suction portion to transport the uppermost medium to a transporter and to feed the uppermost medium to a destination; left and right edge air blowers blow air to transportation left and right edge portions of upper ones of the sheet-shaped media stacked; and a tip-end air blower blows air to below the uppermost medium sucked by the suction portion from a position downstream from a transportation leading end of the uppermost medium in a transport direction. When the uppermost medium is sucked by the suction portion, the feeder performs a first operation of spacing an upwardly bent transportation leading-end portion of a second uppermost medium apart downward from the sucked uppermost medium.
US11873181B2
Disclosed is an automated insert feeding system and related methods, capable of removing bulk-packaged items from a tray or other package, and separating the bulk-packaged items individually for distribution into individual packages in high speed reliable fashion. The disclosed systems can also be loaded with multiple packages of the pre-packaged items for automatic feeding into the system which allows human operators to load several packages and allow the system to work unattended, thereby reducing man-hours spend on the process.
US11873175B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hauling beam comprising at least two hauling beam modules, the modules comprising two nested beams, an outer beam and an inner beam, said nested beams configured to be movable longitudinally with respect to each other, wherein an inner beam of the first hauling beam module is connected to an inner beam of the second hauling beam module by a connector configured to transfer both forwards and backwards longitudinal movement of said inner beam of said first hauling module to the inner beam of said second hauling module.
US11873173B2
A microfabricated sheath flow structure for producing a sheath flow includes a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid, a sample inlet for injecting a sample into the sheath fluid in the primary sheath flow channel, a primary focusing region for focusing the sample within the sheath fluid and a secondary focusing region for providing additional focusing of the sample within the sheath fluid. The secondary focusing region may be formed by a flow channel intersecting the primary sheath flow channel to inject additional sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel from a selected direction. A sheath flow system may comprise a plurality of sheath flow structures operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip.
US11873172B2
A multi-piece component for a conveyor comprises a first section and a second section that mates with the first section around a shaft using a hygienic fastener to form a complete module. The hygienic fastener seals an interface between the fastener and the first section and between the first section and the second section. Chamfers facilitate positioning of the multi-piece component on a shaft.
US11873154B1
A contact lens package, comprising blister packaging defining a cavity, a contact lens disposed in an unstressed state within the cavity, lens hydrating liquid partially filling the cavity, and lid stock sealed to the blister packaging such that a segment of the lid stock, in combination with the cavity, forms an enclosure of the lens and the liquid. The segment has an interior surface including at least one relief element. The interior surface exclusive of the at least one relief element is flat. An air gap is disposed between a top surface of the liquid and at least a portion of the interior surface. The at least one relief element on the interior surface of the lid stock may be formed while testing the structure for leaks by applying pressure to the lid stock with a stamp having a contour corresponding to the at least one relief element.
US11873146B1
A child safety device for medication dispenser including a bottom cap assembly, a top cap assembly. The bottom cap assembly is secured on top of a medication dispenser such as prescription bottles. The bottom cap assembly further includes pawls and a lever lock. On a top surface, the bottom cap includes at least one dosing aperture and dosage regimen indicia. The top cap assembly includes a top cap having an internal ratchet gear that, when mounted upon the bottom cap assembly, interacts with the pawls to permit rotation in only one direction. The top cap further includes stops that are configured to affix the top cap in predetermined positions. The present invention has a 2-step process, by depressing the arm lever to disengage it along the ratchet and pawl system. The user would then twist to move the cap to its respective indicia for its desired scheduling or to their dispensing opening.
US11873143B2
A container made of an elastomer such as silicone with an integrated leak resistant seal and pressure shield. The seal incorporates press-fit elements with sizes and shapes sufficient to provide a strong seal that resists leakage of liquids from inside the container. The seal is integrated into the container and requires no external clips or clasps. The pressure shield increases leak resistance by at least 300% and is formed by adding material to the inside of the container and not to the engaging portions of the seal and works by deflecting pressure away from the two leak resistant seal portions. Additional features are provided to facilitate opening such as extended flaps for pulling the sides open, and asymmetric cavities for press-fit elements to reduce the initial opening force. The container itself may be of asymmetrical shape, such as trapezoidal, to provide a wide opening along with a strong seal.
US11873133B2
A bottle for containing an item, generally a pharmaceutical product, wherein the bottle includes a body having a bottom wall and sidewalls, a neck extending from a top portion of the sidewalls and a thread defined on the neck. The neck defining a mouth of the bottle, an internal surface and an external surface. A neck thickness is defined between the internal surface and the external surface. The thread defines a thread thickness. The thread thickness is substantially the same as the neck thickness.
US11873130B2
A robotic labeling system includes a package locating system, a package identification system having a scanning device configured to scan an identification tag on the package to identify an orientation of the package in the labeling station, and a label application system including a label printer and a label applicator. The label printer prints at least one label for the package. The label applicator includes a multi-axis robot having an arm movable in three-dimensional space. The label applicator has a portrait end effector coupled to the arm configured to transport the label from the label printer to the package in a portrait orientation. The label applicator has a landscape end effector coupled to the arm configured to transport the label from the label printer to the package in a landscape orientation. The label applicator is operated based on the orientation of the package in the labeling station as determined by the scanning device.
US11873127B2
A method for filling a package with a group of pairs of packs, comprising supplying a group of pairs of packs simultaneously from a transport device to a package, vertically spacing the two packs of each pair of packs of the group of pairs of packs from each other in the package, and horizontally spacing each pair of packs from each other in the package. The method further comprises maintaining a horizontal spacing between each pair of packs of the group of pairs of packs while supplying the group of pairs of packs to the package by guiding the pairs of packs of the group of pairs of packs along space bars provided in the transport device.
US11873125B2
A drug supplying device provided with: a first drug discharging section that discharges a first drug from a first tablet case; a first temporary storage section that is arranged downstream of the first drug discharging section in a path, and that temporarily stores the first drug; a second drug discharging section that is arranged downstream of the first temporary storage section in the path, and that discharges a second drug from a second tablet case; a second temporary storage section that is arranged downstream of the second drug discharging section in the path, and that temporarily stores the first drug and the second drug; and a third drug discharging section that is arranged downstream of the second temporary storage section in the path, and that discharges a third drug from a third tablet case.
US11873123B2
The present invention relates to an aerospace vehicle navigation and control system comprising a terrestrial illumination matching module for determining spacecraft position and attitude. The method permits aerospace vehicle position and attitude determinations using terrestrial lights using an Earth-pointing camera without the need of a dedicated sensor to track stars, the sun, or the horizon. Thus, a module for making such determinations can easily and inexpensively be made onboard an aerospace vehicle if an Earth-pointing sensor, such as a camera, is present.
US11873117B2
An aircraft glazing unit including a body of transparent material and at least one subsurface thickness indicator at a predetermined depth within the material. The provision of a subsurface thickness indicator allows for the unit to be re-polished to remove erosion, whilst providing a visual indicator to ground crew of the remaining thickness of material in the unit. In this way, the service lifetime of the glazing unit can be extended.
US11873115B2
Methods of determining a final space reservation for a new aircraft are disclosed. The methods include using parametric definitions of potential payloads to generate a population of representative payloads for use in creating an initial space reservation. The methods include accounting for and applying a variety of margins on each potential payload and taking the union of potential payloads. Alternatively, the union can be taken first and then the margins applied. A homogenous space reservation can be determined based upon a variety of differently shaped or sized payloads, including a margin build-up to mitigate risk of unknowns associated with future changes in specific payload shapes and sizes, build tolerances, environmental conditions, and/or loading and unloading motions and clearances. Once this space reservation is known, it is possible to design an external shape of a carrying vehicle by staying outside of this space reservation.
US11873111B2
Embodiments are directed to a fuel cell protection system comprising an aircraft fuselage having an inner surface and an outer surface, an attachment point mounted on the outer surface, an aircraft fuel cell spaced apart from the inner surface, and a plate positioned between the inner surface and the aircraft fuel system, the plate spaced apart from the inner surface to create a void space. The attachment point may be a cargo hook. The void space is configured to receive all or a portion of the cargo hook after a crash. The plate creating the void space may be a rigid material or may be a ballistic fabric material.
US11873110B2
Hybrid electric propulsion systems includes a combustion engine and an electric motor. The hybrid electric propulsion systems may include or utilize a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with the hybrid electric propulsion system, cause the processor to perform a method that includes determining an occurrence of a thrust asymmetry in the hybrid electric propulsion system, and controlling the electric motor to decrease an efficiency of the electric motor for a transient time period sufficient to reduce a torque output of the combustion engine to match an electrical load on the combustion engine.
US11873103B1
An attachable armrest is provided that releasably attaches to an armrest of a vehicle. The attachable armrest includes a vertical support having first and second legs that straddle the armrest of the vehicle. The attachable armrest also includes an upper platform that connects to the vertical support. The upper platform provides an armrest surface that is substantially parallel with a top surface of the armrest of the vehicle. The armrest surface and the top surface are simultaneously usable as armrests by vehicle passengers.
US11873093B2
Provided are methods of forming stiffened stringer panels with integrated plank structures. A skin member having an inner surface is provided. A plank is positioned onto the inner surface of the skin member. The plank extends from a first side to a second side, and each laminate ply of the set of layered laminate plies is sized to form a geometric profile for each of the first side and the second side. Each laminate ply of the set of layered laminate plies is arranged to extend from the first side to the second side. A stringer is placed onto a support tool. The support tool, and the stringer thereon, is positioned upon an uppermost laminate ply of the set of layered laminate plies. The skin member, the plank, and the stringer are joined.
US11873078B2
Aircraft nacelles having adjustable chines are described. An example apparatus includes a multi-segment chine rotatably coupled to a nacelle. The multi-segment chine includes at least two segments. The at least two segments include a first segment and a second segment. The first segment and the second segment are independently rotatable relative to the nacelle about an axis of rotation.
US11873076B2
An assembly including a propeller blade and a pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade. A root of the blade has a bulb and the pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade includes a cup having an upper opening; —a retaining ring, which extends around the bulb, is restricted at least in terms of axial movement towards the opening relative to the cup and has a bearing face to inhibit axial movement of the root towards the opening The pitch adjustment system being further includes a lower seat for the root to engage the cup, the seat and/or the retaining ring being mounted so as to be capable of axial translation relative to the cup by at least one clamping mechanism.
US11873069B2
A swim aid device comprising a belt having a hoop portion including a first tab and a second tab, a front end and a back end opposite said front end wherein the back end includes an opening and wherein the belt is biased in a first closed position and operatively openable to a second open position; and one or more buoyant elements couplable to said back end of the belt and securable in place with said tabs wherein a buoyancy of the one or more buoyant elements allows a user to remain afloat.
US11873065B2
A gyroscopic roll stabilizer comprises a gimbal having a support frame and enclosure configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, one or more bearings for rotatably mounting the flywheel inside the enclosure, a motor for rotating the flywheel, and bearing cooling system for cooling the bearings supporting the flywheel. For smaller units, the bearing cooling system is effective to enable a flywheel with a moment of inertia less than 40,000 lb in2 to be accelerated at a rate of 5 rpm/s or greater. For larger units, the bearing cooling system is effective to enable a flywheel with a moment of inertia greater than 40,000 lb in2 to be accelerated at a rate of 2.5 rpm/s or greater.
US11873060B2
A belt tensioner for use with a bike is provided. The bike includes a frame and a belt. The frame includes a chain stay and a seat stay having a top surface and bottom surface. The belt tensioner includes a tensioner skeleton, a roller and a tension regulator. The tensioner skeleton is pivotally connected to the chain stay or the seat stay. An included angle is formed between the tensioner skeleton and chain stay or the seat stay. The roller is pivotally connected to the tensioner skeleton and in contact with the belt. The tension regulator presses against the belt to adjust tension of the belt. The tension regulator is disposed at an end of the tensioner skeleton, and the end of the tensioner skeleton is positioned distal to the bottom surface.
US11873057B2
A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.
US11873052B2
A latching mechanism removably attaches an accessory to an offroad vehicle without requiring tools. The latching mechanism includes a body, a shaft extending through the body, and a handle riding on a conical surface of the body for rotating the shaft relative to the body. An oblong head extends on a lower side of the body, rotatable by the handle and shaft to a position where the head extends under a shoulder of a mounting recess. A spring system biases the head axially, such that the head can be moved either upwardly or downwardly from a balanced elevation set by a nut tightenable on a bolt. The mounting recess has an upper portion shaped differently from a lower portion. The body includes a hooking portion which extends significantly above the top of the mounting recess.
US11873050B2
A saddle riding-type vehicle includes a retainer that is provided behind a head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag that is housed in the retainer, inflates by gas discharged by the inflator, and is deployed in front of an occupant. The airbag includes a proximal end portion that is positioned in the retainer when the airbag is deployed and an outward deployment portion that extends from the proximal end portion and is deployed to the outside of the retainer when the airbag is deployed. A tab is provided on the proximal end portion, and the tab is fixed to the retainer.
US11873048B2
A saddle riding vehicle includes a body frame and a cable. The body frame includes a main frame extending rearward from a head pipe, a seat frame extending rearward from the main frame, and a rear frame extending rearward from the main frame and connected to the seat frame. The cable is routed so as to run along the body frame. A concave portion depressed in a vehicle width direction is disposed in a connecting portion. The connecting portion connects the main frame with a front end portion of the rear frame. A plate-shaped member that covers the concave portion is disposed. The cable is routed between the concave portion and the plate-shaped member.
US11873040B2
The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring a steering system, in particular during an operation in a vehicle, in which method a load characteristic of at least one steering component of the steering system is determined and is evaluated in order to determine a stress and/or a state of the steering component. According to the disclosure, the load characteristic comprises at least one load on the steering component caused by an external application of force.
US11873039B2
A motor control device includes a third harmonic calculation unit configured to calculate a first third harmonic on a basis of an average value between a voltage command value of a maximum phase with a maximum duty ratio and a voltage command value of a minimum phase with a minimum duty ratio among three-phase voltage command values; an amplitude calculation unit configured to calculate an amplitude of the three-phase voltage command values; a third harmonic conversion unit configured to convert the first third harmonic into a second third harmonic on a basis of the first third harmonic and the amplitude; a correction unit configured to correct the three-phase voltage command values by subtracting the second third harmonic from the three-phase voltage command values.
US11873037B2
Belt driven rotary assist apparatus for recirculating ball steering gears are disclosed. An example motor vehicle steering system includes an input shaft to couple to a steering shaft of a motor vehicle, a worm gear, a first end of the worm gear coupled to the input shaft, a second end of the worm gear fixed to a helical spur gear, a ball nut surrounding a portion of the worm gear, the ball nut including ball bearings and ball guides, a first pulley wheel fixed to a pinion, the first pulley wheel engaged with a belt, the pinion engaged with the helical spur gear, a motor fixed to a second pulley wheel, the second pulley wheel engaged with the belt, the motor to rotate the worm gear to translate the ball nut, and a sector gear engaged with the ball nut, the sector gear to rotate as the ball nut translates.
US11873032B1
Angle-adjustable connectors and modular systems capable of securing angle-adjustable side rails to trailers and/or trucks are described. The angle-adjustable connectors comprise a first component capable of attaching to a universal bracket of a trailer and a second component capable of securing one or more rail at a position disposed at a desired angle relative to the first component and/or a bed of the trailer or truck.
US11873028B2
An embodiment front vehicle body structure includes a fender apron upper member, a front side member coupled to a front portion of the fender apron upper member, and a front pillar unit coupled to a rear portion of the front side member and a rear portion of the fender apron upper member, the front pillar unit including an aluminum material.
US11873015B1
A train system for moving people within a religious site includes an elevated train track forming a closed loop within the religious site. An object of attention is located at a middle of the closed loop. The train system also includes at least one train on the elevated train track, at least one passenger platform for embarkation of at least one passenger onto the train, and at least one passenger platform for disembarkation of the at least one passenger from the train. The at least one train includes at least one carriage has an inside having a floor, a first seat located closer to the object of attention, and a second seat next to the first seat and farther away from the object of attention. The first seat and second seat have different distances from the floor of the carriage.
US11873013B2
An information display structure includes a stationary part to be secured upright on or against a support; securing means for securing the stationary part; and at least one information display screen connected to the stationary part, extending in front of same, and having a visible front display face.
US11873011B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating candidate future trajectories for agents. One of the methods includes obtaining scene data characterizing a scene in an environment at a current time point; for each of a plurality of lane segments, processing a model input comprising (i) features of the lane segment and (ii) features of the target agent using a machine learning model that is configured to process the model input to generate a respective score for the lane segment that represents a likelihood that the lane segment will be a first lane segment traversed by the target agent after the current time point; selecting, as a set of seed lane segments, a proper subset of the plurality of lane segments based on the respective scores; and generating a plurality of candidate future trajectories for the target agent.
US11873009B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot, and a control system are provided. The method includes: in response to receiving a start request sent by a mobile robot, obtaining at least one of the position information or condition information of the mobile robot; determining a speed limit value of the mobile robot according to the obtained information; and sending a start instruction including the speed limit value to the mobile robot, so as to control the mobile robot to move at a speed smaller than or equal to the speed limit value. The implementation improves the motion safety of a mobile robot.
US11873008B2
A representation of a first set of weights associated with a vehicle prior to a drive are received, the vehicle including a plurality of axles, a plurality of wheels attached to the plurality of axles, and a load. A warning is caused to be output in response to at least one weight from the first set of weights being outside a predetermined range. Longitudinal and lateral dynamics associated with the vehicle during the drive are determined. A second set of weights associated with at least one axle from the plurality of axles during the drive are determined. A determination is made if at least one remedial action should be performed based on the longitudinal dynamics, the lateral dynamics, and the second set of weights. In response to determining that the at least one remedial action should be performed, the at least one remedial action is caused to be performed.
US11873007B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for ensuring safety when a line-of-sight direction of a driver is inappropriate according to a driving situation. The line-of-sight direction of the driver of a vehicle is detected, whether or not the detected line-of-sight direction is a safe line-of-sight direction is determined, and in a case where the line-of-sight direction is determined not to be the safe line-of-sight direction, the vehicle is controlled to a safe state. The present disclosure can be applied to an in-vehicle system.
US11873001B2
A radar controller for a vehicle and a method therefore are provided. The radar controller includes a radar that detects a passenger located inside the vehicle and an obstacle located outside the vehicle and a controller that determines sensitivity and a detection speed corresponding to an operation mode of the radar and controls the radar to operate at the determined sensitivity and the determined detection speed.
US11873000B2
An example operation includes one or more of detecting a movement in a transport, determining whether the movement includes a gesture definition, when the movement includes a gesture definition, identifying a gesture associated with the gesture definition, and performing an action, via the transport, corresponding to the identified gesture.
US11872999B2
A self-driving safety evaluation method, including determining RB based on a risk value of a vehicle in a shadow driving mode in a first measurement unit, where RB is a risk value of the vehicle in the shadow driving mode in a plurality of measurement units, and determining RC based on a risk value of the vehicle in a self-driving mode based on a preset route in the first measurement unit, where RC is a risk value of the vehicle in the self-driving mode based on the preset route in the measurement units, where RB and RC are used to determine whether safety of the vehicle in the self-driving mode meets a requirement.
US11872997B2
A device for decoupling and/or protecting against compensation currents when at least one electric actuator is used jointly by a plurality of independently voltage-supplied control unit devices in redundant systems for autonomous driving. The electric actuator has, in each case, a common connection, via which the electric actuator can be coupled and switched to a common connection of other electrical actuators, and has at least one dedicated connection via which the at least one electric actuator can be individually supplied with current. A number of switching devices corresponding to the common connection and the number of dedicated connections of all the electric actuators is arranged to apply or not apply a switched current in the at least one electric actuator. Provided is at least one current flow blocking device configured to prevent an unwanted current flow to a non-active electronic control unit of the first and second control unit devices.
US11872995B2
A method for predicting a driving maneuver in a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle. Based on dynamic data of the vehicle detected with the aid of sensors, a history of a driving maneuver, which is not yet completed, is recorded and, based on the history, a future course of the driving maneuver is predicted. Multiple hypotheses for potentially occurring driving maneuvers are represented by respective associated sets of parameters. A theoretical history of the driving maneuver is calculated based on the parameters for each hypothesis. The recorded history is compared to at least one of the theoretical histories. Based on a similarity degree, the hypothesis which describes the presently occurring driving maneuver with the highest probability is determined and output as the prediction result.
US11872994B2
Techniques for using a set of variables to estimate a vehicle velocity of a vehicle are discussed herein. A system may determine an estimated velocity of the vehicle using a minimization based on an initial estimated velocity, steering angle data and wheel speed data. The system may then control an operation of the vehicle based at least in part on the estimated velocity.
US11872982B2
A parking assistance device performs parking assistance control including steering angle control for changing a steering angle of a vehicle, driving force control for controlling a driving force of the vehicle, and braking force control for controlling a braking force of the vehicle. The parking assistance device notifies an occupant of a driving operation to be performed by the occupant, including a moving operation on a shift lever and an operation on a brake pedal when the vehicle reaches a switching position where a traveling direction of the vehicle is to be switched during performing the parking assistance control. When the driving operation is performed by the occupant, the parking assistance device restarts the parking assistance control at a timing when the occupant stops the operation on the brake pedal.
US11872978B2
An electric vehicle includes an electric motor switchable between a first mode with a first number of poles and a second mode with a second number of poles less than the first number of poles, a plurality of inverters coupled to the motor, and a control module coupled to the plurality of inverters. The control module receives current vehicle information, determines that a mode switch is required between the first and second modes of the motor based on the current vehicle information, wherein the first mode achieves higher torque than the second mode, and performs the mode switch by controlling the plurality of inverters.
US11872957B2
A system comprising a radar device and a mobile device. The radar device may be configured to operate when a vehicle is turned off, detect a presence of a person in the vehicle, determine an age range of the person detected and generate an alert signal in response to a presence signal and determining that the age range of the person detected corresponds to a child. The mobile device may be configured to communicate the presence signal to the radar device and determine a movement of the mobile device. The radar device may determine a distance of the mobile device from the vehicle in response to the presence signal. The radar device may suppress the alert signal when the distance of the mobile device is within a predetermined range of the vehicle and the mobile device is moving.
US11872950B2
An airbag having an outer skin having an inner side and an outer side is described. The outer skin has an inflator attachment region in which an opening structure for an inflator is provided. The airbag is a part of an airbag assembly further having a flange and an inflator extending through the opening structure and being attached to the flange. In order to provide the possibility of an easy and automatable mounting process, the opening structure having at least two basically radially extending cut-outs, so that the attachment region has at least two flap sections being separated by the cut-outs. These flap sections can be pulled apart during the mounting process, such that the inflator can be attached to the flange.
US11872948B2
An assembly for a vehicle includes a roof and a headliner. The vehicle includes a seat having an occupant seating area. The vehicle includes a curtain airbag. The curtain airbag includes an extension. The curtain airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The curtain airbag is between the roof and the headliner in the uninflated position. The curtain airbag is inflatable downwardly from the headliner to the inflated position. In the inflated position, the curtain airbag has a main chamber and the extension extending cross-vehicle from the main chamber and vehicle-forward of the occupant seating area.
US11872945B2
There is provided a sound-absorbing material for a vehicle, capable of stably yielding desired sound absorption performance while reducing weight of the sound-absorbing material for a vehicle. The sound-absorbing material for a vehicle of the present invention has a multilayer structure, including: a core layer in which tubular cells are arranged in a plurality of rows; and an airflow-blocking resin film layer adhered to one surface of the core layer. The relationship between the Young's modulus E (MPa) of the airflow-blocking resin film layer 40 and the surface density M (g/m2) of the layer structure on the first airflow-blocking resin film layer 40 side with respect to the core layer 10 is 0.5
US11872939B2
A vehicular trailer angle detection system includes a rear camera, a left-side camera, a right-side camera and a control having an image processor. With a trailer hitched at a vehicle, and while the vehicle is driven in a forward direction and towing the trailer, image data is captured by at least one of the cameras. The vehicular trailer angle detection system determines an expected location of the portion of the trailer based on provided vehicle-trailer parameters as the vehicle is driven forward and towing the trailer. The vehicular trailer angle detection system determines an actual location of the portion of the trailer via processing of captured image data as the vehicle is driven forward and towing the trailer. Responsive to an offset between the determined actual location of the portion of the trailer and the determined expected location, the vehicular trailer angle detection system accommodates the offset.
US11872932B2
An automotive lamp includes a first semiconductor light source and a second semiconductor light source configured to emit different colors, and to mix the two colors, so as to generate mixed-color light. A first driving circuit supplies a first driving current stabilized to a first target amount to the first semiconductor light source. A second driving circuit supplies a second driving current stabilized to a second target amount to the second semiconductor light source. Upon detecting an abnormal non-lighting state in the first semiconductor light source, the first abnormal state detection circuit stops the operation of the second driving circuit. Upon detecting an abnormal non-lighting state in the second semiconductor light source, the second abnormal state detection circuit stops the operation of the first driving circuit.
US11872930B2
An auxiliary third brake light which is installed on a truck bed enclosure or frame is disclosed. The auxiliary third brake light is not physically secured by adhesive or mechanical fastener to the truck bed, cab or body or any part of the truck. The parts of the auxiliary third brake light mounted to the truck bed cover and contact the truck bed, cab or body is pressed into contact. When the truck bed cover is collapsed or removed, the user can have full use of the truck bed. The parts of the auxiliary third brake light that contact the truck bed, cab or body are pulled off therefrom. When the truck bed cover is deployed to the erected position, the parts of the third brake light that contact the truck bed, cab or body are properly repositioned back into position.
US11872923B1
A roof rail hoist system includes a support rail mountable to a vehicle roof. The support rail includes a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion including a recess that extends between the first end and the second end. A winch arm is mounted to the support rail. The winch arm is pivotable between a first position, wherein the winch arm resides in the recess and a second position, wherein the winch arm extends outwardly from the support rail. A winch motor is mounted to the support rail. The winch motor includes a cable spool. A winch cable is provided on the cable spool.
US11872920B2
Automobile accessories, kits, and methods of use. An automobile accessory is a heel guard that can be applied to a floor and/or a floor mat within an interior of an automobile such as a car, a truck, a van, a bus, and the like. The heel guard may be secured to the floor and/or the floor mat to provide a layer of protection between the driver's shoe or foot and the floor and/or floor mat. The heel guard prevents damage to these surfaces due to friction produced by movement of the driver's foot during operation of the foot pedals of the automobile.
US11872918B2
An automotive seat has a self-folding armrest to facilitate automated and complete folding of the armrest upon folding the seat. As such, at least one armrest is pivotally coupled to one side of the backrest, wherein the at least one armrest has a bottom surface. The seat comprises at least one guiding member adapted to be coupled to each side of a seat bottom where there is an armrest. The guiding member comprises an upper surface, such that folding of the backrest towards the seat bottom results in sliding of the bottom surface of the armrest over the upper surface of the guiding member. This facilitates automated folding of the armrest with respect to the backrest, without requiring any additional mechanism, and restricting contact of the armrest with a floor of the vehicle.
US11872916B2
The present disclosure provides a damper system for a suspension of a vehicle seat. A linkage of the damper system can be configured to cause a damper to provide different damping characteristics when the suspension moves towards a neutral position than when the suspension moves away from the neutral position.
US11872914B2
A fitting arrangement for a vehicle seat including two fitting parts adjustable relative to each other about an adjustment axis and forming a bearing space, a locking element disposed in the bearing space on one of the two fitting parts and radially adjustable with respect to the adjustment axis between an unlocking position, in which the two fitting parts are pivotable relative to each other and a locking position, in which the two fittings parts are non-rotatably locked to each other, and at least one adjuster part pivotally mounted within the bearing space for adjusting the locking element between the unlocking position and the locking position. The at least one adjuster part mounted on a bush element on which a cover element is provided for sealing the bearing space and attached axially with.
US11872909B2
A torque generating system is described, and includes a fuel cell power device, a high-voltage battery, an electric drive unit, and a controller. The fuel cell power device has a non-linear power-temperature relationship that has a local temperature maxima at a first electric power level and a local temperature minima at a second electric power level. A first operating point of the fuel cell power device is less than the first electric power level, and a second operating point of the fuel cell power device is set at a third electric power level that is greater than the first electric power level, wherein the third electric power level generates a fuel cell temperature that is less than the local temperature maxima. The fuel cell power device is controlled to one of the first operating point or the second operating point to transfer electric power to the electric drive unit.
US11872905B2
A vehicular battery management system (BMS) comprises a battery controller, a set of battery cells, a primary network node coupled to the battery controller, and a secondary network node coupled to the set of battery cells. The primary and secondary network nodes are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other using frames that share a common frame format. The frame format includes one or more bits and a status of the one or more bits indicates whether the secondary network node is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another secondary network node.
US11872904B2
The invention relates to a method performed by a control unit (115) for handling charging in an at least partly electric vehicle (100). The control unit (115) transmits, to a charger (103), a request to provide power to at least one auxiliary load (108) and to charge a battery (101) with an amount of voltage. The amount of voltage corresponds to a desired SOC level. The charging of the battery (101) automatically stops when the desired SOC level is reached. The charger (103) continues to provide power to the at least one auxiliary load (108) when the desired SOC level is reached.
US11872903B2
Methods and system are described for recalibrating a charge storage capacity value of an electric energy storage device. In one example, the charge electric energy storage device may be a battery. The charge storage capacity value may be recalibrated via discharging and charging a battery via electric vehicle supply equipment.
US11872901B1
Described herein are vehicle charging systems, each comprising a recharge vehicle and a work vehicle configured to form an electrical connection and charge the work vehicle battery from the recharge vehicle battery. In some examples, this charging is performed at 500 kW or more or even at 1,000 kW or more. Furthermore, the connection and/or charging can be performed while both vehicles are moving (e.g., the recharge vehicle moving in front of the work vehicle). The recharge vehicle comprises one or more DC-DC converters, configured to boost a first voltage (V1) of the recharge vehicle battery to a second voltage (V2) of the work vehicle battery. It should be noted that these voltages vary depending on the state of charge of these batteries. In some examples, each DC-DC converter utilizes a combination of immersion, conductive, and convective cooling for different components of the converter.
US11872898B2
An abnormality diagnosis system performs an abnormality diagnosis of a plurality of motor systems that include a motor for moving a moving body. The abnormality diagnosis system identifies a comparison target system that is the motor system, among the motor systems, that is a comparison target in relation to a diagnosis target system that is the motor system to be a target of the abnormality diagnosis. The abnormality diagnosis system acquires a state-related value that is a value related to an operation state of the motor from each of the diagnosis target system and the comparison target system. The abnormality diagnosis system performs a comparison of the state-related value that is acquired from the diagnosis target system and the state-related value that is acquired from the comparison target system, and diagnoses a presence or absence of an abnormality in the diagnosis target system using a result of the comparison.
US11872892B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle having multiple drive wheels and multiple drive machines, each drive machines being an electric machine and being allocated to a drive wheel. The method includes: acquiring a total setpoint drive torque; acquiring a current vehicle driving speed, a current steering angle, and optionally, the wheel loads of all drive wheels; determining wheel-individual movement speeds of the drive wheels over the roadway based on the current vehicle driving speed, the current steering angle, a known chassis geometry of the motor vehicle, and optionally, the wheel loads; determining a setpoint wheel speed for each drive wheel based on the determined movement speeds, and distributing the total setpoint drive torque to all drive wheels such that an actual curve path deviates from a setpoint curve path specified by the steering angle; actuating each drive machine to adjust the setpoint wheel speed at the respective drive wheel.
US11872890B2
A control method of an electric vehicle is proposed. The control method includes generating and realizing a virtual sensation of gear shifting the same as that of a vehicle equipped with a multi-speed transmission, in the electric vehicle without a multi-speed transmission. In particular, virtual gear shift intervention torque and limit torque for each virtual gear shift stage are determined from input variables through a virtual gear shift model by inputting vehicle driving information collected from a vehicle during operation. Then the determined virtual shift intervention torque, the determined limit torque for each virtual shift stage, and motor torque command are applied to operate a motor, thereby realizing the virtual sensation of multi-speed gear shifting.
US11872879B2
A fuel pick-up device (10) for a fuel tank (13) has a head (11) for fitting to a wall of the tank (13), and an elongate body (14) which extends from the head (11) into the tank (13). A water separator disposed in body comprises an axially-extending separation chamber (18), and a vane (21) for creating a helical flow of fuel flowing through the chamber between an inlet (17) and an outlet (23), wherein any water in the fuel entering the separation chamber through the inlet (17) moves radially outwardly in the helical flow away from the outlet (23), the outlet (23) being arranged such that fuel drawn from the chamber (18) is substantially free of water. Water separated from the fuel is collected in a chamber (25) and can be removed via a drain (24).
US11872875B2
Methods and systems for an electric driveline are provided. In one example, the electric driveline system includes a transmission with a planetary gearset, with a first gearset component rotationally coupled to a first electric machine and a second electric machine, and a first output interface and a second output interface rotationally coupled to a first axle and a second axle, respectively, and a second gearset component in the planetary gearset. The driveline system further includes a first friction clutch configured to selectively brake a third gearset component and a second friction clutch configured to selectively couple the first gearset component to an output shaft.
US11872872B2
An object of the present disclosure is to generate a click feeling, and thus improve workability, in attaching a trim strip member to a sealing member, and to increase a retaining force retaining the trim strip member to the sealing member after the attachment, without an increase in the number of components and the number of assembling steps. A trim strip member 40 includes an upper engagement portion 42 and a lower engagement portion 43 at an upper portion and a lower portion of the trim strip member, respectively. A side of a sealing member body 21 facing outside of a passenger compartment includes a portion made of a rigid material that is harder than an elastic material, and is provided with an upper protrusion 25a and a lower protrusion 25b spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, the upper protrusion 25a and the lower protrusion 25b respectively engaging with the upper engagement portion 42 and the lower engagement portion 43 of the trim strip member 40.
US11872871B2
A belt molding which is capable of easily and stably suppressing the generation of abnormal noise when coming into sliding contact with a window pane. Each of belt moldings is configured to be mounted along a lower edge of a window opening of a vehicle door and come into sliding contact with the window pane which is raised and lowered in the window opening. Each of the belt moldings includes body portions configured to be mounted to door panels of the vehicle door and sealing portions configured to be in elastic contact with the window pane. The sealing portions includes contact portions at the portions configured to be in contact with the window pane, respectively. The contact portions have fiber layers formed by attaching numerous fibers, respectively. Attached density of fibers in the fiber layers is 100 to 600 fibers/mm2.
US11872863B2
A method for detecting a malfunction of a component of a motor vehicle and/or a state change of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a plurality of wheels, a plurality of active wheel suspension systems, a plurality of sensors, a control unit, an evaluation unit and a body, wherein the wheels are each fastened to the body via one of the active wheel suspension systems. The sensors capture sensor information which is used by the control unit to control the active wheel suspension systems. The sensor information is likewise used by the evaluation unit to detect the malfunction and/or the state change.
US11872860B2
A damper control apparatus for controlling a front damper at a front wheel and a rear damper at a rear wheel. The damper control apparatus includes: a preview sensor configured to detect a road surface state in front of a vehicle; a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle of the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the front and rear dampers based on a detected value of the preview sensor. In response to the steering angle sensor detecting a steering angle that exceeds a predetermined steering angle threshold, the controller is configured to reduce control of the rear damper that is based on the detected value of the preview sensor.
US11872853B2
A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) includes a communication interface device configured to communicate with a target TPMS sensor module. The communication interface device include a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to generate at least one wake-up signal; an antenna array configured to transmit each wake-up signal as a directional RF beam; a processing circuit configured to monitor for a response signal in response to the antenna array transmitting the at least one wake-up signal; and a power amplifier configured to set a power of each wake-up signal according to an adjustable power setting such that the power of each subsequent wake-up signal is increased in discrete steps until the response signal is received by the RF transceiver.
US11872847B2
A tire includes a circumferential direction groove and plural protrusions. The circumferential direction groove is formed in a tread face so as to open toward an outer side in a tire radial direction. The plural protrusions are formed so as to project to a projection height of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm from a groove bottom face or a groove side face of the circumferential direction groove, and are spaced apart by a spacing of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. A center line MA, MB linking a center point of a leading end side with a center point of a base end side of each of the plural protrusions leans with respect to a perpendicular line HA, HB such that the leading end side of the protrusion is positioned further toward a tire rotation direction upstream side than the base end side of the protrusion when viewed along a tire width direction or the tire radial direction.
US11872844B2
A wheel of a vehicle has a rim, a hub section and at least two spokes which connect the hub section to the rim. At least one spoke intermediate space between the spokes is at least partially covered by a covering element mounted on the wheel from the outside of the wheel. The covering element is held in the installed position by a fastening device. The fastening device is mounted from the inside of the wheel and is connected to a wheel flange arranged in the inside of the wheel.
US11872843B2
An axle adapter assembly, configured for enabling conversion of an axle installed on a vehicle to fit different center bore sizes of wheel hubs, including: an axle configured for coupling dropouts of fork legs of a lower fork; adapters configured for being inserted within the dropouts; the adapters configured for engaging an outer surface of the axle and retaining the axle upon engagement; and axle pinch shims configured for being inserted into slits of the dropouts and the adapters, wherein upon the insertion, the adapters are aligned with the dropouts, such that shoulders of the adapters retain edges of a wheel hub of the wheel hubs.
US11872840B2
The application relates to a wheel hub for vehicle, which comprises a flange, a rim, a spoke, a central hole, and bolt bores distributed around the central hole. According to the disclosure, the flange on the wheel front side is affixed with an extension part comprising a radial extension magnitude extending to the outer periphery of the wheel hub and an axial extension magnitude extending to the wheel front side, the extension part comprises a plurality of sections circumferentially distributed along the flange, so as to form on the wheel front side an envelope circle having a diameter size increased by twice the radial extension magnitude. The present disclosure further satisfies the additional needs of the user with respect to the overall design of the wheel.
US11872814B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer, a vibration plate that is deformed when the piezoelectric device is driven, a pressure chamber plate including a pressure chamber whose volume is changed by deformation of the vibration plate, a wiring board, an individual lead electrode through which the wiring board and the first electrode are electrically coupled to each other, a common lead electrode through which the wiring board and the second electrode are electrically coupled to each other, and a resistance wire electrically coupled to the wiring board and used to determine temperature in the pressure chamber.
US11872811B2
Example implementations relate to a method to manage printhead operational life; the method comprising firing at least one nozzle of a printhead according to an associated firing parameter to produce a respective drop of print liquid, measuring a parameter associated with the drop of print liquid, and adjusting the firing parameter in response to the measuring to reduce the measured parameter associated with the drop of print liquid on a subsequent firing while maintaining the firing parameter at or above a predetermined parameter limit to maintain print image quality.
US11872794B2
A sheet production line comprises: a calender for laminating and calendaring a sheet blank; a first conveying mechanism arranged at a discharge end of the calender and used for carrying and conveying a semi-finished sheet product output from the calender, where the first conveying mechanism is a traction conveying mechanism; a section cutting mechanism arranged behind the discharge end of the calender in a traveling direction of the semi-finished sheet product; and a second conveying mechanism arranged at a discharge end of the section cutting mechanism in a traveling direction of the sheet sections, where the second conveying mechanism is a non-traction conveying mechanism.
US11872793B2
Method of preparing antimicrobial sheets for articles of manufacture having antimicrobial properties
A method of preparing antimicrobial material sheets suitable for manufacturing a wide range of products having antimicrobial properties. In exemplary embodiments, a fabric having antimicrobial agents may be calendered with a polymer such as a silicone compound or an elastomer, in order to create a fused material sheet that contains the antibacterial properties of the fabric. In exemplary embodiments, the antimicrobial agent is copper, a copper alloy, silver, a silver alloy, or other suitable antimicrobial agent from which a fabric may be created. In some exemplary embodiments, an uncured silicone composition and copper alloy fabric are calendered to obtain an antimicrobial material sheet suitable for compression molding a wide range of products. In some exemplary embodiments, an uncured silicone composition and copper alloy fabric are calendered and roto-cured to obtain a cured antimicrobial material sheet or sheet rolls that maybe suitable for die-cutting.
US11872792B2
A method of producing a composite core member along a production line is disclosed. The core member is designed to be used within a composite panel of a tractor trailer. The method comprises the steps of providing an intermediate core member comprising a reinforced material positioned on at least one end of the intermediate core member and producing at least two strips of reinforced material. The intermediate core member is inserted between the strips of reinforced material and the strips of reinforced material are coupled to a first side and a second side of the intermediate core member to form the core member.
US11872787B2
A window pane includes a transmission control layer including a first glass sheet, a second glass sheet, and a liquid crystal material disposed between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet. Each of the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet has a thickness of about 1 mm or less. A first panel is bonded to the first glass sheet of the transmission control layer. A second panel is bonded to the second glass sheet of the transmission control layer. The transmission control layer is disposed between the first panel and the second panel. The liquid crystal material is controllable to adjust a transmittance of the window pane.
US11872766B2
A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object is disclosed. The method comprises sequentially forming a plurality of layers each patterned according to the shape of a cross section of the object. In some embodiments, the formation of at least one of the layers comprises performing a raster scan to dispense at least a first building material composition, and a vector scan to dispense at least a second building material composition. The vector scan is optionally along a path selected to form at least one structure selected from the group consisting of (i) an elongated structure, (ii) a boundary structure at least partially surrounding an area filled with the first building material, and (iii) an inter-layer connecting structure.
US11872757B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include an agent delivery device to deliver a coalescing agent to selected locations of a build material layer and a plurality of microwave energy emitters, each of the microwave energy emitters including a tip to generate a focused microwave energy field onto a respective area near the tip, in which the tip is to be positioned to place a portion of the build material layer within the focused microwave energy field. The apparatus may also include a controller that may control the microwave energy emitters to direct microwave energy onto the build material layer.
US11872748B2
A method for the additive manufacturing of a composite component in which a fluid matrix material by way of an additive manufacture is introduced successively into a manufacturing device with the formation of an additively manufactured component. A reinforcing element is at least partly introduced into the fluid matrix material and/or arranged on the fluid matrix material.
US11872745B2
Systems and methods for the dispensing of liquid, and automated layering of liquid hydrogel patterns are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may utilize a bioprinter having a brush that is configured to pattern a collagen layer. In some embodiments, the bioprinter may be used to make layered bioprinted materials. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may include a bioprinter having an atomizer needle that is configured to dispense liquid in an automated way. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods may provide modified surfaces upon which materials may be printed using a three-dimensional (3D) bioprinter. In one embodiment, a modified surface may be formed of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), silicones and the like.
US11872742B2
A method to produce a container made of a plastic composition having an inner coating with a higher mechanical stability and/or a better adhesion to the container, includes preparing a plastic composition with at least one base polymer material and at least a first additive comprising globe-like particles having a hardness on the Mohs scale of at least 4, and extrusion blow molding of a container. The globe-like particles, which located on the inner surface of the container, increase the surface area and the hardness of the inner surface of the container. The method also includes applying the at least one metal layer of the inner coating onto the inner surface of the container, wherein the applied metal layer bonds to the globe-like particles of the first additive located on the inner surface of the container.
US11872741B2
A wiring trough, comprising a trough body, and a trough cover arranged on the trough body, wherein the two ends of the trough body are respectively provided with a first clamping portion, and the two ends of the trough cover are respectively provided with a second clamping portion, wherein the trough body and the trough cover are connected in a mutual clamping manner through the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, wherein a channel for receiving a wire is formed by the trough body and the trough cover, wherein a first decoration lug is arranged on each of the first clamping portion, and a second decoration lug is arranged on each of the second clamping portion.
US11872734B2
A tool system for producing a workpiece by injection-molding includes: a tool part which has a cavity for shaping the workpiece from an injection-molding compound; and an adjusting device, which has a drive, a drive shaft, and a plurality of adjusting elements which are operatively connected to the drive shaft and are adjustable via the drive shaft. Driven by the drive, the adjusting elements, each with an actuating section for acting on at least one portion of the workpiece, are adjustable relative to the cavity.
US11872728B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing polyurethane moldings, including the steps of providing a reaction mixture (M), including at least one polyisocyanate, and at least one component with two functional groups which are reactive towards isocyanates, introducing the reaction mixture (M) into a mold and allowing the reaction mixture (M) to react to form a polyurethane molding. In the first step, at least one additive selected from vegetable oils is added to the mixture (M). The present disclosure also relates to a polyurethane molding obtained or obtainable according to said process and the use of a polyurethane molding according to the invention as sole of a boot or part of a sole of a boot.
US11872723B2
A process for producing a rubber mixture in a mixing apparatus having at least one mixing chamber (4, 4′) in which rotors (5) are disposed, wherein a plant control system process parameters (especially the speed of the rotors (5), the suction output of a suction device (13, 14, 15) and the mixing time) are controlled by open- and closed-loop control is provided, wherein at least one rubber is mixed in the mixing chamber with at least one filler, especially silica, preferably with addition of at least one coupling agent, especially a silane, and wherein the gas mixture present in and above the mixing chamber is sucked out by the suction device, wherein volatile organic compounds, especially alcoholic gases, present in the gas mixture sucked in are detected continuously, wherein, in the event of exceedance of a concentration of organic compounds in the gas mixture sucked in that has been defined as the control limit, the concentration measured is employed as control variable in the plant control system for closed-loop control of at least one of the process parameters, and wherein, in the event of exceedance of a concentration of organic compounds in the gas mixture sucked in that has been defined as the safety limit, there is a safety shutdown of the mixing apparatus via the plant control system.
US11872722B2
In a preform shaping method, a fiber stack is manufactured by stacking a sheet-form fibrous component, at least one of a subsidiary material and a component part that have flexibility is placed on the fiber sack, and a preform that has a shaped configuration is manufactured by pressing and pressurizing, against a mold, the fiber stack provided with the at least one of the subsidiary material or the component part.
US11872721B2
A method for producing a conductive honeycomb structure includes: a forming step of extruding a forming raw material to obtain a honeycomb formed body; a drying step of drying the honeycomb formed body to obtain a honeycomb dried body; and a firing step of firing the honeycomb dried body to obtain a honeycomb fired body. The forming step includes controlling a volume fraction of a portion that can form pores of the honeycomb formed body so that an absolute value of a difference in the volume fraction of the portion that can form the pores in predetermined regions of the honeycomb formed body relative to a previously set, predetermined porosity of the honeycomb fired body is within 0.5%. The predetermined porosity is a porosity preset for each of the predetermined regions of the honeycomb fired body.
US11872720B2
An engineered wood based siding, cladding or panel with a microstrand interface layer (MIL) applied to the top of the main strand matrix layers to minimize telegraphing, add rigidity and strength, and provide an improved surface appearance. The MIL comprises microstrands applied to the surface of the strand matrix or mat during production, prior to deposition of a fines layer. The MIL prevents the loss of fines into the strand matrix, and helps prevent or eliminate strand telegraphing.
US11872719B2
A feed roll comprises a roll having a rotary axis, flutes fixed on the roll, mounts fixed on the roll between the flutes, each mount having a seat spaced apart from the outer surface of the roll and replaceable flute elements detachably and matingly engaged in the seats of respective mounts and extending outward beyond the mounts. The replaceable flute insert element comprises an elongated plate body having an inner longitudinal edge, an outer longitudinal edge, and a backing face extending between the inner longitudinal edge and the outer longitudinal edge and the inner longitudinal edge and the backing face configured to matingly engage the seat of the mount. The flute insert element further comprises the outer longitudinal edge being formed with a traction element and the plate body having a plurality of bolt holes therethrough for registering with the bolt holes of the mount element when the plate body and the seat are matingly engaged.
US11872714B1
A scraper includes a first clamping member, a second clamping member, and a locking device. The first clamping member has a first clamping portion and a first connecting portion. The second clamping member has a second clamping portion and a second connecting portion connected with the first connecting portion. The locking device includes a pivoting shaft connected with the first and second pivoting portions, and a switching button disposed on the second clamping member and connected with the pivoting shaft. The switching button is relatively rotatable between a locking position and a releasing position with the pivoting shaft as the center with an angle of less than 180 degrees to cause the second clamping portion to approach or move away from the first clamping portion.
US11872711B2
The invention relates to a lubricating member for a razor cartridge having a lubricating member comprising a carboxymethyl cellulose.
US11872707B2
An inspection robot may include an inspection chassis and a drive module with magnetic wheels coupled to the inspection chassis. The drive module may further include a motor and a gear box located between the motor and a magnetic wheels. The gear box may include a flex spline cup which interacts with the ring gear. The inspection robot may further include a magnetic shielding assembly to shield the motor and an associated electromagnetic sensor from electromagnetic interference generated by the magnetic wheels.
US11872702B2
Embodiments provide functionality to prevent collisions between robots and objects. An example embodiment detects a type and a location of an object based on a camera image of the object, where the image has a reference frame. Motion of the object is then predicted based on at least one of: the detected type of the object, the detected location of the object, and a model of object motion. To continue, a motion plan for the robot is generated that avoids having the robot collide with the object based on the predicted motion of the object and a transformation between the reference frame of the image and a reference frame of the robot. The robot can be controlled to move in accordance with the motion plan or a signal can be generated that controls the robot to operate in accordance with the motion plan.
US11872690B2
A precision clamping assembly has a body, two clamping arms, and a drive device. The body has a first direction, a second direction, a chamber formed in the body, and an opening formed through an outer side of the body along the second direction and communicating with the chamber. The clamping arms are pivotally and movably connected to the body, and each clamping arm is disposed in the chamber and has a pivot end and a clamping end extended out of the body via the opening. The clamping ends are selectively moved toward or away from each other along the second direction and selectively moved same or opposite from each other along a third direction. The drive device is connected to the body and the two clamping arms, and has two driving sets disposed in the body and respectively connected to the two clamping arms.
US11872685B2
An autonomous traverse tire changing bot includes a carriage having a carriage frame with a carriage drive section effecting autonomous traverse of the carriage, along a traverse path, relative to a traverse surface or a floor on which the bot rests, and a bot frame including at least one actuator mounted to the carriage and a bot drive section with a motor defining an actuator degree of freedom, wherein the at least one actuator has an end effector having a tire engagement tool disposed so that articulation of the at least one actuator with the actuator degree of freedom effects engagement contact of the tire engagement tool and a tire mounted on a vehicle, and a controller effects traverse of the bot along the traverse path effecting dynamic positioning of the at least one actuator relative to a variable position of the vehicle with the tire mounted thereon.
US11872684B1
A card gripping apparatus includes a body extending from a first end to a second end, the body being composed of a rigid material; and a securement device extending from the body, the securement device having a first side and a second side creating an opening therebetween; the first side and the second side are to secure to a card; and the body provides for a gripping location to maneuver the card.
US11872682B2
A portable power tool includes a first handle extending in an elongated manner and configured to be held by a user, an electric motor, a tool accessory that undergoes orbital and/or rotational motion in response to generation of a rotational driving force by the electric motor, and a battery mounting part configured to detachably attach a battery that serves as a power source for the electric motor. The battery mounting part includes an upward mounting surface on which the battery is mountable, and at least one terminal configured to be electrically connected to the battery when a surface of the battery that includes a connection interface is placed on the mounting surface. The mounting surface is located at a position different from the first handle in the front-rear direction, and is located below an upper side of the first handle in the up-down direction.
US11872680B2
An impact power tool includes a transmission output shaft, a rotary impact assembly with a cam shaft, hammer, and anvil, and a tool output shaft rotatable with the anvil. A coupler removably couples the cam shaft to the transmission output shaft. When torque on the tool output shaft is less than or equal to a first threshold, the transmission output shaft, cam shaft, hammer, and anvil rotate together to transmit torque to the tool output shaft. When torque on the tool output shaft is above the first threshold, the hammer moves along the cam shaft away from the anvil by a first distance and applies rotary impacts to the anvil. When the hammer moves along the cam shaft away from the anvil by a second distance greater than the first distance, the coupler decouples the transmission output shaft from the cam shaft, interrupting torque transmission to the tool output shaft.
US11872668B2
A portable power tool includes an electric motor having a motor shaft, an output shaft arranged in parallel to the motor shaft and configured to be driven by rotation of the motor shaft, a tool accessory operably connected to the output shaft and configured to undergo an orbital and/or rotational motion in response to rotation of the output shaft, a first bearing that rotatably supports the output shaft, and a second bearing that rotatably supports the output shaft and is arranged closer to the tool accessory than the first bearing in an axial direction in which the output shaft extends. The first and second bearings are arranged at positions that do not overlap with a radially outermost one of components of the electric motor when viewed in a shaft arrangement direction in which the motor shaft and the output shaft are arranged in parallel.
US11872661B2
A disassembling device for removing fastening components embedded in a workpiece includes a supporting base, a clamping assembly, and a pushing assembly. The pushing assembly includes a sliding assembly, an adjusting rod, and an ejecting pin. The workpiece defines a first through hole which communicates with a positioning hole. The workpiece is clamped by the clamping assembly, the sliding assembly is connected to the supporting base and can slide along a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The adjusting rod passes through the sliding assembly to connect with the ejecting pin, the ejecting pin is driven to extend into the first through hole and to move in a direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, so as to push the fastening component out of the positioning hole.
US11872657B2
A welding system includes a welding apparatus and an appearance inspection apparatus. The appearance inspection apparatus includes: a shape measurement unit that measures the shape of a weld; an image processor that generates image data based on data of the shape; a determination unit that determines whether the shape of the weld is good or bad based on the image data and a determination model; and a feedback unit that extracts shape defect information if the result of the determination by the determination unit is negative. An output controller of the welding apparatus corrects a welding condition for a workpiece based on the shape defect information extracted by the feedback unit.
US11872655B2
Disclosed is a laser processing device including a laser light source configured to output laser light, a converging unit configured to converge the laser light toward a first surface to form a converging point, a camera configured to image reflected light of the laser light from the first surface, a spatial light modulator for modulating the laser light according to a modulation pattern, and a controller configured to execute acquisition processing of applying the laser light to the first surface by controlling the laser light source and imaging the reflected light by controlling the camera to acquire a reflectance of the first surface for the first wavelength.
US11872629B2
A pressing arrangement includes a pressure vessel comprising a furnace chamber. The furnace chamber comprises a load compartment arranged within the furnace chamber. The furnace chamber comprises at least one pressure medium guiding passage in fluid communication with the load compartment to form an inner convection loop, wherein pressure medium in the inner convection loop is guided through the load compartment and through the at least one pressure medium guiding passage and back to the load compartment, or vice versa. The pressure vessel comprises at least one adjustable throttle configured to selectively impede or obstruct pressure medium flow in at least a portion of the at least one pressure medium guiding passage, thereby selectively selectively impeding or obstructing a flow of pressure medium in the inner convection loop.
US11872622B2
Proposed is a nitinol nanofiber with an average surface roughness that is enhanced through mechanical and chemical treatments. The enhanced surface roughness improves biocompatibility and promotes tissue growing, thereby improving the bioavailability of the nitinol nanofiber. The nitinol nanofiber undergoes infrared irradiation whereby the nitinol fiber exhibits improved tensile strength, elastic modulus, and maximum restorative stress. Therefore, fatigue fraction does not easily occur in the nitinol fiber even when the nitinol nanofiber has a constant roughness. The present invention provides bio-use or medical nitinol nanofibers that are highly biocompatible.
US11872620B2
A press brake is provided with a hydraulic cylinder configured to move an upper table and a lower table relative to each other in a vertical direction, and a control unit configured to control a hydraulic circuit of the hydraulic cylinder, in which the control unit manages a predictor of an occurrence of an abnormality in the hydraulic circuit including a first pressure control valve configured to control a back pressure of hydraulic oil on a first port side of the hydraulic cylinder.
US11872613B2
A rolling mill of four-high or more is provided that includes: measurement apparatuses that adopt any one roll as a reference roll, and measure at least rolling direction forces acting on roll chocks on a work side and roll chocks on a drive side of each roll other than a backup roll; pressing apparatuses that press the roll chocks in the rolling direction; driving apparatuses that move the roll chocks in the rolling direction; and a position control unit that fixes a rolling direction position of the roll chocks of the reference roll as a reference position, and drives the driving apparatuses to control the positions in the rolling direction of the roll chocks based on a rolling direction force difference so that the rolling direction force difference of each roll is a value within an allowable range.
US11872584B2
A spray device includes side-by-side spray tips that are spaced from one another at a distal end of the spray device. A first spray tip has a first fluid pathway defining a first flow area. The first fluid pathway has a first swirl chamber having an outer perimeter and flutes having inner ends that direct a first fluid into the outer perimeter of the first swirl chamber for rotating the first fluid in a circular pattern. A second spray tip has a second fluid pathway that defines a second flow area that is larger than the first flow area. The second fluid pathway has a second swirl chamber having an outer perimeter and flutes having inner ends that direct a second fluid into the outer perimeter of the second swirl chamber for rotating the second fluid in a circular pattern.
US11872576B2
A nozzle for a filter cleaning system has a stub portion having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a splitter portion positioned downstream of the stub portion. The splitter portion has deflector surfaces arranged to direct the airflow exiting the stub portion outlet in 3 or more different/separate airstreams each of which airstreams are directed inclined axially outwardly from the axial direction of the airflow exiting the stub portion outlet opening. The various parameters of the splitter nozzle portion can be tailored to provide required jet shape and entrainment characteristics. A beneficial feature of the nozzle designs is that jet entrainment and recombination of flows can be specified for different shaped filters.
US11872571B2
A batch centrifuge having a filter screen that can be expeditiously removed and replaced and that is more rigid and more durable than filter screens that are typically employed in current practice. The batch centrifuge may include a centrifuge basket and a cylindrical filter screen disposed within the centrifuge basket, wherein the filter screen is formed of a plurality of curved panels that fit together at adjoining edges. In some embodiments, each of the curved panels may be small enough to fit through an opening in the top of the centrifuge basket without being bent or otherwise deformed.
US11872566B2
A magnetic filter is disclosed suitable for use in large heating and/or cooling systems, for example heating systems using pipework between 2 inch bore and 4 inch bore. The magnetic filter includes a separation chamber in the form of a pipe, and externally-mounted magnetic 5 assemblies which are movable from a position close to the pipe to a position spaced from the pipe. The magnetic assemblies are pivotally mounted to the pipe via a framework.
US11872563B2
A reagent container includes a base defining a plurality of wells having openings exposed at an upper surface of the base and a tube receptacle. The plurality of wells include a first set of wells and a second set of wells. Each well of the first set of wells has an opening to a well bore and a channel in communication with the well bore. The opening has a first portion disposed over the well bore and a second portion disposed over the channel. The first portion has a larger area than the second portion. An angle defined by tangents to the inner surface of the first and second portions at a junction between the first and second portions is at least 100° and not greater than 180°. The reagent container further includes a top coupled over the top surface of the base and defining windows providing access to the openings of the plurality of wells and the tube receptacle.
US11872559B2
The present invention concerns a microfluidic device or chip including at least one inlet for introducing at least one object into the device; an oil inlet for introducing an oil that supports droplet formation into the device or a droplet forming substance inlet for introducing a droplet forming substance into the device; a co-encapsulation area or structure where the at least one object is encapsulated by the droplet; a microfluidic tubing or channel for transporting the at least one object to an entrance of the co-encapsulation area or structure; an oil supporting droplet formation microchannel or droplet forming substance microchannel connected to the microfluidic tubing or channel to place a liquid of the microfluidic tubing or channel in direct contact with the oil that supports droplet formation or the droplet forming substance; and a droplet microchannel or tubing for transporting the droplet.
US11872554B2
A microfluidic device includes an inlet port configured to receive a sample, a first reaction chamber fluidically coupled to the inlet port, a first pump fluidically coupled to the inlet port, a second pump fluidically coupled to a mixing chamber, a metering channel fluidically coupled to the first reaction chamber and to the mixing chamber, and one or more second reaction chambers fluidically coupled to the mixing chamber. The first pump is configured to move fluid from the inlet port to the first reaction chamber and from the first pump to the inlet port. The second pump is configured to move fluid from the second pump to the mixing chamber, from the first reaction chamber to the mixing chamber, and from the mixing chamber to the one or more second reaction chambers.
US11872551B2
A system may include a horizontal actuator to move a tray, to which a microwell plate and a microfluidic chip may be coupled. The system may include a vertical actuator to move a support arm, to which a plurality of pipettes or pipette tips may be coupled. The system may include a rotational actuator to move an angle bracket, to which a magnet may be coupled. The system may include a heater, through which the pipettes may extend. The system may include a pump to control the flow of fluids through the pipettes. Disclosed methods include performing PCR within the described system.
US11872547B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for photocatalytic oxidation of allylic C—H bonds present in alkenes containing at least three carbon atoms. In this newly disclosed method, such alkenes, when reacted with carbon dioxide (CO2) in an organic solvent containing a catalyst comprising of a supported molecular complex of transition metal ions under conditions of ambient temperature and pressure using a readily available household LED lamp, yield oxygenated products. The developed method represents a unique way to use CO2 as an oxygen transfer agent to unsaturated organic compounds along with the formation of CO as a co-product using light as an energy source.
US11872545B2
Catalytic compositions for depolymerizing polyolefin-based waste material into useful petrochemical products and methods of use are described. The compositions are a composite of at least one zeolite catalyst with one or more co-catalyst(s) that is a solid inorganic material. These composite catalysts, along with heat, are used to both increase the depolymerization reaction rate of the feed streams and suppress poisoning effects of non-polyolefin polymers that may be present. This results in a shorter residence time in the depolymerization unit and more efficient process.
US11872541B2
An embodiment ceria-alumina support (CeO2—Al2O3 support) includes a nano-ceria having a shape of a polygonal bipyramid or a truncated polygonal bipyramid supported on alumina. An embodiment noble metal catalyst for treating exhaust gas includes a noble metal deposited on a ceria-alumina support (CeO2—Al2O3 support) that includes a nano-ceria having a shape of a polygonal bipyramid or a truncated polygonal bipyramid supported on alumina. An embodiment method for affecting resistance to sulfur-poisoning of a noble metal catalyst through structural transformation of nano-ceria supported on alumina includes performing a hydrothermal treatment of ceria supported on γ-alumina.
US11872529B2
A bubble generation device is provided which is capable of discharging bubbles of about the same size from each of a plurality of bubble discharge ports. The device is provided with a bubble discharge chamber communicating with each of a plurality of bubble discharge ports, a turnaround path including a first communication port communicating with a gas storage chamber and a second communication port communicating with the bubble discharge chamber on a downstream side in a gas traveling direction of a turn-around point of the turnaround path, opening areas of the plurality of bubble discharge ports being the same as each other, and a total of the opening areas of the plurality of bubble discharge ports being smaller than an opening area of the second communication port.
US11872527B2
A honeycomb filter including: a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure having an inflow end face and an outflow end face and including a porous partition wall disposed so as to surround a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells extending from the inflow end face to the outflow end face; inflow side plugging portions disposed at open ends of predetermined cells on the inflow end face side; and outflow side plugging portions disposed at open ends of residual cells on the outflow end face side, wherein the outflow side plugging portions comprise first outflow side plugging portions and second outflow side plugging portions, the plugging length L1 of the first outflow side plugging portions is 10 to 50% of the overall length L0 of the honeycomb structure, and the plugging length L2 of the second outflow side plugging portions is less than 10% of the overall length L0 of the honeycomb structure.
US11872522B2
A humidity control element includes a plurality of flat plate members stacked in a state where a first flow path or a second flow path is formed in each space between the flat plate members. Heat is exchangeable between the first flow path and the second flow path via the flat plate members. Each of the flat plate members is formed of any one material of a resin, paper, glass, a metal, and a ceramic, a metal organic framework MIL-101 (Cr) containing chromium as a metal is held on any one of an inner surface of the first flow path and an inner surface of the second flow path, and a switching time between a dehumidification operation and a regeneration operation is relatively long.
US11872521B2
An air purifying system includes: a carbon dioxide remover including first and second spaces partitioned by a gas permeable membrane with 50 nm or less diameter micropores; a feed passage leading to-be-purified air from a room to the first space; a supply passage supplying clean gas having lower carbon dioxide and higher oxygen concentrations than the to-be-purified air to the second space; a discharge passage discharging, from the second space, mixed gas; a return passage leading purified air from the first space into the room, the purified air resulting from removing carbon dioxide from the to-be-purified air; and adjusting equipment adjusting a gas pressure in the first and second spaces to be substantially equal to each other. The to-be-purified air flows in the first space along a surface of the gas permeable membrane, and the clean gas flows in the second space along a surface of the gas permeable membrane.
US11872520B2
A method for inspecting a separation membrane module has a sealing step for sealing a gas for inspection on a primary side of zeolite membrane. The dynamic molecular diameter for the gas for inspection is greater than 1.07 times the pore diameter in the zeolite membrane. The gas for inspection has the characteristic of having a rate of reduction for a CO2 gas permeation rate in the zeolite membrane of less than 10% when a separation membrane structure is allowed to stand for 60 minutes in the gas for inspection at 25 degrees C. and 0.1 MPaG.
US11872512B2
An intelligent robot includes at least one accessory to measure activity and state in proximity to the robot; an air filtration module housed in a casing made of a UV blocking material; and a control center to analyze output of the at least one accessory, to recognize a known target user according to the analysis and to control functionality of said robot and the air filtration module for said known target user according to saved preferences for said known target user.
US11872509B2
A fine particle separating apparatus includes a first filter having a first mesh, the first filter having a first section and a second section with the first mesh therebetween and rotatably mounted in the first filter part. A first flow path allows sludge to flow into the first filter, a second flow path allows an effluent from the first filter party to flow therein, and a third flow path is provided to discharge the effluent from the second flow path to the outside. At least a portion of the effluent flowing into the second flow path is provided to the first filter part in a fluid loop along a fourth flow path, and a fifth flow path is defined in the first section to allow the effluent from the fourth flow path to pass through the first filter part. A storage tank and a pump are also provided.
US11872502B2
A gaming system comprises a gaming controller for conducting a first and second dice game, a display device to present the dice games, a plurality of dice, and one or more automated dice units (ADUs) to house and shake the dice to generate a dice outcome. The gaming controllers are configured to detect, via at least one sensor in response to generating the dice outcome, outcome indicia for each die, identify a first set of dice and a second set of dice at least partially different from the first set, translate the detected outcome indicia of the first set into outcome values for a first game outcome of the first dice game and the detected outcome indicia of the second set into outcome values for a second game outcome of the second dice game, and cause the display device to present the game outcomes.
US11872500B2
In some embodiments, there is provided a vaporization system including a vaporizer device and a user interface on a remote communication device, wherein the user interface is adapted to control the temperature of the heater and is adapted to further control an entertainment mode.
US11872497B1
A selection to use a customer-generated matchmaking algorithm is received, by a multi-tenant gaming service, from a first customer. Indications of a plurality of video game player matchmaking requests and corresponding player characteristic data are provided, by the multi-tenant gaming service, for processing by the customer-generated matchmaking algorithm. An indication of a first player match determined by the customer-generated matchmaking algorithm, based on the video game player matchmaking requests and the player characteristic data, is received, by the multi-tenant gaming service. The first player match may be between at least a first player and a second player. Execution of a first video game session to which the first player and the second player are connected is hosted, by the multi-tenant gaming service.
US11872495B1
The method and system electronically detects users engaged in common gameplay using hash values generated based on image processing of designated portions of gameplay image capture. Portions are based on the game, common display area visible to all players. For each player running the executable application, these hash values are generated on an intermittent basis and the hash values are sent via a network connection to one or more hash databases. The method and system compares hash values to determine matches. Based on this detection, the method and system determines additional user(s) engaged in the common gameplay.
US11872494B2
Disclosed are a method for changing a game parameter and a client for performing same. The client comprises: a processor for executing a game program; and a transceiver for communicating with a blockchain node of a blockchain network storing a first blockchain, wherein the processor may authenticate a user account and perform a first event of the game program accessed by the user account, the transceiver may transmit, to the blockchain node, a completion signal of the first event including information about the client when the first event is completed and receive, from the blockchain node, a request signal for generating a second event, the processor may generate the second event on the basis of the request signal for generating the second event, and the transceiver may transmit, to the blockchain node, information about the second event.
US11872493B2
An information processing program causes a computer to realize: an obtaining unit that obtains item possession information indicating whether or not a player possesses a first item, which can be obtained by executing predetermined processing in a game, first item information indicating the first item managed in association with the processing, and executable processing information indicating the processing that can be executed by the player; and an output-information generating unit (319) that generates output information for reporting that the first item can be obtained in a display screen displaying information concerning the first item not possessed by the player in the case where it is determined, on the basis of the item possession information, that the player does not possess the first item and it is determined, on the basis of the first item information and the executable processing information, that the player can execute processing by which the first item can be obtained.
US11872492B2
Systems and methods for determining whether to enable color blind accessibility settings within the course of a user interactive narrative are described herein. Virtual color blindness indication objects containing colors that are visibly distinguishable within a single dichromatic visual spectrum can be utilized in objectives to determine a user's dichromatic visual deficiency type.
US11872487B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for interconnecting plugins of a content overlay engine that is executed with a video game. In an example system, a data manager that includes a plugin manager and an event reporting orchestrator is executed concurrently with the video game. The plugin manager identifies a set of plugins that includes at least a consumer plugin and a producer plugin coupled to the data manager. The plugin manager also identifies an event type that is to be reported to the consumer plugin. The event reporting orchestrator receives a notification of a first event from the producer plugin during execution of the video game, and determines if the first event is of the event type to be reported to the consumer plugin. If the first event is of the event type, information associated with the first event is reported to the consumer plugin.
US11872481B2
Apparatus and method related to projections and/or computing devices are described. Projections may be made from multiple computing devices to create a presentation. Various other embodiments are described.
US11872478B2
A hand held controller for a games console comprising an outer case and at least one control located on the controller. The controller is shaped to be held in at least one hand of a user such that the at least one control is operable by the user. The at least one control extends through an aperture provided in the outer case, and wherein the controller comprises a removable buffer mounted within the aperture.
US11872469B2
A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
US11872468B2
A sport training method and system and a head-mounted VR device are disclosed. The method is performed by a head-mounted VR device. The head-mounted VR device is wirelessly connected to a hand-motion tracker and a foot-motion tracker. The method comprises: displaying a virtual demonstrative action; acquiring 6DOF head-motion data, 6DOF hand-motion data and 6DOF foot-motion data of the user; fusing the 6DOF hand-motion data and the 6DOF foot-motion data with the 6DOF head-motion data; calculating motion data of different parts of a human body according to the data that have been fused; and comparing the motion data of the different parts of the human body obtained by the calculation with standard sport training data of the virtual demonstrative action, and if a degree of similarity is greater than a threshold, determining that an action of a human-body part meets a training standard, and if not, displaying a corresponding prompting message in a virtual reality scene to prompt a human-body part whose action is not standard.
US11872460B2
An electromagnetic resistance feedback bicycle training device includes a bicycle trainer frame, an electricity generator, and a resistance feedback system. The electricity generator and the resistance feedback system are mounted on the bicycle trainer frame. The resistance feedback system includes a transmission system connectable to an external electronic device, an electromagnetic resistance generation unit operable to induce an electromagnetic resistance force to a rotating object, a feedback circuit, and a control unit. The control unit detects, by means of an electromagnetic detection element of the feedback circuit, a strength of an electromagnetic field generated by the electromagnetic resistance generation unit, and, in response to the strength of the electromagnetic field, adjusts a level of the electromagnetic resistance force generated by the electromagnetic resistance generation unit. As such, the present invention enables self-generation of electricity and self-supply of electrical power without connection with an external power source and features instantaneous feed-back of electromagnetic resistance force and self-adjustment for maintaining a constant level of the electromagnetic resistance force.
US11872451B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent spin performance on approach shots under a wet condition and excellent spin performance on approach shots under a condition that there is grass between the golf ball and the dub face. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film composed of at least one layer and formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein an outermost layer of the paint film located at the outermost layer of the golf ball contains a base resin and a porous filler, the base resin contains a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between (A) a polyisocyanate composition and (B) a polyol composition containing a urethane polyol as a polyol component, the porous filler contains SiO2 in an amount of 50 mass % or more as a constituent component, and a loss tangent (tan δ) of the outermost layer of the paint film measured with a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring apparatus under following conditions has a peak temperature in a range of from −43° C. to 40° C.
US11872447B2
A ski exercise machine includes a main frame, a support rack mounted on the main frame, a rotation shaft module mounted on a top of the support rack, a movable step board mounted on a top of the rotation shaft module, an elastic unit mounted between the movable step board and the support rack, and at least one gyroscope mounted on the movable step board. The movable step board is movably pivoted and swung relative to the support rack. The at least one gyroscope detects and derives a swinging information of the movable step board when the movable step board is swung relative to the support rack.
US11872446B2
A method for gait retraining of a runner includes: measuring acceleration data of at least one lower leg of the runner; diagnosing the acceleration data thereby determining a measure of the impact intensity of at least one external tibial shock; and providing real-time feedback to the runner by converting the measure of the impact intensity into distortion of music to a level which is perceived by the runner as a measure for the impact intensity. The conversion is done based on a predefined relationship between perceived distortion levels and imposed distortion levels, and the runner can reduce the distortion of the music by adjusting his or her gait.
US11872442B1
The present utility model provides a water-magnetic double-resistance rowing machine, wherein a pullback device is in transmission connection with a rotating shaft of a damping water tank and a magnetic control wheel simultaneously, and through the cooperation of the damping water tank and the magnetic control wheel, the rowing machine has double resistance of water and magnetism, which can achieve greater exercise intensity.
US11872432B1
An exercise device comprising an outer tube having a first end and an open second end. An inner tube has a first end fitting inside the open second end of the outer tube. Thus, the inner tube can slide inside the outer tube. Typically, from about 5 percent to about 30 percent of the inner tube will be inside the outer tube when the device is at rest (that is, no force is applied). When the user applies a force to the first end of the outer tube, the inner tube can slide inside the outer tube against force provided by a resistance device. Depending on the force applied, the inner tube can be inserted from about 10 percent to about 100 percent of its length inside the outer tube. The resistance device can be a spring, an elastic cord, magnetic repulsion, or the like.
US11872428B1
Devices, apparatus, systems, and methods for providing and retrofitting sprinkler heads. with a solid one-piece Teflon saddle and a stainless steel washer to replace a Beryllium washer with Teflon tape on both sides in sprinkler heads. The Teflon saddle can be formed from one piece of Teflon having a cylindrical base and an upper cylindrical section having a raised cylindrical rim, the upper cylindrical section having a wider diameter than the cylindrical base, and narrow depth central opening in the upper cylindrical section. The upper cylindrical section can have a bottom edge having an incline between approximately 10 degrees to approximately 20 degrees running from an outer perimeter to an inner end.
US11872425B2
Fire protection systems and methods having piping interconnections for connecting afire protection device to a fluid source. The piping interconnections include a branch connector connected to a pipe header. The branch connector includes a tubular member and an internal annular seal member housed in an internal gasket chamber of the tubular member. The tubular member includes an internal stepless surface between a terminal end of the tubular member and the internal gasket chamber.
US11872418B2
Provided is a Fall Arrest Staple that includes a slanted base with a flat welding surface and an integral ring section extending from the base that is constructed from aluminum with a maximum internal radii that is capable of accepting a small carabineer. The staple can be welded to an aluminum pole, such as a 4″OD×0.25″ mast that is found on a ship. Advantages provided by the staple include the ability of welding in a perpendicular orientation to a ship deck (in the direction of a fall), welding to a curved aluminum backing plate, and the use of the staple with a curved backing plate that can be welded directly to a ship mast.
US11872413B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a probe for the treatment of brain tissue using an assembly comprising the probe and an acoustic window (1), the probe (2) including a plurality of transducers (21) for generating ultrasound waves, the method comprising: —a phase of detection: •of the probe transducers situated above the cranium (4) of the patient, and •of the probe transducers situated above the acoustic window (1), so as to permit: •deactivation of the transducers situated above the cranium (4) of the patient, •activation of the transducers situated above the acoustic window (1).
US11872406B2
An ambulatory medical device includes two or more response mechanisms; a memory storing an active operation mode parameter identifying an active operation mode from a plurality of operation modes; a controller connected with the two or more response mechanisms; and a therapy manager component executable by the controller and configured to identify the active operation mode, detect a physiological parameter indicative of a health disorder of the patient, request that the patient change the state of one of the two or more response mechanisms in response to detection of the physiological parameter, monitor the state of each of the two or more response mechanisms within a first predetermined period, and delay therapy to the patient in response to detection of a first change in the state of one of the two or more response mechanisms within the predetermined period and identification of a first mode as the active operation mode.
US11872404B2
Methods and devices for providing noninvasive electrotherapy and electrical stimulation are described herein. In one aspect, a device for noninvasive electrotherapy includes wireless communication circuitry configured to receive pulse generation control signals wirelessly transmitted from a computing device. The device can include pulse generation circuitry configured to deliver electrical waveforms according to instructions encoded in the pulse generation control signals. The computing device can include a cellular telephone device, a portable media player, a personal digital assistant, a tablet computer, or an internet access device.
US11872400B2
An implantable wireless lead includes an enclosure, the enclosure housing: one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to a neural tissue; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject's body through an introducer or a needle.
US11872394B2
Described herein are systems and methods for the treatment of pain using electrical nerve conduction block (ENCB). Contrary to other methods of pain treatment, the ENCB can establish a direct block of neural activity, thereby eliminating the pain. Additionally, the ENCB can be administered without causing electrochemical damage. An example method can include: placing at least one electrode contact in electrical communication with a region of a subject's spinal cord; applying an electrical nerve conduction block (ENCB) to a nerve in the region through the at least one electrode contact; and blocking neural activity with the ENCB to reduce the pain or other unwanted sensation in the subject.
US11872381B2
A drive train for a wind-up injection device is described. The drive train includes a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle, a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism adapted to expel the liquid drug, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and including a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage. The clutch element is adapted to transmit the torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, or alternatively from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism. The ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage. The drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks visco-elastically and/or visco-frictionally.
US11872380B2
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device for delivering a number of predetermined amounts of medicament, comprising a body having a proximal and an opposite distal end and extending along a longitudinal axis (L); a medicament container (20) arranged inside said body; a driving mechanism arranged inside said body and configured to act on said medicament container; a manually movable activation member (102) arranged on the distal end the body; a biased actuator member (64) arranged to be movable along the longitudinal axis and through the manually movable activation member (102), said biased actuator member being configured to protrude a predetermined distance from the distal end of the manually movable activation member and configured to interact with said driving mechanism when the biased actuator member is displaced said predetermined distance towards the proximal end of the body for delivering a predetermined amount of medicament; and an actuator guide member (90) arranged in the body and configured to interact with the manually movable activation member (102) and with the biased actuator member (64) such that said actuator guide member (90) can be held in a position within the body and released from said position after a predetermined amount of medicament is delivered; wherein the actuator guide member (90) comprises at least one second guide element (92) adapted to interact with blocking surfaces in at least one group of guide surfaces (76) arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the biased actuator member (64) if said biased actuator member is operated towards the proximal end of the body during displacement of the biased actuator member (64) from the distal end of the manually movable activation member or if said biased actuator member is released during displacement of the biased actuator member (64) towards the proximal end of the body.
US11872378B2
A medicament delivery device configured to provide a variable single dose of medicament is disclosed. The medicament delivery device includes a main body and a syringe arranged in the main body, wherein the syringe comprises a medicament. The medicament delivery device further includes a removable cap and a plunger rod operatively arranged to eject the medicament through a delivery member i.e. an injection needle attached to the syringe. Still further, the medicament delivery device includes a tubular member coupled to the plunger rod. The tubular member is configured to rotate during removing of the removable cap, and the rotation releases the plunger rod thereby allowing the plunger rod to travel a predetermined distance so as to prime the medicament delivery device.
US11872375B2
An electronic automatic injection device including a housing configured to receive an injection module containing a material to be injected, an electric motor having a rotary drive output, at least one forward driving spring and a multifunctional electric motor driven drive assembly responsive to the rotary drive output of the electric motor and being operative in a first mode of operation, when the injection module includes a prefilled syringe, to enable the at least one forward driving spring to displace the prefilled syringe in a forward direction and in a second mode of operation, when the injection module includes a needleless cartridge, to eject the injectable liquid from the prefilled syringe through a needle.
US11872372B2
A processor-implemented method includes obtaining measurement data indicative of a physiological condition measured by a sensing arrangement located at a site on a body, determining a lag associated with the sensing arrangement based on a relationship between the measurement data and reference data, and identifying, based on the lag, the site at which the sensing arrangement is located from a plurality of sites on the body.
US11872364B2
A fluid-delivery system, a fluid-delivery device, and an adapter are described herein for applying fluid to tissue. The adapter generally includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion includes a grasping handle to be grasped by a grasping instrument having a pair of jaws, and a collar surrounding the grasping handle to increase a grip on the pair of jaws. The distal portion is adapted to connect with the fluid-delivery device. The fluid-delivery device generally includes a tip to apply the fluid to the tissue, a tip saturator to supply the tip with the fluid, a flow regulator to control fluid flow to the tip saturator, and a fluid housing to contain the fluid which is appliable to the tissue. The fluid-delivery system includes the adapter connected with the fluid-delivery device. The fluid-delivery system is particularly advantageous for marking tissues during endoscopic surgical procedures.
US11872363B2
Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
US11872362B2
The various embodiments of the subject invention included herein provide devices, systems and methods for aiding the regrooming or refolding of balloons upon deflation. The scope of the inventions in this specification includes methods and devices that reduce the profile of balloons after deflation, reduce or eliminate wings, high-points, irregularities, bunching, thickening, and the like, and facilitate passage of a deflated balloon through a body void or lumen, or through a medical device such as a guide catheter, guide sheath, femoral or radial introducer sheath, and the like.
US11872350B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for providing a personalized humidification level. A control system receives, from a first sensor, one or more environmental parameters regarding conditions of the environment. The control system receives, from a second sensor, one or more physiological parameters associated with a user within the environment. The control system determines an action associated with a desired change in the humidity within the environment based, at least in part, on the one or more environmental parameters and the one or more physiological parameters. The control system causes, at least in part, a performance of the action associated with the change in the humidity in the environment based, at least in part, on moisture outputted by a humidifier module. The methods and devices perform the same functionality as the control system.
US11872341B2
A cartridge for a vapor provision system including the cartridge and a control unit, wherein the cartridge includes a housing part having a mouthpiece end and an interface end, wherein the mouthpiece end includes a vapor outlet for the cartridge and the interface end includes an interface for coupling the cartridge to a control unit; an air channel extending from an air inlet in the housing part to the vapor outlet; a reservoir within the housing part containing liquid for vaporization, wherein an end of the reservoir at the interface end of the housing part is sealed by a resilient plug, wherein the reservoir includes a dividing wall between a first reservoir region on a side of the dividing wall facing the mouth piece end of the housing part and a second reservoir region on a side of the dividing wall facing the interface end of the housing part, wherein the dividing wall includes at least one fluid communication opening to provide fluid communication between the first reservoir region and the second reservoir region; and a liquid transport element arranged to transport liquid from the second region of the reservoir to a vaporizer for generating vapor in a vapor generation region for user inhalation.
US11872338B2
The introduction pipe is extend from an inlet port to the inside of the chamber body, and has, as an end opening thereof, a discharge port provided in the inner circumferential surface of the chamber body so as to be directed toward the circumferential direction. The inner circumferential surface of the chamber body is provided so as to spirally extend, along the circumferential direction, from a discharge point at which the discharge port is disposed, to a connection point at which the outer circumferential surface of the introduction pipe is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the chamber body. The inner circumferential surface is formed such that a second radius connecting the connection point to the center axis of the chamber body is shorter than a first radius connecting the discharge point to the center axis of the chamber body.
US11872332B2
New medical circuit components and methods for forming such components are disclosed. These components include microstructures for humidification and/or condensate management. The disclosed microstructures can be incorporated into a variety of components, including tubes (e.g., inspiratory breathing tubes and expiratory breathing tubes and other tubing between various elements of a breathing circuit, such as ventilators, humidifiers, filters, water traps, sample lines, connectors, gas analyzers, and the like), Y-connectors, catheter mounts, humidifiers, and patient interfaces (e.g., masks for covering the nose and face, nasal masks, cannulas, nasal pillows, etc.), floats, probes, and sensors in a variety of medical circuits.
US11872328B2
Disclosed herein are devices/kits and methods for reducing, treating, preventing or eliminating post-operative adhesions in an intervention/target site within a body of a subject. The method comprises the steps of: introducing an applicator, configured for applying an anti-adhesive composition, into an intervention/target site within a body of a subject; applying the anti-adhesive composition onto the intervention/target site; and extracting the applicator from the body of the subject, wherein the method is performed during or following an interventional procedure.
US11872326B2
Disclosed is a medical device exhibiting superior lubricating property and durability (lubrication retaining property), the medical device comprising a substrate layer, an adhesive layer formed on at least a portion of the substrate layer, comprising a hydrophilic copolymer comprising a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (A) having a sulfobetaine structure, a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (B) having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group, sulfuric acid group, sulfurous acid group, and salts thereof, and a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (C) having a photoreactive group, and a surface lubricious layer formed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, comprising a hydrophilic polymer dissolvable in a solvent capable of dissolving or swelling the hydrophilic copolymer. Also disclosed are methods for producing medical devices exhibiting superior lubricating property and durability (lubrication retaining property).
US11872320B2
Disclosed is a method for treating osteoarthritis comprising a step of administering a patch to a patient. The patch comprises a backing layer and an adhesive layer laminated on the backing layer, the adhesive layer comprises an adhesive base, diclofenac sodium, dimethyl sulfoxide, and an organic acid, and a content of the organic acid is 6 mass % to 8 mass % with respect to a total mass of the adhesive layer. The patch is applied to an affected part once a day, and a dose of diclofenac sodium per administration is 70 mg to 150 mg.
US11872318B2
Nanocrystals, compositions, and methods that aid particle transport in mucus are provided. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods involve making mucus-penetrating particles (MPP) without any polymeric carriers, or with minimal use of polymeric carriers. The compositions and methods may include, in some embodiments, modifying the surface coatings of particles formed of pharmaceutical agents that have a low water solubility. Such methods and compositions can be used to achieve efficient transport of particles of pharmaceutical agents though mucus barriers in the body for a wide spectrum of applications, including drug delivery, imaging, and diagnostic applications. In certain embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition including such particles is well-suited for administration routes involving the particles passing through a mucosal barrier.
US11872315B2
A method for blood plasma protein activity preservation is provided. The method comprises the steps of mixing blood plasma with two or more protectants selected from the group consisting of triglyceride, glycerol, propylene glycol, alanine, serine, glycine, alginate, and sucrose to obtain a mixture; and lyophilizing the mixture.
US11872311B2
Metal-bisphosphonate nanoparticles are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including the metal-bisphosphonate nanoparticles, methods of preparing the metal-bisphosphonate nanoparticles and materials comprising the nanoparticles, and methods of using the compositions to treat cancer or bone-related disorders (e.g., bone-resorption-related diseases, osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and bone metastases) and as imaging agents.
US11872310B2
The present invention provides a preparation for attaching to teeth or tooth peripheries. The preparation for attaching to teeth or tooth peripheries of the present invention can give high adhesive force to the desired site despite interproximal space or curves of teeth. It is easy to hand while controlling drug release.
US11872300B2
The invention relates to cosmetic compositions comprising certain polyethers, polyether derivatives (e.g., polymeric alcohols and derivatives thereof), and methods of making and using the same, specifically in the field of cosmetic or personal care compositions applied to the skin or the hair.
US11872297B2
A composition for treating acne includes an anti-acne active agent that includes salicylic acid, an emulsifier, an emollient, particles of zinc oxide, water and a humectant. The composition has a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 5. The zinc oxide can be included in a powder with particles that are formed as aggregates of smaller particles which, when used in a dispersion at a concentration of 50 weight % of zinc oxide, produces a transparent composition.
US11872291B2
The present teachings relate generally to conjugates and methods for imaging a tumor microenvironment in a patient, and to conjugates and methods for imaging cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment of a patient. The present teachings relate generally to method of making conjugates comprising a fibroblast activation protein (FAP) inhibitor.
