US11378456B2
A method and an ambient light color sensor adapted to determine color of ambient light comprising a memory, a processor, and a light color sensor with a plurality of channels that detect light at different wavelengths. Wherein the memory comprises a calibration matrix determined by calibrating a test light color sensing device under at least one ambient lighting condition, and a normalized gain value for each channel determined by calibrating the ambient light color sensing device to an artificial light source. Wherein the processor receives the sensor readings from the light color sensor, normalizes each received sensor reading using the normalized gain value of a respective channel, determines at least one measured light color value that quantifies color of light from the normalized sensor readings, and determines at least one calibrated light color value by correlating the at least one measured light color value through the calibration matrix.
US11378454B1
Provided is a multispectral imaging device for providing precise tracking and verification. The imaging device may configure a first filter for a sensor, and may determine first spectral properties of a target object based on a first image of the target object generated from visible light passing through the first filter onto the sensor. The imaging device may configure a different second filter for the sensor, and may determine second spectral properties of the target object based on a second image of the target object generated from the non-visible light passing through the second filter onto the sensor. The imaging device may align the second spectral properties of the second image with the first spectral properties of the first image, and may present the first spectral properties with the second spectral properties in a single composite image of the target object.
US11378452B2
A device may obtain a master calibration set, associated with a master calibration model of a master instrument, that includes spectra, associated with a set of samples, generated by the master instrument. The device may identify a selected set of master calibrants based on the master calibration set. The device may obtain a selected set of target calibrants that includes spectra, associated with the subset of the set of samples, generated by the target instrument. The device may create a transfer set based on the selected set of master calibrants and the selected set of target calibrants. The device may create a target calibration set, corresponding to the master calibration set, based on the transfer set. The device may generate, using an optimization technique associated with the transfer set and a support vector regression modeling technique, a transferred calibration model, for the target instrument, based on the target calibration set.
US11378450B2
Systems and methods for measuring a fundamental mode vibrational spectrum of materials and substances in the Mid-IR spectral range of 2.5 μm to 14 μm wavelength. are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a Mid-infrared absorption spectrometer (MIRAS) system includes an infrared Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) single element emitter light source. The light source is electrically pulsed and emits electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range from 2.5 μm to 14 μm and has an integral energy concentrating optic to provide energy for a spectral absorption process. The system includes a scanning high-efficiency infrared spectral grating with self-calibrating feature, configured so that incident energy having absorption information for the spectral absorption process of a sample is within a predefined threshold of a grating blaze angle. The system also includes a single-element thermal detector to receive output energy having the absorption information from the infrared spectral grating.
US11378449B2
A handheld spectrometer apparatus may comprise an accessory coupled to a spectrometer, where the accessory is configured to receive a liquid sample pipette to facilitate measurement, using the spectrometer, of a liquid sample within the pipette. A handheld spectrometer apparatus to measure a body lumen of a subject can include an illumination unit, a spectrometer unit, a housing containing the illumination unit and the spectrometer unit and an accessory comprising a plurality of optical fibers. The optical fibers can be configured to guide light from the illumination unit to the body lumen and back from the body lumen to the spectrometer unit.
US11378431B2
A mass flow measuring sensor includes: an oscillatable measuring tube bent in a tube plane; an oscillation exciter for exciting bending oscillations in a bending oscillation use-mode; two oscillation sensors for registering oscillations; a support system; and a measuring sensor housing; wherein the support system has support system oscillation modes, including elastic deformations of the support plate; wherein the support plate is cut to form a number of spirally shaped spring securements, via which the support plate is secured to the measuring sensor housing with oscillation degrees of freedom, whose eigenfrequencies are lower than a use-mode eigenfrequency of the bending oscillation use-mode, wherein the use-mode eigenfrequency is lower than the eigenfrequencies of the support system oscillation modes, wherein a calibration factor describes a proportionality between a mass flow through the measuring tube and a phase difference between oscillations of the measuring tube oscillating in the bending oscillation use-mode.
US11378428B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for splitting a composite signal received from a multi-composite sensor, and more particularly, to a method and a device for splitting a composite signal received from a multi-composite sensor in which a composite signal, in which various detection signals for a temperature, humidity, gas leakage, fire, smoke, and an organic gas are mixed and integrated into one signal, is split into each individual detection signal and recognized.
US11378427B2
A method of sensor fusion for systems including at least one sensor and at least one target object is provided. The method includes receiving configuration data at a processing device. The configuration data includes a description of a first system including one or more sensors and one or more target objects. The configuration data includes an indication that one or more geometric parameters and/or one or more sensor parameters of the first system are unknown. The method includes receiving an instruction at the processing device that the received configuration data is to be adjusted into adjusted configuration data. The adjusted configuration data includes a description of a second system including one or more sensors and one or more target objects, wherein the second system is different from the first system. The adjusted configuration data includes an indication that one or more geometric parameters and/or one or more sensor parameters of the second system are unknown. The method includes receiving, for each sensor of the second system, measurement data resulting from a plurality of measurements performed by the sensor. The method includes determining an optimization problem using the processing device, wherein each unknown geometric parameter and each unknown sensor parameter of the second system are associated with one or more variables of the optimization problem. The method includes determining a value of each unknown geometric parameter and a value of each unknown sensor parameter of the second system by solving the optimization problem using the processing device.
US11378421B2
A system for determining an absolute position of a device includes a high resolution track, a sensor and processing unit associated with the high resolution track, a reference track having a plurality of pole pairs arranged to define a plurality of single-track Gray code segments, and an array of Hall effect sensors associated with the reference track to output a reference signal to the sensor and processing unit indicative of the coarse absolute position of the device over the Gray code segments. A third track has at least one pole pair. At least one sensor associated with the third track outputs a signal used to determine a location within one of the plurality of Gray code segments. The sensor and processing unit combines the third track signal, the reference signal, and the position of the device over the high resolution track to determine an initial, fine absolute position.
US11378414B2
An aircraft includes a display, a support system, and an avionics system. The support system includes at least one operable component, where at least one of the support system and the at least one operable component is configured to operate with an operating value falling within a predefined normal operating range. The avionics system is programmed to: calculate a rate of change of a value of at least one of the support system and the at least one operable component; determine whether the value will exit a predetermined normal operating range within a predetermined time based on the rate of change of the value; and indicate on the display that the value is expected to exit the predetermined normal operating range. The avionics system can leverage this function to declutter displays, and then present additional information to the crew when a value is trending out of range.
US11378407B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of selecting representative measurements from among measurements related to an environment around a movable object and determining whether the representative measurements are associated with landmarks to realize SLAM and an electronic apparatus for the same. One or more of an electronic apparatus, a vehicle, and an autonomous vehicle of the present disclosure may be connected to, for example, an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, or a 5G service device.
US11378402B2
A device for tracking a mobile article comprises a navigation system adapted to track a movement of the mobile article, a power source adapted to power the navigation system, an acceleration sensor, and a computation unit receiving an output signal from the acceleration sensor. The computation unit determines whether the mobile article is at a standstill or moving based on the output signal and initiates a sleep mode if the output signal has not changed for a specifiable time.
US11378399B2
A method for determining the rotational rate of a movable member using an array of inertial sensors is provided. The method includes defining a hidden Markov model (“HMM”). The HMM represents a discrete value measurement of the rotational rate of the movable member. A transition probability of the HMM accounts for a motion model (linear or non-linear) of the movable member. An observation probability of the HMM accounts for noise and bias of at least one of the inertial sensors of the array of inertial sensors. A processor receives input from the array of inertial sensors. The processor determines the rotational rate of the movable member by solving for an output of the HMM using the input received from the array of inertial sensors. The processor may use a forward algorithm, a forward-backward algorithm, or a Viterbi algorithm to solve the HMM.
US11378396B2
A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar system and images from a video system to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The system estimates this trajectory in two stages: a first stage in which the range and Doppler measurements from the lidar system along with various feature measurements obtained from the images from the video system are used to estimate first stage motion aspects of the target (i.e., the trajectory of the target); and a second stage in which the images from the video system and the first stage motion aspects of the target are used to estimate second stage motion aspects of the target. Once the second stage motion aspects of the target are estimated, a three-dimensional image of the target may be generated.
US11378383B2
A plant facility apparatus recognition system is provided, which appropriately recognizes a plant facility apparatus even in a plant facility in which a wireless facility and a marker are not able to be installed even when the shape of the plant facility apparatus is different from or has been changed from design data. The plant facility apparatus recognition system that uses a mobile device having a camera to recognize the plant facility apparatus to be subjected to work in the plant facility includes a characteristic length acquirer that acquires information on the pipe as a first characteristic length from an image obtained by causing the camera to image the plant facility apparatus and the pipe existing near the plant facility apparatus, and a characteristic length comparator that compares the first characteristic length with a second characteristic length acquired from the design data and related to the pipe.
US11378377B2
An example of a controller calculates the orientation of the controller based on an output from an inertial sensor, and when a value representing the calculated orientation satisfies a first condition, compresses data in a mode 2, and when the first condition is not satisfied, but a second condition is satisfied, compresses the data in a mode 1, and when the second condition is not satisfied, compresses the data in a mode 0. Then, the controller transmits the compressed data to another apparatus.
US11378374B2
An inspection and measurement device includes a body defining a first planar face within a first bounded area, a first reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a first measurable parameter, and at least a second reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a second measurable parameter. The first and second reference features are positioned within the first bounded area for placement adjacent an element bearing the respective one of the first and second measurable parameters. The first and second reference features overlap within the first bounded area in at least one direction.
US11378366B1
An escape-prevention arrow includes an arrow body, a hook and a restraining wire. The arrow body has two ends and a buckling part, and the two ends are an arrow tail and an arrowhead respectively. The buckling pan is disposed near the arrowhead. The hook is disposed on the buckling part and can be separated from the arrow body when being impacted. The restraining wire is connected between the hook and the arrow body. When the arrow formed by the configuration of the arrow body, the hook and the restraining wire hits an animal, the hook is able to hook a tree, so as to restrain the animal from escaping. In this way, a hunter may have enough time to knife the animal, so as to quickly kill the animal to reduce its pain, thereby greatly solving the problem that the killing efficiency of bow is insufficient.
US11378362B2
In general, the present invention is directed to airborne security measures and more specifically to a device and method to defeat in total a plurality of approaching Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a single sacrificial intercepting drone. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the intercepting drone may be configured with an attached Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) generation device capable of producing a sufficiently intense EMP burst to completely disable all approaching UAVs.
US11378360B1
An apparatus for an armor system includes a housing case, an interior ballistic panel, a frame, a power source, and a control unit. The housing case includes a top shell and a bottom shell, where the top shell is removably secured to the bottom shell, forming a cavity. The interior ballistic panel is removably arranged within the cavity between the top shell and the bottom shell. The frame is arranged within the cavity between the top shell and the interior ballistic panel, the frame including a compartment. The power source is arranged within the compartment of the frame, and the control unit is communicatively connected to the power source to manage operation of the power source.
US11378358B2
Disclosed herein is a target display device for assisting to aim at a target beyond a vision obstructing object, the device comprising: a forward-facing camera; a target marker projector; and an orientation marker projector, wherein: the forward-facing camera is adapted to capture an image beyond the vision obstructing object; the target marker projector is adapted to project a target marker; the orientation marker projector is adapted to project an orientation marker; and the forward-facing camera is adapted to capture an image in alignment with the target marker and the orientation marker along a longitudinal axial plane through the target display device.
US11378352B1
Airguns are provided with semi-automatic action.
US11378350B1
A projectile launching device includes self-timing without cam lean. The projectile launching device preferably includes a rail, a riser, two energy storing components, (such as two limbs), two cams, a launch string, and at least two cables. The ends of the launch string are attached to the two cams. Opposing ends of first and second cables are coupled to the first and second cams. A mid-segment of the first and second cables are slidably engaged with the first and second cable pulleys, respectively. The two cams are preferably built as mirror images of each other at a centerline of the rail. The two cams include a launch string track, having identical, but mirrored, upper and lower cable tracks.
US11378344B2
An immersion cooling system configured to store a coolant configured for cooling a heat source and including a liquid container, a tube and a gas regulating assembly. The liquid container is configured to store the coolant configured to cool the heat source. One end of the tube is connected to the liquid container. The gas regulating assembly is located above the tube and includes a valve, a cooler, and a gas container. The valve includes a first pipe, a second pipe and a third pipe. The valve is switchable to connect the first pipe to the second pipe or connect the first pipe to the third pipe. The first pipe of the valve is connected to the tube via the cooler. The second pipe is connected to ambient air, and the third pipe is connected to the gas container.
US11378336B2
A dental cooling device is provided, comprising a muffle (12) and a medium (30) as cooling source. The medium (30), in particular a liquid medium (30), is stored at least in the outer region of the muffle (12) and has an evaporation temperature higher than the room temperature. The quantity of medium (30) is calculated in advance such that the enthalpy of evaporation of the medium is substantially destroyed or consumed when cooling the muffle (12) to the evaporation temperature.
US11378323B2
A locker system for delivering heat sensitive products comprising a plurality of lockable compartments including at least one refrigerated lockable compartment, a control unit for controlling said plurality of lockable compartments, a cooling device comprising an expansion chamber receiving liquid CO2 from a reserve of liquid CO2 and delivering gaseous CO2 in each of said refrigerated lockable compartments through at least one common duct, and an extraction system to avoid excessive concentration of CO2 in a building where the locker system is located.
US11378322B2
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage compartment, an ice making device, and an ice bucket to store the generated ice. The ice bucket includes an ice bucket body, an ice storage space inside the ice bucket body, and a spacing member to allow ice to be spaced apart from the ice bucket body toward the ice storage space to secure a flow path of cool air, so that the cool air smoothly flows inside the ice bucket body. A full-ice detecting sensor having an emitter and a receiver to receive optical signals is provided. A control unit determines a full-ice status by receiving an output value of signals received from the full-ice detecting sensor.
US11378321B2
An ice making machine is provided and includes: an ice tray, having a water storage recessed part; a drive part for reversing the ice tray around an axial line passing the ice tray between a water storage position and an ice separation position; and a frame, supporting the ice tray and the drive part. The ice tray includes a water receiving part protruded to an outer side in a portion which is moved to a lower side when the ice tray starts to turn to a CCW direction directing from the water storage position to the ice separation position. The frame includes a projected portion located on an upper side with respect to the water receiving part. The projected portion includes a water passage port for passing the water at a position overlapping with the water receiving part when being viewed in a Z-direction.
US11378319B2
An ice maker for mounting into a household cooling appliance, comprising: a storage container for ice comprising a rear wall and an opening, which is accessible from the top, a coupling extension, which is arranged on the rear wall and extends towards the rear, a driving unit comprising a drive housing and a closing aid arranged in the drive housing for locking of the storage container in a closed end position, wherein the drive housing comprises a front wall, at which an insertion opening of the closing aid is arranged so that upon inserting of the coupling extension into the insertion opening the coupling extension couples with the closing aid and by the closing aid viewed in the depth direction of the ice maker said coupling extension is pulled into the locking position towards the rear.
US11378317B2
An HVAC system includes a pressure sensor is disposed in a suction line between a compressor and an indoor heat-exchange coil. The pressure sensor is electrically coupled to a compressor controller. An HVAC controller is electrically coupled to the compressor controller. The HVAC controller is configured to transmit a signal to the compressor controller to activate and de-activate the compressor. The compressor controller is configured to receive a signal from the HVAC controller to activate the compressor, determine a start speed of the compressor, monitor a run time of the compressor, and modulate a speed of the compressor.
US11378314B2
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a compressor configured to circulate a refrigerant through a refrigerant loop of the HVAC&R system, a heat recovery heat exchanger configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor and to place the refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with a process fluid, and a condenser configured to receive the refrigerant from the heat recovery heat exchanger, the compressor, or both, in which the condenser is configured to cool the refrigerant. The HVAC&R system further includes a fan configured to direct air across the condenser and an evaporator configured to place the refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with a cooling fluid. A speed of the fan is configured to be adjusted based on an operating parameter of the HVAC&R system.
US11378310B2
The present invention provides for a combined heat and power system including at least one engine, operatively coupled to a generator, having at least one first heat source adapted to provide a first thermal energy output at a first temperature range, and at least one second heat source adapted to provide a second thermal energy output at a second temperature range, at least one first heat exchanger, operatively coupled to said at least one engine, and adapted to selectively receive and transfer at least a portion of any one or all of said first thermal energy output and said at least one second thermal energy output; and a dynamically adaptive heat storage system.
US11378306B2
Supply module having a heating device for conveying an operating/auxiliary agent capable of freezing
The invention relates to a supply module (10) for conveying an operating/auxiliary agent capable of freezing for the exhaust gas aftertreatment of an internal combustion engine and for heating a reservoir holding the operating/auxiliary agent capable of freezing. The supply module (10) comprises a main heater (18) and an auxiliary heater (30), which are electrically contacted on a supporting body (24). A pot wall (52) of a heating pot (50) comprises electrical contacts (62) of the main heater (18) and electrical contacts (60) of the auxiliary heater (30).
US11378305B2
An air duct includes a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber being defined between an air handling device and the second chamber, and the second chamber being defined between the first chamber and an environment exterior to the air duct, a plurality of first openings between the first chamber and the second chamber, a plurality of second openings between the second chamber and the environment exterior to the air duct, and a sound absorbing material defining at least a portion of an interior surface of at least one of the first chamber and the second chamber.
US11378303B2
The present invention provides a humidifier capable of preventing water generated by dew condensation of vapor from being combined with air, so that an air humidity can be stably controlled. A humidifier according to the present invention includes a storage tank that stores water, the storage tank being opened upward, a heater that heats the water in the storage tank, and a guide plate that is disposed above the storage tank, on at least one of one side and the other side in a first direction extending along a horizontal direction with respect to a center of the storage tank. The guide plate extends in an inclined manner such that an upper part thereof is positioned closer to the center of the storage tank in the first direction than a lower part thereof.
US11378302B2
A vent cover assembly is disclosed, such as for a floating or fixed floor. Example vent cover assemblies may include a support plate configured to be secured over a duct, and a flush mount vent cover. The support plate may define a plurality of first airflow apertures configured to permit airflow from the duct through the support plate. The vent cover may define a second plurality of airflow apertures that are positioned in the vent cover such that the second plurality of airflow apertures are aligned with the first airflow apertures when the vent cover is in a first installed position overlying the support plate. The vent cover may obstruct the first airflow apertures when the vent cover is in a second installed position overlying the support plate.
US11378292B2
An energy-reducing method and apparatus for retrofitting a single zone, constant volume HVAC system, with or without an economizer, that provides heating, cooling, and ventilation to occupants within a building space. The present invention includes the introduction of a programmable logic controller and variable frequency drive (VFD) that takes control of the existing fan, heating, cooling, and optional economizer operation. The reduction of the fan speed in the ventilation mode when the 100% operation is not needed saves significant energy of the existing constant volume HVAC system where the fan motor is designed to run 100% of the time.
US11378291B2
A clean room and a method for regulating an airflow of the clean room. The clean room includes: a plurality of process spaces in communication with one another, and a fan filter unit. The fan filter units is installed at a top of each one of the plurality of process spaces, and a bottom of each of the plurality of process spaces is provided with a ventilation passage. The clean room further includes: an airflow regulation device, configured to regulate an airflow in each of the process spaces; the airflow regulation device is installed inside each of the plurality of process spaces, and is arranged downstream of the respective fan filter unit.
US11378286B2
An outdoor unit includes a casing including an air passage, an outdoor fan disposed in the air passage, a compressor disposed in the casing, an outdoor heat exchanger disposed in the casing and including fins and a heat transfer tube connected to the fins, a control board disposed in the casing and including a control unit that controls the compressor, and a heat sink disposed in the air passage in the casing and being in contact with the control board. The heat transfer tube of the outdoor heat exchanger includes a first region in which gas refrigerant or two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant flows when the outdoor heat exchanger is used as a condenser and a second region that is located downstream of the first region in a refrigerant flow direction and in which single-phase liquid refrigerant flows.
US11378285B2
An outdoor unit (100) for an air conditioner and the air conditioner are disclosed. The outdoor unit (100) for the air conditioner includes: a housing (1), a FREON charging nozzle (14), and a connector assembly. The FREON charging nozzle (14) is disposed in the housing (1); the connector assembly has a first end connected to the FREON charging nozzle (14) and a second end extending out of the housing (1).
US11378282B2
There is herein described energy storage systems. More particularly, there is herein described thermal energy storage systems and use of energy storable material such as phase change material in the provision of heating and/or cooling systems in, for example, domestic dwellings.
US11378275B2
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a swirler and a fuel nozzle. The swirler is configured with an outer wall, an inner wall, an outer passage and an inner passage. The outer wall circumscribes the inner wall and extends axially along an axis to a distal outer wall end. The inner wall extends axially along the axis to a distal inner wall end that is axially recessed within the swirler from the distal outer wall end. The outer passage is formed by and radially between the inner wall and the outer wall. The inner passage is formed by and radially within the inner wall. The fuel nozzle projects into the inner passage. The fuel nozzle is configured with a plurality of orifices axially aligned with the inner wall and arranged circumferentially about the axis.
US11378274B2
An integrated fuel combustion system with gas separation (adsorptive, absorptive, membrane or other suitable gas separation) separates a portion of carbon dioxide from a combustion gas mixture and provides for recycle of separated carbon dioxide to the intake of a fuel combustor for combustion. A process for carbon dioxide separation and recycle includes: admitting combustion gas to an adsorptive gas separation system contactor containing adsorbent material; adsorbing a portion of carbon dioxide; recovering a first product stream depleted in carbon dioxide for release or use; desorbing carbon dioxide from the adsorbent material and recovering a desorbed second product stream enriched in carbon dioxide for sequestration or use; admitting a conditioning and/or desorption fluid into the contactor and desorbing a second portion of carbon dioxide to recover a carbon dioxide enriched conditioning stream; and recycling a portion of the carbon dioxide enriched conditioning stream to an inlet of fuel combustor to pass through the fuel combustor for combustion.
US11378273B2
A burner apparatus for burning a gas and air mixture may include a burner wall. The burner wall may have a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves. Each groove may be defined between adjacent ridges. Each groove may also include a pair of slopes. Each slope may have an area of permeability having openings defined therein from which flames can project. Each ridge may define an area of reduced permeability relative to the areas of permeability of the slopes.
US11378270B2
The application relates to a cabinet lamp and a lamp cabinet. The cabinet lamp includes a lamp housing, an elastic member and a light-emitting assembly. The lamp housing includes a first shell plate and a second shell plate. The first shell plate and the second shell plate enclose a first space. A surface of the first shell plate surrounding the first space or a surface of the second shell plate surrounding the first space is provided with a first connection part. The elastic member includes a second connection part, the elastic member fits with the first space in a plugging-in manner, and the second connection part is in snap fit with the first connection part. The elastic member is configured to be installed on an inner top wall of the lamp cabinet. The light-emitting assembly is installed on the lamp housing.
US11378267B2
A wiring box is used for connecting an external wire to a driver circuit and for connecting the driver circuit to a lighting apparatus. The wiring box includes a container box and a foldable top cover. In some embodiments, it is preferable that the lighting apparatus have elongated shapes, like light tubes. The container box has a box opening. The foldable top cover includes a center plate and at least one lateral plate. The center plate is connected to the at least one lateral plate with an axial structure, the lateral plate is folded to align with the center plate in an elongated manner during shipping. The lateral plate is rotated with respect to the center plate along the axial structure to expand and to cover the box opening of the container box.
US11378262B2
A luminaire with a tool-less assembly feature that enhances ease of installation and serviceability in the field. The luminaire's housing defines a compartment accessible via a window adjacent a pair of opposed shoulders. The luminaire further includes a lighting module dimensioned to be received and retained in the window in an interference fit with the shoulders. The lighting module may include an LED module/light guide plate and/or an LED refractor assembly/LED gear tray. A resilient member is supported on the housing in position to abut the lighting module and deflect during insertion of the lighting module through the window, and to at least partially resile to maintain the lighting module against the shoulders in an operative position on the housing. Further, the resilient member is positioned to deflect during removal and to resile to tilt or otherwise assist in ejecting the lighting module from the housing during tool-less disassembly.
US11378261B2
A linear light apparatus includes a light strip, a light passing cover, a main bracket, a bottom holder and a metal clip. The light strip having an elongated substrate mounted with LED modules. The main bracket holds the light strip for the LED modules emitting a light passing through the light passing cover. The metal clip has a first thorn and a second thorn. The metal clip is pressed to one side wall for the first thorn to stab a second insulation layer to electrically connect the bottom holder and the metal clip. The second thorn stabs a first insulation layer for the metal clip to be electrically connect to the first metal part of the main bracket.
US11378260B2
A mounting frame and an LED assembly. The mounting frame has a mounting opening which extends from a first surface of the mounting frame toward a second surface of the mounting frame. Centering ribs are provided about a circumference of the mounting opening. The centering ribs are spaced from the first surface. Retention projections are provided about the circumference of the mounting opening. The retention projections are spaced from the centering ribs.
US11378259B2
A light-emitting module includes a first mounting board which has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a recess on the first surface. An opening passes through the first mounting board from a bottom surface of the recess to the second surface. A second mounting board has a mounting surface and a light-emitting element surface opposite to the mounting surface and is provided in the recess such that the light-emitting element surface faces the bottom surface of the recess. A light-emitting element is provided on the light-emitting element surface and configured to emit light through the opening. An elastic cushion is provided between the bottom surface and the light-emitting element surface. The second mounting board projects from the first surface of the first mounting board when a force pressing the second mounting board toward the bottom surface of the recess is not applied.
US11378255B2
Starting sheet material (1) adapted for forming a reflector (2) for a lighting device (40), the starting sheet material (1) comprising a flat reflective sheet material (14) shaped as a sector of an annulus bendable into a parabolic reflector or a truncated cone reflector, the flat reflective sheet material (1) comprising a first surface (3), a second surface (4), a first edge (5) shaped as a segment of a circle with a first radius and a second edge (6) shaped as a segment of a circle with a second radius, the second radius being smaller than the first radius, a third edge (7) and a fourth edge (8), the third edge (7) and the fourth edge (8) extending between said first edge (5) and said second edge (6), wherein optical structures (9) are provided on at least a part of one of the first surface (3) and the second surface (4), said optical structures (9) enabling collimation and beam shaping of incident light, said optical structures (9) being applied to the flat reflective sheet material (14) along a direction (11) perpendicular to the radial direction (12) of the flat reflective sheet material (1).
US11378248B2
An IR illuminator used during the operation of autonomous vehicles, which provides improvement in the performance of cameras used in the vehicle at night time. An optical design of an outer lens of the IR illuminator is selected so that the outer lens forms a beam pattern for the output light from the IR light source, and also acts as a light guide for light emitted from a secondary visible light source, which is located in the same module as the IR light source, and which may be positioned on the same or a different printed circuit board as the IR light source. The material of outer lens is opalescent including scattering bodies. The optical design of the outer lens allows for improved field of view of the IR illuminator.
US11378238B2
A light string includes an illumination device, a first wire, a second wire, soldering material, and transparent adhesive. The illumination device includes two soldering portions. The conductors of the first wire and the second wire are partially exposed to form a first soldering section and a second soldering section. Soldering material is used to attach the first soldering section and the second soldering section to the two soldering portions. The transparent adhesive forms a layer over, and covers, the illumination device, the first soldering section and the second soldering section, and extends to partially cover other portions of the first wire and the second wire.
US11378228B2
The disclosure provides an electric utility vehicle with detachable platform. The electric utility vehicle may include a load platform supported on a chassis including at least two electrically driven wheels. The detachable platform may be removeably coupled to the load platform. The detachable platform may include a central hub including a top surface. The detachable platform may include three legs coupled to the central hub, each leg including an actuator configured to extend the respective leg to a ground surface while the detachable platform is coupled to the load platform. The detachable platform may include a controller configured to coordinate the actuators to control an orientation of the top surface.
US11378220B2
A system (10) for reinforcing a pipeline (90) or pressure vessel includes a dispenser (12), a quantity of fabric (14), and a resin (16). The dispenser (12) has a first end (39), a second end (32), and a slot (46) formed in a wall (48), and is pressurizable via a fluid input (74) to a pressurized state. The dispenser (12) has a seal (56) configured to permit the quantity of fabric (14) to pass through the slot (46) and retain pressure within the dispenser (12). The dispenser (12) is configured to dispense the quantity of fabric (14) through the slot (46). The quantity of fabric (14) has a first width (24).
US11378214B2
Spacers are provided for maintaining annular tube spacing, particularly at tube ends, in coaxial tubing systems, while also proving fluid passages ways permitting fluid flow between tubes of the coaxial tubing system. The spacers may be made of conductive material for enabling electrical coupling of the inner and outer tubes, and thus grounding of the inner tube. The spacers define a retention groove extending around their periphery for receiving a crimped portion of the outer tube, so as to mechanically fix the spacer in a longitudinal position relative to the coaxial tubing system. Accordingly, the spacer does not rely on “springbuck” characteristics of bent coaxial tubing systems for fixation, and thus is suitable for use in both bend and unbent portions of coaxial tubing systems.
US11378213B2
Device for supplying pressurized fluid, including a first valve housing an internal fluid circuit, the device including a second valve having an internal circuit and forming a physical entity distinct from the first valve. The first and the second valve including respective coupling members forming a detachable male/female quick-connection system for the second valve on the first valve. The two valves being configured such as to place their internal circuits in communication when the second valve is coupled to the first valve via the quick-connection system.
US11378211B2
Female quick couplings are disclosed that have a housing defining an axial bore having a first shoulder and a first slot transverse to the axial bore, a removable insert defining a restriction orifice seated against the first shoulder within the axial bore, and a locking member slidingly received in the first receptacle. The removable insert defines a restriction orifice having an upstream conical frustum and a downstream conical frustum mated at their respective smaller diameter. The upstream conical frustum has a largest diameter substantially similar to an internal diameter of the first sealing member and the downstream conical frustum has a largest diameter substantially similar to an internal diameter of the axial bore extending downstream of the first shoulder. The largest dimeter of the upstream conical frustum is larger than the largest diameter of the downstream conical frustum. Engine systems incorporating the female quick coupling are also disclosed.
US11378208B2
A pipe coupling includes a coupling segment having an inner surface defining a ring groove proximate to an axial end of the coupling segment, the ring groove comprising a groove bottom surface extending from a first end of the coupling segment to a second end of the coupling segment; and a pipe connection ring disposed within the ring groove, the pipe connection ring defining a body with two ring ends and an outer surface, the outer surface of the pipe connection ring contacting the groove bottom surface at a midpoint between the first end of the coupling segment and the second end of the coupling segment when the pipe connection ring is in an uncompressed condition. The pipe connection ring may be a split ring defining an opening between the two ring ends, which may be square, tapered, angled, or stepped.
US11378204B2
A pipe support system includes a pair of leg supports spaced apart from one another. Each of the pair of leg supports includes an elongated base and a column. The pipe support system also includes a strut coupled to each column of the pair of leg supports and at a first height above the elongated bases. A support platform coupled to each column of the pair of leg supports and at a second height above the elongated bases. The support platform defines a longitudinal axis, and the second height is different from the first height. The pipe support system further includes one or more rollers coupled to the support platform. The one or more rollers are disposed around the support platform and rotatable around the longitudinal axis.
US11378201B2
A solenoid valve is formed by engaging locking protrusions with engagement holes and thereby joining a valve body and a magnetic cover to each other. A top wall of the magnetic cover is formed by a pair of bent portions that extend from a pair of respective sidewalls of the magnetic cover and that are bent toward the space between the sidewalls. The bent portions are fastened to each other in the width direction Wd by a circuit board spacer (first fastening member), and the circuit board spacer and the valve body are fastened to each other in the axial direction Ld by a connector cover.
US11378199B2
An electrically operated valve having excellent wear resistance while suppressing cost is provided. The electrically operated valve comprises a valve main body having a valve seat; a motor including a stator fixed to the valve main body and a rotor driven to rotate with respect to the stator, a planetary gear type deceleration mechanism configured to decelerate rotation of the rotor to transmit to an output gear, a valve member configured to be movable toward and away from the valve seat in an axial direction, and a feed screw mechanism configured to convert rotational movement of the output gear into movement of the valve member in the axial direction. The planetary gear type deceleration mechanism includes a sun gear coupled to the rotor, a planetary gear engaged with the sun gear, a carrier for rotatably supporting the planetary gear, an annular ring gear engaged with the planetary gear, and a sliding member abutting against an axial end of the sun gear. The output gear has a different number of teeth than the ring gear, and engages with the planetary gear, and the sliding member is made of a different material from the material of the sun gear.
US11378189B2
A flow rate control valve has a housing including a valve body and a main communication hole and auxiliary communication holes. The valve body includes a fluid inflow portion, a main opening portion and auxiliary opening portions formed on the valve body circumferential wall and establish fluid communication. A seal member is provided between the main communication hole and the valve body, and configured to seal between the valve body and the main communication hole. The valve body establishes the communication between one auxiliary communication hole and one auxiliary opening portion regardless of a rotational position of the valve body. In addition, the valve body changes a communication state between the main communication hole and the main opening portion and a communication state between another auxiliary communication hole and another auxiliary opening portion according to the rotational position of the valve body.
US11378187B2
A hydrostatic seal configured to be disposed between relatively rotatable components is provided. The seal includes a seal housing. The seal also includes a shoe having a first axially extending segment, a second axially extending segment, and a radially extending segment joining the first and second axially extending segments, the shoe cantilevered to the seal housing.
US11378182B2
A vehicle controller controls a vehicle including an engine and an automatic transmission. The vehicle controller includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit estimates power generable by the engine based on a condition of the engine and a condition of the automatic transmission in a non-driving range, calculates a load on the automatic transmission in a driving range based on a condition of the automatic transmission in the driving range, determines whether a difference between the power and the load is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold by which an engine stall is identifiable, and limits a gear shift request from the non-driving range to the driving range when the difference is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold.
US11378171B2
A single sprocket for mounting on a pedal crank of a bicycle is provided. The sprocket h is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation of a bicycle, and for engaging in a bicycle chain with chain inner link plate pairs and chain outer link plate pairs. The sprocket includes an axial outer side, an axial inner side, a hub region, a tooth region and a connecting region. A tooth center plane of the sprocket is offset inwards in the axial direction with respect to a hub center plane.
US11378170B2
A gear device includes an internal gear, a flexible external gear, and a wave generator. The wave generator has an elliptic cam and a bearing. An inner ring has an inner ring raceway surface which a plurality of balls are in contact with, and a pair of inner ring shoulder parts. At a position of a minor axis, a first inner ring shoulder part has a greater height than a second inner ring shoulder part. At a position of a major axis, the second inner ring shoulder part has a greater height than the first inner ring shoulder part.
US11378168B2
A lock plate for an electronically actuated locking differential is provided. In one example embodiment, the lock plate includes a base portion having a first side and an opposite second side, a plurality of radially spaced teeth extending outwardly from the first side, and a plurality of standoffs extending outwardly from the second side.
US11378155B2
A junction plate for a junction device of conveyor belt intended to connect two ends of at least one conveyor belt. The junction device is of a type having at least two junction plates fastened together with the ends of the conveyor belt by fasteners each including a head and an anchoring section. The junction plate includes first interfaces to cooperate with the heads of the fasteners and second interfaces to cooperate with the anchoring sections of the fasteners. The second interfaces are distinct from the first interfaces and include inserts incorporated at least in part in the junction plate. The first and second interfaces are arranged so as to form a succession of patterns which are repeated, and each pattern has as many first interfaces as second interfaces.
US11378153B2
A centrifugal pendulum for damping rotational irregularities of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a carrier flange element connectable indirectly or directly to the driveshaft, and having multiple pendulum elements displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element, and guided via rollers in pendulum paths. Each pendulum element is displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element in the circumferential direction between a first and a second stop position. At least one friction element having defined thermal expansion properties, which are different in particular from the carrier flange element and/or the pendulum elements, is associated with the carrier flange element, and is designed and arranged in such a way that in a defined temperature range of the centrifugal pendulum, upon a movement of at least one pendulum element corresponding to the friction element in the direction of a stop position.
US11378149B2
A method of manufacturing a damper tube is provided. The method includes providing a tube having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The method includes providing a reinforcing insert, at least partly, within the first end of the tube. The method includes flattening a portion of the first end of the tube. The method also includes bending at least one of the reinforcing insert and the flattened portion of the first end of the tube into a loop. The method further includes connecting an edge of the loop to the tube.
US11378141B2
A leaf spring for a centrifugal clutch of a transport refrigeration unit, and a centrifugal clutch incorporating the leaf spring are provided. The centrifugal clutch includes a drum, a hub, at least two friction pads, and at least one leaf spring between each respective friction pad. The leaf spring includes a frame and an indicator tab. The indicator tab of the leaf spring is configured to indicate when at least one friction pad of the centrifugal clutch is in need of replacement. This indication may be in the form of an audible sound generated when the indicator tab engages the internally facing surface of the drum. The indicator tab may be configured to only be able to engage the internally facing surface of the drum when the friction material of the friction pad has a thickness suggesting it is worn.
US11378137B2
A drive train includes a drive element, an output element and a thermal overload safeguard. The thermal overload safeguard is configured in such a way that there is a connection between the drive element and the output element below a critical temperature, and the drive element and the output element are decoupled mechanically from one another above the critical temperature.
US11378132B2
A torque tube assembly includes a torque tube, and a fitting attached to the torque tube by a first EMF joint and by a second EMF joint. The first EMF joint comprises a first plurality of torque lands formed proximate a first end of the torque tube and a first plurality of fitting lands formed proximate a first end of the fitting. The second EMF joint comprises a second plurality of torque lands formed distal to the first end of the torque tube and a second plurality of fitting lands formed distal to the first end of the fitting.
US11378130B2
There is disclosed a guide carriage for roller-mounted guiding on a guide rail having at least one carriage roller track on which roller members which can be arranged between guide carriages and a guide rail can be rolled, wherein the carriage roller track, in particular in order to establish a load acting on the guide carriage or wear, is associated with a pressure-sensitive sensor device which can be loaded by the roller members and which has sensors which are arranged in a manner distributed in the rolling direction and which in order to evaluate the sensor signals thereof can be connected in terms of signaling to an evaluation device. There are further disclosed a route guide having such a guide carriage and a method for establishing the load on the guide carriage.
US11378124B2
A clip for providing a sliding force towards a movable substrate, the clip including at least one strip, where the at least one strip comprises a first axial end and a second axial end and an arcuate shape between the first axial end and the second axial end; where the at least one strip is a metal strip including a sliding layer at an outbound side.
US11378119B2
A connector includes a body having gear teeth. A first sleeve is rotatably coupled to the body. A moveable member is positioned in a hole of the first sleeve. A second sleeve is movable with respect to the first sleeve between a locked and unlocked positions. A releasable locking member is positioned between the moveable member and the gear teeth. In the unlocked position of the second sleeve, a recess formed in the second sleeve is aligned with the opening. Upon rotation of the first sleeve, the moveable member is translated into the recess as the releasable locking member travels along the gear teeth. In the locked position of the second sleeve, the recess is rotationally spaced from the opening, and, the releasable locking member is sandwiched between the gear teeth and the moveable member to prevent rotation of the first sleeve with respect to the connector body.
US11378111B2
A clip includes a clip portion, a neck, and a hook portion. The clip portion includes a base arranged at the bottom side and having at least one tooth projecting from it, at least one clip arm connected to the base at a proximal end and having an opposite distal end spaced from the base and extending toward the rear end. A neck is connected to the clip portion and extends toward the front end. A hook portion is connected to the neck opposite the clip portion.
US11378107B2
A piston and cylinder unit (1) of a working machine, for example a wheel loader, excavator, tipper, crane or stacker or a lifting platform serves to steer, support, extend, pivot, lift or other movements of the working machine or of a tool or a different part of the working machine. The piston and cylinder unit (1) includes a cylinder (2), a piston (7) being arranged in the cylinder (2) to be axially movable and a piston position detection unit (28) detecting the axial position of the piston (7) in the cylinder (2) by high frequency technology. The piston position detection unit (28) includes a housing (3) and an electronic unit being arranged in the housing is arranged in a mounting bore (27) extending radially in the cylinder (2). The piston position detection unit (28) is arranged in the mounting bore (27) such that the interior (3) of the cylinder (2) is sealed from the surroundings of the piston and cylinder unit (1) by the housing (29).
US11378101B2
A shovel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body pivotally mounted on the lower traveling body, a hydraulic pump mounted on the upper turning body, a hydraulic actuator driven by hydraulic oil discharged from the hydraulic pump, an operating device used to operate the actuator, and a control device configured to control an acceleration/deceleration characteristic of the hydraulic actuator in response to an operation of the operating device depending on a work mode.
US11378093B2
A rotor for a compressor includes a hub and a plurality of airfoils having a root, a tip opposite the root and a span that extends from 0% at the root to 100% at the tip. Each of the airfoils is coupled to the hub at the root and is spaced apart from adjacent ones of the airfoils over the span by a throat dimension. The throat dimension has a maximum value at a spanwise location between 60% of the span and 90% of the span of the adjacent ones of the airfoils. The throat dimension between 90% of the span and the tip of the adjacent ones of the plurality of airfoils has a first value that is less than 70% of the maximum value.
US11378091B2
The present invention relates to an impeller for a centrifugal pump including a recessed impeller pump which provides improved pumping efficiency, is less subject to wear and tear and provides maximal vortex generation.
US11378086B2
A small-sized electric fan using a USB power source has such a structure that the small-sized electric fan is provided with: a body case 1; a blade part 2; a motor M that rotationally drives the blade part; a USB cable 3 provided with a connector 4 that is detachably connected to the USB power source; and a lid case 5 that is provided to the body case 1 so as to be openable/closable and turnable, in which the body case 1 is provided with a groove part 12 that can store therein the USB cable when the USB cable 3 is wound around the groove part 12, on a case side surface part 11 along a rotation direction of the blade part 2, a connector inserting part 14 to which the connector 4 of the USB cable 3 can be inserted is provided on the case side surface part 11 or a case back surface part 13 of the body case 1, and the USB cable 3 has a cable length that allows the connector 4 to be inserted to the connector inserting part 14, when the USB cable 3 is wound around the groove part 12 of the case side surface part 11 at least once.
US11378084B2
A turbo pump acts on a liquid, and an apparatus and a method suppresses or alleviates a cavitation surge which is a unique phenomenon occurring in a turbo pump for a liquid. A method of operating a turbo pump while suppressing cavitation, includes: measuring a flow rate upstream of the turbo pump and a flow rate downstream of the turbo pump for delivering a liquid and comparing the flow rates with each other; if the upstream flow rate is lower than the downstream flow rate, reducing a pressure in a pump suction section to increase an upstream flow velocity while reducing a pressure in a pump discharge section to lower a downstream flow velocity; and if the downstream flow rate is lower than the upstream flow rate, increasing the pressure in the pump discharge section to increase the downstream flow velocity while increasing the pressure in the pump suction section.
US11378080B2
In a compressor, a sufficient insulation distance is ensured between a motor and a compression mechanism, and the amount of lubricating oil that flows out with refrigerant discharged from the compressor is reduced, while the volume of the compressor is reduced. The compressor includes: a compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant; a motor unit above the compression mechanism to drive the compression mechanism; a shell that houses the compression mechanism and the motor unit; and a lower insulating member between the compression mechanism and the motor unit. The motor unit includes a stator fixed to the shell, and a rotor spaced from an inner circumferential surface of the stator by a predetermined gap. The rotor has a rotor passage that causes spaces above and below the motor unit to communicate with each other, and the lower insulating member is in a region outward of the inner circumferential surface of the stator.
US11378069B2
A compressor is disclosed. The compressor compressing and discharging a refrigerant sucked into a cylinder includes a cylinder forming a compression space of the refrigerant and having a cylindrical shape; a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder along an axial direction and having a cylindrical shape; a suction valve disposed at a front of the piston; a plate disposed in a rear of the piston, the plate comprising a flow groove into which the refrigerant is sucked; and a rod extending along the axial direction, one end of the rod being disposed on the suction valve, and other end of the rod being disposed on the plate.
US11378064B2
Provided is a brush arrangement of a wind turbine lightning protection system, realized to provide a current path from a hub to a canopy of the wind turbine, which brush arrangement includes a brush holder arranged to hold a brush in electrical contact with a contact surface at the exterior of the canopy, which contact surface is electrically connected to the hub; a bracket arranged to electrically connect the brush with a mounting plate; characterized by an access opening in the front wall of the canopy, which access opening is dimensioned to accommodate the bracket and brush holder; and a mounting arrangement for securing the mounting plate to the canopy front wall over the access opening, from within the canopy interior. A wind turbine including a lightning protection system with at least one such brush arrangement is also provided.
US11378060B2
A method is disclosed for controlling a wind turbine, where the wind turbine includes with a tower and a rotor and comprises having at least one rotor blade with an adjustable blade pitch angle, and where a change in a power value takes place in a time interval (TE) and by the control of one or more operating parameters which determine power to be fed in by the wind turbine. The method comprises determining a parameterized time function of a tower deflection for the time interval (TE). A series of boundary conditions are defined for the parameterized time function of the tower deflection and a thrust of the rotor of the wind turbine is determined for the parameterized time function of the tower deflection. A function is then calculated for controlling the one or more operating parameters from the thrust of the rotor.
US11378059B2
A system and method are provided for controlling a wind. Accordingly, a current condition of a generator of the wind turbine is determined, and an approach of the current condition to a current-dependent limit is detected. The speed of the generator is affected so as to alter a rotor/stator balance of the generator such that the current-dependent limit is not exceeded and the wind turbine can operate at a rated power.
US11378058B2
A hydraulic circuit for a wind turbine is provided. The hydraulic circuit includes: a fixed displacement pump including a suction input and a delivery output, a pump motor for driving the fixed displacement pump, a pressure line hydraulically connected to the delivery output of the fixed displacement pump for delivering an output flow and/or an output pressure generated by the fixed displacement pump towards at least a consumer circuit, a bypass valve including a valve input hydraulically connected to the delivery output of the fixed displacement pump, wherein the bypass valve includes a variable opening for controlling the output flow or the output pressure delivered by the fixed displacement pump towards the consumer circuit(s).
US11378050B2
The invention relates to a wheeled vehicle (1) comprising: a chassis (2) carrying an engine (4), a starter (5) of the engine and a device for actuating said starter (5), a control unit, and an activatable/deactivatable device for energising the control unit, said vehicle (1) having an economical operating mode in which, in the activated state of the energising device, the control unit is designed to allow the motor (4) to be stopped without actuation of the energising device, said stoppage being called energised stoppage of the engine (4). The vehicle (1) comprises a memory for storing data relating to the number of starts of the engine (4) and the control unit is designed to allow or prohibit the energised stoppage of the engine (4), in the economical operating mode, according to said stored data.
US11378047B2
An accessory drive, including a planetary gear set with a plurality of components arranged to be concentrically disposed around a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The plurality of components includes: a sun gear; a planet carrier; a ring gear; and a planet gear meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. A first component of the planetary gear set: is arranged to non-rotatably connect to a rotor of an electric motor/generator; and is arranged to connect to a power transfer component for least one accessory. A second component of the planetary gear set is arranged to non-rotatably connect to the crankshaft. For a starting mode of the accessory drive, the electric motor/generator is arranged to: rotate the first component of the planetary gear set; and rotate the second component of the planetary gear set with respect to the first component of the planetary gear set.
US11378046B2
A fuel supply apparatus mounted in a fuel tank has a fuel pump portion for sucking a fuel stored in the fuel tank and then discharging the fuel to the outside. The fuel supply apparatus includes a harness that is connected with an external power source; a power-sending connector portion a power-sending connector portion that is provided in a harness and has power-sending terminals having respective spring portions, a power-receiving connector portion that is provided in a fuel pump portion and has power-receiving terminals to be connected with the power-sending terminals, respectively, when contact pressure based on elastic force of the spring portions, as elastic portions, is provided thereto, and an insulator that covers at least base portions of the power-receiving terminals and at least parts of the spring portions of the power-sending terminals when the power-receiving terminals are connected with the power-sending terminals.
US11378038B2
An exhaust duct for an engine includes an outer exhaust duct and a nested exhaust duct capable of having at least two configurations. The nested exhaust duct is circumferentially surrounded by the outer exhaust duct for a first length of the nested exhaust duct in a first configuration. The nested exhaust duct is circumferentially surrounded by the outer exhaust duct for a second length of the nested exhaust duct in a second configuration, which is less than the first length.
US11378035B2
An engine control device includes a processor configured to execute a fuel injection control including: a first fuel injection processing for injecting an amount of fuel according to a first intake air amount based on an intake air flow rate detected by an air flow sensor; and a second fuel injection processing for injecting an amount of fuel according to a second intake air amount based on a throttle opening degree detected by a throttle position sensor. The processor selects the first fuel injection processing when a pulsation rate of the intake air flow rate is equal to or lower than a pulsation rate threshold value, and selects the second fuel injection processing when the pulsation rate is higher than the pulsation rate threshold value. The pulsation rate threshold value is smaller when a temperature correlation value is low than when the temperature correlation value is high.
US11378028B2
Systems and methods for determining degradation of a cylinder deactivation mechanism are described. In one example, engine data generated while an engine is operation with all of its cylinders active is used to correct engine data generated while one or more engine cylinders are deactivated to improve detection of a degraded cylinder deactivation mechanism.
US11378027B2
The invention provides a method for controlling an internal combustion engine (2) for controlling an internal combustion engine (2) comprising at least one first cylinder (201) and at least one second cylinder (202) with respective reciprocating pistons, an intake guide (305) arranged to guide air from a fresh air intake arrangement (303) to the first and second cylinders (201, 202), a fuel system (801, 802) arranged to inject fuel into the first and second cylinders (201, 202), a first exhaust guide (401) and a second exhaust guide (402) arranged to guide gases from the first and second cylinders (201, 202), respectively, towards an exhaust after treatment system (7), the method comprising—receiving (S1) in the first cylinder (201), from the intake guide (305), air from the fresh air intake arrangement (303) or gases including air from the fresh air intake arrangement (303), —expelling from the first cylinder (201), to the first exhaust guide (401), gases in the form of the air received in the first cylinder, or in the form of exhaust gases from combustions in the first cylinder, including a portion of the air received in the first cylinder (201), —controlling (S4) a first exhaust valve (411) located in the first exhaust guide (401) so as to reduce or inhibit the transport of the gases from the first cylinder (201) to the exhaust after treatment system (7) and simultaneously recirculating the gases from the first exhaust guide (401) to the intake guide (305) by means of an exhaust gas recirculating (EGR) passage (404), —receiving in the second cylinder (202), from the intake guide (305), at least a portion of the gases recirculated from the first exhaust guide (401) to the intake guide (305), —injecting (S5) fuel into the second cylinder (202) so as to provide repetitive combustions with air in the received gases, —expelling from the second cylinder (202), to the second exhaust guide (402), the exhaust gases produced by the combustions in the second cylinder (202), and—controlling a second exhaust valve (412) located in the second exhaust guide (402) so as to guide the exhaust gases expelled from the second cylinder through the second exhaust guide (402) towards the exhaust after treatment system (7).
US11378023B2
The present invention relates to a gas tank arrangement (100) for an internal combustion engine (102), said gas tank arrangement (100) comprising a gas tank (104) for containing a combustible gas, and an additional gas tank (106) arranged in upstream fluid communication with said internal combustion engine (102), wherein the gas tank arrangement (100) further comprises a valve arrangement (108) positioned in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine (102), wherein the valve arrangement (108) is further arranged in upstream fluid communication with the gas tank (104) and the additional gas tank (106) for controllably direct combustible gas from the internal combustion engine (102) to either the gas tank (104) or the additional gas tank (106).
US11378018B2
A fuel metering system includes a metering valve having a first inlet fluidly coupled to a source of fluid at a first pressure, a second inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet. The metering valve includes a slot, and a valve body movable to control an amount of fluid supplied to the first and second outlet. The fuel metering system includes a servo valve fluidly coupled to the second inlet and to a second source of fluid at a second pressure. The servo valve is in fluid communication with the second inlet and a body of the servo valve is movable to supply a fluid to move the valve body. The slot is configured to variably restrict the flow of the fluid through the second outlet to balance a force applied by a biasing member. The fuel metering system includes a fixed flow restriction downstream of the second outlet.
US11378017B2
A turbofan engine has an engine core including in flow series a compressor, a combustor and a turbine. The engine further has a fan located upstream of the engine core, has a supersonic intake for slowing down incoming air to subsonic velocities at an inlet to the fan formed by the intake, has a bypass duct surrounding the engine core, wherein the fan generates a core airflow to the engine core and a bypass airflow through the bypass duct, and has a mixer for mixing an exhaust gas flow exiting the engine core and bypass airflow exiting bypass duct. The engine further has a thrust nozzle rearwards of the mixer for discharging mixed flows, the thrust nozzle having a variable area throat. The engine further has a controller controlling the thrust produced by the engine over a range of flight operations including on-the-ground subsonic take-off and subsequent off-the-ground subsonic climb.
US11378007B2
A system and method of an airflow control system for a vehicle is described herein. The airflow control system (100) includes an airflow housing (120) defining an airflow passageway (125) extending between a bypass opening (122) and an intake outlet (124). The airflow housing also defines a duct opening (126) positioned between the bypass opening (122) and the intake outlet (124). The intake outlet (124) may be in fluid communication with an engine intake (12) of the vehicle such that air passes from the bypass opening (122) and/or the duct opening (126) to the engine intake (12). The airflow control system (100) also includes a movable duct (160) movably connected to the airflow housing (120) to selectively allow or prevent air passage through the duct opening (126) and into the engine intake (12), and further includes a bypass door (140) movably connected to the airflow housing (120) to selectively allow or prevent air passage through the bypass opening (122) and into the engine intake (12).
US11378003B2
A compressor for a supercharging device of an internal combustion engine and a supercharging device are described. The compressor has an iris diaphragm mechanism that has a special drive. The drive includes an adjusting ring as an integral constituent part of an actuator of the drive and is formed as a rotor, which surrounds an air supply channel, of an electric motor. This results in a significantly simplified structural form of the drive.
US11377992B2
The invention relates to a method for regenerating a particulate filter in the exhaust gas channel of an internal combustion engine. Here, the particulate filter is divided into several zones for determining the loading state, and, at the same time, a temperature distribution over the cross section of the particulate filter is determined. In order to prevent the soot retained in the edge zones of in the particulate filter from being insufficiently oxidized, when it is ascertained that the edge zones have been sufficiently loaded, the exhaust gas temperature is raised to a temperature which, in spite of the heat losses in the edge areas, lies above the temperature at which oxidation of the soot particles can take place. The invention further relates to an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas channel and a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust gas channel, said internal combustion engine being configured to carry out such a method.
US11377980B2
A self-resetting single-valve double-piston hydraulic drive device and method for an overhead cam engine is disclosed. 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. When the drive control valve opens, the primary driving piston and the secondary driving piston realize a hydraulic linkage, during a drive lift, the secondary driving piston opens the exhaust valve. At the beginning of the positive-power lift, the secondary driving piston is automatically reset. When the control valve is closed, during the drive lift of an integrated cam, the primary driving piston absorbs the drive lift of an integrated cam assembly, the rocker arm body and the bridge body do not move, and the drive lift of the integrated cam is not transmitted to the exhaust valve.
US11377979B2
A turbine includes a rotary shaft; a turbine impeller attached to the rotary shaft; a housing including a turbine housing that accommodates the turbine impeller; and a bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft. The turbine housing includes a first discharge path configured to discharge gas in a space, in which the bearing is provided, to an exhaust gas outlet port in the turbine housing. A bottom surface of the first discharge path is constituted of an inclined portion descending from a first inlet opening toward a first outlet opening, or is constituted of the inclined portion and a horizontal portion that continuously extends horizontally from the inclined portion.
US11377978B2
A ventilated chamber (19), subject to an irruption of air at a pressure higher than that in a surrounding chamber (20) through labyrinth seals separating them and evacuation of excess air through an evacuation duct (30), comprises a motor-driven compressor (32) in the evacuation duct to facilitate suction and evacuation, even when the engine speed does not allow a large overpressure in the chamber (20).
US11377977B2
A gas turbine engine with a lubrication system includes a ball bearing assembly and a rotor circumscribing a rotational axis and journaled within the ball bearing assembly. The gas turbine engine also includes a lubrication system located radially outward from a rotational axis and radially outward and adjacent to the ball bearing assembly, which includes a lubrication channel having an inlet and an outlet and a dispersion cone adjacent to the outlet of the lubrication channel.
US11377952B2
Provided is a method for radially mining open-pit end slope pressed coal, including: L-shaped or U-shaped main tunnel arrangements, and radially mining; branch tunnels are formed by excavating tunnels in directions perpendicular to or obliquely crossing the main tunnel from the L-shaped or U-shaped main tunnel; In the mining method, a coal mining system and a transportation system both adopt a remote control mode, a tunneling machine excavates a tunnel to product coal; a rubber belt conveyor conveys coal; the main tunnel adopts an exhaust ventilation mode, the branch tunnels adopt a blowing ventilation mode; the lengths of the branch tunnels do not exceed a farthest control distance of a remote control system; the length of each main tunnel needs to ensure that all the end slope pressed coal is mined under the premise that the branch tunnels do not exceed the farthest control distance of the remote control system.
US11377945B2
A computer-based method and system for predicting the propagation of cracks along a pipe is provided, wherein successive time-indexed ultrasound images of a pipe surface are captured and digitized. A computer vision algorithm processes the images to identify defects in the pipe, including cracks. At least one blob detection module is used to identify groups of cracks on the pipe surface that have created detectable areas of stress concentration or a prescribed likelihood of crack coalescence or crack cross-influence. The center locations and radial extents of respective blobs are each parametrized as a function of time and pipe surface location by determining parity relationships between successive digital data sets from successive captured images. The determined parity relationships are then used as training data for a machine learning process to train a system implementing the method to predict the propagation of cracks along the pipe.
US11377943B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for pumping multiple wellbores from a common pumping source. A fluid pump of known operating pump capacity can be selected. The pump can be fluidly connected to a common pumping source that is fluidly connected with each of a plurality of cased wellbores in a subterranean formation for providing pumped fracturing fluid to each of the wellbores. Each of the plurality of wellbores can have at least one perforation through a casing of the wellbore with a known rate range within which fracturing fluid is required to be provided to the perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation, through the perforation. Further, the wellbores can be configured so that the common pumping source provides fracturing fluid to each of the perforations within the known rate range of the respective perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation.
US11377938B1
Techniques of the present disclosure relate to downhole perforation operations using fluid containing hollow spheres. A method comprising: disposing a perforating apparatus in a volume of hollow particles in a wellbore; and detonating the perforating apparatus to collapse a portion of the hollow particles to increase flow through at least one perforation resulting from a detonation.
US11377933B2
A shunt system for a wellbore includes a first set of tubes defining a first plurality of fluid paths and a second set of tubes defining a second plurality of fluid paths. The shunt system also includes a mixing chamber positioned between the first set of tubes and the second set of tubes to allow slurry from the first plurality of fluid paths to mix together prior to outputting the slurry to the second set of tubes. Further, the shunt system is positionable external to one or more sand screens.
US11377926B2
A method of deploying plugging devices in a well can include a spacing between the plugging devices by controlling a ratio flow rates through intersecting pipes. A deployment apparatus can include an actuator and a release structure that releases the plugging devices into a conduit connected to a tubular string in the well. Another method of deploying plugging devices in a well can include operating an actuator, thereby displacing a release structure, and the release structure releasing the plugging devices into the well in response to operating the actuator. Another deployment apparatus can include intersecting pipes and a valve that selectively permits and prevents displacement of the plugging devices through one of the pipes.
US11377921B2
The present concept is a method of slot recovery for the oil industry. The method involves running an internal cutter down the production casing to cut through a preselected number of existing casings at predetermined depths before drilling around the outermost preselected casing with a hollow drill bit. The hollow drill bit drills through the preslected outermost casing cement to the predetermined depth before a removal tool attached to the inside of the production casing is used to remove the existing casings to the predetermined depth. These steps are repeated using appropriately sized hollow drill bits and casings to drill around the next preselected outermost casings to the next predetermined depth, continuously removing the existing casings until all desired existing casings are removed.
US11377919B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a method for minimizing formation damage while drilling an oil or gas well. An Annular Pressure Control Diverter is designed to be positioned below the conventional blowout preventer stack, and is activated during near balanced drilling operations to seal the annulus between the drill pipe and the production casing. Returned drilling fluid and produced fluids are diverted up the annulus between the production casing and intermediate casing and through a well head located below an all-inclusive BOP stack. The seal elements within the Annular Pressure Control Diverter do not rotate. Doors are provided on each side of the Annular Pressure Control Diverter to permit changing of the seal elements. The Annular Pressure Control Diverter also is used to ensure the capture of methane while drilling in a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir.
US11377913B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an offshore drilling rig comprising: a drill floor (107) defining a well center (123); a hoisting system configured to advance a tubular string (128) downwards through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124) and to apply a lifting force to a tubular string (128) extending through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124), the lifting force being large enough to support at least a major part of an apparent weight of the tubular string (128); and an anti-recoil system (218) configured to cause, in case of a sudden reduction of a load suspended from the drilling rig, the hoisting system to raise the tubular string (128) while preventing damage to the hoisting system.
US11377903B2
A roller shade mounting element comprising: a bracket having a first end configured to couple to a support surface and configured to support a roller window shade assembly; a first surface carried by the first end configured to bear against the support surface; a second end included in the bracket substantially opposite the first end; a second surface carried by the second end disposed between the first end and the second end, the second surface configured to support an end of the roller window shade assembly; and a member coupled with the bracket and configured to engage the roller window shade assembly, and the member configured to limit rotation of at least a portion of the roller window shade assembly; and, wherein the combination of the bracket and the roller window shade assembly completely obscures at least a portion of the bracket to an observer.
US11377892B2
A driver for a vehicle window regulator, having a pane holder for fastening to a window pane, and a rail slider with a guide region and a sliding insert lying therein. The pane holder has an approximately cylindrical connecting section which is inserted along an axial direction into a holder section of the rail slider and is surrounded by said holder section at least in sections along a circumferential direction, and the connecting section has a receptacle and the holder section has a passage opening, which receptacle and passage opening are arranged aligned with each other along a radial direction, and a joining pin is inserted into the passage opening and the receptacle.
US11377891B2
A hinge for mounting a door on a piece of furniture or the like comprises a hinge arm, a box connected to the hinge arm by an articulation system comprising a plurality of movable connecting levers and seven articulation axes, spring means acting in closing direction of the hinge, and a damping device having an actuation member linearly movable according to a longitudinal axis; the damping device is at least partially enclosed between the side walls of the hinge arm, and the actuation member of the damping device extends at a front end of the hinge arm facing the hinge box for contacting thrust element of one of the connecting levers of the articulation system or integral with one of the connecting levers or with the hinge box at least in a range near the closing position of the hinge.
US11377890B1
An appliance includes an appliance body having a front panel defining a connector slot. A hinge receiver is coupled with the appliance body and has opposing side walls defining a receiving space therebetween. The hinge receiver includes a first striker positioned above a second striker. The first and second strikers are aligned with the connector slot. A hinge arm assembly includes a hinge arm configured to engage with the second striker and a latch cam hingedly coupled with the hinge arm. The latch cam is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and a top surface of the latch cam abuts the first striker in the engaged position. A door is rotatably coupled with the appliance body by the hinge receiver and the hinge assembly and is rotatable about a door axis between open and closed positions.
US11377887B2
An exit device for a door includes an actuator, a first rod, a second rod, a transom latch, and a side latch having a hook latch head. The side latch may be a mortise latch which may include a plurality of grooves for alignment during installation. When installed in an associated door, the exit device may withstand multiple impacts from windborne objects or pressures induced by high winds.
US11377885B2
A latch assembly comprises an outside housing, a door latch, an external lever handle, a plunger, a resilient member, and a handle cam. The handle cam comprises a cam surface juxtaposed against and in sliding relation with a plunger cam surface. The plunger is maintained in the latched position when the external lever handle is in the retracted position by the resilient member, whereby an entry door cannot be unintentionally shifted from the closed position, and the plunger is displaced from the latched position to the unlatched position when the external lever handle is displaced from the retracted position to the extended position by the cam surface of the handle cam bearing against the plunger cam surface, whereby the entry door is free to be shifted from the closed position to the open position.
US11377884B2
A lock device includes a base member fixed on an opening/closing member, an operation member rotatably supported on the base member, and a rod configured to move forward and backward to be engaged with and disengaged from a locked portion of the fixed member in response to operation of the operation member. The operation member includes a pivot portion and a transmission portion. The base member includes a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion. When the transmission portion presses an inclined surface of the rod and thus causes the rod to move backward, the first attachment portion abuts against the rod, thereby limiting movement of the rod in the direction intersecting with the forward and backward movement direction of the rod.
US11377879B2
A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle side-door latch, comprising a latch plate and comprising a locking mechanism which is mounted on the latch plate and consists substantially of a catch and pawl. The latch plate has an inlet jaw for a latch holder that enters therein and interacts with the locking mechanism. The inlet jaw is reinforced by a circumferential flange. According to the invention, the flange has at least one interruption which completely or partially reduces its installation height in order to compensate for deformations of the latch plate caused by tensile forces.
US11377876B2
A lock assembly includes a lock element, and a lock housing including a receptacle for receiving therein the lock element. The lock housing includes a lock device that in a locked configuration is in locking engagement with the lock element and in an unlocked configuration is not in locking engagement with the lock element. A magnetic member magnetically holds the lock element in the receptacle against a force of gravity in the unlocked configuration.
US11377873B2
An exemplary latchbolt assembly includes a latchbolt, a locking sleeve, and a roller engaged between the latchbolt and the locking sleeve. The latchbolt is configured to drive the roller from a first position to a second position as the latchbolt moves from a projected position to a depressed position. The locking sleeve includes a blocking surface and a recessed portion. When the blocking surface is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve retains the roller in the first position, thereby retaining the latchbolt in the projected position. When the recessed portion is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve permits movement of the roller from the first position to the second position, thereby enabling depression of the latchbolt.
US11377868B2
A modular tent frame system includes a number of folding frame elements which permit the shelter to be rapidly deployed in extreme environmental conditions. Telescopically sliding legs permit the tent frame to be unfolded, and the tent fabric attached to the frame, which the frame is on the ground and the tent can then be raised by sliding the outer leg elements up the inner leg elements to thereby raise the tent to the desired height, even in high winds.
US11377851B2
Provided is a stringer having a first stiffener extending along a path and having a first flange portion and a first web portion, wherein the first stiffener is formed from a composite including a fabric reinforcement; a second stiffener extending along the path and having a second flange portion and a second web portion, the first web portion being opposed and spaced from the second web portion, wherein the second stiffener is formed from a composite including a fabric reinforcement; and an intermediate stiffener extending along the path, the intermediate stiffener being positioned between the first web portion and the second web portion, the intermediate stiffener having a first side and a second side, the first side being connected to the first web portion and the second side being connected to the second web portion, wherein the intermediate stiffener is formed from a composite including unidirectional reinforcement fibers.
US11377847B2
A unitized curtain wall system includes pre-assembled, pre-glazed aluminum framed curtain wall units. Vertical mullion components and top and bottom horizontal rail components interconnect adjacent curtain wall panels. The curtain wall units are suspended from one or more upper anchors installed on an upper floor slab. The bottom horizontal rail components are engaged with top horizontal rail components of adjacent, lower curtain wall units forming a continuous beam scheme for vertical mullion components and configured to accept lateral loads. The gravity loads of curtain wall units are supported by one or more floor anchors. Organic shaped insulating forms are disposed laterally between top and bottom horizontal rail components of adjacent curtain wall panels. The forms are compressible to permit flexing vertical movement of the curtain wall units while reducing air movement in a horizontal cavity formed between the top and bottom horizontal rail components forming a stack joint.
US11377846B2
A beam and bolting construction method and an example dwelling (10) according to the method are provided. The method involves preliminary steps of selecting a site and determining a bolt array (19) and selection of dimensions and materials. Actual construction steps include forming a foundation slab (14) having vertical bolts (18) embedded therein in accordance with the bolt array (19). Alternating layers of beams (B), having aligned bolt bores (52) for receiving the bolts, are successively laid down over the bolts (18), with sides meeting at corners (29) with alternating sides encompassing the corner bolt. Once a desired height is achieved, washers (72) and nuts (78) are placed on the bolts and are tightened to desired pressure levels. The dwelling (10) is formed with beams (42) compressed together by threaded bolts (18) in a bolt array (19).
US11377842B2
A living space is disclosed including one or more adjustable or reconfigurable rooms. A room may be made reconfigurable by including fixed walls and a frame that is mounted to move in a first direction between a first position coextensive with the fixed walls and a second position that is extended relative to the fixed walls. The room may further include panels mounted in the frame configured to move in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, to seal off a front of the room. In examples, the panels may store against the frame when not in use.
US11377839B2
A structural frame for a building, comprising: adjacent first and second columns; at least one precast concrete floor slab having first and second corner indents located in two adjacent corners and a first elongated edge beam defined between the first and second corner indents, the first elongated edge beam being disposed between the first and second columns such that the first and second columns are received in the first and second corner indents and that the first elongated edge beam abuts the first and second columns; and a first tendon assembly extending between the first and second columns and adapted to be tensioned to compress the first elongated edge beam between the first and second columns, the first tendon assembly including at least one left cable and at least one right cable located symmetrically on either sides of a vertical center plane of the first and second columns.
US11377816B2
A shovel includes a traveling body, a turning body mounted on the traveling body, a work attachment including a boom attached to the turning body, an arm attached to an end of the boom, and an end attachment attached to an end of the arm, and a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions and configured to read and execute the instructions stored in the memory to control a turning operation of the turning body in accordance with a predetermined operation of the work attachment to cause the end attachment to perform the predetermined operation as seen in a plan view in response to an operation by an operator.
US11377812B2
A connection system for coupling a working assembly to a work vehicle includes a frame having a mounting portion at a first longitudinal end of the frame. The mounting portion is configured to directly couple to a frame of the work vehicle. The connection assembly also includes a mounting assembly at a second longitudinal end of the frame of the connection system. Additionally, the connection system includes a receiver assembly movably coupled to the frame of the connection system. The receiver assembly is configured to rotate about a point of rotation positioned along the frame of the connection system. The receiver assembly is configured to couple to a connector assembly on an arm of the work vehicle. A top part of the receiver assembly is substantially longitudinally aligned with the point of rotation while the receiver assembly is in a receiving position.
US11377809B2
A staking system includes a multifaceted support, each of the faces including a separate aperture to allow a stake to mount therethrough at varying angles. The support may be made of two separable elements. A bail is hingedly mounted in the support and set between various positions over the top of the support. A puller can be used to cause lever-action removal of the stake from the ground, and the pullet may be adjected to various distances. The support may be rotated along the ground surface to provide better attack angles for the lever-actuated removal.
US11377801B2
A resilient platform assembly has a playing deck with horizontally disposed deck panels. Each deck panel has a pair of foot flanges on the bottom of the deck panels. Receiving shoes are attached to the deck panels and configured to receive the foot flanges of the deck panels. A transverse member, perpendicular to the horizontally disposed deck panels, includes a plurality of notches. Each notch is cut in the transverse member in a predetermined spacing pattern. The receiving shoes are installed in the notches and the deck panels are attached to the transverse member through the receiving shoes. Resilient mounts connect the transverse member to a support assembly and allow relative motion between the transverse member and the support assembly. The resilient mounts include a first spring capture assembly attached to the support assembly, a second spring capture assembly attached to the transverse members, and a plurality of springs disposed between the first spring capture assembly and the second spring capture assembly.
US11377799B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to a mold inhibiting composition. The mold inhibiting composition can be used to treat various different substrates, including building material products, such as facing layers for wallboard. In general, any suitable paper product may be treated with the composition. The composition contains a mold inhibiting agent in combination with a defoamer. The mold inhibiting agent may comprise a pyrithione. The defoamer, on the other hand, may comprise an oil based defoamer containing metal oxide particles, such as silica particles. The mold inhibiting composition can be combined with a water repellent and applied to a substrate without excessive amounts of foam or froth being formed. The defoamer is selected so as to not interfere with the resulting water absorption properties of the product.
US11377793B2
The present invention relates to papermaking fabrics useful in the manufacture of paper products, such as tissue paper. Particularly this invention relates to a woven papermaking fabric that includes a stabilized weave providing a textured contacting surface. The woven papermaking fabric includes a plurality of warp and shute filaments woven together to provide at least one protuberance on the web contacting side of the fabric that extends longitudinally over at least five shute filaments. The at least one protuberance is stabilized by including an offset shute float weave pattern configured such that a majority of the shute filaments forming the at least one protuberance are woven in an anti-nesting configuration.
US11377780B2
A method to control operation of a laundry dryer. The method includes starting a drying cycle, and receiving a user input command through one of a first interface and a second interface. If the command is provided through the first interface, a first working routine is started. If the same command is provided through the second interface, a second working routine is started. The second routing is different in at least one operational parameter than the first working routine. A laundry dryer configured to perform the method is also provided.
US11377777B2
A washing machine includes a washing barrel, a water collecting device for collecting the discharged water of the washing barrel and a drainage channel. A first drainage outlet is arranged on a lower part of a barrel wall. The drainage channel is arranged on an outer wall of the washing barrel, and communicates with the first drainage outlet, to guide water discharged from the washing barrel to a part below the washing barrel. An upper part of the drainage channel is provided with a water inlet, a lower part is provided with a water outlet. The drainage channel covers the first drainage outlet of the barrel wall in a sealed manner, and the water inlet communicates with the first drainage outlet. The water collecting device comprises a water collecting cavity and a second drainage outlet. The water outlet of the drainage channel, is arranged within the water collecting cavity.
US11377774B2
A drum washing machine and a spraying system and a sealed window gasket. The drum washing machine includes a box, an outer barrel and an inner barrel that are arranged from outside to inside, the sealed window gasket is arranged between the box and the outer barrel. The spraying system includes a circulating pump, a water retaining structure and water spraying pipes, a water inlet of the circulating pump extends into the outer barrel, and a water outlet of the circulating pump is in communication with the p water spraying pipes; the water spraying pipes are all arranged on the sealed window gasket; and the water retaining structure is arranged inside the sealed window gasket, and the water retaining structure is provided such that washing water sprayed from each water spraying pipe can be scattered and reflected into the inner barrel. Thus, maintenance and installation are simpler.
US11377770B2
A washing machine has a remote control function, and the control method comprises: after a washing procedure is finished, judging whether a remote control function is in an open state. If the judgment is yes, controlling a lock to keep a locked state, and executing a standby process for a time duration of t1, and if the judgment is no, controlling the lock to open, and executing a standby process for a time duration of t2, wherein t1≥t2; preferably, t1>t2. After a washing procedure is finished, the waiting time of a washing machine when the remote control function is in an open state is longer than the waiting time of a washing machine when the remote control function is in a closed state, thereby effectively preventing a remote controller from missing further control of a washing machine in a standby process.
US11377763B2
A braid including a core part and a sheath part, wherein the core part includes a high strength fiber (a) having a fineness of 300 to 4,000 dtex and a tensile strength of 12 cN/dtex or more, and the sheath part includes a colored synthetic fiber (b) having a fineness of 60 to 1,000 dtex and a tensile strength of less than 12 cN/dtex. A volume ratio [av/bv] of the high strength fiber (a) constituting the core part to the colored synthetic fiber (b) constituting the sheath part is from 73/27 to 40/60. The sheath part has a braid-like structure.
US11377762B2
A novel woven fabric is provided wherein preferably two unidirectional mutually offset and at least partly overlapping layers of tape-like warps interlace with tape-like wefts, at least some being fibrous tapes, that are incorporated individually in either non-overlapping manner or in a mutually offset and overlapping manner relative to other weft tapes. Such a woven fabric is without see-through gaps at the areas/sites encircled by intersecting tape-like warps and wefts, and also delamination resistant. It is particularly suitable for composite material, ballistic mitigation, and similar applications.
US11377758B2
A method of creating thin wafers of single crystal silicon, sapphire and similar materials, wherein an ingot of single crystalline material, or a ribbon of single crystalline material is cleaved, in a plane parallel to a surface, with laser light focused to a line in the desired plane of cleavage, near the growing cleavage furrow. The light is of a wavelength that the material is transparent to, but for which the material has strong two- or three-photon absorption. Consequently the light is not appreciably absorbed until it reached the desired focal line. The light is presented in an extremely short pulse, which heats and expands the material at the line focus, before the heat can be dissipated. This expansion creates tangential stresses around the focal line. These stresses are designed to be precisely normal to the growing cleavage furrow. Therefore the stresses are able to induce cleavage in the desired plane, without inducing cleavage in other possible cleavage planes that may happen to intersect with the growing cleavage edge. In this way, extremely thin wafers and ribbon shaped wafers can be produced, with extremely high quality cleaved faces. Methods of initiating the cleavage furrow and separating the cleaved wafer from the rest of the crystal are also discussed.
US11377757B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a group III nitride crystal in which generation of breaking or cracks is less likely to occur. To achieve the object, the method for producing a group III nitride crystal includes: seed crystal preparation including disposing a plurality of crystals of a group III nitride as a plurality of seed crystals on a substrate; and crystal growth including growing group III nitride crystals by contacting a surface of each of the seed crystals with a melt containing at least one group III element selected from gallium, aluminum, and indium and an alkali metal in an atmosphere containing nitrogen. In the seed crystal preparation, the plurality of seed crystals are disposed within a hexagonal region provided on the substrate.
US11377751B2
Methods for forming a unitized crucible assembly for holding a melt of silicon for forming a silicon ingot are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods involve a porous crucible mold having a channel network with a bottom channel, an outer sidewall channel that extends from the bottom channel, and a central weir channel that extends from the bottom channel. A slip slurry may be added to the channel network and the liquid carrier of the slip slurry may be drawn into the mold. The resulting green body may be sintered to form the crucible assembly.
US11377748B2
A cobalt electrodeposition composition comprising cobalt ions, and particular leveling agents comprising X1—CO—O—R11, X1—SO2—O—R11, X1—PO(OR11)2, X1—SO—O—R11 functional groups, wherein X1 is a divalent group selected from (i) a chemical bond (ii) aryl, (iii) C1 to C12 alkandiyl, which may be interrupted by O atoms, (iv) an arylalkyl group —X11—X12—, (v) an alkylaryl group —X12—X11—, and (vi) —(O—C2H3R12)mO—, R11 is selected from H and C1 to C4 alkyl. R12 is selected from H and C1 to C4 alkyl, X12 is a divalent aryl group, X11 is a divalent C1 to C15 alkandiyl group.
US11377747B2
A solar fuels generator includes an anolyte and a catholyte in contact with a separator. The separator is configured such that the pH of the anolyte and the pH of the catholyte are each held at a steady state pH level during operation of the solar fuels generator. The steady state pH level of the anolyte is different from the steady state pH level of the catholyte.
US11377742B2
A pipe is manufactured through injecting a chloride ion-containing aqueous solution into a copper pipe to fill the copper pipe, thereby forming a copper oxide film on an inner surface of the copper pipe.
US11377740B2
Methods and systems for direct lithographic pattern definition based upon electron beam induced alteration of the surface chemistry of a substrate are described. The methods involve an initial chemical treatment for global definition of a specified surface chemistry (SC). Electron beam induced surface reactions between a gaseous precursor and the surface are then used to locally alter the SC. High resolution patterning of stable, specified surface chemistries upon a substrate can thus be achieved. The defined patterns can then be utilized for selective material deposition via methods which exploit the specificity of certain SC combinations or by differences in surface energy. It is possible to perform all steps in-situ without breaking vacuum.
US11377733B2
A method of depositing tungsten over a substrate includes disposing the substrate into a vacuum enclosure of a tungsten deposition apparatus, performing a first tungsten deposition process that deposits a first tungsten layer over a physically exposed surface of the substrate by flowing a fluorine-containing tungsten precursor gas into the vacuum enclosure, performing an in-situ oxidation process by exposing the first tungsten layer to an oxidation agent gas while the substrate remains within the vacuum enclosure without breaking vacuum and forming a tungsten oxyfluoride gas which is pumped out of the vacuum enclosure, and performing a second tungsten deposition process that deposits a second tungsten layer on the first tungsten layer by flowing the fluorine-containing tungsten precursor gas into the vacuum enclosure in a second tungsten deposition process after the in-situ oxidation process.
US11377730B2
Provided is a technique capable of suppressing the occurrence of by-products by suppressing adhesion of the by-products. A substrate processing apparatus includes: a reaction tube where a substrate is processed; a furnace opening unit disposed at a lower end of the reaction tube and having an upper surface and an inner circumferential surface, the furnace opening unit including: a concave portion disposed on the upper surface; and a convex portion having at least one notch connecting the concave portion to the inner circumferential surface; a cover covering at least the inner circumferential surface with a predetermined gap therebetween; and a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to the concave portion.
US11377727B2
A method for preparing a bactericidal film on fiber cloth, comprising cleansing a reel of fiber cloth; placing the reel of fiber cloth into a vacuum chamber; supplying a DC power and a mid-frequency power; introducing argon gas to increase the chamber pressure to 0.3 Pa; position sputtering targets in the following order: silicon target, silicon carbide target, silver target, silicon carbide target, silver target, silicon carbide target and silver target, and then sputtering the targets simultaneously; wherein the silicon targets act as a bonding layer between the bactericidal film and the substrate; stopping the silicon targets, the silicon carbide targets and the silver targets first, and then turning off the argon gas; injecting air into the chamber until the pressure in the chamber and the atmospheric pressure are balanced.
US11377723B2
A method of patterning quantum dots, a device using same, and a system thereof are provided. By providing a base between a plurality of upper electrodes and a plurality of lower electrodes, coating a quantum dot solution on an upper surface of the base, and powering the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes to form an electric field between the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes, the quantum dot solution is gathered between the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes according to an electric field distribution. Subsequently, the quantum dot solution can be deposited into a film by evaporation of a solvent, thereby obtaining a patterned quantum dot thin film on the base.
US11377717B2
The present invention relates to the technological field of cast iron alloys for automotive and similar applications. Problem to be solved: Presently, structural parts of internal combustion engines are made of gray cast iron alloys that rarely have a tensile strength limit range greater than 350 MPa or vermicular cast iron alloys that do not remain stable at high temperatures. Solution of the problem: It is disclosed a vermicular cast iron alloy that, due to the addition of amounts of Molybdenum, Copper and Tin, with Hot Resistance Factor from 0.5 to 1.7% (HRF=3×(% Mo)+1×(% Sn)+0.25×(% Cu)) achieves a tensile strength limit of 500 to 550 MPa at room temperature and up to 300° C., and a tensile strength limit of 430 to 450 MPa at 400° C.
US11377716B2
Provided is a cermet having improved toughness, the cermet including particles each of which has a complete solid-solution carbide of two or more metals selected, including titanium, from among Group IVa, Va, and VIa metals in the periodic table and has a core/rim structure composed of a core region and a rim region, and a binder composed of a metal, wherein the composition of the Group VIa metal in the core region is lower than the composition in the rim region, and the lattice constant in the rim region is larger than that in the core region.
US11377715B2
Provided are a solder alloy, which has excellent heat cycle characteristics and in which Cu erosion and yellowish discoloration are suppressed, and an increase in viscosity of a solder paste over time is suppressed, a solder paste, a solder ball, a solder preform, a solder joint, and a circuit. The solder alloy has an alloy composition consisting of, by mass %, 2.8% to 4% of Ag, 1.5% to 6% of Bi, 0.8% to 1.2% of Cu, 0.0040% to 0.025% of As, and a balance of Sn.
US11377709B2
Disclosed is a hot-pressed member that can exhibit very high tensile strength after hot pressing, excellent delayed fracture resistance, and high tensile shear stress after resistance spot welding by properly adjusting its chemical composition and its microstructure such that at least 20 Nb-based precipitates having a grain size of less than 0.10 μm are present on average per 100 μm2 of a cross section parallel to a thickness direction of the member, a prior austenite average grain size is 8 μm or less, an average aspect ratio of prior austenite grains is 2.5 or less, and a volume fraction of martensite is 90% or more, and such that a standard deviation of Vickers hardness measured every 200 μm on a surface of the member is 40 or less.
US11377694B2
A method of detecting the presence of a prostate cancer field defect in a human subject comprising the step of (a) obtaining genomic DNA from the human subject and (b) quantitating methylation in at least one target region selected from the group consisting of CAV1, EVX1, MCF2L, FGF1, NCR2 and WNT2 and EXT1 and SPAG4 target, wherein significant methylation changes indicate the presence of prostate cancer or a prostate cancer field defect, wherein the change is relative to tissue from a second human subject who does not have prostate cancer.
US11377693B2
A gene expression platform, which is a combination of a set of genes that are correlated with response to a PD-1 antagonist in multiple tumor types and a normalization gene set, is disclosed. A method and system of using the gene expression platform to derive gene signature biomarkers of anti-tumor response to a PD-1 antagonist and to test patient samples for predictive gene signature biomarkers are also disclosed.
US11377689B2
The present invention relates to, among other things, probes, compositions, methods, and kits for simultaneous, multiplexed detection and quantification of protein and/or nucleic acid expression in a user-defined region of a tissue, user-defined cell, and/or user-defined subcellular structure within a cell that are adaptable for use with existing sequencing technologies.
US11377687B2
The invention encompasses methods for increasing genetic progress in livestock, and for genetic dissemination, including the use of amniocentesis to obtain fetal amniocytes for use in genomic evaluation and cloning.
US11377686B2
A DNA sequencing device having a first conductor electrically insulated from a second conductor, a voltage source and an amplifier electrically connected in series with the first conductor and the second conductor, a DNA polymerase attached to the first conductor and to the second conductor with matching biotinylated tag molecules, and an electric current monitor. A non-discriminating electrical signal is provided by the polymerase during pairing, which signal can be used as a marker to indicate that transcription is occurring between a single-type of free nucleotide and a base nucleotide of a template DNA strand.
US11377669B2
Adeno-associated virus rh.20 sequences, vectors containing same, and methods of use are provided.
US11377668B2
Compositions and methods for modulating male fertility in a plant are provided. Compositions comprise nucleotide sequences, and active fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Further provided are expression cassettes comprising the male fertility polynucleotides, or active fragments or variants thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotides modulates the male fertility of a plant. Various methods are provided wherein the level and/or activity of the sequences that influence male fertility is modulated in a plant or plant part.
US11377665B2
The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in tobacco. Some of these approaches include genetically engineering tobacco plants to increase one or more antioxidants, increase oxygen radicle absorbance capacity (ORAC), increase phenylalanine, or reduce nitrite. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants and tobacco products therefrom comprising reduced TSNAs. Also provided are methods and compositions for increasing the expression of chorismate mutase and other transcription factors involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis.
US11377657B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for delivery to a lung tissue comprising a small interfering RNA (siRNA) capable of inhibiting expression of a gene, and a surfactant. In one aspect, a non-polymeric methods composition comprising a small interfering RNA (siRNA) capable of inhibiting expression of a gene, and a surfactant is disclosed. In other aspects, a method of inhibiting gene expression in a lung of a subject in need thereof and treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a lung of a subject also disclosed. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a non-polymeric composition to the lung of the subject, wherein the non-polymeric composition comprises a small interfering RNA (siRNA) capable of inhibiting expression of a gene, and a surfactant.
US11377640B2
The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides methods to produce a population of cells, wherein greater than 10% of the cells in the population express markers characteristic of single hormonal pancreatic beta cells.
US11377633B2
A medium supplement for high-yield culture of anaerobes is disclosed. The medium supplement includes N-acetylhexosamine, L-aspartic acid, L-cysteine and cobalamin. A culture medium including the supplement and a culture method using the culture medium are also disclosed. It is possible to provide an innovative method which is capable of achieving high-concentration culture of anaerobes that are difficult to culture in high yield. The method is cost-effective, and in particular, is capable of culturing large amounts of fastidious aerobes suitable for use in food and pharmaceutical applications.
US11377628B2
The invention relates to solidification of liquid anionic surfactants with a binder, carrier, or both binder and carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and the binder, carrier, or binder and carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.
US11377627B2
The present invention provides a means by which it is possible to sufficiently suppress an organic residue while favorably decreasing a ceria residue on a polished object to be polished obtained after being polished using a polishing composition containing ceria. The present invention relates to a composition for surface treatment, which is for a surface treatment of a polished object to be polished obtained after being polished using a polishing composition containing ceria, contains a carboxy group-containing (co)polymer having a structural unit derived from a monomer having a carboxy group or a salt group of the carboxy group, a SOx or NOy partial structure-containing compound having a partial structure represented by SOx or NOy (where x and y each independently denote a real number 1 to 5), and a dispersing medium, and has a pH of 1 or more and 8 or less.
US11377626B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid, enzymatic detergent compositions and methods of making and using the same. In a preferred embodiment, the detergent compositions are particularly useful for cleaning medical and dental instruments. In a preferred embodiment the compositions are particularly use for cleaning ware.
US11377618B2
Compositions resulting from the mixing of at least one oligomer A1, resulting from the copolymerization of at least one monomer functionalized by diol functions with at least a second monomer, and at least one compound A2 including at least two boronic ester functions. The compositions exhibit very varied rheological properties, depending on the proportion of the compounds A1 and A2 used. A composition also results from mixing at least one lubricating oil with such a composition of associative and exchangeable polymers, and to the use of this composition to lubricate a mechanical part.
US11377611B2
Disclosed are organomodified polysiloxanes, compositions, in particular fuel compositions, that include these organomodified polysiloxanes, and the use of the organomodified polysiloxanes for the defoaming of fuels.
US11377604B2
Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains.
US11377601B2
Carbon nanofiber doped alumina (Al-CNF) supported MoCo catalysts in hydrodesulfurization (HDS), and/or boron doping, e.g., up to 5 wt % of total catalyst weight, can improve catalytic efficiency. Al-CNF-supported MoCo catalysts, (Al-CNF-MoCo), can reduce the sulfur concentration in fuel, esp. liquid fuel, to below the required limit in a 6 h reaction time. Thus, Al-CNF-MoCo has a higher catalytic activity than Al—MoCo, which may be explained by higher mesoporous surface area and better dispersion of MoCo metals on the AlCNF support relative to alumina support. The BET surface area of Al—MoCo may be 75% less than Al-CNF-MoCo, e.g., 166 vs. 200 m2/g. SEM images indicate that the catalyst nanoparticles can be evenly distributed on the surface of the CNF. The surface area of the AlMoCoB5% may be 206 m2/g, which is higher than AlMoCoB0% and AlMoCoB2%, and AlMoCoB5% has the highest HDS activity, removing more than 98% sulfur and below allowed levels.
US11377600B2
The present invention relates to an additive composition for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons, wherein said additive composition comprises a combination of (a) glyoxal and (b) at least one aliphatic tertiary amine or oxide treated derivative thereof, or a mixture of the aliphatic tertiary amine and the oxide treated derivative thereof. In one embodiment it also relates to a method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons, and in another embodiment it relates to a method of using an additive composition of the present invention for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons. In yet another embodiment it relates to a composition for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons comprising (A) a hydrocarbon and (B) a hydrogen sulfide scavenging additive composition of the present invention.
US11377594B2
A β-type sialon phosphor represented by the following expression 1, in which D50 is 10 μm or less, and values of D10, D50, and D90 satisfy a relationship of the following expression 2 with respect to D10, D50, and D90 (each unit is [μm]) on a volume frequency basis as measured according to a laser diffraction/scattering method. Expression 1: Si12-aAlaObN16-b:Eux (wherein 0
US11377591B2
A QD particle dispersion contains a surface modification compound that protects a surface of QD phosphor particles dispersed in a solvent. The surface modification compound includes a heteroatom-containing functional group and a chain-type saturated hydrocarbon group. The QD particle dispersion is configured such that the absolute value of a difference between the surface free energy of an underlayer that provides a foundation for forming a QD layer in the light-emitting element and the surface free energy of the QD layer is 5 mN/m or less.
US11377590B2
A method of preparation of mercury chalcogenide nanoparticles that includes the steps of providing a precursor of mercury and mixing the precursor of mercury with a precursor of chalcogenide, wherein the precursor of mercury is a mercury thiolate. Also, mercury telluride nanoparticles and their use in an IR photodetector, an IR photoconversion device, an IR filter or an IR photodiode.
US11377589B2
An emulsifier with high temperature resistance, low viscosity and low corrosiveness, and an emulsified acid system comprising the same. The emulsifier includes a viscoelastic surfactant, which is prepared by a quaterization of fatty acid acyl propyl dimethylamine and a halogenated compound; by a quaterization of a long-chain halogenated hydrocarbon and a tertiary amine compound; or by a reaction of the fatty acid acyl propyl dimethylamine with a linking group synthesized by epichlorohydrin and an alkylamine compound.
US11377588B2
A well treatment fluid composition that includes a tetrakis(hydroxyorgano)phosphonium salt and 1,3-dimethylol-5,5-dimethylhydantoin. Methods for preparing a well treatment fluid composition and treating a subterranean formation are also presented.
US11377587B2
Treatment fluids and associated methods and systems for demulsifying an emulsified well fluid. An example method includes contacting the emulsified well fluid with a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; an alcohol; a resin alkoxylated oligomer; a polyol; and a polyamine polyether. The emulsified well fluid is separated into an aqueous phase and an oleaginous phase after contact with the treatment fluid.
US11377585B2
Methods are provided for enhanced production of one or more microbial biopolymers, the methods comprising co-cultivating Stigmatella aurantiaca and Acinetobacter venetianus. In certain embodiments, the one or more biopolymers are emulsan. In certain embodiments, other microbial growth by-products are produced, such as biosurfactants. Microbe-based products produced according to the subject methods are also provided, as well as their uses in, for example, oil and gas recovery, agriculture, and health care.
US11377583B2
Disclosed are succinimide-based compounds used in compositions and methods for inhibiting natural gas hydrate agglomerates. The succinimide-based compounds are reaction products of an alkenyl succinic anhydride and an amine or amine alcohol.
US11377581B2
Methods of treating a subterranean formation include providing a treatment fluid including a composition of a borate salt, an amine, and an organosilane; introducing the treatment fluid into the formation; and curing the composition to at least partially consolidate unconsolidated particulates in the formation.
US11377580B2
Methods may include introducing a polymerizable composition containing a polycyclic monomer and a catalyst into a subterranean formation; and polymerizing the polymerizable composition in the presence of the catalyst in situ to form a polymer. Methods may also include lowering a wellbore tool into the subterranean formation, wherein the tool contains a first partition containing a polymerizable composition, and a second partition containing a catalyst; releasing the polymerizable composition from the first partition; releasing the catalyst from the second partition; contacting the polymerizable composition and the catalyst in a mixing region; and reacting the polymerizable composition and the catalyst in situ to form a polymer.
US11377569B2
An electrical steel sheet (10) is provided with a base iron (1) and an insulating film (2) formed on a surface of the base iron (1). The insulating film (2) contains: a first component: 100 parts by mass, the first component containing: a metal phosphate: 100 parts by mass; and one kind selected from a group consisting of an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin and a polyester resin which have an average particle size of 0.05 μm to 0.50 μm, or a mixture or copolymer of two or three kinds selected from the group: 1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass; and a second component composed of dispersion or powder of a fluorine resin having an average particle size of 0.05 μm to 0.35 μm: 0.5 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass.
US11377560B2
Modified asphalts and methods for producing the same are disclosed. The modified asphalts can include asphalt having a T5 boiling point of 400° C. or more, an olefin compound, and an acid promoter. The modified asphalt can include at least a portion of the olefin compound chemically grafted to at least a portion of the asphalt. The method can include exposing the asphalt, olefin compound, and acid promoter to a temperature of about 160° C. or more.
US11377559B2
Disclosed herein are synthetic leathers, artificial epidermal layers, artificial dermal layers, layered structures, products produced therefrom and methods of producing the same.
US11377556B2
The present disclosure relates to a polyimide-based block copolymer and a polyimide-based block copolymer film including the same. The polyimide-based block copolymer according to the present disclosure makes it possible to provide a polyimide-based film having low haze and yellow index value while exhibiting excellent transparency.
US11377551B2
Disclosed are a thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg made therefrom, a laminate clad with a metal foil, and a high-frequency circuit board, wherein the thermosetting resin composition contains thermosetting ingredients. The thermosetting ingredients include a phosphorus-containing monomer or a phosphorus-containing resin and a polyphenylene ether resin containing an unsaturated group, and the phosphorus-containing monomer or the phosphorus-containing resin has a structure as shown in formula I. By using the phosphorus-containing monomer or the phosphorus-containing resin as a cross-linking agent of the polyphenylene ether resin containing an unsaturated group and by means of a cross-linking reaction of a large number of unsaturated double bonds in the resin, the high-frequency dielectric properties and high-temperature-resistance required by a circuit substrate are provided.
US11377547B2
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition which includes: a graft copolymer prepared by graft-polymerizing an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyan-based monomer onto an acrylic rubber polymer; a first matrix copolymer including a C1-C3 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; a second matrix copolymer including a C1-C3 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; and an additive including a polymer including a C1-C3 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer unit, wherein the first matrix copolymer and the second matrix copolymer have different weight-average molecular weights, specifically, a thermoplastic resin composition which allows high gloss, high hardness, high weather resistance and reduced whitening to be realized.
US11377541B2
Ethylene-based polymers having a density of 0.952 to 0.965 g/cm3, a high load melt index (HLMI) from 5 to 25 g/10 min, a weight-average molecular weight from 275,000 to 450,000 g/mol, a number-average molecular weight from 15,000 to 40,000 g/mol, a viscosity at HLMI from 1400 to 4000 Pa-sec, and a tangent delta at 0.1 sec−1 from 0.65 to 0.98 degrees. These polymers have the processability of chromium-based resins, but with improved stress crack resistance, and can be used in large-part blow molding applications.
US11377540B2
Disclosed are a coupling agent for a rubber composition and a rubber composition for a tire containing the same. The rubber composition according to the present disclosure contains a coupling agent that may induce interactions between a rubber as a raw material and carbon black, thereby improving dispersibility of the carbon black in the rubber composition. Thus, a tire with low rolling-resistance and excellent wear resistance may be realized.
US11377538B2
Build materials for 3D printing applications are described herein which, in some embodiments, comprise a dye component operable to alter spectral characteristics of the printed part over the course of the build cycle. In some embodiments, for example, the dye component can provide desirable light penetration depth during article printing and sufficient optical clarity during final light curing processes.
US11377532B2
A thermally expandable composition, including at least one epoxy-functional polymer, at least one thermoplastic polymer, at least one chemical blowing agent, and at least one activator, wherein the epoxy-functional polymer is present in the composition before expansion with an amount of between 30 and 75 wt.-%, based on the total composition, and the epoxy-functional polymer includes at least 300 mmol epoxy groups per kg polymer, and wherein the chemical blowing agent is able to form at least one reaction product with at least two amino groups upon thermal decomposition, and the chemical blowing agent is in the composition before expansion with an amount of between 5 and 30 wt.-%, based on the total composition.
US11377528B2
A reinforcing fiber mat includes reinforcing fiber bundles having an average fiber length of 5 mm to 100 mm, wherein reinforcing fiber bundles consisting of 86 or more fibers per bundle are contained at a weight content of more than 99 wt % to 100 wt % and the reinforcing fiber bundles contain single yarns by 500 fibers/mm-width or more and 1,600 fibers/mm-width or less and have a drape level of 120 mm or more and 240 mm or less.
US11377519B1
A method of increasing the glass transition point of a cured epoxy comprising a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and a polyetheramine includes the step of including 1,8-diamino-p-menthane as an additional hardener for curing the epoxy. An epoxy formulation includes bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and a hardener including a polyetheramine and 1,8-diamino-p-menthane.
US11377516B2
A polyoxymethylene polymer composition is disclosed containing a formaldehyde stabilizer package. The formaldehyde stabilizer package, which contains at least two emission control agents, dramatically and unexpectedly reduces formaldehyde emissions. The formaldehyde stabilizer package includes at least two emission control agents selected from the group of benzoguanamine compounds, a hydantoin, a substituted hydantoin, an amino acid, and an alkylene urea such as ethylene urea.
US11377511B2
A reducing agent monomer for preparing a styrene-acrylic emulsion by an oxidation-reduction reaction at room temperature and a synthesis method thereof are disclosed. Maleic anhydride (MAH) and dimethylethanolamine (DMEA) are used as raw materials to synthesize the reducing agent monomer: 4-(2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy)-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid, and the synthesis method involves inexpensive easily-available raw materials, simple synthesis conditions, and easy purification. With the synthesized reducing agent monomer as a reducing agent, potassium persulfate (KPS) as an oxidizing agent, water as a dispersion medium, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an emulsifier, and styrene, butyl acrylate (BA), and methylmethacrylate (MMA) as comonomers, free-radical microemulsion polymerization is conducted at room temperature to obtain a styrene-acrylic emulsion. In the synthesis of the styrene-acrylic emulsion, a monomer conversion rate is high, and a styrene-acrylic emulsion with a high molecular weight and a branched structure can be obtained at room temperature.
US11377510B2
The copolymer includes divalent units represented by formula —[CF2—CF2]—, divalent units represented by formula: (I), and one or more divalent units independently represented by formula: (II) When Z is hydrogen, the copolymer has an alpha transition temperature of up to 100 ?C. The copolymer has an —SO3Z equivalent weight in a range from 300 to 1400, and a variation of the copolymer in which —SO3Z is replaced with —SO2F has a melt flow index of up to 80 grams per ten minutes measured at a temperature of 265° C. and at a support weight of 5 kg. A catalyst ink or polymer electrolyte membrane including the copolymer are also provided.
US11377503B2
The present invention relates to antigen-binding compounds that inhibit the enzymatic activity of soluble human CD39. The invention also relates to cells producing such compounds; methods of making such compounds, and antibodies, fragments, variants, and derivatives thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; methods of using the compounds to diagnose, treat or prevent diseases, e.g., cancer.
US11377485B2
Methods for making modified Fc regions of antibodies and antibody fragments, both human and humanized, and having enhanced stability and efficacy, are provided. Antibodies comprising Fc regions with core fucose residues removed, and attached to oligosaccharides comprising terminal sialyl residues, are provided. Antibodies comprising homogeneous glycosylation of Fc regions with specific oligosaccharides are provided. Fc regions conjugated with homogeneous glycoforms of monosaccharides and trisaccharides, are provided. Methods of preparing human antibodies with modified Fc using glycan engineering, are provided.
US11377481B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for adoptive T cell therapy in treating a variety of disorders including cancer, infections, and autoimmune disorders. In one embodiment, the invention provides a universal immune receptor that comprises a protein or peptide tag, such as a SpyCatcher or a SpyTag moiety, bound to an extracellular hinge region, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain for T cell activation.
US11377475B2
The present invention refers to a protein-stabilized metal nanocluster comprising a variant of the helix A of the CTPR. It is also related to its uses for delivering of a drug, for interfering a metabolic reaction, for catalyzing a chemical reaction, as biocatalyst, for detecting an analyte, for phasing crystallographic data set, for cell labeling, for specific protein labeling, as biosensor, as a temperature sensor, as photosensitizer, or for the manufacture of an optoelectronic device.
US11377470B2
Disclosed herein are methods for purifying RNA comprising poly A. Also disclosed herein are compositions such as surfaces and oligonucleotides for purifying RNA comprising polyA. Other embodiments are also disclosed. Commercially-available resins having polythymidine oligonucleotide ligands typically contain less than 30 thymidine (2′deoxy) residues and some commercial resin suppliers utilize a distribution of dT chain lengths, not of a discreet length.
US11377468B2
A method of treating an infection of at least one of a wound or a ulcer in a patient in need thereof according to an embodiment includes administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11377466B2
Provided herein are analogs of the natural product icariin represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The analogs can be used to modulate (e.g., inhibit, such as by competitive inhibition) PDE5 and thereby treat a wide range of PDE5-mediated diseases, including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, neurological and reproductive diseases. Also provided herein are compositions and methods including compounds of Structural Formula (I).
US11377463B2
A new class of sucrose esters and a method for their preparation is described herein.
US11377458B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2(L3)n3 Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, M, L1, L2, L3, n1, n2, and n3 are the same as defined in the specification.
US11377456B2
The present invention provides a novel crystalline form of remdesivir, remdesivir Form APO-I, including remdesivir and dimethyl sulfoxide, compositions and processes for the preparation thereof, the use of this crystalline form in the treatment of a viral infection, and methods of treating viral infections using the same, and in particular, a viral infection caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
US11377449B2
Disclosed herein is a tri-substituted phenyl Btk inhibitors with improved dual selectivity, a method and a composition for inhibiting Btk and treating disease associated with undesirable Btk activity (Btk-related diseases).
US11377447B2
The present invention provides pharmacological compounds including an effector moiety conjugated to a binding moiety that directs the effector moiety to a biological target of interest. Likewise, the present invention provides compositions, kits, and methods (e.g., therapeutic, diagnostic, and imaging) including the compounds. The compounds can be described as a protein interacting binding moiety-drug conjugate (SDC-TRAP) compounds, which include a protein interacting binding moiety and an effector moiety. For example, in certain embodiments directed to treating cancer, the SDC-TRAP can include an Hsp90 inhibitor conjugated to a cytotoxic agent as the effector moiety.
US11377446B2
The present application relates to crystalline solid forms of an inhibitor of BET proteins such as BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRD-t, including methods of preparation thereof, and intermediates in the preparation thereof, where the compound is useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US11377445B2
The present disclosure relates to novel hydroxyl or halogen substituted derivatives of C11-C22 alkanoic acid ester of Paliperidone compound of formula (formula II) and process for preparing the same. The said compounds used in pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, wherein, R═C10-C21 alkyl substituted by hydroxy or halogen.
US11377444B2
Disclosed are a series of pyridopyrimidine compounds and a use of same in the preparation of drugs associated with mTORC 1/2 dual complex inhibitors, and specifically disclosed is a use of the compounds as shown in formula (IV), tautomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in the preparation of drugs associated with mTORC 1/2 dual complex inhibitors.
US11377423B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, W1, W2, W3, and W4 are as described herein. The present invention relates generally to inhibitors of histone deacetylase and to methods of making and using them. In one aspect, the invention relates to selective HDAC3 inhibitors useful for protecting β-cells and improving insulin resistance. The selective HDAC3 inhibitors are also useful for promoting cognitive function and enhancing learning and memory formation. Compounds of the invention are useful for treating, alleviating, and/or preventing various conditions, including for example, a metabolic disorder such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemias, lipodystrophies, liver disease associated with metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, or obesity; inflammatory disease; neurological disorder; a memory or cognitive function disorder/impairment; an extinction learning disorder; fungal disease or infection; viral disease or infection such as HIV; hematological disease; liver disease; lysosomal storage disease; or neoplastic disease in humans or animals.
US11377421B2
The R enantiomer of amisulpride and amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for antagonizing serotonin (e.g., 5-HT2a, 5-HT7) receptor in a subject, either individually or in combination with one or more other CNS active agents. The R enantiomer of amisulpride and amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for treating one or more conditions responsive to modulation of serotonin (e.g., 5-HT2a, 5-HT7) receptor in a subject, either individually or in combination with one or more other CNS active agents. The R enantiomer of amisulpride and amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for treating one or more disorders associated with an abnormality in levels of serotonin in the brain, either individually or in combination with one or more other CNS active agents.
US11377417B2
The present application relates to novel 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives which carry a branched or cyclic alkyl substituent in the 3-position, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
US11377413B2
The present invention relates to a novel production method of a novel prostaglandin derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful as a medicament, and an intermediate therefor. According to the present invention, a production method of a novel prostaglandin derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof including a conversion step from a compound represented by the following formula 3 to a compound represented by the formula 1 can be provided: wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION.
US11377411B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a 3-methylcycloalkenone compound and a method for producing muscone. In the presence of a zirconium oxide catalyst, a diketone represented by the following general formula (1): wherein in formula (1), n represents 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, is subjected to a vapor-phase intramolecular condensation reaction, whereby a 3-methylcycloalkenone compound can be produced with high reaction efficiency. When a 3-methylcyclopentadecenone compound produced by this method is hydrogenated in a known manner, muscone can be produced efficiently.
US11377410B2
Process for generating a mixed multicomponent vapor for preparation of monoalkyl ethers of diphenols
This invention comprises a process and a system thereof comprising apparatuses for developing multi-component vapor mixture by heating of solution of reactants comprising one or more of diphenols, or diphenol derivatives, and an organic compound, wherein the organic compound is one which upon reacting in a vapor state in presence of a catalyst with diphenols, or diphenol derivatives, produces a monoalkyl ether of a dihydric phenolic compound; and wherein the entire solution of reactants completely transforms into a super-heated multi-component vapor using heaters without the use of thin film evaporator. The complete transformation of the entire solution of said reactants in to super-heated multicomponent vapor is achieved by heating the entire solution firstly by a pre-heater followed by further heating by a super-heater, further comprising removal of the condensed high boilers and tar to drain, and subjecting the superheated vapor to vapor phase reaction mediated by catalyst to get monoalkyl ether of a dihydric phenolic compound.
US11377400B1
A method for upgrading pyrolysis oil includes contacting a pyrolysis oil feed with hydrogen in the presence of a mixed metal oxide catalyst in a slurry reactor to produce an intermediate stream comprising light aromatic compounds comprising mono-aromatic compounds, di-aromatic compounds, or both, passing the intermediate stream to a hydrocracking reactor, contacting the intermediate stream with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst in a hydrocracking reactor to produce a hydrocracking effluent comprising aromatic compounds having six to nine carbon atoms, passing the hydrocracking effluent to a transalkylation reactor, and contacting the hydrocracking effluent with hydrogen in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst in the transalkylation reactor to produce a transalkylation effluent comprising xylenes.
US11377398B2
The disclosure provides a catalyst system and a method for ethylene oligomerization using this. The catalyst system contains: ligand a, containing carbene groups of imidazole ring type; transition metal compound b, that is one of IVB˜VIII group metal compounds; activator c, that is a compound containing III A group metals; the ligand a contains at least one group as shown in general formula I: in which, bridging group A contains a main chain including alkyl, alkenyl, aryl groups or the combination of them and the first heteratom; E is a linear or cyclic group containing the second heteroatom; R is a hydrocarbyl group. The catalyst system is especially used for trimerization and tetramerization of ethylene. The catalyst system has high selectivity for 1-hexene and 1-octene, low selectivity for 1-butene and 1-C10+, and the total percent content of C6˜C8 linear □α-olefin in the product is more than 90% by mass.
US11377394B1
A process and apparatus is disclosed for utilizing African American hair removed from a person's scalp as a fertilizing agent with superior results in enhancing the growth of plants and, specifically, for speeding the photosynthesis process. Unprocessed hair removed from the scalp of African American people appears dead and dry but, in fact, includes moisture near the base, fiber, and melanin capable of holding the water for slow release later. Collected hair may be deposited into a specialized cleaning assembly for cleansing, infusion with fertilizer, and agitated for needle felting into a mat, balls, or powder for application to the roots of a plant for slow release of water and fertilizer held in the hair so that the plant receives melanin protein.
US11377382B2
Device for forming a glass article, including a forming mold for receiving a glass blank, and a gas injection device with a blowing head intended to be received in the mouth of the blank, the gas injection device including a pressurized gas inlet, a first injection channel connecting the pressurized gas inlet to at least one outlet port opening into the inside cavity, through a first control solenoid valve, with a first pressure sensor and a first temperature sensor, a vent channel connecting the inside cavity to the outside air, the vent channel being equipped with a second pressure sensor and a second temperature sensor, an electro-pneumatic control unit being configured to control the first control solenoid valve according to the pressure measurements and temperature measurements.
US11377375B2
The present invention relates to a capacitive deionization electrode module, a water treatment apparatus and method capable of saving energy using the same, and more particularly, to a capacitive deionization electrode module that is capable of improving durability, suppressing fouling, and increasing the amount of incoming water treated and to a water treatment apparatus and method that is capable of recovering and reusing energy generated while a saline adsorbed to the capacitive deionization electrode module is being desorbed through an energy recovery device, thereby saving the energy.
US11377347B2
A method for manufacturing semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate having a first surface; forming a trench on the first surface, wherein a bottom surface and side walls of the substrate are configured along an outer periphery of the trench; annealing the substrate with high-purity argon or high-purity hydrogen to flatten the bottom surface and the side walls; conformally disposing a composite-material layer to cover the first surface, the bottom surface and the side walls; disposing a polysilicon material layer in the trench; removing the composite-material layer on the first surface; forming a multi-layer metal interconnection structure on the first surface and the polysilicon material layer, the multi-layer metal interconnection structure including a MEMS frame structure and through holes; removing the polysilicon material layer and the composite-material layer; using plasma treatment to the trench to flatten the bottom surface and the side walls. The plasma contains inert gas and hydrogen.
US11377344B1
Method of repairing a seat cushion; and, in particular, method of repairing a flattened seat cushion having a fill which has been compressed over time, for example. Method of repairing a seat cushion include providing a cushion having a flattened fill, opening the cushion, removing the flattened fill, providing an inflatable insert, and inflating the inflatable insert to fill the cushion.
US11377330B2
A remote controlled lift assembly includes a pair of supports is each mountable to a respective outrigger of scaffolding. A winch unit is positionable on the supports when the supports are mounted on the scaffolding and the winch unit has a cable extending downwardly therefrom. The cable is lowered or lifted when the winch is actuated. A receiver is coupled to the winch unit and the receiver is in electrical communication with the winch unit. A remote control is provided that is carried by a user and the remote control is in wireless electrical communication with the receiver. In this way the user can remotely lift and lower the cable for lifting and lowering cargo.
US11377326B2
An elevator door control system, an elevator system, and an elevator door control method based on to-be-carried object grouping identification. The elevator door control system includes one or more three-dimensional sensors, arranged to capture three-dimensional data of to-be-carried objects in an elevator waiting region, wherein the three-dimensional data includes depth data; a data processing device, communicating with the three-dimensional sensor, and configured to receive and process the three-dimensional data, to provide grouping data of one or more groups obtained according to correlations between the to-be-carried objects and position data of each to-be-carried object in the elevator waiting region; and a control device, connected to an elevator door, communicating with the data processing device, and configured to control operation of the elevator door according to the grouping data and the position data.
US11377323B2
A method is disclosed of retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking, the machine being disposed on a machine support frame in an elevator machine room, and engaging one or more ropes for providing selective movement of an elevator car disposed in an elevator shaft, the machine having a drive sheave including a cylindrical brake drum, and brake components including dual brake arms; the method including: removing the brake components; affixing flanged disc segments about the drum and interlocking the flanged disc segments to form a brake rotor; and mounting respective brake calipers to frame mounts for providing primary and secondary braking to the elevator machine.
US11377317B2
Disclosed is a paper-sheet-feeding/conveying roller having a shaft, and a bi-layer roller material which is formed of an inner layer provided on the shaft and an outer layer. The inner layer provided on the shaft is a foamed elastic layer. The outer layer provided on the foamed elastic layer is a non-foamed elastic layer. The foamed elastic layer is formed of a foamed elastic body of silicone-modified EPDM.
US11377315B1
According to one embodiment, the image processing apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a sheet feed cassette, a pull-in member, and a biasing member. The sheet feed cassette is provided to be insertable into the apparatus main body. The pull-in member pushes the sheet feed cassette from a pull-in start position to a pull-in complete position to pull in the sheet feed cassette to the apparatus main body. The biasing member biases the pull-in member in the insertion direction. The biasing force of the biasing member in the state where the pull-in member is at a first position closer to the pull-in complete position than the pull-in start position is larger than the biasing force of the biasing member in the state where the pull-in member is at a second position closer to the pull-in start position than the first position.
US11377314B2
A sheet container includes a housing, a stacking part provided in the housing so that recording sheets are stacked on the stacking part, a contact part to be brought into contact with edges of the recording sheets in a length direction on the stacking part in an attached state in which the contact part is attached into the housing, a connection member connected to the stacking part or the housing and having an extension part longer than the stacking part in the length direction, and a retreater that retreats the contact part in the attached state from the extension part with the connection member connected to the stacking part or the housing.
US11377313B2
There is provided shipping container handling systems and methods that maximize the number of containers that can be stored on a predetermined property, as well as increasing the efficiency of the transfer of containers between transshipment vehicles, such as cargo ships/barges, trucks, airline, rail systems and the like.
US11377310B2
A magnetic levitation system for contactlessly holding and moving a carrier in a vacuum chamber, including a base defining a transportation track, a carrier movable above the base along the transportation track, and at least one magnetic bearing for generating a magnetic levitation force between the base and the carrier. The at least one magnetic bearing includes a first magnet unit arranged at the base and a second magnet unit arranged at the carrier. The magnetic levitation system further includes a magnetic side stabilization device for stabilizing the carrier in a lateral direction, the magnetic side stabilization device comprising a stabilization magnet unit arranged at the base, wherein at least one of the first magnet unit and the first stabilization magnet unit is arranged in a housing space of the base, the housing space being separated from an inner volume of the vacuum chamber by a separation wall.
US11377296B2
A method of forming a packaging brace for a washing machine appliance includes providing a flat blank. The method also includes folding a left side panel and a right side panel of the flat blank inwards towards each other. The method further includes positioning a bottom panel of the blank above an opening in a cabinet of the washing machine and inserting the bottom panel into a basket of the washing machine through the opening whereby a contoured profile of the opening urges the blank to fold and form a packaging brace for the washing machine appliance.
US11377293B2
Adsorbent materials adsorb large quantities of inert permanent gases and maintain the initial pressure inside aerosol packages throughout the useful life of the packages, thus acting as propellants.
US11377291B2
A sealed device (1) for protecting and dispensing pasty or creamy products (7), includes a reservoir (2) containing the product (7) and suitable for receiving, at the bottom end thereof, a longitudinally movable sealing plug (3). The reservoir (2) is longitudinally movable like a piston in a pump body (4) and it is forced into the closed position by a spring element (5) that cooperates in compression with a lateral outer projection (2e) of the reservoir (2) and with the top of the side wall (6b) of the base (6) attached to the pump body (4). The pump body (4) includes an elastically deformable upper membrane (4a) providing a pump function and also includes, on an upper lateral wall thereof (4c), a lateral opening (4e) for dispensing the product (7). The assembled reservoir (2) and pump body (4) form a system suitable for circulating the product (7) via a compression chamber (C) supplied from the reservoir (2) by at least one upper inlet orifice (2b). The device is particularly suitable for the hygiene, pharmacy and cosmetics fields.
US11377288B1
A carrying case configured for a portable cordless fan is disclosed herein. Such a disclosed carrying case allows for storage and transport of the subject cordless fan with a provision of certain recess structures at specific locations therein for placement of the components of such a fan with facilitated storage, closure, and transport, as well as opening and access thereto. Such a carrying case is hinged for opening and closing with locking means leading from one top edge to the opposite top edge. Such a hinged mechanism and closing mechanisms allows for proper stowage of removable fan blades without potential for such blades escaping or falling out upon opening of the case itself after transport. A remote and power module are also provided with the subject fan with proper retaining recesses within the internal portion of the case, as well.
US11377281B2
The invention concerns a tin packaging arrangement comprising a sheet of foldable material folded around a plurality of tins, which are arranged together in an orderly manner for the relative packaging, to form a containment volume for the tins themselves, said volume being substantially defined by a base, a side surface, and a top cover obtained from the sheet in a continuous way. A peculiarity of the present invention is that openings are made in the top cover of the sheet of the packaging arrangement, within which top portions of the tins engage.
US11377280B1
A shipping container, particularly suited for shipping wine bottles within a shipping box, having a pair of container halves. Each container half includes an outer tray that is shaped to fit the shipping box, and an inner tray that is configured for securely holding one or more wine bottles. Both the outer tray and inner tray are made of readily recyclable pulp material, and have a void therebetween. A starch based biodegradable insulation material fills the void therebetween, such that the shipping container is made entirely of biodegradable material, yet is sturdy and has insulative properties.
US11377276B2
The invention relates to containers for the drying, especially the freeze-drying, of material. In particular, the invention relates to a lid of a drying container, said lid enabling to close the container body of the drying container so as to avoid i) contamination of the material to be dried inside the container and ii) spills of airborne solid particles of said material from the container to the environment. The lid comprises a lower and an upper frame with a vapor permeable sheet positioned in between. The invention further provides methods for the drying, especially the freeze-drying, of material.
US11377272B2
A coupling member to be carried by a vessel of the container forming a vessel, and a cap intended to be screwed on the coupling member. The device also includes security features including a circumferential locking stop carried by the cap, and a complementary retractable circumferential locking stop carried by the coupling member. To this end, the coupling member includes a radial arm carrying a radial front arm, wherein the radial front arm and the radial arm extend in opposite directions. The front arm bears a lug forming the complementary retractable circumferential locking stop.
US11377271B2
The invention concerns a plastic closure part (10) which can be fixed to a container or a further closure part to be fixed to the container, comprising a tubular discharge portion (3) whose cross-section is closed by a membrane (7) which has a tear line (8) extending peripherally over more than 180° along its outer edge and a corresponding method for the production of such a closure. In order to develop a closure part having the features set forth in the opening part of this specification and a method for the production thereof to the effect that the problems occurring upon injection moulding due to narrow flow passages are eliminated it is provided according to the invention that the tear line (8) is formed by a cut introduced into the material of the membrane (7) with a cutting or punching tool.
US11377268B2
A sealable container system contains a body and a lid assembly. The body includes an internal volume defined by bottom and side wall(s), bump(s) on the inside surface of the side wall and projecting toward the internal volume, and a lid with outer and inner walls at its bottom side with a channel in-between. A gasket couples to the lid with a wall portion residing within the channel and a lip outside the channel. When the lid assembly is pressed into the body, the lip of the gasket engages the bumps and deforms, and a gap forms between the lip and the side wall, where air in the internal volume exits through the gap. When the lip of the gasket travels past the bumps, the lip fully seats against the inside surface of the side wall, where negative air pressure is imparted to the internal volume of the body.
US11377267B2
A closure includes: a cap member for engaging a fitment; a handling member wall encircling the cap member; and septa connecting the cap and handling members and providing an interior space between them. The handling member can include an upper rim smaller than its lower rim, and multiple openings, providing structures for allowing air flow into or out of the interior space. The openings and rims are aligned to provide multiple ventilation passageways traveling in: straight, vertical directions; straight, horizontal directions; indirect horizontal directions; or indirect transverse pathways that include vertical and horizontal orientations. The closure can include a tamper-evident band for indicating the closure has disengaged from the fitment. The band can comprise indentations defining segments that the tamper-evident band can separate into when the closure disengages, and connecting elements that keep the intact tamper-evident band, and its separated segments, connected to the closure.
US11377261B2
A tray for a display apparatus includes a plate disposed to be parallel with a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first recessed part recessed from the plate in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, a second recessed part recessed from the plate in the third direction and spaced apart from the first recessed part in the second direction, a first inclined surface extending from the first recessed part in a direction opposite to the third direction and inclined at a first angle with respect to the plate, and a second inclined surface extending from the second recessed part in the direction opposite to the third direction, inclined at a second angle with respect to the plate and connected to the first inclined surface.
US11377255B2
A packaged set of articles that are easily mounted to a pegboard hook. The packaged set of articles includes a container having a base portion and a top portion that are separable from one another along a pre-weakened line. The top portion includes a portion of a front wall of the container and a portion of a rear wall of the container. The top portion may include at least 50%, or at least 75%, or the entirety of the rear wall of the container. A plurality of packages, each of which contains an article, is arranged in an internal cavity of the container in single file. The packages may include an aperture so that the packages can be hung from a pegboard hook in a retail display. The hanging apertures may be aligned so that an employee can use the container to slide the packages onto the pegboard hook.
US11377254B2
The present invention discloses a foldable packing box with a foldable honeycomb structure, which includes a foldable box body with two pairs of opposite side walls, two connecting plates and the foldable honeycomb structure arranged in said foldable box body; the two connecting plates are respectively connected with one pair of opposite said side walls of the box body, the foldable honeycomb structure is arranged between the two connecting plates and connects with them; the foldable honeycomb structure includes multiple pieces of flexible cardboard with adhesive and non-adhesive parts arranged at intervals on each flexible cardboard; the adhesive parts of adjacent two the flexible cardboards are pasted together to form joints, and holes are formed between adjacent the non-adhesive parts; a top of the foldable honeycomb structure is provided with a receiving slot matching articles to be stored. The packing box with foldable honeycomb structure protects the conveying articles and avoids damage.
US11377248B2
A packaging system for the selection, grouping and loading of varying size and/or configuration product packs into cartons as provided. The packaging system includes a selection area having a primary selector for forming an initial product pack configuration, and a secondary selector adapted to select and direct an additional grouping of products into a nested arrangement against the initial product pack so as to form a nested product pack. The nested product packs thereafter can be engaged by loader arms of a pair of opposed loading assemblies, which move the nested product packs into a series of cartons moving through the packaging machine. Thereafter, the ends of the cartons can be closed and sealed to complete the packaging of the product packs therein.
US11377247B2
An apparatus for heat treatment of a heat shrinkable film includes a steam generation apparatus that generates steam, a heated air generation apparatus that generates heated air not lower in temperature than steam generated in the steam generation apparatus, a mixed gas generator that generates mixed gas not lower in temperature than steam generated in the steam generation apparatus by mixing steam generated in the steam generation apparatus and heated air generated in the heated air generation apparatus, a reheating apparatus that generates superheated steam by reheating mixed gas generated in the mixed gas generator, and a supply portion that supplies superheated steam generated in the reheating apparatus to a heat treatment chamber.
US11377246B2
An adjustable table assembly for use in a filler assembly includes a table having a top surface configured to receive a flexible container thereon and a clamp disposed on the table and configured to releasably secure the flexible container to the table. The table has an infeed end and an outfeed end opposite the infeed end. The table is movable along a plurality of rails affixed to the filler assembly. The table is movable between a loading position, in which the table is configured to receive the flexible container, and an operating position, in which the table is inside the filler assembly. The movement of the table along the plurality of rails is along a first axis. Filler assemblies and methods of using adjustable table assemblies are also disclosed.
US11377233B1
Various embodiments provide systems and/or methods for automated maintenance, delivery, retrieval, and/or communications using drones.
US11377230B2
A transverse framework for an avionics bay of an aircraft is delimited by a primary structure and a floor, the transverse framework having a mesh structure with square and/or rectangular mesh cells. According to one arrangement, an avionics bay of an aircraft includes two longitudinal rows of avionics racks, parallel to the longitudinal direction and arranged on each side of a clear zone, and a transverse avionics rack supported by the transverse framework situated to the rear of the two longitudinal rows of avionics racks at the rear boundary of the avionics bay. This transverse framework makes it possible to optimize the space occupied by the avionics bay.
US11377226B2
A support system for use with an aircraft or vehicle capable of hovering. The support system includes a detecting portion provided outside an airframe and configured to detect a target object that may become an obstacle; an imaging portion configured to take an image of surroundings of the aircraft; a data processing portion; a display portion and the like. The data processing portion acquires data from the detecting portion and an avionics system. The data processing portion uses the acquired data to generate target object schematic image data indicating approach of the target object or possibility of the approach of the target object and outputs the target object schematic image data to the display portion. The display portion displays an obstacle state display image based on the target object schematic image data, the obstacle state display image schematically showing a state of the obstacle around the aircraft.
US11377206B2
A torque link assembly for a landing gear includes a lower torque link and an upper torque link that releasably engage first and second quick release pin assemblies. The pin assemblies each include a housing attached to one of the torque links, and a locking pin member extending through the housing. The locking pin member includes a rod portion and a pin portion, and is slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position for hingedly connecting/disconnecting the torque links. One of the housing and the locking pin member includes a channel having a longitudinal portion and a circumferential portion, and the other has a guide pin that engages the channel. The guide pin is in the longitudinal portion of the channel when moving between the engaged and disengaged positions, and is retained in the disengaged position when the guide pin is in the circumferential portion of the channel.
US11377191B2
A composite panel includes a first skin, a second skin, a core arranged between the first skin and the second skin, reinforcing pins connected by a first end to the first skin and connected by a second end to the second skin, in which inclined reinforcing pins form an angle of from 25 degrees to 40 degrees with the first skin and/or the second skin.
US11377190B2
A method for manufacturing an aircraft rear section including a tail cone and a vertical tail plane, the method includes: providing pre-cured frames (1) each of which includes a section of the tail cone (2) and a section of the vertical tail plane (3); providing pre-cured stringers (4); placing the pre-cured stringers (4) each in respective positions within the pre-cured frames (1); placing a skin (5) around an external surface of the pre-cured frames (1); and curing the pre-cured frames (1), the pre-cured stringers (4), and the skin (5), forming the final aircraft rear section.
US11377189B2
A structure for an aircraft fuselage, the structure comprising a skin having an outer face and an inner face machined as a grid-stiffened panel, a plurality of frames, each frame shaped as the cross section of the fuselage and the frames being arranged one after the other along a longitudinal direction of the fuselage. The outer perimeter of each frame is secured to the inner face, a plurality of stringers extend parallel to the longitudinal direction, each stringer extending across multiple frames, passing through these at an opening provided to that end in each frame, and each stringer is pressed against the inner face and secured thereto. In the upper part and in the lower part of the fuselage, a torsion box is provided extending parallel to the longitudinal direction, each torsion box comprising a horizontal plate and tabs which secure the plate to the inner face.
US11377188B2
A saildrive arrangement (1) which comprises an upper unit (13) to be positioned inside a hull (5) of a sailboat (7) and a lower unit (14) which is arranged to protrude from the bottom (6) of the hull (5). The upper unit (13) comprises an input shaft (4) to be connected to an engine (2) and the lower unit (14) comprises a propeller shaft (9). A brake (15), for locking the rotational movement of the propeller shaft (9), is located in the upper unit (13). The saildrive arrangement (1) is incorporated into a sailboat (7) with a hull (5) and an engine (2).
US11377185B2
A pump assembly includes an electric motor including a rotor having a shaft extending from the electric motor, the shaft including a substantially single unit of material and having an end rotationally couplable to an impeller that when the shaft is rotatably displaced by the electric motor, the impeller displaces a fluid to create a jet of fluid. An enclosure having a cavity arranged between a front surface and a back surface of the enclosure, and the electric motor being arrangeable in the cavity of the enclosure. The enclosure protecting the electric motor arranged in the enclosure from a fluid, and a dielectric fluid is containable in the cavity of the enclosure to immerse the electric motor in the dielectric fluid for preventing corrosion of the electric motor from the fluid.
US11377179B2
Fender arrangement for docking a marine vessel (1) with a boat landing (2) of a marine offshore structure (3) such as a wind power plant, including at least one fender unit (12, 13) composed of elastically deformable material and provided with a receiving recess (18) for a docking rail (5) of said boat landing (2). The fender arrangement is especially characterized in that fender unit (12, 13) exhibits an internal deformation control cavity (20) positioned at a distance from the receiving recess (18) within the fender unit (12, 13) and extending at least along the width of said receiving recess (18), controlling deformation of the fender unit (12, 13) into forming a gripping hold of a docking rail (5) by compression of the internal deformation control cavity (20) when the fender unit (12, 13) is pressed against the docking rail (5).
US11377172B2
A semi-submersible drilling vessel has a deckbox structure, one or more pontoons, and multiple support columns extending upward from the one or more pontoons and supporting thereon the deckbox structure. An annular riser joints storage caisson extends downwardly from the deckbox structure, wherein the storage caisson delimits an annular storage space configured for storage therein of an annular array of riser joints in vertical orientation thereof. A riser joints carousel device is provided in the annular storage space, which riser joints carousel device is configured to carry an annular array of riser joints in vertical orientation thereof in a mobile manner relative to the annular storage caisson so that the array of riser joints is movable along an annular path through the storage spaced between the inner and outer wall of the storage caisson. The deckbox structure is provided with a riser joint transfer passage at a riser joint transfer location above the annular path of the riser joints carried by the riser joints carousel device through the storage space. The vessel is provided with a riser joint vertical transfer device configured to lift and lower a riser joint out of and into the riser joints carousel device, passing therein vertically through the riser joint transfer passage of the deckbox structure.
US11377171B2
A coupling arrangement for coupling members as a gear change coupling in a gear mechanism unit includes a first member and a second member. The first member has a coupling toothing system. At least one locking body arrangement is mounted pivotably on the second member. The locking body arrangement can be pivoted into a coupling position, in the case of which a driving section on the locking body arrangement engages into the coupling toothing system. The locking body arrangement can be pivoted into a release position, in the case of which the driving section of the locking body arrangement does not engage into the coupling toothing system. The locking body arrangement has a locking body carrier which is mounted pivotably on the second member, and has a locking body member which is mounted pivotably on the locking body carrier and on which the driving section is configured.
US11377161B2
The invention relates to a tracked vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a track assembly pair. Said track assembly pair is arranged to suspendedly support said vehicle body allowing relative movement between said vehicle body and each track assembly (21) of said track assembly pair. Each track assembly (21) comprises a track support beam (22) configured to support a plurality of road wheels (23, 23a), a drive wheel (24), and a motor (110) for operating said drive wheel (24), an endless track (25) being disposed around said road wheels (23, 23a) and drive wheel (24). Said motor (110) is fixedly arranged to said track support beam (22). Said motor (110) is arranged in connection to the drive wheel (24) such that a motor axle essentially coaxially coincides with a centre axis (Z) of the drive wheel (24).
US11377160B2
A rack system that is configured to allow the omission of cross bars. The cross bars can be easily removable and replaceable or can be adjustable along a length of the rack system. In some configurations, the rack system includes at least one side support arrangement comprising a first vertical support and a second vertical support. Two or more side support arrangements can be provided on each side of the truck bed. Pairs of support arrangements on one side of the truck bed can be connected by one or more longitudinal supports. Accessories, such as tool boxes or gas cans, can be connected to the one or more longitudinal supports.
US11377152B2
A ridgeline of a bottom surface portion at a rear portion of a rear side member rear at a rear of a fastening portion of rear side members to a rear portion of a rear suspension member is a slope shape which inclines downward toward a vehicle rear. A side member reinforcement, which is a reinforcing member which is against a load in a vehicle length direction, is attached to the rear portion of the rear side member rear. A fragile portion of low rigidity compared to a lower portion is formed at an upper portion of the side member reinforcement.
US11377148B2
A vehicle steering apparatus. The durability of a sensor rotor to heat and abrasion is improved. The flatness of the sensor rotor is prevented from being lowered during calking for coupling of the sensor rotor to a steering shaft so that steering torque of a driver can be more accurately detected. A fabrication process is simplified, and fabrication costs are reduced.
US11377147B2
A method for damping an oscillation of a superimposed steering system of a motor vehicle in which a sensor of the superimposed steering system detects an actual steering angle of a motor of the superimposed steering system and a control device of the superimposed steering system determines an oscillation of the superimposed steering system as a periodic change of the detected actual steering angle and, in the case of a determined oscillation, carries out a measure for damping the oscillation.
US11377138B2
A gear housing for an electric power steering device has a front-side housing and a rear-side housing. The front-side housing has a worm wheel housing portion, a worm housing portion, and reinforcing ribs. The worm wheel housing portion has a worm wheel cylindrical portion and a ring shaped worm wheel bottom portion bent inward in a radial direction from a front end portion of the worm wheel cylindrical portion. The worm housing portion is provided on a part in a circumferential direction of an outer-diameter side portion of the worm wheel housing portion. The reinforcing ribs are provided on a front side surface of the front-side housing, extend in a direction in which an engagement reaction force acts between the worm wheel and a worm of the worm shaft, and span between the worm housing portion and the worm wheel bottom portion.
US11377134B2
A steering device includes: a first moving unit that moves in an axial direction along with a shaft member to which an operating member is connected; a second moving unit; a holding unit; a first screw mechanism; a second screw mechanism; a driving unit; and a transmission mechanism that transmits driving force of the driving unit to the first screw mechanism and the second screw mechanism. One of the first screw mechanism and the second screw mechanism is provided so as to operate in a forward direction when the operating member moves between a retraction region and an operation region, and reverse efficiency of that one screw mechanism is set such that when the operating member is subjected to an external force directed toward the retraction region, that one screw mechanism does not operate in a reverse direction.
US11377128B2
A vehicle door leaf frame, in particular a rail vehicle door leaf frame, preferably for an inwardly opening vehicle door leaf for an entry door. The vehicle door leaf frame has a plurality of, in particular precisely four, hollow frame profiles constituting the actual vehicle door leaf frame. The hollow frame profiles are produced from a plurality of, in particular precisely two, different hollow profiles. In an alternative embodiment, a vehicle door leaf, in particular a rail vehicle door leaf, preferably an inwardly opening vehicle door leaf for an entry door, has a vehicle door leaf frame and is itself pressure-tight and/or water-tight.
US11377127B2
A station for a cable transportation system comprising a plurality of transporting units supported and moved outside the station by at least one cable, the station comprising an inlet and an outlet for the transporting units; a guiding device for guiding the transporting units inside the station between the inlet and the outlet; wherein the guiding device comprises an inlet guide extending from the inlet to a diverging point, a plurality of intermediate guides extending along different paths between the diverging point and a converging point; and an outlet guide extending from the converging point to the outlet of the station; a control unit configured for alternately feeding at least a transporting unit along the intermediate guides and for temporary stopping the transporting unit at at least one stopping point along the intermediate guides for enabling the embarking and disembarking while the transporting unit is stopped.
US11377107B2
A vehicle speed control device executes a reverse speed control that controls the speed of the vehicle when reversing, on the basis of a target speed that is set in accordance with a control operation when the reverse range is selected using the shift device of the vehicle. During the reverse speed control, the vehicle speed control device calculates so as to reduce a target acceleration. which is a target value for acceleration of the vehicle when the vehicle speed when reversing is increased toward the target speed, as the operation amount of the steering wheel increases.
US11377105B2
An off-road vehicle speed control assembly that includes a speed control device, a speed sensor, tire pressure sensors and an electronic controller. The speed control device controls speed of a vehicle power plant. The electronic controller is in electronic communication with the speed control device, the speed sensor and the plurality of tire pressure sensors and is configured to operate the speed control device in at least two different modes of operation: a normal mode in which the plurality of tires are inflated to a high-speed tire pressure; and, a first off-road mode in which the plurality of tires are inflated to a first off-road tire pressure that is less than the high-speed tire pressure. In the normal mode, speeds of the vehicle are unrestricted by the electronic controller. In the first off-road mode, speed of the vehicle is restricted.
US11377102B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for host vehicle navigation. Disclosed systems and methods may receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify at least one pedestrian in the environment of the host vehicle; identify eyes of the at least one pedestrian represented in at least one of the plurality of images; and determine, based on analysis of the at least one of the plurality of images and based on the identification of the eyes of the at least one pedestrian in the at least one of the plurality of images, a looking direction of the at least one pedestrian.
US11377090B2
A vehicle includes an engine having a crankshaft, an electric machine having a rotor, a disconnect clutch having an input secured to the crankshaft and an output secured to the rotor, a hydraulic pump mechanically powered via rotation of the rotor and configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the actuate the disconnect clutch, a torque converter having an impeller secured to the rotor, and controller. The controller is programmed to, responsive to a speed of the impeller decreasing to less than a first threshold, which is indicative of a subsequent shutdown of the hydraulic pump, and responsive to the disconnect clutch being open while the engine is shut down, advance the disconnect clutch to a touch point where opposing sides of disconnect clutch make contact but substantially zero power is transferred between the engine and the electric machine.
US11377086B2
A control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor (13) that drives the vehicle to travel, a generator (12) that supplies power to the electric motor (13), and an engine (11) that drives the generator (12). The control method includes: when bringing the electric motor (13) into a regenerative state, operating the generator to drive the engine (11) in a state in which fuel supply to the engine (11) is cut, thereby executing, in accordance with required deceleration, the motoring control for consuming the output power of the electric motor (13); and when the required deceleration decreases and driving of the engine (11) by the generator (12) is requested upon execution of the motoring control, imposing a restriction on a change in the rotational speed of the engine.
US11377078B2
Provided is a vehicular operation pedal device having a fail-safe function to prevent backward movement of a step portion of an operation pedal mechanism at the time of a vehicle collision. A brake pedal device (1) includes a protrusion (90) which performs rotation restriction for preventing a rotating member (50) from rotating about a rotating shaft portion (14), and on which a restricting load (F2) acts by the rotation restriction. During the rotation restriction by the protrusion (90), a second load acts as the restricting load (F2) when a step portion (24) of an operation pedal mechanism (20) is fully stepped forward of a vehicle, and when the restricting load (F2) is greater than the second load, the rotation restriction is released due to deformation of the protrusion (90) by shearing or bending.
US11377076B1
An air powered landing gear supports a front end a trailer when it is deployed. A cylindrical rod is secured to an underside of the trailer, and a collar assembly rotates around the rod. A leg assembly is rigidly affixed to and extends downwardly from the collar assembly. A pneumatic cylinder extends between the trailer and the leg assembly and is configured to rotate the landing gear from a deployed position, wherein the landing gear supports the front end of the trailer, to a stowed position, wherein the landing gear is rotated upwardly toward the trailer.
US11377072B2
Systems and methods are directed to detecting tampering with a secured area of an autonomous vehicle. In one example, a computing system performs operations including generating a first key pair comprising a first private key and a first public key as part of a vehicle registration process; providing the first public key to one or more remote computing systems; determining whether a reset event occurred at a vehicle; in response to determining that the reset event occurred, discarding the first key pair and generating a second key pair comprising a second private key and a second public key; receiving a status query from one of the one or more remote computing systems; generating a response to the status query, the response being signed using either the first private key or the second private key; and providing the response to the one of the one or more remote computing systems.
US11377060B2
The present invention relates to a flexible molded skin as part of a composite structure for an airbag cover, and to a composition for producing such a skin using slush molding. The composition and flexible molded skin have a thermoplastic plasticized vinyl polymer, and a tear promoting agent selected from the group of one or more particulate blowing agents, inorganic mineral materials, organic filler materials and microspheres or a mixture of two or more of the afore mentioned materials. The particles of the particulate tear promoting agent have an average particle size of between 0.005 and 50 μm, preferably between 0.005 and 40 μm.
US11377053B2
Disclosed is a vehicle that includes a vehicle seat with a backrest, a cushion, a sliding rail, and a seat mount coupled to the sliding rail. A recline control handle positioned on the side of the seat includes a rotation axis parallel to a lateral axis of the vehicle. A slide control handle positioned on the side of the seat includes a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and a recess configured to receive at least a portion of the slide control handle in both a first orientation and a second orientation.
US11377043B2
An operating device makes it possible to efficiently apply a response force to an operating unit from a response force applying mechanism. In a supporting mechanical section provided between the operating unit and a supporting member, a connecting shaft section is provided at one of the operating unit and the supporting member and a connecting receiving section is provided at the other of the operating unit and the supporting member, the connecting shaft section is supported by the connecting receiving section so as to be movable in a first direction, and a restoring member that causes the operating unit to be restored forward is provided. The connecting receiving section includes a first elastic member that continues supporting the connecting shaft section from both sides thereof in a second direction intersecting the first direction while the connecting shaft section moves in the first direction that is a front-rear direction.
US11377041B2
Audio systems and assemblies provide for a loudspeaker acoustically coupled to an interior of a vehicle and externally ducted to an exterior of the vehicle. The loudspeaker may therefore be subject to a pressure differential existing between the interior and the exterior that may cause undesirable operation, such as an altered acoustic response and/or damage to the loudspeaker. The systems and assemblies provide for various mitigating actions that may include altering an audio signal to change the acoustic response, turning off the loudspeaker, and/or isolating the loudspeaker from the pressure differential.
US11377039B2
Present systems and methods are directed to a ride system that includes a personal electronic device (PED) holding system for a ride vehicle. The PED holding system includes a lock that is configured to move from an unlocked configuration to a locked configuration to lock a PED of a passenger of the ride vehicle to the ride vehicle during a ride cycle. The PED holding system also includes a charging system that is configured to charge an energy storage component of the PED during the ride cycle.
US11377036B2
An automotive vehicle with a storage compartment has a cabin, a set of rear wheels located behind the cabin, a cargo space, and a closable integrated storage compartment located adjacent to the cabin, rearward of a rear-most seat of the automotive vehicle, and forward of the set of rear wheels. At least a portion of the storage compartment is positioned forward of a forward wall of the cargo space. The storage compartment has at least one sidewall enclosing an interior portion of the storage compartment and extending from a first side panel at a first side of the automotive vehicle toward a second side of the automotive vehicle, a first opening to the storage compartment at the first side of the automotive vehicle, and a first door at the first opening. The first door has a first step member with a horizontal step surface when open.
US11377027B2
An image processing apparatus includes an input interface to acquire an image, and first to fourth controllers. The first controller performs image processing on the image. The second controller performs correction on an optical distortion in the image. The third controller performs recognition on the image. The fourth controller superimposes a result of the recognition onto the image and outputs a resulting image. The first controller can perform first and second image processing. The second controller can perform first and second correction processing. The third controller receives an input of the image, and outputs information indicating a location of a recognized object. The fourth controller receives an input of the image, and superimposes a drawing indicating the location of the recognized object onto a corresponding location in the image.
US11377025B2
The present disclosure provides a blocked information displaying method and system for use in an autonomous vehicle. The method comprises obtaining information about a road ahead the autonomous vehicle and information about a rear vehicle; determining road information blocked by the autonomous vehicle, according to a positional relationship between the autonomous vehicle and the rear vehicle; displaying the road information blocked by the autonomous vehicle to the rear vehicle. The present disclosure is used to solve problems in the prior art that the autonomous vehicle blocks road surface information and causes limitation to the field of vision of the rear vehicle, and that real-time display of the images of the road ahead the autonomous vehicle is prone to cause confusion, and can effectively improve the safety of the travel of the rear vehicle.
US11377016B2
The invention comprises a main and a subsequent stage. At the main stage, the medium is pumped into a first instrument line. This first instrument line is mounted in a main pipeline system and is equipped with an inlet mass meter with a first flow rate range. After reaching of a set value from the instruments, an automated control system (ACS) stops the first line pump, ensures operation of its driving isolation valves, thus, completing the main stage measurement cycle, and switches the system into the subsequent stage mode. At the subsequent stage, the medium flow is collected from the tank and cavities of the measuring system. It flows by gravity into the bottom of the system inner volume (9) and is then supplied by a to a second instrument line equipped by a mass meter with a second and lower flow rate range.
US11377011B2
A vehicle holding unit includes a cupholder and an electronic heating unit. The cupholder has a sidewall defining a cup receiving area. The sidewall includes a heat source for providing heat to the cupholder. The electronic heating unit is integrated with the sidewall. The electronic heating unit has an electrical connector configured to be electrically connected to another electrical connector of a vehicle center console to draw electrical power from the another electrical connector to power the heat source.
US11377009B2
A steering wheel desk comprising a single unit desk, the desk having an opening near top center of the desk, the opening shaped to allow for inserting the desk over a top portion of a steering wheel through the opening positioning the desk at an incline relative to the steering wheel, the opening having a center groove, the incline being ergonomically beneficial for a user employing the desk and the incline and the center groove preventing the user from accidentally activating a horn built into the steering wheel.
US11377005B2
A vehicle air conditioning device includes: a sucking section provided at a seat that is disposed over a floor portion of a cabin, the sucking section configured to suck air via the seat from a vehicle front side relative to the seat, from a floor portion side relative to a vehicle vertical direction middle of the cabin; and a guiding section configured to guide air sucked by the sucking section toward the floor portion side at a vehicle rear side relative to the seat or toward a vehicle upper side.
US11376990B1
An energy storage system for a military vehicle, the energy storage system including a lower support configured to be coupled to a bed of the military vehicle, a lower isolator mount coupled to the lower support, a battery coupled to the isolation mounts such that the weight of the battery is supported via the lower isolator mount and the lower support, the battery configured to be electrically coupled to a motor/generator, a bracket coupled to the battery, and an upper isolator mount coupled to the bracket and configured to couple to a rear wall of the military vehicle.
US11376988B2
A modular and portable charging station according to various aspects of the present technology may include a main chassis body that is fully assembled at one location and then transferred as a whole to a desired location and placed into operation without the need for significant site modification, or connection to the electric power grid. The interior of the main chassis body may contain one or more removable charging stations and at least one removable battery bank. The battery bank provides each charging station with electrical power to charge a vehicle battery system. The portable charging station may comprise its own onboard power supply configured to use renewable sources to maintain a charge to the battery bank. The portable charging station may also be configured to be connected to a local power source that is connected to the local power grid. A power management system monitors the charge level of the battery bank and is able to select an appropriate method of recharge.
US11376986B2
A system and a method for validating electric vehicles in a network are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: transmitting energy from at least one road section to at least one electric vehicle; recording a magnitude of energy received by said at least one electric vehicle and transmitting a record of said magnitude of energy received for validation; recording a magnitude of energy transmitted from said at least one road section and transmitting a record of said magnitude of energy transmitted for validation; and validating energy usage of said at least one electric vehicle by periodically comparing said magnitude of energy received with said magnitude of energy transmitted to identify at least one of: component failure; and, a potential fraud. The system implements the method in a power-over-the-air network for electric vehicles.
US11376985B2
A charger sharing system includes an occupant terminal, a subscriber terminal, and a charger connected through a network, and the charger may be configured to receive a reservation request message comprising charger reservation information from the subscriber terminal and determine whether to register the charger reservation information based on a reservation type included in the charger reservation information.
US11376982B2
A current control method and a current control device is configured to control an on-board charger that supplies current to high-power components and a battery. When the on-board charger is controlled, the current control is executed to supply output current to the high-power components and the battery such that the output current is a sum of a drive current to be supplied to high-power components capable of computing current consumption based on their own operating states and the charging current to the battery.
US11376977B2
Techniques related to powertrain architectures for vehicles (such as hybrid electric vehicle/electric vehicles) utilizing an on-board charger are disclosed. The techniques include a device for power regulation, the device comprising a direct current (DC)-to-DC voltage converter configurable to convert a first DC voltage from an alternating current (AC)-to-DC converter to generate a first converted DC voltage to charge a battery, and convert a second DC voltage from the battery to a second converted DC voltage for a DC-to-AC inverter. The inverter couples to a motor. A control circuit is configured to direct an operating mode of the voltage converter.
US11376976B2
A vehicle charger includes a power factor correction converter configured to correct the power factor of alternating current (AC) power is integrated with an input terminal of a DC-DC converter configured to generate a direct-current (DC) voltage having a magnitude required for an energy storage device in the vehicle, thereby reducing the size of the vehicle charger, reducing the number of required elements, and allowing the vehicle charger to have high efficiency; and a method for controlling the same.
US11376971B2
A novel automobile charger which comprises a direct current voltage, wherein a positive pole of the direct current voltage is connected with one end or lead of a DC to DC module, one end of a battery voltage detection module and one end of a load module simultaneously, while a negative pole of a battery is connected with the other end of the DC to DC module, one end of a microcontroller, one end of an automobile start control module and the other end of the battery voltage detection module simultaneously. A third end of the DC to DC module is connected with the other end of the microcontroller, the other three ends of which are connected with a third end of the battery voltage detection module, the other end of the automobile start control module and one end of a load detection module respectively. The other end of the load detection module is connected with a third end of the automobile start control module and the other end of the load module simultaneously.
US11376969B2
A bus bar assembly installed in a frame for fixing a plurality of stacked battery cells is provided. The bus bar assembly may include: a bus bar fixed to the frame; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the bus bar and configured to sense the plurality of battery cells; and a connection terminal having a protrusion formed on one surface of the connection terminal, is the protrusion being configured to pass through the flexible printed circuit board so as to be electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board, and the connection terminal configured to be electrically connected to the bus bar through the opposite surface of the one surface, the opposite surface being bonded to the bus bar.
US11376967B2
This vehicle brake device performs raising processing for raising, by a predetermined raising amount, the target hydraulic pressure of hydraulic fluid when the pressure of the hydraulic fluid starts increasing in order to suppress a delay in response to the increase in the pressure of hydraulic fluid during switching processing for gradually switching at least part of regenerative braking force to hydraulic braking force, and includes a judging portion which judges whether or not required braking force or deceleration is reduced during cooperative control; and a raising amount setting portion which during the raising processing, sets a second predetermined pressure as a raising amount if the judgement result of the judging portion is positive, the second predetermined pressure being smaller than a first predetermined pressure that is the raising amount when the determination result of the determination result is negative.
US11376949B2
A closure device for a fluid container, in particular a hydraulic tank, has a base (4), which can be attached to the container opening and has a cover part (2), which encloses a ventilation and/or a filter device (36). The cover part (2) is held on the base (4) so as to be freely rotatable in a functional unlocking position. In a functional locking position, the closure device permits the container opening to be unlocked by a safety device (48, 50, 58) while connecting the cover part (2) to the base (4). The safety device (48, 50, 58) can be actuated by a magnetic device generating a magnetic field (62). The magnetic device establishes the functional locking position of the cover (2) and the base (4) by magnetic force.
US11376948B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard interposed therebetween, a first protection target that is disposed along the dashboard and extends in an upper-lower direction, and a first protector that has a concave sectional shape and covers the first protection target toward the dashboard. The first protection target includes a curved portion curved along a curvature of the dashboard, and the first protector includes a bent portion that covers the curved portion, an upper extension portion that extends upward from the bent portion, and a lower extension portion that extends downward from the bent portion. The upper extension portion includes a first fixing portion that has a bolt insertion hole and is fixed to the dashboard, and the lower extension portion includes a second fixing portion that has a slit opened downward and is fixed to the dashboard.
US11376934B2
A lid arrangement for a canister for a rollup truck bed cover comprises a lid and a canister. The canister has a main housing part and opposite housing end parts. The lid spans between said housing end parts across the main housing part, and the lid is pivotally connected to at least one of the housing end parts. The pivotal lid need not be taken fully off the canister when access is needed to the main housing part, e.g. to inspect the drain(s) or wipe up water inside the canister.
US11376928B2
An air register assembly may include a vent housing having an outlet, an inlet, and a body portion disposed therebetween. The body portion may include a first portion disposed adjacent to the inlet, and a second portion that is wider than the first portion disposed adjacent to the outlet. At least one panel may be slideably coupled to the first portion of the vent housing between extended and retracted positions. The at least one panel may be substantially disposed within the first portion of the vent housing when the at least one panel is in the retracted position, and further wherein the at least one panel may be substantially disposed within the second portion of the vent housing when the at least one panel is in the extended position.
US11376927B2
An air vent device for a vehicle includes a main vent and an auxiliary vent divided by a partition wall and combined in a single air duct, a plurality of horizontal wings mounted at positions behind the main vent and the auxiliary vent, and an air volume control wing included in the plurality of horizontal wings for distributing an air volume discharged into an interior of the vehicle through the main vent and an air volume discharged into the interior of the vehicle through the auxiliary vent. The air vent device is capable of securing an interior discharge air volume, adjusting a wind direction, securing an air duct installation space, and re-distributing a leakage amount of air.
US11376921B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a cooling apparatus of circulating a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line; a battery cooling apparatus of circulating the coolant to the battery module; a heating apparatus that heats an interior of the vehicle using the coolant; a chiller for heat-exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant to control a temperature of the coolant; and, wherein the chiller is connected to a chiller connection line through a third valve provided in the coolant line between the radiator and a second valve, and, wherein the reservoir tank is provided in the coolant line between the radiator and the first valve, and is connected to the coolant line connecting the first valve and the first water pump through a supply line bypassing the first valve.
US11376914B2
A shock absorber including: a first cylinder having an interior, first and second ends and defining an axis, wherein the interior includes a damping fluid chamber and a damping piston movably mounted therein for movement between the first and second ends, wherein the damping piston is mounted on a first end of a shaft, wherein the first end of the shaft is movably retained within the interior of the first cylinder; first and second bypass openings configured for opening into the damping fluid chamber at first and second axially spaced-apart positions; a bypass channel fluidly coupling the first and second bypass openings; a fluid metering valve; and a floating piston dividing a portion of the shock absorber into a gas chamber and the reservoir chamber, wherein the fluid metering valve and the floating piston define the reservoir chamber there between.
US11376913B2
A shock absorber includes a first end and a second end that reciprocate relative to one another. The shock absorber includes a gas spring chamber, a damping chamber, and a floating piston. The first side of the floating piston is in fluid communication with the gas spring chamber. The second side of the floating piston is in fluid communication with the damping chamber. The gas in the gas spring chamber applies pressure against the floating piston, which applies pressure to the substantially incompressible fluid in the damping chamber. This pressure transfer may be adequate to minimize or prevent cavitation.
US11376911B2
A spring control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle is formed as a single-shell, essentially U-shaped sheet metal part and includes a back, spaced-apart side walls adjoining the back and each having an upper side wall region connected to the back, a lower side wall region distal from the back, and a central side wall region arranged between the upper and lower side wall regions. The spring control arm has first and a second end sections for attachment and a wider spring plate region disposed therebetween. The spring control arm has a substantially omega-shaped cross section in the spring plate region, which is more pronounced in a central longitudinal section due to outwardly projecting upper side wall sections than in an end longitudinal section of the spring plate region.
US11376910B1
A suspension structure of a utility vehicle includes: an upper arm including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to a vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame; and a lower arm located below the upper arm and including a front shaft support portion supported at front with respect to the vehicle body frame and a rear shaft support portion supported at rear with respect to the vehicle body frame. In a top view of the utility vehicle, the front shaft support portion of the upper arm is located behind a mechanism side connecting portion, which is coupled to a final speed reduction mechanism, of an axle shaft for coupling the final speed reduction mechanism and a rear wheel.
US11376908B2
A mobile mechanism, a mobile robot having the mobile mechanism and a method for moving the mobile robot are disclosed. The mobile mechanism includes a housing in which a guide portion is provided, a sliding seat mounted on the guide portion and movable along the guide portion, a moving wheel fixed on the sliding seat and partially protruding beyond a surface of the housing, a pressing portion pressing against the sliding seat and moving the sliding seat toward the surface of the housing; and a deformation portion mounted on the housing and connected with the pressing portion, exerting a force for moving the sliding seat towards the surface of the housing through the pressing portion when deformed.
US11376905B2
A king pin adaptor is provided for allowing a king pin, intended to connect to a fifth wheel hitch, to be attachable to a ball hitch assembly. A hitch assembly is provided having a plurality of vertical and longitudinal positions for securing a ball member to allow for greater flexibility in attaching to various towed structures. The king pin adaptor and hitch assembly may be used alone or together as components of a towing system for towing a trailer with a king pin or ball mount.
US11376897B2
A pneumatic tire is described as having one or more electrical conductive strips for discharging electrical build up in the tire. The electrical conductive strips provide a static electricity conductive path from the tire rim to a ground-contacting surface. The strips are arranged around the outer surface of the tire from a first bead portion to a second bead portion. The strips can lay over the outer surface of the sidewalls and the tire tread. As positioned over the tire tread, a portion of the electrical conductive strip remains in contact with the ground as the tread wears during use to provide continued dissipation of static electricity away from the tire.
US11376896B2
Generally, a device to measure the circumference of circular objects. Specifically, a device including a pair of slidingly engaged members disposed between a pair of arms configured to be engaged with tread on a tire at about the midline of a wheel, an electrical circuit which varies in output voltage based on the distance between the pair of arms, and a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium containing a program which correlates the output voltage of the electrical circuit to a unit measure of distance between the pair of arms and calculates tire circumference.
US11376894B2
A management system for tires for construction and mine vehicles comprises: a fatigue degree calculation section; a grouping processing section configured to group a plurality of front tires into a plurality of fatigue degree groups depending on calculated fatigue degrees; and an assignment processing section configured to assign front tires belonging to a fatigue degree group as rear tires of a vehicle after rotation. A management method for tires for construction and mine vehicles comprises: a fatigue degree calculation step; a grouping step of grouping a plurality of front tires into a plurality of fatigue degree groups depending on calculated fatigue degrees; and an assignment step of assigning front tires belonging to a fatigue degree group as rear tires of a vehicle after rotation.
US11376886B2
An applicator device for a product, said applicator device comprising a housing, a product carriage, for supporting the product, that is mobile within the housing between an extended state and a retracted position, and a retraction mechanism configured to move the product carriage into the retracted position after a predetermined period of time in the extended state. A glue stick comprising said applicator device and an adhesive product.
US11376885B2
A multifunction writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axial direction and housing at least two writing elements, each writing element comprising a writing tip, a selector device configured to select one writing element from among the at least two writing elements, a retraction device configured to move a selected writing element between a writing position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element projects from the body and a retracted position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element is retracted, and a return device configured to bring a writing element from the writing position to the retracted position when the selector device is activated while a writing element is in the writing position.
US11376882B2
An identification document includes a first layer and a second layer fused to the first layer. The first layer and the second layer include polyester, and the identification document is non-delaminable. Forming the identification document includes providing variable data on a surface of a first layer including polyester, aligning the first layer and a second layer including polyester, and fusing the first layer and the second layer to yield a fused identification document.
US11376879B2
Dispersible record materials or media include a water-soluble or water-dispersible paper substrate, a printable layer carried by the substrate, and a base coat between the substrate and the printable layer. The printable layer may be a thermally responsive layer, e.g. containing a leuco dye and an acidic color developer, or an inkjet receptive layer. The binder material used in the base coat, and the base coat itself, are non-water-soluble, but nevertheless tailored in such a way that the record material as a whole is water-dispersible, i.e., it breaks apart under the influence of water with minimal agitation. The binder material of the base coat is preferably a non-resinous binder, a particulate binder, and/or a binder derived from a dispersion, such as latex. Use of such a binder material in a carefully selected concentration, with other elements, provides a base coat that allows for high quality images to be thermally printed at high print speeds on the thermally responsive layer.
US11376874B2
A half cutter includes a cutting blade having a blade and a holder to which the blade is fixed, a blade receiving member having a blade receiving surface from and with which the blade is separated and comes into contact, and a spacer having at least one of a holder spacer arranged at the holder which is made of a material that is different from a material of the holder, is provided in the holder to protrude toward the blade receiving surface further than the blade, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface and a blade receiving spacer arranged at the blade receiving surface which is made of a material different from a material of the blade receiving member, is provided to protrude from the blade receiving surface, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface.
US11376871B2
A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a discharge unit configured to discharge a printed material on which the printing unit has performed printing and configured not to completely discharge but to hold the printed material; a detection unit configured to detect removal of the printed material that has been held by the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control notification by a notification unit to a user. In response to detection by the detection unit of the removal of the printed material, the control unit is configured to control the notification unit to notify a user that the printed material has been removed.
US11376861B2
A supply device that supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting head, includes one or more tanks that house the liquid; a liquid flow path coupled to the one or more tanks and the liquid ejecting head; and a pressure-adjusting portion that adjusts a pressure in the one or more tanks. The one or more tanks are provided between the pressure-adjusting portion and the liquid flow path. The pressure-adjusting portion includes a communication path that communicates with the one or more tanks, a pressure chamber provided with a diaphragm and coupled to the communication path, and an urging portion that urges the diaphragm in a direction in which the pressure chamber expands.
US11376856B2
A cartridge for a printing system comprises a receptacle to receive waste printing material from the printing system, a floater to change its position based on a varying filling level of the waste printing material in the receptacle, and a flag mechanically coupled to the floater, wherein a position of the flag depends on the position of the floater and indicates, outside of the receptacle, the filling level.
US11376852B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects liquid to a medium transported in a transport direction on a transport path, a liquid container that includes a containing chamber for containing liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head and an inlet for pouring the liquid into the containing chamber, a carriage movable in a scanning direction that intersects the transport direction in a state where the liquid ejection head and the liquid container loaded on the carriage, and a mounting portion on which a waste liquid container that contains liquid as waste liquid discharged from the liquid ejection head is detachably mounted. When the liquid ejection head is located outside the transport path in the scanning direction, the carriage is disposed at a position that overlaps the mounting portion in the vertical direction.
US11376835B2
Method for producing a packaging film strip for providing a number of individual packaging film parts for packing food or beverages, wherein the packaging film contains for each designated individual packaging film part an area having a printed two-dimensional code as unique packaging or product identifier. The process comprises the steps of providing at least one first substrate film strip (10, 25), applying on one side of said at least one first substrate film strip (10, 25) an artwork printing (20) for each individual packaging film part, depositing a DFC ink area (28) for each individual packaging film part onto the surface of the substrate film strip (10, 12) lying opposite to the artwork printing (20), slitting the packaging film to provide a series of individual packaging film parts running along the longside of the packaging film, ablating the individual DFC ink areas (28) by a computer-controlled laser beam (8) for providing a predetermined and individual code (2, 3, 30) as unique packaging or product identifier, cleaning the surface of the film strip comprising the individual codes (2, 3, 30), and checking the quality of the codes (2, 3, 30).
US11376812B2
Described herein are details for designing and manufacturing enhanced shock and impact resistant helicoidal lay-ups by combining nanomaterials, variable pitch and partial spirals, Thin unidirectional fiber plies, hybrid materials, and/or curved fibers within a ply. The helicoidal structures created in the prescribed manners can be tuned and pitched to desired wavelengths to dampen propagating shock waves initiated by ballistics, strike forces or foreign material impacts and can arrest the propagation of fractures including catastrophic fractures. These enhancements open the helicoidal technology up for use in such applications as consumer products, protective armor, sporting equipment, crash protection devices, wind turbine blades, cryogenic tanks, pressure vessels, battery casings, automotive/aerospace components, construction materials, and other composite products.
US11376803B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced resin molded article capable of detecting a resin impregnation state in a fiber layer of a preform at a position corresponding to a resin flow end portion and uniformly impregnating the fiber layer of the preform with resin, and such a manufacturing device thereof. For example, when a relation between a resin pouring time and a pressure of resin detected by a pressure sensor satisfies a predetermined condition or when the pressure of resin detected by the pressure sensor is higher than or equal to a predetermined value, it is determined that the resin flow end portion of the preform is completely impregnated with resin.
US11376795B1
The disclosed subject matter relates to methods for monitoring or controlling a manufacturing process of a material by determining when a variation in surface characteristics takes place. Such surface characteristics correlates to the processing condition of the material and can include density, roughness, porosity, or planarity on a surface of the material. The methods can include herein can include directing a solvent or energy on a surface of the material to form an at least partially modified surface, directing light at an incident angle with respect to the at least partially modified surface, measuring one or more predetermined properties of light reflected from the at least partially modified surface, determining that the material is fully processed based on the measured predetermined property of the light reflected, and optionally adjusting a processing parameter of the manufacturing process in response to the measured predetermined property.
US11376786B2
Provided herein is an apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, which may include: (a) optionally a window permeable to an inhibitor of polymerization; (b) a window mount to which the window is secured when the window is present; (c) optionally a carrier platform on which the three-dimensional object can be produced; (d) a carrier platform mount operatively associated with the window mount; (e) a drive assembly operatively associated with the window mount and the carrier platform mount; (f) a light source operatively associated with the window mount operatively associated with a patterning array; (g) an inhibitor of polymerization supply configured for operative association with the feed surface when present; and (h) at least one or two reactant supplies configured for operative association with the feed surface when present. Methods of making a three-dimensional object from a polymerization liquid that may use such apparatus are also provided.
US11376783B2
The present disclosure relates to corner profiles and/or corner reinforcement for liners and linings that are suitable for use with tanks and other storage/containment vessels, such as process tanks, immersion tanks, indoor or outdoor containment pits, gravity feed conduits (e.g., concrete trench, canal, or drain, etc.) for transferring or conveying liquid, grain storage tanks or containers (e.g., dielectric or electrically non-conductive liners for grain storage, etc.), etc. The present disclosure also relates to tanks and other storage/containment vessels including liners and linings with corner profiles and/or corner reinforcement. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for providing corner profiles and/or corner reinforcement for liners and linings.
US11376771B2
A method relates to manufacturing an in-mold decorative molded product including a transfer layer formed on a surface of an injection-molded product. The method includes inserting, in a first mold for injection molding, an in-mold transfer film including the transfer layer disposed on a base film; forming a molding injection space by mold clamping of the first mold and a second mold including a structure for injecting a molding resin into the molding injection space and a structure for holding the in-mold decorative molded product; and forming the in-mold decorative molded product by filling the molding injection space with the molding resin and then opening the first and second molds. When the base film is separated from the in-mold decorative molded product by opening the first and second molds, a peeling weight varies depending on a portion in an end part of the in-mold decorative molded product.
US11376758B2
The present invention relates to improved methods of treating wooden materials. By the method of the invention, the wooden material is subjected to vacuum, overpressure and increased temperature, and subjected to ultrasound. Ultrasound is applied while the wooden material is covered by a liquid at a suitable overpressure and at a suitable temperature for a suitable period of time.
US11376757B2
A lumber loading system for transferring lumber pieces. The lumber loading system comprises a driving shaft rotating about a longitudinal axis; at least one lumber piece grasping assembly operatively connected to the driving shaft and rotating about the longitudinal axis; and a longitudinal positioning system connected to the at least one lumber piece grasping assembly. The at least one lumber piece grasping assembly is displaceable along the longitudinal axis and is operative to initially grasp a section of a corresponding lumber piece extending longitudinally substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, temporarily maintain the section of the lumber piece and subsequently release the lumber piece. The longitudinal positioning system moves each one of the at least one lumber piece grasping assembly independently along the longitudinal axis, during rotation thereof about the longitudinal axis. A method for simultaneous loading and longitudinal displacement of successive lumber pieces is also provided.
US11376752B2
A hand-held cutting tool includes a handle and a cutting head with an embedded tool having multiple operative surface portions, the embedded tool consisting of a single unitary metal piece, the multiple operative surface portions thereof including a cutting edge and a tape splitter portion, the embedded tool being molded or otherwise secured within the cutting head such that the tape splitter portion distally extends from the cutting head and a portion of the cutting edge is exposed. The embedded tool includes a top flat surface section which is part of and defined by an uppermost structural reinforcing portion of the single unitary metal piece; and the tape splitter portion is recessed in relation to the uppermost structural reinforcing portion relative to the cutting edge of the blade.
US11376748B2
The present disclosure provides a wheel hub carrying manipulator which comprises a stand column, a forearm driving device and a claw hand device, wherein the stand column is fixed in the vertical direction, the claw hand device can drive a claw hand assembly to clamp and release a wheel hub through a connecting rod, by the manipulator, assembly line operation can be realized, the production efficiency can be greatly improved, the structure is simple, and the maintenance cost is low.
US11376745B2
A control device controlling a robot including a robot arm, a drive section causing the robot arm to pivot around a pivot axis, a shaft that is provided at a position of the robot arm different from the pivot axis and that moves parallel to the pivot axis, and an angular velocity sensor that is provided in the robot arm and that detects angular velocity around an axis orthogonal to an axial direction of the pivot axis and parallel to a plane including the pivot axis and an axis of the shaft, the control device includes a processor that is configured to control the robot, wherein the processor is configured to perform feedback control on the drive section based on the angular velocity.
US11376741B2
Systems and methods for determining safe zones in a workspace calculate safe actions in real time based on all sensed relevant objects and on the current state of the machinery (e.g., a robot) in the workspace. Various embodiments forecast, in real time, both the motion of the machinery and the possible motion of a human within the space, and continuously update the forecast as the machinery operates and humans move in the workspace.
US11376738B2
A robot includes a robot body, an ingredient feeder installed in the robot body to feed an ingredient, first and second robot arms each having an ingredient channel formed therein and connected to the robot body, the ingredient passing through the ingredient channel, and a dispenser disposed in the robot body to dispense the ingredient received from the ingredient feeder to the first and second robot arms. The dispenser includes a common channel connected to the ingredient feeder, a first branch channel communicating with the ingredient channel of the first robot arm, and a second branch channel communicating with the ingredient channel of the second robot arm, and the ingredient, which has passed through the common channel, is selectively fed to the first branch channel and the second branch channel by the dispenser.
US11376736B2
An activity area restriction method for restricting an activity area of a robot includes: an area setting information acquisition step of acquiring area setting information notified by a notifier, the area setting information including a range of a predetermined restricted area with a height; an area restriction condition recognition step of recognizing the range of the restricted area, based on the area setting information; and an activity restriction step of restricting activity of the robot with respect to the restricted area.
US11376735B2
Provided are a method for rapidly determining a warehousing map, a device, a storage medium and a robot. The method includes: generating a warehouse map of a warehouse; acquiring a motion position and pose of the robot, and acquiring information of a mark on a rack collected by an image collection sensor on the robot; determining a mark position of the mark; determining a rack position of the rack and a depositary place position of each depositary place on the rack; and determining a warehousing map of the warehouse. The method can rapidly create the warehousing map in the warehouse, and position accuracy of the depositary place in the warehousing map is high.
US11376723B2
A stapler includes a striking part which causes a pair of staple legs to penetrate a sheet bundle, a bending part which bends the staple legs at a first position such that tips of the staple legs are directed inwardly, and a clincher part which bends the staple legs at a second position located closer to the sheet bundle than the first position to be entirely directed inwardly. The bending part includes a first part disposed on an inner side of the staple legs and having a first tip portion facing the staple legs at the first position, a second part disposed on an outer side of the staple legs and having a second tip portion facing the staple legs on a non-sheet bundle side than the first position, and a moving part which moves at least one of the first and second parts toward the staple legs.
US11376722B2
A striking tool includes: a striking mechanism configured to strike a fastener into a member to be struck; a motor configured to drive the striking mechanism; and a clutch provided between the striking mechanism and the motor and configured to switch transmission and interruption of a drive force of the motor to the striking mechanism.
US11376721B2
A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece having a fastener driver channel from which fasteners are discharged into a workpiece, a driver blade, a workpiece contact element, a canister magazine, and a pusher mechanism coupled to the nosepiece. The powered fastener driver also includes a dry-fire lockout mechanism having a lockout lever movable between a bypass position and a blocking position and a last fastener holding member configured to engage a first side of a fastener within the fastener driver channel. The lockout lever is configured to engage an opposite, second side of the fastener within the fastener driver channel. The last fastener holding member biases the fastener within the fastener driver channel toward an inner surface of the fastener driver channel to inhibit the fastener from falling out of the fastener driver channel.
US11376720B2
A high strength wrench includes a head portion, a shaft and a handle. A length of the shaft is multiple times of a length of the handle. At least one slot extends along a longitudinal direction of the shaft and is formed at a circumferential surface of the shaft. A cross section shape of the shaft has a structural profile of an outer side with a relatively greater thickness and an inner portion of a relatively smaller thickness. Accordingly, the shaft has a greater structural strength to allow the wrench to bear operations of high torque.
US11376714B2
A faucet installation tool includes at least two coupling units. Every adjacent two of the coupling units are detachably connected together. A hollow area is formed between middle portions of the coupling units. Tops of the coupling units are formed with a first socket portion. The first socket portion is configured to receive a lock nut used for installing and fixing a threaded connecting pipe of a faucet, improving the connection strength between the first socket portion and the lock nut. The faucet installation tool does not require a large lateral space and is convenient to tighten the lock nut when in use.
US11376713B1
Knife sharpener systems and methods are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a knife sharpening system can include a support structure configured to hold a knife having a handle and a blade extending therefrom, and a carriage assembly mounted on the support structure. The carriage assembly can have a sharpening element that is configured to sharpen a cutting edge of the blade. The carriage assembly can be movable relative to the knife blade to cause the sharpening element to apply a force to the cutting edge of the knife blade.
US11376711B2
A nozzle head (1) for discharging a suspension which is under pressure and which includes a fluid and abrasive agent, with at least one nozzle (8) including at least one exit opening (20) for the exit of the suspension. The nozzle head (1) includes at least one first drive device (17′), by way of which the nozzle head can be rotated about a first axis (A1).
US11376710B2
A cyclone dust collecting device includes a dust collecting box and a separator. The dust collecting box includes a dust entrance and a cavity formed by extension in a first direction. The dust entrance communicates with a dust exhaust channel of a host machine. The separator includes a dust inlet and a cyclone tube. The dust inlet communicates with the dust entrance. The dust inlet is configured to guide the dust exhaust airflow into the cyclone tube. The cyclone tube extends in a second direction and is at least partially disposed in the dust collecting box. The cyclone tube includes a dust outlet and an air outlet. The dust outlet is located in the cavity and the air outlet communicates with an outside of the dust collecting box. The second direction obliquely intersects the first direction.
US11376709B2
A component in a CMP tool disclosed herein having a surface and a hydrophobic layer deposited on the surface. In one example, the component is a component for delivering a fluid in a CMP tool. The component for delivering a fluid in a CMP tool includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end, and an elongated upper surface extending between the two ends. A hydrophobic layer is deposited on the elongated upper surface. In another example, the component is a ring shaped body having an upper side and a lower side. A hydrophobic layer is deposited on the inner surfaces of both the upper and lower sides. In another example, the component is a disk shaped body having a top surface, bottom surface, and ledge defined by the top and bottom surfaces. A hydrophobic layer is deposited on the surfaces and the ledge.
US11376706B2
The invention relates to an assembly for loading parts to be treated into a single-side or double-side treatment machine, comprising—a part holder in the form of a plate for holding at least one part to be treated, comprising a second side and first side, said first side being flat, and said part holder delimiting at least one through-hole forming a cell for housing at least one part to be treated, and a film mounted on the first side of the part holder opposite said through-hole, allowing said part to be treated to be held at least during the loading step.
US11376705B2
A system includes a CMP carrier that includes a resilient flexible membrane upon which a wafer is mounted, at least three ports for supplying air to the resilient flexible membrane to pneumatically pushing on the wafer through pressure applied throughout the surface area of the resilient flexible membrane to have more uniform pressure. Each port provides pressure to different components of the carrier to adjust pressure or vary pressure during processing of the wafer. Further, the system includes a processor and software program for implementing the CMP carrier with existing CMP machines. The software application converts the air pressure applied to the carrier into units that allow the CMP machine to receive expected data and operate in accordance with the existing commands.
US11376702B2
The present disclosure discloses an integrated rotary cutting tool manufacturing device and method, the integrated rotary cutting tool manufacturing device comprises a workpiece transfer device, a machine body, a feeding device, grinding devices and a discharge device. The grinding devices comprise a rough grinding device used for carrying out primary grinding on a vertically arranged workpiece and a fine grinding device used for carrying out secondary grinding on the vertically arranged workpiece. The integrated rotary cutting tool manufacturing device is adopted by the rotary cutting tool manufacturing method. The device according to the present disclosure is compact in structure, high in machining efficiency and precision, and low in costs, the maximum values, the minimum values and the average values of the roundness and the concentricity of machined micro drill bits are closer to the standard values, and the stabilization process capability indexes of the roundness.
US11376688B2
The disclosure provides a friction stir welding tool which can inhibit chipping even if an adhesion matter having high hardness adheres to a tip thereof during friction stir welding of an iron-base alloy and an aluminum alloy. In the tool for friction stir welding made of high-speed tool steel that includes a minor diameter portion and a major diameter portion formed adjacently to the minor diameter portion, hardness of the tool decreases from the minor diameter portion toward the major diameter portion. The hardness of the minor diameter portion may be 65 HRC or more by Rockwell hardness C-scale, and the hardness of the major diameter portion may be 60 HRC or less by Rockwell hardness C-scale.
US11376686B2
Described is a heated gaseous welder system and associated methods of welding plastic with the heated gaseous welder system. The heated gaseous welder system includes a welding tool and a welder control unit. The welder control unit includes a gaseous control system and a heater control system. The gaseous control system is configured to selectively supply a gas to the welding tool and control at least one characteristic of the gas supplied to the welding tool. The heater control system is configured to selectively control power supplied to the welding tool.
US11376680B2
The invention makes available a method for the production of gear wheels, with which it is possible to produce gear wheels having double-helical teeth, in particularly efficient manner. For this purpose, in the case of the method according to the invention for chipping production of a gear wheel, which is provided with double-helical teeth, in which the teeth of the one gear half are configured to run counter to the teeth of the other gear half, in rising manner, wherein the gear halves are arranged offset from one another by an angle amount with reference to the axis of rotation of the gear wheel, a gear wheel blank is made available, on which the teeth provided on the gear wheel are produced by means of hobbing, using a hobbing wheel, which, during hobbing machining of the teeth, in each instance, of one of the gear halves, reaches all the way into the adjacent tooth gaps of the other gear half, in each instance.
US11376671B1
A drill guide that includes associated components and various methods of use herein. The drill guide includes a first guide column and a second guide column provided on a base plate. The drill guide also includes a chuck carrier adapted to operatively receive a drill chuck of a portable drill. The chuck carrier is operably engaged with the first guide column and the second guide column, and the chuck carrier is linearly moveable along the first guide column and the second guide column between a return position and a plunging position relative to the base plate. The drill guide also includes a tapered portion defined in the first guide column. The drill guide also includes a depth stopper that is operably engaged with the first guide column, wherein the tapered portion enables self-tightening of the depth stopper about the first guide column.
US11376670B2
The present disclosure discloses a cutting method for an aluminum alloy casting, and a trimming die. The cutting method for the aluminum alloy casting includes the following steps of: drilling a part to be cut off of the aluminum alloy casting by multiple annular drills, and withdrawing the annular drills when the annular drills drill to a preset position; and separating multiple scraps to be separated from the aluminum alloy casting by the trimming die.
US11376667B2
A machine tool improving measurement accuracy of a machined workpiece diameter. A machine tool comprises a displacement sensor mounted on at least one of a guide bush and a spindle supporting unit. The machine tool further comprises a calculating unit which calculates a diameter of the machined workpiece based on a measurement value of the machined workpiece by the displacement sensor. The spindle is movable back and forth in an axial direction. The spindle is retracted after machining to bring a machined portion of the workpiece to a predetermined measurement position in the axial direction to allow the displacement sensor to measure the machined portion.
US11376662B2
A method includes powder forging and machining a workpiece that is fractured to divide the workpiece into separate components. In a green form in which the workpiece is formed of compacted powdered metal and has a body that is generally shaped as a parallelepiped with a pair of end faces. The body defines a bore, a pair of V-notches and a pair of channels. The V-notches are formed into the bore parallel to the central axis of the bore and cooperate to define a separation plane. Each of the channels is formed in an associated one of the end faces at a location where the separation plane intersects the end face. During forging, the channels are closed but create a stress riser that aids in directing the fracture when the components are separated from one another.
US11376657B2
Disclosed here is a method for making a nanoporous material, comprising aerosolizing a solution comprising at least one metal salt and at least one solvent to obtain an aerosol, freezing the aerosol to obtain a frozen aerosol, and drying the frozen aerosol to obtain a nanoporous metal compound material. Further, the nanoporous metal compound material can be reduced to obtain a nanoporous metal material.
US11376651B2
A rolling tool (5) has a basic body (6) for fastening the rolling tool (5) in a rolling machine (1) and a profiled part (7) for the shaping treatment of a workpiece (2) to be rolled. The basic body (6) and the profiled part (7) are of multi-piece design. The basic body (6) and the profiled part (7), in their interconnected position, are mounted movably relative to one another in a plane perpendicular to the rolling direction (23). The basic body (6) of the rolling tool (5) can also be part of the rolling machine (1).
US11376649B2
The present invention discloses a method for preparing an evaporator for reducing water condensing capacity and an evaporator. The preparation method comprises steps of: step A: selecting fins; step B: stacking; step C: arranging tubes; and, step D: expanding tubes. In accordance with the present invention, the existing fins and devices can be used to produce an evaporator in which the distance between two adjacent fins satisfies the requirements of the freezing operation, ensuring the normal operation of an air conditioner when the refrigeration temperature is below 0° C.
US11376638B2
A foam generating spray nozzle for water jet hose attachments having an adjustable spray nozzle that provides incremental directional nozzle outlet adjustment. A cleaning mixture reservoir having premeasured dissolvable cleaning product pod receivable within in fluid communication with the nozzle assembly. Selective cleaning product mix reservoir access provides fluid reservoir product to the nozzle fluid stream under metered acceleration and aeration foam prior to direct outlet nozzle directional adjustment and spray stream deflector downstream thereof.
US11376633B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for container location flaps with increased degrees of freedom for sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example rotatable flap for use with an item sortation machine may include a first portion having a first frame and a first mesh grid coupled to the first frame, a second portion having a second frame and a second mesh grid coupled to the second frame, and a first coupler configured to couple the second portion to the first portion. The second portion may be configured to rotate from a first position coplanar to the first portion to a second position transverse to the first portion, and the first portion may be coupled to a frame of the item sortation machine and configured to rotate with respect to the frame.
US11376632B2
A sieving system for a powder is provided. The sieving system includes a support structure; a filter housing movable relative to the support structure, the filter housing defining an inlet and an outlet, the filter housing comprising a broad frequency filter disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the broad frequency filter configured to restrict a first portion of the powder larger than a predetermined threshold from reaching the outlet; and a powder mass control assembly configured to determine data indicative of a powder mass within a portion of the sieving system and control one or more operations of the sieving system based on the determined data indicative of the powder mass.
US11376631B2
A mobile screen body and a mobile mineral material processing plant are disclosed that include a platform frame, a plurality of legs for supporting the platform frame to ground, a screen support frame supported by the platform frame movably between a transport position in which the screen support frame is adjacent to the platform frame and an operating position in which the screen support frame is elevated from the transport position, and a plurality of supports having first ends configured to be structurally coupled with the screen support frame, and second ends configured to be structurally coupled with respective ones of the plurality of legs, when the screen support frame is in the operating position. The supports are arranged in pairs that reside outside the platform frame in sideways direction.
US11376623B2
An apparatus for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a rotary actuator, a reservoir, containing a hydraulic fluid, a piston, movable inside the reservoir, a linear actuator, coupled to the piston, a gear train, coupling the rotary actuator with the linear actuator, and a flowable-material dispenser, hydraulically coupled with the reservoir.
US11376621B2
A weighted inverted sprinkler assembly adapted for use with a drop hose of an irrigation system is disclosed. The assembly comprises a coiled weight formed from a coiled wire, a sprinkler fluidly associated with the drop hose, and a coiled weight support structure. A pressure regulator may be provided in fluid associated with the irrigation drop hose and the sprinkler. The coiled weight has a shape that is selected for use with a particular sprinkler assembly. The shape may be an elongated shape for use with an elongated coiled weight support structure, a beehive shape for use with a pressure regulator having a collar to support the coiled weight, and a pear shape for use with a pressure regulator having a flared housing. The coiled weight is preferably formed from a single coiled wire although two or more weights may be used in combination in a given application.
US11376615B2
A fluid dispenser assembly having a fluid reservoir (4), a dispenser member (5), and a dispenser orifice (62). The fluid reservoir (4) includes a piston (42) movable in leaktight sliding contact in a slide cylinder (41) over a maximum stroke defined between a start position that corresponds to a substantially full state of the reservoir, and an end position that corresponds to a substantially empty state of the reservoir. The dispenser assembly further includes an RFID tag (40) that is secured to the piston (42).
US11376614B2
A showerhead assembly is provided which includes an outer housing and inner housing. The inner housing includes a support disk and gear housing disk having two diverter arms and a gear train. The gear train includes a propeller, a coaxial pinion, and a large gear. The outer housing includes the base and a faceplate having nozzle systems connecting to complementary orifices. Water enters the internal housing via a channel where it is further diverted by the diverter arms so as to impinge on the gear train's propeller, causing the gear train's individual components to rotate. Upon the rotation of the large gear, the large gear's slot aligns with a selected orifice whereby water travels through and enters a corresponding nozzle system. This sequence continues, causing water to sequentially spray from individual nozzles in systematic intervals so as to create a strobe-like spray pattern.
US11376609B2
A filter assembly for an active field polarized media air cleaner includes a conductive screen that conducts a high voltage therethrough, a probe that delivers voltage to the conductive screen, and a conductive patch adhered to the conductive screen. The probe delivers the high voltage to the conductive screen through the conductive patch.
US11376596B2
A microfluidic chip configured to move a microdroplet along a predetermined path, includes a plurality of probe electrode groups spaced apart along the predetermined path. Each of the plurality of probe electrode groups includes a first probe electrode and a second probe electrode spaced apart from each other. The first probe electrode and the second probe electrode among a plurality of first probe electrodes and a plurality of second probe electrodes are configured to form an electrical loop with the microdroplet to thereby facilitate determining a position of the microdroplet.
US11376593B2
Systems and methods for sorting T cells are disclosed. Autofluorescence data is acquired from individual cells. An activation value is computed using one or more autofluorescence endpoints as an input. The one or more autofluorescence endpoints includes NAD(P)H shortest fluorescence lifetime amplitude component (α1).
US11376592B2
A single junction sorter for a microfluidic particle sorter, the single-junction sorter comprising: an input channel, configured to receive a fluid containing particles; an output sort channel and an output waste channel, each connected to the input channel for receiving the fluid therefrom; a bubble generator, operable to selectively displace the fluid around a particle to be sorted and thereby to create a transient flow of the fluid in the input channel; and a vortex element, configured to cause a vortex in the transient flow in order to direct the particle to be sorted into the output sort channel.
US11376587B2
Disclosed herein are cell processing systems, devices, and methods thereof. A system for cell processing may comprise a plurality of instruments each independently configured to perform one or more cell processing operations upon a cartridge, and a robot capable of moving the cartridge between each of the plurality of instruments.
US11376585B2
A drive circuit and its drive method, and a panel and its drive method are provided. The drive circuit includes a step-up unit, a plurality of signal input terminals and a signal output terminal. The step-up unit includes a first module, a second module and a first capacitor. The first module is configured to transmit a signal of a third signal input terminal to a first electrode of the first capacitor. The second module is configured to transmit a signal of a fourth signal input terminal to a second electrode of the first capacitor at a first time period which generates a voltage difference between two electrodes of the first capacitor, and to transmit the signal of the fourth signal input terminal to the second electrode of the first capacitor at a second time period which further increases a signal of the first electrode of the first capacitor.
US11376567B2
Methods for preparing catalytic systems include passivating a gamma-phase alumina support body to yield a theta-phase alumina support body and applying catalytic metal to passivated theta-phase alumina support body. Passivating can include heating, optionally in the presence of steam. The gamma-phase alumina can be lanthanum-doped gamma-phase alumina and can be about 0.1-55 wt. % lanthanum. The catalytic metal can include rhodium, copper, or nickel. The catalytic metal can be rhodium or nickel, and the catalytic metal can be applied to the passivated theta-phase alumina support body at a loading of about 0.1-10 wt. %. The catalytic metal can be copper, and the catalytic metal can be applied to the passivated theta-phase alumina support body at a loading of about 0.1-30 wt. %. The gamma-phase alumina support body can be at least about 90 wt. % gamma-phase alumina. The passivated theta-phase alumina support body can be at least about 80 wt. % theta-phase alumina.
US11376565B2
A method of forming a fuel cell catalyst system, the method includes providing an anticorrosive, conductive catalyst support material having oxygen vacancies and a formula (I): MgTi2O5-δ (I), where δ is any number between 0 and 3 optionally including a fractional part denoting the oxygen vacancies, coating the catalyst support material with a polymeric film, attaching a catalyst material onto the polymeric film, removing the polymeric film, and providing additional material onto the support material to increase physical, electrical, and/or mechanical contact between the catalyst material and the catalyst support material.
US11376556B2
A device for shaking and sampling biological liquids that is able to take a sample of a biological liquid in a tube including a shaker designed to mix a rack holding one or more tubes by performing a succession of tilting movements between two shaking positions. The shaker is also arranged to tilt beyond the shaking position furthest away from the insertion position of a rack to discharge same by gravity.
US11376553B2
A superhydrophobic polypropylene porous film, including a polypropylene porous film substrate, titanium dioxide layers and a surface modifier layer, is disclosed. The titanium dioxide layers are deposited on the surface of the polypropylene porous film substrate by atomic deposition technology; a surface modifier is coated on the titanium dioxide layers; hydrophobic bonds are formed between the titanium dioxide layers and the surface modifier layer; the superhydrophobic polypropylene porous film has a water contact angle greater than 150 degrees, a rolling angle less than 10 degrees, an aperture of 0.1-0.4 μm, a porosity of 50%-80%, a tensile strength of 30-50 MPa, and an elongation at break of 10%-30%. The superhydrophobic polypropylene porous film maintains the chemical resistance, rigidity, and porosity of the polypropylene porous film, and has superhydrophobic properties and a good separation effect after working for 80 hours, thus greatly increasing the service life, and reducing operation costs and working costs in a membrane distillation process.
US11376551B2
An Atmospheric Storage Tank (AST) system designed to be an alternative to the existing RO pressure storage tank that operates on water pipeline pressure. It eliminates the disadvantage of subjecting the RO system to back pressure on the feed water which reduces the efficiency of the system and also has a higher probability of leakage. When the AST system is installed below the faucet, a pumping gadget is required to pump the water. It is primarily designed, although not exclusively, to be used together with a zero waste reverse osmosis system.
US11376546B2
A method for producing aqueous hydrochloric acid from flue gases is provided. The method comprises conveying water to a first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) or to a line (112b, 212b, 312b, 412b, 512b, 712b, 712c) to use the water in a scrubbing liquid of the first scrubber. The method also comprises providing flue gas containing chlorides into the first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) and scrubbing the flue gas containing chlorides with the scrubbing liquid by contacting the flue gas with the scrubbing liquid in the first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702). Dilute hydrochloric acid and a flue gas derivate (104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 704) are produced. The method comprises letting out at least some of the dilute hydrochloric acid from the first scrubber (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) as a scrubber bleed, separating solids suspended by the scrubber bleed in a solids separator (192, 592, 692), conveying the scrubber bleed from the solids separator (192, 592, 692) into an evaporation vessel (194, 594, 694) and concentrating the scrubber bleed in the evaporation vessel (194, 594, 694) to produce hydrochloric acid vapor having a concentration of 5-22 wt-%. A corresponding system is also provided.
US11376536B2
Disclosed herein are air intake assemblies for internal combustion engines. In some embodiments, an air intake assembly includes an air filter configured to produce filtered air, a sealed filter housing configured to house the air filter therein, and an intake tube configured to convey the filtered air to an internal combustion engine. The filter housing includes an air intake port configured to provide intake air to the air filter. The air filter is configured to remove particulate matter from the intake air and produce the filtered air. The air filter includes a multi-component coupling interface configured to accept an intake-end portion of the intake tube in the coupling interface. The filter housing includes an aperture configured to accept the coupling interface of the air filter in the aperture. Also disclosed herein are methods of the air intake assemblies.
US11376528B2
A filter system for filtering a fluid has a filter housing with a housing top part and a housing bottom part, wherein the housing top part and the housing bottom part extend along a housing axis. An outlet socket is arranged at the housing top part and is provided to discharge the fluid after having been filtered. A non-return valve is arranged in an interior of the outlet socket. A filter element is arranged in the filter housing and separates a raw fluid side and a clean fluid side from each other. The filter element has a valve seat interacting with the non-return valve. The non-return valve closes in a closed position of the non-return valve a fluid path through the outlet socket and opens in an open position of the non-return valve the fluid path through the outlet socket.
US11376523B2
An instantaneous separation system for capturing and recovering oil from an outdoor electrical equipment. The system includes a capture system for capturing a mixture of oil and water and transporting the mixture to an instantaneous separation reservoir. The separation reservoir maintains the separated oil and water separate via a separation plate. A water outlet pipe transports the separated water back to the surroundings, an oil outlet pipe transports the separated oil to an oil reservoir; a nominal water level threshold maintains the separated water at a given water height by directing any water surpassing the water height to the surroundings via the water outlet pipe. The nominal water level threshold and the separation plate ensure that substantially only the separated water enters the water outlet pipe. An oil outlet threshold is positioned at a height that is greater than the height of the nominal water level threshold.
US11376515B1
In an aspect, a transformable toy is provided and includes a first rotary member and a second rotary member, which are rotatable relative to one another between first and second rotary positions. A projection member is rotationally fixed to the first rotary member, and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A helical guide is connected and a helical guide follower are connected to the the second rotary member and the projection member. Relative rotation between the first rotary member and the second rotary member between the first and second rotary positions drives relative rotation between the helical guide and the helical guide follower, which in turn drives the projection member to move between the retracted and extended positions.
US11376513B2
A zip track system that is integrally connected to a challenge course so that a user can traverse one portion of the challenge course, and then can slide down the zip track system via a zip track to any other desired location.
US11376512B1
A full body swing includes a broad flexible belt having a width extending between opposed front and rear ends of the swing and a length extending between opposed left and right ends of the swing, where the left and right ends are attached along their widths to an upper frame to suspend the flexible belt along a belt axis. In one embodiment, the flexible belt supports a seat section for a child to sit where movement of the seat section occurs along the belt axis of the flexible belt and is facilitated by alternating rigid and flexible sections of the belt along the belt axis.
US11376504B2
A method of changing a virtual world of a computer-implemented game based on real-world locations of players of the computer-implemented game is disclosed. A presence of a player of the computer-implemented game is detected at a physical location. A presence of an additional player of the computer-implemented game is detected at the physical location based on a communication received from the player of the computer-implemented game. An aspect of the virtual world of the computer-implemented game is changed based on the detecting of the presence of the player at the physical location and the detecting of the presence of the additional player of the computer-implemented game at the physical location.
US11376498B2
An in-content challenge platform and method for generating single user challenges within multiplayer games (and other media) is disclosed. The in-content challenge platform provides various in-content challenges and prize promotions to users for completing specific win conditions within an instance content (e.g., a video game, a fitness application, a streaming video service, etc.). In some embodiments, the platform can be integrated directly into the game itself. In other embodiments, the platform is seen as an overlay to the game. In still other embodiments, the user can interact with the platform through a separate piece of software that is reached via a client device independent of the content or a third-party system providing the content itself.
US11376492B2
A game table includes a table body and a score counter mounted to the table body. The score counter includes a middle rod and a plurality of scoring beads. The scoring beads are movably sleeved on the middle rod. Two ends of the middle rod are provided with fixing rods, respectively. The two ends of the middle rod are inserted into fixing holes of the fixing rods to be positioned therein. The score counter has an ingenious design and can be installed conveniently. The installation and positioning accuracy is good. After a period of use, the middle rod of the score counter is still in the axis position, and the reliability of use is good.
US11376489B2
A card-handling device and related methods may include a card intake, a card rotation device, and a card output. The card rotation device may be configured to rotate at least one of the one or more playing cards about a minor axis of the one or more playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of lateral edges of the one or more playing cards. A card-handling device and related methods may be configured to recognize unreadable cards and move the unreadable cards to a designated position.
US11376488B1
A two-card sleeve apparatus is described. The two-card sleeve apparatus may include a first transparent layer, an opaque layer, and a second transparent layer. The two-card sleeve apparatus may be used to safely store or display two or more trading cards.
US11376477B2
In a golf ball having a core, envelope layer, intermediate layer and cover, the core has a specific hardness profile, the resin materials making up either or both of the envelope layer and the intermediate layer contain a high-acid ionomer, and the Shore C hardness relationships among the core center, surface of the envelope-encased layer and surface of the intermediate layer-encased sphere satisfy the following conditions: surface hardness of envelope layer-encased sphere
US11376474B2
Golf balls including at least one modified dimple group are disclosed. The modified dimple group comprises one or more modified dimples forming an axially symmetric pattern about a Correction Area Centroid located on an axis of symmetry at a latitude greater than 0°, where 0° represents the hemispherical pole and 90° represents the equator. The modified dimples can be altered, for example, by changing dimple coverage, dimple diameter, dimple depth, dimple edge angle, dimple volume, dimple cross-sectional shape, and/or dimple plan shape. Optionally, the dimples have a catenary cross-sectional shape and the modified dimples are altered by changing the shape factor and/or chord depth. Such modifications preferably produce a golf ball that flies more consistently regardless of orientation when struck than a corresponding golf ball without such modifications.
US11376470B2
An exercise chatbot control method through augmented reality, system, and computer program product for controlling an exercise machine including a chatbot include determining a context of a user on the exercise machine via a sensor, learning an effectiveness of an activity for the user using the exercise machine, dynamically configuring the activity for the user on the exercise machine and a level of performance of the activity to an ideal activity level based on a user profile, the context of the user, and the effectiveness of the activity for the user, and providing an output including the ideal activity level from the chatbot to the user.
US11376468B2
Portable fitness monitoring methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a portable fitness monitoring method includes a method for providing audible output to a user during an athletic activity using a portable fitness monitoring device. The method includes the steps of receiving an audio feedback file package that includes a first audio feedback file, updating the audio feedback file package, and processing the updated audio feedback file package to provide audible output to the user through an audio output device during the athletic activity.
US11376466B2
An ab exercise device including a first tube member, a second tube member movable with respect to the first tube member, an elastic member resisting a downward movement of the second tube member and moving the second tube member upward with respect to the first tube member, a first and a second side part for supporting the ab exercise device respectively against a first and a second surface, the first and the second side part being arranged respectively to a first and a second side of the first tube member in an upper end of the first tube member, and a top part for pressing down the second tube member, the top part being attached to the second tube member.
US11376460B2
This disclosure addresses an exercise device adapted to enable the user to perform a salmon ladder exercise. The ladder includes a frame with at least one pair of support protrusions that receive an exercise bar. A bearing surface that receives the shaft of a catch array rotatably mounted in the frame. The device further includes a braking mechanism that applies a variable suppression force to the catch array shaft, the variable suppression adjusting the force required to rotate the catch array shaft in the bearing surface.
US11376453B2
An area is set as an interference area, in which a transport vehicle is located in a state in which a portion of the transport vehicle overlaps a door trajectory which is a movement trajectory of a fire protection door. A control portion that controls a subject vehicle, which is a transport vehicle to be controlled, prohibits the whole subject vehicle from entering the interference area if it is determined, based on another-vehicle information, which is information of a traveling state of another vehicle that is different from the subject vehicle, and information regarding the interference area, that the interference area is present between the another vehicle located forward of the subject vehicle and the subject vehicle, and that a stoppable area is not secured between a rear end position of the another vehicle and the fire protection door.
US11376448B2
A self-contained breathing apparatus includes an air cylinder pressurized to about 5500 psi, wherein the air cylinder is compatible with infrastructure used in conjunction with the air cylinder. The self-contained breathing apparatus also includes a first regulator valve for reducing air pressure from the air cylinder to a predetermined level. A second regulator valve is also provided for reducing the air pressure from the predetermined level to a level suitable for use by an operator, wherein air is supplied from the second regulator valve to the operator via a mask. The self-contained breathing apparatus further includes a frame for supporting the air cylinder on the back of the operator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11376424B2
An open coiled pacemaker lead is provided that has improved structural stability and functional life in vivo. The open coiled lead includes an electrically conductive material that is coated or covered by a thin layer of electrically insulative material. The coated coiled lead has adequate spacing between adjacent coils, and has a lumen of sufficient diameter, to allow for infiltration of biological connective tissue onto the surface of the coated coil when maintained in vivo for a sufficient amount of time. Infiltration of the connective tissue essentially uniformly along the entire coiled lead strengthens and lengthens the functional life of the coated coil lead.
US11376407B2
An automatic tattoo apparatus can be used to robotically apply tattoos. A customer can shop on an online tattoo marketplace to select designs created by various artists located anywhere. The online tattoo marketplace can process and manage payments, artist and/or customer profiles, bookings, tattoo design uploads, browsing and design selection, design changes, and/or perform other actions. The automatic tattoo device can apply tattoos precisely, quickly, and may with reduced pain. The tattoo apparatus can apply a wide range of different types of tattoos, including but not limited to micro tattoos, dotwork, blackwork tattoos, realism tattoos, fine-line tattoos, etc.
US11376400B2
Catheters with at least two curved portions near their distal ends are provided. The lengths and/or curvatures of the curved portions are selected so that a catheter can be advanced through a brachiocephalic or left subclavian artery (BCA or LSC) to access the ascending or descending aorta (AA or DA), withdrawn therefrom, and simply rotated to access the AA or DA. Hence, the catheters provide access to both the AA and DA through the BCA or LSC without any need to withdraw the catheter from the BCA or LSC, e.g., so a second catheter can be exchanged for it. The catheter can further be advanced through the DA into the abdominal aorta and rotated to access branch arteries including the vessels of the lower extremities. The catheters are usable for flush aortography, arteriography, and intravascular pressure measurements, and can be introduced to the BCA or LSC via radial artery access.
US11376399B2
Some embodiments relate to a catheter system having a changeable or adjustable working length. The catheter system can comprise a proximal end, a distal end, and a first axial lumen configured to receive a guidewire formed through at least a portion of the catheter body. A first opening can be formed through a portion of the catheter body and be in communication with the first lumen. The sheath can be rotatable, axially movable, or otherwise changeable from at least a first position to a second position, wherein the sheath can substantially cover the first opening in the catheter body in the first position, and can substantially expose the first opening in the catheter body in the second position.
US11376398B2
A neuromodulation catheter includes an elongate shaft and a neuromodulation element. The shaft includes two or more first cut shapes and two or more second cut shapes along a helical path extending around a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The first cut shapes are configured to at least partially resist deformation in response to longitudinal compression and tension on the shaft and torsion on the shaft in a first circumferential direction. The second cut shapes are configured to at least partially resist deformation in response to longitudinal compression on the shaft and torsion on the shaft in both first and second opposite circumferential directions.
US11376392B2
The present invention relates to a tub configured to receive a volume of liquid for a humidifier, comprising at least one plastic component and at least one metal component, which together form a space for receiving said volume of liquid, wherein the at least one metal component and the at least one plastic component are attached to each other by means of a silicone seal. Furthermore, the invention relates to method for manufacturing a tub for a humidifier.
US11376391B2
Apparatus for treating a respiratory disorder in a patient, the apparatus comprising: a respiratory pressure therapy device configured to generate a flow of air for treating the respiratory disorder, said flow of air being at a positive pressure with respect to ambient pressure; an air circuit adapted to transport said flow of air generated by said respiratory pressure therapy device to a patient interface, said air circuit having a proximal end connectable to said respiratory pressure therapy device and a distal end connectable to said patient interface; a nebuliser module located at or adjacent to said proximal end of said air circuit, said nebuliser module adapted to nebulise a liquid to form a nebula of said liquid, and to admit said nebula into said flow of air generated by said respiratory pressure therapy device; and a vaporiser located at said distal end of said air circuit, said vaporiser adapted to receive said nebula and further adapted to vaporise said nebula to form a humidified flow of air. Also, a method for treating a respiratory disorder in a patient, the method comprising the steps of: generating a flow of air for treating the respiratory disorder in a respiratory pressure therapy device, said flow of air being at a positive pressure with respect to ambient pressure; nebulising a liquid retained in a water reservoir to form a nebula of said liquid, and admitting said nebula to said flow of air; transporting said flow of air and said nebula over an air circuit; receiving said flow of air and said nebula in a vaporiser module; vaporising said nebula to form a vapour of said liquid; mixing said air flow with said vapour in said vaporiser module to form a humidified flow of air; receiving said humidified flow of air in a patient interface; and delivering said humidified flow of air to said patient for treatment of said respiratory disorder.
US11376390B2
Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system can include a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.
US11376389B2
A tracheal tube (e.g., an endotracheal tube) includes an inserting cannula (that may be able to swivel), and wherein the inserting cannula is connected to an elbow adaptor through a Bayonet Neill-Concelman (BNC) connection. The BNC connection may provide more secure connection of the corresponding components and may be able to withstand greater amounts of force exerted on them without becoming detached from each other. The elbow adapter may further be coupled to a pressure release valve that will alleviate pressure buildup within the tracheal tube.
US11376385B2
The present disclosure relates to a wear-out assessment system including a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to an airway of a patient, wherein the patient interface includes a first wireless communication unit a communication device including a second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the first wireless communication unit and a wear-out assessment unit for determining wear-out data relating to a wear-out of the patient interface. The first and second wireless communication unit are configured to exchange at least parts of the wear-out data. The present disclosure also relates to a method of assessing wear-out of a patient interface.
US11376384B2
An air delivery system for providing a supply of air from a source of air at positive pressure to an interfacing structure located at the entrance to the airways of a patient includes a manifold adapted to connect with the supply of positive air pressure and at least one tube connected to the manifold and adapted to deliver the supply of air to the interfacing structure. Each tube is structured to allow movement between an open phase in which the tube allows the passage of air and a collapsed phase in which the tube is collapsed. Each tube is structured such that weight of a typical patient's head against bedding apparel is sufficient to collapse the tube from the open phase to the collapsed phase.
US11376374B2
Provided are a medicine injecting tip, which injects a medicine into a hole in a skin formed by a needle while invading the needle to a preset depth of a deep portion of the skin, a hand piece equipped with the medicine injecting tip, and a skin treatment device using the medicine injecting tip. The medicine injecting tip includes a cylinder, a plunger that reciprocates downward and upward, and has a first space and a second space formed inside the cylinder, and a needle disposed in the plunger and disposed in the second space of the cylinder. The needle is inserted into a skin and a negative pressure state is formed in the second space when the plunger moves downward, and the needle is discharged from the skin and a positive pressure state is formed in the second space, when the plunger moves upward.
US11376373B2
A medical injection device for supporting a medical container, the medical container comprising a barrel adapted to contain a composition and a needle extending from a distal end of the barrel, wherein the medical injection device comprises: a body configured to receive at least a part of the medical container, a plunger axially movable relative to the body along an axis of the body, needle cover movable relative to the body along the axis, the needle cover being configured to move successively between storage position wherein the needle cover covers the needle, an injection position wherein the needle cover exposes at least partially the needle, a safety position wherein the needle cover covers the needle and is prevented from moving back to the injection position.
US11376370B2
An injection device includes a cartridge configured to hold a volume of fluid, the cartridge having a proximal end and a distal end through which the fluid is dispensed; a stopper disposed in the cartridge and configured to move from the proximal end toward the distal end to cause the fluid to be dispensed through the distal end of the cartridge; and an electronic device disposed at the distal end of the cartridge, the electronic device including an emitter configured to transmit a signal toward the stopper, a receiver configured to receive reflections of the signal from the stopper, and a controller configured to wirelessly transmit data related to a position of the stopper in the cartridge.
US11376367B2
An assembly for a medication delivery device, wherein the assembly is configured to perform a dose setting operation, the assembly having a dose setting sleeve and a drive sleeve, wherein the dose setting sleeve has a first dosing track having a first length and defining a first size of a dose and a second dosing track having a second length and defining a second size of a dose, wherein the first length is different from the second length and the first size is different from the second size. The drive sleeve has an engagement feature configured to engage with one of the dosing tracks. The assembly is configured such the dose setting operation has a first step wherein the engagement feature is aligned with one of the dosing tracks and a second step wherein the engagement feature is moved along the dosing track.
US11376364B2
Disclosed is an auto-injection apparatus for receiving a syringe, including: an outer casing enclosing a drive assembly and a syringe carrier configured to hold a barrel of the syringe, the syringe carrier being forward of the drive assembly and having stowed and delivery positions; an interlock extending between the syringe carrier and a syringe carrier housing at least partially surrounding the syringe carrier, the interlock preventing forward motion of the syringe carrier under the influence of an insertion actuator whilst in the stowed position. The drive assembly includes the insertion actuator for inserting a needle of the syringe into an injection site and a delivery actuator for driving a plunger into a barrel of the syringe which contains a substance for injection. The syringe carrier includes an interlock release mechanism which is configured to release the interlock such that the insertion actuator drives the syringe carrier forward.
US11376350B2
Fluid management in surgical procedures. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: pumping surgical fluid through a tube to a surgical site by a fluid controller operating in a first mode, the first mode comprising a first relationship of fluid flow and pressure drop across the tube and cannula, and the first mode comprising a first set of proportional, integral, and differential (PID) parameters; and then pumping surgical fluid through the tube to the surgical site with the fluid controller operating in a second mode, the second mode comprising a second relationship of fluid flow and pressure drop across the tube and cannula, the second relationship different than the first relationship, and the second mode comprising a second set of PID parameters used, the second set of PID parameters different than the first set of PID parameters.
US11376349B2
Biodegradable compositions containing from 10.0 to 95.0 weight percent iron for use in preparing medical devices. These biodegradable compositions exhibit properties that make them suitable for use as medical devices for implantation into a body of a patient. The compositions also include one or more elements selected from manganese, magnesium, zirconium, zinc and calcium. The compositions can be prepared using a high energy milling technique and high energy mechanical alloying followed by compaction and sintering, film deposition techniques, such as, pulsed laser deposition (PLD), as well as melting, casting, homogenization and extrusion methods. The resulting compositions and the medical devices formed therefrom are useful in various surgical procedures, such as but not limited to orthopedic, craniofacial and cardiovascular.
US11376348B2
Disclosed are products and methods for treating soft tissue injuries. The provided methods include the production of processed or cryopreserved microvascular tissue. Also provided are products and methods of using processed or cryopreserved microvascular tissue for the treatment of soft tissue injuries.
US11376333B2
The present invention relates to a substrate for transglutaminase comprising a peptide having from 3 to 15 amino acids and comprising the amino acid sequence X−4X−3X−2X−1QX+1X+2X+3X+4, bound to a first molecule.
US11376321B2
The present invention relates to a method for removing undesired anti-AAV antibodies from a blood-derived composition.
US11376314B2
The disclosure provides synthetic (e.g. recombinant) pneumococcal saccharides comprising one or more repeat unit(s) →4)-β-D-Glcp-(1→4)-[Gro-(2→P→3)]-β-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-L-Rhap-(1→. Also provided are conjugates comprising a →4)-β-D-Glcp-(1→4)-[Gro-(2→P→3)]-β-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-L-Rhap-(1→, immunogenic compositions, vaccines and their use in preventing or treating infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
US11376305B2
Both purinergic signaling through nucleotides such as ATP and noradrenergic signaling through molecules such as norepinephrine regulate vascular tone and blood pressure. Pannexin1 (Panx1), which forms large-pore, ATP-releasing channels, is present in vascular smooth muscle cells in peripheral blood vessels and participates in noradrenergic responses. Using pharmacological approaches and mice conditionally lacking Panx1 in smooth muscle cells, we found that Panx1 contributed to vasoconstriction mediated by the α1 adrenoreceptor (α1AR), whereas vasoconstriction in response to serotonin or endothelin-1 was independent of Panx1. Analysis of the Panx1-deficient mice showed that Panx1 contributed to blood pressure regulation especially during the night cycle when sympathetic nervous activity is highest. Using mimetic peptides and site-directed mutagenesis, we identified a specific amino acid sequence in the Panx1 intracellular loop that is essential for activation by α1AR signaling. Collectively, these data describe a specific link between noradrenergic and purinergic signaling in blood pressure homeostasis.
US11376304B2
The present technology is directed to compositions and methods for preventing, ameliorating, or reducing the severity of one or more signs, or symptoms associated with a reduction of function, decreased expression level of, and/or deficiency in one or more of COL4A3, COL4A4 and COL4A5 genes. Also disclosed herein are methods of preventing or treating Alport Syndrome in a mammalian subject, reducing risk factors associated with Alport Syndrome, and/or reducing the likelihood or severity of Alport Syndrome. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide.
US11376298B2
An anti-microbial composition is provided that includes a combination of neem seed oil in an amount of between 10% and 50% and an oil extract of Hypericum perforatum in an amount of between 10% and 50%, wherein the oil extract is obtained from macerated flower crowns of Hypericum perforatum.
US11376297B2
Methods and compositions for providing a health benefit to an animal using a nutrient blend. In one embodiment, the method can comprise orally administering a composition comprising at least four of the nutrients selected from the group of walnut, maitake mushroom extract, EGCG, turmeric root powder, lycopene, taurine, EPA, and DHA to the animal.
US11376293B2
Many people who suffer from anal rectal discomfort and disorders need fibrous sheet materials which are pre-moistened with a solution for improved cleansing without excessive skin irritation. The invention particularly concerns wet wipes, such as anal-rectal wipes, which comprises a solution comprising hamamelis water or witch hazel, to effectively treat anal-rectal disorders.
US11376285B2
The invention relates to bacterial compositions useful in the treatment of cancer. In particular, the compositions can be used as a co-therapy with an immune checkpoint therapy. The invention also relates to methods for identifying a subject that will respond to therapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor comprising determining the abundance of bacteria in a biological sample from said subject.
US11376284B2
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing central nervous system disorders and conditions.
US11376280B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating rotator cuff conditions (e.g., rotator cuff tendonitis or rotator cuff injuries such as partial rotator cuff tears). For example, methods and materials for using zinc or a zinc chelator to treat rotator cuff conditions are provided.
US11376277B2
The invention disclosed herein relates to novel synergistic medicinal compositions for treating dysfunctional D-serine (DSR) signaling. Particularly the invention provides potent synergistic medicinal composition comprising combination of N-acetyl taurinate salt of divalent metal (M2+AT) as serine racemase enzyme (SR) activator/stimulator and benzoic acid ester salt of monovalent or divalent metals (M+/2+Bz) as d-amino acid oxidase enzyme (DAAO) inhibitor, which are present in weight ratio of 1:0.001 to 1:1.5 along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. Further the present synergistic medicinal composition is useful for treating certain neuropsychiatric disorders, neurological disorders and metabolic disorders.
US11376273B2
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing Factor 11 and treating or preventing thromboembolic complications in an individual in need thereof. Examples of disease conditions that can be ameliorated with the administration of antisense compounds targeted to Factor 11 include thrombosis, embolism, and thromboembolism, such as, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Antisense compounds targeting Factor 11 can also be used as a prophylactic treatment to prevent individuals at risk for thrombosis and embolism.
US11376235B2
To provide a novel inflammasome inhibitor capable of inhibiting activation of inflammasome, the present inventors newly found that arctigenin reduces the amount of 1L-1β released and the amount of activated caspase-1 upon stimulation with ATP, palmitic acid, MSU and Poly(dA:dT) and thus has an effect of inhibiting inflammasome activation. The present invention provides an inhibitor of inflammasome activation that comprises arctigenin as an active ingredient.
US11376227B2
The present disclosure relates to chewing gum or lozenge with cannabinoids and menthol including a liquid-filled chewing gum or lozenge with a chewing gum base shell or lozenge candy shell enclosing an internal void therein and a liquid filling in the void, the liquid-filled chewing gum or lozenge including cannabinoids and menthol. The menthol component can be a stabilized menthol composition comprising menthol and at least one menthol stabilizer compound including undecylenic acid methyl ester, undecylenic acid or a salt of undecylenic acid.
US11376226B2
Biodegradable polymer microparticles bearing a steroid drug and a preparation method therefor. In the method, a steroid drug and a biodegradable polyester-based polymer are dissolved in an organic solvent and sprayed into a low-temperature hydrocarbon solution to form frozen microparticles that are then immersed in a low-temperature, aqueous salt solution to deprive the microparticles of the organic solvent, thereby preparing biodegradable polymer microparticles bearing a steroid drug. The steroid drug or steroid sex hormone drug-bearing biodegradable polymer microparticles were found to have excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, porosity, and mechanical strength and to release the steroid drug or steroid sex hormone drug for a long period of time.
US11376225B2
The invention described herein relates to sterically stabilized colloidal constructs comprising preformed colloidal particles encapsulated within a polymeric shell. The constructs, which are controllably sized, are nanoparticles comprising hydrophobic elements, electrostatically charged particles with hydrophobic surfaces, hydrophobic inorganic nanostructures, and amphiphilic copolymers with hydrophobic domains and hydrophilic domains. The constructs are made by a process that allows for the simultaneous encapsulation of a preformed colloidal agent as well as a dissolved hydrophobic active within the core of the polymeric nanoparticle. Among the actives incorporated in various embodiments are organic fluorescent dyes, metal nanostructures and superparamagnetic materials for use in combined fluorescence, optical and magnetic resonance imaging applications, and hydrophobic drugs for therapeutic applications.
US11376224B2
The present disclosure provides delivery systems for delivering FK506 locally to damaged nerve sites. Particulate FK506 incorporated into a fibrin gel, with the amount of FK506 sufficient to give an FK506 release rate over at least 14 days of at least 5 micrograms per milliliter of the treated tissue per day has been shown to remarkably improve axon regeneration. The delivery systems include particulate FK506 having sizes between about 500 microns to about 1 millimeter encapsulated in a fibrin matrix, powdered FK506 encapsulated within electrospun films, powdered FK506 encapsulated within a cellulose matrix, and a flexible film of small intestinal submucosa having a plurality of solid islands located on one side thereof, with each island containing a preselected amount of FK506 and a polyester. The local application of FK506 via the local delivery system disclosed herein results in excellent nerve regeneration while preventing the toxicity of systemic FK506 that has prevented clinicians from using FK506 routinely for treating severe cases of peripheral nerve injuries. In addition to being used for treatment of damaged nerve sites, the present systems may be applied to other types of injuries, including but not limited to spinal cord Injuries, stroke, vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) and local applications during solid organ transplants.
US11376222B2
The invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising specifically designed lipid globules that are especially suited for preterm infants, small for gestational age infants and infants with retarded growth due to physical or mental stress after birth, for promoting catch-up growth and/or for use in improving body composition, improving adipose tissue distribution, decreasing visceral adipose tissue based on body weight and/or on total adipose tissue, and/or decreasing the ratio visceral adipose tissue to subcutaneous adipose tissue, in such infants, and/or providing nutrition to such infants.
US11376219B2
Embodiments described herein relate to restorative solutions for segmental peripheral nerve (PN) defects using allografted PNs for stimulating PN repair. More specifically, embodiments described herein provide for localized immunosuppression (LIS) surrounding PN allografts as an alternative to systemically suppressing a patient's entire immune system. Methods include localized release of immunosuppressive (ISV) agents are contemplated in one embodiment. Methods also include localized application of immunosuppressive (ISV) regulatory T-cells (Tregs) and/or mesenchymal stomal cells in other embodiments. Hydrogel carrier materials are also described herein.
US11376213B2
There is described a topical composition for application of an NSAID comprising ibuprofen, the composition comprising a solution or suspension of the NSAID as active ingredient in a residual carrier system comprising a polyhydric alcohol, a glycol ether, an ester of a higher fatty acid and optionally water, the ingredients of the residual carrier system having the following concentrations in percentages by weight: polyhydric alcohol 50-90 glycol ether 7.5-40 ester 0.5-5 water optional in which either the composition or the residual phase is in a single phase under ambient conditions and the maximum water concentration is that above which the composition or the residual phase exhibits signs of inhomogeneity.
US11376212B2
Disclosed in the present specification is a skin whitening composition comprising a Bacillus hwajinpoensis strain, a lysate thereof, a cultured product thereof or an extract of the strain, lysate or cultured product as an active ingredient. Disclosed in the present specification is a Bacillus hwajinpoensis strain SNC 135, having an accession number of KCCM12051P, which has a skin whitening function.
US11376209B2
An aqueous anti-dandruff shampoo composition which comprises: (I) a cleansing surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactant and nonionic surfactant; (II) suspended particles of an anti-dandruff agent, (III) an anti-settling, thickening polymer, wherein the anti-settling, thickening polymer, comprises: (a) 40 to 74.5 wt % of structural units of C1-4 alkyl acrylate; (b) 20 to 50 wt % of structural units of methacrylic acid; (c) 0.2 to <5 wt % of structural units of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS); (d) 5 to 25 wt % of structural units of a specialized associated monomer having the following structure wherein R1 is a linear saturated C10-24 alkyl group; wherein R2 is a hydrogen or a methyl group (preferably, wherein R2 is a methyl group); and wherein n is an average of 20 to 28; with the proviso that the structural units of the specialized associated monomer (d) are derived from one of (i) a single specialized associated monomer (preferably, a single specialized associated monomer wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of a linear saturated C12 alkyl group, a linear saturated C18 alkyl group and a linear saturated C22 alkyl group; more preferably, a single specialized associated monomer wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of a linear saturated C12 alkyl group and a linear saturated C18 alkyl group); (ii) two specialized associated monomers, wherein R1 is, respectively, a linear saturated C12 and a linear saturated C18 alkyl group; or (iii) two specialized associated monomers, wherein R1 is, respectively, a linear saturated C18 alkyl group and a linear saturated C22 alkyl group; (e) 0 to 1 wt % of structural units of acrylic acid; and (f) 0 to 2 wt % of structural units of multi-ethylenically unsaturated crosslinking monomer or chain transfer agent; and wherein the sum of the weight percentages of structural units (a)-(f) is equal to 100 wt % of the anti-settling, thickening polymer; and the use of such a composition in a method of treating hair or scalp.
US11376205B2
The invention provides, in the field of caring for and/or making up keratin materials, especially the skin, a composition in water-in-oil emulsion form, containing: a) a continuous oily phase, b) a discontinuous aqueous phase dispersed in the oily phase; c) at least baicalin and/or a derivative thereof and/or a plant extract containing the compound(s); d) at least one vitamin B3 and/or a derivative thereof; e) at least one xanthine base and/or a plant extract containing same; and f) at least one polyvalent cation salt.
US11376204B2
Cosmetic composition comprising anionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic polymers and liquid fatty substances chosen from fatty alcohols and fatty esters, and cosmetic treatment process The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, especially a hair composition, comprising: —one or more anionic surfactants, —one or more amphoteric surfactants, —one or more cationic polymers with a high cationic charge density, —one or more liquid fatty substances chosen from non-oxyalkylenated fatty alcohols and monocarboxylic fatty acid esters, and also mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to a cosmetic process for treating, and more particularly for washing and conditioning, keratin materials, especially the hair, using the present composition.
US11376197B2
The invention relates to the unitary dosage of tablets or pills comprising a hollow body with a container housed in the same configured to store tablets or pills, the container having an outlet channel, a rotation mechanism connected to the container and configured to make it rotate, a dispensing mechanism connected to the hollow body and operatively connected to the rotation mechanism, configured to house and dispense a tablet or pill, as well as for actuating the rotation mechanism and stirring means connected to the hollow body and to the container, such that the actuation of the dispensing mechanism causes the rotation of the container, the tablets or pills being stirred by the operative combination of the rotation with the stirring means, and wherein during the actuation, the dispensing mechanism dispenses a tablet or pill and/or houses another to be dispensed.
US11376192B2
A plastic container product, particularly produced according to a blow-moulding, filling and sealing method, includes a container body having a container content and a head part (12) connected to the container body. The head part defines a removal region (14) closed by a head membrane (16) with joint seam (38) that passes through a surface (20) spanned by the head membrane (16) and that separates at least two penetrable regions (22, 24) on the free front side (26) of the head membrane (16), for the removal of the content. The joint seam (38), observed from the free front side (26) of the head membrane (16), has a seam line (36) that at least partially deviates from an imaginary straight line (32), extends inside the surface (20), is longer than the straight line (32) and at least partially encompasses the penetrable regions (22, 24).
US11376189B2
A chest compression monitor for measuring the depth of chest compressions achieved during CPR. A sensor of the chest compression monitor is disposed within its housing such that compression of the housing due to CPR compressions, and its resultant deformation, is detected by the sensor and used by the control system as the starting point for calculating chest compression depth based on an acceleration signal indicative of the downward displacement of the chest.
US11376182B2
An apparatus, system, and method for analysing and/or treating symptoms of IBS. A system for treating IBS may include a processor configured to receive a first set of data from biosensors configured to measure contractions in the bowel, receive a second set of data from a galvanic skin response sensor configured to measure electrical conductance of the skin, and analyze patterns between the first and second sets of data. An apparatus may include a base material comprising a material that fits to the body of a user, an elastic portion capable of applying compression across the abdomen of a user, and a tension adjusting mechanism for adjusting the compression applied to the abdomen in order to treat the symptoms of IBS.
US11376172B2
The present disclosure provides a patient transporting device having a docking member at one end of the patient transporting device that allows to attach to and detach from a receiving portion of the patient loading systems in an emergency vehicle. The device includes a moveable base member that a patient lies down on, a pathway member for the base member to slidably move along tracks of the pathway member, and a docking member at one end of the pathway member that fits and mates with the receiving portion of the vehicle. In operation, the docking member docks with the receiving portion and establishes an extended bridge formed of the pathway member and the docking member of the device and the receiving portion of the vehicle. The extended bridge has a substantially coplanar surface so that the patient lying down on the base member may be easily loaded to the vehicle.
US11376168B2
An Absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core comprising an absorbent structure, wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a Cross Direction bending rigidity between 0.3 gf*cm{circumflex over ( )}2/cm and 1.6 gf*cm{circumflex over ( )}2/cm and a Machine Direction bending rigidity between 1.5 gf*cm{circumflex over ( )}2/cm and 14 gf*cm{circumflex over ( )}2/cm.
US11376164B2
An article, including a network of interconnected polymeric strands; wherein each of the interconnected polymeric strands has a first surface adapted to contact a tissue site and a second surface opposite the first surface; wherein at least one of the interconnected polymeric stand has a plurality of features extending from the first surface of the interconnected polymeric strands; wherein at least one of the interconnected polymeric strands is non-linear; a plurality of openings between adjacent interconnected polymeric strands; an adhesive layer in contact with the second surface of the interconnected polymeric strands; and a filler in contact with the adhesive layer, the adhesive layer in between the network of interconnected polymeric strands and the filler; wherein the article is a negative pressure wound therapy article.
US11376163B2
Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for restoring vision to a subject. In one embodiment, the vision restoration device comprises a projector configured to project one or more digital images onto a central retina of the subject and one or more lenses coupled to the projector and configured to focus the one or more digital images. The vision restoration device can also comprise an extraocular component configured to be implanted within the subject and comprising one or more processors programmed to execute instructions stored in a memory to wirelessly receive the one or more digital images from an extracorporeal device. The intraocular projection component can be connected or coupled to the extraocular component by a trans-scleral communication wire configured to cross the sclera of the eye. The trans-scleral communication wire is configured to transmit digital data between the extraocular component and the intraocular projection component.
US11376152B2
A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.
US11376141B2
Medical devices that include a tubular member with a plurality of braided filaments, each filament crossing another of the filaments at a respective crossing point forming sidewall and a plurality of pores in the sidewall that are sized to inhibit flow of blood through the sidewall into an aneurysm to a degree sufficient to lead to thrombosis and healing of the aneurysm when the tubular member is positioned in a blood vessel and adjacent to the aneurysm, the pores have an average pore size that is less than or equal to about 500 microns when the tubular member is in an expanded state, the filaments possessing antithrombogenic surfaces to increase antithrombogenicity of the medical device with pores substantially free of webs formed by antithrombogenic material, such that fewer than 5% of the crossing points have webs formed by antithrombogenic material thereby permitting the pores to be substantially free of webs.
US11376135B2
A surgical instrument suitable for preparing an intervertebral disc space includes an outer sleeve, an instrument head, an inner shaft, a handle, a universal joint, a coupling member, and a drive mechanism. The outer sleeve includes a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis. The instrument head defines a longitudinal axis and is disposed at the distal end of the outer shaft. The inner shaft is slidably disposed within the outer sleeve and includes a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the outer sleeve. The drive mechanism is coupled between the outer sleeve and the inner shaft and actuates the outer sleeve axially relative to the inner shaft, thereby setting an angle of the longitudinal axis of the instrument head in relation to the longitudinal axis of the inner shaft.
US11376127B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include device for chordae tendineae repair. The device may include a flexible cord having a first end and a second end; and a helical wire configured to attach to one of the first end and the second end of the flexible cord and anchor the flexible cord to a leaflet of a heart valve; and a capture device having a channel and configured to clamp the leaflet of the heart valve and deliver the flexible cord through the channel to anchor the helical wire to the leaflet.
US11376124B2
Various systems, devices and methods associated with the placement of a dock or anchor (72) for a prosthetic valve (120). The anchor (72) may take the form of a helical anchor having multiple coils (104, 108) and/or a stent-like structure. Various methods include different levels of minimal invasive procedures for delivering the prosthetic valve anchor (72) and prosthetic valve (120), as well as tissue anchors for plication or other purposes to the native valve position in the heart (14).
US11376114B2
A stent graft for deployment in a curved lumen such as the aortic or thoracic arch comprises a constraining mechanism at its proximal end. A stent provided at the proximal end of the stent graft includes loops of material that co-operate with restraining wires that extend between a central guide wire carrier and a restraining wire cannula. The constraining mechanism acts to maintain the proximal stent constrained at both the proximal and distal ends of the proximal stent. The proximal stent is thus allowed to expand after expansion of the remainder of the stent graft during deployment. In an embodiment, the constraining mechanism acts to constrain two adjacent struts of the proximal stent at three points radially therearound, at the proximal end of the stent and at the distal end of the stent. The proximal stent may then overlap with the interior of an adjacent stent at an inner part of a curved vessel.
US11376112B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods that include a self-expanding endoprosthesis having a reduced configuration and a deployed configuration. The self-expanding endoprosthesis may include a self-expanding stent element having an enlarged diameter and a graft component attached to at least a portion of the self-expanding stent element and having an enlarged diameter less than the enlarged diameter of the self-expanding stent element in the deployed configuration.
US11376107B2
The invention relates to an electric toothbrush provided with longitudinal, also called axial, oscillating movement that occurs at the active end of the bristle plumes, or nylon filaments, without the end or tip of the brush causing potentially traumatic blows, which represent an undesired risk, as still occurs according to the existing prior art.
US11376100B2
Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.
US11376098B2
A surgical instrument comprising a staple cartridge assembly is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge body defining a longitudinal axis, staples removably stored in the staple cavities, a cover releasably attached to the cartridge body, and a sled movable from a proximal unfired position to a distal fired position during a firing motion. The staple cartridge further comprises a first RFID tag affixed to the cartridge body at a first longitudinal position, a second RFID tag affixed to the sled, wherein the proximal unfired position of the sled is at a second longitudinal position which is not at the first longitudinal position, and a third RFID tag affixed to the cover at a third longitudinal position which is not at the first longitudinal position and the second longitudinal position.
US11376096B2
A mediated-reality system for surgical applications incorporates pre-operative images and real-time captured images of a surgical site into a visualization presented on a head-mounted display worn by a surgeon during a surgical procedure. The mediated-reality system tracks the surgeon's head position and generates real-time images of the surgical site from a virtual camera perspective corresponding to the surgeon's head position to mimic the natural viewpoint of the surgeon. The mediated-reality system furthermore aligns the pre-operative images with the real-time images from the virtual camera perspective and presents a mediated-reality visualization of the surgical site with the aligned pre-operative three-dimensional images or a selected portion thereof overlaid on the real-time images representing the virtual camera perspective.
US11376093B2
An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance illumination waveguide with suction. This device would be useful in a wide array of various surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics.
US11376090B2
An endoscope includes: a rigid distal structure portion; a rotational portion; an exterior member; a bearing opposed to the exterior member and recessed from an outer surface of the distal structure portion, the bearing being; and a preventing portion. The bearing is configured to receive and support the rotational shaft and to displace the rotational shaft from the distal structure portion by the exterior member being removed from the distal structure portion. The preventing portion provided on one of the rotational portion and the distal structure portion, and configured to prevent disengagement of the rotational portion by coming in contact with the other of the rotational portion and the distal structure portion when the rotational shaft is displaced from the bearing.
US11376088B2
A haptic feedback method comprises providing a teleoperational control system including a first operational mode for operating a teleoperational instrument in response to movement of a control device in a first degree of freedom and a second operational mode for controlling a graphical user interface. The method also includes engaging the second operational mode of the teleoperational control system. While in the second operational mode, the method includes tracking movement of the control device of in a second degree of freedom, different from the first degree of freedom. While in the second operational mode and responsive to the movement of the control device in the second degree of freedom, the method includes applying, by a teleoperational control system, a first haptic force to the control device.
US11376081B2
An optical imaging system for imaging a target during a medical procedure, the imaging system involving an optical assembly having moveable zoom optics and moveable focus optics, a zoom actuator and a focus actuator for positioning the zoom and focus optics, respectively, a controller for controlling the zoom and focus actuators independently in response to received control input, a camera for capturing an image of the target from the optical assembly, the system capable of performing autofocus during a medical procedure.
US11376076B2
Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and/or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a patient data set of a patient. The patient data set is compared to a plurality of reference patient data sets, wherein each of the plurality of reference patient data sets is associated with a corresponding reference patient. A subset of the plurality of reference patient data sets is selected based, at least partly, on similarity to the patient data set and treatment outcome of the corresponding reference patient. Based on the selected subset, at least one surgical procedure or medical device design for treating the patient is generated.
US11376071B2
A method of reducing retro-repulsion of a stone during a laser lithotripsy procedure involves the use of a spacer tip or standoff sleeve to create a passage between the tip of a fiber and a stone, and to prevent collapse of a bubble formed by vaporization of and/or gas pressure on liquid present in the passage. The laser radiation may consist of continuous or quasi-continuous wave radiation that is relatively low in power compared to the therapeutic pulses, or may consist of the therapeutic pulses if the pulse frequency is high enough to prevent collapse of the bubble between pulses. The spacer tip or standoff sleeve further prevents collapse of the bubble and ingress of liquid into the laser path. The spacer tip or standoff sleeve may be a generally-cylindrical protective cap that is fitted to an end of the optical fiber and that extends beyond the fiber tip to provide a predetermined spacing or standoff between the fiber tip and the stone when the protective cap is in contact with the stone. Alternatively, the spacer tip or standoff sleeve may be a catheter sleeve that permits axial adjustment of fiber position within the sleeve.
US11376051B2
A woven retention device for interfacing with a bone surface is provided that includes a sleeve body that can surround a fastener, a proximal end for receiving the fastener, and a distal end. The sleeve body includes interwoven monofilaments of different diameters forming a substantially tubular lattice with protuberances distributed on interior and exterior surfaces of the lattice at a predetermined spatial relationship. In a first state, the sleeve body has a plurality of combinations of filament cross-section geometries at the intersection points, forming a plurality of protuberance thicknesses as measured in a radial direction of the sleeve body. In a second state when a fastener is inserted into the tubular lattice, pressure from the fastener is transmitted to the tubular lattice such that the spatial relationship of the protuberances changes according to a function of bone density and an interfacing surface shape of the fastener.
US11376047B2
The present invention provides a spinal correction device comprising: a pedicle screw comprising a seating part having a pair of first slits formed opposite to each other, and a screw part disposed at one side of the seating part so as to be implanted into a bone; an extender having a pair of second slits for guiding a rod so as to seat same in the seating part, and detachably fastened at one side thereof to the outer surface of the seating part; a reduction body detachably fastened to the other side of the extender; and a rod reducer arranged to pass through the reduction body and the extender so as to fix the rod placed in the pair of second slits by pressing the rod against the seating part.
US11376046B1
A bone fastener comprises a first member defining a plurality of grooves. A coupling member is disposed with the first member. A first band and a second band are disposable within the grooves. A second member is configured to penetrate tissue and includes a head engageable with the first band to provisionally connect the first member to the second member. The coupling member is engageable with a part to move the part relative to the first member into engagement with the second band to dispose the second band adjacent the first band to connect the first member to the second member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
US11376045B2
A system for use during a surgical procedure includes a control unit configured to obtain a first anatomical characteristic of a patient; measure a second anatomical characteristic of a patient; create a targeted second anatomical characteristic; and convert at least one of the measured second anatomical characteristic and the targeted second anatomical characteristics to a patient position.
US11376044B2
Embodiments of the present technology pertain to a system for hyper-localized immobilization of a bone structures. In various embodiments the system includes a power supply, the power supply being internal or external to a patient and allowing for variable control of electric current from the power supply. Embodiments further include a first micro-electromagnet being internal to the patient and being placed in a first bracket that is secured to a first side of the bone structure generating half of an electromagnetic attractive force that will immobilize the other bone structure when a second micro-electromagnet being internal to the patient is placed in a second bracket that is secured to a second side of the bone structure generating the electromagnetic attractive force that immobilizes the bone structure. This method could be applied to stabilize or fixate bone fracture sites when electromagnets leverage attractive forces.
US11376035B2
Devices and methods may allow for the removal of material from a remote location in the vasculature. In an example of such a remote location, the device may be used in the vasculature of a lower extremity in combination with an external cuff. The external cuff may create a dam preventing material from flowing throughout the body. With the external cuff in place, the device of the present disclosure may be utilized to suction the material from the vasculature while rotating the catheter to assist in the removal of the material.
US11376031B2
Apparatus for performing a minimally-invasive procedure, the apparatus comprising: a tool comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft; and an end effector attached to the distal end of the shaft; wherein the shaft comprises a flexible portion extending distally from the proximal end of the shaft, and an articulating portion extending proximally from the distal end of the shaft, and wherein the articulating portion comprises a flexible spine; wherein a plurality of articulation cables extend through the shaft from the handle to the flexible spine, such that when tension is applied to at least one of the plurality of articulation cables, the flexible spine bends; wherein a rotatable element extends through the shaft from the handle to the end effector, such that when the rotatable element is rotated, the end effector rotates; and wherein an actuation element extends through the shaft from the handle to the end effector, such that when the actuation element is moved, the end effector is actuated.
US11376028B1
According to some embodiments, the present technology includes a device for the disruption and/or removal of obstructive material in a blood vessel. The device can comprise an elongated shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a lumen extending therebetween. The device can further comprise a capture structure carried by the distal portion of the elongated shaft and having a greater cross-sectional dimension than a cross-sectional dimension of the elongated shaft. The capture structure can comprise an opening at a first end portion that is fluidly coupled to the lumen of the elongated shaft, a fluid impermeable sidewall enclosing an interior region, and an opening extending through a thickness of the sidewall. A portion of the sidewall surrounding the opening can be configured to deform towards or away from the interior region such that a cross-sectional dimension of the opening increases to receive the obstructive material therethrough.
US11376012B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusion device that includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The distal portion can include a directing region and a lead-in member that extends distally from the directing region. When the occlusion device is in a deployed configuration, the intermediate portion can form a preset bend in the occlusion device that positions the directing region at an angle with respect to the proximal portion. As a result, as the occlusion device is pushed distally out of a delivery catheter into the aneurysm, the directing region directs the distal portion away from exiting the aneurysm through the neck such that the proximal portion crosses the neck and generally remains within the aneurysm.
US11376005B2
Tissue-engineered electronic peripheral nerve interface (TEENI) devices, methods of using TEENI devices, and systems using TEENI devices are provided. In particular, TEENI devices include a support member having a length, at least one thread set comprising a plurality thread set arms having a plurality of electronic leads running through the thread set arms and being fully encapsulated within the support member, and a plurality of electrodes fixed to the plurality of thread set arms.
US11376001B2
A powered surgical device configured to clamp and fasten tissue is disclosed. The powered surgical device comprises a shaft, an articulation joint, a motor-driven flexible drive member movably supported in the shaft, an I-beam coupled to the motor-driven flexible drive member, and a housing. The shaft comprises a proximal end. The motor-driven flexible drive member passes through the articulation joint during a tissue clamping motion. The motor-driven flexible drive member is driven distally away from the proximal end of the shaft during the tissue clamping motion. The housing is coupled to the proximal end of the shaft. The housing comprises a rotary multi-turn unidirectional manually-operated retraction mechanism. A rotation of the rotary multi-turn unidirectional manually-operated retraction mechanism in a first direction is configured to retract the motor-driven flexible drive member proximally toward the proximal end of the shaft.
US11375998B2
A surgical instrument for surgically joining a tissue includes a handle assembly, an elongate portion extending distally from the handle assembly, a pair of opposed jaw members, and a tissue stop. The tissue stop is mechanically engaged with a first jaw member and is configured to retain the tissue between the jaw members. The tissue stop is movable between a first position, where a stopping portion of the tissue stop is disposed between a tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member and a tissue-contacting surface of the second jaw member, and a second position, where the stopping portion is between the tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member and a lower surface of the first jaw member. A portion of the tissue stop is made of stamped metal section and a portion of the tissue stop is made of an overmolded plastic section.
US11375996B2
Suture delivered patches adapted for interposition, augmentation or repair devices for use in tendon and ligament repair, including rotator cuff repair, have been developed as well as methods for their delivery using suture guided arthroscopic methods. The repair patches may be provided from suitable biocompatible materials. The patches may be delivered using anchored sutures already in use during a surgical repair including, open, minimally invasive, endoscopic, and arthroscopic repair procedures. Additionally, fixation of the suture delivered repair patch is secured along with the normal suture securing workflow of the one or more sutures used to deliver the patch.
US11375995B1
An assembly and method are provided for incorporation into suture anchor designs to facilitate the locking of a slidable working suture after it has been tensioned. The assembly can be utilized on multiple anchors in a pre-strung chain on a single working suture to create continuous, individually tensioned suture bridges between anchors in series, without knot tying. Further, the bridges are independently locked with selected tension for the particular application. An anchor body having at least one suture receiving passage therethrough is threaded with a working suture wherein the working suture flosses through the passage when tension is applied to the working suture. A locking cord extends through a second passage through the anchor body, the locking cord having a collapsible loop extending out the second passage and encircling a portion of the working suture, wherein collapsing the loop locks the working suture after tensioning.
US11375994B2
A closure device for closing an opening in tissue that includes a needle actuation handle that cooperates with a housing. A hollow needle is selectively movable by the needle actuation handle, the needle including a slot extending proximally from a distal end of the needle. A suture anchor is positioned within and selectively releasable from the slot and coupled to a suture. A portion of the suture anchor extends proximally along an outer surface of the needle as the needle is advanced through tissue adjacent the opening.
US11375991B1
A toggle-type suture anchor that incorporates individual suture tensioning and locking without knot tying. The anchor includes an elongate toggle body having a working suture pre-threaded into a first passage and back up and out a second passage with a length running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. A locking suture loop is pre-threaded into a third passage between the first and second passage and includes a collapsible loop that encircles a portion of the length of suture running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. With the loop open, the working suture can slide through the anchor, however, when the loop is closed the working suture is locked in position to retain tension on the working suture. The anchor can be utilized in a pre-strung connected array of anchors.
US11375990B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for an atrial retractor designed to expose the valves of the heart. The device is made in the shape of an interrupted ring with inset legs to reach into the atria. Segments of the ring, legs, and feet may be made of an elastic material to provide force for retraction of tissue to allow the workspace to be accessible for any surgical procedure to the valves.
US11375987B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for administering a swallowable cell collection device to a patient. Methods include releasing a swallowable bundle of string of the cell collection device from a bundling apparatus, maintaining the string in a swallowable bundle while releasing the swallowable bundle from the bundling apparatus, and placing the swallowable bundle on the tongue of the patient. Methods also include constraining a retrieval string of the cell collection device in a swallowable bundle with a dissolvable band and placing the swallowable bundle on the tongue of the patient.
US11375969B2
Medical radiography requires specialist control of radiography equipment to achieve good imaging results. Typical errors that can occur consist of an inappropriate field of view being accidentally applied. This results in a “cropping effect” in which portions of the region of interest of a patient which would be of clinical use are omitted from the image. Conventionally, the only solution is to re-take the entire image with a more appropriate (and inevitably larger) field of view selected. This is undesirable, because it might require recall of the patient from another location, and the patient will be subject to two exposures, thus undesirably increasing their X-ray dosage. The present application proposes to use an anatomical atlas to analyse an X-ray image output from an initial exposure, in particular to assess whether significant anatomical elements are missing from the image. If elements are missing, the field of view of the X-ray imager is recalibrated, using collimation or pan/tilt adjustments, for example. A subsequent X-ray image is obtained, and combined with the initial image, to provide an output image. Because only a small area of the region of interest may subsequently need to be exposed, a smaller additional dose results.
US11375958B2
System, method, and device is presented for generating and processing tissue-monitoring signals. An emitting driver is operable to control, upon receipt of at least one emitted signal, an optical emitter to emit at least one emitted signal. A processor is coupled to the at least one optical emitter and operable to execute instructions to generate the at least one emitted signal. At least one photodetector is operable to detect one or more photons transmitted through tissue and to convert the detected photons into a detected signal. A hardware processing sequence is coupled to the photodetector and processor. The hardware processing sequence is operable to filter and condition the detected signal. The processor is operable to execute instructions to demodulate the at least one emitted signal and the detected signal.
US11375956B2
An implantable intravascular anchor for supporting a device inside a vascular lumen, the anchor comprising a first part configured to expand when extending from a catheter, and to collapse upon retraction into said catheter; a second part for supporting the device in the lumen and a third part, proximal to the first part, and configured so that, upon release from the catheter, it expands in width to engage an interior wall of the lumen and is adapted for securing the anchor against axial movement along the lumen.
US11375946B2
A method for evaluating skin conditions on a skin area of a user using an ultraviolet light device that can connect to a mobile device and a user input is disclosed. The method for evaluating skin conditions includes the steps of illuminating the skin area of the user with the ultraviolet light device operated by the mobile device, capturing an image of the illuminated skin area with an image capture device, processing the image with a processing program to determine the level of fluorescence on the skin area, and mapping progress of treatment of the skin condition based on the processed image compared to a control image.
US11375945B2
A method and user device for determining a unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) value associated with a user of the user device include obtaining video data associated with a movement of a body part of the user. The UPDRS value is determined using a model and the video data associated with the movement of the body part of the user. The UPDRS value is provided to permit an evaluation of the user based on the UPDRS value.
