US11669227B2
In some implementations, a device includes one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a request to perform a user interface operation at a client device while the client device is playing a media content item in a buffered content presentation mode. In some implementations, the method includes identifying a first image that represents a current playback position of the media content item at the client device. In some implementations, the method includes identifying a second image that represents a user interface element associated with the user interface operation. In some implementations, the method includes generating a first video frame that corresponds to the user interface operation by blending the first image with the second image. In some implementations, the method includes triggering the client device to present the first video frame in a real-time content presentation mode.
US11669226B2
A method, apparatus, and product including: obtaining a timeframe measuring a time since a content switch of a carousel widget, wherein the carousel widget displays a content card to a user, wherein the content switch comprises switching a first content card with the content card; comparing the timeframe to a time threshold; and based on said comparing, determining whether or not to perform a responsive action, wherein the responsive action comprises blocking a functionality that is associated with the content card or releasing a previously set blockage of the functionality.
US11669217B2
An information processing apparatus (10) includes a receiver (111) configured to receive operation information corresponding to details of a cursor operation of allowing a user (U) to move the cursor (CUR); a controller (112) configured to cause a display (20) to display the cursor (CUR), based on the operation information, and a calculator (114) configured to, when the operation information includes an instruction to move the cursor positioned in one item image out of the item images (GI-1 to GI-9) toward another item image adjacent to the one item image, calculate an arrangement density of item images arranged in a direction of movement of the cursor from the one item image. The controller (112) reduces an amount of the cursor operation required for the user to move the cursor (CUR) from the one item image to the other item image to be within a range not below a predetermined lower limit value as the arrangement density calculated by the calculator (114) increases.
US11669209B2
A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: performing mutual capacitance detection via a touch panel to retrieve an image which including two-dimension sensing information; calculating one or more touching or approximating event corresponding to externally conductive object according to the image; determining whether an area surrounding a position corresponding to the touching or approximating event is normal; and reporting the touching or approximating event in response to the area is determined normal.
US11669208B2
A touch display device includes a display layer including a light emitting layer, a touch layer including a touch electrode, a metal shielding layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the touch electrode, a reference signal line electrically connected to the metal shielding layer, and a compensation circuit that supplies a reference signal through the reference signal line.
US11669202B2
According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a processor; and a touch circuit configured to output, to the processor, information associated with a touch on at least one surface of the electronic device. The touch circuit may be configured to: generate first raw data including a first value associated with capacitance for each of multiple channels of the touch circuit; generate a first baseline on the basis of the first raw data; identify whether the first raw data satisfies a designated condition; and identify whether the first baseline is reset, on the basis of whether the raw data satisfies the designated condition.
US11669198B1
A touchpad assembly, including an actuator device that provides motion in a first direction; a first structural element coupled to the actuator device; a second structural element coupled to the first structural element; wherein the first structural element, in response to the motion in the first direction provided by the actuator device, exerts a first rotational force in a first rotational direction, wherein the second structural element, in response to the first rotational force by the first structural element, exerts a second rotational force in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, wherein the first rotational force and the second rotational force provide a rotational vibration of the touchpad assembly.
US11669196B2
A display device includes: a first base member configured to be folded or unfolded along a folding axis and including a display area including a first display area disposed on one side of the folding axis, a second display area disposed on another side of the folding axis, and a third display area through which the folding axis passes; and a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes disposed in each of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area on the first base member. Each of the plurality of first sensing electrodes and each of the plurality of second sensing electrodes are spaced apart from each other based on the folding axis interposed therebetween.
US11669195B2
A method and an apparatus for displaying an operating interface, and a touchscreen terminal, where the method includes: receiving a touch operation that is input by a user in a first set area on a touchscreen; and when it is detected that the touch operation ends in a second set area, displaying, on the touchscreen, a second operating interface corresponding to the second set area. An operating interface can be obtained by means of one touch operation, and without complex operation steps to switch between operating interfaces.
US11669184B2
The present disclosure provides a touch screen, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touch display device. The touch screen includes: a substrate; a touch layer and a bonding layer that are on a side of the substrate, the bonding layer being connected to the touch layer by a metal wire; a flexible circuit board connected to the bonding layer; a polarizer on a side of the touch layer away from the substrate and provided with a notch exposing the bonding layer and at least a portion of the metal wire; an insulating light-shielding strip covering the portion of the metal wire exposed by the notch and extending to a side of the polarizer close to the substrate; and a cover plate on a side of the polarizer away from the substrate and including a transparent window area and a shielding area around the transparent window area.
US11669177B2
An e-pen includes e-pen sensor electrodes (including a first and a second e-pen sensor electrode) and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) (including a first DSC and a second DSC. The first DSC drives a first e-pen signal having a first frequency via a first single line coupling to the first e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the first single line, the first e-pen signal. Based on e-pen/touch sensor device interaction, the first e-pen signal is coupled into at least one touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device. The first DSC process the first e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal representative of a first electrical characteristic of the first e-pen sensor electrode. Similarly, the second DSC drives a second e-pen signal having a second frequency via a second single line coupling to the second e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the second single line, the second e-pen signal.
US11669176B2
An integrated circuit includes a first terminal that is connected to a first end of a first capacitor, the first capacitor being included in a resonant circuit, a second terminal that is connected to a second end of the first capacitor, a plurality of second capacitors connected in parallel between the first and second terminals, and a control circuit which, in operation, changes a capacitance of each of the second capacitors. An electronic pen includes the integrated circuit and a first capacitor having a capacitance that varies based on pressure applied to a nib of the electronic pen.
US11669173B2
A computing system for direct three-dimensional pointing includes at least one computing device, and a pointing/input device including at least one light source and a motion sensor module for determining absolute and relative displacement of the pointing/input device. At least one imaging device is configured for capturing a plurality of image frames each including a view of the light source as the pointing/input device is held and/or moved in a three-dimensional space. Two or more imaging devices may be provided. A computer program product calculates at least a position and/or a motion of the light source in three-dimensional space from the plurality of sequential image frames and from the pointing/input device absolute and relative displacement information, and renders on the graphical user interface a visual indicator corresponding to the calculated position and/or the motion of the light source. Methods for direct three-dimensional pointing and command input are described also.
US11669167B2
The present implementations relate to a support structure for an input device that supports deflection of an input surface responsive to input forces exerted thereon and vibration of the input surface responsive to haptic feedback generated by a haptic actuator. The support structure includes one or more fixed structures mounted to a housing and a dynamic surface mounted to a sensor layer of the input device. A number of first deformable segments cantilever from the one or more fixed surfaces and deflect in a vertical direction when an input force is exerted on the sensor layer, where the input force is orthogonal to the input surface. A number of second deformable segments connect the plurality of first deformable segments to the dynamic surface and deflect in a horizontal direction when shear forces are exerted on the dynamic surface, where the shear forces are parallel to the input surface.
US11669165B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for controlling an operation of a vibrational output system and/or an operation of an input sensor system, wherein the controller is for use in a device comprising the vibrational output system and the input sensor system. A controller comprises an input configured to receive an indication of activation or de-activation of an output of the vibrational output system; and an adjustment module configured to adjust the operation of the vibrational output system and/or the operation of the input sensor system based on the indication to reduce an interference expected to be caused by the output of the vibrational output system on the input sensory system.
US11669150B1
Computerized systems and methods are provided to intelligently and dynamically manage a data center comprising at least one server and at least one central manager. The central manager is programmed to access the at least one server on a predetermined schedule to determine whether at least one application is functioning properly by determining a functionality level. Alternatively, the central manager determines whether the at least one server is actively used by determining an activity level for the server. Based on the central manager's determinations, the system dynamically adjusts the power level of the server, resulting in reduced power consumption and a reduction in wasted resources and unnecessary processing power in the management of servers in a data center.
US11669149B2
Systems and methods for detecting touch events with an accelerometer are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes measuring first accelerometer data at a first rate, detecting a first touch event based on the first accelerometer data, in response to detecting the first touch event, measuring second accelerometer data at a second rate, determining whether a second touch event is detected based on the second accelerometer data, measuring third accelerometer data at the first rate in response to an absence of the second touch event being detecting in the second accelerometer data over a predetermined threshold period of time.
US11669148B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for supplying blockchain computing power and a system thereof. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a computing power purchase request sent by a user-side terminal; generating purchase result data according to the computing power purchase request; scheduling a first blockchain server to provide users with computing service according to the purchase result data; when the first blockchain server stops serving, starting timing to obtain the target duration; judging whether the first blockchain server restarts the service when the target duration is less than the preset duration threshold, and obtaining a preset result; when the preset result is YES, improving the computing power of the first blockchain server correspondingly, so that the total service duration of the user and the actually obtained total computing power remain unchanged; when the preset result is NO, scheduling a second blockchain server to provide users with computing service. The present disclosure enables the user to obtain stable computing power.
US11669146B2
In one embodiment, processor includes a first core to execute instructions, and a power controller to control power consumption of the processor. The power controller may include a hardware performance state controller to control a performance state of the first core autonomously to an operating system, and calculate a target operating frequency for the performance state based at least in part on an energy performance preference hint received from the operating system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11669142B2
An electronic apparatus includes a processing unit, a memory, a processor, and an operation control unit. The processing unit executes system processing based on a system. The memory temporarily stores image data of an image captured by an imaging device. The processor processes image data stored in the memory. The operation control unit controls an operating state of the system. The processor includes a face detection unit that processes image data of an image obtained by the imaging device capturing a predetermined imaging range and stored in the memory to perform detection of a face area with a face captured therein and an orientation of the face from the image. The operation control unit controls, according to a detection result by the face detection unit, the operating state of the system to be a first operating state or a second operating state.
US11669114B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes a minimum energy point (MEP) controller to: generate a change in thermal tracking information, based at least in part on prior and current thermal information; generate a change in activity tracking information, based at least in part on prior activity information and current activity information; and determine a MEP performance state based at least in part on the change in thermal tracking information and the change in activity tracking information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11669112B2
A pressure regulator has a valve tube assembly, a gas-input assembly, a first regulating assembly and a second regulating assembly. The gas storage device has a storage unit and the pressure regulator. By the first and the second regulating assemblies, the effect of adjusting down the gas pressure is achieved to maintain the safety of use. The pressure regulator is partially embedded in the gas storage unit to reduce the overall volume of the gas storage device. However, the high-pressure piston chamber of the valve tube assembly communicates with the outside of the gas storage unit through the high-pressure gas channel to maintain the normal operation of the elastic element in the high-pressure piston chamber.
US11669111B2
A valve assembly for controlling fluid flow rate comprising a valve block, a valve, a sensor chip package, and a controller interface. The valve block having an upstream reservoir, a downstream reservoir, and a valve seat for communicating fluid from an upstream location to a downstream location. The valve having a moveable member. The sensor chip package having at least one sensor coupled with the valve. The controller interface is communicable coupled to a control unit, the valve, and the sensor chip package. The controller interface sends at least one parametric value provided by the sensor chip package to the control unit. The controller interface receives a control signal used to adjust valve stroke of the valve. The control signal of the valve is determined based on the at least one measured parametric value and at least one other parametric value provided by a fluid processing system.
US11669105B2
According to a first aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided an autonomous mobile cleaning robot, comprising: a radar sensor configured to scan a surface, during a movement of the robot along the surface, by transmitting radar signals towards the surface and acquiring, at different positions along said movement, radar responses from the surface, a radar signal processor configured to extract one or more features of each acquired radar response from the surface, and a controller configured to control an operation of the robot based on the extracted one or more features.
US11669102B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, a system for navigating a vehicle includes at least one processing device programmed to receive, from an image capture device, a plurality of images associated with an environment of the vehicle, analyze at least one of the plurality of images to identify a navigable region in the environment of the vehicle, identify, based on the at least one of the plurality of images, at least one barrier associated with an edge of the navigable region, and determine a type of the at least one barrier. The at least one processing device is also programmed to determine a navigational path of the vehicle based on the determined type of the at least one barrier, and cause the vehicle to travel on at least a portion of the determined navigational path.
US11669101B1
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device scans through a scanning zone while emitting light pulses and receives reflected signals corresponding to the light pulses. The LIDAR device scans the emitted light pulses through the scanning zone by reflecting the light pulses from an array of oscillating mirrors. The mirrors are operated by a set of electromagnets arranged to apply torque on the mirrors, and an orientation feedback system senses the orientations of the mirrors. Driving parameters for each mirror are determined based on information from the orientation feedback system. The driving parameters can be used to drive the mirrors in phase at an operating frequency despite variations in moments of inertia and resonant frequencies among the mirrors.
US11669098B2
Autonomous control of a subject vehicle including a longitudinal motion control system includes determining states of parameters associated with a trajectory for the subject vehicle and parameters associated with a control reference determined for the subject vehicle. A range control routine is executed to determine a first parameter associated with a range control command based upon the states of the plurality of parameters, and a speed control routine is executed to determine a second parameter associated with a speed control command based upon the states of the plurality of parameters. An arbitration routine is executed to evaluate the range control command and the speed control command, and operation of the subject vehicle is controlled to achieve a desired longitudinal state, wherein the desired longitudinal state is associated with a minimum of the range control command and the speed control command.
US11669095B2
When a vehicle performing driverless operation of encounters a blockade situation, a probable blockade time duration of the blockade situation is predicted based on a situational analysis. Support by a teleoperator is requested when the predicted blockade time duration of the blockade situation is greater than a predetermined time duration or when the vehicle has waited longer than the predicted blockade time duration for a resolution of the blockade situation.
US11669093B2
Control zones are identified on a thematic map and work machine actuator settings are identified for each control zone. A position of the work machine is sensed and actuators on the work machine are controlled based on the control zone that the work machine is in, and based upon the actuator settings corresponding to the control zone. The control zone is then divided, on a near real-time display, into a harvested portion of the control zone on which an observed condition value is shown, and control zone that has yet to be harvested, on which an estimated value of the condition is shown.
US11669088B2
Apparatus, method, and software for assisting human operator in flying drone using remote controller. The apparatus includes an internal data communication interface configured to receive data from the remote controller, an augmented reality display configured to display the data, one or more memories including computer program code, and one or more processors to cause the apparatus to: superimpose, on the augmented reality display, a target symbol indicating a position of the drone while the human operator is looking towards the drone; and superimpose, on the augmented reality display, an orientation symbol indicating an orientation of the drone while the human operator is looking towards the drone.
US11669085B2
To determine system settings for an industrial system, digital twin data of a digital twin of the industrial system is retrieved. System simulations of the industrial system are performed based on the digital twin data to explore candidate system settings for the industrial system prior to application of one of the candidate system settings to the industrial system. At least one optimization objective or at least one constraint used in the system simulations is changed while the system simulations are being performed on an ongoing basis. The results of the system simulations are used to identify one of the candidate system settings for application to the industrial system.
US11669084B2
A controller acquires biometric information of a worker and environmental information related to work environment and determines a safety level of the worker in a plurality of steps according to a safety level determination condition stored in advance on the basis of the acquired biometric information and environmental information. Then, the controller continuously controls an operation of an industrial machine in a state of a predetermined restriction being applied to a driving unit of the industrial machine and in a state of a predetermined safety function being activated on the basis of the determined safety level.
US11669083B2
A system and computer-implemented method for identifying and repairing suboptimal operation of a machine, the computer-implemented method including: monitoring sensory input data related to an industrial machine; analyzing, using an unsupervised machine learning model, the monitored sensory inputs, wherein the output of the unsupervised machine learning model includes at least one indicator; identifying, based on the at least one indicator, at least one behavioral pattern related to the industrial machine, wherein each of the at least one behavioral pattern is indicative of at least one suboptimal operation of the industrial machine; selecting at least one corrective action based on the at least one behavioral pattern; and performing the at least one corrective action on the industrial machine.
US11669076B2
A system of communicating data over a high availability industrial control system is disclosed. The industrial control system includes a first data producer, a second data producer in communicative connection with the first data producer, a first data consumer, and a second data consumer in communicative connection with the first data consumer. The system further includes the first producer communicating the data over multiple connection paths from the first producer to the first consumer and the second consumer through intermediate modules, and the second producer communicating the data over multiple connection paths from the second producer to the first consumer and the second consumer through intermediate modules. Also disclosed is a method of communicating data over the high availability industrial control system.
US11669074B2
To enable turning-on/off of constant surface speed control during machining. A numerical control device has a constant surface speed control function for controlling a spindle rotation rate to make a surface speed constant, and includes: a surface speed calculating unit for calculating a surface speed based on a spindle rotation speed having been designated and a distance from a rotation center; a cutting speed setting unit for setting a minimum cutting speed and a maximum cutting speed; a comparison unit for comparing the surface speed with the minimum cutting speed and the maximum cutting speed; and an operation control unit for controlling whether to activate the constant surface speed control function based on a result of the comparison made by the comparison unit.
US11669064B2
A condition control of a robot cleaner is performed or service is provided with a user using the robot cleaner to improve the convenience of the user. Various data items obtained through a network connection are used in the condition control or service to estimate/determine a behavior, condition, or request of the user. Specifically, the operation of the robot cleaner is controlled based on operations of other associated devices disposed in the same room where the robot cleaner runs.
US11669059B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for semantically contextualizing structured and unstructured data, extracting and making sense of domain knowledge, and performing semantic-driven optimization to provide generic, scalable, autonomous and real-time performance management within a built environment domain.
US11669055B2
A vibration suppression device that suppresses vibration of an operation unit in a mechanical system having a natural vibration mode including the operation unit, an actuator unit that operates the operation unit, and an elastic body that couples the operation unit and the actuator unit, the vibration suppression device including a generation means for generating a drive signal for driving the actuator unit, an estimation means for estimating a measurement amount related to the mechanical system, a correction means for correcting the drive signal generated by the generation means on the basis of the measurement amount estimated by the estimation means, and a change means for changing a gain used by the estimation means so that an influence of an increase in a modeling error becomes small in a period in which the modeling error of the mechanical system increases.
US11669048B2
A watch component includes a metal material obtained by performing a nitrogen absorption treatment on a base material, the base material being a ferritic stainless steel that contains, by mass %, 18 to 22% of Cr, 1.3 to 2.8% of Mo, 0.05 to 0.50% of Nb, less than 0.5% of Ni, less than 0.8% of Mn, less than 0.5% of Si, less than 0.10% of P, less than 0.05% of S, less than 0.05% of N, and less than 0.05% of C, with a remainder thereof being composed of Fe and an unavoidable impurity.
US11669032B2
A fixing apparatus including: a first rotary member; a second rotary member; a nip forming member; and a heater. The nip forming member includes: a first projection portion inside a nip area; and a second projection portion located outside the nip area. The first and second projection portion abut against the inner circumferential surface of the first rotary member. In a direction orthogonal to a nip tangent, a distance between a tip of the second projection portion and the nip tangent is larger than a distance between a tip of the first projection portion and the nip tangent. The second projection portion extends toward the second rotary member without exceeding the nip tangent. A radius of curvature at a tip portion of the second projection portion is smaller than a radius of an inner circumferential circle of the first rotary member.
US11669031B2
The present invention provides an image heating apparatus including an acquiring portion which acquires thickness information of a recording material, and a control portion controls a power to be supplied to a heating element which heats a region where the recording material does not pass through among a plurality of heating regions based on a control target temperature which is set based on the thickness information.
US11669028B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, an image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit comprising a fixing member configured to fix a toner image to a recording material, and a pressure member configured to form a first nip portion, a conveyance portion configured to form a second nip portion, and a control unit configured to execute, a conveyance mode of conveying the recording material so that the recording material is not looped between the first nip portion and the second nip portion prior to a predetermined timing during passing of the recording material of the first nip portion, and conveying the recording material so that the recording material is looped toward the pressure member from the predetermined timing until a trailing edge of the recording material has passed through the first nip portion.
US11669024B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main body that includes a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed and a development unit configured to develop the photosensitive member with toner. The main body is configured to discharge a recording material on which an image is formed with the toner onto a discharge tray. The image forming apparatus also includes a toner supply port on which a supply container is mounted to supply toner to a toner containing portion of the development unit. The image forming apparatus further includes a non-contact communication portion including an antenna and configured to receive a signal for user authentication. The discharge tray, the toner supply port, and the non-contact communication portion are provided at an upper portion of the main body. The non-contact communication portion is provided outside the discharge tray when the main body is viewed from above.
US11669010B2
An ejection material ejecting device includes: an ejection unit including an ejection opening configured to eject an ejection material; an electric substrate configured to control ejection of the ejection material; a first flexible cable connected to the ejection unit; a second flexible cable connected to the electric substrate; and a joint at which the first flexible cable and the second flexible cable are joined by an anisotropic conductive film, wherein the joint is covered with a sealant resistant to the ejection material.
US11669006B2
A light guiding unit includes a light guiding member that light enters and an angle converter that the light from the light guiding member enters. The light guiding member has a side surface and a light exiting end surface which intersects the side surface and via which the light exits. The angle converter includes a light incident section on which the light from the light guiding member is incident, a light exiting section via which the light incident on the angle converter exits, and a reflection section that reflects the light incident via the light incident section toward the light exiting section. The refractive index of the interior of the angle converter is greater than the refractive index of air. The refractive index of the interior of the light guiding member is greater than the refractive index of the interior of the angle converter.
US11669005B2
A laser projection apparatus includes a laser light source, a diffusion wheel including a motor and a diffusion portion, a diffusion wheel driving circuit, a switch circuit and a main control circuit. The main control circuit is configured to sequentially output first and second startup PWM signals in response to a startup instruction. The diffusion wheel driving circuit is configured to drive the motor to drive the diffusion portion to rotate in response to the second startup PWM signal. The main control circuit is configured to obtain a rotation speed of the motor, and output an operating PWM signal and a first switch signal when the rotation speed reaching a target rotation speed is determined. The diffusion wheel driving circuit is configured to drive the motor to drive the diffusion portion to rotate in response to the operating PWM signal. The switch circuit is configured to provide a laser drive signal to the laser light source in response to the first switch signal, to drive the laser light source to emit laser beams.
US11669003B2
An illumination system, including an excitation light source, a beam splitting filter device, and a wavelength conversion element, is provided. The excitation light source is configured to emit an excitation beam. The beam splitting filter device includes a light penetration region and a beam splitting filter region. The excitation beam penetrates the light penetration region to form a first beam. The excitation beam is reflected by the beam splitting filter region. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam coming from the beam splitting filter region. The wavelength conversion element is configured to convert the excitation beam coming from the beam splitting filter region to a conversion beam and transmit the conversion beam back to the beam splitting filter region, and the conversion beam at least partially penetrates the beam splitting filter region to form a second beam. A projection device is also provided.
US11668987B2
A display device includes a switching element having a pixel connection portion, a first insulating film having a first pixel contact hole formed therein so as to be in a place overlapping at least a part of the pixel connection portion, a common line, an intermediate electrode composed of the same conducting film as the common line, disposed to overlap the first pixel contact hole, and connected to the pixel connection portion, a common electrode not connected to the intermediate electrode but connected to the common line, a second insulating film having a second pixel contact hole formed therein so as to be in a place overlapping at least a part of the intermediate electrode, and a pixel electrode disposed so that at least a part of the pixel electrode overlaps the second pixel contact hole.
US11668984B2
A display device includes: a display panel including panel terminals; and a wiring substrate including first substrate terminals coupled to the panel terminals. The panel terminals include panel terminals arranged in a first region and panel terminals arranged in second regions sandwiching the first region. The first substrate terminals include first substrate terminals arranged in a third region and first substrate terminals arranged in fourth regions sandwiching the third region. A gap between panel terminals is substantially constant in the first and second regions. A first width of the panel terminals in the first region is different from a second width of the panel terminals in the second regions. A width of the first substrate terminals is substantially constant in the third and fourth regions. A first gap between first substrate terminals in the third region is different from a second gap between first substrate terminals in the fourth regions.
US11668982B2
In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the dimeter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
US11668981B2
The disclosure provides a display device including a first display panel and a second display panel. The second display panel is disposed above the first display panel. The first display panel includes a first pixel unit. The first pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, where the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are connected in parallel. The display device of the disclosure has better yield.
US11668979B2
A liquid crystal cell including at least two substrates transparent to visible part of light spectrum, a liquid crystal layer encased between the substrates, and a stack of functional layers formed over the substrates and enclosed between a given substrate and the liquid crystal layer. In a direction from the given substrate towards the liquid crystal layer, said stack comprises a first dielectric layer, a transparent electrode layer, and a second dielectric layer. A refractive index of the first dielectric layer lies in a range between a refractive index of the given substrate and a refractive index of the transparent electrode layer. A refractive index of the second dielectric layer lies in a range between the refractive index of the transparent electrode layer and a refractive index of the liquid crystal layer corresponding to a homeotropic alignment of a liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer.
US11668964B2
According to one embodiment, a viewing angle control element includes an electrochromic layer, a plurality of projections formed on a first base, a first area and a second area provided on each of the projections, a first transparent electrode provided on the first area, and a second transparent electrode provided on the second area, wherein the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode are electrically independent of each other.
US11668958B2
A modular, wearable electronic system is disclosed. The modular, wearable electronic system can include an eyewear unit which can be worn on a user's head and one or more modular units which can removably couple with the eyewear unit via one or more ports and/or connectors. The eyewear unit and the modular unit can communicate with each other via the port or connector to which the eyewear unit and the modular unit are coupled. The modular units can supplement the functionality of the eyewear unit.
US11668953B2
A method of eyewear manufacture including: adhering frame material onto a surface of a corrective lens, the frame material extending along at least 10% of an edge circumference of the lens; and attaching the lens to a second lens.
US11668952B2
A volumetric display capable of high-speed image presentation includes a resonance-type liquid lens having a focal length that is periodically adjusted using resonance of a liquid. An image projector projects an image toward a viewpoint position of a user via the resonance-type liquid lens. Further, the image projector projects an image toward the viewpoint position within a shorter time period than one-tenth of a variation cycle of the focal length. The image projector includes an LED and a DMD, for example.
US11668949B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part, and a driving assembly. The fixed part has a main axis. The fixed part includes a case made of non-metal material and a bottom. The case and the bottom are arranged along the main axis. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part.
US11668929B2
An optical lens assembly includes an optical lens and a Pancharatnam Berry Phase (“PBP”) element coupled to the optical lens. The PBP element is configured to provide chromatic aberration correction for the optical lens. An Abbe number of the PBP element and an Abbe number of the optical lens have opposite signs.
US11668906B2
An optical imaging lens assembly includes three lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. Each of the three lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the first lens element is aspheric and has at least one inflection point. The object-side surface of the first lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The optical imaging lens assembly has a total of three lens elements.
US11668897B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and a fifth lens with negative refractive power having a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11668896B2
According to one implementation a mount pad is provided that includes a plurality of arcuate flexure members disposed between and connected to top and bottom plates. According to some implementations a majority or all of the arcuate flexure members have a semi-circular cross-section and are arranged to form a plurality of radially spaced-apart concentric rings. Concave surfaces of the arcuate flexure members face radially inward toward a center of the concentric rings. Circumferential adjacent arcuate flexure members in each of the concentric rings are circumferentially spaced apart from one another so that a gap exists between them. According to some implementations the mount pad further includes a coupling unit prolonging from one of the top and bottom plates, the coupling unit facilitating a connection of the mount pad to a support structure. According to some implementations the mount pad is a monolithic structure. According to some implementations the monolithic structure is made using an additive manufacturing method.
US11668891B1
The disclosed system may include (1) a drive subsystem that translates along a powerline conductor, (2) a rotation subsystem that rotates a segment of fiber optic cable about the powerline conductor while the drive subsystem translates along the powerline conductor such that the segment of fiber optic cable is wrapped helically about the powerline conductor, and (3) an extension subsystem that (a) mechanically couples the rotation subsystem to the drive subsystem, and (b) selectively extends the rotation subsystem away from the drive subsystem and the powerline conductor to avoid obstacles along the powerline conductor. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11668886B2
Embodiments herein describe optical assemblies that use a spacer element to attach and align a laser to a waveguide in a photonic chip. Once aligned, the laser can transfer optical signals into the photonic chip which can then perform an optical function such as modulation, filtering, amplification, and the like. In one embodiment, the spacer element is a separate part (e.g., a glass or semiconductor block) that is attached between the photonic chip and a submount on which the laser is mounted. The spacer establishes a separation distance between the photonic chip and the submount which in turn aligns the laser with the waveguide in the photonic chip. In another embodiment, rather than the spacer element being a separate part, the spacer element may be integrated into the submount.
US11668884B2
An optical coupling device can couple incident light from a fiber into waveguides, but can reduce the coupling of return light from the waveguides into the fiber. A Faraday rotator layer can rotate by forty-five degrees, with a first handedness, respective planes of polarization of incident beams, and can rotate by forty-five degrees, with a second handedness opposite the first handedness, respective planes of polarization of return beams. A redirection layer can include at least one grating coupler that can redirect an incident beam of one polarization so that the redirected path extends within the redirection layer toward a first waveguide, and can redirect an incident beam of an opposite polarization so that the redirected path extends within the redirection layer toward a second waveguide. An optional birefringent layer can spatially separate incident beam having different polarizations, so that two single-polarization grating couplers can be used.
US11668878B2
An apparatus for providing multicore fiber (OCF) optical switching is disclosed. The apparatus may include an input fiber to receive an optical signal from an optical source. The apparatus may also include an output fiber to receive the optical signal from the input fiber. The apparatus may further include an optical switch element to provide optical switching between the input fiber and the output fiber. In some examples, at least one of the input fiber and the output fiber may be a multicore fiber (MCF), and the optical switching may be performed between at least one core of the input fiber and the output fiber. In some examples, the optical switch element may provide optical switching using a multicore fiber (MCF) optical switching technique, such as a lens offset technique, a rotation-based technique, a tip-tilt technique, or an orientable optical element technique.
US11668876B2
An optical beam steering device is provided that includes an input optical fiber carrying multiple input optical signals, where each input optical signal includes a unique wavelength, an arrayed waveguide grating router (AWGR) having multiple output fibers, where the input optical fiber is connected to the AWGR, distal ends of the output fibers are arranged in a two-dimensional fiber array, the input optical signals are routed by the AWGR according to each unique wavelength to a unique AWGR output fiber, and a lens, where the distal ends of the output fibers are disposed proximal to a focal plane of the lens, where for each unique position of each output fiber distal end with respect to a the lens, each input optical signal is steered at a unique angle as an output beam emitted from the lens, where changing the wavelength of the input optical signal changes the output signal angles.
US11668874B1
Disclosed herein is an optical filter configured for wavelength division and multiplexing capable of transmitting and receiving signals. The optical filter includes an optical waveguide configured to receive at an input multiple signals with different wavelengths. The optical filter includes a plurality of channels coupled at different locations along a length of the optical waveguide. Each of the plurality of channels is configured to transmit a respective one of the multiple signals. A number of ring filter stages in a first channel of the plurality of channels that is closer to the input of the optical waveguide is greater than a second channel in the plurality of channels further away from the input of the optical waveguide.
US11668870B2
An optical communication device includes an excitation light source that outputs excitation light, a multiplexer that multiplexes signal light and the excitation light outputted from the excitation light source, a first nonlinear optical medium into which the multiplexed excitation light and the signal light are inputted, and a second nonlinear optical medium that is coupled to the first nonlinear optical medium in series and has an optical property different from that of the first nonlinear optical medium.
US11668860B2
A micro-lens array includes a shutter bezel substrate, a first lens substrate having a first inner surface in contact with a first surface of the shutter bezel substrate, a first lens array disposed at a first outer surface of the first lens substrate that is opposite to the first inner surface of the first lens substrate, a second lens substrate having a second inner surface in contact with a second surface of the shutter bezel substrate, and a second lens array disposed at a second outer surface of the second lens substrate that is opposite to the second inner surface of the second lens substrate. At least one of the first lens substrate or the second lens substrate includes an alignment mark that is configured to guide placement of the first lens array on the first lens substrate and the second lens array on the second lens substrate.
US11668858B2
Disclosed are an antireflective lens for infrared rays that eliminates wavelengths in an infrared region to thus improve an antireflective effect and a method of manufacturing the same. The antireflective lens for infrared rays may be an antireflective lens used in an infrared band. The antireflective lens includes a lens base part including a base refractive material having a refractive index of about 3.0 or greater and an antireflective coating part formed on a front surface of the lens base part.
US11668851B2
A method for determining a tubing deviation from nuclear measurement data includes acquiring neutron measurement data from a wellbore. The method also includes identifying one or more features from the neutron measurement data. The method further includes determining, based at least in part on a pattern matching algorithm, that the one or more features are indicative of a tubular deviation. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on a comparison between the one or more features, a deviation amount.
US11668839B2
Improvements in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing detection of a vehicle are disclosed utilizing bearing and/or range measurements acquired independently from GNSS technology. Bearing and/or range measurements are determined from a GNSS-calculated position. Additionally, bearing and/or range measurements are acquired from an independent sensor, such as a Radio Detection and Ranging (radar) and a terrain database. The differences between the GNSS-based bearing and/or range and the bearing and/or range determined from the independent sensor, along with any applicable sources of error or uncertainty (including the post-hoc residuals from the GNSS-calculated position), are input into an analytical algorithm (e.g., RAIM) to determine whether GNSS spoofing is present with respect to the calculated GNSS position. If spoofing is detected, an alternative position determining system can be used in lieu of GNSS technology, and alerts can be sent notifying appropriate entities of the spoofing result.
US11668835B2
Systems and methods for GNSS spoofing detection using C/No based monitoring are provided. In certain embodiments, a system including at least one GNSS receiver that provides C/No for GNSS signals received from GNSS satellites. The system also includes a processor coupled to the at least one GNSS receiver. The processor executes instructions that cause the processor to calculate new C/No comparison values based on the C/No measurements and previous C/No comparison values. Further, the instructions cause the processor to compare the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Moreover, the instructions cause the processor to determine whether one or more of the GNSS signals are spoofed based on the comparison of the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Additionally, the instructions cause the processor to set the new C/No comparison values as the previous C/No comparison values.
US11668827B2
Implementations of the present invention disclose an unmanned aerial vehicle ranging method, apparatus and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method includes: controlling, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, to transmit, to a ground, a first modulated light whose frequency is a first modulation frequency, acquiring a first phase deviation between a received first modulated light and the transmitted first modulated light, and calculating a first to-ground distance of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the first phase deviation and the first modulation frequency; controlling to transmit, to the ground, a second modulated light whose frequency is a second modulation frequency, acquiring a second phase deviation between a received second modulated light and the transmitted second modulated light and a second modulated frequency, and calculating a second to-ground distance of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the second phase deviation; and calculating a final to-ground distance of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the first to-ground distance and the second to-ground distance.
US11668823B2
A system is provided for imaging an underwater environment. The system includes a transducer assembly with at least one transmit transducer element and an array of receive transducer elements. Each receive transducer element is configured to receive sonar returns and form sonar return data. A sonar signal processor is configured to receive the sonar return data from each receive transducer element and generate sonar image data. The sonar return data from all of the receive transducer elements may be summed and used to form a high-definition 1D (e.g., time-based) sonar image. The sonar return data from only a subgroup may be summed and used to form a lower-definition 1D sonar image. In some systems, an array of series-connected transmit transducer elements can be used. The orientation of the emitting faces of the array may vary slightly to mimic a curved surface for increased beam coverage.
US11668811B2
A method for identifying ghost aircraft and a system for displaying information in an aircraft including a flight display onboard the aircraft and configured to display a visual expression of at least some air traffic information and an interrogation module configured to determine information about an other aircraft based on the identification address to define interrogated data, determine real-time information about the other aircraft, compare the real-time information and the interrogated data and update the flight display based on the comparison.
US11668810B2
A method for locating devices that transmit, backscatter or receive a wireless signal. The method comprising using each of one or more backscatter devices to modulate and backscatter a carrier signal transmitted by a transmitter. Modulating and backscattering the carrier signal generates a backscattered modulated signal comprising a sideband. The method further comprises receiving the one or more backscattered modulated signals with a receiver. At least one of the phase or amplitude of each sideband are used to determine at least one of: the distance between the transmitter and the backscatter device by which that sideband was generated, the distance between the receiver and the backscatter device by which that sideband was generated, and the sum thereof.
US11668809B2
A radar includes a transmitter antenna unit that includes multiple transmitter antennas arranged at a first horizontal interval and a vertical interval; a receiver antenna unit that includes a first receiver antenna group including multiple first receiver antennas arranged at the first horizontal interval and a second receiver antenna group including multiple second receiver antennas arranged at one or more second horizontal intervals; a transceiver that transmits sending signals through the transmitter antenna unit and receives returning signals reflected from a target object trough the receiver antenna unit; and a processing unit that derives information about the target object by processing the received returning signals.
US11668807B2
A sensor system is disclosed for sensing the position of an object. The system can include a power source and a nullification circuit electrically connected to the power source, the nullification circuit including an output voltage. An electrical medium can be integrated into the nullification circuit, the electrical medium producing a standing wave electric field about the electrical medium when power is supplied from the power source to the electrical medium. The nullification circuit is configured such that the output voltage of the nullification circuit is substantially zero when power is supplied to the electrical medium and the object is not within a predetermined minimum distance from the electrical medium, the output voltage of the nullification circuit having a non-zero value when the object is within the predetermined minimum distance from the electrical medium.
US11668802B2
A scanner and a method for controlling the scanner for a Lidar system are provided. The method comprises: producing a trigger signal by a positional sensor of the scanner; generating a single drive signal comprising a first component at a first frequency and a second component at a second frequency, the first component and the second component are superposed with a fixed phase relationship with aid of the trigger signal; transmitting the single drive signal to the scanner, and the scanner has resonant responses at the first frequency; and actuating the scanner to move in a first periodic motion at the first frequency about a first axis, and move in a second periodic motion at the second frequency about a second axis.
US11668796B2
A method is proposed for determining at least one calibration parameter for a radar system having a first radar transceiver and a second radar transceiver. The method includes performing a first calibration measurement and a second calibration measurement. The first calibration measurement and the second calibration measurement both include generating a first frequency-modulated oscillation signal and a second frequency-modulated oscillation signal, and combining the first oscillation signal received via the second terminal with the second oscillation signal, in order to generate a first difference signal for the first calibration measurement and a second difference signal for the second calibration measurement, both having a frequency difference between the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal. The method also includes determining the at least one calibration parameter based on the two difference signals generated for the first calibration measurement and for the second calibration measurement.
US11668793B2
The disclosure relates to a radar system comprising multiple synchronized transceivers. Example embodiments include a radar system (200, 300) comprising: a plurality of radar transceiver units (202a-c), each configured to operate according to a low frequency clock signal (204), and configured to generate an intermediate frequency signal (407) and a modulated high frequency signal (419) for transmitting and receiving radar signals; and a microcontroller unit (201) configured to provide control signals to each transceiver unit (202a-c) to synchronize operation thereof, wherein each radar transceiver unit (202a-c) is configured to provide received radar data (RX1-N) and a monitoring signal (203a-c) to the microcontroller unit (201), the monitoring signal (203a-c) derived by frequency dividing and combining the modulated high frequency signal and intermediate frequency signal, and wherein the microcontroller unit (201) is configured to derive and compensate for phase and frequency differences between the received radar data (RX1-N) from each transceiver (202a-c) based on the monitoring signals (203a-c) provided by each transceiver unit (202a-c).
US11668792B2
A device may include a receive antenna input to couple a receive chain of the device to a receive antenna. The device may include a test signal generator. The device may include a switchable impedance matching circuit coupled to the test signal generator and to the receive chain to cause an impedance matching between the test signal generator and at least one component of the receive chain to depend on an impedance of the receive antenna in an antenna monitoring phase. The antenna monitoring phase may be associated with determining an impedance mismatching of the receive antenna. The device may include a control circuit to determine the impedance mismatching of the receive antenna in the antenna monitoring phase.
US11668783B2
A conventional V2X communication system relays vehicle information received from vehicles, from a base station to all vehicles in an area. Accordingly, a problem arises in that unnecessary transmission to vehicles which do not require vehicle information occurs, resulting in increase in a traffic amount in communication. According to the present disclosure, only if it is determined, based on information that is held by a vehicle or a base station and that is about an area in which direct transmission or reception is difficult, that direct transmission of vehicle information to another vehicle or reception of vehicle information transmitted from the other vehicle is difficult, the vehicle information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the base station.
US11668770B2
A position sensor system includes a magnetic source for generating a magnetic field, and a position sensor device movable relative to the magnetic source, or vice versa. The position sensor device comprises at least three magnetic sensor elements for measuring at least three magnetic field values of the magnetic field, and a processing circuit configured for determining at least two magnetic field gradients or magnetic field differences based on the at least three magnetic field values, and for deriving from the at least two magnetic field gradients or differences a first value indicative of a position of the position sensor device, and for deriving from the at least two magnetic field gradients or differences a second value indicative of integrity of the position sensor system.
US11668762B2
A leakage current detection circuit is used for detecting a leakage current, includes a main winding, an auxiliary winding, a detection module and a signal output module used for outputting a pulse signal with pulse signals with positive and negative alternations, wherein the main winding is connected to a leakage current detection end and coupled to the auxiliary winding, and the auxiliary winding is respectively connected to the signal output module and the detection module. During the auxiliary winding in a preset state and a leckage current occurred, the leakage current coupled to the auxiliary winding is superimposed with the pulse signal, so that the current signal detected by the detection module is greater than the current signal detected when the pulse signal with pulse signals with positive and negative alternations is not applied.
US11668757B2
A portable power bank including a rechargeable battery and/or a remote server may detect loss of capacity in the power bank battery. The power bank and/or remote server determines a nominal capacity of the power bank, and an actual capacity of the power bank, the actual capacity being less than the nominal capacity. The power bank and/or remote server compares the actual capacity to the nominal capacity to determine a health value of the power bank battery. When the power bank battery health value is at or below a threshold value, the power bank and/or remote server transmits an indication of the health value.
US11668756B2
A method for monitoring battery degradation including receiving, from a pressure sensor, a first pressure value associated with a battery pack, comparing the first pressure reading to a first pressure threshold value and if the first pressure reading is greater than the first pressure threshold value, applying a first battery discharge pulse to the battery pack. The method further includes calculating a first internal resistance value of the battery pack in response to the first battery discharge pulse, comparing the first internal resistance value to an initial internal resistance value, and transmitting an alert to an electronic device if the first internal resistance value exceeds the initial internal resistance value.
US11668754B2
A battery device includes a connection unit to which an electronic apparatus is connected, a calculation unit that calculates a remaining battery level of a battery of the battery device based on a full charge capacity of a battery of the electronic apparatus, and a display unit that displays information indicating a result of calculation made by the calculation unit.
US11668751B2
A sensor device determines an alternating voltage between a conductor and a reference potential, particularly of a switch point drive. In order to reduce the installation cost and effort required to verify the absence of reaction, the sensor device has a sensor element, which is configured for capacitive coupling to the conductor, and a resistance element, which is provided for connection to the reference potential and is connected in series together with the sensor element. The sensor device further has a processing device, which is configured to determine a voltage drop via the resistance element.
US11668748B2
A test apparatus for testing electrical parameters of a target chip includes: a function generator; a switch matrix module; a plurality of source measurement units (SMUs); at least one of the SMUs is configured to provide power supply for the target chip; at least one of the SMUs is coupled to the switch matrix module; and at least two of said SMUs are test SMUs coupled to ports of the target chip and the function generator.
US11668738B2
Circuitry for detecting a capacitive load coupled between a first node and a second node, the circuitry comprising: drive circuitry for applying a first voltage to a first node over a first time period; processing circuitry configured to: measure a second voltage at the first node; and determine that the load is a capacitive load based on the second voltage.
US11668720B2
The invention relates to a method of preparing a biological sample for study in an analysis device, said method comprising the steps of: providing a biological material to be studied; providing a sample holder that is configured to be placed in said analysis device; and transferring said biological material onto said sample holder for preparing said biological sample. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: acquiring a specimen of said biological material provided on said sample holder; transferring said specimen to a screening device for screening said specimen; and evaluating said biological sample based on results obtained by said screening device. With the method, time and resources may be more effectively used in studying biological samples, for example using charged particle microscopy in the form of cryo-EM.
US11668710B2
The present disclosure provides assays, such as lateral flow assays, and components thereof for detection of an analyte, e.g., a neutralizing antibody, that blocks binding of a first molecular component and a second molecular component of a molecular binding pair. In some embodiments, the disclosed assays and components thereof enable the rapid detection of a SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody in a sample from an individual. Also provided in other aspects of the disclosure are devices, methods of making and using, and kits of the assays described herein.
US11668704B2
An object of the present invention is to find a component which can prevent non-specific flocculation of sensitized or unsensitized insoluble carrier particles contained in an immunoassay reagent when the reagent is frozen, to thereby provide means for preventing degradation of the immunoassay reagent. The component which can prevent non-specific flocculation of insoluble carrier particles is the following ω-aminocarboxylic acid (1) [wherein n is an integer of 2 to 6]. The invention provides an immunoassay reagent containing insoluble carrier particles and ω-aminocarboxylic acid (1), and a method for preventing degradation of an immunoassay reagent by using ω-aminocarboxylic acid (1).
US11668703B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the level of transgene zygosity in a poaceae seed, the transgene being genetically linked to a gene coding for a fluorescent protein (FP protein) under the control of a promoter operative in the endosperm, comprising the step of exposing the endosperm of the seed to a wavelength exciting the FP protein, and measuring the intensity of the emitted fluorescence.
US11668702B2
The present invention provides for a fungus, especially in the form of fungal mycelium, that has altered glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) expression and/or activity level and therefore exhibits modified characteristics in fruiting body development. Also provided are compositions and methods for generating living fungal mycelium with altered fruiting body development.
US11668701B2
A urine sample testing apparatus may include a urine qualitative measuring section configured to acquire a measurement result for each of a plurality of urine qualitative measurement items and a urine sediment measuring section configured to acquire a measurement result for each of a plurality of urine sediment measurement items. The apparatus may also include an operation part that can specify a combination of one of the plurality of urine qualitative measurement items and one of the plurality of urine sediment measurement items. An information processing unit may also be included.
US11668697B2
A device for analysis of cells comprises: an integrated circuit arrangement on a substrate; a dielectric layer formed above the integrated circuit arrangement; a microelectrode array layer formed above the dielectric layer, said microelectrode array layer comprising a plurality of individual electrodes, wherein each electrode is connected to the integrated circuit arrangement through a via in the dielectric layer; and wherein a plurality of longitudinal trenches in the dielectric layer and the microelectrode array layer are for stimulating cell growth on a surface of the device
US11668693B2
A loading station for forming a fiber mass for micronaire testing. The loading station has a hopper for receiving an unformed fiber mass. A forming chamber receives the unformed fiber mass from the hopper. The forming chamber includes a non-movable back wall and a non-movable bottom plate with ports formed therein. The ports draw an airflow from the hopper into the forming chamber. A selectively movable isolation plate isolates the forming chamber from the hopper, and a selectively movable horizontal forming wall horizontally compacts the fiber mass into a desired horizontal cross-section. A selectively movable vertical forming wall vertically compacts the fiber mass into a desired vertical cross-section. A selectively movable plunger presses axially along the shaped fiber mass.
US11668690B2
A safety application mobile measuring device (100) includes a control unit (110) and a detection unit (120). The control unit controls changes between a switched-on state and a switched-off state depending on a received detection signal (112). The detection unit monitors, in the switched-off state, whether a switch-on condition (414) is present and outputs the detection signal, which indicates a change into the switched-on state which is to be carried out. The detection unit monitors the switched-on state as to whether at least two switch-off conditions (444, 448) are present and outputs the detection signal, which indicates a change into the switched-off state, which is to be carried out, in the presence of at least two switch-off conditions. At least two detection devices (122, 124) each carry out a detection corresponding to the at least one switch-on condition and to the at least two switch-off conditions.
US11668674B2
An elution apparatus and a detection apparatus are described. The elution apparatus includes: a sample trap for trapping a sample; and one or more pumps and/or valves to move a liquid eluent and a liquid eluate, wherein the eluate includes an extracted portion of the sample that is extracted by the eluent. The detection apparatus includes: a capillary having a low-voltage (LV) end portion to receive a sample; and a conductivity detector coupled to a high-voltage (HV) end portion of the capillary to generate signals based on conductivity of a monitored portion of the capillary in the HV end portion, wherein the conductivity detector is electrically isolated from the LV end portion.
US11668659B2
The invention concerns an apparatus for determining a secondary image angle (20) of a light source (11) on a transparent object (14). To achieve the objective of building a simple apparatus and to determine the secondary image angle (20) with higher measuring point densities even on transparent objects (14) with large surfaces in a quick, reliable manner with few movements, the apparatus includes an illuminating device (10), which has multiple, simultaneously illuminating, punctiform light sources (11), a two-dimensional target (16a) with at least one camera (16), whereby at least one camera (16) is set up to capture the positions of a primary image (21a) and a secondary image (21b) of multiple simultaneously illuminating light sources (11) at the same time, whereby the primary image (21) and the secondary image (21b) of one light source (11) are generated on the target by one of the volume elements (14a) of the transparent object illuminated by the light source (11), and an evaluation device (18) is set up to determine the secondary image angle (20) of the respective volume element (14a) of the transparent object (14) based on the positions of the primary image (21a) and the secondary image (21b). Furthermore, a method for determining the secondary image angle is also specified.
US11668657B2
A method for verifying semiconductor wafers includes receiving a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of layers. A first set of measurement data is obtained for at least one layer of the plurality of layers, where the first set of measurement data includes at least one previously recorded thickness measurement for one or more portions of the at least one layer. The first set of measurement data is compared to a second set of measurement data for the at least one layer. The second set of measurement data includes at least one new thickness measurement for the one or more portions of the at least one layer. The semiconductor wafer is determined to be an authentic wafer based on the second set of measurement data corresponding to the first set of measurement data, otherwise the semiconductor is determined to not be an authentic wafer.
US11668653B2
This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for fusing Raman data with biomarker data to identify a disease and/or the progression of the disease. The system disclosed herein may include an illumination source for generating interacted photons from a biological sample and a detector for detecting the interacted photons to generate a Raman data set. A processor is included to fuse the Raman data set with a biomarker data set to identify a disease and/or a disease progression. The instant disclosure further includes a method comprising illuminating a biological sample to generate interacted photons, and detecting the interacted photons to generate a Raman data set. A biomarker data set is obtained from the biological sample, and the Raman data set is fused with the biomarker data set to generate an index score. The index score correlates with one or more of a disease and a disease progression.
US11668652B2
A fluoride sensor includes an aluminum layer situated on a distal end face of an optical fiber. A light source directs light into the optical fiber at a proximal end and reflected light from the aluminum layer at the distal end face is directed by the fiber to a detector. A rate of change of a detector signal is processed to produce an estimate of a concentration of fluoride.
US11668648B2
A concentration measurement device may include a beam splitter. The concentration measurement device may include a first optical path and a second optical path. The concentration measurement device may include a rotatable disk. The first optical path and the second optical path may reach to the rotatable disk. The rotatable disk may include at least one passing portion and at least one reflecting portion. The concentration measurement device may include a light receiver configured to detect a wavelength of the first light ant second light. The concentration measurement device may include a controller comparing the wavelengths of the first and second light. The controller compares the concentration of the object material with a reference concentration of the object material to obtain concentration control information, and the controller compares the concentration of the reference material with a normal concentration of the reference material for a concentration calibration.
US11668647B2
An illumination unit is described that includes a first light source positioned on a first axis and a second light source on a second axis that intersects and is angularly offset with respect to the first axis. The illumination unit includes a reflector having an aperture through which the first axis extends and a reflective surface angled with respect to the first axis and second axis.
US11668641B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for imaging and image-based sorting of particles in a flow system, including cells in a flow cytometer. In some aspects, a system includes a particle flow device to flow particles through a channel, an imaging system to obtain image data of a particle during flow through the channel, a processing unit to determine a property associated with the particle and to produce a control command for sorting the particle based on sorting criteria associated with particle properties, and an actuator to direct the particle into one of a plurality of output paths of the particle flow device in real-time.
US11668636B2
The particle sensor device comprises a substrate, a photodetector, a dielectric on or above the substrate, a source of electromagnetic radiation, and a through-substrate via in the substrate. The through-substrate via is exposed to the environment, in particular to ambient air. A waveguide is arranged in or above the dielectric so that the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the source of electromagnetic radiation is coupled into a portion of the waveguide. A further portion of the waveguide is opposite the photodetector, so that said portions of the waveguide are on different sides of the through-substrate via, and the waveguide traverses the through-substrate via.
US11668634B2
A window drop test apparatus includes a support protruding in a first direction from the prop, and a guide portion that defines a drop space together with the support, where a drop test is performed through the drop space.
US11668632B2
An apparatus and method for generating a controlled, predictable, reproducible and variable-size distribution of particulate matter (PM), particle number (PN) and/or facsimile/simulation, derived from vaporizing and condensing a specialized liquid, utilizing a vapor delivery device; a filter capability so as to remove a significant amount of ambient PM/PN as a secondary calibration process for the identification of fine and ultra-fine particles (e.g., 0.3 micrometers and smaller) as well as a computer-controlled ability to perform a pre-determined series of calibration routines, housed in a container.
US11668629B2
A microscope slide staining system has a chamber, a plurality of slide support elements, a plurality of spreading devices positionable in association with microscope slides supported on the slide support elements so the spreading devices define a gap between the spreading device and the microscope slide and so the spreading device and the microscope slide are movable relative to one another to spread at least one reagent on the microscope slide independent of the other spreading devices and microscope slides.
US11668616B2
A stretchable sensor skin is provided, which is a soft tactile sensor sleeve that can cover large areas of a robot, and is both low-cost and robust. It is made of elastomer molded pouches (referred to as sensor taxels) that when contacted transmit pneumatic pressure to off-board barometric sensors, via stretchable channels. The entirely soft makeup of the sleeve makes it highly conformable to 3D curved geometries of a robot. The stretchable channels mean that it can cover joints without wiring getting caught. The stretchable rubber channels are also inherently more robust than stretchable conductor approaches, and the skin lacks fragile soft-rigid interfaces that has plagued many other sensor skins. The fact that there are no conductive components also makes the skin easy to sanitize and waterproof.
US11668604B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatuses and method for stacked polarizer imaging. In a number of embodiments, a method can include activating a first polarization layer of a plurality of polarization layers, detecting a first image with an array of pixels from a light source input that is polarized when passed through the first polarization layer, and determining, via a controller coupled to the array of pixels, whether a quality of the first image that was polarized by the first polarization layer meets a threshold. A stacked polarizer can include a plurality of polarizers that are stacked upon each other such that a light source input can be passed through the stack of polarizers and be detected by a pixel of an image sensor cell. Each of the polarizers in the stack of polarizers can be individually activated and deactivated.
US11668603B2
Embodiments are disclosed relating to a refractively-scanning interferometer comprising an aperture that receives an incident light beam at a receiving angle, a beam splitter configured to split the incident light beam into a first beam and a second beam, a first and a second reflector arranged to reflect the first beam and second beam, respectively, towards a combining optical element, and a refractive Optical Path Difference (rOPD) assembly interposed between the beam splitter and the first reflector, wherein the rOPD Assembly refracts the first light beam an even number of times with induced phase discrepancy being a vector sum of a first phase discrepancy induced by a first refraction and a second phase discrepancy induced by a second refraction, the rOPD Assembly being configured such that the first phase discrepancy is substantially opposite in direction to the second phase discrepancy, a portion of the first and second phase discrepancies cancelling one another out to decrease magnitude of the phase discrepancy.
US11668593B2
Methods and apparatus for examining a material are provided. One example method generally includes disposing the material in a dielectric contrast analysis structure, wherein the dielectric contrast analysis structure comprises a bulk dielectric substance and a plurality of receptacles in the bulk dielectric substance, wherein the material is disposed in one or more of the plurality of receptacles; exposing the dielectric contrast analysis structure to incident electromagnetic radiation; detecting resultant radiation from the exposed dielectric contrast analysis structure; and analyzing the detected resultant radiation to estimate at least one of a phase fraction and a phase distribution in the material. One example system generally includes an electromagnetic radiation source; a dielectric contrast analysis structure comprising a bulk dielectric substance and a plurality of receptacles in the bulk dielectric substance for receiving the material; and an electromagnetic radiation detector, wherein the analysis structure is between the radiation source and the detector.
US11668590B2
One embodiment described herein provides a system for distributed fiber sensing. The system can include a plurality of network elements (NEs) in an optical transport network (OTN) and a control-and-management module coupled to the NEs. A respective network element (NE) can include a first wavelength coupler configured to separate an optical supervisory channel (OSC) signal from a data-carrying signal received from a fiber span, a polarization-measurement unit configured to perform a polarization measurement on the OSC signal, and a transmitter configured to transmit an outcome of the polarization measurement to the control-and-management module, thereby facilitating distributed fiber sensing based on the outcome of the polarization measurement.
US11668585B2
A gyroscopic sensor unit detects a phase drift between a demodulated output signal and demodulation signal during output of a quadrature test signal. A delay calculator detects the phase drift based on changes in the demodulated output signal during application of the quadrature test signal. A delay compensation circuit compensates for the phase drift by delaying the demodulation signal by the phase drift value.
US11668582B2
A navigation system for a motor vehicle is provided. A display interface is located in a vehicle. A is processor in communication with a vehicle sensor and a server. The processor is configured to receive vehicle information and road information, predict a traveling direction of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, and highlight the road information associated with the traveling direction on the display interface. A corresponding vehicle and method is also provided. A user of a navigation map can obtain auxiliary information to drive on the current route from a navigation interface more conveniently during the process of using the navigation map, thus providing the user an improved driving experience.
US11668578B2
An interaction device include a processor. The processor being configured to acquire an alertness level of an occupant of a vehicle, request an utterance from the occupant in a case in which the acquired alertness level is below a threshold value, identify a rest point at which the vehicle can stop, measure a cycle spanning from initiation of an interaction until the alertness level falls below the threshold value again, and repeatedly request an utterance from the occupant at a regular interval that is shorter than the measured cycle during a time period from notifying the occupant that the rest point has been set as a destination of the vehicle to the vehicle arriving at the destination.
US11668575B2
A system and a method are disclosed for managing a travel itinerary by calculating pre-event triggers and interfacing with travel service providers to streamline travel services for a traveler. In an embodiment, a travel management system receives an electronic itinerary for a traveler, the electronic itinerary comprising a plurality of events. Based on the electronic itinerary, the travel management system identifies an event of the plurality of events and event managers for the events. The travel management system determines pre-event triggers for the events. The travel management system calculates trigger times for the pre-event triggers. The travel management system transmits, at the trigger times, the pre-event triggers to the event managers for execution of a function corresponding to the event.
US11668573B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for locating a vehicle. A pose state estimator may access a previous position for the vehicle at a first time, wherein the previous position is on a first sub-map of a plurality of sub-maps. The pose state estimator may receive from a first localizer a first position estimate for the vehicle at a second time after the first time. The first position estimate may be on a second sub-map of the plurality of sub-maps. The pose state estimator may send to a second localizer a sub-map change message indicating the second sub-map.
US11668563B2
A level including a sensor that detects a tilt angle; a display unit including a plurality of strip-shaped display members that linearly emits light by an LED to display the tilt angle; and a controller that receives an output signal from the sensor and outputs a control signal so that a specific strip-shaped display member glows. The strip-shaped display members include one horizontal strip-shaped display member positioned at a middle of the display unit and a plurality of strip-shaped display members for tilt-angle display that has tips bent toward a center of the display unit. LEDs are attached to ends of the strip-shaped display members, respectively, and a pair of strip-shaped display members which is point-symmetrical with respect to the center of the display unit simultaneously glows according to the tilt angle.
US11668554B2
An electromechanical sensor and a method of sensing an object or a tactile input using the sensor. The sensor includes: a base provided with a magnetic sensor arranged to detect a change in magnetic flux at the position of the magnetic sensor; a flexible film adjacent to the magnetic sensor; and a magnetic element provided on the flexible film; wherein the magnetic element is arranged to move relative to the magnetic sensor when the flexible film is reversibly deformed by an external force applied to the flexible film.
US11668549B2
Muzzleloader systems include a pre-packaged propellant charge and primer for providing efficient loading and unloading of the muzzleloader. The muzzleloader accepts in the breech end the propellant containment vessel that abuts against a constriction portion with a reduced diameter portion. The propellant containment vessel having an end portion with a tapered surface that conforms to the constriction portion surface. A projectile is inserted in the muzzle end and seats against the constriction portion. The propellant containment vessel may be received in a removable breech plug. The constriction portion may be part of the breech plug or a separate component secured in the barrel by way of the breech plug. The containment vessel further comprises a primer mechanism that may be integrated into the proximal end of the containment vessel.
US11668539B1
A barrel for use in a firearm optimized to fire subsonic ammunition with high precision. The barrel groove diameter being within .0003 inch of the nominal bullet diameter and the barrel has at least 8 rifled grooves. Each of the plurality of rifling grooves has a sidewall formed from the bore diameter to the groove diameter, wherein the sidewalls formed are substantially parallel and the depth of each of the rifling grooves is shallow. The bullet is obturated as the bullet is forced down the bore. The plurality of shallow barrel grooves forming a plurality of raised lands upon the bullet. The obturated bullet having at least 50% lands formed around the circumference of the bullet body. The buffeting effect upon the bullet in flight by a transition shock wave upon the raised bullet lands is reduced by the plurality of bullet lands and the reduced height of each of the plurality of bullet lands.
US11668536B2
The following provides a system and method to predict an indicator of tube fouling in a fired apparatus such as a boiler. Historical data can be collected when the tubing is still considered to be clean, and used to build a first model between an indicator of fouling, such as tube skin temperature, and boiler load. The actual measurement of that indicator of fouling can then be compared against the model output, such that the error between the model and measurement is considered an indication of the tube fouling. Moreover, the rate of change of the model error can be used to measure the fouling rate. Next, historical data on the fluid feed quality can be collected and together with the historical error rate change data can be combined to develop a second model. This second model reflects how fluid feed quality variables may affect the fouling rate over time.
US11668532B2
A heat exchanger is provided and includes coils, a header disposed at an end of the coils to distribute fluid into the coils, an evaporator tube fluidly communicative with an end of the header and a tube sheet disposed against a side of one of the coils which is nearest to the end of the header to catch condensate dripping off the evaporator tube and to drain the condensate away from the coils.
US11668528B2
In an example implementation, a sintering system includes optical fiber installed into a sintering furnace. A support structure inside the furnace is to support a token green object in a predetermined position and to hold a distal end of the fiber adjacent to the predetermined position. A light source is operably engaged at a proximal end of the fiber to transmit light through the fiber into the furnace. A light detector is operably engaged at the proximal end of the fiber to receive reflected light through the fiber that scatters off a surface of the token green object.
US11668526B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of metallurgy, and discloses a horizontal continuous feeding preheating device and an enhanced preheating method therefor. The scheme comprises that two dust removal ports are arranged at the front and rear parts of a horizontal continuous feeding preheating duct, and the horizontal continuous feeding preheating duct is divided into an enhanced preheating area and a flue gas preheating area by the two dust removal ports arranged at the front and rear parts of the horizontal continuous feeding preheating duct; burners are installed in the enhanced preheating area, and the two dust removal ports are connected with a flue gas adjusting distributor respectively by a flue gas pipeline the steel scrap preheating efficiency of the burners and electric arc furnace flue gas is increased by controlling the flow rate and temperature of mixed flue gas.
US11668525B2
A lyophilization nest and method of using the same is described herein. In various embodiments, the lyophilization nest is configured to support one or more receptacles each supporting one or more substances within an interior space of the lyophilization nest. The interior space may be in fluid communication with the exterior of the lyophilization nest through one or more vent holes extending through a surface of the lyophilization nest. Each of the one or more vent holes have a corresponding sealing element configured to selectively form an air-tight seal within the vent holes, such that a controlled environment may be maintained within the interior space when the ambient conditions surrounding the lyophilization nest are not lyophilization conditions. The one or more sealing elements may be operable while the lyophilization nest is positioned within a sealed lyophilizer by depressing the sealing elements into corresponding vent holes to form the air-tight seal.
US11668524B2
Methods and systems for removing moisture from a refrigerant can utilize a desiccant-based system. The methods and systems can be employed in conjunction with a liquid natural gas (LNG) refrigeration circuit in either an online mode or an offline mode. For example, a system for removing moisture from a refrigerant can include: a refrigerant source; a moisture removal unit containing desiccant; and a refrigeration circuit comprising a refrigerant compressor, a refrigerant condenser, and a heat exchanger that are fluidly connected in a loop, wherein the refrigerant source is fluidly coupled to the moisture removal unit to supply a refrigerant from the refrigerant source to the moisture removal unit, and the moisture removal unit is fluidly coupled to the refrigeration circuit to supply the refrigerant from the moisture removal unit to the refrigeration circuit.
US11668514B2
A cooler access control system locks a cooler when occurrence of an event is detected that requires limiting access to the inside of the cooler. Examples of such events include the loss of power to the cooler for a predetermined period of time, the opening of the cooler door for longer than an allowed time, the loss of functionality of a temperature probe and others. In an embodiment, a service mode is supported wherein the door is left unlocked despite the occurrence of such an event, to allow a stocker or other personnel to leave the cooler door open while stocking the cooler with product.
US11668507B2
An ice maker evaporator assembly having an evaporator pan with a back wall and left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the back wall, and a freeze plate located within the evaporator pan. Refrigerant tubing is thermally coupled to the back wall of the evaporator pan opposite the left, right, top and bottom sidewalls. A first layer of insulation is formed on the refrigerant tubing. An evaporator housing having a housing back wall and housing left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the housing back wall is attached to the evaporator pan and covers refrigerant tubing. A second layer of insulation is formed on top of the first layer of insulation.
US11668506B2
An air conditioner unit includes a refrigeration loop, a variable speed compressor urging refrigerant through the refrigeration loop, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature within a room, and a controller operably coupled to the variable speed compressor. The controller is configured to initiate the compressor at a fixed speed, determine an estimated target temperature of the room, determine an actual temperature of the room, generate a target compressor speed, and initiate the compressor at the target speed.
US11668492B2
The present disclosure provides a heat exchanger assembly and an air conditioner. The heat exchanger assembly comprises a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger is arranged to be angled relative to the first heat exchanger, the first end of the second heat exchanger is connected with or close to the first end of the first heat exchanger, and the second end of the second heat exchanger is away from the second end of the first heat exchanger. The third heat exchanger is arranged between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.
US11668488B2
System and methods for controlling operating state of a heat transfer system are disclosed herein. The heat transfer system can include temperature sensor positioned at the fluid inlet line and the fluid outlet line and a heat exchanger between the fluid inlet line and the fluid outlet line. The heat transfer system can include a processor communicatively coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The processor can determine an inlet temperature of water flowing in the fluid inlet line and outlet temperature of water flowing in the fluid outlet line and can determine a delta temperature based on difference between the inlet temperature and the outlet temperature. Based on the inlet temperature and the delta temperature, the processor can determine an operating state of the heat transfer system.
US11668484B2
A device is configured to operate a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The device is further configured to determine that the amount of time to close a pressure switch exceeds a time threshold value. The device is further configured to receive an audio signal from a microphone while operating the HVAC system and to determine that an audio signature for a combustion air inducer is not present within the audio signal. The device is further configured to determine whether an audio signature for an integrated furnace controller is present within the audio signal. The device is further configured to determine a fault type based on the determination of whether the audio signature for the integrated furnace controller is present within the audio signal, to identify a component identifier for a component of the HVAC system associated with fault type, and to output a recommendation identifying the component identifier.
US11668482B2
An air conditioning system may include an outdoor unit including a compressor; at least one distributor connected to the outdoor unit and including a condenser and an evaporator that exchange heat between refrigerant and water; a plurality of heating pipes in communication with the condenser; a plurality of cooling pipes in communication with the evaporator; a plurality of fan coil units connected to the plurality of heating pipes or the plurality of cooling pipes; and a controller configured to perform a heating pipe search operation for matching a portion of the plurality of fan coil units with the plurality of heating pipes, and a cooling pipe search operation for matching another portion of the plurality of fan coil units with the plurality of cooling pipes, in parallel.
US11668476B2
A dehumidification system includes a compressor, a primary evaporator, a primary condenser, a secondary evaporator, a secondary condenser, a modulating valve, and an alternate condenser. The secondary evaporator receives an inlet airflow and outputs a first airflow to the primary evaporator. The primary evaporator receives the first airflow and outputs a second airflow to the secondary condenser. The secondary condenser receives the second airflow and outputs a third airflow to the primary condenser. The primary condenser receives the third airflow and outputs a dehumidified airflow. The compressor receives a flow of refrigerant from the primary evaporator and provides the flow of refrigerant to the modulating valve. The modulating valve directs the flow of refrigerant to the primary condenser and to the alternate condenser. The alternate condenser receives a portion of the flow of refrigerant for heat rejection, where the primary condenser receives the remaining portion of the flow of refrigerant.
US11668472B2
A cook top includes an inputter configured to receive input of a user manipulation, and a cooker configured to heat a cooking device placed on the cook top. A communicator is configured to perform communication with a user terminal device and a range hood. A processor is configured to: control an operating state of the cooker according to the user manipulation, transmit a signal for controlling an operating state of the range hood to correspond to the operating state of the cooker to the range hood, and control the communicator to transmit state information of the cook top that includes information of the operating state of the cooker to the user terminal device.
US11668471B2
A glide rack assembly removably installable within a cooking chamber. The assembly includes a support rack, an engagement member extending downward therefrom and being translatable between a fully retracted position and an extended position, and a locking arm. The locking arm is configured such that when the support rack is in the fully retracted position, the engagement member deflects said locking arm into an unlocked position wherein the locking arm does not cooperate with an embossment on a side wall of the cooking chamber. Further, when the support rack is translated from the fully retracted position, the engagement member does not deflect the locking arm such that the locking arm pivots to a locked position wherein the locking arm cooperates with the embossment such that the assembly is inhibited from being removed.
US11668470B2
An electric heater includes a substrate; and a plane heating element disposed on one surface of the substrate. The plane heating element includes a pattern portion including a start point and an end point, which are located at an outermost side of the pattern portion, the pattern portion including a plurality of tracks having an arc shape, which are spaced apart from each other and are formed to have a length increasing from an innermost side to the outermost side of the pattern portion, and a plurality of bridges connecting the plurality of tracks in series. The plurality of bridges are formed on both sides of the pattern portion with respect to a reference line passing through a center of the pattern portion, and an innermost gap between the pair of bridges located at the innermost side of the pattern portion is narrower than an outermost gap between a pair of bridges located at the outermost side of the pattern portion.
US11668467B2
In one aspect, a stove can include a first cover including a cavity, and a second cover including a cavity. The stove can include a main portion including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion can define a first opening and the second end portion define a second opening. In a stowed configuration, the first end portion of the main portion can be disposed in the cavity of the first cover and the second end portion of the main portion can be disposed in the cavity of the second cover. In a deployed configuration, the second cover can be arranged so that the cavity of the second cover is facing in a downward direction away from the main portion.
US11668454B2
A work light assembly for providing 360° illumination for a workspace includes a base and an illumination module, which is cylindrical. A first leg is engaged to the base and extends along the base from proximate to an upper end and linearly past a lower end thereof. A plurality of second legs extends from the base, which, along with the first leg support the base on a surface. The illumination module is hingedly engaged by a first end to the base, proximate to the upper end. The illumination module is selectively positionable in a first configuration, in which it extends along the base and past the lower end, and a second configuration, in which it extends transversely from the base and is substantially perpendicular to the surface. A power module is engaged to the illumination module so that the illumination module can provide 360° illumination.
US11668452B2
An illumination system can produce a dynamically variable illumination pattern. The illumination system can include a light guide. The illumination system can include projection optics, which can contribute to the illumination pattern at relatively low beam angles (i.e., beam angles formed with respect to a surface normal of the light guide). The projection optics can include individually addressable light-producing elements that can direct light through one or more focusing elements. A controller can control which of the light-producing elements are electrically powered and can therefore control the illumination pattern contribution from the projection optics. The illumination system can also include scattering optics, which can contribute to the illumination pattern at relatively high beam angles. The scattering optics can direct light out of the light guide over a relatively large surface area, which can help reduce glare when the light guide is viewed directly.
US11668450B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a light emitting apparatus comprising a directional LED array and an opaque lens configured to disperse light in an omnidirectional output pattern while maintaining similar light dispersion and heat dissipation performance as that of translucent lenses. In accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure, the desired optical properties of the present light emitting apparatus may be enabled through the use of a lens constructed from a polycarbonate or polycarbonate blend material melt blended with a concentration of organic diffusion particles to comprise a thermoplastic matrix having a desired opacity and optical characteristics.
US11668436B2
Disclosed are a pressure vessel boss and a pressure vessel having same, the boss comprising: a boss body in which a through hole configured to connect an interior to an exterior of the pressure vessel is formed; and a boss joint portion which surrounds an outer surface of the boss body, radially extends outward, and has an outer surface coming into surface contact with and joined to an opening surface of a liner, wherein the outer surface has a cross-sectional shape having three or more line segments connecting a top to a bottom of the boss joint portion and including at least one convex corner and at least one concave corner.
US11668431B2
A display mounting system including a central upright support, a first support arm connecting a first terminal upright support to the central upright support, a second support arm connecting a second terminal upright support to the central upright support, and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket is connected to one of the support arms and is configured to receive an electronic display. At least one of the support arms is rotatably connected to the central upright support such that the support arms can be selectively rotated between an open position and a collapsed position. In embodiments, the support arms are configured to disconnect from the central upright support and the terminal upright supports such that the central upright support and a support arm can be removed, or additional central upright supports and support arms can be incorporated.
US11668430B2
In various embodiments, an engine mount may comprise a mount base configured to physically engage at least a portion of an engine positioned adjacent thereto so as to secure the engine in a mounted position relative to the engine mount, the mount base comprising: a base component; an engine positioning element protruding from the base component and configured to restrict a range of motion of the engine in at least one direction; and at least one base orifice extending through a thickness of the base component and configured to receive a protruding portion of the engine within an internal volume of the base orifice; and an attachment hub comprising one or more attachment features configured to receive at least a portion of an external engine tool and engage the external engine tool such that at least a portion of the external engine tool is arranged adjacent the mount base.
US11668425B1
A push seal pipe adapter includes a grommet and a pipe adapter. The grommet fits inside the pipe adapter. The grommet includes a first adapter contact surface, a second adapter contact surface, and a third adapter contact surface. The pipe adapter includes a first grommet contact surface, a second grommet contact surface, and a third grommet contact surface. When the grommet is inserted into the pipe adapter, the first adapter contact surface of the grommet contacts the first grommet contact surface of the pipe adapter and the second adapter contact surface of the grommet contacts the second grommet contact surface of the pipe adapter. The push seal pipe adapter provides a pipe coupling end that receives a pipe. To couple, the pipe is pushed into the pipe coupling end.
US11668424B2
A rigid entry fitting configured to form a seal between a flexible pipe segment and a sump wall includes a fitting body having an inner surface defining a tapered opening, an insert received in the tapered opening, a shell received in an opening of the insert, a first pair of gaskets between an outer surface of the insert and the inner surface of the fitting body, a second pair of gaskets contacting an inner surface of the shell and opposite ends of the insert, and a nut configured to engage threads on an outer surface of the fitting body. When the nut is threaded onto the threads, the nut presses the shell and the insert into the tapered opening and presses the first pair of gaskets against the inner surface of the fitting body and the second pair of gaskets against the outer surface of the flexible pipe segment.
US11668422B2
A coupler including a tubular conduit having a length disposed between a first end and a second end and a thickness disposed between an external surface and internal surface defining an interior passage, and a tubular guide, coupled to the first end, widening between the first end and a tubular guide terminal end of the tubular guide.
US11668414B2
An assembly includes at least one member having first and second ends. A dual metal adapter for connecting to the at least one member includes an inner tube for receiving and contacting the first end of the at least one member and being formed from a first metal having a first resistivity. An outer tube extends over the inner tube and is secured thereto. The outer tube is formed from a second metal having a second resistivity greater than the first resistivity. The first end of the at least one member is metallurgically bonded to the inner tube.
US11668410B2
A method and system for determining a position of a linearly translating member. The method may comprise transmitting an excitation into a linearly translating member through one or more couplers from an acoustic device disposed in an outer housing, recording a reflected excitation from the linearly translating member with the acoustic device, and identifying a position of the linearly translating member with respect to the acoustic device. The system may comprise an outer housing, a linearly translating member disposed within the outer housing, an acoustic device disposed in the outer housing and configured to transmit an excitation at various frequencies and various amplitudes and record returned excitation frequencies and amplitudes and time of travel, and an information handling system in communication with the acoustic device.
US11668402B2
A rotary valve has a valve plug that is rotatable in a valve body about a rotational axis. Surface features of the valve plug and surface features of the valve body cooperate to provide a bearing by which the valve plug is rotatably supported with respect to the valve body. In addition, each of the valve plug and the valve body include a plurality of annular projections that encircle the plain bearing and axially overlap one another so as to form a labyrinth that surrounds the bearing. The labyrinth forms a fluid path that collects abrasive particles suspended in the fluid passing through the valve, whereby wear of the valve is reduced.
US11668400B2
An equalization valve includes a valve body defining a gate slot; a gate defining an equalization chamber, a first equalization channel, and a second equalization channel, the equalization chamber and the first and second equalization channels defining an equalization pathway across the gate; and an actuation stem slidable within the equalization chamber between a first chamber position, wherein the actuation stem blocks the equalization pathway, and a second chamber position, wherein the actuation stem unblocks the equalization pathway; wherein the actuation stem is further slidable within the gate slot of the valve body between a first valve position, wherein the gate is seated with the valve body, and a second valve position, wherein the gate is unseated from the valve body.
US11668395B2
A gasket includes an endless loop of sealing material. The endless loop includes a first segment, a second segment, and a sinuous segment extending from the first segment to the second segment. The gasket includes fastener sections defining fastener holes. The fastener holes extends through the fastener sections. The sinuous segment is between two of the fastener holes. A lip is in each fastener hole. The lip extends from the fastener section into the fastener hole and extends around the circumference of the fastener hole. The sinuous segment retains the gasket in a groove of a cover, and the lip retains a fastener in a fastener hole of the cover.
US11668392B2
A method for rocking a vehicle free. The vehicle comprises a drive aggregate (2), a transmission (4), shifting elements (10), and a starting element (5). The rocking free process is carried out as a function of actuation of an accelerator pedal (11) by the driver or a torque delivered by the drive aggregate (2) as a function of the actuation of the accelerator pedal. The shifting element (10) is controlled such that reduced actuation of the accelerator pedal or reduced torque delivered by the drive aggregate (2), reduces a control pressure of the shifting element (10) of the transmission (4) down to a filling pressure or a pressure that corresponds to the filling pressure, and increased actuation of the accelerator pedal or increased torque delivered by the drive aggregate (2), increases the control pressure of the shifting element (10) and the shifting element is operated in a slipping mode.
US11668390B2
There is provided a lubricating structure for a power transmission mechanism in which a crankshaft is coupled to a piston disposed in a cylinder bore and in which power is transmitted from the crankshaft to a camshaft. The lubricating structure includes: an idler gear that is configured to transmit power from the crankshaft to the camshaft; and an idler gear shaft that supports the idler gear via a bearing. One end portion of the idler gear shaft protrudes into the cylinder bore, and an oil passage configured to guide oil from the cylinder bore to the bearing is formed in the idler gear shaft.
US11668388B2
A pulley device comprising a pulley and a bearing. The pulley has at least one “C-shaped” pulley part having an inner portion mounted on the bearing, an outer portion having an outer cylindrical surface dedicated to interact with a belt or a chain, and an intermediate portion extending substantially radially between axial ends of inner and outer portions on one axial side of pulley device. The outer cylindrical surface of outer ring is provided with at least one recess having in cross-section, a concave internal profile. The pulley part is provided with at least one protruding portion which inwardly extends beyond the inner cylindrical surface of inner portion. The protruding portion is received in a corresponding recess of outer ring so as to block the pulley part with respect to the outer ring in both axial directions.
US11668386B2
A pulley structure may be equipped with an outer rotating body, an inner rotating body, and a coil spring provided between the outer rotating body and the inner rotating body. The coil spring is configured so as to undergo torsional deformation in a diameter-expanding or a diameter-contracting direction, thereby engaging the outer rotating body and the inner rotating body and transmitting torque, and to undergo torsional deformation in the direction opposite the direction in which torque is transmitted, thereby entering a disengaged state in which the coil spring slides with the outer rotating body or the inner rotating body, thus interrupting the transmission of torque. The number of windings of the coil spring is in a range between [M-0.125] and M (both inclusive), where M is a natural number.
US11668380B2
An electric vehicle transmission (7) includes an input shaft (10), an output shaft (11), a first planetary gear set (P1), a second planetary gear set (P2), and a third planetary gear set (P3). The input shaft (10) is provided for coupling to an electric machine (6). A first shift element (A), a second shift element (B), and a third shift element (C) are provided at least functionally as well. Also disclosed is a drive system (4), a vehicle drive train (5), and an electric vehicle.
US11668372B2
An apparatus and method for reducing planet gear misalignment of planet gears mounted on a planet-carrier in an epicyclic gearing. The apparatus and method of the present disclosure specifically provide for a stiffness-reducing feature, a pillar, and a side-plate, each with a respective stiffness. In several embodiments, the feature stiffness is less than the pillar stiffness which is at least 10% less than the side-plate stiffness. The stiffness-reducing feature and the pillar may make up a pylon which has an axis. The pylon axis may form an angle with the side plate which is less than 90° and greater than 20°.
US11668370B2
The disclosure relates to a torsional vibration damping assembly comprising a deflection mass carder capable of rotation about a rotational axis and deflection masses mounted following one another in a circumferential direction on the deflection mass carrier and deflectable from a basic relative position, wherein the radial position of the deflection masses with respect to the rotational axis changes on deflection from the basic relative position, with each deflection mass being mounted deflectably in both circumferential directions from the basic relative position by coupling formations on the deflection mass carrier, with a resiliently deformable stop formation being provided and assigned to each deflection mass to haft a deflection movement of the deflection mass once a stop deflection has been reached, with the resiliently deformable stop formation comprising a resilient stop material which is fixedly mounted with respect to the deflection mass carder, with the following ratio R being applicable in the assignment to each deflection mass: R=VE/E wherein VE is an effective stop material volume assigned to a deflection mass on reaching the stop deflection by deformation of the resilient stop material and E is an impact metric relative to the kinetic energy of a deflection mass on reaching the stop deflection, and wherein the following applies for the ratio R: 0.15×10−3 m2/kg≤R≤0.6×10−3 m2/kg.
US11668350B2
A universal joint, having a first joint member with longitudinally extending arms, each arm having one or more contact surfaces and a second joint member with longitudinally extending arms, where each arm includes one or more contact surfaces. The universal joint also includes one or more independent contact objects disposed between a contact surface of the first joint member and a contact surface of the second joint member. The universal joint also includes a load rod disposed in an axial channel between the first joint member and the second joint member.
US11668343B2
A difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of arithmetic mean roughness Ra of an annular surface region in contact with a larger flange surface, in a larger end face of the tapered roller, is not greater than 0.02 μm. A value of a ratio R/RBASE is not smaller than 0.75 and not greater than 0.87 where R represents a set radius of curvature of the larger end face of the tapered roller and RBASE represents a distance from a point which is an apex of a cone angle of the tapered roller to the larger flange surface of the inner ring. A ratio Rprocess/R is not lower than 0.5 where Rprocess represents an actual radius of curvature after grinding of the larger end face of the tapered roller and R represents a set radius of curvature.
US11668341B2
The disclosure relates to a bearing unit for fastening a steering column in a vehicle. The bearing unit has a bracket unit that can be fixed to the vehicle, a bearing sleeve and a locking mechanism for optionally fixing the bearing sleeve on the bracket unit and for optionally releasing a relative movement of the bearing sleeve with respect to the bracket unit. The locking mechanism has a first eccentric which is coupled to a first counterpart eccentric unit in order to fix the bearing sleeve on the bracket unit via a first form-fit connection acting in a first direction and a second form-fit connection acting in a second direction.
US11668340B2
A ball and socket joint assembly is disclosed that includes a body defining a cavity, a collet disposed in the cavity to receive a ball of a connector, and an actuator shaft coupled to the collet for rotating and translating the collet in the cavity. The cavity has a distal opening to accept the ball and an engagement feature extending into the cavity. The collet has an outer diameter larger than the opening in the body when the ball is disposed in the collet, and the collet has a corresponding engagement feature around at least a portion of the outer surface for receiving the engagement feature and converting rotation of the compression member into translation of the compression member along a proximal-distal axis of the body. The collet is compressed against the opening of the cavity when the collet is advanced distally against the opening.
US11668332B2
A mounting assembly disposable on a nail strip seam rib of a building surface includes a mounting body having an exterior, which in turn comprises a slot configured to separately receive a plurality of different nail strip seam rib profiles. The mounting assembly also includes an insert that is at least partially disposable in the slot, and a threaded fastener that extends through the mounting body, into the slot, and engages the insert.
US11668330B2
A hydraulic drive system raises and lowers an object by supplying and discharging operating oil to and from two ports of an actuator and includes a control device, first to fifth electromagnetic proportional control valves, first and second hydraulic pumps, a first and second control valve, and a lock valve. When a fourth pilot pressure is output, the second control valve causes the operating oil to be discharged from a first port in order to lower the object. The lock valve prevents the operating oil from being discharged from the first port by closing a path between the first port and the second control valve, and when a fifth pilot pressure is output from the fifth electromagnetic proportional control valve per an operating device, discharges the operating oil from the first port by opening the path between the first port and the second control valve, to lower the object.
US11668329B1
A centrifugal pump to improve the efficiency of fluid flow, and minimize long term wear on the pump by progressively increasing fluid pressure as fluid moves from an eye of an impeller towards diffuser blades, into the volute and out through an outlet. The fluid pressure is increased by progressively increasing the volume through which the fluid travels. A tear-drop shaped volute casing surrounding the diffuser and impeller creates a pocket of maximum pressure just below the outlet. A dampener can be provided to dampen the vibration of the motor. A cylindrical basket strainer can be provided with a flat face abutting against the volute casing to distribute pressure evenly. A clamp ring can be provided to easily seal and access the basket strainer using a plain rod.
US11668326B2
A hanging head connecting mechanism of a ceiling fan has a connecting seat, a hanging rod, and a motor shaft. The connecting seat has a connecting plate, a first bushing, a second bushing, and multiple connecting pieces. The second bushing is located around the first bushing. The hanging rod is mounted in the connecting seat and disposed between the first bushing and the second bushing. The motor shaft is mounted in the connecting seat and disposed inside the first bushing. The connecting pieces are serially mounted through the second bushing, the hanging rod, and the motor shaft. Two of the connecting pieces are each mounted on a respective one of two opposite sides of the second bushing, and a wire-routing gap is formed between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece.
US11668325B2
A blower mounting assembly of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a bracket assembly including a base panel, a plurality of mounting flanges extending from the base panel, and an alignment flange extending from and transverse to the base panel. The blower mounting assembly includes a first mounting aperture extending through the base panel in a first direction and includes second mounting apertures extending through the plurality of mounting flanges in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The blower mounting assembly includes a bolt configured to extend through and slidably engage with an aperture of the alignment flange and a blower mounting skid such that the bolt limits movement of the blower mounting skid relative to the bracket assembly. The aperture of the alignment flange extends through the alignment flange in a third direction transverse to the first mounting aperture and the second mounting apertures.
US11668297B2
A pump includes a cam plate, and an input shaft for rotationally driving the cam plate. A pump housing at least partially surrounds the cam plate and defines a cam plate oil reservoir around at least a portion of the cam plate. A bearing support is at least partially disposed within the cam plate oil reservoir. The bearing support defines a bearing oil reservoir at least partially surrounding a portion of the input shaft. At least one passage extends between the bearing oil reservoir and the cam plate oil reservoir. Dynamic motion imparted on oil within the cam plate oil reservoir facilitates migration of oil from the cam plate oil reservoir through a bearing at least partially supported by the bearing support into the bearing oil reservoir and through the at least one passage into the cam plate oil reservoir.
US11668296B2
A hydraulic system includes a hydraulic valve, a load-holding valve arrangement, a flow-control valve arrangement, a working pressure sensor, a differential pressure sensor, and a speed sensor. The load-holding valve arrangement includes first and second load-holding valves connected to opposite ends of the hydraulic cylinder. The flow-control valve arrangement includes a directional flow-control valve and a hydraulic pump. The differential pressure sensor measures pressure over the load-holding valve arrangement. A desired extension or retraction speed of the hydraulic cylinder is controlled by adjusting the position of the directional flow-control valve, the first load-holding valve and the second load-holding valve based on a measured working pressure in the hydraulic system and a measured speed of the hydraulic cylinder or a differential pressure over the load-holding valve arrangement.
US11668293B2
A micro pump having noise-reduced pressure-releasing structure includes a convergence plate, a valve sheet, a chamber plate, and a micro pump. The convergence plate has a convergence outlet and a discharge outlet. The valve sheet has a valve hole and a discharge recessed portion. The chamber plate has a recessed hole, a fluid determine hole, fluid through holes, and a receiving trough. The micro pump is in the receiving trough. During operation of the micro pump, the fluid is firstly transmitted to the fluid through hole and the fluid determine hole to push the valve sheet, and the fluid determine hole pushes the discharge recessed portion to block the discharge outlet. Then, since the pressure of the fluid at the fluid through hole pushes the valve sheet, the fluid flows through the valve hole so as to be discharged out from the convergence outlet.
US11668282B2
A method of operating a wind energy installation having a rotor with at least one rotor blade that is angularly adjustable by an adjustment drive. In response to the occurrence of at least one special operating case, in particular at least one malfunction case, the rotor blade is adjusted in a direction of a shutdown position by the adjustment drive. In the shutdown position, a supply of energy from an energy storage device to the adjustment drive is switched off and/or a pitch brake for holding the rotor blade in its current position is closed. In response to at least one activation signal, the rotor blade is adjusted by the adjustment drive in an adjustment mode of operation while the special operating case is still ongoing, in particular while the malfunction case is still ongoing.
US11668274B2
Provided is a nacelle for a wind driven power plant, the nacelle including a nacelle bottom cover, wherein the nacelle bottom cover includes two or more segments, each of the segments being configured to contain a respective predefined maximum volume of a liquid in a receptacle in a case of leakage, and wherein the respective receptacles are configured to collectively contain a total volume that corresponds to a total amount of liquids in the wind driven power plant, in particular a total amount of lubricating oils and/or cooling liquids in the wind driven power plant. Also provided is a wind driven power plant including the nacelle and a wind park including a plurality of the wind driven power plants.
US11668271B1
Fuel injector systems, methods, and assemblies can comprise an injector pushrod; a hold down clamp having an opening that can slidably receive the injector pushrod; a helper spring that can surround a first portion of the injector pushrod; a spacer that can surround a second portion of the injector pushrod and that can be positioned between the hold down clamp and a first end of the helper spring; and a retention seat that can retain a second end of the helper spring opposite the first end of the helper spring and that can surround a third portion of the injector pushrod.
US11668265B2
A manufacturing process is provided during which a thrust reverser cascade is formed for an aircraft propulsion system. During the formation of the thrust reverser cascade, a first panel of material is stamped into a first corrugated body. A second panel of material is stamped into a second corrugated body. The first corrugated body is bonded to the second corrugated body.
US11668263B2
Piston (1) of an internal combustion engine, which piston is designed in structured construction, comprising two oppositely arranged load-bearing skirt wall portions (2), wherein a connecting wall (3) respectively extends, starting from a pin boss (4), in the direction of the side edge of the load-bearing skirt wall portions (2), characterized in that in an interior of the piston (1) is (are) disposed at least one rib (5, 6, 7), preferably three ribs (5, 6, 7), and the material of the regions around the at least one rib (5, 6, 7) is reduced.
US11668262B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for tracking degradation of a high-pressure fuel pump. In one example, a fuel system controller is configured to receive an output pressure signal from a pressure sensor, transform the output pressure signal to the frequency domain to generate frequency content of the output pressure signal, and diagnose a condition of a fuel pump based at least in part on the frequency content of the output pressure signal, the fuel pump fluidly coupled to a fuel injector via a common fuel rail, and the fuel injector is operable to inject fuel to a cylinder of an engine.
US11668261B2
A method and system is provided of controlling a pump having a pumping element comprising: determining, by a controller, a suspension of one or more fuel delivery events for a pumping element of the at least one pumping element; subsequent to determining the suspension of the one or more fuel delivery events, providing, by the controller, a first command to open an inlet valve of the pumping element to remove a portion of residual fluid within a pumping chamber based on pressure within the pumping chamber of the pumping element; and subsequent to providing the first command, providing, by the controller, a second command to close the inlet valve of the pumping element based on a top dead center (TDC) position of the pumping element.
US11668260B2
Methods and apparatuses for connecting multiple loads with a common return pin in engine control module application are disclosed. Only one of the multiple loads can be connected to a power source at a time. At the high side, each load is coupled to the power source through a respective pin at a connector. At the low side, the multiple loads share a common return pin at the connector that connects the loads to the ground. When a first load is connected to the power source at the high side, a first low side driver circuit is used to connect the first load to the ground at the low side. When a second load is connected to the power source at the high side, the second low side driver circuit is used to connect the second load to the ground at the low side.
US11668252B2
A method for controlling a clearance control valve of a turbomachine wherein, during a maneuver to increase engine speed in cruise phase, a command to reduce the opening of the clearance control valve is actuated by a Full Authority Digital Engine Control based on a change in the state of a step-climb signal provided by a flight management system in order to increase clearances at the tips of the turbomachine blades and an increase in the opening of the clearance control valve follows its reduction, at the expiry of either of the following two time limits: a first time limit starting at the change in the state of the step-climb signal and determined not to penalize the performance of the engine for too long and a second time limit starting at the end of the maneuver and determined as a function of a thermal time constant of the casing.
US11668249B2
In an asymmetric operating regime, a first engine is operating in an active mode to provide motive power to an aircraft while a second engine is operating in a standby mode and de-clutched from a gearbox of the aircraft. In response to an emergency exit request, the second engine's speed is increased, at a maximum permissible rate, to a re-clutching speed while increasing the first engine's power output at a maximum permissible rate. When the re-clutching speed is reached, the second engine's power output is increased at a maximum permissible rate. In response to a normal exit request, the second engine's speed is increased to the re-clutching speed at a rate lower than the maximum permissible rate. When the re-clutching speed is reached, the second engine's power output is increased at a rate lower than the maximum permissible rate.
US11668246B2
A highly efficient gas turbine engine is provided. The fan of the gas turbine engine is driven from a turbine via a gearbox, such that the fan has a lower rotational speed than the driving turbine, thereby providing efficiency gains. The efficient fan system is mated to a core that has low cooling flow requirements and/or high temperature capability, and which may have particularly low mass for a given power.
US11668240B2
The engine is adapted to generate thrust or designed to generate torque includes a combustor, the combustor generates an exhaust gas flow to push the rotor blades of a rotor in a rotor housing, the exhaust gas flow rotates the rotor, shaft, and fan which produces a rotating force and produces an air flow. The rotor housing having a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall which guides the exhaust gas flow until the exhaust gas flow reaches a housing gap at the second wall and the exhaust gas flow moves out from the rotor housing, while the first wall having another housing gap for the air flow to go through to cool the rotor and the cooling process adds torque to the engine. The engine includes an optional wind turbine assembly. An air compressor is either driven by an electric motor or driven by other means.
US11668237B2
A particle separator system for a turbine engine having an engine inlet. The particle separator system includes an inlet particle separator located within the engine inlet and configured to remove particles from an incoming airflow. The particle separator system also includes a barrier filter located within an enclosure of the turbine engine downstream of the inlet particle separator, the barrier filter being configured to intercept particles not scavenged by the inlet particle separator.
US11668223B2
A reduction method for a catalytic converter in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine for reducing the oxygen content in the catalytic converter, in particular after an overrun fuel cutoff mode of the internal combustion engine, the method including first injection of fuel into a first cylinder, the first injection taking place after an ignition point in time of a compression stroke of a first working cycle of the cylinder and including an introduction of the injected fuel from the cylinder into the catalytic converter during an exhaust stroke of the first cylinder.
US11668222B2
A catalytic composite is formed of a catalytic layered assembly including a porous catalytic fluoropolymer film and one or more felt batts connected with the porous catalytic fluoropolymer film. At least one felt batt is positioned adjacent the upstream side of the porous catalytic fluoropolymer film to form the catalytic composite. The fluoropolymer film is perforated to allow for enhanced airflow therethrough while retaining the capability of catalyzing the reduction or removal of chemical species in fluid flowing through the catalytic composite.
US11668220B2
An exemplary vehicle exhaust system includes, among other things, a housing defining a fluid chamber and at least one pressure sensor positioned within the fluid chamber. The housing has a fluid inlet configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply and a fluid outlet. A heater heats fluid supplied from the fluid supply such that heated fluid can be injected into a vehicle exhaust component via the fluid outlet. A controller is configured to receive pressure data from the at least one pressure sensor and to determine optimal timing for dosing of the vehicle exhaust component based on the pressure data.
US11668217B2
A device for exhaust gas aftertreatment in an internal combustion engine can be connected to an outlet of the internal combustion engine. The device comprises an exhaust gas system with an exhaust gas channel in which a three-way catalytic converter is arranged, and an exhaust gas burner with which hot burner exhaust gases can be fed into the exhaust gas channel at a feed point upstream from the three-way catalytic converter. The three-way catalytic converter is configured as a lambda probe catalytic converter and comprises a first catalyst volume and a second catalyst volume, whereby a lambda probe is arranged downstream from the first catalyst volume and upstream from the second catalyst volume, whereby the first catalyst volume has a lower oxygen storage capacity than the second catalyst volume. A method for exhaust gas aftertreatment in an internal combustion engine has such an exhaust gas aftertreatment device.
US11668214B2
The present disclosure relates to porous ceramic compositions and porous ceramic articles, such as honeycomb structure bodies and porous ceramic filters. In various embodiments, a particulate filter is disclosed herein; in some of these embodiments, the particulate filter is a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) and is suitable for use with a gasoline engine and treating its exhaust, and in some of the embodiments, the particulate filter is a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and is suitable for use with a diesel engine and treating its exhaust.
US11668213B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for a high capacity oil filter configured to remove contaminants from engine oil flowing within an internal combustion engine. The oil filter comprises a hollow canister having a length and a diameter suitable for housing a large filtration medium. A base gasket forms a fluid-tight seal between the oil filter and the engine. A base plate circulates oil from the engine through the oil filter. An anti-drainback valve prevents oil from draining out of the filter and passages within the engine when the engine is not operating. A key aspect of the present disclosure is that the relatively large dimensions and the configuration of the filtration media provide a large surface area for entrapping contaminants flowing with the engine oil.
US11668207B2
A shroud hanger assembly or shroud assembly is provided for dimensionally incompatible components wherein the assembly includes a multi-piece hanger, for example having a forward hanger portion and a rearward hanger portion. A cavity is formed between the parts; wherein a shroud may be positioned which is formed of a low coefficient of thermal expansion material. The hanger and shroud may be formed of the same material or differing materials in order to better match the thermal growth between the hanger and the shroud. When the shroud is positioned within the hanger opening or cavity, one of the forward and rearward hanger portions may be press fit or otherwise connected into the other of the forward and rearward hanger portion.
US11668206B1
This application provides a temperature gradient control system for a double wall casing of a compressor. The double wall casing may include an inner casing and an outer casing such that a flow of air is pulled through the double wall casing. The temperature gradient control system may include upper discharge piping with an upper modulation valve and a lower discharge piping with a lower modulation valve. The upper modulation valve and/or the lower modulation valve modulate the flow air pulled through the double wall casing to reduce a temperature gradient across the outer casing.
US11668204B2
An electrical power generation system including a micro-turbine alternator. The micro-turbine alternator including: a combustion chamber, at least one turbine driven by combustion gases from the combustion chamber, a first stage compressor, and a second stage compressor. The first stage compressor and the second stage compressor being operably connected to the combustion chamber to provide a compressed airflow thereto. The micro-turbine alternator including one or more shafts connecting the at least one turbine to the first stage compressor and the second stage compressor such that rotation of the at least one turbine drives rotation of the first stage compressor and second stage compressor. The one or more shafts include a turbine shaft attached to the at least one turbine a compressor shaft attached to the first stage compressor, and a coupling assembly configured to operably connect the turbine shaft to the compressor shaft via a magnetic coupling force.
US11668201B2
A system includes a divided volute turbocharger having variable turbine geometry. The turbocharger includes a turbine housing, first and second volutes separated by a wall having a first and second tongue, and a turbine housing outlet. The system also includes a turbine wheel disposed in the turbine housing and a vane ring disposed in the turbine housing between the turbine wheel and the volutes. The vane ring includes a plurality of rotatable vanes disposed on a vane ring surface of an annular disk in an asymmetric or asymmetric vane pattern that receives the turbine wheel therewithin and a pair of aerodynamic spacers spaced circumferentially outward of the plurality of vanes with each spacer positioned adjacent to a respective one tongue, with the spacers and vanes directing and controlling the flow of exhaust from the volutes into the turbine wheel with generally equal flow while significantly reducing HCF forcing function.
US11668200B2
A vane arc segment includes an airfoil fairing that has first and second fairing platforms and a hollow airfoil section that extends there between. A spar has a spar platform adjacent the first fairing platform and a spar leg that extends from the spar platform and through the hollow airfoil section. The spar leg has an end portion that is distal from the platform and that protrudes from the second fairing platform. The end portion has a clevis mount. There is a support platform adjacent the second fairing platform. The support platform has a through-hole through which the end portion of the spar leg extends such that the clevis mount protrudes from the support platform. A pin extends though the clevis mount and locks the support platform to the spar leg such that the airfoil fairing is trapped between the spar platform and the support platform.
US11668191B2
A device for testing the three-phase saturation of oil, gas and water in a high-temperature and high-pressure planar model includes a displacement pump, a confining pressure pump, a back pressure pump, containers, a planar model system, a data acquisition system, a back pressure valve and an oil-gas separator. The planar model system includes a planar model, an autoclave body, a heating temperature-controlling system, a Y-axis direction stepping motor, a X-axis direction stepping motor and an acoustoelectric detector. A method for testing the three-phase saturation of oil, gas and water by using the device includes calibrating three-phase saturation of oil, gas and water to a rock core, preparing a formation water sample and a crude sample, regaining the original formation conditions of the planar model, simulating the depletion or displacement process of oil reservoirs, performing linear ultrasonic-and-resistivity-scanning test on planar model, determining the three-phase saturation distribution of oil, gas and water.
US11668190B2
A bulkhead connector configured to be positioned within a tool body of a completion or intervention tool for use in a wellbore, and to provide a pressure and fluid seal between an area or a compartment within the tool body where one or more downhole tools are located and any fluid(s) present in the wellbore. The bulkhead connector includes one or more electrical switches positioned on the “low pressure” or tool side of the bulkhead connector, the electrical switches configured to be actuated by magnetic force(s) provided by one or more magnetic elements positioned on the “high pressure” or fluid side of the bulkhead connector. The bulkhead connector including electrical contact(s) that extend through the bulkhead connector that may be connected and disconnected from leads utilizing the magnetic force(s) provided from the fluid side of the bulkhead connector.
US11668187B2
A method, system, and apparatus for determining the location of a tool traveling down a wellbore by measuring a first borehole magnetic anomaly with respect to time at two known locations on a tool, comparing the time difference between the two measurements, then calculating the velocity of the tool based on the comparison and then further calculating the distance traveled by the tool in the wellbore based on the velocity calculation.
US11668186B2
Embodiments of the modular fracking ball assembly can include, but are not limited to, a measurement assembly, a shock absorbing layer, and an outer shell. The shock absorbing layer can encase the measurement assembly and the outer shell can encase the shock absorbing layer and the measurement assembly. The outer shell of the modular fracking ball assembly can be replaced with another outer shell when a change in parameters of the modular fracking ball assembly is needed. For instance, an overall diameter or a specific gravity of the modular fracking ball assembly can be changed by swapping outer shells.
US11668177B2
Some implementations of the present disclosure provide a computer-implemented method that includes: accessing measurement data obtained from a drilling operation, wherein the measurement data show multiple measurements during the drilling operation when a drilling bit is located at a range of depths; based on the measurement data, using machine learning analytics to construct a model that predicts a formation top when the drilling bit reaches a depth; determining a correlation between the measurement data and the predicted formation top; and in response to determining the correlation exceeds a pre-determined threshold, applying the model to predict a formation top when the drilling bit reaches the depth.
US11668176B2
A well configuration for co-injection processes, wherein a horizontal producer well at the bottom of the pay is combined with injection or injection and producer wells that are vertical and above the lower horizontal production well. This well arrangement minimizes “blanket” effects by non-condensable gases.
US11668172B2
A technique for remote pairing of pumps and manifold valves at an oilfield. The technique takes advantage of a control unit having remote capability of opening and closing manifold valves. The control unit may also be in simultaneous communication with an individual sensor for each pump. Thus, unique protocols of valve opening and closing at the manifold in conjunction with monitoring of fluid-based detections by the unit may be used to establish pairing between specific pumps and manifold valves. Similarly, the system may also be inspected for leaks at particular locations through unique valve opening and closing sequences in conjunction with fluid monitoring.
US11668169B2
A method of enhanced oil recovery comprising introducing into one or more injection wells located within a subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising (i) an aminopolycarboxylic acid comprising a phosphonoalkyl moiety; and ii) a surfactant blend; and removing hydrocarbons from one or more production wells. A method of enhanced oil recovery comprising introducing into one or more injection wells located within a subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising (i) an aminopolycarboxylic acid comprising a phosphonoalkyl moiety; and ii) a surfactant blend wherein the subterranean formation comprises non-source rock, naturally-fractured rock, low porosity rock, calcite rich reservoir rock or a combination thereof; and removing hydrocarbons from one or more production wells.
US11668166B2
A self-positioning system for a perforating gun or gun string is provided. The self-positioning system includes a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the perforating gun or the gun string for providing a finite number of rotational positions and/or for providing a desired water clearance. The protrusions include one or more groupings of at least three protrusions, the protrusions being angularly offset from each other about the outer circumference of the perforating gun or gun string.
US11668164B2
Provided is a self-deflecting multilateral junction, a method, and a well system. The self-deflecting multilateral junction, in one aspect, includes a deflection device having an uphole end and a downhole end, the deflection device including a main tubular, a first flow path off the main tubular and operable to couple to a wellbore, a second flow path off the main tubular and operable to couple to a lateral wellbore, the second flow path having a lateral seal bore, and a deflecting ramp. The self-deflecting multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes a lateral stinger positioned within the main tubular and releasably coupled to the deflection device, the lateral stinger including a nose end configured to extend into the second flow path, a valve member, and a lateral seal for engaging the lateral seal bore.
US11668156B2
The present invention relates to methods of inserting and removing tools and/or robots into/from inside subsea oil wells. In this scenario, the present invention provides a system for insertion and removal of a device (30) in a subsea oil well (20), said system comprising (i) a WCT assembly (10) comprising a removable protective cap (40) and (ii) a WCT tool (50) connected to a receptacle (60) comprising within it the device (30), wherein the WCT tool (50) is suitable for being inserted in the place where the protective cap (40) is coupled, wherein at least one of receptacle (60) and WCT tool (50) is able to be opened or closed, releasing the device (30) into the subsea oil well (20) or retaining same inside the receptacle (60). The invention further provides methods of inserting and removing a device (30) into/from a subsea oil well (20).
US11668140B2
A roller tool 1 that can be connected into a string for deployment into an oil or gas well includes at least two rollers or wheels 10 located on each side of the roller tool 1, with axes of rotation that are perpendicular to the axis of the roller tool 1. The roller tool further includes at least two interconnecting tubular portions, where one tubular portion 41 comprises a mandrel 45 that connects to another tubular portion 42. An annular hub 20 is fitted over the mandrel 45 and the rollers 10 are connected onto the hub 20. The tubular portions 41, 42 comprise circumferential sleeve sections 56a, 56b that partially extend over the rollers 10 and resist detachment of the rollers 10 from the roller tool 1. The roller tool 1 can aid passage of a string through a well by holding the string away from the walls of the well and reducing frictional contact.
US11668138B2
A connector is configured to couple a first annular member to a second annular member. The connector includes a rotatable plate and multiple lock segments. The connector further includes a coupling assembly that is configured to couple the rotatable plate to the multiple lock segments, such that rotation of the rotatable plate in a circumferential direction drives the plurality of lock segments along a radial axis to adjust the connector between an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration.
US11668135B2
A passage barrier includes two guide elements that define a gate region, through which a person passes from an entrance region into a passage region. At least one barrier element prevents and/or enables the passage of the person from the entrance region into the passage region within the gate region. At least one of the guide elements includes a profile attachment element for attaching at least one profile of a guide element to the base of a building structure. The profile attachment element has a vertical profile mount for mounting a vertically running profile on the profile attachment element and a horizontal profile feedthrough for feeding a horizontally running profile through the profile attachment element.
US11668134B1
The present double door gate apparatus has a first lowermost frame member with a first inner end and a second lowermost frame member with a second inner end. The first and second inner ends are spaced apart and engaged by a first connector that engages exterior portions of the inner ends and a second connector that engages interior portions of the inner ends. First and second gates have inner ends that confront each other more closely than the inner ends of the lowermost frame members confront each other.
US11668127B2
An aircraft door mechanism includes an aircraft structure (14) delimiting an opening (24); an aircraft door (26) movable between a position closing off the opening (24) and a released position of the opening (24); and a guide system (28) for moving the door (26) between the closed off and released positions. The guide system (28) includes a main rail (46) that is fixed relative to the structure and a main carriage (48) mechanically connected to the door (26) and able to slide on the main rail (46) during the movement between said closed off and released positions. The main rail (46) is positioned between the door (26) and the structure during at least part of the movement of the door (26) between said closed off and released positions.
US11668124B2
A latch mechanism includes a hook body having a hook body load bearing plate; a hook mechanism, the hook mechanism having a hook with a threaded shaft, the shaft defining a longitudinal axis with respect to the hook body; an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an axial position of the hook with respect to the hook body; and a bearing block, the bearing block having a block load bearing plate disposed between the adjustment mechanism and the hook body load bearing plate, the bearing block including a first boss configured for engagement with the adjustment mechanism, a second boss configured for engagement with the hook body plate aperture, an inner diameter hole that allows the hook shaft threads to engage with the adjustment mechanism but provides suitable clearance within the second boss inner diameter to prevent the hook shaft threads from bearing out as required in Aerospace design.
US11668108B2
The present disclosure relates generally to an insulation-retaining sheet, e.g., for blown-in insulation, that includes an integral vapor-retarding membrane. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an insulation-retaining sheet including a sheet of mesh having an air permeability of at least 200 cfm per square foot; and one or more strips of vapor-retarding membrane, the one or more strips of vapor-retarding membrane being laminated to the sheet of mesh, the first side edge each of the strips of vapor-retarding membrane extending to the first side edge of the sheet of mesh, the second side edge each of the strips of vapor-retarding membrane extending to the second side edge of the sheet of mesh, wherein the insulation-retaining sheet has a plurality of open zones extending laterally from the first side edge of the sheet of mesh to the second side edge of the sheet of mesh in which no vapor-retarding membrane is laminated to the mesh.
US11668103B2
A floor panel is of synthetic material and forms a layer-shaped substrate with first and second pairs of opposite edges. The first pair of opposite edges has coupling parts forming a first mechanical locking system, which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking in the plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to the respective edges, and forms a second mechanical locking system, which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking transverse to the plane of the panels. The coupling parts on the first pair of opposite edges are realized substantially in the material of the floor panel itself. The floor panel is provided with an edge configuration on the second pair of edges allowing two of such floor panels to be positioned with their respective edge alongside each other and free from mechanical horizontally active locking systems.
US11668096B2
A rope connector includes a connecting part, a sleeve, a movable rod, an elastic member, and a clamping member. An end of the sleeve connects an end of the connecting part, and the other end is disposed with an opening communicating with an interior of the sleeve. An end of the movable rod is movably placed inside the sleeve after passing through the opening, and the other end connects the clamping member. The elastic member is placed inside the sleeve, an end abuts against an edge of the opening, and the other end connects one end of the movable rod. An end of the clamping member away from the movable rod is suitable for detachably connecting with a rope. The rope connector is convenient for rope connection and automatic adjustment of tension.
US11668095B2
Disclosed herein is a roof mount installation assembly. The roof mount installation assembly includes a roof mount, a flashing patch, and an adapter cap. The roof mount has a base and a threaded post. The flashing patch has an opening. The flashing patch is configured to surround the base. The opening is configured to allow the threaded post to extend therethrough. The adapter cap is configured to be removably mounted over the flashing patch. The adapter cap is configured to apply a force to the flashing patch for sealing the flashing patch around the roof mount.
US11668092B2
A construction element includes superposed wooden structural boards that are provided with grooved patterns at the contact interface between the boards in order to prevent the first board and the second board from sliding relative to each other along at least one axis. The construction element further includes a retention system for retaining the boards against each other at the contact interface. The grooved patterns are pre-pressed against each other and the retention system includes at least one metal threaded rod component at least partially passing through at least two of the wooden structural boards at the contact interface.
US11668091B2
An acoustical building panel is disclosed that comprises a fibrous panel comprising: a central portion having a first major surface; a perimeter portion surrounding the central portion; a recess press-formed into the perimeter portion, the recess circumscribing the first major surface and comprising a recess floor surface; a second major surface opposite the first major surface; and side edge surfaces that define a perimeter of the fibrous panel and extend from the second major surface to the recess floor surface.
US11668089B2
Concrete form assemblies having insulating foam panels are created using locking members embedded within the insulating foam panels and ties each having a pair of side rails for coupling two insulating foam panels together at a predetermined distance apart, the locking members and side rails being adapted so that either side rail can be coupled to either locking member and either of the ends of the rails and locking members can be toward the top or bottom of the assembly when the rails are coupled to the locking members.
US11668087B2
A storage system includes a storage grid structure; and a remotely operated storage bin handling vehicle. The storage grid structure comprises a first and a second type of vertical storage column profiles defining multiple storage columns in which storage bins can be stored one on top of another in vertical stacks. The first and second type storage column profiles are interconnected at top ends thereof by rails forming a horizontal rail grid upon which the remotely operated storage bin handling vehicle may move in two perpendicular directions. The first type of storage column profiles has a cross-section comprising a hollow centre section and four corner sections, each of the four corner sections of the first type of storage column profiles comprises two perpendicular bin guiding plates for accommodating a corner of a first storage bin. The second type of storage column profiles has a cross-section comprising a hollow centre section having at least two connecting elements arranged in, or on, an external surface of the hollow centre section, and at least one corner section, the at least one corner section of the second type of storage column profiles comprises two perpendicular bin guiding plates for accommodating a corner of a second storage bin. The storage grid structure comprises a grid supporting structure comprising at least two of the second type of storage column profiles interconnected, via the at least two connecting elements of the at least two second type of storage column profiles, by vertically inclined support struts.
US11668083B2
A system for automatic dispensing of a liquid into a toilet bowl includes a dispenser and a liquid refill cartridge. The dispenser mechanically interfaces with the toilet tank and connects with the water supply therein. When the toilet is flushed, fresh water flows from the float valve into the dispenser, and then back into the toilet bowl via the overfill tube. Within the dispenser, the water flow is constricted through an integral venturi before exiting. The venturi yields a pressure differential inside the dispenser that pulls liquid from the refill cartridge and into the outflow of water. A specified volume of liquid is drawn from the liquid refill cartridge and dispersed into the toilet bowl after every flush, without the use of electronics. The liquid may be an odor blocking liquid, a scented liquid, a colorant, enzymes, or a cleaning solution, among others.
US11668081B2
Embodiments of air admittance valve assembly and plumbing system incorporating the same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a valve assembly to allow or stop a flow for use with enclosed environment includes a housing having, an inlet disposed at a first end of the housing fluidly coupled to environment surrounding housing, an outlet disposed at a second end of housing fluidly coupled to enclosed environment, and an interior volume divided into a first zone, a second zone, and a third zone; a first valve having a first valve seat and a first sealing member urged by an existing force between a closed or open position; and a second valve having a second valve seat and a second sealing member urged by an existing force between a closed or open position.
US11668070B2
This description provides an autonomous or semi-autonomous excavation vehicle that is capable of navigating through a dig site and carrying out an excavation routine using a system of sensors physically mounted to the excavation vehicle. The sensors collect any one or more of spatial, imaging, measurement, and location data representing the status of the excavation vehicle and its surrounding environment. Based on the collected data, the excavation vehicle executes instructions to carry out an excavation routine. The excavation vehicle is also able to carry out numerous other tasks, such as checking the volume of excavated earth in an excavation tool and helping prepare a digital terrain model of the site as part of a process for creating the excavation routine.
US11668065B2
A method and fixturing apparatus for manufacturing a suction caisson foundation includes providing an elevated center support and peripheral supports, elevating the foundation's prefabricated thumb section atop the center support, and temporarily securing radial frame members about the circumference of the prefabricated thumb section with the each frame member resting atop a respective peripheral support. The skirt panels are then affixed to the frame members, and the frame members to the prefabricated thumb section to thereby become self-supporting. The center support is removed from the interior of the resulting bucket, as by raising the peripheral supports to unload the center support, and lowering and dismantling the center support, whereupon additional panels are affixed to the frame members to define the foundation's lid, and further shaft sections added atop the prefabricated thumb section to complete the foundation. Temporary beams bridging preselected framing members advantageously allow use of transportation crawlers.
US11668063B2
A coupling device includes male and female couplings having first and second circumferential grooves on surfaces of the respective couplings that face each other when the couplings are fitted together. The coupling device further includes an engaging member. When the male coupling is pushed into the female coupling, the engaging member is retracted into the second groove, allowing the male coupling to be inserted into the female coupling, and when the couplings are fitted together, the engaging member is pushed into the first groove by coil springs so as to be fitted into both of the groove, thereby preventing separation of the male and female couplings in the axial direction. Countersunk head screws support respective divided pieces of the engaging member. Slotted head setscrews are screwed in at boundaries between the adjacent divided pieces to press the divided pieces against the bottom of the first groove.
US11668062B2
A stowable flood barrier system comprising: first and second barrier modules each comprising a frame and a barrier panel pivotable with respect to the frame between a stowed position and a deployed position, in which deployed position a base of the barrier panel is sealed against the frame and a free edge of the barrier panel extends clear of the frame to present a barrier segment between lateral edges of the barrier panel, wherein the first and second barrier modules are sealable together in the deployed position along the lateral edges of their respective barrier panels to form a linked flood barrier.
US11668057B2
A material transfer apparatus for transferring milled material for a ground milling machine, having a loading conveyor for discharging the milled material, a transfer conveyor for transporting the milled material onto the loading conveyor, and a transfer apparatus for transferring the milled material from the transfer conveyor into a receiving opening of a receiving apparatus of the loading conveyor, wherein the loading conveyor is swivel-mounted about a vertical swivel axis and about a horizontal swivel axis, and wherein the vertical swivel axis and the horizontal swivel axis intersect at an intersection point, wherein the horizontal swivel axis is arranged in vertical direction above the loading conveyor, in particular above the upper run of the loading conveyor. Moreover, a ground milling machine having such a material transfer apparatus.
US11668053B2
The present disclosure provides for a paper product. The paper product has: (a) from about 20% to about 90% by weight of the dry fiber basis of the paper product of a refined soft wood pulp fiber mixture, (b) pulp fibers selected from the group consisting of hard wood fibers, non-wood fibers, recycled fibers, synthetic polymer fibers, bleached eucalyptus kraft fibers, and combinations thereof; and, (c) not more than about 10% by weight moisture.
US11668052B2
A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer.
US11668046B2
A soft-substrate carpet made from recycled yarns includes a carpet fiber layer and a recycled fiber layer in a top-to-bottom order, wherein the carpet fiber layer comprises carpet fibers and a first non-woven scrim, the carpet fibers being tufted on the first non-woven scrim, and the recycled fiber layer comprises recycled fibers and a second non-woven scrim, the recycled fibers being tufted on the second non-woven scrim; the carpet fiber layer and the recycled fiber layer are permanently bonded.
US11668038B2
A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.
US11668036B2
A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.
US11668029B2
A device and a method for handling weaving accessories are described herein. The device comprises at least one holding element for a weaving accessory. The at least one holding element comprises a contact surface for a weaving accessory. The greater extension of the contact surface defines the longitudinal direction of the holding element and the lesser extension of the contact surface defines the lateral direction of the holding element. The at least one holding element is arranged pivotably around a first axis, which extends at a right angle to the holding element's longitudinal direction. A weaving accessory at the holding element's contact surface can thus be moved from a pick-up position to a drawing-in position by pivoting the holding element around the first axis.
US11668019B2
A method of controlling chemical concentration in electrolyte includes measuring a chemical concentration in an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte is contained in a tank; and increasing a vapor flux through an exhaust pipe connected to the tank when the measured chemical concentration is lower than a control lower limit value.
US11668012B2
A method of forming a hydrocarbon product and hydrogen gas comprises introducing CH4 to a positive electrode of an electrochemical cell comprising the positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a proton-conducting membrane between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The proton-conducting membrane comprises an electrolyte material having an ionic conductivity greater than or equal to about 10−2 S/cm at one or more temperatures within a range of from about 150° C. to about 600° C. A potential difference is applied between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrochemical cell to produce the hydrocarbon product and the hydrogen gas. A CH4 activation system and an electrochemical cell are also described.
US11668005B2
A method for manufacturing a coated item 10 in a chemical deposition reactor and a coated item produced by the method are provided. The method includes deposition of a first coating on a first surface of the item 10, and/or deposition of a second coating on a second surface of the item.
US11668004B2
A method for coating a vaporizing substrate includes depositing a film coating 12 on at least a part of a substrate 10 during the time when the substrate undergoes phase transition from essentially liquid phase to gaseous phase, where the substrate includes a chemical substance that participates in chemical deposition reaction(s) in gaseous phase, the gaseous species 101 formed upon vaporizing at least the portion of the substrate material, when undergoing chemical deposition reactions in gaseous phase, produce particulate 11 that forms at least one coating layer to produce the film coating 12.
US11667997B2
The invention relates to a product made of an aluminium-based alloy comprising, by wt. %, Cu: 2.4-3.2; Li: 1.6-2.3; Mg: 0.3-0.9; Mn: 0.2-0.6; Zr: 0.12-0.18; such that Zr≥−0.06 *Li+0.242; Zn: <1.0; Ag: <0.15; Fe+Si≤0.20; optionally, at least one element selected from Ti, Sc, Cr, Hf and V, the content of the element, if selected, being: Ti: 0.01-0.1; Sc: 0.01-0.15; Cr: 0.01-0.3; Hf: 0.01-0.5; V: 0.01-0.3; other elements ≤0.05 each and ≤0.15 in total; the remainder being aluminium. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an as-cast aluminum alloy product according to the invention, comprising the following steps: preparing a liquid metal bath; casting an as-cast shape from said liquid metal bath; and solidifying the as-cast shape into a billet, a rolling plate or a forging blank; characterised in that the casting is performed without adding any grain refiner, or by adding a refiner comprising (i) Ti and (ii) B or C, such that the content of B from the refiner is less than 45 ppm, and that of C is less than 6 ppm, and/or characterised in that the casting is carried out, for an as-cast shape of thickness E or with a diameter D greater than 150 mm, at a casting rate v (mm/min) greater than 30 for a plate-type as-cast shape or 9000/D for a billet-type as-cast shape.
US11667995B2
A cast iron alloy is provided with a composition in weight percent (wt. %) of carbon between 2.6 to 3.4 wt. %, silicon between 2.4 to 3.2 wt. %, manganese between 0.3 to 0.6 wt. %, molybdenum between 0.4 to 1.2 wt. %, nickel between 0.6 to 1.75 wt. %, magnesium between 0.01 to 0.075 wt. %, aluminum between 1.8 to 3.5 wt. %, sulfur between 0.003 to 0.025 wt. %, zirconium between 0.001 to 0.02 wt. %, cerium between 0.001 to 0.03 wt. %, lanthanum between 0.0005 to 0.02 wt. %, and a balance of iron and unavoidable trace elements. A part formed from the cast iron alloy is also provided and the part has an Ac1 temperature equal to or greater than 895° C. and a thermo-mechanical fatigue lifetime of at least 10,000 cycles when cycled between 400° C. to 800° C. with a total cyclic strain equal to 0.001 m/m.
US11667991B2
In this invention, a copper powder to which phosphorus (P) is added is developed such that a high-density laminated and shaped product can be obtained by a laminating and shaping method using a fiber laser as a heat source by appropriately reducing the electrical conductivity of copper, so a laminated and shaped product having a high density and a high electrical conductivity can be obtained. This invention is a copper powder for lamination shaping in which a phosphorus element is added to pure copper. The copper powder desirably contains 0.01 wt % or more of the phosphorus element. The copper powder more desirably contains 0.04 wt % or more of the phosphorus element. The copper powder desirably contains 0.30 wt % or less of the phosphorus element. The copper powder more desirably contains 0.24 wt % or less of the phosphorus element. No element other than the phosphorus element is desirably added to the copper powder.
US11667985B2
The present invention relates to a composition for forming an insulation coating film of an oriented electrical steel sheet, including a first component (A) including a composite metal phosphate, a derivative thereof, or a mixture thereof, and a second component (B) including at least two colloidal silicas having different average particle diameters, a method for forming an insulation coating film using the same, and an oriented electrical steel sheet having an insulation coating film formed thereon.
US11667973B2
The present invention relates to a method, in particular an in vitro method, for identifying specific immune cells, in particular naïve CD8+ T-cells, comprising analyzing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the mammalian gene region for endosialin (CD248), wherein a demethylation or lack of methylation of said gene region is indicative for a naïve CD8+ T-cell, when compared to a non-naïve CD8+ T-cell or any other (blood) cell type. The analyses according to the invention can identify naïve CD8+ T-cells on an epigenetic level and distinguish them from all other cells in complex samples, such as, for example, other blood or immune cells. The present invention furthermore provides an improved method for quantifying naïve CD8+ T-cells, in particular in com naïve CD8+ T-cells complex samples. The method can be performed with or without a step of purifying and/or enriching cells, preferably in whole blood and/or non-trypsinized tissue.
US11667969B2
An example of a method includes providing a substrate with an exposed surface comprising a first chemical group, wherein the providing optionally comprises modifying the exposed surface of the substrate to incorporate the first chemical group; reacting the first chemical group with a first reactive group of a functionalized polymer molecule to form a functionalized polymer coating layer covalently bound to the exposed surface of the substrate; grafting a primer to the functionalized polymer coating layer by reacting the primer with a second reactive group of the functionalized polymer coating layer; and forming a water-soluble protective coating on the primer and the functionalized polymer coating layer. Examples of flow cells incorporating examples of the water-soluble protective coating are also disclosed herein.
US11667965B2
The invention relates to assembly of sequence reads. The invention provides a method for identifying a mutation in a nucleic acid involving sequencing nucleic acid to generate a plurality of sequence reads. Reads are assembled to form a contig, which is aligned to a reference. Individual reads are aligned to the contig. Mutations are identified based on the alignments to the reference and to the contig.
US11667962B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing a disease or an infection in a high throughput manner. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing a disease or an infection with high specificity and high sensitivity.
US11667961B2
The novel intercalating fluorescent compounds of exemplary embodiments of the present invention for analyzing nucleic acids, etc. have excellent intercalating efficiency with nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA of biomaterials, and may not only continuously maintain fluorescence properties and efficiency, but also have excellent effects even in terms of storage stability such as temperature and moisture, etc. and biosafety. In addition, the fluorescent compounds have various advantages capable of being dissolved in distilled water, which is a solvent harmless to the human body, and being applied to a wide range of analysis without being limited to the analysis of specific cells and living tissues.
US11667955B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for isolating cell-free nucleic acid, e.g., cell-free DNA, from a sample. In particular embodiments, provided herein are compositions and methods using anti-dsDNA antibodies for isolating cell-free DNA from a sample, and for providing a sample of isolated cell-free DNA, e.g., for a nucleic acid assay. In particular embodiments, the technology relates to providing cell-free DNA from a maternal sample that is enriched for fetal cell-free fetal DNA.
US11667929B2
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules comprising viral genes or derivatives thereof for use in the production of retroviral packaging vectors, and retroviral packaging and producer cell lines. In one embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules comprise env and gag-pol genes wherein the coding sequences of the env and gag-pol genes are in opposing orientations.
US11667923B2
Disclosed herein is a process for producing a recombinant Candida cell, which involves genetically engineering a parent Candida cell using a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas)(CRISPR/Cas) system. A recombinant Candida cell obtained using the process and a method for producing D-lactic acid from a biomass using the recombinant Candida cell are also disclosed.
US11667914B2
Provided herein are chemically ligated guide RNA oligonucleotides (lgRNA) which comprise two functional RNA modules (crgRNA and tracrgRNA) joined by non-nucleotide chemical linkers (nNt-linker), their complexes with CRISPR-Cas9, preparation methods of Cas9-lgRNA complexes, and their uses for prevention and treatments of herpesvirus infections in humans. Also disclosed are processes and methods for preparation of these compounds.
US11667910B2
The present invention relates to method for producing and purifying RNA comprising the steps of providing DNA encoding the RNA; transcription of the DNA into RNA; and conditioning and/or purifying of the solution comprising transcribed RNA by one or more steps of tangential flow filtration (TFF).
US11667897B2
Provided is a D-amino acid oxidative enzyme mutant. The sequence of the mutant comprises a sequence by mutating the 54th amino acid residue N, the 58th amino acid residue F, the 211th amino acid residue C, and the 213th amino acid residue M of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or the sequence having at least 76% identity with SEQ ID NO:1. The D-amino acid oxidative enzyme mutant has a higher enzyme activity, enzyme activity stability and/or ammonium resistance than a mild D-amino acid oxidative enzyme mutant. Also provided is an application of the D-amino acid oxidative enzyme mutant in preparing 2-oxo-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)butyric acid.
US11667887B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a recombinant protein in a host cell comprising adding Polyethyleneimine (PEI) during cell culture. Addition of PEI to the cell culture as a fermentation enhancer can result in reducing the viscosity of the cell culture, and/or increasing the extracellular concentration of the recombinant protein, and/or reducing the duration of cell culture to the point of harvest or protein recovery.
US11667881B2
Embodiments described herein generally provide for the scheduled feeding of cells in a cell expansion system. A schedule to proactively and automatically increase and/or maintain inlet rates of media to feed cells may be created, in which inlet rates to the intracapillary portion (or extracapillary portion) of a bioreactor may be increased or maintained according to the schedule. Such schedule may be conservative or aggressive or a combination thereof, for example. Multiple schedules may be used. Scheduled media exchanges may also be included. By following a feed schedule, the monitoring of metabolite levels may be optional. Inlet rates may be increased or maintained without manual manipulation. Media usage may also be more predictable. In an embodiment, a custom task(s) may be created to follow a desired feed schedule. In another embodiment, a pre-programmed task(s) may be used for the scheduled feeding of cells.
US11667880B2
A pH sensor for a single-use container includes a plunger sleeve configured to couple to a flange of the single-use container. A plunger is axially movable within the plunger sleeve between a storage position and an operating position. A pH sensing element coupled to the plunger wherein the pH element is disposed within a storage chamber in the storage position and is configured to be exposed to an interior of the single-use container in the operating position. In one example, a temperature sensitive element is disposed within the pH sensor and configured to sense temperature proximate the pH sensing element. In another example, a lock member is coupled to the plunger, where the lock member has a locked position and an unlocked position, the lock member being configured to inhibit movement of the plunger when in the locked position. In yet another example, the plunger includes at least one filling channel that allows access to a reference fill chamber when the plunger is in a filling position.
US11667860B2
A stabilized paraffin inhibitor/pour point depressant (PI/PPD) product formulation is described which includes a copolymer having a monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylate polymers, alkyl methacrylate polymers, and combinations thereof, where the copolymer comprises vinyl acetate and the product includes an ethylene-based copolymer. The presence of the vinyl acetate stabilizes the product to prevent or inhibit the ethylene-based copolymer from separating out of the product. The product is useful to reduce paraffin deposition and/or improve flow characteristics of petroleum fluids, such as crude oil.
US11667850B2
An integrated process that is operated to create both a higher value pipelineable crude and a higher value carbon fiber product from a lower value common heavy hydrocarbon feedstock where the feedstock is processed in a thermal reactor followed by a solvent deasphalting unit with the liquids being gathered and processed to reduce olefins for pipeline transport and the solids are processed to generate a marketable carbon fiber product with any gases generated throughout the entire process reused in the process or sold.
US11667827B2
A method of generating a wellbore treatment fluid comprising: obtaining a target Young's modulus; calculating a compressive strength requirement from a correlation comprising compressive strength and Young's modulus using the target Young's modulus as an input; classifying a plurality of solid particulates using correlations; calculating a reactive index and/or a water requirement for at least one of the solid particulates; and selecting two or more solid particulates from the plurality of solid particulates to create a wellbore treatment fluid, wherein two or more solid particulates are selected such that when the wellbore treatment fluid is prepared and set, the set wellbore treatment fluid has a 24 hour compressive strength greater than or equal to the compressive strength requirement.
US11667824B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive, a preparation method and application thereof, particularly the application for bonding glass fiber composites, and a bonded article obtained by using the adhesive. The adhesive comprises: a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of not less than 2; an epoxy-modified polyether polyol; a hydroxyl-containing acrylate; a redox catalyst; a silane coupling agent; optionally a polyol containing bisphenol A structure; and optionally a polymer polyol different from the epoxy-modified polyether polyol. The adhesive according to the present invention has the advantages of being insensitive to moisture, good bonding properties and a long pot life.
US11667822B2
Water-based adhesive composition are disclosed, the compositions comprising an acrylic dispersion, an epoxy-terminated polyester incorporated into the acrylic dispersion, and a water-dispersible isocyanate. Methods for laminating a first substrate to a second substrate are also disclosed, the methods comprising (a) providing an acrylic dispersion, (b) providing an epoxy-terminated polyester, (c) mixing the acrylic dispersion and the epoxy-terminated polyester, (d) mixing the mixture of (c) with a water-dispersible isocyanate to form an adhesive composition, (e) coating the adhesive composition of (d) on a surface of the first substrate, (f) drying the adhesive compositions on the first substrate to remove water, and (g) bringing the adhesive composition on the surface of the first substrate into contact with a surface of a second substrate, thereby laminating the first substrate to the second substrate. Laminates prepared comprising the water-based adhesives and according to the disclosed methods are also disclosed.
US11667816B2
The invention features hot melt adhesive compositions including from 50% by weight to 95% by weight of a non-single site catalyzed amorphous poly alpha-olefin copolymer derived from propylene and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of butene and hexene and having a viscosity of no greater 10,000 cP at 190° C. and from 5% by weight to 45% by weight of a polybutene-1 polymer.
US11667814B2
A label as shown and described herein. The label may include a label substrate, an adhesive adjacent the substrate, and a liner adjacent the adhesive, such that the adhesive is disposed between the label substrate and the liner, and wherein the label substrate is embossed or debossed, and the liner is not embossed or debossed.
US11667809B2
This invention provides a coating composition that contains an aromatic adhesion promoter. Containers and other articles comprising the coatings and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the adhesion promoter, which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
US11667807B2
A curable coating composition precursor comprising: (a) a first part (A) comprising (i) at least one amine epoxy curing agent based on a phenolic lipid, and (ii) inorganic microspheres; and (b) a second part (B) comprising (i) at least one epoxy resin, (ii) optionally, at least one reactive diluent, (iii) at least one epoxy reactive flexibilizer, and (iv) inorganic microspheres. The curable coating composition precursor comprises at least one fire retardant compound in part (A) and/or part (B), and the curable coating composition obtained by combining part (A) and part (B) has a density of less than 0.7 g/cm3.
US11667806B2
Methods of reducing the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the Earth's atmosphere during coating operations are provided, as well as a coating composition comprising a carrier and one or more fluorocopolymers. The carrier comprises VOC compounds and the one or more fluorocopolymers is produced by copolymerization of (1) a first monomer selected from the group consisting of hydrofluoroalkenes, (2) a second monomer comprising vinyl ester(s), and (3) a third monomer comprising vinyl ether(s), wherein at least a portion of the vinyl ether monomer is a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether, and wherein the one or more fluorocopolymers comprise at least about 70% by weight of the coating composition and the VOC portion of the carrier is not greater than about 30% by weight of the coating composition.
US11667800B2
An ink jet textile printing ink set of the present disclosure includes an ink composition and a process liquid composition, wherein the process liquid composition contains a cationic compound and a compound having one quaternary ammonium in its molecule, and the ink composition contains a pigment and an organic solvent, where the organic solvent is a polyhydric alcohol solvent and the content thereof is 10.0 mass % or more and 55.0 mass % or less.
US11667791B2
A one-pack type curable silicone gel composition which contains: 100 parts by mass of (A) a branched chain organopolysiloxane having a specific structure from 0.1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass of (B) a diorganopolysiloxane having both molecular chain ends blocked with diorganohydrogensiloxy groups; (C) a platinum-based catalyst; and (D) a phosphite compound represented by formula (3) (wherein R2 represents a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group) in such an amount that more than 3 molecules hut not more than 15 molecules of the phosphite compound represented by formula (3) are present per one platinum atom in component (C). This one-pack type curable silicone gel composition is stable in terms of characteristics and physical properties even if exposed to a temperature more than 50° C. for a long period of time.
US11667789B2
A polyamide resin composition containing a polyimide resin (A), a modified styrene-based copolymer (B), a modified high-density polyethylene (C), and an aliphatic metal salt (D), and having a melt mass flow rate (MFR) of 20 g/10 minutes or more and less than 60 g/10 minutes and a 65% RH equilibrium water absorption rate of less than 3%. The polyamide resin composition can form a molded article having a sufficiently high limit of fatigue against continuous load, achieve high mechanical characteristics and high fluidity to prevent the occurrence of a short shot or decrease in the strength of a welded part even in a large and/or thick molded article, and has excellent mold releasability and more excellent abrasion resistance than ever before.
US11667776B2
The present disclosure provides a fiber and fabrics made therefrom. In an embodiment, a fiber is provided and includes an odor control composition. The odor control composition includes (A) from 85 wt % to 99.5 wt % of an olefin-based polymer and (B) from 15 wt % to 0.5 wt % of an odor suppressant. The odor suppressant includes: (i) an ionomer, (ii) particles of zinc oxide, and (iii) particles of copper oxide.
US11667774B2
A process for preparing a rubber vulcanizate, the process comprising (i) providing a vulcanizable composition of matter including a sulfur-based curative, zinc oxide, and a eutectic solvent; and (ii) heating the vulcanizable composition to thereby effect vulcanization.
US11667771B2
An elastomeric formulation comprising elastomers, accelerator, antifoaming agent, antioxidant, crosslinker, colouring agent, surfactant, filler, pH adjuster and dispersing medium, wherein the elastomeric formulation has a total solid content ranging between 5% by weight to 40% by weight. Further, the present invention discloses a method of preparing an elastomeric formulation to manufacture hybrid elastomeric glove, wherein the method comprises the steps of blending Elastomer A with Elastomer B to produce hybrid elastomer and stirring the hybrid elastomer, adding while stirring accelerator, antifoaming agent, antioxidant, crosslinker, colouring agent, surfactant and filler one after another with no particular order and followed by pH adjuster into the hybrid elastomer to produce elastomeric formulation and stirring the elastomeric formulation continuously and allowing the elastomeric formulation to mature, wherein total solid content of the elastomeric formulation is adjusted to be between 5% by weight to 40% by weight by way of addition of dispersing medium into the elastomeric formulation and wherein pH range of the elastomeric formulation is adjusted to be between 9 to 11.
US11667768B2
The invention relates to a new polyisocyanate composition for producing coatings, said composition comprising at least one monophenol alkyl compound, a mixture of phosphite compounds for preventing yellowing and/or precipitation of the composition, and optionally, a catalyst.
US11667765B2
The present invention relates to a foam composition and a foam tape including a foam layer including a cured product thereof.
US11667764B2
A variety of forms and form components are provided, including form components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment. The articles include a composition having a form structure, wherein the composition includes a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer comprising: (a) a plurality of first segments, each first segment derived from a dihydroxy-terminated polydiol; (b) a plurality of second segments, each second segment derived from a diol; and (c) a plurality of third segments, each third segment derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. Methods of making the compositions and forms are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including at least one of the form components. In some aspects, the forms and form components can be made by extrusion or injection molding to form the polymeric composition, or extrusion or injection molding to form the polymeric composition followed by compression molding of the form.
US11667762B2
Methods of making crosslinked polymeric materials and crosslinked interlocked hybrid polymeric materials using photoinitiator, antioxidant, additive, and photoirradiation of polymeric blend and/or interlocked hybrid materials are provided. Methods of spatially controlling macroscopic properties and morphology of polymeric materials, and products made by the methods also are provided.
US11667753B2
A method of forming a multimodal Polyalkylene Terephthalate (PAT) can include: providing a feed of a low molecular weight (LMW) PAT, the LMW PAT having a low average molecular weight; providing a feed of high molecular weight (HMW) PAT, the HMW PAT having a high average molecular weight, wherein the low average molecular weight is lower than the high average molecular weight; mixing the feed of LMW PAT with the feed of HMW PAT in a mixer to form a multimodal PAT; and providing the multimodal PAT as output. The multimodal PAT can include: a low average molecular weight of a low molecular weight (LMW) PAT; and a high average molecular weight of a high molecular weight (HMW) PAT mixed with the LMW PAT to form the multimodal PAT, wherein the multimodal PAT is devoid of talc.
US11667749B2
An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials which contains 70% by mass or more of a crystalline epoxy resin as component (A) and 10% by mass or more of a crystalline amine curing agent as component (B) based on 100% by mass of the epoxy resin composition. The difference between the melting points of component (A) and component (B) is in a range of 0 to 60° C.
US11667746B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing polyurethanes containing alkoxysilane groups, said method comprising the step of reacting a compound containing at least one NCO group with a compound containing at least one Zerewitinoff-active H atom in the presence of a catalyst component, the at least one compound containing an NCO group and/or the compound containing at least one Zerewitinoff-active H atom containing at least one alkoxysilane group, so as to obtain a polyurethane containing alkoxysilane groups. The invention also relates to a polymer containing alkoxysilane groups, a method for preparing a curable polymer, a curable polymer, a cured polymer, and use thereof. The polyurethanes are prepared with use of a thermally labile tin catalyst.
US11667738B2
Polymerization processes for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers having densities less than 0.91 g/cm3 utilize a metallocene-based catalyst system containing a chemically-treated solid oxide. These polymerization processes can be conducted in a slurry reactor, a solution reactor, and/or a gas phase reactor. Ethylene polymers produced from the polymerization process can be characterized by a density of less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter of less than 0.2, and a ratio of HLMI/MI of at least 30, or a density less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter from 0.25 to 0.75, and a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 3.
US11667736B2
This invention relates to processes for forming hydrogen mediated saline hydride initiated anionic polymer distributions via novel polymerization conditions in which molecular hydrogen is a chain transfer agent and a Lithium Aminoalkoxide Complexed Saline Hydride (LOXSH) forms an anionic polymer chain initiating species by addition of saline hydride to an anionically polymerizable hydrocarbon monomer. This invention further relates to polystyrene compositions having greatly improved microstructures free of co-product polymer chain distributions. This invention also relates to novel hydrocarbon soluble saline hydride catalyst and reagent compositions useful in conducting the hydrogen mediated saline hydride initiated polymerizations of this invention. This invention further relates to hydrocarbon soluble lithium hydride catalysts and reagent compositions formed from dimethylaminoethanol, an alkyllithium reagent and molecular hydrogen. It also relates to the catalyst forming processes, the use of the catalyst in hydrogen mediated anionic polymerization of styrene (HMAPS) and the resulting low molecular weight polystyrene distributions of low asymmetry and high “head to tail” microstructure.
US11667735B2
A polyolefin composition comprising a polyolefin polymer, an alkenyl-functional monocyclic organosiloxane, and an organic peroxide; products made therefrom; methods of making and using same; and articles containing same.
US11667728B1
An endothermic catalytic reactor apparatus that includes a radiant furnace that includes a burner adapted to provide thermal energy to the furnace, a reactor that includes an entrance portion and an exit portion and is situated within the furnace and adapted to receive radiant thermal energy. The reactor includes one or more static helical spirals defining a flow path within the reactor that travels from the entrance portion to the exit portion. The helical spirals are adapted to hold a catalyst on an outer surface thereof. Incoming port(s) are located on the entrance portion and are adapted to receive reactive starting materials. An exit port is located near the exit portion and is adapted to expel product from the reactor. The reactor is adapted to allow starting materials to receive radiant thermal energy and interact with catalyst sufficiently to cause a reaction to occur that converts starting materials to product.
US11667726B2
It is demonstrated herein that inhibitors of immune checkpoints and CHI3L1 are synergistic. Accordingly, described herein are methods and compositions relating to combinatorial therapies for cancer, e.g., comprising an inhibitor of CHI3L1; and an inhibitor of an immune checkpoint protein. In some embodiments, the CHI3L1 inhibitor can be an antibody or antibody reagent as described herein.
US11667716B2
Antitumor antagonists that bind specifically to immune checkpoint regulator are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of treating proliferative disorders with the antitumor antagonists.
US11667715B2
Provided herein are antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells comprising the antigen binding domains of these antibodies. Also provided are compositions comprising the same, vector or plasmid encoding the antibodies and CARs, and methods for producing the same, or using the same for detecting or treating cancer and kits for carrying out said methods.
US11667711B2
Provided are chimeric or recombinant antibodies (Ab), or antigen binding fragments thereof, or monomeric or dimeric antigen binding proteins, that can specifically bind to human LAG-3 polypeptides, including human LAG-3 polypeptides expressed on the surface of lymphocytes such as activated T cells that have infiltrated tumors or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, chimeric or a recombinant antibodies (Ab), or antigen binding fragments thereof, or monomeric or dimeric antigen binding proteins as provided herein are used for in vitro diagnostics, for example, in immuno-histochemistry (IHC), for example, to diagnose and/or treat a cancer, for example, bladder cancer, urothelial carcinoma, breast cancer, lung cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, renal carcinoma, Renal Clear cell Carcinoma and/or melanoma or malignant melanoma, by their ability to specifically bind to activated T cells that have infiltrated tumors, or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.
US11667709B2
Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind to TIGIT are disclosed. The disclosure further relates to methods and compositions for use in treating an immune-related disease (e.g., a cancer or an infection or infectious disease) by administering a composition disclosed herein.
US11667702B2
A stable aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of aflibercept, wherein the formulation is free of organic co-solvent and/or free of buffer; methods for making such a formulation; and methods of using such a formulation.
US11667700B2
The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof having increased binding affinity to cytoplasmic PCNA and blocks its interaction with NKp44. The present invention further provides use of the antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof in the treatment of diseases associated with elevated expression of NKp44, such as cancer.
US11667698B2
The present invention provides a formulation comprising: (i) an anti-RSV monoclonal antibody; and (ii) an ionic excipient; wherein the monoclonal antibody is present at a concentration of about 50 mg/ml or greater and the ionic excipient is present at a concentration of between 50 and 150 mM and the formulation has a pH of about 5.5 to about 7.5.
US11667697B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to and neutralizing Poxvirus and methods for use thereof.
US11667695B2
Provided herein are various processes for the improved production of antibody producing organisms, antibody producing tissues, antibody producing cells and antibodies. In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods for rapidly producing antibody producing organisms, tissues, cells and antibodies derived from humans, organisms, plants or cells that are genetically altered to over-express certain proteins.
US11667694B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising fibrinogen gamma prime variants for use in the treatment or prevention of an infection and methods of administering the composition. The fibrinogen gamma prime variants in the composition comprise at least one fibrinogen gamma prime polypeptide chain. The compositions for use according to the invention may also comprise other fibrinogen variants. Compositions comprising fibrinogen gamma prime variants according to the invention improve survival time after infection up to more than 200 percent compared to WT fibrinogen. They may be used both therapeutically and prophylactically.
US11667683B2
The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a silk polypeptide and an antigen. Further, the present invention relates to an article comprising the polypeptide. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the article. In addition, the present invention relates to the article or pharmaceutical composition for use as a pharmaceutical, for inducing an immune response and/or for use in a prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease.
US11667675B2
The present invention relates to novel Mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-associated serine protease (MASP) inhibitory compounds, as well as analogues and derivatives thereof, to processes for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combinations for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prevention of renal and cardiovascular disorders and of ischemia reperfusion injuries.
US11667674B2
Cyclic lipopeptides having one or more modifications relative to daptomycin, and methods of making them are provided. The cyclic lipopeptides can be used as antibacterial agents. The daptomycin analogues are generated by chemical synthesis, which makes introduction of an unnatural amino acid and any modification into daptomycin possible. Pharmaceutical compositions and method of use thereof for the disclosed daptomycin analogues are also provided.
US11667671B2
The invention relates to a method of isolating an immunoglobulin, comprising the steps of: a) providing a separation matrix comprising at least 15 mg/ml multimers of immunoglobulin-binding alkali-stabilized Protein A domains covalently coupled to a porous support, wherein the porous support comprises cross-linked polymer particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers and a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml; b) contacting a liquid sample comprising an immunoglobulin with the separation matrix; c) washing the separation matrix with a washing liquid; d) eluting the immunoglobulin from the separation matrix with an elution liquid; and e) cleaning the separation matrix with a cleaning liquid comprising at least 0.5 M NaOH.
US11667661B2
According to the present invention, there are provided a benzimidazole carbamate-sugar compound conjugate compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof as an anti-cancer agent: Wherein, R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification and claims.
US11667658B2
The subject invention provides methods for the chemical synthesis of racemic arsinothricin (D,L-AST), the novel organoarsenical antibiotic. One is by condensation of the 2-chloroethyl(methyl)arsinic acid with acetamidomalonate, and the second involves reduction of the N-acetyl-protected derivative of hydroxyarsinothricin (AST-OH) and subsequent methylation of the resulting sodium salt of trivalent arsenic intermediate with methyl iodide. The enzyme AST N-acetyltransferase (ArsN1) was utilized to purify L-AST from racemic AST. This expedient chemical synthesis of AST provides a source of this novel antibiotic for future drug development.
US11667630B2
A novel compound represented by the following general formula (1), or a salt thereof, which has a superior EP4 receptor agonist activity, and a medicament containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, which can be used for promotion of osteogenesis, therapeutic treatment and/or promotion of healing of fracture and the like.
US11667629B2
The present invention generally relates to an isoxazole derivative, a preparation therefor, and a use thereof. In particular, the present invention provides a farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist compound, and a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a polymorph, a solvate (e.g., a hydrate), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, an ester, a metabolite, and an N-oxide, and the chemically protected forms and prodrugs thereof. The present invention further provides a preparation method for the compound, an intermediate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition and kit containing the same and used thereof for treating FXR-mediated diseases or conditions.
US11667628B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof: wherein: R1 and R2 are each separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, acyl, and hydroxyalkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halogen; ring A is a benzene ring or a pyridine ring; ring B is selected from the group consisting of the following formulas (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): in the formula (ii), Ra is alkyl; R4 and R5 are each separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halohydroxyalkoxy, and aminoalkyl; and represents a double bond or a triple bond. The above compound can be used as a molecular probe for imaging tau proteins that accumulate in the brain.
US11667627B2
A fumarate salt and a maleate salt of compound (I) represented by the following structural formula, as well as their corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, are disclosed. Particular single crystalline forms of 1:1 compound (I) fumarate and 1:1 compound (I) maleate are characterized by a variety of properties and physical measurements. Methods of preparing specific crystalline forms of 1:1 compound (I) fumarate and 1:1 compound (I) maleate are also disclosed. The present invention also provides methods of treating a subject with a cancer.
US11667623B2
The present invention relates to a method of treatment for chronic pain, opioid dependence, alcohol use disorder or autism using a class of pyrimidinone compounds, an adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) inhibitor. The invention described herein also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases in mammals using those compounds disclosed herein.
US11667616B2
Disclosed are a thiazolone derivative of N6022 and a pharmaceutical use thereof. The characteristic structure of the thiazolone derivative of N6022 is: Compared to N6022, the compound of the present disclosure has good oral bioavailability and a longer half-life period. In in-vitro experiments, administering the compound of the present disclosure can improve migration ability, tube formation ability and, the permeability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells caused by high glucose, and administering the compound of the present disclosure at an animal level can obviously promote the angiogenesis and blood flow recovery of ischemic lateral limbs of diabetic mice. Overall, it suggests that the compound of the present disclosure can be used for treating diseases related to diabetic vascular complications.
US11667614B2
Processes that use novel reagents for the removal of colored impurity during the preparation of Salcaprozic Acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The processes include hydrolysis of 8-(2,4-dioxo-1,3-benzoxazin-3-yl)octanoic acid ethyl ester in the presence of or by contacting it with benzotriazole, hydrazine and/or sodium borohydride.
US11667613B2
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods to use these compounds, salts and compositions for treating viral infections, particularly infections caused by herpesviruses.
US11667606B2
Compounds are provided having the structure of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable isomer, racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope, or salt thereof, wherein A, X1, X2, Q, R1, R2 and n are as defined herein. Such compounds function as thyromimetics and have utility for treating diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders and fibrotic diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are also provided, as are methods of their use and preparation.
US11667604B2
A phenyl-containing compound, an intermediate thereof, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. Provided is a compound represented by formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy or C(═O)OR8; where R8 is C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is (II), (III) or (IV); and R7 is —OH, —NH2, —NHCH3, —N(CH3)2 or C1-4 alkoxy. The compound has a low critical micelle concentration (CMC) and good dilution resistance and is capable of enclosing an insoluble drug to form a small-molecule micelle having a high drug loading capacity and good stability.
US11667603B2
A trisamide compound has the structure of Formula (I) in which R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups. A polymer composition comprises a trisamide compound of Formula (I) and a polyolefin polymer. The polymer compositions containing a trisamide compound of Formula (I) exhibit very low haze levels and minimal extraction of the trisamide compound.
US11667602B2
The specification generally relates to compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where A, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings defined herein. Such compounds are modulators of RXFP1 and may be useful as therapeutic agents. The specification also relates to the use of such compounds to treat or prevent diseases and conditions including heart failure, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury. The specification further relates to compositions comprising such compounds, intermediates useful in processes for preparing such compounds, and processes for preparing such compounds using such intermediates.
US11667600B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound, whereby an iodosylbenzene derivative can be easily separated and recovered. The above object can be achieved by a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound, comprising step A of fluorinating an organic compound (1) by reaction with a fluorine source (3) in the presence of a hypervalent iodine aromatic ring compound (2a), or in the presence of an iodine aromatic ring compound (2b) and an oxidant (2bo); wherein the fluorine source (3) is a fluorine source (3a) represented by formula: MFn, wherein M is H, a metal of Group 1 of the periodic table, or a metal of Group 2 of the periodic table; and n is 1 or 2; and step B of separating the iodine aromatic ring compound from a reaction liquid after step A is started.
US11667591B2
The invention relates to the field of gas chemistry and, more specifically, to methods and devices for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from natural gas, which involve producing synthesis gas, converting same into methanol producing, from the methanol, in the presence of a catalyst, a concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons and water, separating the water, air stripping hydrocarbon residues from the water, and separating-out the resultant concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons and hydrogen-containing gas, the latter being at least partially used in the production of synthesis gas to adjust the ratio therein of H2:CO 1.8-2.3:1, and can be used for producing aromatic hydrocarbons. According to the invention, the production of aromatic hydrocarbons from methanol in the presence of a catalyst is carried out in two consecutively-connected reactors for synthesizing aromatic hydrocarbons: in a first, low-temperature isothermal reactor for synthesizing aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, and in a second, high-temperature adiabatic reactor for synthesizing aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons from aliphatic hydrocarbons formed in the first reactor, and the subsequent stabilization thereof in an aromatic hydrocarbon concentrate stabilization unit. At least a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas is fed to a synthesis gas production unit and is used for producing synthesis gas using autothermal reforming technology. The installation carries out the method. The achieved technical result consists in increasing the efficiency of producing concentrates of aromatic hydrocarbons.
US11667587B2
A method for producing a poultry litter-based fertilizer by a) supplying poultry litter to a rotating rotary drum, b) adding acid or a source of acid to the rotating rotary drum, wherein acid reacts with the poultry litter to form an acidified mixture, c) adding ammonia or a source of ammonia to the rotating rotary drum, d) drying and cooling the ammoniated product by evaporation of water to form a dried, cooled product in a free-flowing semi-solid or solid form, repeating the steps b) through d) until a desired nitrogen content is reached in the poultry litter-based fertilizer.
US11667581B2
Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material are provided. The system comprises a heat source for heating the ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material; a probe for mounting the ceramic material and configured to extend the ceramic material into the heat source; a plasma-confining medium and a sacrificial layer disposed between the ceramic material and the plasma-confining medium; and an energy pulse generator such as a laser pulse generator. The sacrificial layer is utilized to form plasma between the ceramic material and the plasma-confining medium. The method comprises heating ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material and subjecting the ceramic material to energy pulses via a sacrificial layer and a plasma-confining medium whereby a plasma of the sacrificial coating forms between the ceramic material and a plasma-confining medium.
US11667578B2
Methods of forming nanoceramic materials and components. The methods may include performing atomic layer deposition to form a plurality of nanoparticles, including forming a thin film coating over core particles, or sintering the nanoparticles in a mold. The nanoparticles can include a first material selected from a rare earth metal-containing oxide, a rare earth metal-containing fluoride, a rare earth metal-containing oxyfluoride or combinations thereof.
US11667577B2
A method of manufacturing a chamber component for a processing chamber comprises forming a green body using a Y2O3—ZrO2 powder consisting essentially of 55-65 mol % Y2O3 and 35-45 mol % ZrO2; and sintering the green body to produce a sintered ceramic body consisting essentially of one or more phase of Y2O3—ZrO2, the sintered ceramic body consisting essentially of 55-65 mol % Y2O3 and 35-45 mol % ZrO2.
US11667574B2
A precursor of an alumina sintered compact including aluminum, yttrium, and at least one metal selected from iron, zinc, cobalt, manganese, copper, niobium, antimony, tungsten, silver, and gallium. The aluminum content is 98.0% by mass or more as an oxide (Al2O3) in 100% by mass of the precursor of an alumina sintered compact; the yttrium content is 0.01 to 1.35 parts by mass as an oxide (Y2O3) based on 100 parts by mass of the content of the aluminum as an oxide; the total content of the metals selected from the foregoing group is 0.02 to 1.55 parts by mass as an oxide based on 100 parts by mass of the content of aluminum as an oxide; and the aluminum is contained as α-alumina. Also disclosed is an alumina sintered compact, and a method for producing an alumina sintered compact and for producing abrasive grains.
US11667572B2
Systems and methods according to present principles enhance aspects of applied plaster coats. In particular, the materials include a synthetic substitute aggregate (SSA), added to a cementitious base coat, for a plastering step prior to application of stucco or acrylic synthetic finishes or finish coats. The addition of SSA to a pre-blended cementitious base coat creates a light weight product which in some implementations is highly advantageous for the plastering industry.
US11667570B2
Disclosed are asphalt binder compositions and methods for making such compositions with pure sterol:crude sterol blends. The sterol blends improve various rheological properties.
US11667564B2
A method of manufacturing an etched glass article including the steps of jetting an image with a UV curable inkjet ink on a surface of the glass article; curing the image; etching the surface not covered by the UV cured image to obtain an etched image; and solubilising the UV cured image in an aqueous alkaline solution.
US11667558B2
A method of producing bi-modal particles includes the steps of igniting a first precursor gas using a primary burner thereby producing a first plurality of particles of a first size, fluidly transporting the first plurality of particles down a particle tube, igniting a second precursor gas using a secondary burner thereby producing a second plurality of particles of a second size, flowing the second plurality of particles into the first plurality of particles, and capturing the first and second plurality of particles.
US11667557B2
A method and an apparatus for producing a porous glass preform by using organosiloxane raw material is provided. The apparatus for producing the porous glass preform 12 according to the present embodiment is configured to mix organosiloxane in a liquid state being a raw material with a carrier gas in a vaporizer 6, heat this mixture to be vaporized, supply this vapor to a burner 13 as a gas raw material, and produce a porous glass preform by depositing a glass fine particle produced by combusting the gas raw material on a starting material, herein the apparatus for producing a porous glass preform includes a moisture removing apparatus 8 configured to remove moisture in the carrier gas and supply the vaporizer with the carrier gas.
US11667555B2
A method of producing glass using submerged combustion melting is disclosed. The method includes introducing a vitrifiable feed material into a glass melt contained within a submerged combustion melter. The glass melt contained in the melter has a redox ratio defined as a ratio of Fe2+ to total iron in the glass melt. The method further includes combusting a combustible gas mixture supplied to each of the submerged burners to produce combustion products, and discharging the combustion products directly into the glass melt. Still further, the method includes adjusting the redox ratio of the glass melt by controlling one or more operating conditions of the submerged combustion melter selected from (1) an oxygen-to-fuel ratio of the combustible gas mixture supplied to each of the submerged burners, (2) a residence time of the glass melt, and (3) a gas flux through the glass melt.
US11667553B2
A method and system for treating cyanide-containing fluids, in particular cyanide-containing waste water, wherein cyanide-containing fluid is subject to a pretreatment in a pretreatment zone, in which at least one predetermined pH value and a predetermined temperature is set, wherein a base fluid is formed with the pretreatment. Base fluid is reacted at least with an oxidation means in at least one reaction reactor, whereby an oxidation reaction of the cyanide is initiated. Fluid from the reaction reactor is transferred as intermediate fluid into at least one process reactor, in which conditions exist in which the oxidation reaction of the cyanide initiated in the reaction reactor can take place, wherein a process fluid is formed. A continuous flow of fluid is maintained at least periodically, wherein the base fluid is transferred continuously from the pretreatment zone into the reaction reactor, intermediate fluid is transferred continuously from the reaction reactor into the process reactor, and process fluid is removed continuously from the process reactor.
US11667551B2
Provided is a water treatment device configured to perform a deionization treatment for the water to be treated, and the water treatment device includes a pressing member, a treatment container configured to store the water to be treated, a first electrode and a second electrode accommodated in the treatment container, a separator arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a pair of collectors, which are accommodated in the treatment container, and are configured to apply a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The pressing member is configured to press the first electrode and the second electrode in the treatment container.
US11667544B2
The present disclosure is concerned with sea water demineralization. More specifically, to systems, methods, and apparatus for water demineralization and purification, including the removal of dissolved solids and contaminants from sea water, industrial water with mineral content, and brackish water.
US11667542B2
A sensor system and process that utilizes impedance/conductivity measurements to track the movement of hardness in an ion exchange media. The impedance/conductivity sensor is a vertical, longitudinally directed, axially lengthwise electrode system having electrodes placed within a bed of ion exchange material and separated by water and the ion exchange material. The electrodes generally run parallel to one another. Hard water is introduced to the water softener and softened by the ion exchange material. A hardness gradient is tracked by the sensor, and regeneration is initiated when it is determined that the ion exchange material is depleted or exhausted.
US11667540B2
The manufacturing method of titanium dioxide solution includes: mixing choline chloride, urea, boric acid, and titanium tetrachloride to form a first solution, wherein a molar concentration ratio of choline chloride to urea is 1:2, a molar concentration of titanium tetrachloride is 0.2 M to 0.4 M, and weight/volume of boric acid is 5 g/300 ml to 15 g/300 ml; and heating the first solute ion to form a second solution, wherein the second solution contains carbon/nitrogen doped titanium dioxide. In the manufacturing method of the present disclosure, the deep eutectic solution formed by choline chloride and urea may be used as a solvent, and may also be used as a carbon source and/or a nitrogen source. Therefore, titanium dioxide may be doped with carbon and/or nitrogen during the formation process.
US11667530B1
A method includes the following steps: a first step: the material containing heteroatom and graphite powder are mixed for a preset time by grinding, and the molar ratio of heteroatom to carbon atom is 1%-10%, then the heteroatom precursors are obtained; a second contact step: the heteroatom precursor is filled into a graphite rod with holes and compacted, then the graphite rod is dried for a preset time to obtain a plasma anode and using a DC arc plasma device to prepare the graphite anode into heteroatom-doped CNHs; a third contact step: the heteroatom-doped CNHs are dispersed in a reducing solution, a platinum salt is added to stir evenly, the reduction reaction is carried out by heating and stirring, and after centrifugation, washing and drying, a catalyst with platinum loading is obtained.
US11667524B2
Disclose is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a groove such as by etching one side surface of a first substrate; attaching a second substrate including a silicon layer on the etched surface of the first substrate formed with the hollow groove; etching the second substrate so as to leave substantially only the silicon layer; forming a thin film structure on the surface of silicon layers of the second substrate; and separating the second substrate formed with the thin film structure from the first substrate. For example, the groove structure may be formed in the lower portion of the device in the process of fabricating the semiconductor device to facilitate the final device separation.
US11667523B2
An optical electronics device includes first, second and third wafers. The first wafer has a semiconductor substrate with a dielectric layer on a side of the semiconductor substrate. The second wafer has a transparent substrate with an anti-reflective coating on a side of the transparent substrate. The first wafer is bonded to the second wafer at a silicon dioxide layer between the semiconductor substrate and the anti-reflective coating. The first and second wafers include a cavity extending from the dielectric layer through the semiconductor substrate and through the silicon dioxide layer to the anti-reflective coating. The third wafer includes micromechanical elements. The third wafer is bonded to the dielectric layer, and the micromechanical elements are contained within the cavity.
US11667518B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) package structure and a method for fabricating the MEMS package structure. The MEMS package structure includes a MEMS die (200) and a device wafer (100). A control unit and an interconnection structure (300) are formed in the device wafer (100), and a first contact pad (410) and an input-output connecting member (420) are formed on a first bonding surface (100a) of the device wafer (100). The MEMS die (200) is coupled to the first bonding surface (100a) through a bonding layer (500). The MEMS die (200) includes a closed micro-cavity (220) and a second contact pad (220). The first contact pad (410) is electrically connected to a corresponding second contact pad (220). An opening (510) that exposes the input-output connecting member (420) is formed in the bonding layer (500). The MEMS package structure allows electrical interconnection between the MEMS die (200) and the device wafer (100) with a reduced package size, compared to those produced by existing integration techniques. In addition, function integration ability of the package structure is improved by integrating a plurality of MEMS dies of the same or different structures and functions on the same device wafer.
US11667517B2
Representative methods for sealing MEMS devices include depositing insulating material over a substrate, forming conductive vias in a first set of layers of the insulating material, and forming metal structures in a second set of layers of the insulating material. The first and second sets of layers are interleaved in alternation. A dummy insulating layer is provided as an upper-most layer of the first set of layers. Portions of the first and second set of layers are etched to form void regions in the insulating material. A conductive pad is formed on and in a top surface of the insulating material. The void regions are sealed with an encapsulating structure. At least a portion of the encapsulating structure is laterally adjacent the dummy insulating layer, and above a top surface of the conductive pad. An etch is performed to remove at least a portion of the dummy insulating layer.
US11667513B1
A fluid access and control system for controlling access to a fluid storage tank includes a pump, a valve, a communications device, and controller. The pump is configured to supply a fluid output from the fluid storage tank. The valve is configured to control the fluid output of the pump. The communications device is configured to communicate with both a portable electronic device and a remote server. The communications device receives an access request from the portable electric device and transmits the access request to the remote server for validation. The controller is configured to control the operation of the pump and valve as defined by control signals transmitted by the remote server and received by the communications device. The controller is further configured to activate the pump and open the valve when the access request has been validated by the remote server and a START switch is actuated.
US11667511B2
A system for dispensing a liquid to a user, that includes a container having a reference container volume and a wall with: a bottom portion, a side portion adjacent to the bottom portion, a shoulder portion adjacent to the side portion, a liquid, in the container, a dispenser, arranged to receive and hold the container, characterized in that: the bottom portion and the shoulder portion have a similar male shape. The dispenser includes a receiving portion having a female shape arranged to mate either with the bottom portion or with the shoulder portion, so as to stably hold the container.
US11667504B2
A fork for an industrial vehicle such as a forklift, and a method of making the same. The fork includes an elongate body portion, a toe portion, and, optionally, a heel portion. The elongate body portion may be formed in any length and coupled to the toe portion (and optionally, to the heel portion) to form a fork.
US11667495B2
A brake disc release device, a turning device, and an elevator rescue package and method. The brake disc release device comprises: an actuating mechanism; a gear connected to a first end of the actuating mechanism; a first slider capable of sliding along a first guide piece and comprising a rack portion for engagement with the gear and a first wedge portion; a second slider capable of sliding along a second guide piece and comprising a second wedge portion for engagement with the first wedge portion of the first slider; and a pulling cable having a first end connected to the second slider and a second end connected to the brake disc.
US11667494B2
A safety control device applicable to an elevator system including an elevator car driven in an elevator shaft by means of a drive device, said safety control device comprising at least one sensor configured to detect, in the elevator shaft, a presence of an object in at least one specified area of the elevator shaft, and a controller configured to receive and process a signal of the at least one sensor indicating a detection result, and to conduct, when the detection result indicates the presence of an object in the at least one specified area of the elevator shaft, a safety procedure in which a switch from a normal drive control of the drive unit to a safety drive control is executed in which a target value set for the speed of the elevator car is decreased.
US11667488B2
In order to provide a sheet stacking apparatus for maintaining alignment characteristics of long-length sheets, the sheet stacking apparatus is a sheet stacking apparatus located above in a pair of sheet stacking apparatuses provided to overlap vertically along a vertical direction, and is provided with a first stacking section for stacking sheets, a second stacking section provided to extend from a downstream end of the first stacking section in a sheet transport direction and connected to the first stacking section rotatably, and a third stacking section which is attached to the second stacking section to extend from a downstream end of the second stacking section in the sheet transport direction, includes an inclined angle with respect to a horizontal surface smaller than in the second placing face, and which is attachable and detachable with respect to the second stacking section in a rotation direction.
US11667485B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a control unit (120) that controls driving of a belt drive mechanism (4). The control unit (120) performs control such that the sheet is conveyed from the sheet accumulation area if (a) it is determined that the number of sheets currently accumulated in the sheet accumulation area is two or greater, while the sheet is not conveyed from the sheet accumulation area if (b) it is determined that the number of sheets currently accumulated in the sheet accumulation area is one.
US11667479B2
A de-traying method and apparatus for removing articles from trays, each of the trays having a base, a rim around the base and an opening in said base and a bottom covering said opening and liftable from said base. A tray supporting an article is transported to a detraying assembly where the article is detrayed by elevating the bottom at least to the level of the tray rim with an article lifter having a lifting base and a plurality of lifting blocks. The lifting blocks are sized and arranged to engage the tray bottom through the opening in response to the lifting base being elevated, and to maintain orientation of the tray with at least one of said blocks positioned outside of the tray adjacent the rim. The article is displaced off of the elevated tray bottom.
US11667470B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stowing products, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a tote identifier associated with a tote containing at least one product for stowing, predict, based on the tote identifier, a location for stowing the product, and provide a location recommendation for stowing the product based on the predicted location. The processor is configured to receive a product identifier, a location identifier, and a quantity of the product to be stowed. The processor is configured to modify a database to assign the location identifier and the quantity to the product identifier, receive a notification of a stowing error associated with the tote identifier, modify the database to assign the stowing error to the tote identifier, and automatically report the stowing error.
US11667461B2
The diffuser (1) for a pressurized container provided with a valve, in particular for an aerosol generator, includes a base body (10) formed of a concave wall forming a cavity, and having a finger tab (11) intended to be depressed by the user to operate the valve, and a conduit placed in the cavity of the base body (10). The conduit has a first end adapted for cooperating with the valve of the pressurized container, and a second end for the outlet of the product contained in the pressurized container. The outlet conduit and the base body are two distinct parts which are connected together by mechanical fastening. Optionally, the outlet conduit is prevented from rotating relative to the base body.
US11667452B2
A sheet of foldable material having a plurality of laterally spaced parallel fold lines dividing the sheet into consecutive panels to allow for folding of the panels into overlapping engagement. A notched edge protecting section comprising at least two panels folded into an overlapping engagement and formed from the removal of material from the overlapping panels. An un-notched edge protecting section comprising at least two panels folded into an overlapping engagement and including a first and second leg each having an inner longitudinal edge, outer longitudinal edge and an outside edge wherein the angle between said first longitudinal edge and said outside edge is greater than 90 degrees. A third and a fourth leg formed from the folding of said un-notched edge protecting section so that at least a portion of the inner longitudinal edges of the first and second legs contact one another.
US11667451B2
A sealing device generally includes a rotatable support cylinder having an outer, circumferential surface and a heating element disposed about such surface and secured thereto such that the heating element rotates therewith. The heating element is coiled about the outer surface of the cylinder in the form of an overlapping helical pattern. Juxtaposed film plies may be sealed together by bringing the sealing device into rotational contact with the juxtaposed film plies and heating the heating element to a temperature sufficient to cause the film plies to seal together.
US11667446B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cargo assemblages that may include containers of rolled products stacked on pallets secured thereto with film and methods of producing such cargo assemblages. The load may include containers of absorbent paper product arranged in stacked layers from a bottom layer of containers to a top layer of containers. A film may be applied to connect the load with the pallet and to connect neighboring stacked layers together. The film may be wrapped around the pallet and/or layers of containers with a wrap profile having different characteristics, such as for example, containment forces; tensions; numbers of layers, and/or locations of layers with respect to the load, the pallet, and/or each other.
US11667443B1
A packaging assembly includes a box storage compartment that forms a sealed unit package capable of containing a number of peroxyacetic acid solution-storing containers. The package has a number of reinforced compartmented spaces to hold the containers during transport and can optionally have an absorbing agent material in the spaces and/or base portion of the package. The packaging assembly allows a predetermined amount of peroxyacetic acid solution to be safely transported to an area where the solution can be easily and safely used and without the need for special equipment or handling procedures.
US11667433B2
An three dimensional article comprising a main body having an inner body and an outer body overlaying at least a portion of the inner body. At least one of the inner body or the outer body is at least partially visible through the other of the inner body or the outer body. An outer surface of the inner body may include at least one surface feature visible through the outer body. The main body may include a base portion, a medial portion, a neck portion, and a rim portion each of the inner body and outer body defining a base portion, medial portion, neck portion, and a rim portion corresponding to the base portion, medial portion, neck portion, and rim portion of the main body.
US11667432B2
A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations.
US11667429B2
A box is made by folding a sheet of material. Preferably, the box is formed by applying adhesive and folding using a machine, and a waterproof or water-resistant coating is applied to the sheet of material so that the box is configured for use as a cooler. The box includes: a storage portion, including a bottom panel, first and second end panels, and first and second side panels; four corner panels; and first and second top panels. The top panels include openings that register when the box is assembled and in a closed configuration to define an opening to be used as a handhold for gripping the box. Reinforcing panels of one of the top panels includes flaps located on an interior of the box that cover the handhold opening. The box further preferably includes a locking tab and locking panel for latching closed the top panels of the box.
US11667425B2
A labeling apparatus includes a rotating vacuum drum and a pair of vacuum holders on the drum that are switched by rotating switches between a working position for gluing labels and a rest position in which the vacuum holders avoid an application of glue. Actuators cause the switches to transition between operating positions. Stationary switch controllers initiate transitions between the operating positions of the switch, thereby causing the holders to transition between their two positions.
US11667416B2
A method, apparatus and program product are provided that utilize wrap profiles that specify controlled wrap cycle interruptions to handle specialized load requirements for loads to be wrapped by a stretch wrapping machine. Also provided is a method of creating wrap profiles, and a plurality of wrap profiles are stored in a database.
US11667414B2
A vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine (1) comprises: a film supplying portion (5) which lets out a film (F) from a roll (Fr); a bag-making guide (31) which folds the film (F) into a tubular shape and changes a conveying direction downward; a vertical sealing portion (60) which thermally seals side edges of the film (F) to each other in an up-down direction so as to make the film into a tubular shape; a film conveying portion (50) which conveys the film (F) downward; a filling portion (70) which loads a content (X) into an interior of the film (F); a lateral sealing portion (80) which thermally seals the film (F) in a left-right direction so as to make a bag body; a square-bottom sealing portion (90) which expands a bottom of the bag body to a rectangular shape from an inside and then thermally seals the bottom to form a rectangular bottom surface; and a cutter (89) which cuts off the bag body from the film (F).
US11667396B2
Methods and apparatus to stabilize and recover unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a capture line, a mast to support the capture line for contact with the UAV, and a braking stabilizer. The braking stabilizer includes a flexible stem, a body at a distal end of the stem, where the body defines first and second flexible posts, and a filament extending between the first and second posts to contact and engage a hook of the UAV.
US11667395B2
A latch mechanism for use in a ram air turbine actuator including: a coupler housing extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end, the coupler housing including: a base arm having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface; a first wall extending away from the upper surface, the first wall including a first slot; and a second wall extending away from the upper surface, the second wall including a second slot, wherein the upper surface, the first wall, and the second wall at least partially enclose a cavity therebetween; a lock release pivot arm including: a first end; a second end opposite the first end of the lock release pivot arm; an orifice located proximate the second end of the lock release pivot arm; and a pivot pin located within the first slot, the second slot, and the orifice.
US11667393B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for a power control system for a vehicle having multiple power sources. The power control system may include a plurality of sensors associated with one or more power sources and a microcontroller configured to receive a plurality of signal inputs, wherein the microcontroller selects a power state for the power control system based at least in part on the plurality of signal inputs from the plurality of sensors. The power state may be selected from a group including a first power state, wherein power is provided to a critical power subsystem, an essential power subsystem, and an auxiliary power subsystem, a second power state, wherein power is provided to the critical power subsystem and the essential power subsystem of the vehicle, and a third power state, wherein power is provided only to the critical power subsystem of the vehicle.
US11667390B2
A system for controlling an aircraft in response to deployment of an ejection seat may comprise a seat controller located on the ejection seat and configured to output a signal in response to initiation of an ejection sequence. An aircraft controller may be configured to receive the signal from the seat controller. A tangible, non-transitory memory may be configured to communicate with the aircraft controller. The tangible, non-transitory memory may have instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the aircraft controller, cause the aircraft controller to perform operations, which may comprise receiving the signal from the seat controller, receiving data signals from an operational data source, and sending command signals configured to control a component of the aircraft.
US11667389B2
An article of manufacture, a force reduction release mechanism and system for selectively maintaining and releasing components under tensile tension, the release mechanism offering mechanical gain such that the force required to activate a release between the components is a mere fraction of the heavy tensile tension force. Other aspects of the invention include novel cargo parachute system utilizing the release mechanism and a parachute stabilization arrangement utilizing at least one releasable stabilization anchor.
US11667381B2
A circuit includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a flight and a measurement report control unit configured to control a measurement report process on a reference signal transmitted from a base station device, on a basis of the information regarding the flight acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11667378B2
Provided are a flap drive device and a rotorcraft blade, and more particularly, a flap drive device using a two-section link mechanism, which may be applied to a rotorcraft blade, and a rotorcraft blade including the same.
US11667362B2
The invention relates to a diving mask (10) including a frame (12) fitted with a visor (18); a flexible skirt (40) including a partition (46) delimiting an upper chamber (50) for viewing from a lower chamber (52) for breathing, the partition being arranged to bear upon the nose of the user such that the mouth and the nose of the user are in the lower chamber, while the eyes of the user are in the upper chamber, a breathing tube (20) having a proximal end (20a) for linking the breathing tube to the frame, the breathing tube including at least one channel (21) fluidically connected with the lower chamber. The diving mask further includes a telecommunications device (500) which is mounted at least partially to the breathing tube (20).
US11667359B2
A monopod for mounting to the boat seat mount of a marine vessel, such as a bass boat or speed boat, which is capable of providing power for mobile accessories via a second monopod affixed to the navigation light port of the boat. The monopod is extendable to heights up to or exceeding eight feet (8′) above the deck of the boat, providing exceptional views for recording with a mounted camera while users participate in sports or other events within the boat. A release mechanism allows one portion of the monopod to telescope away from a second portion, thereby extending the monopod.
US11667358B2
The invention relates to a watercraft, particularly a kayak having a battery compartment and motor mount for mounting a motor thereto. The kayak can be propelled either by a motor mounted to the motor mount or by manual paddling by a user of the kayak. The kayak may additionally have a seat mounted onto a track to allow the user to adjust their position as needed in the kayak. The kayak is extra wide to provide stability, while chamfered side walls allow the user to paddle with comfort regardless of the extra width. The kayak may optionally have wheels mounted thereon to facilitate handling and transport by the user.
US11667357B1
A power surfboard includes a surfboard body defining a first side, a supporting piece including at least one first fastener, and a power assembly. An accommodating groove is defined on the first side of the surfboard body. The supporting piece is arranged in the accommodating groove. The power assembly includes a power housing, an operating assembly, and a power source. The operating assembly includes an operating body, at least one second fastener connected to inner side walls of the operating body, and at least one operating piece arranged on the operating body. The power assembly is detachably arranged in the accommodating groove. When each operating piece is in a first state, each second fastener is connected to a corresponding first fastener. When each operating piece is in a second state, each second fastener is separated from the corresponding first fastener.
US11667354B2
A boat strap is described herein, as well as a system and method of attaching two boats with the boat strap. The boat strap is made up of a main strap, a free cam, a lower cam strap, and a lower cam. The free cam is mechanically connected to the main strap, where the main strap loops through a free cam strap connector. Additional stitching connects the main strap to itself forming a free cam loop to connect the free cam to the main strap. The lower cam is mechanically connected to the lower cam strap. The lower cam strap loops through a lower cam strap connector, and a primary stitching connects the lower cam strap to itself forming a lower cam loop to connect the lower cam to the lower cam strap, wherein the primary stitching further connects the lower cam strap to the main strap. The main strap loops through a connector on one boat and runs through the lower cam to attach the boat strap to the rail. The main strap then is run through the cam on a second boat strap on the other boat, attaching the boats.
US11667352B2
A personal watercraft comprising a body having a seat and a hull, the seat configured to support a user with the body floating in water, a plurality of hydrofoils extending outwards from the body and coupled to a positioning system, the plurality of hydrofoils being configured, in combination, to raise the hull of the personal watercraft above a waterline in the water when the personal watercraft is in use and under the influence of a propulsion force, one or more sensors that provide sensor data of the watercraft during use, a computer-readable medium having a processor and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor read the sensor data, and based on the read sensor data, send a signal to the positioning system to adjust the position for at least one of the plurality of hydrofoils.
US11667344B2
A quick replacement Structure for a seat cushion of an exercise hike is disclosed. The quick replacement structure includes an adaptor member, a rotation unit and a quick release assembly. The rotation unit is assembled between the adaptor member and seat bows of the seat cushion, and the adaptor member can be conveniently fastened on the exercise bike in cooperation with the quick-release assembly so that a user can quickly replace the preferred seat cushion.
US11667338B2
Embodiments provide an aerodynamic fairing system that may comprise a base configured to mount to a vehicle, an arm coupled to the base at a proximate end and extending laterally, and a fairing mounted to the arm having an inboard and an outboard surface. The fairing outboard surface may provide an aerodynamic outer surface to direct flow to an angle to the rear. The arm may a fixed or adjustable length arm. The arm may provide a mounting area for a mud flap such that aerodynamic system may act as a mud flap hanger. Embodiments also provide an adjustable mud flap hanger.
US11667332B2
A subframe structure includes: a pair of right and left vehicle body side frames disposed at side portions of a vehicle body; a pair of right and left longitudinal members extending along the pair of right and left vehicle body side frames at positions centrally spaced apart in a vehicle width direction for a predetermined distance from the vehicle body side frames; and a rear cross-member extending in the vehicle width direction between longitudinally rear portions of the pair of right and left longitudinal members. The rear cross-member has a first attachment portion, an extension portion, and a second attachment portion. The first attachment portion is attached to the longitudinal member, the extension portion extends from the first attachment portion in a laterally outward and upward direction, and the second attachment portion is attached to the vehicle body side frame at a laterally outer end portion of the extension portion.
US11667330B2
Techniques and systems are described that enable evasive steering assist (ESA) with a pre-active phase. An ESA system predicts that a collision with an object is imminent and enters a pre-active phase. The pre-active phase causes a required drop in steering force to occur prior to determining that the collision is imminent. At a later time, the ESA system determines that the collision is imminent and enacts an active phase. The active phase causes a steering force effective to avoid the collision. By enacting the pre-active phase prior to the determination of the imminent collision, the ESA system may provide the additional steering force needed to avoid the collision without delay while simultaneously shielding a driver of vehicle from feeling the drop in steering force.
US11667327B2
The present invention provides embodiments of modified upper and lower control arms for attachment to the steering knuckle that came with the vehicle, or for attachment to a modified steering knuckle of an embodiment of the invention, such that the steering knuckle, and in particular the wheel hub opening of the steering knuckle, are located at positions that are closer to the front of the vehicle than the positions provided by the control arms that came with the vehicle. The forward position of the wheel hub relative to the position provided by the factory or stock control arms moves the wheel and tire forward by the same distance, thereby allowing much larger wheels and tires to be mounted on the vehicle which do not rub against or interfere with the wheel well, fender or body mount, thereby increasing the approach angle of the vehicle for use in off-road climbing.
US11667324B2
A steering apparatus of a smart mobility vehicle includes: a cockpit module disposed in front of a driver seat and a passenger seat within a vehicle; a steering wheel part connected to the cockpit module, and switchable between a position toward the driver seat and a position toward the passenger seat in a longitudinal direction of the cockpit module; and a locking part to fix the steering part according to a preset condition. The cockpit module includes a first flat section disposed in front of the driver seat and a second flat section disposed in front of the passenger seat; and a locking section curved upward to connect the first flat section and the second flat section.
US11667311B2
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes detecting a loss of power to a motor of the gate crossing mechanism. The motor is operably coupled to a gate of the gate crossing mechanism. The method further includes, responsive to detecting the loss of the power, providing, by at least one supercapacitor, power to the motor to initiate the gate moving from an open position to a closed position.
US11667298B2
Provided are a driver posture measurement device and a vehicle control device that can accurately measure the posture of a driver with a simple configuration without attaching a plurality of wireless communication units to a vehicle. The driver posture measurement device and the vehicle control device are configured such that, between one wireless communication unit provided on the vehicle side and one wireless communication unit provided on the driver side, radio waves are radiated from the wireless communication unit provided on the vehicle side, and on the basis of a radio wave arrival angle of the radio waves arriving at the wireless communication unit provided on the driver side, the driver posture is measured.
US11667289B2
An apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first collection unit configured to collect a plurality of consecutive forward image frames captured by a camera during forward driving of the vehicle; and a driving route generation unit configured to derive a forward driving trajectory during the forward driving of the vehicle, based on matching of common feature points present in the plurality of consecutive forward image frames, and generate the derived forward driving trajectory as a backward driving prediction route.
US11667283B2
Systems and methods for controlling the motion of an autonomous are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data associated with an object within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The data associated with the object is indicative of a predicted motion trajectory of the object. The method includes determining a vehicle action sequence based at least in part on the predicted motion trajectory of the object. The vehicle action sequence is indicative of a plurality of vehicle actions for the autonomous vehicle at a plurality of respective time steps associated with the predicted motion trajectory. The method includes determining a motion plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle action sequence. The method includes causing the autonomous vehicle to initiate motion control in accordance with at least a portion of the motion plan.
US11667269B2
The present disclosure relates to vehicle technology, and more particularly, to an unmanned vehicle and its sensor device and cleaning mechanism. The cleaning mechanism includes: a housing, a cleaning element, a driving component transmissively connected to the cleaning element and a control unit installed within a receiving cavity. The housing has a light transmissive element provided on a side surface thereof. The cleaning element is pivotable about one end thereof and mounted to the housing. The cleaning element, when pivoting, frictionally interacts with a surface of the light transmissive element that is away from the receiving cavity to clean the light transmissive element. The control unit is communicatively connected to the driving component for controlling the driving component.
US11667254B2
A method for enabling a user to temporarily customize an operating characteristic of a first vehicle feature. The method includes temporarily customizing an operating characteristic of a first vehicle feature by means of the vehicle electronic control unit based on acquired personal information. The temporary customized operating characteristic of the first vehicle feature does not remain customized more than a single driving cycle.
US11667243B2
A shake prevention structure of a glove box including a housing mounted to an instrument panel and a storage part provided in an inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom includes: a shake prevention part mounted to a rear portion of the storage part, and a guide groove allowing an end part of the shake prevention part in a longitudinal direction thereof to be inserted thereto and provided along a longitudinal direction of the housing.
US11667230B2
A recreational vehicle may include a chassis, at least one axle assembly, and a vehicle body. The vehicle body may be supported by the chassis. The axle assembly may be coupled to the chassis and may provide motive support and underbody clearance to the chassis. The chassis may include a plurality of longitudinal main rails that span at least a portion of a length of the recreational vehicle and define a length of at least one crawl space. The plurality of lateral crawl space cross members may extend between and interconnect the plurality of longitudinal main rails and define a width of the at least one crawl space. A floor of the recreational vehicle, the plurality of longitudinal main rails, and the plurality of lateral crawl space cross members may collectively define the at least one crawl space.
US11667227B2
A truck body is disclosed which is able to be mounted to a truck in such a way that the truck body can pivot relative to the truck between a lowered, travel orientation and a raised, dumping orientation. The truck body has a material carrying region, and the material carrying region has: a floor surface, and a curved transition (“the floor-to-front-wall-transition”) between the floor surface and a surface forming a front wall portion of the material carrying region. The radius of curvature of at least a portion of the floor-to-front-wall-transition is two meters or greater, which may help to reduce material carry-back.
US11667208B1
An apparatus for implementing a power distribution system for electric vehicles charging within a structure that includes a battery for storing electrical energy. A power node module connects to an electrical grid of the structure at a preexisting load point to receive an electric current at a first power level. The power node module charges the battery responsive to the received electric current at the first power level and generates a charging current at a second power level for charging a connected electric vehicle using the stored electrical energy of the battery responsive to a received charging control signal. At least one charger connector connected to the power node module connects the connected electric vehicle to receive the charging current.
US11667201B2
An electrolyte station is used for electrolyte replacement in a redox flow battery that is mounted to a vehicle. The electrolyte station includes: a stand that includes a connector that connects to a connection socket that connects to an electrolyte tank in the redox flow battery; a recovery tank that stores a recovered electrolyte; a filling tank that stores a charged electrolyte; a recovery line that connects the connector in the stand and the recovery tank; and a filling line that connects the connector in the stand and the filling tank. In response to the connector being connected to the connection socket, the electrolyte station enables the used electrolyte removed from an electrolyte tank to be recovered to the recovery tank through the recovery line, and enables the charged electrolyte stored in the filling tank to be supplied the electrolyte tank through the filling line.
US11667199B2
An interruption device is provided in a motor vehicle to interrupt a signal line in an emergency operating state. The interruption device includes a fuse and a resistor in the signal line and first and second switches. The fuse is arranged upstream of the resistor in a signal line direction extending from a low-voltage on-board electrical system to a high-voltage on-board electrical system. The first switch is provided in a first electric line connecting the signal line to ground at a connection point downstream of the resistor, and the second switch is provided in a second electric line which connects the signal line to ground at a connection point between the fuse and the resistor. The first and second switches are open during the normal operation of the motor vehicle and are closed in response to the control signal to interrupt the signal line by separating the fuse.
US11667196B2
A vehicle is configured to enable precise control while minimizing distractions during driving and improving user convenience by receiving a user input that combines the user's gaze or speech with a physical operation. The vehicle includes a first input device configured to receive a first user input by at least one of the user's speech or user's gaze; a second input device configured to receive a second user input by the physical operation of the user; and a controller configured to determine a control item corresponding to the first user input among a plurality of control items when the first input device receives the first user input, and to determine a sub-control item for the determined control item based on the second user input when the second input device receives the second user input.
US11667194B2
A power take-off arrangement (1) for a vehicle (5) that includes an input shaft (7), a main transmission member (9), a main coupling device (11), a first power take-off unit (13), a second power take-off unit (17), a first coupling device (15), and a second coupling device (19). The first coupling device (15) and the second coupling device (19) are configured to connect, in an engaged state, a respective power take-off unit (13, 17) to the main transmission member (9). The first and second coupling devices (15, 19) are connected to the main coupling device (11) such that the main coupling device (11) is controlled to be in the engaged state when any one of the first and second coupling devices (15, 19) is in the engaged state.
US11667193B2
Methods of controlling a tandem axle assembly in a vehicle, the tandem axle assembly including an inter-axle differential (IAD), one or more side gears, and a front tandem axle assembly having a pair of front tandem axle half shafts selectively connected to a pair of front tandem axle wheel hub assemblies. When a determined speed of the vehicle is greater or equal to a predetermined speed, the IAD may be locked, the tandem axle wheel hub assemblies may be disconnected from their respective tandem axle shafts, and/or the IAD may be moved out of engagement with the one or more side gears. When a determined speed of the vehicle is less than a predetermined speed, the IAD may be unlocked, the tandem axle wheel hub assemblies may be connected to their respective tandem axle shafts, and/or the IAD may be engaged with the one or more side gears.
US11667192B2
A wheel drive assembly for transferring propelling torque from a source shaft to a wheel, the source shaft receiving torque from a motion actuator. The wheel drive assembly includes a wheel-hub, adapted to have the wheel mounted thereon, the wheel-hub being arranged about a longitudinal axis, which is adapted to coincide with a rotation axis of the wheel. The wheel drive assembly further includes a drive axle and a constant velocity (CV) joint mounted onto an outer end of the drive axle. The CV joint connects the drive axle to the wheel-hub. An outermost surface of the CV joint is disposed outwardly of an outermost surface of the wheel hub, along the longitudinal axis of the wheel-hub.
US11667184B2
An hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) drives front wheels by a motor-generator via drive shafts by use of electricity generated by an internal combustion engine (ICE). A lower portion of the internal combustion engine is locate on a front side of a lower portion of the motor-generator in the vehicle body with being distanced therefrom. A steering gearbox is placed between the internal combustion engine and the motor-generator and located on a front side of the drive shafts. According to this configuration, driving stability, steering feeling, and noise and vibration can be balanced at a high level.
US11667182B2
A chassis platform module for an electric vehicle may include: a main frame having a battery mounted thereon; and a front wheel-side support frame unit connected to a front of the main frame. The front wheel-side support frame unit may include: a pair of first support frames disposed in a width direction of a vehicle, and each having a first connection groove formed at a front end thereof; a pair of second support frames disposed at a front of the pair of first support frames, respectively, and each having a second connection groove formed at a rear end thereof; a connection frame having connection protrusions inserted into the first and second connection grooves, respectively; an adhesive part adhered to the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second connection grooves; and a fastening member coupled to each of the connection protrusions through each of the first and second support frames.
US11667181B2
The invention provides a mower, which comprises a battery package assembly and a frame for bearing the battery package assembly; the battery package assembly comprises a battery package and a fixing plate, the battery package is fixed on the fixing plate, a plurality of first pulleys are arranged at the bottom of the fixing plate, and the first pulleys are distributed along the installation direction of the battery package assembly. The frame comprises a supporting surface, and the first pulleys are supported on the supporting surface. The battery package assembly of the lawn mower moves on the supporting surface in a rolling mode, generated friction force is small, and convenience and labor saving can be achieved for the mounting and dismounting processes of the battery package assembly.
US11667177B2
A cover for a truck bed that can be horizontally traversed between expanded and collapsed positions is shown. Since the cover is horizontally traversed, the person manipulating the cover need not lift the cover vertically in order to reconfigure the cover between the expanded and collapsed positions. Women and elderly people who are generally not as strong as men can manipulate the cover.
US11667175B2
Interior panels for interiors of vehicles, vehicles, and methods for making interior panels for interiors of vehicles are provided. In one example, the interior panel includes an outer covering having a first surface. A second surface is disposed opposite the first surface. The second surface has a pattern formed therein that is hidden from the first surface. A light source is operative to generate light and is disposed adjacent to the second surface generally aligned with the pattern. When the light source generates light, an illuminated pattern corresponding to the pattern is visible on the first surface. A capacitive sensor is configured to generate a capacitance change signal in response to change in capacitance of the capacitive sensor. A controller is in communication with the capacitive sensor to receive the capacitance change signal and is configured to generate a command signal in response to the capacitance change signal.
US11667172B2
Methods and systems for vehicle suspension are provided. A leveling manifold includes, in one example, a plurality of electrically-activated valves arranged between, on a first end, a rod-side and a piston-side of one or more hydraulic cylinders, and on a second end, a pressure source and a tank, wherein the plurality of electrically-activated valves include a first valve, a second valve, a third valve, and a fourth valve. The leveling manifold further includes a first flow path extending through the first and second valves and from the rod-side to the second end and a second flow path extending through the third and fourth valves and from the piston-side to the second end, the leveling manifold is designed to manage operation of the first, second, third, and/or fourth valves to independently adjust a position and a stiffness of the one or more hydraulic cylinders.
US11667170B2
A suspension system for controlling movement of a vehicle wheel may include a spring and damper assembly coupling the wheel to the vehicle chassis for movement of the wheel relative to the vehicle chassis. The spring and damper assembly may include a spring coupled to a damper member configured to extend and retract the wheel relative to the vehicle chassis. The suspension system may further include a damper actuator located remotely from the spring and damper assembly and configured to modify an amount of damping and/or wheel extension. The suspension system may also include a spring actuator integrated with the damper actuator and configured to control an amount of deflection of the spring and/or to alter a spring rate. The damper actuator may be provided at a location in the vehicle separated from the spring and damper assembly.
US11667168B2
An axle arrangement for a baler having a chassis includes a first axle having opposite ends and a pair of suspension cylinders, with each suspension cylinder positioned at a corresponding end of the first axle to accommodate generally vertical loads. The first axle is coupled with the chassis to accommodate generally horizontal loads. A second axle has opposite ends and a pair of suspension cylinders, with each suspension cylinder positioned at a corresponding end of the second axle to accommodate generally vertical loads. The second axle is coupled with the first axle to accommodate generally horizontal loads.
US11667163B2
A hitch tightener is used around the lip of a hitch receiver tube and a shank inserted into the hitch receiver tube. The hitch tightener has a U-bolt with two threaded legs, and a crossbar with throughholes for the legs of the U-bolt, positioned so the crossbar and the U-bolt encircle the shank and the receiver tube lip. A standard threaded nut holds the crossbar onto one of the legs, and a cam lock lever is pivotally attached on the other leg by a threaded trunnion nut. When the cam lock lever is pivoted from its opened position to its closed position, it moves the crossbar toward the connecting portion of the clamp component, tightening the hitch tightener around shank and lip.
US11667161B2
A pneumatic tire includes a sidewall extending in a tire radial direction, the sidewall comprises a first side block which protrudes outwardly in a tire axial direction, the first side block comprises a first base portion which extends in the tire radial direction, and a first inclined portion and second inclined portion which extend from an inner end in the tire radial direction of the first base portion, the first inclined portion extends increasingly toward a first side in a tire circumferential direction as one proceeds toward an interior in the tire radial direction, and the second inclined portion extends increasingly toward a second side in the tire circumferential direction as one proceeds toward the interior in the tire radial direction.
US11667154B2
The present disclosure relates to a light-weight tire inner tube comprising a film tube with a wall thickness of 100 to 400 microns, pneumatic tires containing the light-weight tire inner tube, and related methods for manufacturing the light-weight tire inner tube. The film tube is comprised of a film material comprising at least one thermoplastic engineering resin and optionally at least one saturated elastomer, and the film material of the film tube has an oxygen permeability of 8-15 cm3 O2/m2·per day at 25° C.
US11667153B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for automated vehicle wheel removal and replacement are provided. One system includes a computer system with applications for scheduling the replacement of tires for the vehicle. An electronically controlled lift device and robotic apparatus is configured for interaction with the computer system. The lift device mechanically adjusts arms for placement on lift points of vehicles. The robotic apparatus detects positioning of lug nut configuration for a wheel, removes lug nuts, and then removes the wheel from the wheel hub with gripping arms. The wheel and tire are then handed off to a separate tire changing machine. When a new tire is replaced the robotic apparatus then mounts the wheel to the original wheel hub, and then secures the lug nuts to the lug nut bolts.
US11667152B2
Embodiments of collapsible wheels and methods of making collapsible wheels are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11667141B2
A printing apparatus acquires characteristic information about a recording medium and executes a light quantity adjustment in a reading operation using a reading unit based on the acquired characteristic information. By using the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent an increase in the number of processes for analyzing read data obtained by reading a test pattern.
US11667135B2
A liquid discharge device determines, in a state of a liquid discharger discharging liquid onto a continuous form sheet conveyed by a conveyor at a first conveying speed, in response to a seam of the continuous form sheet detected by a seam detection sensor, whether a heater temperature detected by a temperature detection sensor is a threshold or higher; causes, in response to the heater temperature being determined to be the threshold or higher, the conveyor to stop conveying the continuous form sheet, until the heater temperature decreases to be less than the threshold; and causes, in response to the heater temperature having decreased to be less than the threshold, the conveyor to convey the continuous form sheet at a second conveying speed slower than the first conveying speed until the seam of the continuous form sheet is wound up around a winding roller.
US11667132B2
A liquid discharge head includes: a substrate, where a recording element is disposed; and a discharge orifice forming member, where a discharge orifice, facing the recording element, and configured to discharge the liquid, is formed. The liquid discharge head has a pressure chamber, a first liquid channel configured to supply liquid to the pressure chamber, and a second liquid channel configured to recover liquid from the pressure chamber. The substrate has a liquid supply channel connected to the first liquid channel to supply liquid to the first liquid channel, and a liquid recovery channel connected to the second liquid channel, to recover liquid from the second liquid channel. Pressure at an inlet portion of the liquid supply channel is higher than pressure at an outlet portion of the liquid recovery channel, and a flow velocity of liquid within the pressure chamber is 3 to 140 mm/s.
US11667130B2
A fluid ejection and circulation apparatus may include a fluid ejection device, a filter to filter fluid supplied to the fluid ejection device and a pressure regulator. The pressure regulator may include a fluid chamber having a fluid port and a first port extending from the fluid chamber to the filter. The pressure regulator may further include a valve to open and close the fluid port and a compliant chamber within the fluid chamber. The compliant chamber is to undergo different inflation levels in response to fluid chamber pressure. The valve is to open and close the fluid port in response to changes in an inflation level of the compliant chamber. The fluid chamber comprises a second port cooperating with the first port to form a circulation path through the fluid chamber that is directed away from the filter.
US11667122B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first liquid ejecting head having a first wiping surface oriented in a first direction; a second liquid ejecting head disposed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the first liquid ejecting head and having a second wiping surface; and a wiping member. A third direction is orthogonal to the first and second directions; a fourth direction is vertical to the first direction and intersects the second and third directions. The first and second liquid ejecting heads are arranged with a gap between the first and second wiping surfaces. The gap includes a first gap extending in the fourth direction. The first wiping surface has a first region that protrudes toward the second liquid ejecting head beyond an imaginary line extending in the fourth direction so as to overlap the first gap.
US11667116B2
A print component includes an array of fluidic actuation structures including a first column of fluidic actuating structures addressable by a set of actuation addresses, each fluidic actuating structure having a different one of the actuation addresses and having a fluidic architecture type, and a second column of fluidic actuating structures addressable by the set of actuation addresses. Each fluidic actuating structure of the second column has a different one of the actuation addresses and has a same fluidic architecture type as the fluidic actuating structure of the first column having the same address. An address bus communicates the set of addresses to the array of fluidic actuating structures, and a fire signal line communicates a plurality of fire pulse signal types to the array of fluidic actuating structures, the fire pulse signal type depending on the actuation address on the address bus.
US11667112B2
A method of making a pre-stretched plastic packaging film comprising co-extruding a top layer, a bottom layer, and a core layer into a multilayer film intermediate product, wherein the top layer and bottom layer comprise at least about 95 wt % polyethylene resin, and the core layer comprises polyethylene resin and filler particles; stretching the multilayer film intermediate product to impart cavitation in the core layer in the area of the filler particles to form a pre-stretched polyethylene-based film; and rolling the pre-stretched polyethylene-based film onto a roller to form a roll of pre-stretched polyethylene-based film. A multilayer pre-stretched plastic packaging film comprising: a core layer sandwiched between a top layer and a bottom layer wherein the top layer and bottom layer comprise at least about 95 wt % polyethylene, and the core layer comprises filler particles having a particle size of 0.1 to 20 μm in a polyethylene-based matrix comprising at least about 95 wt % polyethylene.
US11667106B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes: preparing a cover window including a bent part on a side surface thereof, and a guide film including a surface on which a display panel and an adhesive layer are arranged; arranging the cover window and the guide film in a face-to-face manner such that the adhesive layer faces the cover window; seating the guide film onto a seating pad of a first jig; pre-forming the display panel by bringing opposite ends of the guide film into close contact with opposite side surfaces of the seating pad using a pair of push members; and joining the display panel with the cover window by bringing the adhesive layer into contact with the cover window.
US11667103B2
Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
US11667096B2
A machine for forming packing templates includes a infeed mechanism that can feed multiple feeds of sheet material into the machine without repositioning the infeed mechanism or forming creases or bends in the sheet material. The machine also includes a separation and cutting systems with one or more cutting tables and biased knives that cut the sheet material packaging templates. The machine also includes creasing roller(s) that forms creases in the sheet material. The machine also includes a system for reducing or eliminating the impact of irregularities in the sheet material.
US11667093B2
A method for manufacturing one-piece corrective eyewear. The method includes a first step wherein an item with essentially flat blank shape is formed by a 3D-printing process. The item encompasses two lens portions, a bridge portion, and two temple portions; or the two lens portions and the bridge portion. The method includes a second step wherein the item is deformed into a wearable shape. During the first step a frame portion surrounding the lens portions is formed as part of the blank shape.
US11667091B2
Methods for forming vascular components include providing a composite sacrificial body comprising a first sacrificial material having an outer surface and a second sacrificial material applied to at least a portion of the outer surface, molding a solid substrate around the composite sacrificial body, removing the first sacrificial material by deflagration such that at least a portion of the second sacrificial material remains in the same orientation relative to the substrate as originally molded, and subsequently removing the second sacrificial material by a non-deflagration process to form a vascular component. The second sacrificial material can include a phase change material, a syntactic foam including hollow beads bound together with a polymeric binder or a sintered aggregation of hollow beads, a polymeric foam, a water-soluble resin, or an aerogel. The non-deflagration process can include mechanical pulverization, contacting the second sacrificial material with a solvent or chemical etching agent.
US11667090B2
A method for thermoforming an article includes extruding a sheet of material, conditioning the sheet with a roller, thermoforming the sheet to provide a web, and cutting the web to provide the article.
US11667087B2
The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade and a method for its manufacture. A lower shell part and an upper shell part are provided, each shell part having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A first shear web and a second shear web for connecting an inner surface of the lower shell part with an inner surface of the upper shell part are provided. The first shear web and the second shear web are connected by a first distance member in a chordwise direction. The first distance member is arranged for accommodating a variable chordwise distance between said first shear web and said second shear web. The first shear web and the second shear web are placed in the lower shell part and the upper shell part is mounted.
US11667085B1
A method for applying a label to an electrical cable having an outermost sheath with convolutions defining alternating peaks and valleys, the method including attaching the label to the sheath. The label includes a label substrate, the label substrate includes an attaching side, the attaching side being attached through an adhesive; and the label attaches to the peaks and spans across the valleys and circumferentially wraps around the sheath.
US11667084B2
A manufacturing method of an acoustic coating in an ordered array of interconnected micro-channels intended to receive, on a reception surface, an incident acoustic wave with direction Ac normal to this surface, the method including depositing a sacrificial material on a substrate surface to form a three-dimensional scaffold of filaments, infiltrating at least one part of the three-dimensional scaffold with a thermosetting material, solidifying the thermosetting material to form a solidified material, and removing the sacrificial material from the solidified material to form the ordered array of interconnected micro-channels, the filaments forming by superimposed layers the three-dimensional scaffold being, for a given layer of filaments, oriented in a direction forming, in a plane formed by the layer, a first angle θ relative to the direction Ac of the incident acoustic wave, to confer acoustic properties to the ordered array of interconnected micro-channels and thus form the acoustic coating.
US11667083B2
A process of manufacturing a three-dimensional object includes a step of depositing and solidifying molten polyvinyl alcohol to form a support structure; and a step of depositing and solidifying a molten thermoplastic polymer on the support structure to form a three-dimensional preform. The support structure has a mixture of at least 50% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol and at most 50% by weight of at least one polymer of polyvinyl butyral, polylactid acid, ethylene-vinylalcohol-vinylacetate terpolymer, vinyl acetate-vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, polycaprolactone, vinyl acetate-vinyl caprolactame copolymer, and polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis DH of 30-65%. The support structure can be dissolved to form the three-dimensional object.
US11667075B2
In an apparatus for selective laser melting and/or laser sintering with a mounting base, that has at least one chamber, wherein the at least one chamber is a building chamber and/or a powder reservoir chamber for a powder, the saving of powder results in an increase in the possible uses of the apparatus, in that the apparatus further comprises at least one fitting element, wherein in operation, the at least one fitting element is located in the at least one building chamber, wherein in a first configuration the at least one fitting element is vertically movable relative to the main body and in a second configuration the at least one fitting element is fixedly connected to the mounting base.
US11667062B2
Solution casting a nanostructure. Preparing a template by ablating nanoholes in a substrate using single-femtosecond laser machining. Replicating the nanoholes by applying a solution of a polymer and a solvent into the template. After the solvent has substantially dissipated, removing the replica from the substrate.
US11667058B2
The disclosed embodiments describe a novel approach to the utilization of the fine mineral matter derived from coal and/or coal refuse (a by-product of coal refining) to convert a non-biodegradable plastic into a biodegradable plastic. The fine mineral matter could also be based on volcanic basalt, glacial rock dust deposits, iron potassium silicate and other sea shore mined deposits. The conversion of the non-biodegradable plastic into biodegradable plastic in soil further increases nutrients availability in soil with the transition metals released as a result of biodegradation of the biodegradable plastic.
US11667056B2
Apparatus for producing plastic material preforms, includes at least two preform manufacturing devices configured for producing the plastic material preforms from a plastic material, wherein the preform manufacturing devices each having preform transport devices. The apparatus includes a main transport device which is configured for transporting the plastic material preforms produced by the preform manufacturing devices and transported by the preform transport devices continuously along a predetermined main transport path, wherein the plastic material preforms are transferred to the main transport device by the production devices after their production.
US11667053B2
The invention relates to a material for use as support material for energy-pulse-induced transfer printing, which contains (a) at least one energy transformation component, (b) at least one volume expansion component and (c) at least one binder and which has a viscosity at 25° C. of from 0.2 Pas to 1000 Pas and a surface tension at 25° C. of from 20 to 150 mN/m. The invention furthermore relates to a process for producing three-dimensional objects using the support material.
US11667048B2
A pipe cutting device includes: a body; a pipe fixing part disposed adjacent to a hollow hole of the body and capable of fixing a pipe; a rotating plate coupled to the body so as to be rotatable about a center axis of the hollow hole and connected to a first driving part to be rotationally controlled; a cam coupled to the rotating plate so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft at a point spaced apart from the center axis; and a cutter part coupled to the rotating plate to rotate together with the rotating plate and to come into contact with the cam such that, according to rotation of the cam, a cutting tip moves forwards and backwards the center axis.
US11667043B2
An electromechanical system operates in part through physical interaction with an operator, and includes a multi-axis robot, a controller, and a counterbalance mechanism connected to the robot. The counterbalance mechanism includes a base structure connected to a set of linkages, a pneumatic cylinder, a spring-loaded cam assembly, and an optional constant force spring. The linkages form a four-bar parallelogram assembly connectable to a load. The cylinder and cam assembly, and optional constant force spring, each impart respective vertical forces to the parallelogram assembly. The forces combine to provide gravity compensation and self-centering functions or behaviors to the load, enabling the load to move with a vertical degree of freedom when manually acted upon by the operator, and to return the load to a nominal center position.
US11667034B2
Computerized system and method are provided. A robotic manipulator (12) is arranged to grasp objects (20). A gripper (16) is attached to robotic manipulator (12), which includes an imaging sensor (14). During motion of robotic manipulator (12), imaging sensor (14) is arranged to capture images providing different views of objects in the environment of the robotic manipulator. A processor (18) is configured to find, based on the different views, candidate grasp locations and trajectories to perform a grasp of a respective object in the environment of the robotic manipulator. Processor (18) is configured to calculate respective values indicative of grasp quality for the candidate grasp locations, and, based on the calculated respective values indicative of grasp quality for the candidate grasp locations, processor (18) is configured to select a grasp location likely to result in a successful grasp of the respective object.
US11667031B2
A teaching method includes imaging a teaching jig to acquire a captured image, detecting a position and a posture of the teaching jig based on the captured image, changing a position and a posture of a robot arm of a robot based on a result obtained by the detection to maintain a positional relation between the teaching jig and a control point of the robot arm, and acquiring the position and the posture of the robot arm as teaching information when a control device, which controls operation of the robot, acquires a teaching signal.
US11667025B2
A tool device comprises a first module and a second module that can be detached from the first module, the first module having a receptacle and the second module having an insertion part that can be inserted in the receptacle along an insertion axis. The insertion part can be rotated in the receptacle about the insertion axis between a locked position and an enabled position, the receptacle having a first projection and the insertion part having a second projection. In the locked position, the second projection engages behind the first projection in the direction of the insertion axis, and in the enabled position, the first projection enables the second projection to pass in the direction of the insertion axis, the receptacle preventing an activation of the tool device in an initial position and allowing activation of the tool device in a pressed-on position.
US11667023B2
A construction tool and method for use for administering a fastener and an associated cap to secure fabrics, paper, sheets, and/or panels to a substrate is provided. The tool can be a hybrid tool that utilizes a) energy stored in a spring, the energy harvested upon engagement of the tool with a surface, to move a cap and/or a fastener to an advancement station, and b) energy stored in a power source, such as a battery, to advance the fastener through the cap and apply the fastener/cap combination to a substrate. The hybrid tool can utilize both energy harvested from mechanical motion and energy stored in an onboard power source to function. A related method of using the tool is provided.
US11667015B2
A clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool includes two cramp bodies, each cramp body includes a pivot part, a holding section and a clamping section, the two pivot parts are pivoted with each other, and the holding sections and the clamping sections are disposed on two sides of the pivot parts, respectively. Each clamping section includes a clamping pin and a pushing pin protruded thereon. The two holding sections can be operated to pivotally swing the two clamping section relative to each other, and make the two clamping pins and the two pushing pins move close to and away from each other, so that the two clamping pins can clamp the two inner sides of the clamping fastener of the clipless bicycle pedal, and the two pushing pins push the two outer sides of the clamping fastener to form a force pivot.
US11667013B2
The present invention relates to a manual hydraulic multi-functional extra-high-voltage insulating gear gripper pliers stick for live-wire work and the pliers stick and, more specifically, to a manual hydraulic multi-functional extra-high-voltage insulating gear gripper pliers stick for live-wire work and an indirect live-wire construction method using the pliers stick, which: allow components or the like, which are installed on and removed from an electric pole in order to perform electric wire-stringing work or fix electric wires, to be remotely constructed by means of the indirect live-wire work while maintaining a safe distance from live wires when constructing power distribution equipment in an extra-high-voltage live-wire state; ensure safety by eliminating risks due to instability during work, said instability occurring due to the intensity of the labor and the physical limitations of the workers; and bring about improvements in utilization efficiency.
US11667011B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of making articles having portions of polycrystalline diamond bonded to a surface of a substrate and polycrystalline diamond compacts made using the same. In an embodiment, a molding technique is disclosed for forming cutting tools comprising polycrystalline diamond portions bonded to the outer surface of a substrate.
US11667000B2
A cutting machine having a work surface, configured to accommodate at least one object to be cut, a working group, which is movable above the work surface including a receptacle device for accommodating a replaceable cutting tool, and a processing unit for controlling the cutting machine and storage capacity for providing a database, characterized by a first sensor unit, which is designed to detect individual items of identification information of the cutting tool and to provide detected items of identification information to the processing unit, wherein the processing unit is designed to recognize the cutting tool based on the items of identification information, to detect operating data of the cutting tool and store these data in the database, wherein the operating data comprise at least one operating time of the cutting tool, and to carry out operational monitoring of the cutting tool based on the operating data.
US11666999B2
Thermal displacement correction method and thermal displacement correction apparatus of machine tool
A thermal displacement correction method is provided, including a first step of setting an initial tool temperature, a second step of estimating a temperature of a tool or a position measurement sensor based on the initial tool temperature and a temperature of a spindle, a third step of estimating an amount of thermal displacement of the tool or the position measurement sensor with a preliminarily set tool thermal displacement estimation formula based on the estimated temperature, and a fourth step of moving a feed shaft of the machine tool based on the estimated amount of thermal displacement to perform a correction. In the second step, the temperature of the spindle is measured, then a tool-mounted portion temperature of the spindle is estimated from the measured temperature.
US11666998B2
Systems and methods are provided for gripping of a workpiece with a layer jamming structure having rigid datum structures. A system includes a layer jamming structure configurable in an inactivated conformable state, with a membrane defining an internal cavity containing a number of overlapping material layers. The rigid structures engage the layer jamming structure. A pressure system includes a pump coupled with the internal cavity to change a pressure therein to transform the layer jamming structure from the inactivated conformable state to an activated rigid state disposed around the workpiece. The rigid structures help conform the layer jamming structure to the workpiece during transformation to the activated rigid state and to present datum fixturing surfaces in the activated rigid state.
US11666994B2
A heat exchanger header includes a primary fluid duct extending between a fluid port and a first branched region, a plurality of secondary fluid ducts fluidly connected to the primary fluid duct at the first branched region, wherein an overhang region is formed laterally between adjacent ones of the plurality of secondary fluid ducts, and wherein each of the plurality of secondary fluid ducts extends between the first branched region and a second branched region, a plurality of tertiary fluid ducts fluidly connected to each of the plurality of secondary fluid ducts at the second branched regions, a primary horn integrally formed with and extending from the overhang region, an at least one secondary horn integrally formed with and extending from one of the plurality of tertiary fluid ducts, and a sacrificial support structure extending between the primary horn and the at least one secondary horn.
US11666983B2
To accurately make a dressing quality determination based on resistance waveforms, a dressing quality determination method determines the quality of dressing performed for electrodes when resistance welding is performed at a plurality of welding points. This method includes accumulating a known resistance waveform immediately after dressing the electrodes, and a known resistance waveform immediately before dressing the electrodes; creating, by a statistical method, a model for setting a threshold value for dressing quality determination, based on a plurality of known resistance waveforms immediately after dressing and a plurality of known resistance waveforms immediately before dressing; acquiring an unknown resistance waveform immediately after dressing the electrodes; and determining whether dressing is normal or dressing is abnormal by comparing the unknown resistance waveform immediately after dressing with the threshold value for dressing quality determination.
US11666982B2
A method for providing a referenced distance signal which corresponds to the distance between a contact tip of a welding torch and a workpiece to be machined, includes adjusting an operating point on a predetermined welding characteristic, which is defined at least by a wire feed rate, a welding voltage and/or a welding current, and a CTWD distance between the contact tip and the workpiece; determining a target parameter value of at least one parameter dependent on the CTWD distance for the operating point; determining an actual parameter value of the at least one parameter by measuring at least one of the present wire feed rate, welding voltage and/or welding current; modifying the determined actual parameter value as a function of a calculated difference between the target parameter value and a predetermined reference value; and outputting the referenced distance signal corresponding to the modified actual parameter value to a position control system of a robot arm.
US11666976B2
Provided is a coated cutting tool, which includes a hard coating film containing a layer (b) formed of a nitride or a carbonitride, a layer (c) which is a layered coating film formed by alternately layering a nitride or carbonitride layer (c1) that contains 55 atom % or more and 75 atom % or less of Al, Cr having a second highest content percentage, and at least Si and a nitride or carbonitride layer (c2) that contains 55 atom % or more and 75 atom % or less of Al and Ti having a second highest content percentage, each layer having a film thickness of 50 nm or less, and a layer (d) that is a nitride or carbonitride that contains, with respect to a total amount of metal elements (including metalloid elements), 55 atom % or more and 75 atom % or less of Al, Cr having a second highest content percentage.
US11666975B2
A three-dimensional (3D) printer includes an ejector having a nozzle. The 3D printer also includes a heating element configured to heat a solid metal in the ejector, thereby causing the solid metal to change to a liquid metal within the ejector. The 3D printer also includes a coil wrapped at least partially around the ejector. The 3D printer also includes a power source configured to supply one or more pulses of power to the coil, which cause one or more drops of the liquid metal to be jetted out of the nozzle. The 3D printer also includes a substrate configured to support the one or more drops as the one or more drops solidify to form a 3D object. The 3D printer also includes a gas source configured to cause an oxygen concentration to be less than about 5% proximate to the one or more drops, the 3D object, or both.
US11666973B2
A complex concentrated alloy (CCA) and/or high entropy alloy (HEA) additive manufacturing nozzle can include a nozzle body defining at least four powder channels. Each powder channel can be configured to be connected to a powder supply of a plurality of powder supplies to receive a powder from the powder supply for ejecting the powder toward a build area to form an additively manufactured article having a CCA and/or an HEA.
US11666963B1
A instrument string stretching assembly for stretching instrument strings during the manufacturing process includes a curved panel that has a plurality of channels each extending through the curved panel. A plurality of instrument strings can be inserted into a respective one of the channels having each of the instrument strings extending outwardly through the respective channel. A stretching unit is aligned with each of the plurality of channels in the curved panel and the stretching unit is actuatable into a lifting condition or a lowering condition. A clamping unit is attached to the stretching unit to grip each of the plurality of instrument strings. The stretching unit lifts the clamping unit upwardly thereby stretching the instrument strings along the plurality of channels in the curved panel.
US11666957B2
An apparatus for controlling a strip tension during flexible rolling of metal strip comprises a roll arrangement with at least one dancer roll, the position of said dancer roll being adjustable for controlling the strip tension of the metal strip, at least one hydraulic drive coupled to the dancer roll for adjusting the dancer roll, a hydraulic tank for hydraulic fluid, which is fluidly connected to the hydraulic drive via a hydraulic supply line, a controllable valve arrangement between the hydraulic tank and the hydraulic drive for controlling the hydraulic drive, a hydraulic pump with which the hydraulic drive is supplied with hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic tank, and at least one hydraulic pressure accumulator for temporarily storing hydraulic fluid previously delivered by the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic pressure accumulator being arranged between the hydraulic pump and the valve arrangement, wherein a pressure sensor is arranged in the hydraulic drive for determining the hydraulic pressure.
US11666950B2
A method of forming a process film includes the following operations. A substrate is transferred into a process chamber having an interior surface. A process film is formed over the substrate, and the process film is also formed on the interior surface of the process chamber. The substrate is transferred out of the process chamber. A non-process film is formed on the interior surface of the process chamber. In some embodiments, porosity of the process film is greater than a porosity of the non-process film.
US11666938B2
Disclosed is a liquid patterning device and liquid patterning method. The liquid patterning device includes: a substrate having a flat bottom and a surface; at least one microstructure formed to vertically protrude from the surface of the substrate and including a plurality of unit microposts so as to have a desired shape; and a liquid mover for moving a liquid to be patterned on the surface of the substrate in another direction from one direction of the microstructure.
US11666933B2
In various embodiments, a zero-turn radius robotic base may comprise a substantially rectangular (e.g., rectangular) base portion that comprises a plurality of wheels. In various embodiments, the plurality of wheels are configured to support the robotic base adjacent a support surface (e.g., the ground, a suitable flooring surface within a building, etc.). In some embodiments, the robotic base comprises a first and second driving wheel and a plurality of stability wheels. In some embodiments, an axis of rotation of the first and the second driving wheel are collinear. In various embodiments, the plurality of stability wheels are spaces apart from the axis of rotation of the first and second driving wheels to provide stability to the robotic base.
US11666912B2
Methods of sorting T lymphocytes in a microfluidic device are provided. The methods can include flowing a fluid sample comprising T lymphocytes through a region of a microfluidic device that contains an array of posts. The array of posts can be configured to have a critical size (Dc) that separates activated T lymphocytes from naïve T lymphocytes. Also provided are microfluidic devices having an array of posts configured to separate activated T lymphocytes from naïve T lymphocytes, compositions enriched for T lymphocytes, particularly activated T lymphocytes that are known to be reactive to an antigen of interest, and methods of treating subjects suffering from a pathogenic disorder or cancer by administering such compositions.
US11666905B2
Disclosed is a triboelectric nanogenerator-based biochemical droplet reaction device, which includes a reaction generating part and a power generation part. The power generation part includes a triboelectric component and a rectifier circuit. The triboelectric component includes a drive electrode, a substrate, a first friction electrode, a first friction material, a second friction material, and a second friction electrode arranged in sequence from top to bottom. A gap exists between the first friction material and the second friction material. The first friction electrode is connected to the first friction material. The second friction electrode is connected to the second friction material. The drive electrode, the first friction electrode, and the second friction electrode are all connected to the rectifier circuit. Also disclosed is a reaction method.
US11666904B2
A fluid handling system includes a fluid handling device including an opening for introducing a fluid or discharging the fluid; a tube including a flange, where one end of the tube is for connection to the opening, and the other end of the tube is for connection to an introduction device for supplying the fluid or to a discharge device for discharging the fluid; a support member including a first through hole into which the tube is inserted, and movably supporting the tube; and a first elastic member including a second through hole into which the tube is inserted, and holding a part of the tube while the first elastic member is in contact with the flange and the fluid handling device or the support member.
US11666903B2
This patent application describes an integrated apparatus for processing polynucleotide-containing samples, and for providing a diagnostic result thereon. The apparatus is configured to receive a microfluidic cartridge that contains reagents and a network for processing a sample. Also described are methods of using the apparatus.
US11666900B2
Disclosed is a liquid discharging nozzle, including a needle stem having a hollow chamber and an outlet end located at one end of the needle stem, an angle between a normal line of an end surface of the outlet end of the liquid discharging nozzle and an extension direction of the needle stem is equal to or smaller than 90°. Further disclosed are a motion controlling mechanism, a microdroplet generating device and method, a liquid driving mechanism and method, a microdroplet generating method, and a surface processing method of a liquid discharging nozzle.
US11666899B2
A safety cabinet includes an operation stage on which an operation is performed, an operation space in which an operator performs the operation, a front panel disposed in front of the operation space, an operation opening connected to the operation space, exhausting means that suctions air from the operation opening and exhausts air in the operation space outside the safety cabinet through air purifying means, and visualizing means that visualizes an air flow in the operation space.
US11666895B2
The invention includes an additive for maximizing production of olefins. The additive comprises a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, at least one inorganic oxide, and phosphorus oxide. The ZSM-5 molecular sieve has iron in the framework, and the additive comprises at least 0.5 weight percent iron, as measured as iron oxide, in the molecular sieve framework. The additive is useful for maximizing production of olefins in a FCC process.
US11666894B2
Provided are a structured catalyst for CO shift or reverse shift that can realize a long life time by suppressing the decline in function, a method for producing the same, a CO shift or reverse shift reactor, a method for producing carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and a method for producing carbon monoxide and water. The structured catalyst for CO shift or reverse shift (1) includes a support (10) of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound, and at least one CO shift or reverse shift catalytic substance (20) present in the support (10), the support (10) has channels (11) connecting with each other, and the CO shift or reverse shift catalytic substance (20) is present at least in the channels (11) of the support (10).
US11666872B2
The present invention relates to containers for holding liquid samples. The containers may be useful for mixing a liquid sample or lysing cells in a liquid sample. The invention also relates to methods of using the containers of the invention.
US11666870B2
An apparatus for mixing a liquid and a substance, including a housing with a liquid inlet and a substance inlet to a mixing chamber, an outlet for a mixture of liquid and substance, and a flow restrictor arranged in the housing, between the liquid inlet and the mixing chamber. The flow restrictor is controllable to switch between a first position providing a first through flow area configured to create a Venturi effect such that a flow of the liquid draws the substance into the mixing chamber, and a second position providing a second through flow area that is larger than the first through flow area to thereby decrease a pressure drop caused by the flow restrictor.
US11666861B2
A system and method of pre-purification of a feed gas stream is provided that is particularly suitable for pre-purification of a feed air stream in cryogenic air separation unit. The disclosed pre-purification systems and methods are configured to remove substantially all of the hydrogen, carbon monoxide, water, and carbon dioxide impurities from a feed air stream and is particularly suitable for use in a high purity or ultra-high purity nitrogen plant. The pre-purification systems and methods preferably employ two or more separate layers of hopcalite catalyst with the successive layers of the hopcalite separated by a zeolite adsorbent layer that removes water and carbon dioxide produced in the hopcalite layers.
US11666859B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a new frameless catalytic thermal oxidation device capable of treating concentrations of harmful materials including NOx at a low temperature. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a frameless catalytic thermal oxidation device capable of minimizing the occurrence of THC and minimizing a risk of accidents and environmental pollution which may occur in maintenance operations. According to the objects, the present invention provides a cartridge-type thermal oxidation device capable of being separated for maintenance, wherein a cartridge internal structure is configured so that the time while the material to be treated stays in a zone with the catalyst is increased, and a member capable of dropping and collecting powder generated by thermal oxidation reaction is configured.
US11666854B2
Provided is a scrubber system in which by improving a structure of an existing scrubber inlet preventer, a diameter of the lower end of a second cleaning liquid buffer forming the lower end of the inlet preventer is extended, a separate nozzle is installed in a lower pipe part to prevent generated powder from blocking the lower end of the inlet preventer, a path of a material to be treated first descends along the inlet preventer and then first ascends along a first chamber and a second chamber, second descends to a third chamber again, wherein the an automatic pressure control system including a venturi is installed on the upper end of the third chamber to prevent a backflow of the material to be treated, and then is guided to a fourth chamber with a polypropylene absorber to second descend in the fourth chamber and discharged to an outlet.
US11666848B2
The present invention provides an air purifier. The air purifier according to one preferred embodiment, of the present invention may comprise: a housing; a blowing unit installed in the housing so as to draw in external air; and a filter unit having filtering surfaces, through which the air passes and which are disposed in multiple directions, and an air inflow space, which has at least a part thereof surrounded by the filtering surfaces disposed in the multiple directions and into which the air discharged from, the blowing unit flows.
US11666847B2
A pneumatic conveyance system includes at least one filtration component and a cage assembly disposed within the filtration component. The cage assembly may include a first cage, a second cage, and an actuator, where the actuator may be configured to move the first cage relative to the second cage and cause at least a portion of the first cage to rub against a filtration component within the pneumatic conveyance system. A method of dislodging material buildup within a pneumatic conveyance system includes causing a first cage of a cage assembly to move relative to a second cage within a filtration component.
US11666823B1
Conversion components may receive game video rendered in high-dynamic-range (HDR) and standard-dynamic-range (SDR) camera video of a game player. The conversion components may provide local video output to a local display and remote video output for network transmission to remote viewers. The SDR camera video may be converted to HDR and provided with HDR game video in the local video output. For HDR network transmission, the HDR game video and converted HDR camera video may be included in the remote video output. For SDR network transmission, the HDR game video may be converted to SDR and provided with the SDR camera video in the remote video output. The game video, camera video and other video feeds may have respective portals in the local and remote video outputs. The local and remote video outputs may have respective visual portal arrangements that may be at least partially different from one another.
US11666816B1
An exercise machine accessory system for facilitating exerciser rehydration during a workout and antibacterial machine wipe down. The exercise machine accessory system generally includes an exercise machine having a first end and a second end, first and second stationary exercise platforms, a movable carriage movably positioned upon a rail, a biasing member connected to the movable carriage, first and second handle assemblies connected to the frame of the exercise machine, a first bottle holder, a first antibacterial wipes dispenser and/or a first disposal receptacle connected to the first right handle assembly or the first left handle assembly.
US11666815B2
A climbing element has a through-opening running from a visible side to a rear side. A reinforcing element is arranged on or in the through-opening and has a passage opening arranged concentrically with the through-opening, wherein one end of the reinforcing element forms a screw head counterhold. Either the reinforcing element is composed of a counter-holding element having the screw head counterhold and a tubular rivet protruding from the rear side into the through-opening, or the reinforcing element is a single element, the underside of which is pressed into the plastic of the climbing element on the visible side of the climbing element, with an upper side of the reinforcing element being at least partially covered by the plastic.
US11666810B2
Disclosed is a putter including an interchangeable sleeve mechanism capable of easily replacing and mounting a shaft, the putter comprising a main body part, a downward extension part, a blade formation part having a plate-shaped structure which extends to a predetermined length rearward from a lower end of the downward extension part and has an area having a predetermined size, a plurality of weight mounting grooves disposed to be spaced a certain interval from each other in an upper surface or a side surface of the blade formation part and configured to bind weights in a detachable structure, and a sleeve mechanism mounted in a structure detachably attached to the binding groove of the main body part, having a block structure extending to a predetermined height upward, and formed with a shaft binding fastening hole recessed to a predetermined depth in an upper end surface.
US11666809B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a top rail and an inflection point. The inflection point provides increase bending of the strikeface thereby providing performance enhancement over clubs without an inflection point.
US11666806B2
Golf club heads are provided for selectively increasing or optimizing the coefficient of restitution (COR) at likely impact locations on the striking face of the golf club heads, while simultaneously maintaining characteristic time (CT) below a threshold value in those likely impact locations. By analyzing historical impact locations of a large cross-section of golfers, golf club head COR values can be increased or optimized in preferential locations on the striking face, such as using weighting factors for a predefined set of locations on the striking face. Therefore, instead of increasing COR uniformly across the face and/or increasing COR at impact locations on the face where golfers are unlikely to strike the golf ball, the sweet spot of the golf club head can be increased at the impact locations where golfers typically strike the golf ball.
US11666804B2
The present invention relates to a golf club with an adjustable shaft angle and a method of adjusting the same. More specifically, the invention provides a golf club head, a rotating mechanism and a shaft. The rotating mechanism comprises a sphere easily rotatable within predetermined limits so that the angle of the shaft may be adjusted to desired values which fall under the restrictions of golfing ruling authorities. A method is also provided so as to adjust the angle of the above-mentioned shaft.
US11666785B2
There is provided a method of controlling a powered air purifying respirator blower system to deliver a substantially uniform volumetric airflow to a user, the system comprising a fan powered by a battery in communication with a variable speed electric motor, the variable speed electric motor is controlled by an electronic control unit for delivering a forced flow of air through at least one filter to a user, comprising the steps of: (a) determining an estimated system run time by summing a battery run time remaining and a system run time; and (b) altering a speed of the variable speed electric motor when the estimated system run time is equal to or less than a desired system run time.
US11666783B2
A more accurate radiotherapy is implemented by using a vessel marker for radiotherapy having a deformation fixed shape for engaging with the inner wall of a vessel by deformation after being inserted into the vessel, and a position notification shape for notifying an outside of a radiation irradiation position. Also provided are a radiotherapy support method for supporting radiotherapy to be performed by using the vessel marker, a radiation irradiation control apparatus that irradiates, with radiation, a patient in which the vessel marker is indwelled, and a vessel marker indwelling support apparatus to be used when indwelling the vessel marker.
US11666780B2
Methods, systems, and compositions for maintaining functioning drainage blebs to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) of an eye being treated for glaucoma. The methods, systems, and compositions feature the combination of a minimally invasive micro sclerostomy (MIMS) procedure and the application of beta radiation to a target area. The beta radiation can function to inhibit or reduce the inflammation and/or fibrogenesis that typically occurs after a MIMS procedure and leads to hole and/or bleb failure. By reducing inflammation and/or fibrogenesis, the MIMS holes and/or blebs can remain functioning appropriately.
US11666779B2
A shielding apparatus is provided. The shielding apparatus includes: at least one shielding shell segment, the at least one shielding shell segment constituting a shielding chamber, the shielding chamber being arranged on a periphery of a radiation device and shielding radiation generated by the radiation device. The shielding chamber is arranged on the periphery of the radiation device, and the shielding chamber at least partially shields scattering radiation generated by the radiation device, which can thus reduce the requirements of the radiation device for radiation shielding of a dedicated machine room or get rid of the dependence of the radiotherapy device on a dedicated machine room.
US11666774B2
The invention relates to a modular pulse source consisting of a main module and at least one additional module which are connected in series to each other in the sense of two-terminal circuits. The modules each comprise an energy storage device. The energy storage device of the main module is initially charged by a charging circuit. A stimulation coil is connected at the two ends of the series connection and as a result of a voltage pulse delivered by the chain of modules generates a magnetic field which in turn causes an induced electrical pulse or a respective electric field.
US11666773B2
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (“WCD”) system includes a support structure that can be worn by a patient, and a defibrillator coupled to the support structure. An ECG input, rendered from an ECG of the patient, may meet a primary shock criterion. One or more sensor modules are further provided, which are worn by the patient at different times. The sensor modules may monitor different physiological parameters of the patient, and transmit signals about them. The WCD system further has a multi-sensor interface to receive the transmitted signals, and a processor to determine from them whether a secondary shock criterion is met. If both the primary and the secondary shock criteria are met, the decision is to shock. The signals increase specificity of the detection, while the patient can wear different modules depending on context.
US11666769B2
A wearable medical monitoring (WMM) system may be worn for a long time. Some embodiments of WMM systems are wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) systems. In such systems, ECG electrodes sense an ECG signal of the patient, and store it over the long-term. The stored ECG signal can be analyzed for helping long-term heart rate monitoring of the patient. The heart rate monitoring can be assisted a) by special filtering techniques that remove short-term variations inherent in patients' short-term heart rate determinations, and b) by indication techniques that indicate when conditions hampered sensing of the ECG signal too much for a reliable heart rate determination.
US11666763B2
An implantable medical device system is configured to detect a tachyarrhythmia from a cardiac electrical signal and start an ATP therapy delay period. The implantable medical device determines whether the cardiac electrical signal received during the ATP therapy delay period satisfies ATP delivery criteria. A therapy delivery module is controlled to cancel the delayed ATP therapy if the ATP delivery criteria are not met and deliver the delayed ATP therapy if the ATP delivery criteria are met.
US11666760B2
A method includes applying, by an implantable medical device (IMD), stimulation to a cranial nerve of a patient responsive to a determination that a level of synchrony between neural activity of one or more regions of an autonomic nervous system of the patient and one or more regions of a central nervous system of the patient falls below a first threshold and discontinuing the application of stimulation by the IMD when the level of synchrony exceeds a second threshold.
US11666753B2
A device for the active fixation of an implantable medical lead includes a housing, a tine assembly, an electrode, and a rotatable shaft. The housing includes a proximal end for connecting to the lead and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The housing defines a housing lumen extending between the proximal end and a recess adjacent to the distal end. The tine assembly is disposed within the housing lumen and includes at least one tine configured to self-bias from a linear configuration within the housing to a curved configuration outside of the housing. The electrode assembly is disposed at the distal end of the housing and includes a plurality of electrodes. The rotatable shaft extends through the housing lumen and is configured to engage the tine assembly such that rotation of the shaft transitions the at least one tine between the linear configuration and the curved configuration.
US11666752B2
Implantable leadless pacing devices and medical device systems including an implantable leadless pacing device are disclosed. An example implantable leadless pacing device may include a pacing capsule. The pacing capsule may include a housing. The housing may have a proximal region and a distal region. A first electrode may be disposed along the distal region. One or more anchoring members may be coupled to the distal region. The anchoring members may each include a region with a compound curve.
US11666751B2
In an example, the disclosure describes a system with a lead having a proximal end and a distal end and an elongated lead body. The lead has one or more electrodes. A fixation member is located on the elongated lead body and is configured to secure the lead to tissue within a patient. The fixation member is located on the lead so the fixation member is closer to the proximal end than the one or more electrodes of the lead. A trialing adaptor receives the proximal end of the lead and is removable when a trialing period is completed. A sheath encloses at least a portion of the lead and covers the fixation member. The sheath is configured to remain in place over the lead during the trialing period.
US11666735B2
An introducer needle may include a proximal end, a distal tip, and a needle lumen extending therebetween. The introducer needle may include a wall defining the needle lumen, a first notch formed through the wall, and a second notch formed through the wall. A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter, a flash chamber coupled to the introducer needle, and the introducer needle, which may extend through the catheter. The first and second notches and the flash chamber may facilitate pressure-driven blood flow into the catheter for improved flashback and detection of transfixation when the catheter is primed prior to insertion into vasculature of a patient or otherwise.
US11666728B2
A system to provide circadian-friendly lighting for nighttime hospital care comprising a lighting module and a transmitter tag that interface wirelessly wherein the lighting module comprises red-shifted light spectra, which is proven to be less disruptive to melatonin production than current blue-shifted hospital lighting; wherein the light output of the devices is modulated by the proximity of a tag to the device, with light intensity increasing with closer proximity between these two components and decreasing with increased distance, thereby providing hands-free lighting to caregivers in the specific locations where they need light to perform care tasks.
US11666722B2
This disclosure relates to a nasal cannula without nostril prongs. The nasal cannula may be used together with an oxygen delivery system, such as a portable oxygen concentrator, or another type of breathing device such as a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. In an example, a nasal cannula includes a tube configured to connect to an oxygen supply, and further includes a fitting configured to connect to the tube. The fitting includes at least one discharge port and does not include nostril prongs.
US11666716B2
A system for automated adjustment of a pressure set by a ventilation device, in particular a positive and-expiratory pressure and/or a maximum airway pressure, the system comprising a pressure detection arrangement for detecting a transpulmonary pressure at the end of an expiration phase and/or for detecting a transpulmonary pressure at the end of an inspiration phase, and a device for automated adjustment of the pressure set by the ventilation device on the basis of the transpulmonary pressure detected at the end of the expiration phase and/or the transpulmonary pressure detected at the end of the inspiration phase.
US11666713B2
A mist inhaler device (200) for generating a mist including a therapeutic for inhalation by a user. The device includes a mist generator device (201) and a driver device (202). The driver device (202) is configured to drive the mist generator device (201) at an optimum frequency to maximise the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator device (201).
US11666709B2
A drive mechanism for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a dose selector, a housing, and a ratchet with a gear element comprising a plurality of gear teeth connected with the dose selector and a pawl element rotationally constrained to the housing comprising at least one pawl tooth. The at least one pawl tooth engages with the gear teeth and is located opposite to the gear teeth. One of the gear element and the pawl element moves forth and back relative to the other element of the gear and pawl elements along a first direction for de-engagement and re-engagement of the opposite gear teeth and at least one pawl tooth when the gear element rotates relative to the housing during dose setting using the dose selector. The pawl element and/or gear element comprises a noise reduction characteristic at a surface which dampens the noise produced.
US11666707B2
A disposable syringe set includes a syringe barrel in which a medicinal fluid inlet is formed and a plunger is fitted and coupled to an opening at the other side; a first screw-coupling portion formed on an outer circumference of the medicinal fluid inlet; a syringe needle hub in which a syringe needle is coupled to one end and an inner side at the other end is fitted and coupled to the outer circumference of the medicinal fluid inlet; and a second screw-coupling portion formed on an inner circumference of the syringe needle hub and configured to be coupled to the first screw-coupling portion. The first screw-coupling portion is formed as a female-thread-type coupling portion whose diameter is smaller than a reference diameter of the medicinal fluid inlet. The second screw-coupling portion is formed as a male-thread-type coupling portion configured to be coupled to the female-thread-type coupling portion.
US11666703B2
A biosensor includes an optical circuit that obtains a plurality of photoplethysmography (PPG) signals from light at different wavelengths that is reflected from or transmitted through tissue of a user. A processing circuit determines a measurement value for a nitric oxide (NO) level in blood flow using first and second PPG signals and determines an insulin response from caloric intake using the measurement value for the NO level in blood flow. The first PPG signal is obtained from light at a wavelength having a high absorption coefficient for NO in blood flow and the second PPG signal is obtained from light at a second wavelength having a low absorption coefficient for NO in blood flow. The processing circuit also determines one or more phases of digestion using at least one or more of the plurality of PPG signals.
US11666699B1
A piercing conduit to deliver medications to a user in a painless method including a placement phase, an inserting phase and an injection phase which are performed by the piercing conduit. The placement phase includes a penetrating bottom distal end of the piercing conduit which is inserted through a user's skin of the abdomen portion to place a middle aperture in the inside of the user's skin and then leave exposed the penetrating bottom distal end and a top distal end. The inserting phase passes through a sealing cap from the top distal end which has an aperture in which a needle is inserted along a conduit portion and then reaches the middle aperture that is placed inside of the user's skin. The injection phase delivers the medication with the syringe by the needle allowing to apply medication in a painless method. The piercing conduit is configured to be applied to users with constant medication such as diabetes or dialysis.
US11666698B2
A fluid delivery device comprises a fluid reservoir for containing medicament. The fluid reservoir is sealed proximate one end with a sliding seal piston. A delivery path is configured to fluidly couple the fluid reservoir and a patient wearing the fluid delivery device. A basal engine mechanism is configured to directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir at a controlled basal rate. A bolus mechanism configured to move the basal engine relative to the fluid reservoir and directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir a discrete bolus amount at a time.
US11666696B2
The present disclosure provides tubes of the draining of liquid from enterostomies. In accordance with aspects and embodiments, an enterostomy tube is provided for draining liquid stool from the gastrointestinal tract, the enterostomy tube having a flared, internal end with scalloped edges and openings around the circumference to enhance collection and an ovular balloon to better fit within the intestinal tract.
US11666692B2
A portable ultrafiltration device having a suction bellows connected to a tube, passing through a solenoid valve, to a first dialysate connector of a hemofilter incorporated into a blood circuit having arterial lines, extending from a vascular access and passing through a peristaltic pump, and venous lines passing through an electronic safety block to the vascular access, and a second dialysate connector connected to an ultrafiltration pressure sensor. The elements of the portable ultrafiltration device are connected and controlled by an intelligent central unit powered by a rechargeable battery. Liquid collects in the space surrounding the fibres and in the suction bellows until the space is completely full.
