US11379716B2
A method for adjusting a convolutional neural network includes following operations. The convolutional neural network includes convolution layers in a sequential order. Receptive field widths of the convolution layers in a first model of the convolutional neural network are determined. Channel widths of the convolution layers in the first model are reduced into reduced channel widths according to the receptive field widths of the convolution layers and an input image width. A structure of a second model of the convolutional neural network is formed according to the reduced channel widths. The second model of the convolutional neural network is trained according the structure of the second model.
US11379715B2
An online system distributes content items describing events to one or more users of the online system. The online system receives, an event from a third-party system, the event associated with one or more content items. The online system determines a vector representation of users based on a first neural network and a vector representation of an event based on a second neural network. The online system jointly trains the first neural network and second neural network based on labels describing user entity relationships. The online system determines a likelihood of attendance of an event by a user based on a distance between the vector representation of the user and the vector representation of the entity. The online system provides the content associated with the event to users of the online system based on the likelihood of attendance of the event by the users.
US11379702B2
A system for foreign material accountability includes a kiosk, which further includes a touch enabled display screen that is back-lit and automatically adjusts brightness based on ambient environment. A user input device, wherein the user input device includes a pin pad, one or more sensors selected from a group consisting of temperature sensors, RFID sensors, IR sensors, optical sensors, iris sensors and one or more cameras, a processor, a data bus coupled to the processor and a computer-usable medium embodying computer code operating on the kiosk. The computer code includes programmed instructions executable by the processor to control accessibility of items into a restricted area based on data received from at least one of the display screen operated by a user, the user input device, and the one or more sensors.
US11379697B2
An FPGA device receives an input matrix. A first convolutional kernel is determined by performing the exclusive nor operations between the input matrix and a first weight vector. A first binary kernel is determined based on the first convolutional kernel. A first layer feature map is determined by convoluting the input matrix using the first binary kernel. A second convolutional kernel is determined by performing the exclusive nor operations between the first feature map and the second weight vector. A pooled kernel is determined based on the second convolutional kernel. A second binary kernel is determined based on the pooled kernel. A second layer feature map is determined by convoluting the first layer feature map using the second binary kernel. A probability is determined that the input matrix is associated with a predetermined class of images. If the probability is greater than a threshold, classification results are provided.
US11379682B2
A system for recognizing unattended humans who require supervision is disclosed. The system includes monitoring content from one or more cameras. The system includes processing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, wherein the AI algorithm is configured to detect unattended humans. The system includes processing one or more images, received from the one or more cameras, based on one or more AI algorithm rules. The system includes detecting an unattended human based on the processing of the one or more images, wherein the unattended human is in close proximity to a hazard. The system includes alerting one or more authorized individuals, with one or more notifications of the unattended human's close proximity to the hazard.
US11379679B2
A wearable device includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag having a memory that stores identification information. The wearable device also has a power harvesting circuit configured to harness power from electromagnetic radiation. Further, the wearable device has a sensor coupled to the power harvesting circuit and configured to utilize the power to monitor a condition of the wearable device. Even further, the wearable device has a microcontroller coupled to the sensor and configured to write data indicative of the condition to the memory of the RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is configured to transmit the identification information and the data in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation from an RFID reader.
US11379661B2
Disclosed are methods of displaying and editing a document having editable text that allows for a wide variety of word verification features beyond merely correcting errors in spelling or grammar and allows for such detailed editing in a simple and user-friendly manner.
US11379660B2
A method, system, and computer program product for using a natural language processor is disclosed. Included are importing highlighted and non-highlighted training text each including training nodes, one-hot encoding the training text, training a projection model using the training text, processing the highlighted training text using the projection model, and training a classifier model using the highlighted processed training text. Also included are importing new text including new nodes, one-hot encoding the new text, processing the new text using the projection model, and determining, using the classifier model, whether one of the new nodes is in a sought-after class.
US11379655B1
A system serializing and deserializing models configured to (i) store a first model, wherein the first model includes a plurality of functionalities; (ii) generate a human-readable document based on the first model, wherein the human-readable document describes the first model; (iii) generate a second model based on the human-readable document, wherein the second model includes the plurality of functionalities; and (iv) perform at least one execution of the second model.
US11379653B2
The present disclosure provides a method for rendering a PDF file by on-demand loading the PDF file in a network. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring basic data information of a PDF file to be rendered by a user; and according to the basic data information, determining page data block information required for rendering and displaying a corresponding page of the PDF file, wherein the page data block information comprises a quantity, a position, and a size of at least one page data block in the corresponding page; sending a request comprising the page data block information to a server, and receiving each page data block corresponding to the request; and rendering the each page data block corresponding to the request to display the corresponding page, according to the basic data information of the PDF file.
US11379645B2
Methods and apparatus for extracting a setting of configuration bits to create an exclusion configuration for providing protection against peek and poke attacks in a multi-tenant usage model of a configurable device is provided. The device may host multiple parties that do not trust each other. Peek and poke attacks are orchestrated by tapping (peeking) and driving (poking) wires associated with other parties. Such attacks may be disabled by excluding the settings of configuration bits that would allow these attacks by other parties. This set of configuration bits that should be excluded for preventing all peek and poke attacks creates the exclusion configuration. Methods are described that disable a particular class of peek and/or poke attacks through the use of partial reconfiguration. Methods and apparatus are described to dynamically detect peek and/or poke attacks.
US11379644B1
An IC chip test engine selects an instrument of an IC design based on an instrument access script, wherein the selected instrument comprises an IP block and a test data register (TDR) logically arranged upstream from the IP block. The IC chip test engine can also identify a set of SIBs gating access to the selected instrument and select a scan chain for operating the set of SIBs to control access to the selected instrument. The IC chip test engine augments the scan chain with data to cause at least a furthest downstream SIB of the set of SIBs that gates access to the selected instrument to transition to an opened state. The IC chip test engine can generate a set of load vectors for the scan chain to load the TDR of the selected instrument with data to apply a respective test pattern to the IP block.
US11379634B2
Provided is a system for safety analysis of failure behavior for a unit including two or more components with at least one inport for receiving failure data and one outport for transmitting failure data, wherein for the analysis of the failures data of the components and/or the unit a safety contract is used, and wherein the safety contract is generated automatically by a model-based safety analysis model comprising separate SAM modules which are related to the components of the unit.
US11379629B2
A process for designing an internal turbine engine component including operating a test rig incorporating a physical morphing component having a first geometry and generating a data set of empirically determined component performance parameters corresponding to the first geometry. Providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters to a computational optimization system and automatically. Determining a geometry optimization of the morphing component. Altering the geometry of the morphing component to match the geometry optimization. Reiterating operating the test rig and providing the data set of empirically determined component performance parameters.
US11379619B2
Managing a social network comprises creating a unique first group code, creating a first personal wall including a link to the first group code, and creating a first group wall for the first group code. The first user receives an inquiry to join the first group code from a second user. The first group code is exchanged between the first user and the second user. The first group wall is converted from a locked to an unlocked state with respect to the second user. A second personal wall is created for the second user, the second personal wall including a link to the first group code. The first user is restricted from viewing the second personal wall, and vice versa. The first user can share, and the second user can see, a subset of data from the first personal wall with the first group wall, and vice versa.
US11379618B2
A mechanism is provided for secure sensitive private information dependent transactions. A query and a transaction token S associated with a current transaction between a SPI owner and the service provider is received. Particular SPI required is identified based on the query. A request for the particular SPI from the SPI owner is constructed thereby forming a constructed request. The constructed request is sent to one or more authorized devices associated with the SPI owner enrolled with the cognitive SPI broker. The particular SPI is received from a device of the SPI owner thereby forming received SPI. The received SPI is used complete the transaction. A notification is then sent to the SPI owner that the transaction has been completed.
US11379617B1
Systems and methods are described for receiving a byte stream from a data provider. Data elements of a data record included in the byte stream may be identified and transferred to buffer memory. A key-value map may be generated to map the identified data elements to their respective memory locations in the buffer memory. Based on a data directive associated with the data provider and using the key-value map, filtering of the data elements may be performed, and the filtered data elements may be provided to a data recipient.
US11379616B2
A system and method for providing anonymous validation of a query among a plurality of nodes in a network: receives at a support node a query from a requester node; wherein the query comprises a one-way function representation of at least one data point of information of the requester node; receives at the support server, from at least one validator node, a one-way function representation of at least one data point of information of the validator node; compares by the support server the query from the requestor node with the one-way function representation of the at least one data point of information; determines by an aggregator server, based on the comparison, whether the at least one data point of information of the requester node matches the at least one data point of information of the at least one validator node; and outputs a match result to the requestor node.
US11379613B2
A management system, a remote device management system, a data deletion method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The management system stores in a memory, device event data indicating content of an event executed by the device and user identification information for identifying a user who requested to execute the event in association with each other, receives the device event data deletion request including the user identification information for identifying the user, from the device or a communication terminal, and deletes the device event data associated with the user identification information included in the device event data deletion request.
US11379612B2
A method of optimizing performance of and securing cloud storage and databases including analyzing data comprised by a data request by an agent application on a computerized device, the data request being generated by a client application and inserting a tag into the data request responsive to the analysis of the data comprised by the data request, the tag indicating storage requirements for at least one of security, access speed, or fault tolerance.
US11379611B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for privacy-preserving execution of a workflow in a software application. Embodiments include generally includes receiving homomorphically encrypted inputs from a client device corresponding to user-provided data needed to calculate a result for a step of a workflow in the software application. A result is calculated for the step of the workflow using the received homomorphically encrypted inputs. The calculated result is returned to the client device. The calculated result is homomorphically encrypted as a result of calculating the result using the received homomorphically encrypted inputs.
US11379606B2
Processes and systems described herein enable a computing device to detect compromised accounts. The computing device may obtain a user credential including a user ID, and further modify the user ID. The computing device may transmit the modified user ID to a service including a database related to compromised accounts, receive a record corresponding to the modified user ID that includes information of a compromised account, and further determine whether an account of the user ID is compromised based on the received record. Some implementations relate to the on-site provision of risk information associated with compromised accounts.
US11379597B2
Method and system for determination of authenticity of an electronic document by comparing the document in question with itself at a later date or with a copy thereof, which method comprises two phases wherein the first phase is the entry of the original document and the second phase is the verification of the identity between the document to be authenticated and the original one. The method requires a double levelled system comprising of a satellite system accessible by the user and a central core system. Only values which are derived from the document in a predetermined way are stored in the core system and the core system generates an individual first code which is associated with the document. During verification a transformed control value is generated in the same way as previously from the document and the associated code, then based on the first code following a transformation access is provided to the transformed control value stored in the core system. If the two control values are identical the identity of the two documents is authentic.
US11379595B2
Masking a data rate of transmitted data is disclosed. As data is transmitted from a production site to a secondary site, the data rate is masked. Masking the data rate can include transmitting at a fixed rate, a random rate, or an adaptive rate. Each mode of data transmission masks or obscures the actual data rate and thus prevents others from gaining information about the data or the data owner from the data transfer rate.
US11379594B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a file from a content owner node, by a file processor node, dividing the file into a plurality of chunks by the file processor, placing, by the file processor, the plurality of chunks on blockchain nodes, and generating a file storage plan comprising locations of the plurality of the chunks.
US11379588B2
Techniques are disclosed for assessment and verification of processor configuration and settings using System Management Mode (SMM) in conjunction with a hardware root of trust (HRoT). A method may include receiving custom boot codes from a security device, the custom boot codes configured to install a security module to process a periodic System Management Interrupt (SMI), configure the periodic SMI for initiation, and configure at least one configuration register for validation in response to execution of the security module. The method may also include responsive to initiation of the configured periodic SMI, validating, using the security device, the at least one configuration register.
US11379582B2
In one aspect, a method of classifying a computer object as malware includes receiving at a base computer data about a computer object from each of plural remote computers on which the object or similar objects are stored. The data about the computer object received from the plural computers is compared in the base computer. The computer object is classified as malware on the basis of said comparison. In one embodiment, the data about the computer object includes one or more of: executable instructions contained within or constituted by the object; the size of the object; the name of the object; the logical storage location or path of the object on the respective remote computers; the vendor of the object; the software product and version associated with the object; and, events initiated by or involving the object when the object is created, configured or runs on the respective remote computers.
US11379571B2
A method includes a controller detecting a signal state of a presence terminal that is associated with a bus device. The signal state is set by the bus device to indicate presence of the bus device in a connector, and the connector is connected to a bus. The method includes the controller communicating data over the bus; and in response to detecting the signal state, the controller communicating side channel data to the bus device to authenticate the data that is communicated over the bus as being provided by the controller. Communicating the side channel data with the bus device includes providing a signal to the presence terminal, which represents the side channel data.
US11379569B2
A biometric authentication method causes a processor of a biometric authentication device to execute a process. The process may include: receiving user identification information and sensor type information from a terminal; confirming whether or not the received sensor type information has a predetermined relationship with a registered sensor type information corresponding to the received user identification that is among sensor type information of biometric sensors that have acquired biometric data registered for respective user identification information; and controlling, based on the confirmed sensor type information having the predetermined relationship, the issuance of a password to be used to re-register biometric data.
US11379562B2
A computational instance of a remote network management platform may execute a remote access call for a license consolidation server. The remote access call may contain instructions for obtaining concurrent license usage statistics from the license consolidation server. In response to obtaining the concurrent license usage statistics, the computational instance may update a software configuration with the concurrent license usage statistics, where the software configuration contains a license rights allocation for the concurrent software application. Based on the concurrent license usage statistics and the license rights allocations, the computational instance may generate a representation of a graphical user interface that contains an overview pane indicating a utilization of the concurrent software application. Then the computational instance may transmit, to a client device, the representation of the graphical user interface.
US11379552B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to determine a value associated with at least one signal indicative of objectionable material in a content item. The value associated with the at least one signal indicative of objectionable material can be compared with a threshold value associated with the at least one signal. A demotion value can be determined in response to satisfaction of the threshold value associated with the at least one signal.
US11379551B2
Systems and methods for reducing latency in use of mobile applications include creating a list of potential internet requests from a mobile application based on an analysis of the mobile application. The systems and methods include creating a trigger map that maps each of a plurality of trigger points of the mobile application with a corresponding target internet request to be prefetched from the list of potential internet requests. The systems and methods include creating a URL map that maps each of a plurality of the potential internet requests with corresponding URL values. The systems and methods include identifying that a current app function matches a trigger point of the plurality of trigger points. The systems and methods include performing the potential internet request in response to identifying that the current app function matches the trigger point prior to the target request being received in order to reduce latency.
US11379550B2
A system for embedding services into a third-party website includes providing first programming code that can be used as part of a webpage that causes a user device to display a first iframe, display a second iframe in response to user input provided through the first iframe.
US11379547B2
An information processing system includes: a vehicle configured to capture an image of clothing and accessories of a user when the user gets in the vehicle to generate a clothing and accessories image; and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle and a terminal device of the user. The server is configured to: train a supervised learning model by using at least one of schedule information of the user and weather information as input data and clothing and accessories information as training data; estimate clothing and accessories according to at least one of schedule information of the user and weather information for the next time the user gets in the vehicle by using the trained supervised learning model; and send clothing and accessories recommendation information indicating the estimated clothing and accessories to the terminal device of the user.
US11379529B2
Technology is disclosed for proactively enriching content of electronic communications through predicting user intents. User-composed content within an electronic communication is observed and used to predict one or more intents each associated with a task related to the communication and to be completed in creating the communication. Task-queries may be generated based on the detected intents and entities extracted from the user-composed content, contextual information, or other information related to the user, such as a user-knowledge database. User selection of a suggested task-query automatically executes the task-query, and the results are provided to the user. Each result may include an action involving adding content to or supplementing the content of the electronic communication. A conversational digital assistant may further be invoked to interact with the user to confirm and/or modify suggested task-queries and results of selected task-queries.
US11379527B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a plurality of sibling search queries for an input search query. In one aspect, a method comprises: receiving an input search query that satisfies a context template comprising a sequence of one or more words and a wildcard, wherein a wildcard represents variable data, wherein the input search query satisfies the context template and comprises a target word sequence that corresponds to the wildcard in the context template; and determining a plurality of sibling search queries for the input search query, wherein each sibling search query satisfies the context template and comprises a sibling word sequence that corresponds to the wildcard in the context template.
US11379516B2
A system for searching for similar medical images includes a reference library in the form of a multitude of medical images, at least some of which are associated with metadata including clinical information relating to the specimen or patient associated with the medical images. A computer system is configured as a search tool for receiving an input image query from a user. The computer system is trained to find one or more similar medical images in the reference library system which are similar to the input image. The reference library is represented as an embedding of each of the medical images projected in a feature space having a plurality of axes, wherein the embedding is characterized by two aspects of a similarity ranking: (1) visual similarity, and (2) semantic similarity such that neighboring images in the feature space are visually similar and semantic information is represented by the axes of the feature space. The computer system supports additional queries from a user to thereby further refine a search for medical images similar to the input image within a search space consisting of the one or more similar medical images.
US11379506B2
The present disclosure relates to performing similarity metric analysis and data enrichment using knowledge sources. A data enrichment service can compare an input data set to reference data sets stored in a knowledge source to identify similarly related data. A similarity metric can be calculated corresponding to the semantic similarity of two or more datasets. The similarity metric can be used to identify datasets based on their metadata attributes and data values enabling easier indexing and high performance retrieval of data values. A input data set can labeled with a category based on the data set having the best match with the input data set. The similarity of an input data set with a data set provided by a knowledge source can be used to query a knowledge source to obtain additional information about the data set. The additional information can be used to provide recommendations to the user.
US11379505B2
Systems and methods for tracking and searching the usage, flow or communication of assets are disclosed. Embodiments as disclosed herein may create and update a graph representing the assets in an enterprise, where the objects and relationships in the graph represent the assets, communications, users or relationship. The graph may be queried to discover a wide variety of information regarding these assets, communications, users or relationships.
US11379501B2
Methods, systems and computer program products implementing hierarchical classification techniques are disclosed. A hierarchical classification system receives training data including labeled transaction records. The system determines tag sequences from the training data. The system clusters the tag sequences into clusters. The system determines a cluster-level classifier that is trained to predict a cluster for an input transaction record. The system determines a respective cluster-specific classifier for each cluster. The system trains the cluster-specific classifier to predict a label of entity of interest for an input transaction record, given a particular cluster. Upon receiving a test transaction record, the system first applies the cluster-level classifier to determine a particular cluster for the test transaction record, and then determines a label of entity of interest of the test transaction record by applying a cluster-specific classifier of that particular cluster.
US11379491B2
An apparatus is provided for outputting suggested query items by a group-based communication platform. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect group-based communication platform query data stored in a memory of the apparatus. The processor is also configured to rank suggested query items based on the group-based communication platform query data. The processor is further configured to detect non-keystroke engagement of a search input interface of the group-based communication platform. The processor is further configured to determine a first subset of the suggested query items based on the ranking of the suggested query items and automatically launch a query suggestion interface including a first subset of the suggested query items in response to detecting the non-keystroke engagement of the search input interface. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US11379488B2
In an example, information about interactions by users, via the graphical user interface, with a plurality of items rendered in the graphical user interface, is obtained, the information including a timestamp of a time and date at which the corresponding interaction occurred. A series of operations is performed upon detecting a condition that triggers a ranking of items rendered in the graphical user interface, for each item for which the condition applies. A ranking score is calculated for the item and a decay is applied to the ranking score by applying a Gaussian distribution, using the timestamp of the item as an origin to the Gaussian distribution, producing a decayed ranking score. The items for which the condition applies are then ranked based on their respective decayed ranking scores and a subset is rendered in the graphical user interface in an order matching the ranking.
US11379487B2
Enhancing a data query is provided. A knowledge base is searched for information corresponding to the data query. It is determined whether a query result is greater than a query result threshold level of information for the data query based on an identified query intent and keywords of the data query. In response to determining that the query result is not greater than the query result threshold level of information for the data query, a set of questions is sent to a personal digital agent of a client device that sent the data query for additional information based on the identified query intent and keywords. Analytic concepts answering the set of questions are received from analytic modules of the personal digital agent that are based on IoT-based personal data corresponding to a user of the client device. The data query is enhanced using the analytic concepts.
US11379484B1
A computer-implemented method and a media acquisition system (MAS) for accessing media from attendees of an event are provided. The MAS receives registration and event details from an organizer of the event and generates an online portal with media request elements. The MAS generates a shareable link to the online portal in multiple formats for rendering the shareable link to the attendees. The MAS displays the online portal on electronic devices of the attendees that access the online portal through the shareable link in one of the formats. The MAS acquires media from the electronic devices of the attendees agreeing to share the media with the organizer through a live media capture or an access of stored media. The MAS analyzes the acquired media according to organizer preferences and shares a selection of the analyzed media on preselected social media platforms on receiving a corresponding request from the organizer.
US11379476B2
Techniques are described for storing and maintaining, in a materialized view, bitmap data that represents a bitmap of each possible distinct value of an expression and rewriting a query for a count of distinct values of the expression using the materialized view. The materialized view contains bitmap data that represents a bitmap of each possible distinct value of a first expression, and aggregate values of additional expressions, and is stored in memory or on disk by a database system. The database system receives a query that requests a number of distinct values, of the first expression, and an aggregate value for an additional expression. In response, the database system, rewrites the query to: compute the number of distinct values by counting the bits in the bitmap data of the materialized view that are set to the first value, and obtains the aggregate value for the additional expression in the materialized view.
US11379466B2
Examples for enhancing veracity of data are described herein. Data from a repository may be received based on a data receiving rule. From the received data, a first dataset may be generated using statistical modeling. Also, a first data veracity score for the first dataset is generated which is indicative of a degree of usability of the dataset. Another aspect relates to identifying an anomaly in the first dataset, the corrector, for each anomaly, to identify a correction technique from amongst a plurality of correction techniques. Further, a second dataset is generated using the identified correction technique having second data veracity score higher than the first data veracity score.
US11379465B2
A method includes obtaining information associated with a database model, where the information includes configuration parameters of a database defined by the database model. The method also includes obtaining information defining data objects associated with an application, where the data objects are to be used by the application to access the database. The method further includes identifying one or more discrepancies between at least one of the data objects and the configuration parameters of the database. In addition, the method includes modifying the at least one data object to conform the application to a current configuration of the database.
US11379461B2
Data services for workloads are often provided with a service level agreement specifying various performance guarantees (e.g., latency, availability, scalability, and consistency). Single-master architectures, in which updates to the data set are constrained to a single server, may limit the fulfillment of some performance guarantees. Presented herein are multi-master architectures, in which the server set is partitioned into at least two masters are permitted to update the data set and at least one non-master that is not permitted to update the data set. Non-masters that receive a request to update the data set forward the request to a master server for application to the data set. A master that receives the request applies it to the data set and propagates the update to other master and non-master servers. Conflicting updates may be resolved through a variety of conflict resolution techniques, optionally designating one master server as a conflict resolution server.
US11379459B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing percentile-based alerts from historical event-occurrence data. An embodiment of a method includes identifying a baseline result of an aggregation operation performed with respect to a detection set of attributes of event records. Each baseline result corresponds to a baseline set of one or more event records from a baseline time period within a baseline time window. The method includes determining a subject result of the aggregation operation performed with respect to the detection set of attributes of a subject set of the event records corresponding to a subject time period. The method includes determining, based on the baseline result and the subject result, whether the subject result indicates an alert condition for the detection set for the subject time period, and if so then outputting one or more alerts.
US11379456B2
Systems and methods for adjusting parameters for a spin-lock implementation of concurrency control are described herein. In an embodiment, a system continuously retrieves, from a resource management system, one or more state values defining a state of the resource management system. Based on the one or more state values, the system determines that the resource management system has reached a steady state and, in response adjusts a plurality of parameters for spin-locking performed by said resource management system to identify optimal values for the plurality of parameters. After adjusting the plurality of parameters, the system detects, based on one or more current state values, a workload change in the resource management system and, in response, readjusts the plurality of parameters for spin-locking performed by said resource management system to identify new optimal values for the parameters.
US11379453B2
A system and method for processing data by accessing data sets for a plurality of variables in at least one data store; associating a plurality of the data sets as at least one variable type; storing in a data store a plurality of operation definitions defining a plurality of operations on at least one of said at least one variable type; receiving from a user interface a selection of at least one operation definition and at least one data set of said at least one variable type operated on by the selected at least one operation definition; and processing the at least one data set in response to the selection according to the at least one operation definition to generate a derived data set.
US11379452B2
A memory stores a first cache and a second cache. A processor copies a first portion of data from a first table stored in a database into a second table. The processor further determines that a second portion of data from the first table will be overwritten and copies the second portion into a third table. The processor further determines that a probability that a user will access a third portion of the first table is greater than a threshold and copies the third portion into the first cache. The processor further determines a fourth portion of the first table that the user accesses at a frequency greater than a set frequency and copies the fourth portion into the second cache.
US11379451B2
Addressed herein is the problem of expressing and evaluating computations on hierarchies represented as database tables. Engine support for such computations is very limited today, and so they are usually outsourced into stored procedures or client code. Structural grouping is applied to relational algebra to provide concise syntax to express a class of useful computations. Algorithms are also provided to evaluate such structural groupings efficiently by exploiting available indexing schemes. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11379443B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for detecting outliers on a series of data. A device receives a plurality of data points and adds a received data point to a first window of data comprising at least a predetermined number of received data points from the plurality of data points, responsive to detecting that the received data point is not an outlier from the first window of data. The device detects that one or more next data points of the received plurality of data points are outliers from the first window of data and determines that a count of the one or more next data points that are outliers exceeds a predetermined threshold. In response, the device establishes a replacement window of data.
US11379442B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor collects from a database server, statistics indicating a performance of the server. The processor applies to the statistics, a machine learning algorithm configured to identify, based in part on the statistics, one or more issues affecting the performance of the database server. Applying the machine learning algorithm includes applying to the statistics, a regression algorithm trained to identify one or more candidate issues. Applying the machine learning algorithm also includes applying to the one or more candidate issues, a classification algorithm trained to classify each candidate issue as an issue of the one or more issues or a false positive. The processor additionally generates a script that, when executed, remediates the candidate issues of the one or more candidate issues classified by the classification algorithm as the issues of the one or more issues. The processor further executes the script.
US11379440B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of databases in different server environments. In particular, various aspects of this disclosure relate to correction, synchronization, and/or migration of databases between different database servers. A feed file that is rejected from loading in a database associated with a source server may prioritized in a destination server. A feed file hierarchy of the rejected feed file may be determined and the destination server may process loading of the rejected feed file to a database based on the determine feed file hierarchy. Any corrections applied at the destination server may also be applied at the source server.
US11379436B1
A real-time messaging platform allows advertiser accounts to pay to insert candidate messages into the message streams requested by account holders. To accommodate multiple advertisers, the messaging platform controls an auction process that determines which candidate messages are selected for inclusion in a requested account holder's message stream. Selection is based on a bid for the candidate message, the message stream that is requested, and a variety of other factors that vary depending upon the implementation. The process for selection of candidate messages generally includes the following steps, though any given step may be omitted or combined into another step in a different implementation: targeting, filtering, prediction, ranking, and selection.
US11379424B2
An online document system can allow users to participate in collaborative negotiation of documents stored with in the online document system. To facilitate negotiations between multiple entities (each potentially including multiple users with different roles in the negotiation), the online document system includes a permissions system that allows per-clause control over user's access to propose and approve changes to a negotiated document. Similarly, the user interfaces for viewing a negotiated document provided by the online document system to users can depend on the role of that user in editing the document and the current stage of the negotiation of the document. Finally, the online document system can track agreement between sides in a negotiation on a per-clause basis and can otherwise help facilitate the negotiation of the document.
US11379422B2
A text deduplication method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a text set, the text set including a plurality of to-be-deduplicated texts; capturing, for each to-be-deduplicated text, a corresponding subtext string from the to-be-deduplicated text; and determining, in the text set, to-be-deduplicated texts having a same subtext string, to obtain text subsets. Each subtext string corresponds to a text subset, and each text subset includes one or more to-be-deduplicated texts that have the corresponding subtext string. The method also includes performing text deduplication processing on the text subset corresponding to each subtext string, to obtain a deduplicated text set corresponding to each subtext string; and obtaining, according to the deduplicated text set corresponding to each subtext string, a result text set of the text set after the deduplication.
US11379412B2
A system and method for enabling data replication is described. A set of protocol messages can be associated with a set of corresponding set of requests. The associated set of protocol messages can be provided to each of a source storage system and a destination storage system. The source storage system and the destination storage system can be heterogeneous storage systems that implement different types of file systems or file layouts. The source storage system and the destination storage system are enabled to perform a data replication process, in which at least a set of data is to be replicated from the source storage system to the destination storage system, using at least a protocol message from the associated set of protocol messages. The protocol message can correspond to a request for a list of snapshots stored at the source storage system.
US11379411B2
A system and method for replicating a file system. The method includes: copying a portion of the file system from a first storage, wherein the at least a portion of the file system includes underlying data and metadata, wherein the metadata includes pointers to the underlying data and metadata defining a file system hierarchy; partitioning the copied data of the file system into a plurality of blobs, wherein the plurality of blobs includes a plurality of data blobs and a plurality of metadata blobs, wherein each data blob includes at least one portion of the underlying data; generating a plurality of filter objects based on the copied data, wherein each filter object includes a list of metadata blobs; and storing the plurality of blobs and the plurality of filter objects in a second storage.
US11379409B2
A system for managing file systems includes memory. The system also includes a manager. The memory is used for storing in-memory data structures. The manager obtains file system references for a file system from a file system manager. The file system manager utilizes storage to provide the file system references. The manager stores the file system references in an in-memory data structure in the memory. To service file system reference requests, the manager utilizes uses the in-memory data structure to service at least one of the file system reference requests.
US11379407B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for customizing pipelines for integrating data. A file to be ingested into a data analysis platform may be determined. The file type of the file may be detected. The file may be transformed based on the file type. The transformation may include applying a set of operations to the file. The set of operations may correspond to a pipeline of operations associated with the file type.
US11379401B2
A chiplet system can include a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus for communication. A primary device coupled to the SPI bus can generate read or write instructions for a secondary device. In response to instructions from the primary device, the secondary device can prepare a response. The response message can include a secondary device status field to indicate a readiness of the secondary device to provide a particular data payload to the primary device. Using deferrals that are communicated from the secondary device to the primary device can enable longer latency SPI operations to proceed without monopolizing the SPI bus.
US11379396B2
A memory card access module and a memory card access method are provided. The memory card access method is applied to an electronic device. A processing unit of the electronic device accesses a memory card through a memory card slot. The method includes steps of: detecting whether the memory card supports a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface; when the memory card does not support the PCIe interface, controlling the processing unit to access the memory card through a data transmission path and performing data format conversion between a transmission interface and the PCIe interface using a memory card access unit disposed on the data transmission path; and when the memory card supports the PCIe interface, controlling the processing unit to access the memory card through a PCIe data transmission path that allows the processing unit and the memory card to transmit data through the PCIe interface.
US11379391B2
A real-time automation device includes a real-time databus, and a memory device, wherein the databus is configured to transmit values associated with defined bus variables and configured to communicate a value associated with a bus variable from a bus variable source in accordance with a bus database via a databus to a bus variable receiver associated with the bus variable in accordance with the bus database such that, following transfer of the value from the bus variable source to the databus, the value is transferred within a predefined time period to the bus variable receiver, wherein the memory device also includes a software application which receives values associated with the bus variable from the databus or sends values associated with the bus variable to the databus, and wherein the automation device registers the software application as a bus variable receiver or as a bus variable source for the bus variables.
US11379388B1
A memory controller includes an address decoder, a first command queue coupled to a first output of the address decoder for receiving memory access requests for a first memory channel, and the second command queue coupled to a second output of the address decoder for receiving memory access requests for a second memory channel. A request credit control circuit is coupled to the first command queue and the second command queue, and operates to track a number of outstanding request credits. The request credit control circuit issues a request credit in response to a designated event based on a number of available entries of the first and second command queues.
US11379386B2
Systems and methods are disclosed and include receiving, with a peripheral device, a message packet from a portable device, the message packet including an authenticated packet with a de-whitened tone byte inserted therein. The portable device generates first message authentication code (MAC) bytes based on a shared secret key and generates the authenticated packet based on the first MAC bytes, first nonce bytes, and a message byte. The peripheral device validates the message packet in response to determining that the first MAC bytes match second MAC bytes and that the first nonce bytes match second nonce bytes. The peripheral device generates a reconstructed message packet in response to validating the message packet by removing the de-whitened tone byte from the authenticated packet. The communication gateway establishes a communication link between the portable device and the communication gateway in response to receiving the reconstructed message packet.
US11379383B2
A method for encrypting data blocks is provided. The method receives a plurality of data blocks and encrypts each data block using an LBA of the data block as a tweak. The method writes the plurality of encrypted data blocks to physical blocks of the plurality of physical disks. The method then performs deduplication on the physical disks by determining that first and second physical blocks in the physical disks are duplicates, decrypting encrypted data in the first physical block using a first LBA associated with the first physical block as the tweak, and re-encrypting decrypted data in the first physical block using a PBA associated with the first physical block as the tweak. When reading the data back, either the LBA or PBA is used as the tweak, depending on whether the data was encrypted using LBA or re-encrypted using PBA during the deduplication process.
US11379379B1
Described is a computing system and method for differential cache block sizing for computing systems. The method for differential cache block sizing includes determining, upon a cache miss at a cache, a number of available cache blocks given a payload length of the main memory and a cache block size for the last level cache, generating a main memory request including at least one indicator for a missed cache block and any available cache blocks, sending the main memory request to the main memory to obtain data associated with the missed cache block and each of the any available cache blocks, storing the data received for the missed cache block in the cache; and storing the data received for each of the any available cache blocks in the cache depending on a cache replacement algorithm.
US11379376B2
Techniques and devices are described for embedding data in an address stream on an interconnect, such as a memory bus. Addresses in an address stream indicate at least part of a location in memory (e.g., a memory page and offset), whereas data embedded in the address stream can indicate when metadata or other information is available to lend context to the addresses in the address stream. The indication of data in the address stream can be communicated using, for example, a mailbox, a preamble message in a messaging protocol, a checksum, repetitive transmission, or combinations thereof. The indication of data can be recorded from the address stream and may later be used to interpret memory traces recorded during a test or can be used to communicate with a memory device or other recipient of the data during testing or regular operations.
US11379375B1
An information handling system for managing a storage system includes storage for storing profile-based cache policy performance prediction models. The information handling system also includes a storage manager that obtains an input-output profile for a workload hosted by the information handling system during a first period of time; obtains performance metrics for cache policies for the storage system using: the input-output profile, and the profile-based cache policy performance prediction models; obtains a ranking of the cache policies based on the performance metrics; selects a cache policy of the cache policies based on the rankings; and updates operation of a cache of the storage system based on the selected cache policy for a second period of time.
US11379370B1
In a multi-node system, each node includes tiles. Each tile includes a cache controller, a local cache, and a snoop filter cache (SFC). The cache controller responsive to a memory access request by the tile checks the local cache to determine whether the data associated with the request has been cached by the local cache of the tile. The cached data from the local cache is returned responsive to a cache-hit. The SFC is checked to determine whether any other tile of a remote node has cached the data associated with the memory access request. If it is determined that the data has been cached by another tile of a remote node and if there is a cache-miss by the local cache, then the memory access request is transmitted to the global coherency unit (GCU) and the snoop filter to fetch the cached data. Otherwise an interconnected memory is accessed.
US11379363B2
A controller, a memory system, and operating methods thereof are disclosed. A memory system includes at least one nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device. The at least one nonvolatile memory device includes a super block including a plurality of way interleaving memory blocks and each of memory cells included in the plurality of way interleaving memory blocks operates in a first mode which stores N-bit (wherein N is a natural number of 2 or more) data. The controller generates a reproduction super block by replacing at least one bad block among the plurality of way interleaving memory blocks included in the super block with a non-way interleaving spare block and sets each of memory cells included in the non-way interleaving spare block to operate in a second mode which stores M-bit (wherein M is a natural number smaller than N) data.
US11379357B2
The present disclosure relates to a storage device and a method of operating the same. The storage device includes a memory device including a memory cell array that stores normal data and map data, and a memory controller configured to control overall operation, including program operation, read operation, and erase operation, of the memory device in response to requests from a host. The memory device is configured to, during a map data load operation, transmit first map data to the memory controller by reading the first map data among the map data stored in the memory cell array, and transmit second map data to a page buffer group of the memory device by reading the second map data among the map data.
US11379356B2
A memory system includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a memory block configured to store target data. The controller is configured to maintain the target data in a write buffer until a program operation to the memory block succeeds, update a write cache tag regarding the target data when the program operation fails and a read only mode is entered, and read the target data from the write buffer based on the write cache tag when a read command regarding the target data is received.
US11379348B2
A framework and a method for ad-hoc batch testing of APIs are provided, where batches of API calls are dynamically generated directly through the framework according inputs identifying the required tests and the sources of the test data, rather than through execution of prewritten test scripts that explicitly write out the test API calls in preset sequences. When performing the validation for an API test, a test payload is generated for the test, an endpoint is called using the test payload to obtain the response used for validation, where generating the test payload includes determining an API reference corresponding to the test, obtaining relevant data from the test data according to a reference key in the test, generating input assignment operations for one or more input parameters in the API reference according to the relevant data, and generating an API call based on the API reference.
US11379347B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for automated test case generation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes selecting sample input data as a test case for a system under test, executing the test case on the system under test to obtain a result, and applying the result to a local explainer function to obtain at least a portion of a corresponding decision tree. The method further includes determining at least one path constraint from the decision tree, solving the path constraint to obtain a solution, and generating at least one other test case for the system under test based at least in part on the solution of the path constraint. The steps of the method are illustratively repeated in each of one or more additional iterations until at least one designated stopping criterion is met. The resulting test cases form a test suite for testing of a deep neural network (DNN) or other system.
US11379341B2
Systems and methods for analyzing a customer deployment in a converged or hyper-converged infrastructure are disclosed. A machine learning model is trained based upon historical usage data of other customer deployments. A k-means clustering is performed to generate a prediction as to whether a deployment is configured for optimal failover. Recommendations to improve failover performance can also be generated.
US11379336B2
A method for managing a mailbox based on user activity comprises receiving output signals from each of a plurality of mailbox workloads. The output signals may be indicative of user activity for each workload. A last user action time may be determined based on the received output signals using pre-determined, workload specific criteria. A pre-determined action may be performed on the mailbox responsive to a lapsed duration from the last user action time increasing above a threshold.
US11379333B2
Notifications can be managed across ecosystems. A centralized hub can implement a learning engine that uses an algorithm to evaluate incoming notifications that are intended for a user that uses multiple computing devices having different ecosystems. The algorithm can be configured to determine on which of the user's computing devices the notifications should be presented given a particular context. Agents executing on the user's computing devices can monitor how the user interacts with the notifications and provide indications of such interactions to the learning engine. The learning engine can then update its algorithm based on the user's interactions to cause future notifications to be delivered to the user via the ecosystem that is most appropriate for a given context in which each notification is received.
US11379321B2
In recovery processing, a distributed storage system 100 locks a storage area in which user data for recovery that is user data serving as data for recovery is stored in drives 405, and releases the lock after caching the user data for recovery in a memory 401 of any of computer nodes 101. Then, the distributed storage system 100 recovers recovery target data on basis of the user data for recovery cached in the memory 401. In write processing, the distributed storage system 100 updates the user data for recovery cached in the memory 401 in accordance with a write request and then writes the user data in accordance with the write request.
US11379294B1
A crash analysis system for identifying the cause of application crashes. The crash analysis system generates mapped stack traces that combine code version history data with logging information. The mapped stack traces are used to identify the causal stack frame which includes the function that caused the application crash. The crash analysis system also identifies the author of the function that caused the application crash and distributes a notification to the author that prompts the author to develop a fix that resolves the application crash.
US11379290B2
Aspects of the invention include receiving a request to obtain data located in an address space to diagnose a computer error. It is determined whether a threshold number of resources are available to obtain the data. Based on determining that the threshold number of resources is available to obtain the data, a priority level of the computer program is assessed. A number of threads to assign to a workload to obtain the data from the address space is determined based at least in part on the priority level of the computer program. The determined number of threads are assigned to the workload. The workload is divided into a number of parallel units equal to the number of threads assigned to the workload. The parallel units of the workload are executed by the assigned threads to capture the data in the address space. The captured data is stored.
US11379289B2
Detecting data corruption in a storage system includes examining portions of the data for encryption anomalies and providing an indication in response to detecting an encryption anomaly. The encryption anomalies may be based on entropy of the data. The entropy of the data may vary based on an inherent nature of the data. One of the portions of data may be deemed to be encrypted in response to an entropy value exceeding a predetermined threshold. The predetermined threshold may be based on prior data accesses. The predetermined threshold may be determined using machine learning. Portions of the data may be examined for encryption anomalies during data accesses. Data accesses may be suspended in response to detecting an encryption anomaly. Encryption anomalies may include data that is flagged to be encrypted not being detected as being encrypted and/or data that is flagged to not be encrypted being detected as being encrypted.
US11379280B2
A method for managing communication between a Universal Flash Storage (UFS) device and a UFS host includes determining at least one path of payload data flow along at least one of a transmission lane of the UFS host and a transmission lane of the UFS device. Based on the determined at least one path of the payload data flow, the method includes initiating, by operating at least one of the UFS host and the UFS device, at least one Hibernate state entry action. Further, the method includes initiating, by operating the at least one of the UFS host and the UFS device, at least one Hibernate state exit action after completion of transfer of a pre-determined number of data frames of the payload data between the UFS host and the UFS device.
US11379277B2
A method of facilitating communication to an embedded computer in a computational storage device via a host includes receiving a message for transmission to an embedded process running at the embedded computer, determining that a destination address of the message corresponds to the embedded computer within the computational storage device, in response to the determination, forwarding the message to a host relay process associated with the embedded computer, and encapsulating the message to generate a proprietary command for transmission to the computational storage device.
US11379273B2
A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
US11379258B1
A system receives a request to process data. The system uses an expression engine to apply one or more expressions to the data to perform one or more application programming interface (API) interactions, which may include one or more of: dynamic resolution of API endpoints, API payload construction, and validation of API payload data fields. The Expressions are predefined entities configured to perform actions involving the system. The system initiates the expression engine. The system executes an initial expression upon initial data to produce an expression result. Executing the initial expression can involve iteratively resolving an ordered set of related expressions.
US11379257B1
An example operation may include a system, comprising one or more of: receiving a heartbeat message from a peer VNFCI indicating a current operational state of active, when the VNFCI is in active state, determining a first network isolation indicator, by a network isolation subsystem, by checking if the VNFCI was network isolated while becoming active, sending a first heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI indicating a current operational state as active and network isolation boolean since active, obtaining a second network isolation indicator of the peer VNFCI from a heartbeat message datastore, sending a second heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI indicating the current operational state as active and a desired operational state as active when at least one of: the second network isolation indicator was yes, and the first network isolation indicator was no, and sending a third heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI indicating the current operational state as active and a desired operational state as active when at least one of: the VNFCI is not the preferred standby instance, the second network isolation indicator was no, and the first network isolation indicator was no.
US11379253B2
In an approach to training a chatbot for remote troubleshooting, one or more computer processors receive a request for help with an issue from a user via a chatbot. One or more computer processors extract information associated with the issue from the request. One or more computer processors determine a script is not available to resolve the issue. One or more computer processors request an agent to resolve the issue. One or more computer processors monitor one or more actions performed by the agent to resolve the issue. Based on the one or more actions, one or more computer processors generate a script, wherein the script includes a sequence of commands corresponding to the one or more actions. One or more computer processors store the script.
US11379251B2
A method for executing and translating a computer program in a computer network, in particular for controlling a microscope, wherein in the case of at least one function call to the relevant second function, multiple return values from multiple preceding function calls are transferred as separate parameters. This allows significantly more complex and flexible function calls. More flexibility in the execution of container-based functions of a computer program in a computer network can additionally be achieved in that the computer program has not only function calls but also instructions for controlling the program flow, for example instructions for the conditional execution of program sections and jump instructions. The development of container-based computer programs can be simplified and speeded up by providing a database that contains the execution requirements of the function modules and also the interface definitions thereof. This permits a static typing of variables.
US11379249B2
A service is stored in a non-volatile memory of a computing device and comprises instructions executable by a processor of the computing device. The processor generates an operational instance of the service, which comprises a reference to the service. The processor stores the operational instance of the service in the non-volatile memory with a read-write access right. The processor launches an executable instance of the service associated to the operational instance of the service. The launching comprises copying the instructions of the service from the non-volatile memory to a volatile memory of the computing device. The launching further comprises executing the instructions of the service copied into the volatile memory. The processor adds data generated by the execution of the instructions of the service to the operational instance of the service for permanent storage in the non-volatile memory.
US11379239B2
An apparatus and method are provided for making predictions for instruction flow changing instructions. The apparatus has a fetch queue that identifies a sequence of instructions to be fetched for execution by execution circuitry, and prediction circuitry for making predictions in respect of instruction flow changing instructions, and for controlling which instructions are identified in the fetch queue in dependence on the predictions. The prediction circuitry has a target prediction storage used to identify target addresses for instruction flow changing instructions that are predicted as taken. The target prediction storage comprises at least one entry that is configurable as a multi-taken entry to indicate that a source instruction flow changing instruction identified by that entry is a first instruction flow changing instruction with an associated first target address that identifies a series of instructions that is expected to exhibit static behaviour and that terminates with a second instruction flow changing instruction, where the second instruction flow changing instruction is unconditionally taken and has an associated second target address. The prediction circuitry is arranged, when making a prediction for a chosen instruction flow changing instruction that is identified by a multi-taken entry in the target prediction storage, to identify with reference to target address information stored in that multi-taken entry both the series of instructions and a target instruction at the second target address. It then causes the series of instructions and the target instruction to be identified in the fetch queue, and begins making further predictions starting from the target instruction at the second target address.
US11379237B2
A data processing apparatus (2) operates in a first mode of operation having a first set of processing circuitry (8, 12, 18, 20, 22) ready to perform processing operations and in a second mode of operation having a second set of processing circuitry (8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24) ready to perform processing operations. A first proper subset (32) of program instructions within the instruction set supported are processed by the processor using a selectable one of the first mode and the second mode. A second proper subset (34) of program instructions within the instruction set are required to be processed by the processor operating in the second mode. Processing circuitry (14, 24) which is inactive in a mode of operation may be placed into a low power state.
US11379228B2
An example design structure tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium includes a first arithmetic logic unit (ALU) to perform fixed point instructions using at least two general registers to read data from a first and second general register of a plurality of general registers and write a result in at least a third general register of the plurality of general registers. The design structure includes a second ALU to perform non-updating fixed point instructions using at least two general registers to only read data from the general registers. The design structure includes an efficiency logic unit coupled to the first ALU and the second ALU. The efficiency logic unit is to receive an instruction and determine whether the received instruction is an updating fixed point instruction or a non-updating fixed point instruction based on a number of general registers to be used to execute the received instruction.
US11379226B2
The present disclosure relates to enabling clients to identify qualified developers for software development projects. An example method of operating a developer exchange server includes updating stored progress of developers for mission-related activities, wherein the mission-related activities correspond to features of a software platform, and determining, based on the stored progress of each of the developers, a confidence score for each of the developers for each of the features. The method includes receiving a search request that indicates a subset of the features and corresponding confidence thresholds for each of the subset of features, and in response, determining a ranked listing of qualified developers based on the subset of the features, the corresponding confidence thresholds, and the respective confidence score of each of the developers for each of the subset of features. The method further includes providing the ranked listing of qualified developers in response to the search request.
US11379217B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by a customer cockpit, a toggle notification indicating that an edge feature of an edge component of a hybrid software deployment is to be activated, the toggle notification being received during execution of a process by the edge component, determining, by the customer cockpit, that the process has ended and, in response, triggering an edge controller to toggle the edge feature to an activated state within the edge component, receiving, by a vendor cockpit, an edge confirmation of the edge component that confirms that the edge feature is in the activated state, and at least partially in response to receiving the edge confirmation, triggering, by the vendor cockpit, a tenant controller to toggle a tenant feature to an activated state within a tenant component of the hybrid software deployment.
US11379214B2
An interface is provided to update a firmware of a persistent memory module at runtime without restarting an operating system on the platform. The operating system initiates the firmware update by triggering a sleep state or by entering a soft reboot. The interface is capable of preserving the state of the platform for all memory modes that support volatile memory regions, persistent memory regions, or both, and reducing or eliminating the demand for access to memory during the firmware update. The persistent memory module is capable of updating the firmware responsive to a platform instruction generated using the interface, including preserving operational states for memory devices in all memory regions, including memory devices in volatile and persistent memory regions.
US11379209B2
An apparatus for upgrading a software product is provided. The apparatus generates an upgrade package of the software product, the upgrade package including an installation file of the software product, a metadata file and one or more executable files. The apparatus also executes the one or more executable files to perform operations for upgrading the software product. The operations include unpacking the installation file; adding a disk file in the installation file to a virtual machine based on a file name indicated in the metadata file, the disk file including upgraded files of the software product; mounting the disk file to a mount point of the virtual machine, wherein the mount point is indicated in the metadata file; and providing a path to access the upgraded files based on the mount point and a folder path of the upgraded files indicated in the metadata file.
US11379194B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, may cause the processor to receive a value setting via a user interface associated with a first program code, and generate a second program code that, when executed, produces a computational result. To generate the second program code, the instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to obtain a portion of the first program code that, when executed with the value setting, generates the computational result, determine an organizational structure of the portion, the organizational structure including a plurality of stages, determine, in one or more of the plurality of stages, a first segment of code that accesses the value setting and a second segment of code that does not access the value setting, and replace the first segment with the value setting.
US11379173B2
A method and system for a displaying content that makes LED real-time 3D displays possible. The 3D image formation includes multi-screen display color correction and multi-camera infrared positioning technology. The present invention presents the display effects of a simulation environment in a better way through switching and moving and ensures that while in movement, the display effects of LED screens taken by video cameras from different angles can be maintained the same, so as to create a vivid simulation environment for television programming and film shooting. The system for maintaining accuracy in a 3D image formation includes a multi-screen display color correction system, a multi-screen display color correction system comprising a large-size screen server, a video camera and a large-size display screen wherein the large-size screen color correction server includes an image input module, a position data module, a comprehensive color correction server and an image output module.
US11379169B2
A printing apparatus includes a first screen facing in a first direction, a second screen facing in a second direction different from the first direction, and a processor that controls display of the first screen and display of the second screen. The processor performs control for displaying a first image on the first screen and, simultaneously, displaying a second image on the second screen. A first action of a user on which guidance is provided by the first image and a second action of a user on which guidance is provided by the second image are actions configured to be performed simultaneously.
US11379168B2
A printing system includes a smart device and a printer, and the smart device establishes a communication connection with the printer based on a BLE communication scheme, transmits a first request that requests a process relating to connection confirmation by a user, and establishes a communication connection with the printer based on a Wi-Fi Direct communication scheme when the smart device receives, from the printer, a response to the first request, and the printer performs, based on the first request received, connection confirmation display for prompting a user to perform the connection confirmation, transmits, when receiving a user operation based on the connection confirmation display, a response to the smart device, the response indicating reception of the user operation, and establishes the communication connection with the smart device based on the Wi-Fi Direct communication scheme.
US11379158B2
Apparatuses, hybrid memory modules, memories, and methods for configuring I/Os of a memory for a hybrid memory module are described. An example apparatus includes a non-volatile memory, a control circuit coupled to the non-volatile memory, and a volatile memory coupled to the control circuit. The volatile memory is configured to enable a first subset of I/Os for communication with a bus and enable a second subset of I/O for communication with the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to transfer information between the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory.
US11379154B2
There are provided a storage device and an operating method thereof. A memory controller includes: an operation mode controller for adjusting a standby entry time by using a host idle interval as an interval between host busy periods and a reference interval, and determining an operation mode, based on the adjusted standby entry time and a subsequent host idle interval; and an operation controller for controlling a memory device according to the operation mode.
US11379153B2
A processing device of a memory sub-system can monitor a plurality of received commands to identify a forced unit access command. The processing device can identify a metadata area of the memory device based on the forced unit access command. The processing device can also perform an action responsive to identifying a subsequent forced unit access command to the metadata area.
US11379152B2
An apparatus comprises transaction handling circuitry to issue memory access transactions, each memory access transaction specifying an epoch identifier indicative of a current epoch in which the memory access transaction is issued; transaction tracking circuitry to track, for each of at least two epochs, a number of outstanding memory access transactions issued in that epoch; barrier termination circuitry to signal completion of a barrier termination command when the transaction tracking circuitry indicates that there are no outstanding memory access transactions remaining which were issued in one or more epochs preceding a barrier point; and epoch changing circuitry to change the current epoch to a next epoch, in response to a barrier point signal representing said barrier point. This helps to reduce the circuit area overhead for tracking completion of memory access transactions preceding a barrier point.
US11379151B2
Aspects of a storage device are provided which use flow control to prevent stalling during processing of read requests for a large read command. A controller of the storage device receives a read command for data from a host device, stores in a queue read requests for a portion of the data, and reads the portion of the data from a memory based on the read requests. The controller may store other read requests in the queue for other portions of the data when a number of read requests in the queue does not meet a threshold. Otherwise, the controller refrains from storing other read requests in the queue for other portions of the data when the number of read requests in the queue meets the threshold. The controller may operate similarly with subsequent sequential commands, but may continue to store read requests in the queue for subsequent random commands.
US11379132B1
Correlating medical sensor data includes: receiving, from a plurality of disparate medical sensors, sensor data for a patient; analyzing the sensor data, including identifying one or more correlations to one or more known patterns; and reporting the correlations.
US11379131B2
A memory appliance may be provided comprising a processor, a communication interface, a memory, and a region access unit. The memory may be configured in an address space addressable by the processor. The communication interface may be configured to provide the client access to the region of the memory via client-side memory access before initialization of all of the region. A method to create a virtual copy of memory accessible by client-side memory access is also provided. A system may be provided that memory maps at least a portion of a file to a memory region, wherein a virtual address addressable is generated, and the at least a portion of file is accessible through the memory region at the virtual address. The virtual address may be registered with the communication interface, where registration of the virtual address provides client-side memory access to the memory region.
US11379129B2
A FPGA-based intelligent storage control system is provided that includes a FLASH main controller; a FLASH command former and an address generator with a memory function, for generating level signal of cross clock domain and automatically avoiding out-of-bounds writing. A configuration data former provides for driving and controlling a configuration writing in function by a writing configuration drive signal. An automatic reading configurator provides automatic configuration reading by internal drive signal to drive. A main data and auxiliary data former provides continuous storage of main data according to ping-pong operation for unequal width RAM operation. A FLASH data reading buffer and a multi-interface external drive module are also present. The system is applicable to an unmanned underwater vehicle and underwater acoustic equipment. The system and the application thereof, the problems of existing storage control systems during underwater working are solved, with the characteristics of reliability, simplicity or intelligence.
US11379119B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a write request that includes data and a client address at which to store the data. The data is segmented into the one or more storage units. A storage unit identifier for each of the one or more storage units is computed that uniquely identifies content of a storage unit. A mapping between each storage unit identifier to a block server is determined. The mapping is sent to a plurality of metadata servers to provide the mapping in case of failure of the metadata server. For each of the one or more storage units, the storage unit and the corresponding storage unit identifier is sent to a block server. The block server stores the storage unit and information on where the storage unit is stored on the block server for the storage unit identifier. Multiple client addresses associated with a storage unit with the same storage unit identifier are mapped to a single storage unit.
US11379101B2
A remote location monitoring system, for example, a home monitoring or weather monitoring system may include one or more sensors and/or receivers at a remote location such as a residence or business to be monitored. The sensors and receivers may communicate with a central server via a gateway device, and may be controlled by users locally or remotely via the server. Users may register to receive remote notifications of weather events and other home monitoring events. Users may also access remotely sensors and receivers to configure alerts, notifications, and automatic responses for the devices and integrated appliances at the remote location.
US11379095B2
An image capture device may include a display for presenting controls. The controls may be used by a user to operate the image capture device in capturing visual content. A control customization interface may include interface feature(s) that enables selection of one or more selectable controls for inclusion in a set of controls. Based on user interaction with the control customization interface, the set of controls may be determined and presented on the display.
US11379090B1
A firefighting monitor that has a first section, a second section joined to the first section by a first pivot connection, and a plurality of ball bearings positioned in the first pivot connection between a pair of bearing seats. Wherein, the bearing seats define an arc of contact with each of the plurality of ball bearings, the center of the arc of contact defining a tangent angled with respect to a flow axis defined by the first pivot connection.
US11379087B2
A touch panel input device includes a plurality of first electrode lines, a plurality of second electrode lines, a drive circuit, a reception circuit, a touch detector, a ground state switching circuit, and a controller. The controller executes drive control for causing the drive circuit to sequentially input a drive signal to electrode lines in a non-ground state among each of the plurality of first electrode lines, in a state of controlling the ground state switching circuit to set a part of electrode lines among each of the plurality of first electrode lines and/or the plurality of second electrode lines to the non-ground state, and set the other electrode lines to a ground state.
US11379085B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of touch technology, and provides a touch module, which includes a substrate, a first bridging layer, a first touch sensing layer, a second bridging layer, and a second touch sensing layer. The first bridging layer extends on the substrate along a first direction. The first touch sensing layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first touch sensing electrodes, wherein the first bridging layer connects adjacent first touch sensing electrodes of the first touch sensing electrodes. The second bridging layer is disposed on the first bridging layer, located between the adjacent first touch sensing electrodes, and connected in parallel with the first bridging layer. The second touch sensing layer is disposed on the substrate, crosses the second bridging layer along a second direction, and is disposed between the adjacent first touch sensing electrodes.
US11379083B2
A projector includes: an illumination device casting one detection light and another detection light onto an operation surface; a first image pickup device having a higher sensitivity to the one detection light than to the another detection light; a second image pickup device different from the position of the first image pickup device, the second image pickup device having a higher sensitivity to the another detection light than to the one detection light; and a detection device detecting that an object is in contact with the operation surface when a position of a pointing unit specified based on a first picked-up image picked up using the first image pickup device and a position of the pointing unit specified based on a second picked-up image picked up using the second image pickup device are within a predetermined range.
US11379080B2
Provided are techniques for automatically correcting touchscreen errors. A first location input is received from a user touching a global touchscreen of a global device, where the first location input is a location relative to a display surface of the global touchscreen. It is determined that movement of the global device is different from movement of a local device. Motion information of the local device is retrieved. The first location input is corrected to a second location input based on the motion information. In response to the second location input, an operation is performed.
US11379075B1
An electronic device includes a touch module, a display module, and a control module. The touch module is configured to detect a touch input. The display module is disposed under the touch module. The control module is electrically connected to the touch module and the display module and configured to: detect a contact area of the touch input on the touch module; make the display module display a first input interface when the contact area is greater than a first threshold area; and make the display module display a second input interface when the contact area is smaller than a second threshold area, in which the second threshold area is equal to or smaller than the first threshold area.
US11379072B2
A semiconductor device comprises a pulse signal output circuit providing a pulse signal for a transmission electrode of an electrode pair, a current converter converting a first current generated on the reception electrode to a second current, a current-controlled oscillator outputting an oscillation signal having a frequency depending on the second current, and a counter counting a number of oscillating times of the oscillation signal per a predetermined period; wherein the current converter comprises a first constant current source and output a combined current of the first constant current of the first constant current source and the first current as the second current in response to the pulse signal, so that the semiconductor device suppresses an increase circuit size.
US11379071B2
Techniques for managing alerts are described. One or more alerts are received at the electronic device. In some embodiments, the device determines how notifications corresponding to the alerts should be output to the user.
US11379063B2
An organic light-emitting display panel and fabrication method thereof are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes an organic light-emitting element array substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer covering the organic light-emitting element array substrate, and touch-control electrodes. The thin film encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer. First groove structures are configured in at least one organic layer, and sidewalls of the first groove structures are arc-shaped. The touch-control electrodes are disposed in the first groove structures.
US11379062B2
A display panel and a testing method thereof, the display panel including a product region and a cutting region, and the product region including a display sub-region and a non-display sub-region. The display panel includes a flexible substrate, a thin film transistor layer, an organic light-emitting layer, a encapsulation layer, and a touch layer. The touch layer includes touch electrodes and touch leads. An end of each of the touch leads is connected to a corresponding touch electrode, the other end of each of the touch leads extends from the non-display sub-region to the cutting region, and a density of the touch leads in the cutting region is less than a density of the touch leads in the non-display sub-region.
US11379061B2
A method for switching a display mode is applied to a terminal, wherein a display screen covers a front surface and a back surface of the body of the terminal including a first display region on the front surface of the body and a second display region on the back surface; the method includes: displaying in a first display mode in which the first display region is in a screen-on state and the second display region is in a screen-off state; acquiring touch information of the display screen and a flip angle of the terminal; and switching the display mode from the first display mode to a second display mode in which the first display region is in the screen-off state and the second display region is in the screen-on state when the touch information satisfies a first condition and the flip angle of the terminal satisfies a second condition.
US11379056B2
The embodiments disclose an electronic pen system, including an electronic pen having a digital writing nib to allow a user to create digital nib writing strokes and a microphone to record voice dictation data, an electronic pad wirelessly coupled to the electronic pen to receive the digital nib writing strokes, a scanning device coupled to the electronic pad to scan handwritten data and convert into editable text, a beacon coupled to the electronic pad and a computer with a plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates stored, a handwriting converter to covert nib writing strokes into editable text, a voice to text converter for converting dictation into editable text, and editing software installed on the electronic pen and coupled to the beacon to receive the plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates selectable by the user to allow editable text to be proofread.
US11379047B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for evaluating movement of a subject. The method comprises obtaining a first signal from a first sensor; processing the first signal to determine a value of a quality measure for the first signal; and determining a configuration for a movement evaluation algorithm. The configuration of the movement evaluation algorithm is dependent on the determined value of the quality measure for the first signal such that either or both of a decision threshold of the movement evaluation algorithm is determined based on the determined value of the quality measure; and one or more weightings used in the movement evaluation algorithm for the one or more first features that are to be derived from a signal from the first sensor are determined based on the determined value of the quality measure. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US11379043B2
Disclosed herein is a controller apparatus including a vibrating body movable within a predetermined movable range thereof, an operating member operated by a user, the operating member being movably operable within a movable range thereof overlapping partially with the movable range of the vibrating body, a reception section configured to receive a vibration instruction designating generation of vibration, a detection section configured to detect a position of the operating member within the movable range thereof, and a control section configured to give vibration to the operating member by controlling a position and vibration of the vibrating body in accordance with the received vibration instruction and the detected position of the operating member. When predetermined conditions are satisfied, the control section controls the vibration of the vibrating body in a manner correcting the vibration designated by the vibration instruction.
US11379038B2
The present disclosure provides a method for adapting a wearable device. The method includes sensing an electromyography (EMG) data responsive to a hand gesture of a user, determining a pressure applied in association with the hand gesture based on the EMG data, and causing the wearable device to be adapted to a body part of the user based on the pressure.
US11379031B2
An apparatus includes memory arrays and a power-performance-endurance manager module. The power-performance-endurance manager module stores a power-endurance state descriptor data structure, which includes endurance levels associated with power-endurance modes. The manager module dynamically configures the apparatus to operate the memory arrays according to one of the power-endurance modes based on a desired endurance level.
US11379014B2
Examples of hinge assemblies are described. In an example, a hinge assembly includes a first hinge element having a first shaft, a second hinge element having a second shaft, and a clip coupling the first shaft to the second shaft. The clip includes a first portion formed of c a composite material and a second portion formed of a metal.
US11379013B2
An electronic device including a flexible display having a first region and a second region; a first frame supporting the first region and rotatable about a first axis; a second frame supporting the second region and rotatable about a second axis different than the first axis; and a hinge module connecting the first frame and the second frame and including a gear mechanism so the first frame rotatable about the first axis and the second frame rotatable about the second axis rotate in conjunction and synchronization with each other when the electronic device is folded and unfolded.
US11379012B2
In an example, a device includes a base unit, a cover unit, and a hinge assembly to couple the cover unit to the base unit The hinge assembly is moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position. The hinge assembly includes a channel, an annular holder disposed in the channel, a shaft engaged with the annular holder, and a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the shaft. The hydraulic cylinder is to move the shaft along a longitudinal axis of the shaft, based on a movement of the hinge assembly between the folded position and the unfolded position, to vary an operating torque of the hinge assembly.
US11379011B1
A biometric button assembly may be disposed in an opening of an enclosure of an electronic device. The biometric button assembly may include an input member that forms an exterior surface of the button housing and is configured to receive inputs, for example from a user of the electronic device. The biometric button assembly may further include a biometric sensor for detecting the received inputs and transmitting a signal to a processor of the electronic device. The signal may correspond to a biometric characteristic, such as a fingerprint. A flexible conduit may transmit the signal to the processor. A portion of the flexible conduit and a seal may be positioned between the button assembly and the enclosure that prevents contaminants from entering the button housing and the enclosure.
US11379004B2
An example device can include a mounting device having a first connector bracket fixedly positioned on the mounting device, a plurality of pogo pins positioned within the first connector bracket, and an adjustment control mechanism positioned about at least one pogo pin of the plurality of pogo pins. A computing device has a second connector bracket fixedly positioned on the computing device, the second connector bracket forming a plurality of openings for receiving the plurality of pogo pins, wherein the adjustment control mechanism is to fixedly position the plurality of pogo pins within the plurality of openings to maintain electrical connection of the first connector bracket and the second connector bracket during adjustment of the computing device relative to the mounting device.
US11378990B2
The invention relates to a device for temperature control in potentially explosive areas, comprising a temperature controller (10) and a housing (11) in which the temperature controller (10) is arranged, the housing (11) having a sealed opening (12) through which electrical lines (13, 14) of the temperature controller (10) are passed. It is characterized in that the temperature controller (10) has a measuring surface (15) which lies directly against an inner wall (16) of the housing (11) at least in certain areas and is electrically connected to an earthing tab (17), said earthing tab (17) being electrically connected to another line (18) which is guided through the opening (12).
US11378981B2
A method, by a computing device of a first autonomous escort vehicle of a convoy that includes multiple autonomous escort vehicles, that includes: receiving, from a central computing device associated with the convoy, an instruction to prevent one or more environmental vehicles from interfering with movements of the convoy, wherein the instruction is determined by the central computing device based on first sensor data from one or more autonomous escort vehicles in the convoy and the movements of the convoy; determining, based on second sensor data from one or more sensors of the first autonomous escort vehicle, a set of movements for preventing the one or more environmental vehicles from interfering with the movements of the convoy; and performing the set of movements.
US11378979B2
A method for positioning an autonomous moving device includes steps of: acquiring a current positioning signal of an autonomous moving device during a moving process, and a reference positioning signal of the autonomous moving device before the current positioning signal; resolving the reference positioning signal and the current positioning signal to acquire error data; and processing the error data and position information of the reference positioning signal to acquire current position information of the autonomous moving device.
US11378967B2
In one embodiment, a system receives an initial reference line representing a route from a first location to a second location associated with an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), where the initial reference line includes a number of reference line segments. The system smooths the line segments by applying a quadratic programming (QP) spline smoothing algorithm to the line segments. The system determines that the QP spline smoothing algorithm for the line segments fails to converge. The system adjusts (or enumerates) a location of an end point of a line segment. The system smooths the line segments by applying a QP spline smoothing algorithm to the adjusted (or enumerated) line segments. The system generates a smoothed reference line based on the smoothed line segments to be used as a reference line of the route to control the ADV.
US11378957B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for controlling vehicle driving. The method includes: generating a global path of a driving site of a vehicle; executing following controlling: generating a local path of a site in front of a current position of the vehicle based on the global path, the local path following a direction of the global path, controlling the vehicle to drive along the local path until reaching an end point of the local path, determining whether the vehicle reaches an end point of the global path, and terminating the controlling if the vehicle reaches the endpoint of the global path; and continuing, in response to determining the vehicle failing to reach the end point of the global path, executing the controlling.
US11378947B2
A system for monitoring operation of rotating electrical machinery including electrical industrial machinery. The system comprises analog sensors configured to measure electrical signals corresponding to the voltage and the current of the rotating electrical machinery. A remote processor identifies the frequency components of the measured electrical signals. Based on the frequency components, the system is monitored and controlled. This may help allow electrical faults, mechanical faults and process faults to be predicted and/or prevented.
US11378942B2
A computer-implemented system and method for searching comprises receiving digital twin instance part assembly information (IPAD) from a sensor scan of a physical part assembly produced by assembling a first physical part with a second physical part. Digital twin framework part assembly data (FPAD) is received representing a correctly assembled physical part assembly and that corresponds to the physical part assembly. Context data associated with a context within which the physical part assembly is produced is also received. The FPAD is compared with the IPAD, utilizing the context data, to determine whether a deviation of the IPAD from the FPAD exceeds a threshold. Responsive to the deviation exceeding a threshold, the method comprises providing corrective information to a device of an assembler for re-assembling the first physical part to the second physical part to produce a reassembled physical part assembly based on the corrective information.
US11378932B2
An arithmetic device includes: a storage unit for storing a plurality of machining programs for wire electrical discharge machining, each program being associated with a machining condition corresponding to the machining program; an acquisition unit for acquiring an adjustment ratio of the machining condition input by an operator; and a storage control unit for, when the acquisition unit acquires the adjustment ratio, storing the acquired adjustment ratio in the storage unit in association with the machining program.
US11378919B2
Provided is a watch glass including a support glass having at least one recess, a cover glass, at least one gemstone which is at least in part disposed in the recess, and a connecting intermediate layer by way of which the cover glass and the support glass are connected to one another. A region of an upper part of the gemstone is in direct contact with the intermediate layer.
US11378917B2
Methods, apparatus, devices, and systems for displaying three-dimensional objects by individually diffracting different colors of light are provided. In one aspect, a system includes a display having a plurality of display elements and an optical device including at least two beam expanders configured to expand an input light beam in at least two dimensions to generate an output light beam to the display by diffracting the input light beam to adjust a beam size of the input light beam in the at least two dimensions, the input light beam including a plurality of different colors of light.
US11378911B2
A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a coupling member operatively connected to the photosensitive drum, with the coupling member including an arm portion and a projection projecting from the arm portion. The arm portion of the coupling member extends from a point that is upstream in the rotational direction of the photosensitive drum towards a point that is downstream in the rotation direction of the photosensitive drum.
US11378904B2
A heating device includes a rotator, an opposed rotator configured to contact the rotator to form a nip, a heater configured to heat the rotator, and a plurality of pressing devices. The heater includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion of the heater generates a smaller amount of heat than the first portion of the heater. The pressing devices are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the heater and each configured to press at least one of the rotator and the opposed rotator and cause the rotator and the opposed rotator to press each other. The pressing devices include a first pressing device corresponding to the first portion of the heater and a second pressing device corresponding to the second portion of the heater, and the first pressing device generates a smaller pressing force than the second pressing device.
US11378898B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to magnetic carrier bead separation in dual-component printing. The present disclosure relates generally to a device, method, and system for magnetic carrier bead separation. In an example, a printing device includes a developer sump to hold a plurality of carrier beads. The example device also includes a roller to move a subset of the plurality of carrier beads from an attachment point on the roller to a release point through a rotation of the roller, wherein the subset of the plurality of carrier beads return towards the developer sump after they are released at the release point. The device includes a magnetic separator located between the release point and the attachment point that guides a magnetized carrier bead of the plurality of carrier beads away from the developer sump and the roller.
US11378895B2
A controller is configured to: when an inter-sheet time is shorter than or equal to a first time, maintain a developing roller in contact with a photosensitive drum during an inter-sheet time; when the inter-sheet time is longer than the first time and shorter than or equal to a second time longer than the first time, perform, during the inter-sheet time, at least part of temporary separation processing of temporarily separating the developing roller from the photosensitive drum in a state where the photosensitive drum is rotating; and when the inter-sheet time is longer than the second time, perform, during the inter-sheet time, at least part of temporary stop processing of separating the developing roller from the photosensitive drum and then stopping rotation of the photosensitive drum, and subsequently restarting rotation thereof and then bringing the developing roller into contact with the photosensitive drum.
US11378883B2
A salt represented by formula (I): In formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a halogen atom or a perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R5, R6 and R7 each independently represent a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and —CH2— included in the alkyl group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—, m5 represents an integer of 0 to 3, m6 represents an integer of 0 to 3, m7 represents an integer of 0 to 3, R8 and R9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and —CH2— included in the alkyl group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—, and Al− represents an organic anion.
US11378882B2
A method includes forming a tri-layer. The tri-layer includes a bottom layer; a middle layer over the bottom layer; and a top layer over the middle layer. The top layer includes a photo resist. The method further includes removing the top layer; and removing the middle layer using a chemical solution. The chemical solution is free from potassium hydroxide (KOH), and includes at least one of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide and a quaternary ammonium fluoride.
US11378877B2
A homogenizer includes a convex-lens array pair including a first convex-lens array disposed on a light entrance side and a second convex-lens array disposed on a light emission side. The first convex-lens array and the second convex-lens array are disposed so as to face each other such that each of the convex-lens arrays has a lens surface opposed to each other outward or inward. The first convex-lens array includes a plurality of first convex lenses in an array arrangement. The second convex-lens array includes a plurality of second convex lenses in an array arrangement. The first convex lens has an average internal transmission angle for incident light entering a lens-surface center region in the lens cross-section and being in parallel with the symmetry axis being equal to or more than 1.3 times an average internal transmission angle of a spherical convex lens.
US11378876B2
A light source device, including: an excitation light source; a supplementary light source; and a color wheel, the excitation light source emits first color light to the color wheel, the color wheel includes a first light-emitting region and a wavelength conversion region sequentially arranged along circumferential direction, and a supplementary light-emitting region located on inner or outer side of the wavelength conversion region, the first light-emitting region receives the first color light in a first time period and emit it, the wavelength conversion region receives the first color light in a second time period and emit excited light, and the supplementary light source emits, during the second time period, a supplementary light that broadens a color gamut and at least partially overlaps with a spectrum of the excited light, and the supplementary light from the supplementary light-emitting region is combined with the excited light from the wavelength conversion region.
US11378871B2
An optical system including two optical systems, each optical system including at least two reflectors and a stop. Each of the optical systems is configured to focus light. Each of the at least two reflectors is configured to reflect the light.
US11378870B2
A mounting apparatus on which an accessory including a first mount is mountable, comprising: a second mount that is capable of coupling to the first mount of the accessory; terminals disposed along a circumferential direction of the second mount and used for electrical connection with corresponding terminals provided on the accessory; and mount claws for engaging with claws provided in the accessory. A terminal holder has first and second stages at different positions in a direction parallel to a center-axis direction of the second mount. The terminals include a first terminal for detecting mounting of the accessory and a second terminal for supplying communication power to the accessory. The second stage is projecting toward the accessory further than the first stage in a state where the accessory is mounted on the mounting apparatus.
US11378861B2
A display panel and a display device, including a display area and a non-display area are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a first electrode and a second electrode, a plurality of charged particles, and a plurality of third electrodes. By respectively controlling different bias voltages of the electrodes in the display area and the third electrode in the non-display area, the present application can realize a capability of switching between different working states of the display panel.
US11378854B2
The present disclosure provides a sub-pixel structure, a liquid crystal panel and a reflective liquid crystal display device. The sub-pixel structure includes a pixel electrode, and a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor integrated on an array substrate; the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are respectively close to a first side and a second side, opposite to each other, of the pixel electrode, and are adjacent to and are connected to two scanning lines in the array substrate, respectively; and a length of a channel region of the first thin film transistor is greater than a first length threshold, and a length of a channel region of the second thin film transistor is greater than a second length threshold.
US11378850B2
A substrate assembly, a display substrate and a display device are provided. The substrate assembly includes a cover plate and a functional substrate which are stacked. The functional substrate includes a plurality of first conductive terminals, and the cover plate includes a plurality of second conductive terminals. The plurality of the first conductive terminals are bonded to the plurality of the third conductive terminals through a plurality of connectors, and the plurality of the third conductive terminals are coupled to the plurality of the second conductive terminals through traces.
US11378841B2
According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light guide plate with a plurality of first protrusion parts arranged along a first direction and extending along a second direction which crosses the first direction, and a prism sheet, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first protrusion parts along the first direction has an apex angle between 55 degrees and 65 degrees, inclusive, the light guide plate includes a plurality of second protrusion parts which extend along the first direction and are arranged along the second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the second protrusion parts along the second direction has a base angle between 1 degree and 3 degrees, inclusive.
US11378831B2
A method for presenting image content in two operating modes, B1 for a viewing mode with a restricted viewing angle, and B2 for a viewing mode with an unrestricted viewing angle, comprising: providing a first image generator radiating image content into a restricted viewing angle; providing a second image generator radiating image content into an unrestricted viewing angle, wherein the second generator is in front of the first, and is partially transparent to light from the first, and deflects, on at least 50% of its surface, at least 90% of the light passed by it, by maximally 10°; switching on the first generator to start mode B1, wherein the second generator is switched to a transparent state and scatters only a negligible portion of light from the first generator, to retain the restricted viewing angle; and switching on the second generator to start mode B2.
US11378830B2
A projection-type display device includes a liquid crystal device, a transmittance measuring device configured to measure a transmittance of a liquid crystal panel, and a cooling device. After a result of measurement of the transmittance by the transmittance measuring device changes by 10% relative to a default value, a control unit controls the cooling device to raise temperatures of a liquid crystal layer to be not less than 60° C. and not more than a nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature Tni-20° C. This makes it possible to efficiently sweep impurities from a display region to the outside of the display region without heating the liquid crystal layer more than necessary. In addition, a liquid crystal volume ratio V1/V2 of a liquid crystal device for blue among a plurality of liquid crystal devices is greater than that of the other liquid crystal panels, where V1 is a volume of liquid crystal at the inner side of a seal material, and V2 is a volume of the liquid crystal layer in the display region.
US11378825B2
An electrical-optical modulator may include one or more optical waveguides to propagate one or more optical signals in a direction of propagation. An optical waveguide of the one or more optical waveguides may include a time delay section, a first modulation section preceding the time delay section in the direction of propagation, and a second modulation section following the time delay section in the direction of propagation. The first modulation section and the second modulation section may be configured to be associated with opposite modulation polarities, and the time delay section may be configured to delay a phase of the one more optical signals relative to the first modulation section. The electrical-optical modulator may include one or more signal electrodes to propagate one or more signals in the direction of propagation in order to modulate the one or more optical signals through electrical-optical interaction.
US11378824B2
An electro-optic medium is disclosed including a continuous phase comprising a binder and a discontinuous phase comprising electro-optic material. The binder may include one or more elastomers having a Young's modulus less than 25 MPa. The electro-optic material may include capsules that encapsulate various kinds of materials capable of switching optical states, such as a plurality of charged particles dispersed in a suspending fluid and capable of moving upon application of an electric field to the suspending fluid. The electro-optic medium may be incorporated into a laminated flexible electro-optic display having an outer light-transmissive protective layer and conductive material on either side of the electro-optic medium. The conductive material on at least one side of the electro-optic medium may also be light-transmissive. The opposing side of the display relative to the outer protective layer may also include a substrate.
US11378818B2
A lens element worn in front of an eye of a person includes a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power and a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
US11378803B2
The present invention generally provides systems, methods and ophthalmic lenses for image display of a virtual image, such as the display of a holographic image. According to the invention, an ophthalmic lens is advantageously configured for optimizing the visualization of said displayed virtual images.
US11378801B1
Described is a wide field of view, high resolution digital night vision system that uses transparent, repositionable eyepieces to present night vision information in the field of view of the user. The WNVS is advantageous in that it can be used in both night environments, but also in daytime environments by using clear eye pieces that allow the user to concurrently see the outside environment or allowing the eyepieces to be positioned out of the field of view of the user without significantly occluding the user's field of use during daytime use.
US11378800B2
An image display apparatus includes a scanning optical unit configured to scan a laser light, a beam shaper configured to receive the laser light scanned by the scanning optical unit in a direction normal to a surface of the beam shaper, an illumination optical unit configured to transmit the laser light emitted from the beam shaper to a display panel, the illumination optical unit including an anamorphic lens and two reflective optical elements having free-form surfaces, the display panel configured to display an image based on the laser light transmitted by the illumination optical unit, and an eyepiece optical unit configured to concentrate an image light emitted from the display panel to an eye of an observer, the eyepiece optical unit including three reflective optical elements having free-form surfaces.
US11378798B2
A method of generating a simulation of a physical object in an image of a physical environment. The method also includes generating a planar polygon mesh from at least the image. The method further includes extracting a boundary polygon of the planar polygon mesh. Moreover, the method includes generating a convex hull for the boundary polygon of the surface mesh. In addition, the method includes generating a minimal area oriented boundary polygon from the convex hull. The method may also include generating a maximal area oriented internal polygon (MAOBP) inside of the boundary polygon of the planar polygon mesh. The MAOBP is utilized to generate a 3-D surface model of the physical object, and the 3-D surface model is used to generate a simulation involving an interaction with the 3-D surface model of the physical object.
US11378793B2
The invention relates first to a camera module for a microscope. The camera module comprises an optical interface for inserting the camera module into an imaging beam path of the microscope, which imaging beam path images a nominal intermediate image. Furthermore, the camera module comprises an electronic image converter and a functional element for changing an intermediate image plane, which functional element is arranged in a beam path of the camera module between the optical interface and the image converter. The camera module also comprises a first optical assembly having an optical power, which first optical assembly is arranged in the beam path between the optical interface and the image converter. According to the invention, a distance between the functional element and the optical interface along the beam path or a distance between the first optical assembly and the optical interface along the beam path can be changed. The invention further relates to a method for operating the camera module.
US11378792B2
The optical system for a microscope includes an illumination lens group G11 and an objective optical system. The objective optical system has an objective lens group G12, a first image forming lens group G13, and a second image forming lens group G14, which are disposed in this order from the object side, and satisfies the following conditional expressions. NAL×2≤NAO≤NAL×15 . . . (1); 0.01≤NAL≤0.1 . . . (2); and 25≤MO≤100 . . . (3), where NAL denotes the numerical aperture of the illumination lens group G11, NAO denotes the numerical aperture of the objective lens group G12, and MO denotes the image-formation magnification of the objective lens group G12.
US11378788B2
A zoom lens system (10) for imaging, includes, in order from an object side (11); a first lens group (G1) with negative refractive power that moves at the time of zooming; a second lens group (G2) with a positive refractive power that moves at the time of zooming, the second lens group including an aperture stop (St); a third lens group (G3) with a positive refractive power, the position of which is fixed relative to the image plane. The second lens group includes: a first sub-lens group (S1) with a positive refractive power arranged on the object side and having the aperture stop; and a second sub-lens group (S2) with a negative refractive power arranged on the image plane side and configured to move independently of the first sub-lens group at the time of focusing.
US11378783B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is convex, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave, an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, the sixth lens element has positive refracting power and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the conditions: υ2+υ3+υ6≤110.000 and (T1+T7)/(G12+T2+G45)≥2.500.
US11378778B2
The present invention discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The second lens has a negative refractive power, and the third lens has a positive refractive power. The camera optical lens further satisfies the specific conditions: 0.80≤f1/f≤5.00 and −11.00≤R5/d5≤−8.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11378776B2
The present disclosure a camera optical lens comprising, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, the camera optical lens satisfying conditions of 0.50≤R5/R6≤0.75, 0.80≤f1/f≤1.00, 0.80≤d3/d4≤1.15, 1.65≤d7/d8≤2.50 and 0.00≤R4. The camera optical lens can achieve excellent optical characteristics while meeting the designing requirement for having a large aperture and being wide-angle and ultra-thin.
US11378762B2
A method of transfer printing. The method comprising: providing a precursor photonic device, comprising a substrate and a bonding region, wherein the precursor photonic device includes one or more alignment marks located in or adjacent to the bonding region; providing a transfer die, said transfer die including one or more alignment marks; aligning the one or more alignment marks of the precursor photonic device with the one or more alignment marks of the transfer die; and bonding at least a part of the transfer die to the bonding region.
US11378758B2
An optical fiber sub-assembly and an optical fiber connector, where the optical fiber sub-assembly includes a connector component, where a first end of the connector component is used to connect an optical cable, and where a ferrule is disposed at a second end of the connector component. Additionally, a protection tube is disposed around the ferrule, where an end surface of the ferrule protrudes from an end surface of the protection tube or an end surface of the ferrule is level with an end surface of the protection tube. Further, the protection tube has a notch, and a beveled edge is formed at an outer end of the notch.
US11378748B1
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods that utilize optical frequency discriminators based on fiber Bragg gratings. In some embodiments, an optical frequency discriminator has a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG), and an incoming polarized optical signal is reflected from the PM-FBG, which differentiates the two polarization modes in the incoming signal according its frequency relative to the two resonance peaks of the PM-FBG. The optical frequency discriminator then compares (e.g., subtracts) the reflected power in the two polarization modes to provide an output having an amplitude that varies linearly with the frequency of the incoming signal. This output may then be used to extract various information about the frequency of the incoming signal. As an example, the output may be used to recover data that has been frequency modulated onto the incoming signal or to characterize the frequency noise of the incoming signal.
US11378747B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to waveguide attenuators and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a main bus waveguide structure; a first hybrid waveguide structure evanescently coupled to the main bus waveguide structure and comprising a first geometry of material; and a second hybrid waveguide structure evanescently coupled to the main bus waveguide structure and comprising a second geometry of the material.
US11378727B2
An absorption type near-infrared filter comprising a first multilayer film, a second multilayer film, and an absorption film comprising an infrared absorbing dye with a weight percentage between 1% and 3%, wherein in the infrared band, the difference between the wavelength with the transmittance at 80% of the absorption film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 80% of the first multilayer film ranges between 130 nm and 145 nm; the difference between the wavelength with the transmittance at 50% of the absorption film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 50% of the first multilayer film ranges between 75 nm and 90 nm; the difference between the wavelength with the transmittance at 20% of the absorption film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 20% of the first multilayer film ranges between 25 nm and 45 nm.
US11378724B2
An incident optical beam illuminates a subset of contiguous array of diffraction gratings on a substrate and produces one or more diffracted output beams. The grating array can be arranged so that (i) multiple incident beams result in a contiguous composite solid angle of far-field illumination, (ii) multiple output beams arising from any one incident beam do not overlap in the far field, or (iii) both. The gratings of the array can be arranged to produce a desired far-field illumination intensity profile. The grating array can be arranged so as to suppress or eliminate laser speckle arising from the output beams.
US11378718B2
The present invention is a method and system for generating an area of interest for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) missions. Using radar and weather data, a mission area may be generated for flights which will maximize efficiency by pre-generating flight paths based on atmospheric and other data. The UAV may include artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for processing imaging and other sensed data. Post-processing of the data may include additional AI training and processing.
US11378697B2
Described herein are systems and techniques for mitigating the impact of attenuated satellite signals received at mobile devices. A mobile device receives multiple signals from a single satellite on different carrier frequencies. The mobile device calculates two pseudorange measurements, each pseudorange measurement from a different signal of the multiple signals. The mobile device calculates the difference between the two pseudorange measurements, and if the difference exceeds a first threshold and the first pseudorange measurement is larger than the second pseudorange measurement, the mobile device marks the first pseudorange measurement as impaired. If the difference exceeds a second threshold and the second pseudorange measurement is larger than the first pseudorange measurement, the second pseudorange measurement is marked as impaired. The impaired measurements may be weighted or excluded from use in calculating a position of the mobile device or in another pseudorange measurement based calculation.
US11378695B2
In one example, a method may include receiving one or more laser scan of a scene, receiving two or more camera images of the scene, determining one or more decision regions where the camera images are different from one another, detecting edges of the decision regions where the camera images are different from one another, comparing the decision regions where the camera images are different from one another inside of the detected edges with a corresponding region in the laser scan to determine which of the camera images includes a desired region that more closely corresponds to the laser scan, and generating a corrected image including the desired region that more closely corresponds to the laser scan.
US11378693B2
A floor surveying comprises a self-contained mobile unit that performs simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using wheel odometry data and data from a range finding laser device (RFLD), a digital camera, or both. Point cloud data for mapping is collected using a RFLD positioned near the floor and scanning in a plane perpendicular to the floor. 3D point cloud data representing the floor surface and surfaces in apposition to the floor are displayed and used to generate a floor map or floor plan.
US11378681B2
Embodiments are disclosed that for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems and methods. Front-end circuitry transmits radar signals, receives return radar signals, and outputs digital radar data. FFT circuits process the digital radar data without zero-padding to generate FFT data corresponding to oversampled pixel range values. A processor further processes the FFT data to generate radar pixel data representing a radar image. Further, the FFT circuits can interpolate the FFT data based upon pixel ranges using a streamlined range computation process. This process pre-computes x-axis components for pixels in common rows and y-axis components for pixels in common columns within the FFT data. For one embodiment, a navigation processor is coupled to a SAR system within a vehicle, receives the radar pixel data, and causes one or more actions to occur based upon the radar pixel data, such as an advanced driver assistance system function or an autonomous driving function.
US11378678B2
A method for determining the three-dimensional alignment of components of a radar system is described. The radar system is provided that comprises at least one portion which is permeable by radar signals. The radar system is imaged by using millimeter waves emitted by an imaging system. In the image obtained, it is determined the highest magnitude reflection coinciding with at least one of an expected location and an expected distance of the surface of a first component of the radar system being of interest. At least one of the position and the distance of that surface is determined. From the measurement, the relative phase information received from each portion of that surface at the determined position and/or the determined distance is obtained. Processing the phase information obtained so as to obtain the azimuth and tilt of the surface. Further, a testing system is described.
US11378660B2
LIDAR receiving unit in a focal plane array assembly, including a plurality of sensor elements arranged in macro cells and a plurality of readout elements, wherein at least two sensor elements are assigned to a macro cell, and each sensor element can be activated and deactivated individually or can be activated and deactivated in groups of sensor elements.
US11378651B2
A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.
US11378647B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for adaptively configuring a threshold for object detection by means of radar, the device including: a position-specific maximum signal value extraction unit extracting a maximum value of a signal for each position by obtaining the signal when there is no moving object; a position-specific signal magnitude sorting unit obtaining signals caused by a moving object, and sorting magnitudes of the obtained signals for each position in descending order for a time index; a candidate signal index selection unit selecting a candidate signal index; a signal index determination unit setting weighting factors for the respective signals up to the candidate signal index, and determining a sum of the weighting factors as a signal index; and a position-specific threshold configuring unit configuring the threshold for each position by using a signal of the determined signal index and a scaling factor.
US11378646B2
The discriminability of an RF fingerprint is increased by “abstracting,” “enhancing,” and “reconstructing” a digital signal before it is transmitted, where the abstraction is a reversible nonlinear compression, the enhancement is a modification of the abstracted data, and the reconstruction is a mapping-back of the abstraction. During a training phase, for each individual RF transmitter, RF fingerprints are analyzed and candidate enhancements are modified until a successful enhancement is identified that provides satisfactory discriminability improvement with minimal signal degradation. The successful enhancement is implemented in the RF transmitter, and the RF fingerprint is communicated to receivers for subsequent detection and verification. Reinforcement learning can direct modifications to the candidate enhancements. The abstraction can implement a deep generative model such as an auto-encoder. A covert data enhancement can encode covert data onto the RF fingerprint, whereby the covert data is transmitted covertly to a receiver.
US11378643B2
A position detection system 1 identifies position information on the basis of a position signal received from a storage medium 30P disposed in a placement area where a target item is placed, identifies item information on the basis of an item signal received from a storage medium 30Q attached to the target item, and associates the position information with the item information and stores the associated information when the item signal is received during a period of time that starts from a time at which the position information is identified and that does not exceed a predetermined length of time.
US11378631B2
A magnetic resonance (MR) local coil and a magnetic resonance apparatus are provided. The MR local coil includes a plurality of substrates. At least one conductor loop is arranged on each substrate of the plurality of substrates. The plurality of substrates form a combined virtual surface. The plurality of substrates may be displaced with respect to one another tangentially to the virtual surface.
US11378622B1
Fault injection testing for field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices including: interfacing with a FPGA device under test (DUT); imaging a configuration RAM (CRAM) of the FPGA DUT with a first configuration image to define a first operational function of the FPGA DUT where the CRAM includes a plurality of CRAM bits, injecting a plurality of single event upsets into a portion of the plurality of the CRAM bits while the FPGA DUT is operating; concurrently monitoring operations of the FPGA DUT and a reference FPGA device; comparing outputs of the FPGA DUT with outputs of the reference FPGA device during concurrent operations, and if there is a mismatch between the outputs of the FPGA DUT and the reference FPGA, determining that error events have occurred within the FPGA DUT; and storing the error events and CRAM location data associated with corresponding single event upsets in an error log.
US11378618B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes the following steps. A substrate including a main region and a peripheral region is provided. A seed layer is formed on the substrate. A circuit structure layer is formed on the seed layer, and the circuit structure layer has a plurality of chip connection structures disposed on the main region and a plurality of test circuit structures disposed on the peripheral region. The chip connection structures and the test circuit structures are physically separated from each other, and the chip connection structures and the test circuit structures are electrically connected through the seed layer. A circuit test process is performed and includes applying a predetermined voltage to the test circuit structures to test the chip connection structures. A test result is obtained to determine whether a chip is electrically connected to the chip connection structures.
US11378612B2
A device having at least one power semiconductor die coated with a metallization and at least one light guide having two opposite ends. The first end is able to be connected at least to a light source and to a light receiver. The second end is permanently fixed facing to a surface of the metallization such that to form a light path towards said surface and a light path from said surface.
US11378608B2
A data processing device includes an internal volume for housing devices and an isolation test system. The isolation test system makes a determination that an electromagnetic interference suppression state of the data processing device is to be determined; in response to the determination: suppresses generation of electromagnetic radiation by the devices; while the generation of the electromagnetic radiation by the devices is suppressed: identifies a quantity of second electromagnetic radiation that propagated through a boundary of the internal volume; makes a second determination, based at least in part on the quantity, that the electromagnetic interference suppression state of the data processing device is an electromagnetic interference suppression compromised state; and initiates performance of an action set to remediate the electromagnetic interference suppression compromised state of the data processing device based on the second determination.
US11378607B2
Disclosed are a displacement sensor-combined electrostatic measurement potential sensor, and an operation method therefor, wherein a displacement sensor and an electrostatic measurement potential sensor are provided in one device, and operations thereof are linked; a distance to an electrified body measured by the displacement sensor is stored in a main controller to automatically correct a measurement value of the amount of static electricity obtained by the potential sensor; a change in capacitance that the displacement sensor affects with respect to the potential sensor is applied to correction of an error in a result value measured by the potential sensor, so that it is possible to solve the problem of malfunction according to detection of the electrified body, wherein the distance thereto is changed, and accurately measure the potential; and by manufacturing the device in a small size, easy use is achieved and manufacturing and installation costs are reduced.
US11378606B2
A switchboard controller for a parasitic antenna array. The switchboard controller has an internal bias tee mounted within an RF-shielded enclosure. The internal bias tee has an RF port, a DC port, and an RF & DC port. The RF port is configured to be connected to a driven element of the parasitic array antenna, and the RF & DC port is configured to be connected to an RF and DC source. The switchboard controller also has a voltage regulator mounted within the enclosure and is electrically connected to the DC port. The switchboard controller also has a plurality of manual switches electrically connected to the voltage regulator, each switch operatively connected to a separate parasitic element of the parasitic array antenna. The switches are mounted on the back side of a frame in a 2-dimensional pattern that is similar to the physical layout of the parasitic elements.
US11378604B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting a positional change amount due to a movement of a moving body by reading, with a sensor, a plurality of gradations disposed along the direction of the movement. The method includes: a step for taking, as one period, one gradation among the plurality of gradations and acquiring a pseudo sinusoidal signal in response to the positional change amount; a step for executing a Fourier transform on the pseudo sinusoidal signal within the range of at least one gradation, and calculating, from the spectral intensity of each frequency component obtained by the Fourier transform, the signal intensity of a fundamental wave component and the signal intensity of at least one harmonic component; a step for calculating a gain corresponding to each of the at least one harmonic component by dividing each signal intensity of the at least one harmonic component by the signal intensity of the fundamental wave component; and a step for detecting the positional change amount by subtracting, from the pseudo sinusoidal signal, each harmonic component multiplied by a corresponding gain.
US11378598B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit device has a first switching element that is connected between first and second nodes, a second switching element that is connected between the first node and a third node and outputs a current that is 1/K times as much as an output current of the first switching element, and an amplifier that controls, by a signal provided by amplifying a voltage difference between the third node and a fourth node, a conduction state of a third switching element that is connected between the fourth node and a fifth node.
US11378595B2
A system current sensor module can accurately sense or measure system current flowing through a sense current resistor by shunting current through a gain-setting resistor and using an amplifier to measure a resulting voltage, with an output transistor controlled by the amplifier controlling current through the gain setting resistor in a manner that tends to keep the amplifier inputs at the same voltage. The resistors can be thermally coupled to maintain similar temperatures when a system current is flowing. The thermal coupling can include conducting heat from a first resistor layer carrying the current sense resistor to a thermal cage layer located beyond a second resistor layer carrying the gain-setting resistor. This preserves accuracy, including during aging.
US11378587B2
A cover for an electrical rail mount device is provided. Further, an electrical rail mount device for mounting on a rail is provided, comprising at least ono input terminal configured to receive an input line, fixing means configured to fix the input line to the input terminal to establish an electrical connection, a lockable cover reversibly movable from an open state into a closed state, whereas the cover is configured to cover the fixing means in the closed state, such that the fixing means can only be accessed by moving the cover from the closed state into the open state, an electrical element arranged in the cover and configured to provide an electrical function to an active electronic element of the electrical rail mount device, wherein an electrical connection is provided between the electrical element and the active electronic element.
US11378584B2
An angular velocity sensor includes a substrate, a detector including a movable detection electrode and a fixed detection electrode opposed to the movable detection electrode, and a driver adapted to drive the detector. The movable detection electrode is supported by a first spring that is elongated parallel to a Y axis from a first turned-back part, and a second spring that is elongated parallel to the Y axis from a second turned-back part. The first and second springs are fixed at first and second anchors. The first turned-back part is closer to the second spring than the first anchor. The detector includes a first surface opposed to the first spring, and a second surface disposed closer to the first spring than the first surface.
US11378577B2
Provided is a reagent for assaying a thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) in a blood sample from a subject by latex agglutination assay. The reagent includes a polycation. As a result, TAT complexes can be precisely assayed while circumventing the effect of heparin. The polycation is, for example, hexadimethrine bromide, chitosans, modified dextran, aminodextran, hydroxymethyl cellulose trimethylamine, lysozyme, spermine, spermidine, polylysine, polyarginine, polyornithine, protamine sulfate, hydroxyethyl cellulose trimethylamine, heparin-binding protein, polyallylamine, polyallylamine hydrochloride, poly(diallyl dialkyl amine), polyamideamine, polyamine, polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammonium chloride, polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride, polyethyleneimine, polypropyleneimine, polypropylethyleneimine, polyimidazoline, polyvinylamine, polyvinyl pyridine, poly(acrylamide/methacryloxypropyltrimethylammonium bromide), poly(diaryldimethylammonium chloride/N-isopropylacrylamide), poly(dimethylaminoethyl acrylate/acrylamide), poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate), polydimethylaminoepichlorohydrin, polyethyleneiminoepichlorohydrin, polymethacryloxyethyl-trimethylammonium bromide, hydroxypropylmethacryloyloxyethyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, poly(methyldiethylaminoethylmethacrylate/acrylamide), poly(methyl/guanidine), polymethylvinylpyridinium bromide, poly(vinylpyrrolidone-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate), or polyvinylmethylpyridinium bromide.
US11378569B2
A plug for a container for storing liquid includes a housing and an input end at an end of the housing, the input end having a liquid-impermeable membrane that allows gas flow to pass through. A first sensor is in a first sensor chamber inside the housing, the first sensor being configured to detect a smoke taint compound. A first filter is between the input end and the first sensor, where the first filter selectively allows phenols to pass through. A second sensor is in a second sensor chamber inside the housing, the second sensor being configured to detect a second substance different from the smoke taint compound. A second filter is between the input end and the second sensor, wherein the second filter selectively allows the second substance to pass through.
US11378567B2
In one embodiment, a process is taught where the process begins by flowing a first product through a first pipeline and flowing a second product through a second pipeline. In this embodiment, the first product in the first pipeline is analyzed with a first product automated analyzer that is capable of physical and/or chemically analyzing the first product in the first pipeline and generating a first product data. Additionally, in this embodiment, the second product in the second pipeline is analyzed with a second product automated analyzer that is capable of physical and/or chemically analyzing the second product in the second pipeline and generating a second product data. The process then produces a blended product by mixing both the first product and the second product within a pipeline interchange which is connected downstream to both the first pipeline and the second pipeline. The blended product then flows from the pipeline interchange to a third pipeline that is connected downstream of pipeline interchange. The first product data and the second product data is then interpreted in a data analyzer by comparing the physical and/or chemical characteristics of the physical and/or chemical characteristics of the first data to an optimal first data and the physical and/or chemical characteristics of the second data to an optimal second data. The data analyzer then determines the adjustments in the flow of the first product and the flow of the second product to achieve optimal blended data from the blended product. The adjustments are then communicated to adjust the flow of the first product in the first pipeline and the flow of the second product in the second pipeline.
US11378555B2
A fluid analyzer having an electrical heater includes an intrinsic safety barrier that provides voltage and current from a power source to an electrical load and includes a voltage limiter and an infallible current limiting resistor for limiting the voltage and current provided to respective intrinsically safe levels, where the voltage limiter is arranged in a flameproof/explosion proof or pressurized/purged enclosure, and the current limiting resistor, e.g., an electrical heater, is connected via a connecting line to the voltage limiter and arranged outside the flameproof/explosion proof or pressurized/purged enclosure in an enclosure configured to provide protection against contact and ingress without being flameproof/explosion proof or pressurized/purged.
US11378553B2
Device, system and method for emission and reception of ultrasonic signal to and from a test material, wherein the device comprising one or more wheel assemblies (1) wherein each wheel assembly (1) further comprising: one or more transducers (20) arranged partially or completely embedded in a coupling medium/partial or complete inner ring (52, 21), the wheel assembly is further comprising an orbital outer ring (23), and wherein the coupling medium/partial or complete inner ring (52, 21) is connected to an axle (22) in anon-rotating manner and the one or more transducers (20) are fixedly pointing towards the test material (15), and the interface between the inward facing surface (26) of the orbital outer ring (23) and/or the outward facing surface (25) of the coupling medium/partial or complete inner ring (52, 21) comprises a low friction material having an acoustic impedance in the same order as that of the orbital outer ring (23).
US11378538B2
A water detection device (100) may have a water sensor on both a top and bottom of the device. A water sensor circuit (1004,1006,1100, 1101) may be configured to detect water by delivering a signal may be delivered to an electrical contact (1104, 1132), and the presence of water may be determined based upon detection of the signal at the other contact (1106, 1134). The water sensor circuit device (1101) may be configured with a comparator (1116) that uses hysteresis to provide sensitivity to the presence or absence of water. In a battery-powered water sensor, the water detection signal may be delivered as an alternating signal using, e.g., a signal modulator circuit (e.g., an oscillator circuit (1114) and gate (1120) optionally coupled to a wake-sleep controller (1112)) that is coupled to a battery (133), which may avoid oxidation or other forms of ionic corrosion. In some examples, a water detection signal may be recurrently delivered to the first contact (1132) to conserve battery power.
US11378534B2
Provided are a method and a device capable of: generating a first alternating current magnetic field passing through a chamber having a cell disposed therein, by using a plurality of primary coils arranged on a first plane; receiving a second alternating current magnetic field by using a plurality of secondary coils arranged on a second plane; and measuring an impedance change of a cell by using the first alternating current magnetic field and the second alternating current magnetic field.
US11378528B2
A tomographic imaging system and a connection assembly thereof are disclosed. The connection assembly includes a carrying platform and a holding bed. The carrying platform includes a rotatable component, a first circuit board and a connecting component. The rotatable component has a first end coupled to a rotor and rotates relative to the first circuit board and the connecting component. The holding bed includes a holding component, a bearing, and a second circuit board. The holding component includes an engaging portion and a holding portion. The second circuit board is coupled to the holding component through the bearing. The engaging portion is detachably connected to the second end of the rotatable component, and the second conductive terminals of the second circuit board abut against the first conductive terminals of the first circuit board to achieve an electric connection, so as to identify the holding bed.
US11378515B2
An image processing device includes: a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: with respect to each pixel included in a fluorescent image obtained by capturing a tissue group including one or more tissues dyed by using a fluorescent dye group including one or more fluorescent dyes by a fluorescent microscope, estimate a light quantity of fluorescence emitted by each fluorescent dye of the fluorescent dye group; estimate a tissue amount of each tissue of the tissue group based on the estimated light quantity; estimate a virtual dye amount of each dye of a bright-field dye group of a case in which the tissue group dyed by using the bright-field dye group including one or more dyes is captured by a transmission-type microscope based on the estimated tissue amount; and generate a virtual transmitted-light image from the estimated dye amount.
US11378496B2
A device includes a sample rack having a mounting region for mounting a sample plate that holds a sample, a housing in which a temperature adjustment space for adjusting a temperature of the sample plate mounted on the sample rack while accommodating the sample rack inside is provided therein, and the housing having, in a lateral surface, a rack insertion opening through which the sample rack is inserted into the temperature adjustment space; and an air temperature adjustment part having an air intake port for taking in air in the temperature adjustment space, a temperature adjustment element for cooling or heating air taken in from the air intake portion, and an outlet for blowing out air cooled or heated by the temperature adjustment element.
US11378492B2
A method and a system for estimating the state of wear of a cutting tool mounted on a machine tool. The system includes an acquisition module configured to acquire, for a determined duration of machining, values of an operating signal specific to the cutting tool mounted on the machine tool, and a microprocessor configured for calculating current values of a set of wear indicators from the values of the operating signal, and determining the state of wear of the cutting tool as a function of the current values of the set of indicators using a predetermined wear model modeling the state of wear of the cutting tool in function of learning values of the set of wear indicators.
US11378489B2
An object is to provide a propagation property analyzing apparatus that can alleviate the influence of an error caused by crosstalk, and accurately evaluate a few-mode optical fiber that multiplexes a plurality of modes, in a distributional and non-destructive manner. Provided is a propagation property analyzing apparatus that analyzes propagation properties of a few-mode optical fiber that multiplexes a plurality of modes, which is an optical fiber under test, in a lengthwise direction thereof, through Brillouin time domain analysis, the propagation property analyzing apparatus including: means for inputting probe light in a desired mode from a distal end of the optical fiber under test; means for inputting a light pulse that is in the desired mode and that has a frequency difference equivalent to a Brillouin frequency shift in the desired mode, relative to the probe light, from a proximal end of the optical fiber under test, as pump light corresponding to the probe light; and means for inputting a light pulse that is in another mode different from the desired mode and that has a frequency difference equivalent to a Brillouin frequency shift in the other mode, relative to the probe light, as secondary probe light corresponding to the probe light, from the proximal end of the optical fiber under test.
US11378488B2
A system and method for optimizing passive control strategies of oscillatory instabilities in turbulent systems using finite-time Lyapunov exponents are disclosed. The method includes receiving data from one or more measuring devices connected to the turbulent flow system incorporating a control strategy in the flow field. One or more flow characteristics are determined from the data obtained from the measuring devices. The method involves computing critical dynamics from backward time finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) field based on the one or more flow characteristics. Next, one or more regions of critical dynamics associated with impending oscillatory instabilities in the turbulent flow system are identified. The identified region of critical dynamics is disrupted the control the onset of oscillatory instabilities in the turbulent flow system.
US11378483B2
A method or system of determining integrity of a closed container comprising at least one gas. The determination is based on applying a mechanical force to at least one side of the container and transmitting a light signal across at least a portion of an outside surface of at least one side of the container using an optical sensor. The optical sensor is sensitive to the at least one gas inside the container. Detecting a transmitted light signal and determining, based on the detected light signal, if the at least one gas inside the container has been detected outside of the container.
US11378477B2
An apparatus for measuring normal and shear stress at a surface. The apparatus includes a substrate; and a plurality of sensing units on the substrate. Each sensing unit includes a mechanical transducer having a receiving surface and a sensing surface; and a plurality of normal force sensors between the sensing surface and the substrate.
US11378473B2
Systems and methods for measuring displacement parameters of rotating shafts and couplings are disclosed. In some aspects, a measurement system includes a shaft extended in a longitudinal direction and a target wheel configured to rotate with the shaft. The target wheel includes sensor targets circumferentially distributed around the target wheel. Some of the targets are slanted in the longitudinal direction and some of the targets are parallel to the longitudinal direction. The measurement system includes a sensor array including at least three sensors mounted radially around the shaft and configured to detect the sensor targets as the target wheel rotates with the shaft. The measurement system includes a controller configured to receive sensor signals from the sensors and determine, based on the sensor signals, at least an axial displacement measurement of the shaft in the longitudinal direction and a radial displacement measurement of the shaft.
US11378457B1
A hair colorant selection and formulation system including one or more of a hair color analyzer operable to determine hair color of a hair sample and match the determined hair color to a color in a color space, a hair color selector operable in combination with a fiber optic hair sample to generate the color selected in a color space in the optical fibers of a fiber optic hair sample, and a hair colorant mixer which operates to mix a hair colorant, which can be individually, or in various combinations, operably coupled to one or more computing devices through one or more server computers via a network which supports a hair colorant selection and hair colorant formulation program accessible by the one or more computing devices.
US11378453B2
A CubeSat compatible spectrometer including a slit having a first length and first width; a diffraction grating; and a two dimensional focal plane array electromagnetically coupled to the diffraction grating. The 2D focal plane array includes an array of pixels including a plurality of sets of pixels. Diffraction of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the slit by the diffraction grating forms a plurality of beams, each of the beams comprising a different one of the bands of the wavelengths in the electromagnetic radiation, and each of the beams transmitted onto a different one of the sets of the pixels.
US11378439B2
A flow rate measurement device improves the flow rate measurement accuracy without increasing the size of the metering tank. The flow rate measurement device includes a metering tank having a supply port at its upper portion and a discharge port at its lower portion, an on-off valve that opens and closes a flow channel inside the metering tank, a weight measurement unit that measures a weight of the metering tank, and flow rate computing unit that supplies powders and/or grains continuously from the supply port to the metering tank, computes a flow rate of the powders and/or grains multiple times in a temporally-overlapped state on the basis of the weight of the metering tank measured by the weight measurement unit in a state where the on-off valve is closed, and computes an average flow rate of the powders and/or grains on the basis of the flow rate computed multiple times.
US11378438B2
A fluid measurement system includes a signal processor and a processing system. The signal processor is configured and adapted to produce a serial word that is indicative of a fluid characteristic that is configured to be communicated externally of the signal processor. The processing system is operatively connected to the signal processor to read the serial word and decode the serial word. A method for transmitting a fluid characteristic between a sensor system and a processing system includes producing a serial word that is indicative of a fluid characteristic value with a signal processor. The method includes transmitting the serial word externally of the signal processor. The method includes reading and decoding the serial word with a processing system to determine the fluid characteristic value.
US11378433B2
An automated beverage dispenser include a metering manifold that contains a pair of mating manifold blocks forming as a generally rectangular cuboid element forming a minimized volume manifold block. A fluid conduit system, a sensor control system and a valve and actuator system are incorporated in and on the minimized volume manifold block. The fluid conduit system comprises a series of linear, interacting fluid channels including a central linear conduit containing a magnetic piston and forming an operative portion of a metering mechanism for providing a metered discharge of beer or beverage between the bulk storage and a tap or spigot in a manner that provides for a beverage specific controlled metered pour into a beverage container. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US11378426B2
Methods and systems for automated monitoring of sensors associated with a tool used in a manufacturing process are described. Sensor health may be evaluated based on the sensor's actual responses to set point changes. Rather than interrupt operation of the tool to determine whether one or more sensors are behaving in a predictable manner over an applicable range of operating conditions, pairs of set point values and sensor responses may be collected during the manufacturing process and stored in a time-indexed manner. A virtual model may be created for each sensor using selected ones of the indexed pairs and represented as points in an orthogonal coordinate system to identify a predictable operating region corresponding to the operating range. If a sensor response to a set point change, reflected in a stored, time indexed pair, is non-linear or offset relative to the predictable operating region, an alarm may be generated.
US11378422B2
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux. In an embodiment, the current outputs from detectors having a same state are grouped together. The encoder system may also include one or more current duplicators to duplicate the current outputs from detectors having one state to group with the current outputs from detectors having a different state. The encoder system may also adjust weights of the current outputs.
US11378417B2
A rotation detecting device includes a member to be detected, and a sensor section arranged opposite the member to be detected. The sensor section includes two magnetic sensors, each including a detecting portion to detect a magnetic field produced from the member to be detected, with the detecting portions of the sensors being arranged in such a manner as to overlap each other in an opposite arrangement direction of the sensor section and the member to be detected, and a housing provided to cover the sensors together, and including an opposite surface to the member to be detected. The detecting portion of one of the sensors, which is arranged in a side of the sensor section close to the member to be detected, is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined with respect to the opposite surface of the housing.
US11378413B1
An augmented navigational system is provided for autonomous vehicles. The augmented navigational system may further be coupled to an artificial intelligence system that provides object recognition and image recognition. A machine learning system may provide further feedback as to whether the pickup and drop off location was appropriate, and whether the recognition of one or more objects was appropriate.
US11378409B2
The present invention relates to a computer implemented method for providing in advance information on driving actions for improving the global efficiency of a vehicle. The method comprising the steps of receiving vehicle technical data (VTD) from a VTD processor at a processing device; generating local information at the processing device from the received VTD and processing device information generated by the processing device; creating remote information at a remote server from the processing device information, external data provider information coming from one or more external data providers and client logistic information; and presenting the remote information and optionally the local information to the driving agent in advance of the driving action using the processing device. A system for carrying out said method comprising at least one processing device connected to a remote server is also disclosed.
US11378403B2
Using geo-mapping data and only at least one inertial sensor, a Bayesian estimator uses at least one element of an uncorrected inertial navigation vector, of a moveable object on a surface, to estimate inertial navigation error information including corresponding statistical information. The estimated inertial navigation error information is used to error correct the uncorrected inertial navigation vector. The Bayesian filter also predicts inertial navigation error information, including corresponding statistical information, for a future time instance when a next uncorrected inertial navigation vector will be obtained.
US11378397B2
A change in geoid height is measured easily. A geoid measurement method of the present invention executes an inertial measurement data acquiring step, a comparison data acquiring step, a state variable estimating step, and a geoid calculating step. In the inertial measurement data acquiring step, data related to velocity, position, and attitude angle is acquired as inertially-derived data based on the output of an inertial measurement part having a three-axis gyro and a three-axis accelerometer attached to a moving body. In the comparison data acquiring step, data related to velocity is acquired as comparison data from a source other than the inertial measurement part. In the state variable estimating step, state variables including a plumb line deviation are estimated by using the inertially-derived data and the comparison data to apply a Kalman filter in which the plumb line deviation is included in the state variables.
US11378394B1
A metrology target is disclosed, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. The metrology target includes a first set of pattern elements having a first pitch, where the first set of pattern elements includes segmented pattern elements. The metrology target includes a second set of pattern elements having a second pitch, where the second set of pattern elements includes segmented pattern elements. The metrology target includes a third set of pattern elements having a third pitch, where the third set of pattern elements includes segmented pattern elements.
US11378389B2
A device for detecting the profile of a tread includes a light source, a mask configured for receiving a light emission of the light source and permeable to the light emission in correspondence of a slit provided therein. The slit is configured for generating, when traversed by the light emission, a light curtain. At least one image-acquisition device is configured for acquiring a projection of the light curtain on a tread, and a data-processing unit is operatively connected to the image-acquisition device for reception of image data acquired thereby.
US11378387B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for locating, measuring, counting or aiding in the handling of drill pipes 106. The system 100 comprises at least one camera 102 capable of gathering visual data 150 regarding detecting, localizing or both, pipes 106, roughnecks 116, elevators 118 and combinations thereof. The system 100 further comprises a processor 110 and a logging system 114 for recording the gathered visual data 150. The method 200 comprises acquiring visual data 150 using a camera 106, analyzing the acquired data 150, and recording the acquired data 150.
US11378381B2
A magnetic field sensor has a magnet (M1) that produces a magnetic field with a magnetic field axis (f), has a magnet axis (a) and is held in a component (4) that can move about at least one axis and has a component axis (b). Also a method for mounting a magnet (M1) of a magnetic field sensor. The magnet (M1) is held in the component (4) in such a manner that the magnetic field axis (f) coincides, as closely as possible, with the component axis (b). A deviation of the magnetic field axis (f) from the magnet axis (a) is measured, and the angle of deviation (α) is corrected during the mounting of the magnet (M1) in the component (4).
US11378376B2
Disclosed is a system and method for using a digital measuring device to install a structure. For example, the system can be used to install hurricane shutters over a window or door of a dwelling. Alternatively, the system can be used to install decorative shutters, shelving, or window treatments. Other example will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present system is beneficial in any situation where taking accurate measurements is critical to the proper installation of a structure. The system employs a digital measuring device that wirelessly communicates with a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, the measuring device is a tape measure and the mobile computing device is a phone or table computer. The mobile computing device is preferably used to demonstrate to the user what measurements need to be taken. After the user takes the required measurements, the accuracy and sufficiency of the measurements are thereafter confirmed via the mobile computing device.
US11378372B2
According to some embodiments, devices, systems, and methods of connecting and sealing against the introduction of liquids a receiver booster and a detonating cord in an exposed perforating gun are disclosed. According to an aspect, an encapsulated receiver booster is disclosed. The encapsulated receiver booster has an effective connection and seal with a detonating cord and the seal provides consistent integrity against the introduction of liquid, occupies a relatively small amount of space around the connection between the detonating cord and receiver booster, and is configured for use with exposed perforating gun systems. According to other aspects, associated exposed perforating gun systems and methods for connecting and sealing a receiver booster and a detonating cord are generally disclosed.
US11378363B2
According to the exemplary disclosed embodiments, contoured, curvilinear liners for a rectangular slotted shaped charge are described. The exemplary curvilinear liners include one or more curvilinear contours. The contoured, curvilinear liners provide improved perforating performance for rectangular slotted shaped charges used in oil and gas wellbore operations such as completion and abandonment.
US11378359B2
An armor system or plate designed to reduce the extent of back face deformation by re-directing the pressure wave created by a projectile impact. More specifically, armor systems according to embodiments of the invention are provided with redirection channels whereby the pressure or shock waves generated by projectile impact are guided or spread laterally along the channels and out of the plate so as to reduce back face deformation and consequent impact to the wearer.
US11378357B2
A target dot sight includes a target illumination sensor that senses the amount of illumination at a target, rather than merely sensing the ambient sight of the entire operating environment. Then, based on the sensed target illumination, the target dot sight may automatically compensate for the brightness of the target.
US11378355B1
A smart holster system may provide notifications of weapon danger, and may include a holster body with a first sensor. The first sensor may detect removal of the weapon from the holster body and indicate the weapon has been drawn. A second sensor coupled to the holster body may detect a gunshot. An indicator panel may include first, second, and third indicators. The first indicator may activate when the weapon has been drawn or the gunshot has been detected. The second indicator may activate after the weapon has been drawn and until the gunshot is detected or a predetermined amount of time elapses. The third indicator may activate after the gunshot is detected or the predetermined amount of time elapses after the weapon has been drawn. A transmitter may notify a Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) without entering a phone number in response to the third indicator being activated.
US11378347B2
A buffer assembly for a firearm includes an internal assembly comprising a plurality of weights within a buffer body of a buffer and at least one magnet. The magnet at least partially offsets an inertial event that occurs during a firing action of the firearm.
US11378342B2
A tube bundle-type heat exchanger, to a tube base, and to a method for sealing same. Aspects of the invention relate to a tube base for a tube bundle-type heat exchanger. In particular, the tube base includes a stack of multiple tube base plates with at least one through-opening for receiving a respective tube of the tube bundle-type heat exchanger. The throughopening is sealed by at least one seal ring. Additional aspects relate to a tube bundle-type heat exchanger comprising such a tube base and to a method for sealing a tube bundle-type heat exchanger in particular in the region of the tube base.
US11378333B2
A system and method for removing nitrogen from natural gas using two fractionating columns, that may be stacked, and a plurality of separators and heat exchangers, with horsepower requirements that are 50-80% of requirements for prior art systems. The fractionating columns operate at different pressures. A feed stream is separated with a vapor portion feeding the first column to produce a first column bottoms stream that is split into multiple portions at different pressures and first column overhead stream that is cooled and separated into vapor and liquid portions to control subcooling of the vapor portion prior to feeding the second column. Heat exchange between first column and second column streams provides first column reflux and reboil heat for a second column ascending vapor stream. Three sales gas streams are produced, each at a different pressure.
US11378332B2
A cryogenic distillation tower for separating a feed stream. The tower includes a distillation section. A controlled freeze zone section is situated above the distillation section and forms a solid from the feed stream. The controlled freeze zone section includes a spray assembly in an upper section and a melt tray assembly in a lower section. The melt tray assembly includes at least one vapor stream riser that directs the vapor from the distillation section into liquid retained by the melt tray assembly, and one or more draw-off openings positioned to permit a portion of the liquid to exit the controlled freeze zone section. The portion of the liquid indirectly exchanges heat with a heating fluid. One or more return inlets return the portion of the liquid to the melt tray assembly after it has been heated in the heat exchanger.
US11378331B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an out plate that defines a front surface of the door, a display part at the out plate that defines plate holes configured to display operation information of the refrigerator by transmission of light through the out plate, light emitting members in the door at positions corresponding to the plate holes, hole filling members that fill the plate holes, and a first layer located at a surface of the hole filling members. The first layer includes a light blocking part, and light transmission parts positioned in an inner region of the plate holes. The display part is configured to transmit light having passed through one or more of the light transmission parts corresponding to one or more of the light emitting members.
US11378318B2
A refrigeration apparatus comprises a first refrigerant system and a second refrigerant system. The first refrigerant system comprises a first compressor, a cascade heat exchanger and a first evaporator. The second refrigerant system comprises a second compressor, a second condenser, the cascade heat exchanger and a second evaporator. The second compressor has an economizer port, and the cascade heat exchanger is connected to the economizer port of the second compressor.
US11378315B2
An air conditioner system is disclosed. The air conditioner system includes: a compressor; a four-way valve configured to provide a refrigerant circulation path depending on an operation mode of the air conditioner system; a blocking valve disposed between the compressor and the four-way valve; a circulation line configured to provide a path for introducing a refrigerant discharged from the compressor back into the compressor, when the blocking valve is in a closed state; and a controller configured to control the blocking valve based on a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor.
US11378307B2
A boiler includes a tank, a gas circuit that includes a main combustion chamber in the tank and branch tubes in the tank that extend off of the main combustion chamber, and a water circuit fluidly isolated from the gas circuit. The water circuit includes a first manifold and water tubes that extend off of the first manifold. Each water tube extends through a respective one of the branch tubes, which may serve to preheat the water prior to discharge of the water into the tank.
US11378304B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) case including a mount for mounting the HVAC case to a vehicle dash with a fastener. A fastener housing is defined by the mount for receiving the fastener therein. The fastener housing includes an aperture configured to receive a shank of the fastener. The fastener housing further includes a head housing configured to receive a head of the fastener. The head housing includes a locator portion configured to center the head in the head housing and a stress relief portion between the locator portion and the aperture.
US11378288B2
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an expansion valve unit. The outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes a compressor, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between outdoor air and refrigerant compressed by the compressor, an expansion valve unit configured to decompress the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger, a refrigerant pipe configured to deliver the refrigerant, which is decompressed and expanded by the expansion valve unit, to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and a bracket configured to support the expansion valve unit. The expansion valve unit includes an expansion valve, a first connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the heat exchanger, and a second connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the refrigerant pipe. The expansion valve, and one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion are fixed to the bracket.
US11378281B2
A home cooking appliance includes a rear vent trim at a rear side of the top of the housing that is configured to guide flue gases exiting from an exhaust channel of a cooking compartment in an upward direction out of the housing. The rear vent trim includes a body, a back panel closing a rear side of the body, and a heat shield disposed between the back panel and the flue gases flowing in the rear vent trim. The heat shield is spaced from the back panel and forms an air gap between the back panel and the heat shield.
US11378279B2
Disclosed is a stove having a top portion including a spark arrestor which includes a base assembly comprising a base ring, a base crown, a mesh side screen connecting the base ring and the base crown, and at least one handle, and a top assembly comprising a top crown, a mesh top screen extending from the top crown, and at least one handle, wherein the base assembly is sized to fit removably onto the top portion of the stove such that the base assembly is configured to block sparks or embers produced by the stove, and wherein the top assembly fits removably onto the base crown such that the top assembly is configured to block sparks or embers produced by the stove.
US11378263B2
A holder for a light source comprises a first arm connected at a first arm second end to a pivot member (300) having a pivot member central axis. The first arm has a first arm first end comprising a first clip. The first arm is configured to pivot around the pivot member central axis. The pivot member is configured to frictionally engage with the light source.
US11378257B2
A niche for a pool or spa light includes a back wall having an aperture for a power cable, a side wall, a plurality of mounting ribs, and means for receiving a locking mechanism of a pool or a spa light for locking the pool or spa light in position with respect to the niche. In another embodiment, a niche for a pool or spa light includes a body and a rotatable hub with a plurality of mounting ribs for attaching a pool or spa light to the hub. The body includes a back wall having a power cable aperture and a threaded aperture for receiving a screw, and a side wall. The hub includes a back wall having an aperture for receiving the screw and a plurality of mounting ribs, the hub being rotatable about the screw.
US11378246B2
Light module for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a lighting device (2) generating light beams with a predefined beam path (3), a light deflection device (4) which is downstream of the lighting device (2) for deflecting the predefined beam path (3), and a spatial light modulator (5) downstream of the light deflection device (4), as seen in the direction of the light beams, wherein the light deflection device (4) directs essentially all light beams incident on the light deflection device (4) to the spatial light modulator (5) to generate an illumination pattern (6) to be emitted on the spatial light modulator (5), as well as an imaging system (7) which is set up to reproduce the illumination pattern (6) in the form of a light distribution in front of the light module, wherein the light deflection device (4) comprises a light-deflecting element (40) and an adjusting system (41), wherein the adjusting system (41) is set up to pivot the light-deflecting element (40) about at least two intersecting pivot axes (H, V), thus altering the beam path (3′) between the light deflection device (4) and the spatial light modulator (5).
US11378241B1
The invention relates to an illumination device comprising a plurality of LEDs (3) arranged on a carrier, an optical element disposed in a path of light emitted by at least one of said LEDs (3), and a driving unit for operating at least one of said LEDs (3). The driving unit in a first operation mode drives at a selected power a first selection of LEDs (13, FIG. 3A) to issue a first beam with a device light flux and with a first beam width, and drives in an at least one further operation mode at said selected power a further selection of LEDs (13, FIG. 3B), different in at least one LED from said first selection, to issue a further beam with said device light flux and with a further beam width wider than the first beam width. The LEDs of the further selection of the LEDs are evenly distributed over the carrier.
US11378240B1
A light and shadow water ball structure mainly includes a seat body, water ball and projector, where the water ball is fixed to the seat body, and the projector includes a projection seat and grating sheet; the projection seat is configured on one side of the water ball, and the inside of the projection seat is provided with a projection passage, where one end of the projection passage is formed an opening, the inside of the projection passage is provided with a light-emitting element and grating sheet spaced from each other, and the grating sheet has a pattern projected on an object outside the seat body through the light emitted from the first light-emitting element.
US11378236B2
An integrated cap for retrofitting an existing light fixture can include an integrated cap housing that is configured to be disposed atop a pole that supports the existing light fixture, where the integrated cap housing includes a communication module and a transceiver. The integrated cap can also include a first coupling feature disposed at a bottom end of the integrated cap housing, where the first coupling feature is configured to couple to a first component of the existing light fixture to provide electrical signals to the communication module and the transceiver, where the communication module and the transceiver communicate with a second component external to the existing light fixture.
US11378230B2
A gas enclosure can include a refractory metal liner; a ceramic matrix composite cladding; and a diffusion barrier layer. The refractory metal liner is adapted to surround and enclose a gas to be contained within the gas enclosure. The diffusion barrier layer is disposed between the refractory metal liner and the ceramic matrix composite cladding.
US11378229B2
An display installation hinge includes pivot arms extending from a lower portion of a housing, for enabling pivoting between an open position in which the pivot arms may engage with the display, and a closed position in which the display has been moved to a closed position in relation to the wall-mounted housing. The pivot arms have a distal free end configured to engage with the display, wherein a proximal end of the pivot arms is associated with a pivot axis. The installation hinge further comprises a physical guide configured to support the display when the display is in engagement with the pivot arms in the open position, so as to prevent it from moving down the pivot arms. The physical guide is configured to release the support as the pivot arms are in the closed position, enabling for the display to travel further down the pivot arms.
US11378222B2
A pipe insulation product including a core of insulating material and a laminate surrounding the core and bonded to the core. The core may include an outer surface; an inner surface; and a wall extending between the outer and inner surfaces. The laminate may include a foil or metallized polymeric film sheet, a scrim, a porous media sheet, and a polymeric film sheet bonded together via an adhesive. The laminate may include a closure flap that is configured to adhesively seal opposite ends of the laminate together to form a cylindrical tube with the core enclosed therein. The closure flap may be configured to include a curl that provides a greater closure flap adhesive seal.
US11378200B2
The electromagnetically operated valve includes a valve body, a plunger member, electromagnetic driving means for driving the plunger member along a flow direction inside the valve body into at least an open position in which a fluid is allowed to flow through the valve body and into a closed position in which the fluid is not, wherein the plunger member is arranged to be forced by a pressure of flowing fluid into the closed position, and to be driven by the electromagnetic driving means into the open position.
US11378198B2
A valve bonnet has an elongated cavity to accommodate a spring-loaded valve stem, an upper surface, and tapped holes exposed at the upper surface. A bonnet accessory for the valve bonnet includes a fixture plate with holes formed in a predetermined hole pattern that matches a hole pattern of the tapped holes of the bonnet. The bonnet accessory includes threaded fasteners, each of which has a length to position the fixture plate at a predetermined height above the upper surface of the bonnet. The threaded fasteners have first ends to threadedly engage the tapped holes on the bonnet and second ends aligned with the holes in the fixture plate and retained on the fixture plate. The bonnet accessory includes a loop fastener that is retained on the fixture plate. The bonnet may be lifted by applying a pull force to a loop portion of the loop fastener.
US11378195B2
A reed valve 1 includes: a valve body 4; a valve seat 6 having a valve hole 3 for passage of a fluid J; a casing 8 accommodating the valve body 4; and a reed 10 including an arm part 18 having a first end portion 22 connected to the casing 8, and a valve body support part 20 connected to a second end portion 24 of the arm part 18 and supporting the valve body 4 so that the valve hole 3 can be opened and closed. When a first direction D1 is a flow direction of the fluid J in the valve hole 3, and a first surface 21 is a surface facing downstream in the first direction D1 among an inner surface of the casing 8, the first surface 21 includes a recess 27 facing the arm part 18.
US11378194B2
A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a discharge port, a suction port, and a control port a rod driven by a solenoid; and a main valve that includes a main valve seat and a main valve body between the discharge port and the control port in accordance with a movement of the rod. The capacity control valve V further includes a CS valve that includes a CS valve seat and a CS valve body communication between the control port and the suction port. The CS valve body is disposed so as to be movable relative to the main valve body. The main valve body and the CS valve body move together in accordance with the movement of the rod while a closed state of the main valve is maintained.
US11378193B2
A diverter/mixing valve is provided that includes a main outer housing and a barrel assembly disposed inside the main outer housing. When actuated, an actuator rotates the barrel assembly between an open end inlet position where a first fluid stream flows into a first inlet port and a second fluid stream is blocked from flowing into a second inlet port, and an open side inlet position where the second fluid stream flows into the second inlet port and the first fluid stream is blocked from flowing into the first inlet port.
US11378192B2
A valve, which is characterized in that between a neutral position (38) of a control spool (STS) and one of its end positions (34, 42) a regeneration position (36) is provided. In the regeneration position, two utility ports (A, B) are interconnected in a fluid-conveying manner, or a floating position (40) is provided, in which these utility ports (A, B) are interconnected in a fluid-conveying manner. A further valve is characterized in that by a further motion of the control spool (STS) in the same direction, as that, in which a fluid connection is established between the utility ports (A, B) starting from the neutral position (38), this fluid connection is interrupted.
US11378190B1
A compact manifold ball valve having a valve body, valve ball, valve stem and two piece retainer system; the valve body including a valve chamber having first and second ends, and a first flow passage intersecting the valve chamber and valve ball. The valve ball can be trunnion supported and include pair of movable seat assemblies that can be used to seal the valve ball to the valve body. A two piece retainer can be used to hold in place the valve components, the two piece retainer including a first section which moves only linearly along with a second retainer piece that is a threaded ring that rotationally locks in place the first section of the two piece retainer. The two pieces of the retainer can be symmetrically located about the centerline of the flow passage of the valve body.
US11378183B2
A gearshift actuator configured to be driven by an eccentric electric motor has a rotating nut configured to be driven by the electric motor, an actuation member, and a converter adapted to convert a torque of the rotating nut into a translational force and to provide the translational force as an actuating force for a gear shift.
US11378177B2
The invention concerns an epicycloidal gear train (10) comprising a central pinion (26), an outer crown (28) and satellite pinions (32) in engagement with the central pinion (26) and the outer crown (28) and each mounted freely rotatable on a satellite carrier (36), the gear train (10) comprising an annular cup (56) being integral with the satellite carrier (36) and open radially inward. According to the invention, the cup (56) is divided into a circumferential succession of first basins (60) of the first oil circuit and second basins (62) of the second oil circuit, the first basins (60) being fluidly separated from the second cells (62) and characterised in that the cup (56) comprises two annular walls (56a, 56b) axially facing, the annular wall (56b) of which is furthest from a median transverse plane (74) of the gear train (10) has openings (76) opening into the second basins (62).
US11378175B2
An actuator includes an electric motor, an output shaft and a speed reducer. The speed reducer is configured to transmit rotation, which is outputted from the motor, to the output shaft after reducing a speed of the rotation outputted from the motor. The speed reducer includes an output gear joined to the output shaft and a compound gear. The compound gear includes a large diameter gear, which has a plurality of large gear teeth, and a small diameter gear, which has a plurality of small gear teeth. One of the large diameter gear and the small diameter gear is a metal gear, which is made of a metal member, while another one of the large diameter gear and the small diameter gear is a resin gear, which is made of a resin member, and the resin gear is integrally molded together with the metal gear in one piece.
US11378173B2
Power takeoff devices (PTOs) are useful for mounting on transmissions and for performing, directly or indirectly, useful work via the mechanical energy generated by the PTO's rotatable output shaft. Systems and methods for reducing PTO gear rattle include a moveable input gear engaging and intermediate to an output gear and a transmission gear. The input gear is carried on an input gear carrier moveable such that the input gear centerline moves along a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane running between the centerlines of the output and transmission gears. The input gear travel is limited by the output and transmission gears such that the input gear is biased to engage at least one of the output gear and the transmission gear, thereby reducing or eliminating gear rattle from overly loose engagement between meshing teeth on the input gear and the transmission gear or output gear.
US11378166B2
A reciprocating pump drive is disclosed. The reciprocating pump drive comprises a housing and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism comprising an input shaft rotatably supported in the housing. The input shaft has an input shaft axis. An intermediate shaft is rotatably supported in the housing and coupled to the input shaft. The intermediate shaft has an intermediate shaft axis wherein the input shaft axis is parallel to the intermediate shaft axis. A gear assembly is coupled to the intermediate shaft. An output shaft is coupled to the gear assembly. The output shaft has an output shaft axis wherein the intermediate shaft axis is coaxially aligned to the output shaft axis.
US11378165B2
A motion conversion apparatus (110) comprises a rodrack assembly (110) and a gearshaft member (150). The rodrack assembly (110) comprises a first gear connection member (120) and two guide members (140). The gearshaft member (150) comprises a second gear connection member (160) configured to engage with the first gear connection member (120), and a guiding surface arrangement (170) configured to contact the guide members (140). The rodrack assembly (110) is configured to provide rotation of the gearshaft member (150) about a rotational axis (A) by reciprocating linear motion of the rodrack assembly (110) along a first spatial dimension (D1) orthogonal to the rotational axis (A), and/or the gearshaft member (150) is configured to provide reciprocating linear motion of the rodrack assembly (110) along the first spatial dimension (D1) by rotational motion of the gearshaft member (150) about the rotational axis (A). The guiding surface arrangement (170) is configured to simultaneously contact each guide member (140) during at least a portion of the reciprocating linear motion of the rodrack assembly (110).
US11378159B2
A termination system which improves the consistency and repeatability of the wicking of the liquid potting compound in the transition area between the potted and the imported filaments. The termination system controllably compresses the filaments within the transition area to produce repeatable wicking. The potting compound selected and the degree of compression employed combine to produce a desired wicking effect.
US11378148B2
A damper assembly includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder positioned at least partially within the outer cylinder, a cap coupled to the inner cylinder, and a plunger positioned radially inward from the inner cylinder and coupled to a rod. The plunger, the cap, and an interior of the inner cylinder at least partially define a first chamber. The suspension system further includes a passage extending through the rod and fluidly coupled with the first chamber, a piston coupled to the inner cylinder and extending radially outward toward the outer cylinder, a first port in fluid communication with the plunger through the passage, and a second port in fluid communication with the piston. The piston, an exterior surface of the inner cylinder, and the outer cylinder at least partially define a second chamber.
US11378145B2
A braking device of at least one rotary shaft (S) extending along an axis X includes an actuation unit (I) comprising at least one winding (B), two friction discs (D1, D2), an end flange (F1), an intermediate flange mounted between the two friction discs (D1, D2), and two magnetic armatures (A1, A2) biased by two series of springs (R1, R2). The magnetic armatures (A1, A2) are arranged in series along the longitudinal axis X, with each of the series of springs (R1, R2) respectively biasing a magnetic armature (A1, A2). A series of springs (R2) passes through the thickness of one of the two magnetic armatures (A1) in order to bias the other magnetic armature (A2).
US11378139B2
A clutch unit for a powertrain of a motor vehicle is disclosed, comprising a torque input component acting as a drive element, a torque output component acting as an output element, being connectable so as to transmit a torque to the torque input component via a clutch that can be shifted using friction elements, and with a torsional vibration damper having two masses damped relative to one another to reduce rotational irregularities, which is arranged between the torque input component and the torque output component, at least one of the two masses of the torsional vibration damper being simultaneously designed as a support for a friction partner. The disclosure further relates to a hybrid module comprising a first drive machine, the output shaft of which can be connected to an output shaft of a second drive machine or a transmission input shaft via such a clutch unit.
US11378128B2
A housing element having a casing provided with a spherical seat, a bearing unit located inside the spherical seat of the casing and provided with a radially inner ring, and a plastic end cover provided with a radial through-hole so that a machine shaft can be inserted inside it, the end cover being integral with the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, and the end cover being provided with an elastomeric seal for forming a static seal on the shaft.
US11378118B2
One aspect is a system for securing an external structure to overlapping surfaces. The system includes a housing having a bore extending from a first surface of the housing to an opposite surface of the housing. The system further includes a rotor that has an inner bore and is arranged radially inward from the housing bore. An extending member is attached to the rotor and arranged radially inward from the inner bore. Additionally, a fastener member is engaged with the extending member.
US11378117B1
Method and apparatus for attaching legs to furniture using a mounting plate having a pair of studs on one side and a furniture leg on the other side. Three embodiments are shown wherein the mounting plate is a single piece in one embodiment, a double piece in a second embodiment, and a double piece without a leg in a third embodiment. The mounting plate mounts to the underside of the piece of furniture using screws extended through a plurality of mounting holes so that the studs are inserted into and fixed to the piece of furniture. The mounting plate has an S-shaped aperture in it for receiving a mating S-shaped portion which is attached to the leg using an insert portion so that the S-shape portion then passes through the plate to the upper side of the plate and is turned approximately 45 to 90 degrees so that the inner edges of the ends of the S-shaped portion frictionally engages the studs wherein the leg becomes attached to the piece of furniture. The two piece embodiment works similarly to the one piece embodiment except that the mounting plate is divided into two parts for placement on each side of the mating adjacent parts of the piece of furniture so that when the S-shaped portion is turned and frictionally engages the studs, it not only joins the leg to the underside of the piece of furniture but also joins the two adjacent pieces of furniture together.
US11378085B2
The present invention is an HVAC fan array wiring system that provides a quick connect box that is provided within the air stream of an HVAC air handler. Because the wiring for each fan within the fan array is to be connected to the quick connect box, the wiring materials and placement of the wiring can be predetermined at the time the fan array is designed. Accordingly, the novel wiring system and quick connect box reduces redundancies in manufacturing and installation of the fan array. Furthermore, the quick connect box and wiring system allows for easy installation of the HVAC fan array at a job site and improves a customer's experience with the control panel. This is primarily because, with the use of the claimed invention, an electrician need only link a main control and power line to the quick connect box and therefore, can install the control panel in a location that provides ease of access to the customer.
US11378079B2
A rotary compressor may include a rotational shaft; first and second bearings that support the rotational shaft in a radial direction; a cylinder disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing, and forming a compression space; a rotor forming a contact point, disposed in the compression space, and having a predetermined gap with the cylinder, and coupled to the rotational shaft to compress refrigerant according to rotation; and at least one vane slidably inserted into the rotor, and contacting an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder to separate the compression space into a plurality of regions. Each of the at least one vane may include an upper pin that extends upward, and a lower pin that extends downward, a surface of the first bearing may include a first rail groove into which the upper pin may be inserted, and a first step disposed adjacent to the first rail groove, and a surface of the second bearing may include a second rail groove into which the lower pin may be inserted, and a second step disposed adjacent to the second rail groove.
US11378073B2
An estimation device comprises: an oscillation section configured to superimpose an oscillation signal for oscillating a valve body of a vacuum valve provided between a vacuum pump configured to pump gas from a chamber and the chamber on an opening degree signal for driving the valve body; and an estimation section configured to estimate, based on a pressure response of a chamber internal pressure upon oscillation, a pumping characteristic regarding the gas pumped through the vacuum valve.
US11378065B2
The disclosure relates to a nacelle configured to be mounted on top of a wind turbine tower, comprising a nacelle hatch for covering a nacelle opening at a side of the nacelle facing a wind turbine hub. The nacelle hatch is completely supported by the nacelle when the hatch is closed, and the nacelle hatch forms a passageway to an opening in the wind turbine hub at a side of the wind turbine hub facing the nacelle when the hatch is opened. The passageway comprises a first side structure at least partially obstructing a downwards view on a first side of the hub and a second side structure at least partially obstructing a downwards view on a second side of the hub, the second side being opposite to the first side. The present disclosure further relates to wind turbines and to methods for accessing a wind turbine hub from a nacelle.
US11378063B2
A method of correcting turbine underperformance includes calculating a power production curve using monitored data, detecting changes between the monitored data and a baseline power production curve, generating operability curves for paired operational variables from the monitored data, detecting changes between the operability curves and corresponding baseline operability curves, comparing the changes to a respective predetermined metric, and if the change exceeds the metric, providing feedback to a turbine control system identifying at least one of the paired operational variables for each paired variable in excess of the metric. A system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
US11378052B2
Energization abnormality of a switch element of an internal combustion engine ignition device is detected appropriately. To this end, in an internal combustion engine ignition device that includes an ignition coil and an ignition plug, the ignition coil includes a primary coil including a main primary coil and a sub primary coil and a secondary coil that generates secondary current in response to a voltage variation generated in the primary coil. The internal combustion engine ignition device includes a main switch element that performs energization/deenergization of the main primary coil in a first direction, a sub primary coil magnetic flux generation state switching unit capable of switching between a forward direction magnetic flux generation state in which energization of the sub primary coil in the first direction is performed and an opposite direction magnetic flux generation state in which energization of the sub primary coil in a second direction is performed, and an abnormality detection section that detects energization abnormality to the sub primary coil. The abnormality detection section is configured so as to detect energization abnormality on the basis of overlap between energization in the first direction and energization in the second direction of the sub primary coil.
US11378049B2
A control device is configured to control a vehicle in which an engine is able to be started in response to a request signal transmitted from the outside of the vehicle. The control device includes a controller. The controller acquires the result of detection about the vehicle state of the vehicle from a first sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the vehicle state of the vehicle before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal, starts the engine in a case where the vehicle state satisfies a first condition including a condition relating to a range of a transmission of the vehicle, and does not start the engine in a case where the vehicle state does not satisfy the first condition.
US11378042B1
An internal combustion engine ignition device is provided for increasing the thermal efficiency of an internal combustion engine by increasing the spark length within the combustion chamber, wherein the spark can extend the width of the combustion chamber. The ignition device includes an ignition device housing to which a laser source is coupled. The laser source generates a laser beam capable of ionizing a fuel and/or an oxygen-containing gas used for combustion of the fuel in a combustion chamber. An electrical spark generator having a cathode electrode is coupled to the ignition device housing. The spark generator is configured for generating an electrical spark that emanates from the cathode within the combustion chamber and extends through the ionized fuel and/or ionized oxygen-containing gas, which may extend through the expanse of the combustion chamber, to a ground electrode within the combustion chamber to provide a more efficient and rapid fuel combustion within the combustion chamber.
US11378041B2
An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage is connected with an intake passage (a bypass passage bypassing a supercharger) of an engine. The EGR passage includes, in a position close to a connection port to the intake passage, an expanding portion in which a passage cross-sectional area expands and which lowers a flow speed of EGR gas so as to reduce an uneven flow, in the connection port, of the EGR gas flowing into the intake passage.
US11378034B2
A control device is applied to a fuel supply system including a fuel pump that rotates an impeller in a housing and pumps fuel from a fuel tank and a fuel pipe in which fuel discharged from the fuel pump flows. The control device controls the fuel pump. The control device includes an execution device and a storage device that stores a program of a process which is performed by the execution device. In the control device, the execution device performs a coping process of increasing an amount of operation of the impeller when the impeller is deformed and interference with the housing is detected in comparison with a case in which the interference is not detected.
US11378025B2
According to some embodiments, the present disclosure may relate to a system including a gaseous fuel consuming engine operating at an air to fuel ratio (AFR) and including a throttle valve controlling a speed of engine, and an engine controller coupled to the engine. The engine controller may be configured to obtain the speed of the engine and obtain the AFR of the engine. The engine controller may also be configured to, based on a transient event affecting the engine, coordinate modification of both the throttle valve to change the speed of the engine and trim valve to change the AFR of the engine to maintain at least one of the speed and the AFR of the engine within a threshold deviance.
US11378024B2
A control method for an internal combustion engine which is a driving source of a vehicle in which a driving force is transmitted to a transmission when a clutch is engaged, the control method includes: when the internal combustion engine which is automatically stopped in a state where the clutch is disengaged is restarted, performing a torque down control to decrease a target torque of the internal combustion engine when the clutch is engaged; setting a predetermined torque release time period determined in accordance with a driving state; and ending the torque down control at a timing at which the torque release time period is elapsed from an engagement command of the clutch which is generated during the torque down control.
US11378020B2
A method for operating a reciprocating internal combustion engine in an engine braking mode includes, in a working cycle of the engine braking mode, a first outlet valve of a first cylinder is closed for a first time, then opened for a first time, and subsequently closed for a second time, and then opened for a second time, in order to thereby discharge gas that has been compressed in the first cylinder from the first cylinder by a cylinder piston. The outlet valve is held open after the first opening and prior to the second closing long enough for the cylinder to be filled with gas that flows out of a second cylinder via at least one outlet channel, where when the engine braking mode is activated, at least one camshaft for activating at least one gas exchange valve of the reciprocating internal combustion engine is adjusted.
US11378019B2
A first fuel flow rate command value indicating a command value of a fuel input amount is calculated so that an output of a gas turbine matches a target output. An upper limit value of the first fuel flow rate command value is calculated based on a deviation obtained by subtracting, from an estimated value of a turbine inlet temperature of the gas turbine, a second limit value relating to the estimated value set such that the estimated value does not exceed a first limit value of the turbine inlet temperature.
US11377989B2
A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a muffler housing (14) and at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19). The at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19) includes an outlet pipe (20) open towards an expansion chamber (26) formed in the muffler housing (14). Exhaust gas introduced via the at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19) leaves the muffler housing (16) via the outlet pipe (20). A first inlet pipe (38), of the at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19), has an inlet pipe end area (40), which is inserted into the outlet pipe (20) and extends in the outlet pipe (20). A second inlet pipe (48), of the at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19), is open towards the expansion chamber (26).
US11377986B2
An apparatus for controlling a cluster of a vehicle may include, an oil pressure switch (OPS) mounted at an oil passage of an engine, a driving information detection unit configured of receiving an oil pressure signal from the OPS through a connector of the OPS, an OPS connection determination unit configured of determining that the OPS is disconnected when a first waveform voltage determined from a first oil pressure signal detected before the engine is started is the same as a second waveform voltage determined from a second oil pressure signal detected after the engine is started, and a control unit configured of controlling the cluster to turn on a warning lamp in a response that the control unit receives disconnection event information related to the OPS.
US11377985B2
A system includes an engine with a plurality of pistons housed in respective ones of a plurality of cylinders, an air intake system provides air to the plurality of cylinders through respective ones of a plurality of intake valves, an exhaust system to release exhaust gas from the plurality of cylinders through one of a plurality of exhaust valves, and a controller coupled to a sensor to control a switching tappet for compression release braking. Alternatively to a tappet, the system includes a roller finger follower controlling an opening and closing timing of exhaust valves, the roller finger follower has an inner roller follower arm adjacent an outer sliding follower, and a controller that in response to an engine braking request locks the inner roller follower arm with the outer sliding follower to contact a second cam lobe and open the exhaust valve during a compression stroke of the cylinder.
US11377982B2
A rotary valve internal combustion engine has a piston connected to a crankshaft, where the piston is reciprocatable in a cylinder, and a combustion chamber being defined in part by the piston. The engine has a rotary valve rotatable in a valve housing fixed relative to the cylinder, the rotary valve having a valve body containing a volume defining, in part, the combustion chamber and further having in a wall part thereof a port giving, during rotation of the valve, fluid communication successively to and from the combustion chamber via inlet and exhaust ports in the valve housing. The valve body has a non-uniform radial profile along its axial length and/or about its axis of rotation to accommodate changes in the profile of the valve body during operation to maintain a substantially constant clearance between the valve body and the housing throughout the length of the valve body.
US11377981B2
A self-resetting single-valve hydraulic drive device and method based on primary and secondary pistons for a push rod engine is provided. A primary driving piston and a secondary driving piston are respectively provided on a rocker arm body and a valve bridge body. The secondary driving piston is connected to an exhaust valve. A driving oil passage connects the primary driving piston, the secondary driving piston and a drive control valve. When the drive control valve opens the driving oil passage, the primary driving piston and the secondary driving piston realize a hydraulic linkage. During a drive lift, the rocker arm body and the valve bridge body do not move, and the secondary driving piston opens the exhaust valve. In the beginning of a positive-power lift, a primary piston body oil passage and a secondary piston oil passage are closed, and the secondary driving piston is automatically reset.
US11377976B2
A surface cooler configured to be operably coupled to an aircraft fan casing and having a first surface configured to confront a peripheral wall of an aircraft fan casing and a second surface opposite the first surface, a set of fluid passages internal to the body and a set of fins located on at least a portion of the second surface of the body.
US11377974B2
A mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, in particular for an aircraft, includes a sun gear having external toothing, a ring gear which extends around the sun gear and has internal toothing, planet gears which are in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear and which have toothings of different diameters, a planet carrier which supports bearings for guiding the planet gears in rotation, and a lubrication circuit of the reduction gear. The planet carrier has a hydrodynamic abutment on which the sun gear is configured to bear axially.
US11377968B2
Each wheel-side tab section of a turbine wheel is formed such that a bottom surface of a second groove are continuous with bottom surfaces of first grooves that are adjacent thereto. The outline shape of each wheel-side tab section when seen in an axial direction is a shape in which a portion of a particular shape is replaced with straight portions along predetermined straight lines. The particular shape includes a predetermined range of an outline shape of an attachment section as seen in the axial direction. The portion is at least on the radially inward side of the bottom surface of the second groove and is on an outer side, in the circumferential direction, of the predetermined straight lines. The predetermined straight lines pass through a central axis and points within a range along the particular shape from intersections with the bottom surface of the second groove to peaks of wheel-side hook portions adjacent, on the radially inward side, to the bottom surface of the second groove.
US11377967B2
A damper seal for a turbine blade of a gas turbine engine, the damper seal having: an upper portion; a first downwardly curved portion; and a second downwardly curved portion, the first downwardly curved portion and the second downwardly curved portion extend from opposing end regions of the upper portion, the upper portion having a length extending between the opposing end regions of the upper portion and a width transverse to the length, wherein the upper portion is curved along the entire width as it extends along the length.
US11377965B2
A component for a gas turbine engine includes, among other things, an airfoil that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge and a cooling circuit disposed inside of the airfoil. The cooling circuit includes at least one core cavity that extends inside of the airfoil, a baffle received within the at least one core cavity, a plurality of pedestals positioned adjacent to the at least one core cavity and a first plurality of axial ribs positioned between the plurality of pedestals and the trailing edge of the airfoil.
US11377959B2
A rotor blade includes a blade portion that extends in a spanwise direction from a hub portion to a tip portion and has a pressure-side surface and a suction-side surface, a blade portion is formed by profiles with airfoil shapes stacked in the spanwise direction, and a stacking line connecting gravity centers of the profiles at each spanwise position is a straight line parallel to a radial direction at a part from the hub portion to an outer end of a secondary flow region in a vicinity of the hub portion, and is a curved line, along which a distance measured from the straight line parallel to the radial direction toward a side of the suction-side surface gradually increases toward the tip portion, at a part from the outer end of the secondary flow region to the tip portion.
US11377944B2
Methods of suspending proppants in a hydraulic fracturing fluid including adding a quantity of precursor nanoparticles including carbon nanotubes supported by metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles to the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles and the hydraulic fracturing fluid are selected such that the metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles are dissolvable in the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles dissolve in the hydraulic fracturing fluid, resulting in an amount of carbon nanotubes dispersed within the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The carbon nanotube dispersion increases the value of at least one of a Newtonian viscosity, a yield point, a plastic viscosity, and a density of the hydraulic fracturing fluid with the dispersed carbon nanotubes versus a similar or equivalent hydraulic fracturing fluid without the carbon nanotube dispersion. The method may further include adding proppants to the hydraulic fracturing fluid.
US11377936B2
An assembly for perforating a downhole formation includes a perforating gun, coupled to a downhole conveyance system, the perforating gun including an explosive charge and an uphole contact. The assembly also includes a tandem, coupled to the perforating gun proximate the uphole contact, the tandem including a cartridge assembly communicatively coupled to the downhole contact and a primary igniter communicatively coupled to the cartridge assembly. The assembly further includes an intermediate sub, coupled to the tandem opposite the perforating gun, the intermediate sub receiving at least a portion of the primary igniter, the intermediate sub having a fuse and secondary igniter. The assembly also includes a setting tool coupled to the intermediate sub, the setting tool receiving a setting signal via the secondary igniter.
US11377924B2
A downhole barrier can include a housing disposed between a slip and a seal element, a mandrel extending through the housing and the seal element, and a piston fixed to the mandrel and separating two chambers in the housing. One chamber is positioned between the slip and the other chamber, and is in communication with a passage in the mandrel. The other chamber is in communication with an exterior of the barrier. A system can include a downhole barrier set in a wellbore. The barrier can include a housing disposed between a slip and a seal element, a mandrel, and a piston fixed to the mandrel, the piston separating two chambers in the housing. An outer area of the mandrel in one chamber is equal to twice a difference between an inner area of the housing and an outer area of the mandrel in the other chamber.
US11377923B2
An isolation device can include a packer element that is actuated via a slip system to engage with an inner diameter of a tubing string to set the plug. The isolation device can be a frac plug. Top and bottom slip props of the slip system can be shaped such that the packer element is inhibited or prevented from engaging with an inner mandrel after the plug has been set within a wellbore. The slip props can be self-supporting; thus, the inner mandrel can be removed from the isolation device after setting and can be reused in other downhole tools. The isolation device can be used for zonal isolation to treat a zone of interest within a subterranean formation. The treatment can be a fracturing operation.
US11377914B2
A system for conducting subterranean operations is disclosed and can include a support structure, a first tubular handler coupled to the support structure, and a second tubular handler coupled to the support structure and distinct from the first tubular handler. The system can further include a tool system coupled to the support structure and adapted to perform an operation on a first tubular.
US11377907B2
A door assembly for an animal enclosure includes a door frame and a door each having a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires. The door frame defines an opening for an animal to pass therethrough, and the door is slidably coupled to the door frame such that it moves between an open position and a closed position relative to the door frame to allow egress and ingress through the opening. A catch member is coupled to the door frame. A latch includes a base member, a bolt, and a lever portion. A first vertical wire and a second vertical wire of the door are spaced from one another such that the first vertical wire is at a first end of the door and the second vertical wire is at a second end of the door. In the closed position, the bolt is coupled to the first vertical wire.
US11377900B2
The present invention relates to a door frame, particularly a door frame for a pre-hung door assembly, which is foldable to minimize storage space and to allow for enhanced logistic efficiencies. The door frame contains parallel, spaced apart, vertical jambs and a horizontal header connecting the top ends of the jambs. Each of the jambs and the horizontal header contains a front section and back section that are hingedly joined so that then can be folded on to each other. The hingedly joined front and back sections allow the door fame to be foldable to minimize space occupied during storage.
US11377897B2
A part of a touch sensor which couples to a curve of a flange includes an oblique wall and a seal lip. The curve is on a belt line of a sliding door. The oblique wall and the seal lip are close to an interior of an automobile and fit a shape of the curve. A closure wall extends toward an exterior of the automobile and forms a continuous surface with the oblique wall. The closure wall covers a large space from a front side of the automobile.
US11377886B1
The present oblique slide latch apparatus includes a housing, lever, and latch. A straight channel is positioned obliquely on the latch and is oblique relative to an axis along which the latch slides. The lever includes first and second pegs that capture inner and outer portions of a latch head to minimize wobble of the latch. The latch head is positioned within opposite sides of the lever.
US11377883B2
A power closure latch assembly with a manually actuatable release link, vehicle door therewith and method of allowing a power actuatable closure latch assembly to be converted for selective manual actuation is provided. The release link is configured to operably communicate an actuator lever with a release lever for conjoint movement therebetween, to provide power-assisted movement of a pawl between ratchet releasing and ratchet holding positions, when the release link is in a “normal” first operating position. The release link is further configured to allow the release lever to move independently from the actuator lever when the release link is in a manually deployed “override/reset” second position to provide spring-biased movement of the pawl from the ratchet releasing position back to the ratchet holding position.
US11377882B2
A motor vehicle lock, preferably an electrically actuatable motor vehicle lock, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a release lever, an electric drive unit, wherein the release lever can be actuated by the electric drive unit, and the locking mechanism can be unlocked by the release lever, also comprising a release aid, wherein additional momentum for unlocking the locking mechanism can be guided into the locking mechanism by means of the release aid, the additional momentum can be generated using the electric drive unit.
US11377875B2
Determining a position of a deadbolt used to lock and unlock a door is disclosed. An electromechanical lock can include a deadbolt that can retract or extend along a linear path as the door is to be locked and unlocked. A sensor such as an accelerometer can rotate along a non-linear path as the deadbolt moves along a linear path. The accelerometer can determine a gravity vector that can be indicative of a position of the accelerometer along the non-linear path. A controller can then determine a position of the deadbolt based on the gravity vector.
US11377871B2
An anchoring system for a fence attaches to a portion of the fence and secures the fence to a subsurface to anchor the fence and thereby inhibit unwanted movement of the fence due to winds or other outside forces. The anchoring system has a stand that forms a base and a rigid pole extending upwardly from the stand. A top connector removably attaches the rigid pole to a portion of the fence and at least one in-ground anchor secures the stand to a subsurface.
US11377869B2
A tent surface support device includes a support skeleton. The support skeleton is provided with a top rod that includes a middle top rod arranged in the middle of the top rod. The middle top rod is divided into a first portion and a second portion which are bendable toward each other. A connecting member is hinged between the first portion and the second portion, and a locking assembly configured to lock the two portions in an unbent state is provided between the first portion and the second portion. When tent is first set-up, the support skeleton is nested into the tent surface, and the first portion and the second portion of the middle top rod are bent. Then, the first and second portions of the middle top rod may be locked together to allow erection of the tent.
US11377864B2
An indicator for a compression post includes a leg defining an upper end and a lower end, the lower end configured to engage a support plate of the compression post; and an indicator bracket comprising a central portion coupled to the leg at the upper end and an indication portion oriented distal to the leg, the central portion defining a bend extending away from the leg such that the indication portion is laterally offset from the leg, the indicator defining a first visual indicator configured to indicate that the compression post is in either a compressed configuration or an uncompressed configuration.
US11377863B1
An aggregate panel system comprising in one example: a rigid first panel having: a first side comprising a fluid impermeable, non-porous outer layer; a second side facing a first base wall to which the first panel is attached. Also disclosed is at least one optional panel brace fixed to the second side of the first panel and extending toward the base wall, the panel brace configured to increase rigidity of the first panel. An aggregate fill (e.g. concrete) is then poured or otherwise disposed between the first panel and the first base wall to fill the region therebetween. The aggregate fill configured to harden to a solid aggregate fill and thus structurally support both the base wall and the rigid panel.
US11377858B2
A decking system including floor elements and a connecting system including a connecting device for connecting a first and a second floor element, wherein the connecting device is removably connectable to a support member. A first and a second connecting portion of the connecting device are configured to cooperate with a first and a second engagement portion, respectively, of the first and second floor elements for vertically connecting the first and second floor elements. The connecting device further includes a displaceable portion which is horizontally displaceable and is configured to assume a first and a second horizontal state, wherein a horizontal extension of the connecting device in the second horizontal state is smaller than a horizontal extension of thereof in the first horizontal state.
US11377857B2
A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.
US11377856B2
A panel that includes a centrally located core provided with an upper side and a lower side, which core defines a plane, at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core. The at least one first coupling part includes an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward groove formed in between the upward tongue and the upward flank wherein the upward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of a downward tongue of a second coupling part of an adjacent panel. The at least one second coupling part includes a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove formed in between the downward tongue and the downward flank.
US11377855B2
A mineral-based panel including a mineral-based core and at least one groove. The at least one groove may be provided in a rear side of the panel. The mineral-based panels may be floor panel, a building panel, a wall panel, a ceiling panel or a furniture panel. A method for forming such grooves in a mineral-based panel. Furthermore, a mineral-based panel including a mineral-based core and polymer-based lower layer(s) attached to the core. A locking system of the panel includes a strip extending horizontally beyond an upper portion of the panel, and a horizontal portion of the strip is entirely formed in the polymer-based lower layer(s).
US11377853B2
A debris shield system for use with gutters and other water runoff collection systems is disclosed. The debris shield system provides universal fit to various gutter systems and enables easier assembly on-site and simplifies manufacturing. The debris shield system includes various water adhesion and water capture features, which function to slow the flow of water, break surface tension of the water, and encourage the water flow into a gutter or other water runoff system.
US11377850B2
Wall structures and methods of manufacturing wall structures are described. The wall structures include a frame, a foam panel attached to the frame, a brace disposed in a cavity defined by the frame, and a foam layer. The wall structures can impart a high wall racking strength and good thermal performance through the combination of the foam layer, brace, and the foam panels.
US11377843B2
A modular multi-container housing structure connector for containers, which each have sides including a roof, a floor, and four lateral sides, includes a connector frame comprising vertical and horizontal struts shaped to connect to at least one of the sides of two adjacent containers and at least one interlock configured to secure the connector frame to the side of one container. The at least one interlock may be a plurality of interlocks. The connector frame may comprise two vertical struts and two horizontal struts each shaped and configured to connect to a respective edge of an adjacent side of two adjacent containers and, responsive to the connector frame being connected to two adjacent sides of two adjacent containers by the plurality of interlocks, the connector frame and interlocks form a container-to-connector frame-to-container connection to establish a weather-tight housing structure with the two or multiple connected containers.
US11377838B2
A building construction method uses wall frames having a moveable top track. The track is fixed in a raised position so as to be load-bearing during construction, allowing construction work to progress quickly. When supporting concrete columns have cured, the fixing can be released allowing the track to move into a lowered position and for the building load to transfer to the columns.
US11377835B2
A disclosed corrugated end cap includes a corrugated frame having one or more corrugations defined by one or more sets of alternating peaks and valleys. The end cap also includes one or more ribs disposed in one or more of the valleys and one or more valley reinforcements disposed in the valleys and running over a top surface of the corrugated frame. For example, the one or more ribs may be configured to increase a resistance of the frame to bending. Additionally or alternatively, the top surface, a front surface, and a rear of the corrugated frame surround a recess configured to receive latch ridges from a stormwater chamber.
US11377819B2
A cruise control system for work machines. The system comprises one or more levers for controlling the velocity of the work machine and one or more magnet assemblies. The magnet assemblies comprise means of overcoming the neutral bias of a control lever so that the velocity of the work machine may be maintained without manual input from the operator. The magnets may act directly upon a control lever or a surface adjacent a control lever. Additional controls may be employed to set a maximum cruising speed for the work machine when cruise control is engaged.
US11377815B2
A construction machine capable of reducing a resistance that a bucket receives from the ground and improving smoothness of a construction surface includes a working device including a working device body and a bucket, first and second bucket actuators that rotationally move the bucket, and a control device. The control device controls the second bucket actuator to make the second bucket actuator periodically oscillate the bucket in a direction of a yaw motion during excavation work or ground leveling work.
US11377813B2
In a work machine including a controller (500) configured to calculate respective target velocities of a hydraulic cylinder (5) for moving a plurality of work point candidates (8a and 8b) set to a work device along an optionally set target surface (60) on the basis of positional data of the target surface, posture data of the work device (15), and operation data of an operation lever (1), and control the velocity of the hydraulic cylinder (5) according to one of a plurality of the calculated target velocities, the controller calculates a candidate point velocity (VTab or VTba) occurring in a case where each of the plurality of work point candidates is moved at the corresponding target velocity (VTa or VTb) and occurring at a remaining work point candidate, selects a velocity at which an entry into the target surface is least likely from among the plurality of candidate point velocities, and controls the hydraulic cylinder according to the target velocity of the work point candidate associated with the selected candidate point velocity.
US11377811B2
The invention relates to a foundation engineering method and a construction apparatus for producing a columnar structure in the ground, in which a foundation engineering tool is driven in a rotating manner about an axis of rotation and introduced with a feeding motion into a ground, wherein the columnar structure is produced in the ground. According to the invention it is provided that during the production of the columnar structure a rotating motion and a feeding motion of the foundation engineering tool are recorded over time and forwarded to an evaluation unit, in that by means of a sensor means at least one further processing parameter is recorded over time during the production of the columnar structure in the ground and is forwarded to the evaluation unit and in that by the evaluation unit a three-dimensional model of the columnar structure is produced and displayed.
US11377810B2
The invention relates to a watercraft having a hull (10), an introduction installation (20) for an object (70) to be anchored in the water, said introduction installation (20) being disposed on said hull (10), and at least one compressor (30) having at least one compressed-air line (40) which leads into the water and is coupled to at least one compressed-air distribution installation (45) which has a horizontal extent and for generating a bubble curtain (50) below the hull (10) has a multiplicity of mutually spaced apart outflow openings (46), characterized in that the hull (10) has at least two sub-hulls (11, 12) which are disposed so as to be mutually spaced apart and connected to one another, and a void (15) which is at least partially surrounded by the bubble curtain (50) is situated between the sub-hulls (11, 12).
US11377805B2
User-actuated switches that are integrated into the vehicle's interior, such as on the steering wheel, are re-purposed to control operational aspects of a snow plow and/or sand/salt spreader connected to the vehicle. A mode switch is interposed between the user-actuated switches and the vehicle chassis wiring, and also connects to a control system that controls a spreader, and/or a hydraulic subsystem that controls operational aspects of the snow plow. In a normal mode, the mode switch restores the factory connection between the user-actuated switches and the vehicle chassis wiring. In this mode, the user-actuated switches control the vehicle or peripheral functions, such as cruise control, the audio subsystem, or the like. In a snow mode, the mode switch connects the user-actuated switches to the control system. In this mode, the user-actuated switches control operational aspects of the snow plow, such as blade height, blade attack angle, blade yaw angle, and the like, and/or control operational aspects of the spreader, such as on/off, discharge volume, dispersion width, and the like.
US11377804B2
A highway sound barrier system that uses a plurality of foam panels that are joined with an upright member assembly. The foam panels use a foam core and exterior weather protection compounds allowing the system to dramatically reduce transportation, handling and installation costs while increasing the lifecycle of the barrier system and reducing long term maintenance requirements. Moreover, the foam panels include rotatable joints and cable reinforcement allowing the wall to be easily adjusted to facilitate various landscape parameters and provide for rapid construction.
US11377798B2
Paper products with a thermally insulating coating are disclosed. Methods of making and using thermally insulated paper products are also disclosed.
US11377791B2
A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium consisting essentially of mullite. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material. The grinding medium may be present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment. The microfibrillated cellulose may have a fibre steepness of from about 20 to about 50.
US11377786B2
The present invention relates to functional fibers, that is, sweat-absorptive quick-drying fibers through which moisture, such as sweat discharged from the skin, is quickly discharged to the outside to be dried. A sweat-absorptive quick-drying composition including a water repellent for fibers as a material applied on the fibers further includes water-repellent microcapsules and wasabi antibacterial microcapsules respectively obtained by performing micro-encapsulation of the water repellent for fibers and wasabi oil. Accordingly, it is possible to ensure a very stable water-repellent function by using a water-repellent-functional-processing agent subjected to micro-encapsulation treatment, unlike conventional fibers subjected to sweat-absorptive quick-drying treatment.
US11377783B2
An aspect of the present invention provides a raw fabric cutting device. The device comprises: a support portion for supporting a raw fabric; a compressing portion for evacuating the space between a cover arranged on the raw fabric and the support portion such that the raw fabric is compressed; a cutting portion transferred above the support portion so as to cut the raw fabric; and a sealing portion transferred together with the cutting portion and configured to supply a sealing member to an open area of the cover, which is exposed as the raw fabric is cut, thereby covering the open area, wherein the sealing portion comprises a sealing member cutting portion for forming a notch on at least one side of the sealing member in the transverse direction with regard to the direction of transfer of the sealing member.
US11377782B2
A laundry treatment apparatus has a cabinet, a laundry receiving space in the cabinet, and a predetermined space for accommodating laundry. A laundry introduction opening in communication with the laundry receiving space is provided in a front surface of the cabinet. A supply unit supplies air or vapor to the laundry receiving space. A laundry support unit is movably coupled to the cabinet. A door is rotatably coupled to the cabinet and opens and closes the laundry introduction opening. A window is provided in the door and is made of a transparent material. The laundry treatment apparatus also has a knock sensing unit that senses a sound or vibration generated when a user knocks on the window. Additionally, the laundry treatment apparatus has a lamp that emits light in the laundry receiving space when the knock sensing unit senses the sound or vibration generated when the window is knocked.
US11377775B2
Disclosed is a washing machine including: a plurality of nozzles provided in an inner circumferential surface of a gasket body to spray water into a drum; a pump configured to pump water discharged from a tub; a distribution pipe supplying the water, pumped by the pump, to the plurality of nozzles; and a circulation pipe connecting the distribution pipe and the pump, wherein the pump is disposed in one side of left and right sides with reference to the inlet port, wherein the circulation pipe is bent at least once, wherein the inlet port includes a first positioning protrusion protruding from an outer circumferential surface of an inlet pipe coupled to the circulation pipe, and wherein a first positioning groove allowing the first positioning protrusion to be inserted thereinto is formed at one end of the circulation pipe, and accordingly, misassembling of the circulation pipe may be prevented.
US11377769B2
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.
US11377767B2
In feed dog mounting/unmounting mechanism, lever is slidably provided to feed base in the front-rear direction, and is forced backward by a lever force-applying spring. Upon sliding lever rearward, fixing target portion of feed dog 22 is fixedly held by base-side fixing portion of feed base and lever-side fixing portion of lever arranged in the front-rear direction. Stopper is provided to feed base so as to be movable in the upper-lower direction, and holds lever. When feed dog is mounted, stopper is pressed downward by feed dog, which moves stopper so as to allow lever to slide. With this, lever is slid due to force applied by the lever force-applying spring, thereby allowing fixing target portion to be held, interposed between base-side fixing portion and lever-side fixing portion.
US11377766B2
Stabilizing a textile sheet structure was achieved by forming a plurality of discrete fiber tufts extending from a first face of a fibrous layer of the textile sheet structure, through the fibrous layer and beyond a second face opposite the first face. Each discrete fiber tuft included a plurality discrete fibers. Each discrete fiber tuft was anchored to the first face and the second face of the fibrous layer by joining together the plurality of each discrete fiber tuft at the first face and the second face and bonding the joined plurality of discrete fiber tuft to the first face and the second face.
US11377765B1
A leather substrate formed from waste leather and its method of production, particularly a leather substrate made up substantially of a collagen fibril matrix.
US11377760B2
An innovative plant (10) for the production with the “spun bonding” technology or similar of a web (V) of non-woven fabric, comprising: a melting station (11) suitable for receiving and melting a polymeric base material (MR), an extrusion bar or head (12) with a plurality of extrusion or drawing nozzles (12a) adapted to receive from the melting station (11) the polymeric material (MR) in the molten state to produce a plurality or bundle of continuous filaments (FF); a conveyor belt (13) adapted to advance along a direction of advancement (A) and to receive from the above the continuous filaments (F), produced by the extrusion nozzles (12a), so as to form a web (V) of non-woven fabric; and consolidation means (14) designed to consolidate the non-woven web (V) formed on the conveyor belt (13); wherein the plant (10) is characterized by a special structure (20) comprising a base platform (21), rotatable (f, f′, f″) around a respective vertical rotation axis (X), and wherein the melting station (11), suitable for receiving and melting the base polymeric material (MR), and the extrusion bar (12), suitable for receiving from the melting station (11) the polymeric material (MR) in the molten state, are totally built and solidly supported by this rotatable base platform (21) (f, f, f), so as to be rigidly connected to each other without the interposition of any rotating joint. Advantageously, the plant (10) allows to vary, without interrupting its operation, the width (L, L′, L″) of the non-woven web (V) produced by the same plant, by rotating (f, f′, f″) and adjusting the base platform (21) around the respective vertical rotation axis (X), so as to vary the inclination (a) of the extrusion bar (12) with respect to the direction of advancement (A) the conveyor belt (13).
US11377753B2
A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end. The forming includes bending a seed precursor. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidifies so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further includes inserting the bent seed precursor into a sleeve leaving the bent seed precursor protruding from a first end of the sleeve.
US11377749B1
A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a high damping magnetic alloy with very low impurity and small uniform grain size. The method also includes applying a pulsed current with a certain range of duty cycle and pulse length to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the high damping magnetic alloy is formed on the wafer.
US11377737B2
A semiconductor device comprising a manifold for uniform vapor deposition is disclosed. The semiconductor device can include a manifold comprising a bore and having an inner wall. The inner wall can at least partially define the bore. A first axial portion of the bore can extend along a longitudinal axis of the manifold. A supply channel can provide fluid communication between a gas source and the bore. The supply channel can comprise a slit defining an at least partially annular gap through the inner wall of the manifold to deliver a gas from the gas source to the bore. The at least partially annular gap can be revolved about the longitudinal axis.
US11377728B2
A method of in situ monitoring a thin film deposition process on a substrate, the method including a) defining a desired spectrum, the desired spectrum being a transmission or a reflection spectrum; b1) illuminating the substrate by means of a light source emitting light within the desired spectrum, b2) receiving light reflected from the substrate or transmitted through the substrate, b3) determining a transmission or a reflection spectrum out of the received light; c) defining a spectrum or a combination of spectra in dependency of the spectrum determined in step b3) to be a current spectrum; d) determining a weight spectrum as a function of the current spectrum; e) calculating a real number as a function of the current spectrum, of the desired spectrum and of the weight spectrum; f) exploiting the real number as indication for a deviation of the current spectrum from the desired spectrum.
US11377719B2
A hot-rolled steel sheet for a heavy-wall, high-strength line pipe, the steel sheet having a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.20%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.10%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, P: 0.034% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.01 to 0.15%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.030%, and Al: 0.001 to 0.080%, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, the steel sheet having a microstructure in which a main phase is a continuous cooling transformation structure and in which {001}α grains in a plane whose normal direction is the sheet width direction constitute an area fraction of 10% or less and have a combined size of 10 μm or less, wherein the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 520 MPa or greater, and, in a drop weight tear test, a temperature at which a percent ductile fracture reaches 85% is −25° C. or lower.
US11377697B2
The present invention is based on the identification of novel biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to anti-immune checkpoint therapies.
US11377685B2
A base sequence determination apparatus includes (1) a mobility correction unit that outputs a mobility correction signal obtained by mobility correction of a time-series signal of a wavelength spectrum corresponding to each base, (2) a deconvolution unit that executes processes for calculating a deconvoluted signal of the mobility correction signal respectively for a plurality of parameter candidates of point spread function, calculating variance of peak intervals for the calculated deconvoluted signal, specifying a parameter of the point spread function using the calculated variance, and outputting the deconvoluted signal corresponding to the point spread function having the specified parameter as an updated deconvoluted signal, (3) a peak extracting unit that extracts a peak waveform from the updated deconvoluted signal and outputs an updated peak-extracted signal, and (4) a sequence specifying unit that inputs the updated peak-extracted signal and determines a base sequence.
US11377680B2
The present disclosure provides labeling reagents for labeling substrates such as nucleotides, proteins, antibodies, lipids, and cells. The labeling reagents provided herein may comprise fluorescent labels and semi-rigid linkers. Methods for nucleic acid sequencing using materials comprising such labeling reagents are also provided here.
US11377667B2
Disclosed herein are methods of controlling insect pests, in particular Leptinotarsa spp. which infest crop plants, and methods of providing plants resistant to such pests. Also disclosed are polynucleotides and recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful in such methods, insecticidal compositions such as topical sprays containing insecticidal double-stranded RNAs, and solanaceous plants with improved resistance to infestation by Leptinotarsa spp. Further disclosed are methods of selecting target genes for RNAi-mediated silencing and control of Leptinotarsa spp.
US11377655B2
Nucleic acid compositions having nucleotide sequences that do not occur in nature are provided. Also provided are populations of different nucleic acids having universal adapters or universal primer binding sites. Methods of capturing, copying or amplifying nucleic acids of interest using universal adapters, universal primer binding sites and/or universal primers are also provided.
US11377654B2
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods for preparing a library for sequencing. For example, a method may comprise (a) in a coupled reaction, (i) contacting a population of nucleic acid fragments with a tailing enzyme to produce tailed fragments, and (ii) ligating to the tailed fragments a sequencing adapter with a ligase to produce adapter-tagged fragments; and/or separating adapter-tagged fragments from the tailing enzyme and the ligase to produce separated adapter-tagged fragments and, optionally, separated tailing enzyme and/or separated ligase. In some embodiments, a tailing enzyme and/or a ligase used in library preparation may be immobilized enzymes.
US11377652B2
Systems and methods are provided for transfecting cells, such as mammalian cells and nonmammalian cells, using an electroporation apparatus having an electroporation chamber including an upper micromesh electrode, a lower micromesh electrode and a path defined in the electroporation chamber. The electroporation apparatus includes a first input allowing passage of cells into the electroporation chamber and a first output allowing passage of electroporated cells from the electroporation chamber. The first input and the first output are separated by an offset distance.
US11377647B2
The present invention relates to the field of agriculture biotechnology, specially relates to an amylase mutant having high specific activity and thermal stability, gene and use thereof. Said amylase mutant is obtained by performing substitution of S33A/S34E/V35H, and deletion of amino acids at the sites of 178 and 179 of the wild type amylase having amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and having improved enzymatic activity and thermal stability than the wild type amylase.
US11377644B2
Provided are compositions comprising recombinant DNA polymerases that include amino acid substitutions, insertions, deletions, and/or exogenous features that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for enhanced single molecule sequencing. Such properties include increased resistance to photodamage, and can also include enhanced metal ion coordination, reduced exonuclease activity, reduced reaction rates at one or more steps of the polymerase kinetic cycle, decreased branching fraction, altered cofactor selectivity, increased yield, increased thermostability, increased accuracy, increased speed, increased readlength, and the like. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes, as well as methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template.
US11377630B2
A cell culture kit is provided. The cell culture kit allows a cultured cell to be easily separated when the cell is cultured and separates a cell without separate trypsinization for subculture.
US11377629B2
The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement for brewing homemade beer per serving, which comprises an industrial stage of an industrial arrangement performing pre-fabrication and a domestic stage for home use performing fermentation-free brewing of beer along with preparation for consumption. The invention also describes a brewer apparatus (1) for use at home as well as the application method of the arrangement. The brewer apparatus (1) is comprising at least one receiver unit (2) suitable for the addition and removal of a beer component container (5a, 5b), a liquid transfer unit (3) empties into the receiver unit (2), a filling member (4, 4b) is connected to the receiver unit (2), and a filling member (4, 4b) is connected to a gas transfer unit (8) suitable for delivering carbon dioxide into the end product container (9) or to a siphon (30). The filling member (4, 4b) prevents the overflowing of the beer foam at the bottling by overpressure.
US11377619B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a refrigerating machine oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 0.5 mm2/s or more and 1.5 mm2/s or less, a 90% distillation temperature in gas chromatography distillation of 280° C. or more and less than 360° C., and an aniline point of 70° C. or more.
US11377616B2
An environmentally-improved motor oil blend and related methods for properly lubricating components of an engine and favorably modifying a plastic response of components of the engine, the blend being free of zinc di-alkyl-di-thiophosphates (ZDDP) and free of zinc di-thiophosphate (ZDTP), comprising: a motor oil selected from the motor oil group consisting of Group I, Group II, Group III, Group IV, and Group V motor oils; a motor oil additive comprising alpha-olefins and hydroisomerized hydro-treated severe hydrocracked base oil; ZDDP omitted from the chemical constituents of the motor oil; and ZDTP omitted from the chemical constituents of the motor oil.
US11377608B2
A method is disclosed for preparing an aviation fuel composition by subjecting a feedstock of biological and/or recycled origin to cracking in a cracking unit and to fractionation in a fractionation unit to obtain a kerosene fraction. The obtained kerosene fraction is subjected to hydrotreatment in a hydrotreatment unit to form a first jet fuel component. The formed first jet fuel component is mixed with a further jet fuel component to form a fuel composition having a wear scar diameter of 0.78 mm or less, as measured with BOCLE lubricity test method according to ASTM D5001. The feedstock contains one or more of tall oil pitch (TOP), a mixture of sludge palm oil, palm fatty acid distillate and animal fat (FATS), and used lubricant oil (ULO).
US11377584B1
A method may include introducing into a wellbore a treatment fluid including a nanoparticle antiscalant; and a base fluid; contacting the nanoparticle antiscalant with an iron sulfide scale present in the wellbore; and dissolving at least a portion of the iron sulfide scale with the nanoparticle antiscalant.
US11377582B2
A treatment fluid can include: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; and a lost-circulation material, wherein the lost-circulation material comprises a polymer network having at least one branching point formed with a monomer and a cross-linking agent that comprises at least three active functional groups. The treatment fluid can maintain a pressure differential of at least 1 psi when tested with a cylindrical void that has a diameter of 0.02 inches. The monomer can be a vinyl ester-based monomer that is polymerized with the cross-linking agent to form the polymer network. The treatment fluid can be used in an oil and gas operation.
US11377577B2
Pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) compositions that include at least one urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a molecular weight between about 2,000 g/mol and about 50,000 g/mol and an OH number of from 0.01 mg KOH/g to 100 mg KOH/g, at least one mono (meth)acrylate functional monomer and at least one tackifying resin. The PSA systems may also optionally include other additives, such as at least one initiator system that includes at least one photo-initiator or free radical initiator. The PSA systems are liquid at a temperature of 25° C.±2° C. with a viscosity of 15,000 cPs or less and are adapted to form smooth, uniform coatings or films upon curing without the application of heat, whereby the resulting films have advantageous properties with respect to peel strength, tack and shear resistance. In embodiments, the PSA systems include less than 1 wt % of solvent and less than 1 wt % of water or are free of solvent and are free of water.
US11377575B2
The present disclosure generally relates to conformable stretch release adhesive and/or stretch-releasable, adhesive articles that are capable of attaching or adhering to a substrate and that can be removed from the substrate without causing damage to the substrate. The present disclosure also generally relates to methods of making and using such adhesive articles.
US11377557B2
The present invention relates to a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition comprising: a maleate compound, and a hydrosilylation inhibitor other than the maleate compound, wherein the content of the maleate compound is in an amount of 50 to 6,000 ppm and the content of the hydrosilylation inhibitor is in an amount of 200 to 20,000 ppm, with respect to the present composition in terms of mass units, respectively. The hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition exhibits good storage stability, and can be cured to form a cured product that suffers no surface wrinkling.
US11377553B2
The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R1—X—(C═O)—NH—R2—NH—(C═O)—O—POA-R3—(O—POA-R4)n wherein R1 represents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N—R5, wherein R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, R3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, R4 is independently selected from —(C═O)—NH—R2—NH—(C═O)—X—R1, —(C═O)—NH—R1, —R6, wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups R1 per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.0, with the proviso that the polymer is not the reaction product of a) the mono-adduct of isophorone diisocyanate with 1-dodecanol and b) a polyether based on glycerol and a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide with an OH number of 18 mg KOH/g.
US11377552B2
A thermoplastic polyurethane can be obtained by a process involving a reaction of a thermoplastic polyester (PE-1) with a diamine (D1), to obtain a composition (Z1) containing an amide (PA-1), and a reaction of the obtained composition (Z1) with an isocyanate composition (I1), containing at least one polyisocyanate, and a polyol composition (P1). The diamine (D1) has a molecular weight in the range from 50 g/mol to 700 g/mol. A process can produce such a thermoplastic polyurethane, and shaped articles can be made containing the thermoplastic polyurethane.
US11377550B2
A photosensitive epoxy resin composition for formation of an optical waveguide is provided, which contains an epoxy resin component and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy resin component includes: (a) a solid bisphenol-A epoxy resin having a softening point of not higher than 105° C.; (b) a solid polyfunctional aliphatic epoxy resin having a softening point of not higher than 105° C.; and (c) a liquid long-chain bifunctional semi-aliphatic epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (a) is present in a proportion of 60 to 70 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component, wherein the epoxy resin (b) is present in a proportion of 20 to 35 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component, wherein the epoxy resin (c) is present in a proportion of 5 to 10 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component.
US11377549B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a hot melt composition which has a high form maintaining property at a high temperature, is well-balanced between adhesion and removability to a substrate, hardly sags, has less volatile matter content and is excellent in hygiene. The present invention relates to a hot melt composition comprising: (A) a thermoplastic block copolymer which is a copolymer of a vinyl-based aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene compound, (B1) a hydrocarbon-based oil having an aniline point of 135° C. or more, and (C) a wax modified with a carboxylic acid and/or a carboxylic acid anhydride.
US11377535B2
Methods and compositions for depolymerizing the polymer component of fiber reinforced polymers to facilitate the recovery of free fibers.
US11377529B2
The present invention is a composite stretchable film including: a surface film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 1 containing a copolymer of one or more of units “a1” to “a4” and silicone-pendant type urethane units “b1” and/or “b2” represented by the following general formula (1); and an inner film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 2 containing a unit “c” having polyether and urethane bonds represented by the following general formula (2), on which the surface film is laminated. The present invention provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and a method for forming the same.
US11377527B2
Method of manufacturing a product comprising fiber reinforced polymer material, the method comprising the steps of: providing 10 carbon fibers being embedded in a thermosetting resin, heating 20 the thermosetting resin up to its cure temperature by a current flowing through at least a part of said carbon fibers, letting convert 30 the thermosetting resin to a thermoset polymer. The invention is further directed to a device for performing the method and to a composite sandwich panel structure manufactured according to the method.
US11377525B2
A color-changing polymeric material is provided. The material is formed from a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a matrix polymer, colorant, microinclusion additive, and nanoinclusion additive, wherein the microinclusion additive and nanoinclusion additive are dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains. A porous network is formed in the polymeric material when subjected to a deformational strain in a solid state. The polymeric material exhibits a first color prior to being subjected to the deformational strain and a second color after being subjected to the deformational strain, the first color being different than the second color.
US11377524B2
Vents and micro-structures of rubber molds may become clogged with rubber that is difficult to remove. These vents and micro-structures can be cleaned of rubber, even if heat aged, by subjecting the mold to high temperatures in the presence of a solvent to devulcanize any rubber present. If the rubber used with the mold being cleaned includes carbon black, a solvent may be used to dissolve the devulcanized polymer, leaving the carbon black which can be removed by water jets or other cleaning means.
US11377507B2
A method for producing a vinyl ether polymer containing an oxyethylene chain is provided, including a the step of polymerizing vinyl ether represented by formula (1) in the presence of water as a polymerization solvent, a basic compound as an additive, and an organic azo-based compound as a radical polymerization initiator, and in pH of 5 or more, and the amount of the basic compound used is 0.01 to 0.5 mol % based on an amount of the vinyl ether. Formula (1) is wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbons, and n represents an integer from 1 to 10.
US11377506B2
The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having excellent solubility and capable of providing a film having high flexibility, high mechanical strength, and high adhesion, and a method for producing a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer. Provided is a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer including a unit of vinyl alcohol and a unit of vinyl acetate, the vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having a triad unit chain ratio TOO of 7.5 or less, where the triad unit chain ratio TOO is obtained using the following formula (1): [ Math . 1 ] T OO = [ Vac content ] × [ OOO proportion ] × 2 [ VOH content ] × [ AOO proportion ] ( 1 ) wherein the VOH content ratio represents the amount of the unit of vinyl alcohol, the Vac content ratio represents the amount of the unit of vinyl acetate, the OOO proportion represents the proportion of a triad OOO, and the AOO proportion represents the proportion of a triad AOO.
US11377502B2
Provided herein are antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind MSR1 and methods of use thereof. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies bind human MSR1 with high affinity. In certain embodiments, the antibodies bind MSR1 without blocking, or blocking less than 90%, of modified LDL binding to MSR1. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind cell surface expressed-MSR1 and are internalized. The antibodies of the invention may be fully human antibodies. The invention includes anti-MSR1 antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, conjugated to drugs or therapeutic compounds.
US11377498B2
Methods and devices for treating a luminal pathology affecting an anatomical lumen of a patient comprising forming, in situ, a continuous cohesive layer of covalently-crosslinked hydrogel in a luminal wall of the anatomical lumen.
US11377496B2
Methods, compositions and uses are provided for bispecific antibodies comprising one or more unnatural amino acids. The bispecific antibodies may bind to two or more different receptors, co-receptors, antigens, or cell markers on one or more cells. The bispecific antibodies may be used to treat a disease or condition (e.g., cancer, autoimmune disease, pathogenic infection, inflammatory disease). The bispecific antibodies may be used to modulate (e.g., stimulate or suppress) an immune response.
US11377494B2
Provided are isolated antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind CEACAM1, including the IgV domain of CEACAM1, as well as pharmaceutical formulations, kits, and methods of use thereof.
US11377493B2
Disclosed herein are antibody molecules binding specifically to C-KIT, antigen-binding portions thereof and medical uses therefor.
US11377492B2
The present invention provides antigen-binding proteins capable of binding to NKp46 polypeptides. The antigen-binding proteins have increased activity in the treatment of disorders characterized by NKp46-expressing cells, particularly tumor cells.
US11377491B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to LAIR 1 and their treating cancer, inflammation, immune-related diseases or transplantation.
US11377482B2
D domain (DD) containing polypeptides (DDpp) that specifically bind targets of interest (e.g., BCMA, CD123, CS1, HER2, AFP, and AFP p26) are provided, as are nucleic acids encoding the DDpp, vectors containing the nucleic acids and host cells containing the nucleic acids and vectors. DDpp such as DDpp fusion proteins, are also provided as are methods of making and using the DDpp. Such uses include, but are not limited to diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11377471B2
The invention concerns an improved process for the preparation of the dodecapeptide NX210 of SEQ ID NO: 1 in which the formation of side products is minimized.
US11377464B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a compound of the general formula. The compound of formula is suitable for use in a method for treating a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human. Furthermore an embodiment of the present invention concerns a method for treatment of a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human.
US11377457B2
Provided are a 3,3,3′,3′-tetramethyl-1,1′-spirobiindane-based monophosphine ligand and intermediates thereof, and preparation methods and uses of the same. The monophosphine ligand is a compound represented by formula I or formula I′, or an enantiomer, a raceme or a diastereoisomer thereof, including phosphonite ligands, phosphite ligands, phosphoramidite ester ligands, phosphoric acid and phosphonic amide. The monophosphine ligand is prepared with a known 3,3,3′,3′-tetramethyl-1,1′-spirobiindane-7,7′-diol derivative as a raw material through a scheme in which the compound presented by formula II acts as an intermediate. The present disclosure provides a novel monophosphine ligand, which can be used as a ligand in a metal-catalysed organic reactions or in directly catalyzing an organic reaction, especially as a chiral monophosphine ligand widely used in many chiral catalytic reactions such as asymmetric addition, asymmetric hydrogenation, asymmetric coupling, and asymmetric allyl alkylation, having economic practicality and industrial application prospects.
US11377454B2
The present disclosure is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates, in particular atomic layer deposition processes. Described herein is a process for preparing metal-containing films including: (a) depositing a metal-containing compound from the gaseous state onto a solid substrate, and (b) bringing the solid substrate with the deposited metal-containing compound in contact with a compound of general formula (I) wherein Z is a C2-C4 alkylene group, and R is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group.
US11377448B2
The present invention is directed to a crystalline sodium salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to sodium is from 1:1.51 to 1:2.5 and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, as well as, a process of obtaining the same.
US11377443B2
A compound which is an arylimidazolyl isoxazole of formula (I): (Formula (I)) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound has activity in modulating the activity of p300 and/or CBP and is used to treat cancer, particularly prostate cancer.
US11377442B2
The present technology is directed to modulators of nuclear receptor activity, specifically to the modulation of NR2F6 activity and NR2F6 utilizing compounds, and the immune modulation and modulation of cancer stem cell activity through administration of compounds described herein.
US11377441B2
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, isotopic form or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R2c, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, L1, L2, L3, E, m1, m2 and * are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided.
US11377434B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a compound of formula (1). In the compound of formula (1), n may be 0 to 5 and each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be independently selected from the group consisting of H, —O-Alkyl, halo, alkyl, —CN, or —NO3.
US11377433B2
The present invention makes it possible to provide a method for producing a polyfunctional sulfur-containing epoxy compound, the method being characterized in that a polyfunctional thiol is reacted with an epihalohydrin in the presence of a reducing agent to form a polyfunctional sulfur-containing halohydrin, which is then reacted with a basic compound. The reducing agent is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, lithium aluminum hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride, and hydrazine.
US11377431B2
Provided herein are inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinase effector, RAF, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for the treatment of diseases.
US11377418B2
A compound including a structure of Formula (I) and a preparation method thereof, wherein R1 is —OH, —CH2OH, or —OCOCH3; R2, R3, and R4 are independently —H, —CH3 or —F, and at least one of R2, R3, and R4 is —F. A method for treating a subject suffering from a viral disease includes administering an effective amount of said compound or a solvate thereof to the subject.
US11377416B2
The present invention provides novel, stable, processable and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of 2R,6R-hydroxynorketamine or 2S,6S-hydroxynorketamine with high aqueous solubility.
US11377414B2
A plant for concentrating a tartaric acid solution includes a first and a second evaporation unit arranged in series, a pump for feeding a diluted tartaric acid solution into the first evaporation unit, a barometric condenser placed downstream of the second evaporation unit, and a system for feeding a first low-temperature vapor into the first evaporation unit. A process for concentrating tartaric acid includes providing a plant according to the above description, performing a first concentration, by evaporation, of the diluted tartaric acid solution, inside the first evaporation unit, and performing a second concentration, by evaporation, of the partially concentrated tartaric acid solution from the first evaporation unit, inside the second evaporation unit. The plant and process have the advantages of ensuring low energy consumption, allowing concentration of solutions tending to crystallization, and allowing the continuous measurement of the tartaric acid concentration to be concentrated.
US11377392B2
The present invention relates to an additive for hydraulically setting compositions comprising a colloidally disperse preparation comprising at least one salt of a polyvalent metal cation with at least one organic phosphonate and/or phosphate compound as anion and at least one polymeric dispersant comprising anionic and/or anionogenic groups and polyether side chains. The additive is especially suitable as slump retainer and for improving early strength.
US11377387B1
A method for producing microstructures includes introducing modifications by a laser beam into a volume between two opposite outer surfaces of a glass substrate. An etching method is carried out which provides anisotropic material removal in one of the outer surfaces so as to produce recesses that have a conical shape. A layer that is resistant to an etching effect of the etching method is applied as a cover layer to only one outer surface. Then, a further etching method is carried out so that material is removed in the other outer surface until recesses of this other outer surface, which are produced and/or enlarged by the further etching method, have reached the cover layer.
US11377386B2
Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.
US11377378B2
A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode end plates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the end plates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.
US11377377B2
A horizontal-vertical drain board-flocculation vacuum preloading sediment treatment method, including (1) electro-osmotic electrodes disposed on the top and bottom of each reinforcing bar of the reinforced frame; (2) after the sediment is blown to the bottommost layer of vacuum preloading tank, the support is fitted over each reinforced frame, and the clips are fastened; (3) the transverse drain board passes through the support, one end of transverse drain board is connected to a curved tube; (4) repeat Step 2 and Step 3 until the sediment is blown to the surface layer of vacuum preloading tank; (5) a vertical drain board is arranged vertically between two adjacent rows of reinforced frames; (6) the curved tube is connected to the first junction block through the second junction block, and then the geotextile and sealing film are laid, the vacuum pump and power supply are switched on at last.
US11377374B2
A method and system for removing at least dissolved hydrogen sulphide or another targeted constituent from a feedstock is provided wherein the targeted constituent has a gas: liquid equilibrium. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of: contacting the feedstock in at least one stripping vessel with a stripping gas to produce a gas stream containing at least hydrogen sulphide gas; conveying the gas stream from the at least one stripping vessel to an oxidation reactor; contacting the gas stream with an oxidizing agent in the oxidation reactor so as to oxidize the at least hydrogen sulphide gas to produce sulphuric acid; and conveying the produced sulphuric acid from the oxidation reactor to the at least one stripping vessel so as to reduce a pH value of the feedstock within the stripping vessel.
US11377372B2
The present disclosure provides systems for data center cooling and water desalination. In some aspects, the systems include a data center having a water cooling subsystem configured to receive cool water and output warm water and a desalination plant co-located with the data center and configured to receive and desalinate the warm water. Aspects of the invention also include methods for cooling a data center using a water cooling subsystem and desalinating water with a desalination plant that is co-located with the data center.
US11377370B2
A portable small water turbine with activated carbon water filter is described that has material available to conduct the removal of the ionic surfactants of polluted water from seas and rivers. The portable small water turbine is placed inside a mini boat that is remote controlled. The mini boat (similar to adult/kids RC toy boat) can be dropped-off and picked up from the sea or rivers by a drone. The activated carbon water filter tube contains carbon pads composed of mantle peridotite carbon mineralization based activated carbon.
US11377362B2
The present invention relates to the production of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.
US11377359B2
Synthesis of silanes with more than three silicon atoms are disclosed (i.e., SinH(2n+2) with n=4-100). More particularly, the disclosed synthesis methods tune and optimize the isomer ratio by selection of process parameters such as temperature, residence time, and the relative amount of starting compounds, as well as selection of proper catalyst. The disclosed synthesis methods allow facile preparation of silanes containing more than three silicon atoms and particularly, the silanes containing preferably one major isomer. The pure isomers and isomer enriched mixtures are prepared by catalytic transformation of silane (SiH4), disilane (Si2H6), trisilane (Si3H8), and mixtures thereof.
US11377351B2
An ozone generation system which is adaptable for supplying ozone to different medium and small application processes. The system has a source of feed gas, a corona discharge cell receiving the feed gas from the feed gas source and generating ozone for the application process, a flow controller measuring and managing the flow of the feed gas from the feed gas source to the corona discharge cell; and a regulator receiving gas from the corona discharge cell and sending the gas to the application process. The regulator maintains pressure in the corona discharge cell independent of the application process pressure.
US11377349B2
Provided are sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals capable of long-term storage that have improved stability of sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate, which is effective as an oxidizing 5 agent or bactericide, in the vicinity of normal temperatures, and a method for producing the same. The sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals are such that peaks appear at the locations of the angles of diffraction described in Table 1 of claim 1 over a range of 10°≤2θ (angle of diffraction)≤65° as measured by powder X-ray diffraction using a Cukα radiation source.
US11377336B2
The present invention is directed to a funnel for use in refilling a vehicle fuel tank from a container. The funnel is adapted to be fixed to the fuel tank inlet so that a person adding fuel to the vehicle fuel tank does not need to hold it in place during the refilling operation. This allows a person to use both their hands to hold the container containing fuel and decant the fuel in a more controlled manner. The funnel also has an inlet opening where the peripheral rim is substantially horizontal when the funnel is fixed in an operational position. With the peripheral rim being substantially horizontal the funnel is able to receive and direct fuel into the fuel tank with minimal spillage.
US11377335B2
A method for filling a container with a filling product in a filling-product filling system having a control valve, having the steps: a differential pressure Δpv decreasing across the control valve; and regulating and/or controlling the control valve as a function of the differential pressure Δpv which has been determined.
US11377334B2
An industrial truck having at least one hydraulic mast lift cylinder, which is connected to a hydraulic block via a hydraulic arrangement that limits a lowering speed of the mast lift cylinder. The hydraulic arrangement is formed to limit the lowering speed in a load-dependent manner to at least two maximum values. A first maximum value is given for the lowering speed at the nominal load while a second maximum value is given for the lowering speed with a load that is smaller than the nominal load, i.e., wherein the first maximum value is less than the second maximum value.
US11377321B2
A post-processing device for processing a sheet includes a post-processing section for post-processing a sheet; a buffer section for temporarily staying a plurality of sheets at an upstream of the post-processing section; and a conveying section for conveying, one by one, the plurality of sheets stayed at the buffer section to the post-processing section.
US11377312B2
A method of making a laminated shingle is provided. The method includes coating a shingle mat with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt-coated sheet, adhering a reinforcement member to a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, covering the asphalt-coated sheet, and optionally covering the reinforcement member, with granules to make a granule-covered sheet, dividing the granule-covered sheet into an overlay sheet and an underlay sheet, wherein the overlay sheet has a tab portion normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, and wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion and laminating the overlay sheet and the underlay sheet to make the laminated shingle.
US11377305B2
A scraper blade for a conveyor belt system, the blade having a pair of parallel tubes in a core region of the blade, integrally molded into elastomeric material. A plurality of spacers are provided to maintain the tubes in parallel arrangement during the molding process. End mounts are secured to the ends of the tubes to facilitate mounting on holders of the conveyor belt system.
US11377301B2
The invention relates to a motorized conveyor roller, comprising a roller body mounted so as to be able to rotate about a roller axle, a drive unit arranged inside the roller body and designed to generate a rotational movement about the roller axle between an axle element and the roller body. The invention is characterized by a control unit that is arranged inside the roller body and that is designed to receive a state signal from outside the roller body, to generate a control signal that describes a drive characteristic on the basis of the state signal, to control the drive unit by way of the control signal, to generate a self state signal that describes the state signal and/or the drive characteristic, and to transmit this self state signal outside the roller body.
US11377300B2
Disclosed is a transport system for handling a plurality of different types of containers for medical equipment in a sterile processing department, the system comprises: a plurality of containers of a first type and a plurality of containers of a second type; conveyor stations for the plurality of containers, the conveyor stations being configured to transport the first type of containers and/or the second type of containers relative to the conveyor station; and a transport tray for supporting the first type of containers and the second type of containers, the transport tray having a set of securing elements configured to releasably secure the first type of containers to the transport tray and the second type of containers to the transport tray. The conveyor station is configured to transport the first type of containers and/or the second type of containers secured to the transport tray.
US11377298B2
Container handling vehicle with first and second sections and lifting device motor in second section
A container handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system includes a first set of wheels for moving the vehicle along an X direction on a rail system of the grid; and a second set of wheels for moving the vehicle along a Y direction on the rail system of the grid. The Y direction is perpendicular to the X direction. The container handling vehicle includes a vehicle body having a vehicle body footprint defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a first section and a second section. The first section has a first footprint and the second section has a second footprint. The first and second footprints are defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the first and second sections respectively. The container handling vehicle includes a lifting device for lifting storage containers from the storage system; and a lifting device motor arranged to drive the lifting device when lifting storage containers from the storage system. The first section and the second section are arranged side-by-side such that a total area of the first and second footprints equals a total area of the vehicle body footprint, and a centre point of the first footprint is arranged off centre relative a centre point of the vehicle body footprint. The first section defines a storage container receiving space which is configured to accommodate a storage container. The first section also accommodates the lifting device for lifting a storage container from the storage system. The lifting device motor is accommodated in the second section.
US11377289B2
The disclosure pertains to a container for storing medical and/or pharmaceutical products. The container includes a plastic container body comprising a side wall, a base and an opening defining a storage volume, a flange formed on the container body and configured to receive a connecting element of a cap provided with a tamper-evident mechanism, and an active insert placed within the container body. This container is an improved container for the storage of products. The disclosure also pertains to a sealed package comprising this container.
US11377287B2
Method for processing hot-filled plastic containers are provided. In some embodiments, the method may include hot-filling a plastic container, sealing the container, and conveying the sealed container, each with an inner annular wall and a push-up portion in a first position. In some embodiments, the method may further include creating a vacuum pressure in the hot-filled and sealed container and repositioning the push-up portion from the first position to a second position under a mechanical force.
US11377279B2
A packaging material and assembly are generally disclosed. In use, a multi-layered packaging comprises a first layer of corrugated material, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, and a fifth layer of corrugated material. Additionally, a first bonding material bonds the second layer in between the first layer and the third layer, and a second bonding material bonds the fourth layer in between the third layer and the fifth layer.
US11377264B2
A tamper evident delivery bag assembly includes a single use closure tape is laterally mounted to the first panel upper section, and includes an upper lateral portion extending laterally above the first edge of the bag assembly in an unsealed condition. The tape upper lateral portion can be folded over the second edge of the second panel such that an adhesive of the tape is brought into contact with the exterior surface of the second panel, substantially sealing the bag opening in a sealed condition. The leg portions of the handles are received through the cutouts of the tape. The closure tape member further includes a note tab extending downwardly from a middle lateral portion thereof. The note tab includes a tab adhesive and a removable protective cover. When the protective cover is removed, the note can be placed between the tab adhesive and the exterior surface of the first panel, and adhered therebetween in a mounted condition.
US11377243B2
A machine for making filter bags of different shapes for infusion products includes: a wheel defining a work surface and rotating about a relative axis; feed stations for placing tags on the work surface, a continuous thread, along a weave path, and a strip of filter material superposing the weave of thread and the tag. A sealing device is located downstream of the feed stations for sealing between the thread, tag and strip of filter material. A feed device moving the strip along a feed line is positioned downstream of the wheel. A station introduces a dose of infusion product in bag and closes the bag. The feed device has two feed rollers, for unwinding the strip, controlled by a control system for adjusting the speed of rotation of the feed rollers as a function of the length of the filter material needed to form the bag.
US11377241B2
Strapping device including: frame defining supporting area to place thereon a strap being processed, tensioning assembly to lock and tension, on command, at least part of the strap, welding assembly for joining, on command, at least two edges of the strap, a first drive member to actuate at least part of the tensioning and welding assemblies, and second drive mechanism operatively connected to at least the first drive member, at least part of the tensioning assembly and the welding assembly, and including a first element to carry out at least first and second movements, the first element defining an intermediate position relative to the frame starting from which the drive member actuates at least part of the tensioning assembly if the first element carries out the first movement and alternately actuates at least part of the welding assembly if the first element carries out the second movement.
US11377224B2
A system comprising a trolley which comprises a platform and wheels attached beneath the platform, an air intake of an aircraft engine, where the air intake rests on the platform so as to have its narrowest part at the top and its widest part at the bottom, and an inflatable protection item in the form of a closed envelope which is placed around the widest part of the air intake. A system of this kind makes it possible to protect the air intake from collisions that it might experience during movement of the trolley, and to increase safety by avoiding collisions between operators and the air intake.
US11377222B2
One aspect is a flight control system for a rotary wing aircraft that includes flight control computer configured to interface with a main rotor system, a translational thrust system, and an engine control system. The flight control computer includes processing circuitry configured to execute control logic. The control logic includes a primary flight control configured to produce flight control commands for the main rotor system and the translational thrust system. A main engine anticipation logic is configured to produce a rotor power demand associated with the main rotor system. A propulsor loads engine anticipation logic is configured to produce an auxiliary propulsor power demand associated with the translational thrust system. The flight control computer providing the engine control system with a total power demand anticipation signal based on a combination of the rotor power demand and the auxiliary propulsor power demand.
US11377221B2
A turbofan engine may comprise an inlet and a fan case coupled to the inlet. An engine case may be coupled to the fan case via a vane extending between the fan case and the engine case. A strut apparatus may extend from the fan case and limit deflection of the fan case. The strut apparatus may comprise a first end proximate the fan case, and a second end coupled to at least one of the engine case or a structure for mounting the turbofan engine to an aircraft.
US11377218B1
A system includes a primary heat exchanger with a first passage connected to a hot fluid source, a second passage connected to the first passage, and a third passage connected to the second passage and an outlet line. A compressor inlet is connected to the outlet line. A secondary heat exchanger is connected to a compressor outlet. First and second turbines are connected to an outlet of the secondary heat exchanger. A first load heat exchanger is connected to the first turbine. A second load heat exchanger is between the second turbine and a system outlet. A first valve connects the hot fluid source to the second and third passages. A second valve connects the first and second passages with the outlet line. A third valve is between the secondary heat exchanger and the second turbine. A fourth valve is between the first load heat exchanger and the system outlet.
US11377208B2
Systems and methods for a vehicle-compatible drone. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes providing a drone having a plurality of blades and an expansion device. The expansion device is adapted to reconfigure the position of at least one blade of the plurality of blades from a first configuration of the drone to a second configuration of the drone. The computer-implemented method also includes identifying the drone being in a first mode that is associated with the first configuration. The computer-implemented method further includes detecting a trigger signal based on an event. The computer-implemented method includes transmitting a transition signal configured to cause the drone to transition to the second mode that is associated with the second configuration.
US11377193B2
A window element for an aircraft comprises a window frame which has a frame reveal forming an opening, and a receptacle adjoining the frame reveal, an inner window pane which is configured to be inserted into the receptacle, a holding frame which is configured to be inserted into the receptacle and to fix the inner window pane in the receptacle, and a cover which has an opening and is configured to be attached to the window frame and to conceal the window frame around the frame reveal. An encircling inner edge of the cover that forms the opening of the cover lies radially substantially outside an encircling inner edge of the receptacle.
US11377192B2
An aircraft door arrangement, comprising a door pivotable between closed and open positions, a frame section in a door opening region, and an articulation arrangement connecting the door and frame section. First and second arms are mounted on the frame section, rotatable about first and second axes, respectively. Third and fourth arms are mounted on the door, rotatable about third and fourth axes, respectively. The second arm, at a first position, is rotatably coupled to the fourth arm about a fifth axis, and at a second position, closer to the second axis, is rotatably coupled to the third arm about a sixth axis. The third arm, at a third position, is rotatably coupled to the first arm about a seventh axis, and at a fourth position, closer to the third axis, is rotatably coupled to the second arm about the sixth axis. All axes are oriented substantially parallel.
US11377184B2
A system for contactless power transmission in an azimuth thruster, the system comprising a first body (76) comprising at least one first inductor to provide a magnetic field, a second body (78) comprising at least one second inductor to generate an electrical current from the magnetic field, the bodies being configured to be relatively rotatable, the at least one first inductor and the at least one second inductor being configured to generate an electrical current from the magnetic field at all relative rotational positions, wherein the or each of the first inductors are tuned to resonate within a predetermined frequency band and the or each of the second inductors are tuned to resonate within a predetermined frequency band, the frequency band of the or each of the second inductors at least partially overlapping with the frequency band of the or each of the first inductors.
US11377181B2
A life-saving device, including: a buoyancy bag including a cavity; a wearable member including a housing; a controller including a single-chip microcomputer, a battery, a flip-flop, and an integrated circuit board; a gas generator including an input electrode terminal and a gas outlet. The single-chip microcomputer includes a plurality of pins and is disposed on the integrated circuit board; the battery, the flip-flop, and the input electrode terminal of the gas generator are respectively connected to the plurality of pins through the integrated circuit board; the housing includes a first chamber, and the battery, the single-chip microcomputer, and the integrated circuit board are disposed in the first chamber; the cavity of the buoyancy bag communicates with the gas outlet; and the buoyancy bag is deflated when in nonuse for convenience of storage, and inflated with gas produced by the gas generator to expand in an emergency.
US11377175B2
A modular system, which may include a modular ramp for a landing craft, is described. For example, a ramp module according to some embodiments includes an enclosure defining a cavity, wherein the enclosure is configured to be removably received in a watertight recess formed in the hull of the landing craft. The ramp module also includes an extendible ramp operatively coupled to the enclosure and configured to be extended from the enclosure such that the ramp extends from the deck of the landing craft toward a shore to provide a support surface for unloading cargo onto or in close proximity to the shore. The extendible ramp is configured to be substantially fully retracted within the cavity, in some cases the enclosure forming an water tight seal with the recess in the hull and/or sealing the ramp, when retracted, in a water tight manner within its cavity.
US11377168B2
A brake caliper including a first brake arm, a cable bridge pivotably secured to the first brake arm, a second brake arm having a lower arm portion and an upper arm portion, a cam situated on the upper arm portion, the cam including a cable groove. The brake caliper further including a cam lever having a pivot portion rotatably secured to the upper arm portion at a cam lever axis, a latch portion for releasable securement to the second brake arm, and a cable clamp for securing a brake cable.
US11377165B2
A bicycle saddle includes a saddle shell. A saddle frame is arranged on a lower side of the saddle shell. A saddle cushion is arranged on the upper side of the saddle shell. The saddle cushion comprises at least two cushion elements. Further, a cover layer is provided whose edge region is arranged between the cushion elements in the region of a saddle edge.
US11377154B2
A vehicle body structure includes a roof structure and a lateral side structure, wherein the roof structure includes a roof panel fastened to an underlying roof reinforcement frame, wherein the lateral side structure includes a side panel fastened to an underlying side support structure, wherein a lateral side of the roof panel is fastened to the roof reinforcement frame by means of a hemming joint that is formed by folding a lateral side of the roof panel around an edge of the roof reinforcement frame, and wherein a folded side edge of the roof panel is fastened to the side panel by means of an elongated laser brazing joint.
US11377153B2
An elongate vehicle reinforcement member having a U-shaped cross section, wherein the member is disposed inside and welded to a vehicle structural member, wherein the vehicle structural member includes opposite base lateral walls, the vehicle reinforcement member including: opposite reinforcement lateral walls extending in vehicle height and width directions, each having an outward edge on an outer side in vehicle width direction and an inward edge on an inner side; and a reinforcement connecting wall connecting the outward edges of the lateral walls, each lateral wall together with the connecting wall forming a ridge, each lateral wall including a row of welding projections, each protruding outward over the entire width of the lateral wall, each welding projection having a raised welding surface wherein the reinforcement lateral wall is welded to the base lateral wall, the welding projections in each row being arranged at intervals along vehicle height direction.
US11377144B2
A quick response steering system with a steering device that steers a vehicle. An electro-hydraulic steering circuit couples to the steering device. The electro-hydraulic steering circuit includes a load sensing pump that pumps hydraulic fluid to a steering cylinder. The load sensing pump increases or decreases output from the load sensing pump in response to a pressure differential between a first fluid line and a second fluid line. A precharge valve diverts hydraulic fluid from the first fluid line to the second fluid line. A controller couples to the steering device and the precharge valve. The controller opens the precharge valve in response to input from the steering device to change a first pressure of the first fluid line to increase an output of the load sensing pump.
US11377137B2
The device has motor housing side annular engagement portion 40 formed at outer circumferential surface of end surface portion of motor housing 11 which is opposite side to output shaft portion of rotation shaft of electric motor; and metal cover side annular engagement portion 38 formed at opening end 37 of metal cover 12 that covers electronic control unit and engaged with motor housing side annular engagement portion 40. Fixing region is formed by fixing metal cover side annular engagement portion 38 to motor housing side annular engagement portion 40 in a fixing manner without using any fixing screw in a state in which metal cover side annular engagement portion 38 is engaged with motor housing side annular engagement portion 40. Sealing region is formed between fixing region and opening end 37 of the metal cover 12 with liquid sealant 41 applied between fixing region and opening end 37.
US11377111B1
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses include collecting, via one or more sensors and during a first window of time, sensor data associated with an acceleration of the vehicle, processing the sensor data to obtain frequency domain sensor data, analyzing the frequency domain sensor data to identify one or more occurrences of a vehicle mass change event, classifying a use of the vehicle for a shared mobility service during one or more time periods of the first window of time based on the one or more occurrences of a vehicle mass change, and transmitting, to a remote computing device, a notification relating to use of the vehicle for the shared mobility service.
US11377109B2
A method for changing between a multiplicity of discrete transmission ratio stages in a motorcycle gearbox is provided. In response to a shift demand, during the torque-transmitting connection of a drive shaft of the drive machine to a gearbox input shaft, a gear-selection drum of the transmission is rotatable from a first shifting position to an intermediate position which is situated between the first and a second shifting position, before shifting to the second shift position. In the intermediate position, no drive torque can be transmitted from the gearbox input shaft to a gearbox output shaft. During the gear selection drum movement from the first shifting position and the intermediate position, the drum may be rotated to a rest position in which drive torque can be transmitted from the gearbox input shaft to a gearbox output shaft.
US11377106B2
An idle stop and go (ISG) control method for a vehicle provided with a manual transmission includes: determining, by a controller, whether a first operation determination condition is satisfied based on a bottom signal from a clutch pedal sensor, a brake pedal operation signal, and a first vehicle speed signal condition; determining, by the controller, whether a second operation determination condition is satisfied based on the bottom signal, the brake pedal operation signal, and a second vehicle speed signal condition; stopping, by the controller, an engine of the vehicle when the first operation determination condition or the second operation determination condition is satisfied; determining, by the controller, whether a first restart condition is satisfied based on a top signal or the bottom signal from the clutch pedal sensor; and restarting, by the controller, the engine when the first restart condition is satisfied.
US11377104B2
The invention being presented here automates the functions of the driver of the garbage truck. It involves a waste collection truck designed to follow routes to collect waste using a human to pick up the bins with refuse or other material comprising a truck that includes a drive-by-wire kit, a database storing the collection routes, a mechanism for detecting the position of the human which collects the waste bins and empties them on the back of the truck and a control mechanism that follows the assigned route and speeds or slows down the truck as to minimize the distance that the human will need to walk to empty the trash in the back of the waste collection truck.
US11377103B2
A host vehicle includes a rear image capturing device and a vehicle control device. The rear image capturing device captures an image of an area behind the host vehicle. The vehicle control device detects a lateral position of a following vehicle in the same lane as that in which the host vehicle travels, the following vehicle being reflected in the image captured by the rear image capturing device and traveling in the lane. The vehicle control device determines a lateral position of the host vehicle within a lane depending on the lateral position of the following vehicle within the same lane.
US11377097B2
An automated valet parking method and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes transmitting a target position and a guide route from a parking infrastructure to a vehicle, performing autonomous driving toward the target position along the guide route; performing autonomous parking at the target position.
US11377080B2
The invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of improving safety by an automatic deceleration operation while preventing a motorcycle from falling over. The invention also obtains a brake system that includes such a controller. In the controller, the control method, and the brake system according to the invention, a control mode is initiated in response to trigger information that is generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle, and the control mode makes the motorcycle, which includes a damping device damping kinetic energy, execute the automatic deceleration operation. In the control mode, the automatic deceleration operation is executed in a state where a damping rate of the damping device is increased to be higher than that immediately before initiation of the control mode.
US11377079B2
An electronically controllable brake system for a vehicle includes at least one service brake circuit with service brakes and a service brake control module. A service-brake brake pressure can be fed to the service brakes, and the service-brake control module is configured to generate a service-brake control signal as a function of a braking specification. The service-brake brake pressure can be generated as a function of the service-brake control signal and specified to the service brakes, for the implementation of the braking specification via the at least one service brake circuit, under electrical control. The brake system further includes a trailer control valve with a trailer control module. The trailer control module is configured to receive and process an electronically communicated braking specification and the trailer control valve is configured to generate and output, under the control of the trailer control module, a redundancy control pressure.
US11377077B2
A brake system for vehicles may have at least one front automatic actuator device, operatively connected to a manual actuator device by means of a first control unit, and to at least one braking device of a first axle. The system may also include at least one rear automatic actuator device, operatively connected to the manual actuator device via a second control unit, and to the at least one braking device of a second axle.
US11377071B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for locking and/or unlocking a vehicle based on a location of a mobile device associated with the vehicle. In one embodiment a processor in a vehicle analyzes a position of a mobile device relative to the vehicle and allows the vehicle to be unlocked when the mobile device is determined to be approaching the vehicle.
US11377064B2
The purpose of the present invention pertains to a coated fabric used for an automotive airbag, and more particularly, a coated fabric for an airbag most suitable for a rollover curtain airbag which is produced applying a sealing agent to a coated fabric and sewing the resulting fabric and which can keep the adhesion of the sealing agent to the coat resin even after long-term and high-temperature aging. The present coated fabric for an airbag is obtained by applying an addition-polymerizable solvent-free silicone resin onto at least one surface of a synthetic fiber textile, wherein a coating amount of the silicone resin is 15 to 45 g/m2; and a weft strain/warp strain ratio as observed in stretching the coated fabric is 0.30 to 0.65.
US11377061B2
The subject matter of the invention is an airbag flap system for triggering an airbag of a vehicle dashboard in a fragment-free manner at sub-zero temperatures, having: a lid assembly which points towards a vehicle interior and which comprises a polymer, wherein the lid assembly has a frame body having at least one flap segment which has peripheral depressions; wherein the peripheral depressions generate at least one rectangular basic structure; and a deployment chute assembly which is connected to the lid assembly and comprises a polymer, wherein the deployment chute assembly has a main body and at least one flap body; wherein the main body is configured so as to cover the frame body, and wherein the at least one flap body is configured so as to cover the at least one flap segment; wherein the peripheral depressions of the rectangular basic structures of the lid assembly have at least two different material thicknesses. The present invention also relates to a lid assembly for the afore-mentioned airbag flap system. The present invention furthermore relates to a deployment chute assembly for the afore-mentioned airbag flap system.
US11377056B2
An in-vehicle system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of information processors that install an application; an application acquisition unit that acquires the application; a request specifying unit that specifies a request resource required by the application acquired by the application acquisition unit; a resource specifying unit that specifies a provision resource that is provided by each of the information processors; and a selection unit that selects one of the information processors which provides the provision resource satisfying the request resource as an installation destination of the application.
US11377055B2
A crash attenuator includes a frame having a first frame member and a second frame member rigidly connected with a hinge assembly in a pre-impact configuration. The first and second frames are hingedly connected with the hinge assembly in an impact configuration. The hinge assembly includes a release plate fixedly connected to the first frame member, wherein the release plate comprises a fastener opening and a slot extending between the fastener opening and an edge of the release plate, and a fastener extending through the fastener opening and connecting the release plate to the second frame member when the first and second frames are in the pre-impact configuration. A hinge assembly, and method of using the crash attenuator, are also provided.
US11377054B2
Described is an electrical power controlling unit (1) for controlling electrical power delivery received from a direct current power source (2) to an electrical power consuming device (3), the alternating current power consuming device being driven by modulatable multiple phase alternating output current at a first voltage provided by the controlling unit, the controlling unit comprising an electrical current transformer (4), multiple outlet conductors (5) for connecting the transformer to the electrical power consuming device, command input means (6) to receive controlling commands from a controller interface (7), battery power input means (8), direct current power source input means (10) for receiving direct current from the electrical power source, a voltage converter (11), first conducting means (12) connecting the voltage converter to the current transformer, and second conducting means (13) connecting the voltage converter to a converted direct current power outlet (14).
US11377051B2
An electric junction box includes a housing configured to accommodate an electronic component, and a lid portion attached to the housing so as to cover an opening of the housing. An electric wire connected to the electronic component is routed between the electronic component and the lid portion. The housing includes a fixing member fixing the electric wire. The fixing member has a face intersecting with an attachment direction of the lid portion and fixes the electric wire to the face.
US11377050B2
Provided is a combination cable for a vehicle that is capable of reducing noise interference and cross-talk between twisted pair wires. The combination cable for a vehicle includes a wire bundle and a sheath covering the wire bundle. The wire bundle includes a two-core first twisted pair wire, a two-core second twisted pair wire, a one-core first wire, and a one-core second wire. When viewed in cable cross-section, the wire bundle has the first twisted pair wire disposed on one side of a center line that runs from a center of the first wire to a center of the second wire, and has the second twisted pair wire disposed on the other side of the center line, and the first twisted pair wire and the second twisted pair wire are separated from each other.
US11377048B2
A body side unit is configured to attach a wire harness wired between a vehicle body and a slide door to the vehicle body. In the body side unit, a rotary inner is attached to the wire harness. A protector supports the rotary inner rotatably and movably in an up-down direction, and is fixed to the vehicle body. A coil spring is provided between the rotary inner and the protector, and biases the rotary inner such that the rotary inner faces downward in the up-down direction.
US11377047B2
A cover member includes: a main body; and a binding member. The main body includes, when viewed from the axial direction, a base area, a first overlap area located on one side, and a second overlap area located on the other side with the base area interposed therebetween. The first overlap area includes a first end part out of the main-body both end parts. The second overlap area includes a second end part out of the main-body both end parts. The base area is formed to be able to change an overlap amount of the first overlap area and the second overlap area. The main-body both end parts are formed from one opening part to the other opening part out of a pair of opening parts that communicate an inside space with the outside.
US11377046B2
To achieve both a reduction in weight of a toilet room and an improvement in strength thereof. A vehicle with a toilet includes a toilet room including a side-surface part and a ceiling part connected to the side-surface part. The side-surface part includes a plate-like side-surface outer plate extending in a vertical direction, and an upper-end edge frame extending in a longitudinal direction and connected to an inner-side upper-end edge of the side-surface outer plate. The ceiling part includes a plate-like ceiling outer plate extending in a horizontal direction, and a side-end edge frame extending in the longitudinal direction and connected to an inner-side side-end edge of the ceiling outer plate. The upper-end edge frame of the side-surface part and the side-end edge frame of the ceiling part are connected to each other by at least one rod-like reinforcing member.
US11377042B2
A hardware system and method for mounting a tablet computing device in a vehicle dash. The invention makes use of an inventory of prior art mounting kits that are configured to mount standardized aftermarket stereo head units in a vehicle dash while smoothly blending the aftermarket head unit into the surrounding dash to create a finished appearance.
US11377038B2
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a door storage system that is disposed within a cargo area of a vehicle. The door storage system is moveable between a lowered position and an expanded position. The door storage system is configured to accept at least one door of the vehicle within a door receiving area when the door storage system is in the expanded position.
US11377032B2
An actuator for a rear view device of a vehicle includes a body defining a folding axis for the rear view device, a tilt axle having a fastening means for torque-proof fastening the rear view device to the tilt axle and defining a tilting axis for the rear view device, an actuator housing being rotatable borne by the body and being configured for rotatable bearing the tilt axle, and a drive assembly being arranged completely within the actuator housing and being configured for rotating the actuator housing about the folding axis relative to the body by a folding angle and for rotating the tilt axle about the tilting axis relative to the actuator housing by a tilting angle.
US11377023B2
In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling an auto high beam functionality for headlights of a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes: obtaining camera data pertaining to an object in front of the vehicle; identifying, via a processor, a radial gradient of pixels in a region of interest from the camera data; and automatically controlling, via the processor, the auto high beam functionality for the headlights based on the radial gradient.
US11377014B2
A riding vehicle includes: a main body supporting a wheel and on which a steering stay and a seat stay are erected at an interval in a traveling direction; a handle provided on the steering stay; a pedestal portion fixed to an upper end of the seat stay; a seat rotatably connected to the pedestal portion, and configured to switch between a riding state where the seat stands upright to cover the pedestal portion from above so as to be in an arrangement suitable for riding and a cart state where the seat is inclined in a traveling direction away from the steering stay to open an upper portion of the pedestal portion so as to be in an arrangement suitable for conveyance movement with baggage placed thereon; and a stopper interposed between the pedestal portion and the seat and regulating the seat in the riding and cart states.
US11377004B2
Disclosed is a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat cushion (2) and a seat back (4), wherein the seat cushion and the seat back are comprised of: a frame structure (8) to be fixed to the vehicle body; and a seating member (10) supported by the frame structure having an elastic deformation property and a vibration damping property and allow an occupant to be seated therein, and wherein the vehicle seat satisfies the following relationship: DS/DF≥20, where DS denotes a deformation amount of the seating member itself in a situation where a load W is applied at a position XS of the seating member, and DF denotes a displacement of a position XF of the frame structure corresponding to the position XS, in a situation where the frame structure is fixed to the vehicle body, and the given load W is applied at the position XF.
US11376998B2
A fastening apparatus for a child seat on a vehicle seat in a motor vehicle has a fastening element for fastening a child seat holding belt, in particular a top-tether fastening element, and a deflecting element for the child's seat holding belt. The fastening element is arranged in a region of a seating position of the vehicle seat. The fastening element is fastened in front of a front side of a backrest of the vehicle seat.
US11376992B2
Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with the operation of a vehicle are provided. For example a vehicle computing system can receive occupancy data that includes information associated with occupancy of a vehicle that includes seats. One or more states of the vehicle can be determined. The states of the vehicle can include a disposition of any object that is within the vehicle. Further, a configuration of the seats in the vehicle can be determined based on the occupancy data and the states of the vehicle. The configuration can include a disposition of the seats inside the vehicle. Furthermore, at least one of the seats can be adjusted based on the configuration that was determined.
US11376991B2
Various implementations include seats and related systems for detecting user proximity and controlling one or more functions based on that proximity detection. In particular cases, the seats include capacitive sensors for detecting user proximity. In some particular aspects, an automobile seat includes: a core section; a cover over at least a portion of the core section, the cover having a set of capacitive sensors across a front of the seat; and a processor for processing signals from the set of capacitive sensors to detect a proximity of a user.
US11376983B2
A traction battery charging station for charging a traction battery of a motor vehicle having an electric traction motor. The charging station includes a converter that feeds DC voltage into a pair of two charging lines during charging operation, a charging controller, and an insulation monitor having two measuring resistors that are each connected to a charging line and are able to be connected to protective earth via a respective resistor switch. The insulation monitor monitors the electrical insulation of the pair of charging lines with respect to protective earth during non-charging and during charging of the traction battery. A test mode controller has a non-restricted non-charging test mode in which one resistor switch is closed and the other resistor switch is open at the same time, and a symmetric charging test mode in which both resistor switches are closed at the same time or open at the same time.
US11376981B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention impalement adaptive electric vehicle (EV) charging. One embodiment includes one or more electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE); an adaptive EV charging platform, including a processor; a memory containing: an adaptive EV charging application; a plurality of EV charging parameters. In addition, the processor is configured by the adaptive EV charging application to: collect the plurality of EV charging parameters from one or more EVSEs, simulate EV charging control routines and push out updated EV charging control routines to the one or more EVSEs. Additionally, the adaptive EV charging platform is configured to control charging of EVs based upon the plurality of EV charging parameters collected from at least one EVSE.
US11376978B1
A control system of a charging station can automatically and intelligently connect to and charge an electric vehicle's battery or otherwise provide power to a component of a vehicle. The control system can be configured to detect the position of an onboard unit on a vehicle and automatically maneuver a receiver underneath the onboard unit. The control system can then cause the onboard unit to extend and plug into the receiver. The control system can then deliver power via the receiver and onboard unit.
US11376953B1
A vehicle transmission housing has first and second axle housings pivotably connected to opposite ends of the transmission housing and a stand-on platform may be connected to the assembly. A first gear train in the first axle housing drives a first axle having a first axis of rotation. A second gear train is disposed in the second axle housing drives a second axle having a second axis of rotation collinear with the first axis of rotation. The axle housings are both capable of pivoting about the transmission housing about a third axis that is parallel to the first and second axes. The first and second axle housings may also be separately rigidly or flexibly connected to one another. This assembly permits adjustment of the ground heights of the platform with respect to a vehicle frame.
US11376951B2
Provided herein is an electric powertrain including a differential assembly operably coupled to a drive axle having a set of wheel coupled to the ends thereof; a planetary gear set connected to the differential, the planetary gear set having a sun gear, a planet carrier supporting a plurality of planet gears, and a ring gear, wherein the planet carrier is drivingly engaged with the differential assembly; a first electric motor/generator; a second electric motor/generator; a first gear pass drivingly connected the first electric motor/generator and the ring gear; and a second gear pass drivingly connected the first electric motor/generator and the sun gear.
US11376941B2
The invention is directed to a support structure for an energy storage device, in particular for a battery pack of a vehicle that has at least one base panel which has a first surface and a second surface and that is at least partially made from a composite material. At least one thermal transfer member is arranged on the first surface of the least one base panel. The thermal transfer member comprises at least one contact face configured to be in thermal contact with at least part of an energy storage device to be mounted on the support structure.
US11376923B2
Disclosed is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which makes it possible for an upper case and a lower case to be assembled in correct position without minute misassembly between the upper case and the lower case, thereby making operation of a sliding door smooth. The air conditioner, which includes an air-conditioning case having a plurality of cases and a door disposed inside the air-conditioning case to be able to slide, further includes: a shape-matching part where the plurality of cases are matched each other in shape; and a guide part crossing the shape-matching part to guide a sliding action of the door, wherein a cross section of the guide part at the shape-matching part is formed to be eccentric.
US11376920B2
There is provided with a moving body control apparatus. An image capturing unit captures a periphery of a moving body through a transmitting portion. A heater is capable of heating the transmitting portion. An air-conditioning unit switches an air-conditioning state in the moving body between an inside air circulation state and an outside air introduction state. A control unit controls the heater. An ambient temperature detection unit detects an ambient temperature. The control unit starts the operation of the heater when the ambient temperature is not more than a predetermined temperature threshold. The predetermined temperature threshold of the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the inside air circulation state is higher than the predetermined temperature threshold in the case in which the air-conditioning state is set to the outside air introduction state.
US11376912B2
A suspension includes a jounce bumper, and a striker. A spring biases the knuckle toward a first position. One of the spring and the jounce bumper is disposed forward of a kingpin axis of the knuckle and the other of the spring and the jounce bumper is disposed rearward of the kingpin axis. When in a first position, the spring is a first spring length. When in a second position, the spring is shorter than in the first position and the jounce bumper contacts the striker. When in a third position, the spring is shorter than in the second position and the jounce bumper is compressed against the striker to be shorter than in the second position. When moving between the second and third positions, the spring and jounce bumper impart moments on the knuckle that approximately balance each other to maintain a desired caster angle.
US11376904B2
A receiver adapter comprising: a hitch post including: (i) a stable post and (ii) a bias post that is movable relative to the stable post between a removable position and a locked position. The receiver adapter may include a bias member that extends from the stable post to the bias post and, upon movement of an adjuster, the bias post moves relative to the stable post to increase a height or a cross-sectional thickness of the hitch post.
US11376900B2
A mobile electronic device (102, 300), and a method, for obtaining a tyre pressure reading from a tyre pressure sensor module (700) fitted to a valve of a pneumatic tyre (106), a tyre pressure sensor module, a locating feature (304, 400) and a tyre pressure gauge system comprising the above. The mobile electronic device comprising: a transmitter (202) and a receiver (200) to transmit and receive telecommunications signals over a distance of up to 4 cm to obtain the tyre pressure reading; and a locating feature to indicate when the transmitter and/or receiver are located within 4 cm or less of the tyre pressure sensor module. The tyre pressure sensor module comprising an antenna to detect a telecommunications signal from a mobile electronic device over a distance of up to 4 cm, a transmitter (902), a receiver (904) and a pressure sensor (916) to measure tyre pressure.
US11376898B1
An air inflation system is provided for a vehicle including an axle that supports a wheel and an air supply structure. The air inflation system includes a rotary coupler having a tubular member for communicating with the air supply, a sleeve member connected to an end portion of the tubular member, a bearing receiving the sleeve member, a housing body having a passageway therethrough, wherein the tubular member is received in the passageway, and a housing cap attached to the housing body, wherein the housing cap is provided for communicating with at least one air connection element in communication with the wheel. A first seal for sealing an area between the tubular member and the housing body, and a second seal for sealing an area between the housing body and the housing cap are included. The rotary coupler is provided for supplying air from the air supply to the wheel.
US11376887B2
A hot-stamping foil has a carrier that is a base film or a coated base film, and a laminated optical decoration formed on the carrier in a removable manner. The laminated optical decoration includes a laminated optical structure, an anchor layer formed on the laminated optical structure at a side opposite against the carrier, the anchor layer being a mixture of an acid-modified polyolefin and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, and an adhesive layer which is formed on the anchor layer at a side opposite against the laminated optical structure. The adhesive layer has an adhesive domain containing an acid-modified polyolefin as a major component, and a non-adhesive domain containing a blocking preventing agent as a major component. The blocking preventing agent is one or both of a resin filler and an inorganic filler. A glass transition point of the blocking preventing agent is greater than 60° C.
US11376880B2
An adhesive sign suited to use in retail applications includes a substrate layer. An adhesive layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The adhesive layer defines an exposed region for attachment to an associated structure. The adhesive layer is derived from a photo-curable inkjet composition. An ink layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The ink layer includes an image. The ink layer is derived from a photo-curable inkjet composition. The adhesive layer and ink layer can be formed in the same inkjet printing process and cured in a common photo-curing station. A stack of the adhesive signs can be assembled without interleaving a release liner between each pair of signs.
US11376868B2
A device (100) includes a sensor (101) to determine a capacitance between a first metal piece (209, 309, 409, 509, 609, 709, 809, 909) coupled to a paper tray (213, 413, 513, 913) of a printing device (206, 306) and a second metal piece (207, 307, 407, 507, 607, 707, 807, 907) coupled to a paper width adjuster (212) of the printing device (206, 306). The device (100) also includes a controlled (102) coupled to the sensor (101) comprising a processor (103) in communication with a memory resource (104) including executable instructions to determine a size of paper in the paper tray (213, 413, 513, 913) based on the determined capacitance.
US11376864B2
A thermal printer includes a thermal head, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The thermal head includes heat generation elements configured to generate heat to perform printing. The temperature sensor is disposed in the thermal printer. The controller is configured to alternately turns on and off the heat generation elements during an idle state of the thermal printer for a number of cycles with a predetermined on-time period in each cycle. The controller determines the number of cycles and the predetermined on-time period based on temperature data obtained by the temperature sensor, such that heat energy generated by the heat generation elements during each of the cycles in the idle state is lower than heat energy generated by the heat generation elements during printing of one line.
US11376862B2
The fluid ejection device includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection chambers that includes a respective ejection chamber fluidically coupled to a respective nozzle. A plurality of inlet passages are fluidically coupled to the ejection chambers and input fluid to the ejection chambers at a first pressure. A plurality of outlet passages are fluidically coupled to the ejection chambers and output fluid from the ejection chambers at a second pressure that is less than the first pressure. Fluid circulates through the ejection chambers based on the pressure difference between the first and second pressure. The fluid ejection device also includes at least one micropump fluidically coupled to at least one ejection chamber to pump fluid through the at least one ejection chamber.
US11376850B2
A liquid ejecting head including a flow path forming substrate in which a pressure chamber in communication with a nozzle is formed, a diaphragm formed on the flow path forming substrate, and a piezoelectric actuator including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are formed on the diaphragm. In the liquid ejecting head, a center portion of the diaphragm is not provided with an active portion, which is a portion where the piezoelectric layer is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a protective film that covers the diaphragm is formed in the center portion, and compressive stress of the protective film is larger than that of the diaphragm.
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A drive circuit for driving a first drive element having a first terminal and a second terminal and driving a second drive element having a third terminal and a fourth terminal, includes a first drive signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the first terminal and outputs a first drive signal, a second drive signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the third terminal and outputs a second drive signal, a reference voltage signal output circuit that outputs a reference voltage signal having a constant reference voltage value, and a first switch circuit having one end electrically coupled to an output terminal of the reference voltage signal output circuit and the other end electrically coupled to the second terminal and the fourth terminal. The first switch circuit switches whether or not to supply a second constant voltage signal to the second terminal and the fourth terminal.
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In a method of nozzle failure detection in an ink jet printer having a plurality of ejection units including a nozzle and an associated liquid chamber with an electromechanical transducer, nozzle failure detection is performed, for each ejection unit, with a given minimum detection frequency. Each nozzle failure detection includes energizing the transducer with a waveform that does not lead to the ejection of a droplet but creates a pressure fluctuation that is sensitive to whether or not the ejection unit is in a malfunction state; measuring the pressure fluctuation in order to detect the malfunction state; defining a mask pattern that is independent of image contents to be printed; and when an image is being printed, performing the nozzle failure detection steps for each ejection unit at timings at which the respective nozzles are in pixel positions that belong to the mask pattern.
