US11714271B2
A multi-depth confocal imaging system includes at least one light source configured to provide excitation beams and an objective lens. The excitation beams are focused into a sample at a first plurality of focus depths along an excitation direction through the objective lens. An image sensor receives emissions from the sample via the objective lens, wherein the emissions define foci relative to the image sensor at a second plurality of focus depths.
US11714267B2
An optical imaging lens module is provided. The optical imaging lens module may include a lens barrel and an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may include a plurality of lens elements engaged with the lens barrel in an order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. A first lens element is the lens element closest to the object side in the plurality of lens elements. The first lens element may include an optical effective portion and an optical ineffective portion surrounding the optical effective portion. The optical effective portion may include an object-side surface facing toward the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. A border around the object-side surface may have an extension surface extending from the object side toward the image side.
US11714265B2
Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes: a lens barrel disposed in a housing to receive a lens assembly; an elastic member in at least one of the housing and the lens barrel; a driving unit moving the lens barrel relative to the housing; and a sensor unit fixed to the housing.
US11714263B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5
US11714261B2
A wide-angle lens assembly includes a first lens group with negative refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power, a third lens group with positive refractive power, a fourth lens group with positive refractive power and a fifth lens group with positive refractive power. The first lens group includes a first lens, the second lens group includes a second lens, and the third lens group includes a third lens. The wide-angle lens assembly satisfies: 0.5<|fLG4/fLG5|<1.8, where fLG4 is an effective focal length of the fourth lens group, and fLG5 is an effective focal length of the fifth lens group.
US11714255B2
A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.
US11714251B2
An imaging lens assembly includes a plastic barrel and a lens element set. The lens element set is disposed in the plastic barrel and has an optical axis. The lens element set includes an object-side lens element and an image-side lens element. The object-side lens element has an outer diameter surface and an optical effective portion, and includes a conical-aligning surface located on an image-side surface of the object-side lens element and for coaxially aligning and connecting the image-side lens element.
US11714245B2
Disclosed is an optical cable for distributed sensing. The optical cable comprises a first metal tube with at least two optical fibers loosely arranged therein and a second metal tube with at least two tight buffered optical fibers tightly arranged within an inner surface of the second metal tube. A third metal tube having an inner surface collectively surrounds and operatively contacts the first metal tube and said second metal tube. At least one of the first metal tube and the second metal tube is fixed by means of an adhesive compound to the inner surface of the third metal tube.
US11714244B2
Disclosed are an optical assembly and a manufacturing method therefor. The optical assembly comprises a laser component (2) and a crystal (1). The crystal (1) is disposed on the laser component (2). The laser component (2) is used to produce a laser beam. The crystal (1) is used to split the laser beam incident onto the crystal (1) so as to generate a first beam (15) and a second beam (16). The first beam (15) is used for front light emission and the second beam (16) is used for backlight monitoring. The optical assembly can split a laser beam to achieve the backlight monitoring function without adding a splitter film. It has good stability in light splitting and reduces the risk of failure in an optical device.
US11714239B2
An optical device for coupling light propagating between a waveguide and an optical transmission component is provided. The optical device includes a taper portion and a grating portion. The taper portion is disposed between the grating portion and the waveguide. The grating portion includes rows of grating patterns. A first size of a first grating pattern in a first row of grating patterns is larger than a second size of a second grating pattern in a second row of grating patterns. A first distance between the first row of grating patterns and the waveguide is less than a second distance between the second row of grating patterns and the waveguide.
US11714234B2
An optical waveguide device includes a pair of waveguides. One of the waveguides includes a first core formed in a conversion region and a third core formed in an exit region. The other of waveguides includes a second core formed in the conversion region and a fourth core formed in the exit region. Cross-sectional areas of the first and second cores are different from each other at an input end. Distributions of a refractive index of the first and second cores are respectively asymmetric in a perpendicular direction. A quantitative relation provided at the input end between an effective refractive index of an odd mode of TE0 and an effective refractive index of an even mode of TM0 is opposite to the quantitative relation provided at the output end. Cross-sectional areas of the third and fourth cores are different from each other at an output end.
US11714227B2
The present disclosure provides a universal optical fiber (100). The universal optical fiber (100) includes a core (102) extended from a central longitudinal axis (110) to a first radius r1. In addition, the universal optical fiber (100) includes a buffer clad (104) region extending from the first radius r1 to a second radius r2. Further, the universal optical fiber (100) includes a trench region (106) extending from the second radius r2 to a third radius r3. Furthermore, the universal optical fiber (100) includes a cladding (108) extending from the third radius to a fourth radius r4. Moreover, the core (102), the buffer clad region (104), the trench region (106) and the cladding (108) are concentrically arranged.
US11714226B2
An optical fiber has a structure uniform in a longitudinal direction. This optical fiber includes a core and a cladding that surrounds the core in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A refractive index of the cladding is lower than a refractive index of the core. The cladding has, in the cross-section, an inner cladding layer including an inner circumferential surface of the cladding, and an outer cladding layer including an outer circumferential surface of the cladding. The inner cladding layer contains fluorine. The inner and outer cladding layers have refractive indexes different from each other. The outer cladding layer includes a local maximum portion where a residual stress, which is a tensile stress, becomes local maximum. A radial distance between the local maximum portion and an inner circumferential surface of the outer cladding layer is 10 μm or less.
US11714223B2
A transparent substrate has two parallel faces and guides collimated image light by internal reflection. A first set of internal surfaces is deployed within the substrate oblique to the parallel faces. A second set of internal surfaces is deployed within the substrate parallel to, interleaved and in overlapping relation with the first set of internal surfaces. Each of the internal surfaces of the first set includes a first coating having a first reflection characteristic to be at least partially reflective to at least a first subset of components of incident light. Each of the internal surfaces of the second set includes a second coating having a second reflection characteristic complementary to the first reflection characteristic to be at least partially reflective to at least a second subset of components of incident light. The sets of internal surfaces cooperate to reflect all components of light from the first and second subsets.
US11714218B2
Systems, methods and devices are for optical imaging are described. A system includes a light source and a light detection unit. The light source includes a light-emitting device and a first spectral filter opposite the light emitting device. The first spectral filter includes at least one dielectric filter and has a first angular dependence of a transmission passband. The light source further includes at least one reflector adjacent side surfaces of the light emitting device. The light detection unit includes an optical sensor and a second spectral filter opposite the optical sensor. The second spatial filter has a second angular dependence of a transmission passband that is matched to the first angular dependence.
US11714214B2
Provided is an image sensor including a color separating lens array. The image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a first pixel configured to sense first wavelength light, and a second pixel configured to sense second wavelength light; and a color separating lens array including a first wavelength light condensing region in which the first wavelength light is condensed onto the first pixel, wherein an area of the first wavelength light condensing region is greater than an area of the first pixel, and a distance between the sensor substrate and the color separating lens array is less than a focal distance of the first wavelength light condensing region with respect to the first wavelength light.
US11714205B2
A sensor unit (14) for a radiation detector (12), the sensor unit (14) comprising a conversion element (22) comprising a plurality of imaging pixels (30), wherein each imaging pixel (30) is configured to directly convert radiation into an electrical charge and wherein each imaging pixel (30) comprises a charge collection electrode (28); and a readout substrate (24) comprising a plurality of readout pixels (32), wherein each readout pixel (32) is connected to an associated imaging pixel (30) by means of an interconnection (36) at a connection position on the charge collection electrode (28); wherein each readout pixel (32) has a smaller area than an associated imaging pixel (30) of the plurality of imaging pixels (30); and wherein the connection positions in relation to the charge collection electrodes (28) are varied with respect to a neighboring charge collection electrode (28). A radiation detector (12) and a method of manufacturing a sensor unit (14) are also provided.
US11714187B2
A method of implementing frequency division multiple access (FDMA) in a radar system of a vehicle includes transmitting a chirp signal from each of a plurality of transmit elements of the radar system simultaneously. The chirp signal transmitted by each of the plurality of transmit elements increases or decreases linearly in frequency over a frequency range over a duration of time and the frequency range of the chirp signal transmitted by adjacent ones of the plurality of transmit elements partially overlapping. The method also includes processing a reflection received based on reflection of the chirp signal transmitted by the plurality of transmit elements by one or more objects and controlling an operation of the vehicle based on locating the one or more objects.
US11714182B1
A component-based system and method for rapidly generating artificial intelligence-enhanced real-time, multi-dimensional gridded aerial object classification and trajectory (state and orbital state vector) forecasts utilizing digital radar signals data collected at high rates of volume and velocity. The system performs data storage, retrieval, manipulation, communication, processing, and end user application tasks for accurate aerial object classification and vector forecasts. The data component serves as a data cache to store, retrieve, and manipulate data utilizing a plurality of functions under conditions of variable internet connectivity. The processing component includes an artificial intelligence machine learning component and logic for manipulating the data to generate gridded projections that are arrayed spatially and temporally. A post-processing component allows users to receive and retrieve automated predictions in a format suitable for end user application to automatically support and enhance the accuracy of aerial object classification and vector forecasts for aviation, aerospace, and ballistic applications.
US11714181B2
Systems and methods are described to identify motion events on a sloped surface, such as a mountainside, using transmitted and received radio frequency (RF) chirps. A one-dimensional array of receive antennas can be digitally beamformed to determine azimuth information of received reflected chirps. Elevation information can be determined based on time-of-flight measurements of received reflected chirps and known distances to locations on the sloped surface. Motion events may be characterized by deviations in return power levels and/or return phase shifts. The systems and methods may, for example, be used to provide real-time detection of avalanches and/or landslides.
US11714175B2
A calibration device includes a base, a support column coupled to the base and extending in a first direction, and a crossbar coupled to the support column. The crossbar includes a positioning base and a carrier. The positioning base is fixed to the support column. The carrier is coupled to the positioning base and rotatable about a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The carrier includes a distance sensor and a calibration platform. The calibration platform mounts a depth camera. The carrier is configured to rotate about the second direction to rotate an optical axis of the depth camera in a first calibration plane defined by the first direction and a third direction. The third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
US11714170B2
Embodiments are directed toward measuring a three dimensional range to a target. A transmitter emits light toward the target. An aperture may receive light reflections from the target. The aperture may direct the reflections toward a sensor that comprises rows of pixels that have columns. The sensor is offset a predetermined distance from the transmitter. Anticipated arrival times of the reflections on the sensor are based on the departure times and the predetermined offset distance. A portion of the pixels are sequentially activated based on the anticipated arrival times. The target's three dimensional range measurement is based on the reflections detected by the portion of the pixels.
US11714164B2
A vehicular radar sensing system includes a radar sensor configured to be disposed at a vehicle. The radar sensor includes a plurality of antennas that include a plurality of transmitting antennas that transmit radio signals and a plurality of receiving antennas that receive radio signals. The radar sensor provides radar data to a processor that processes the provided radar data to detect an object present in the field of sensing of the radar sensor. At least some antennas of the plurality of antennas include waveguides having T-shaped slots, with each T-shaped slot having a longitudinal portion and a transverse portion that extends transverse from the longitudinal portion, and with a width of the transverse portion being less than a length of the longitudinal portion.
US11714160B2
A method is disclosed that includes associating an identifying information indicative of an item to be tracked from a first device to a second device. The method also includes assigning a master/slave information indicative of a responsibility that the first device and/or the second device is in charge of tracking the item from the first device to the second device. The method further includes determining a position estimate indicative of a position of the item to be tracked based at least partially on the identifying information and the master/slave information. The first device is directly related to the item to be tracked, and the second device is not directly to the item to be tracked. An apparatus, a tangible computer-readable medium and a system are also disclosed.
US11714159B2
A system provides a way to determine angle of bearing to a target receiver/transmitter relative to plural beacon stations with rotating directional radiation patterns. The target is “cooperative” in that it transmits a “report” message when the target receives maximum signal strength from a beacon station. Triangulation from multiple beacon transmitter sites can be used to determine the target's position.
US11714157B2
A device has a microphone array that acquires sound data and a camera that acquires image data. A portion of the device may be moveable by one or more actuators. Responsive to the user, the portion of the device is moved toward an estimated direction of the user. The estimated direction is based on sensor data including the sound data and the image data. First variance values for individual sound direction values are calculated. Data derived from the image data or data from other sensors may be used to modify the first variance values and determine second data comprising second variances. The second data may be processed to determine the estimated direction of the user. For example, the second data may be processed by both a forward and a backward Kalman filter, and the output combined to determine an estimated direction toward the user.
US11714156B2
A tracking device broadcasts beacon signals that are separated in time by broadcast intervals. The tracking device determines the broadcast intervals based on a behavior model. The behavior model specifies one or more conditions, such as times of day within a 24-hour day, and associates a usage probability with each condition. A higher usage probability causes the tracking device to broadcast beacon signals at shorter broadcast intervals. A mobile device in communication with the tracking device can reconfigure the behavior model, either by modifying portions of the behavior model or by replacing the behavior model with a different behavior model. This allows the behavior model to adapt to different circumstances, such as different usage patterns during weekdays, weekends, and vacations.
US11714155B2
Methods directed to finding algorithms designed to estimate the angle of arrival of signals incoming to a communication device by using a modal antenna having multiple radiation patterns are provided. In particular, a method can include obtaining a gain variation between adjacent modes of a plurality of antenna modes at each of a plurality of angles. The method can include obtaining a signal strength variation between the adjacent modes at each of the plurality of angles. The method can include determining a difference value based, at least in part, on the gain variation and the signal strength variation. The method can include determining an angle of arrival of the signal based, at least in part, on the difference value.
US11714154B2
Techniques for determining a location of a client device using recursive phase vector subspace estimation are described. One technique includes receiving a plurality of angle-of-arrival (AoA) measurements from a plurality of access points (APs). Each AoA measurement includes a plurality of entries for phase values measured from a signal received from a client device at the plurality of APs. At least one AoA measurement of the plurality of AoA measurements that includes at least one of: (i) one or more entries with missing phase values and (ii) one or more entries with erroneous phase values is identified, based on a recursive phase estimation. The plurality of AoA measurements are updated based on the identified at least one AoA measurement. The location of the client device is determined, based on the updated plurality of AoA measurements.
US11714153B2
A path finding system using a series of networked receiver beacons is disclosed. The system includes receiver beacons placed on a path. Each of the receiver beacons include a transceiver receiving and sending signals and a location indicator such as a LED, that when activated indicates the location of the receiver beacon. Each of the receiver beacons include a controller coupled to the indicator and the transceiver. The controller is operable to receive an activation signal to activate the indicator. A transmitter is paired with each of the receiver beacons. The transmitter includes a transceiver to send an activation signal to at least one of the receiver beacons. The receiver beacon receives the activation signal and activates the indicator. The receiver beacon also relays the activation signal to at least another receiver beacon.
US11714141B2
A method for determining a connection status of a device to a cable within a network environment is provided. The method comprises obtaining a signal from a non-data carrying wire of the cable by a detector that is digitally isolated from data transmitted in a data carrying wire of the cable within the network environment, modifying the signal transmitted by the non-data carrying wire to the device and evaluating the modified signal to determine a connection status of the device to the cable.
US11714139B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic load apparatus. An embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electronic load apparatus including: a measurement resistor, a reference circuit, a transistor, and a feedback circuit. The measurement resistor includes a first contact, a second contact, a third contact, and a fourth contact. The first contact and the second contact are located at a first end of the measurement resistor. The third contact and the fourth contact are located at a second end of the measurement resistor. A reference power (or a reference voltage) electrically connects to the reference circuit. The reference circuit and the first contact of the measurement resistor are electrically connected. The transistor includes a drain, a gate, and a source. The reference circuit and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected. One of the source and the drain of the transistor electrically connects to the second contact of the measurement resistor. The other one of the drain and the source of the transistor electrically connects to an output terminal of a unit under test. The feedback circuit and the fourth contact of the measurement resistor are electrically connected. The feedback circuit and the reference circuit are electrically connected.
US11714138B2
A semiconductor device that tests and/or monitors each of batteries provided in an assembled battery is provided. The semiconductor device includes a hysteresis comparator and a circuit, and the circuit has a function of setting a high-level side threshold voltage and a low-level side voltage of the hysteresis comparator. The circuit includes first and second capacitors. A first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a high-level side reference potential input terminal of the hysteresis comparator and a first terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to a low-level side reference potential input terminal of the hysteresis comparator. After a first reference potential is input to the high-level side reference potential input terminal and a second reference potential is input to the low-level side reference potential input terminal, a negative electrode of a cell is electrically connected to each second terminal of the first and second capacitors, whereby the potential of each first terminal of the first and second capacitors is changed.
US11714136B2
A method of determining battery degradation retroactively using historical data is disclosed. The method includes the steps of collecting state of charge (SOC) and DC ampere data for a predetermined time period; determining a delta (Δ) SOC based on the data collected; creating a set of SOC regimes having a size based on ΔSOC; filtering the SOC data and determining a set of points which indicate a charging or discharging event; and calculating overall Coulombs associated with each charging or discharging event and for each event, producing a timestamp and Coulombs associated with each event.
US11714130B2
An error rate measuring apparatus that measures whether or not an FEC operation of the device under test is possible based on a comparison result of the signal received from the device under test and a test signal includes an operation unit that sets a codeword length and an FEC symbol length of the FEC corresponding to a communication standard of the device under test, a data comparison unit that compares bit string data obtained by converting the signal received from the device under test with error data to detect an FEC symbol error of each FEC symbol length, a display unit that associates the bit string data of the FEC symbol length as one point with one unit region of a display region and performs color-coding display depending on presence or absence of occurrence of the FEC symbol error by each FEC symbol length.
US11714126B2
A detection circuit for detecting a clock signal includes a multiplexer, a digital-to-analog converter, a comparator, and a counter. The multiplexer outputs either a first signal or a second signal as a selection signal. The digital-to-analog converter outputs a reference voltage according to the selection signal. The comparator compares the clock signal to the reference voltage to generate a comparison signal. The counter counts a reference clock signal to generate an overflow signal, and resets the overflow signal according to the comparison signal. The overflow signal indicates the amplitude of the clock signal.
US11714123B2
A probe position monitoring structure includes a first common line and a contact portion configured for being directly contacted with a probe. The contact portion includes a first zigzag structure, and a first end of the first zigzag structure is directly connected with the first common line. A method of monitoring a position of a probe includes the following steps. The probe position monitoring structure is provided. The first zigzag structure is directly contacted with a first probe. A resistance measurement is performed to measure a resistance of a portion of the first zigzag structure located between the first probe and the first end for monitoring a position of the first probe.
US11714121B2
A method for indicating a probing target for a fabricated electronic circuit including: generating an electronic, three-dimensional model based on manufacturing layout information of a fabricated circuit; obtaining, with a vision system, visual environment information for the fabricated circuit; scaling and orienting the three-dimensional model by a scaler and mapper based on the visual environment information; overlaying the three-dimensional model with the visual environment information to produce a correlated image; obtaining an identification of a desired network node of the fabricated circuit; and indicating a probing target, the probing target corresponding to the desired network node of the fabricated circuit.
US11714110B2
The present technology is to provide a detector capable of detecting an input voltage outside the guaranteed operating voltage range, even if the delay time caused in a logic element by a decrease in power-supply voltage varies due to an external factor. The detector includes a plurality of first detection circuits, a first detection rate calculation unit, a plurality of second detection circuits, a second detection rate calculation unit, and a comparison determination unit. Each of the plurality of first detection circuits detects whether or not an input voltage has a value outside a guaranteed operating range for a normal operation. The first detection rate calculation unit calculates a first detection rate of the detected number of the first detection circuits, and each of the plurality of second detection circuits detects whether or not a predetermined reference voltage is lower than a threshold voltage.
US11714107B2
A voltage divider circuit includes: a first voltage divider having first and second capacitors, and an output node configured to output a divider voltage from between the first and second capacitors; a second voltage divider having third and fourth capacitors, and first to third switches, and being connected in parallel to the first voltage divider; and a fourth switch provided between the output node and a connection node of the third and fourth capacitors. In the voltage divider circuit, the switches are controlled based on controlling periods.
US11714103B2
Methods and apparatus for obtaining extremely high sensitivity chemical composition maps with spatial resolution down to a few nanometers. In some embodiments these chemical composition maps are created using a combination of three techniques: (1) Illuminating the sample with IR radiation than is tuned to an absorption band in the sample; and (2) Optimizing a mechanical coupling efficiency that is tuned to a specific target material; (3) Optimizing a resonant detection that is tuned to a specific target material. With the combination of these steps it is possible to obtain (1) Chemical composition maps based on unique IR absorption; (2) spatial resolution that is enhanced by extremely short-range tip-sample interactions; and (3) resonant amplification tuned to a specific target material. In other embodiments it is possible to take advantage of any two of these steps and still achieve a substantial improvement in spatial resolution and/or sensitivity.
US11714095B2
The present invention relates to an improved abnormality determining method for an automatic analyzer and related automatic analyzer that detects abnormalities for a reaction process of a reaction solution. The method for determining the presence of absence of abnormalities in the reaction process and performs the determination by acquiring acquisition conditions for multiple items of measured data, acquiring the measured data detected by a spectral detector that match the acquisition conditions, calculating a feature quantity of the measured data, generating a determination criterion based on the feature quantity, and determining the presence or absence of abnormalities by comparing the feature quantity of the measured data subject to the determination with the determination criterion. The acquisition condition includes information relating to a number of a divisions of a measured value range and information relating to the number of items of data in each divided segment.
US11714092B2
Methods and system for identifying and/or quantifying a protein are provided herein.
US11714090B2
The invention relates generally to synthetic non-antibody protein scaffolds (synNAPS) that differentially detect or quantitate a target insecticidal protein in a complex biological matrix comprising the target protein and a non-target insecticidal protein and to methods of using the synNAPS in immunoassays, and more particularly to monoclonal antibodies and immunoassays for the differential detection and quantitation of a wild-type crystal protein, such as a wild-type-Cry1Ab, from Bacillus thuringiensis and hybrid crystal proteins, which comprise all or a significant portion of the wild-type Cry protein in complex biological samples comprising both the wild-type Cry protein and one or more of the hybrid Cry proteins.
US11714089B2
A method of diagnosing a cancer or a pre-malignant lesion is disclosed. The method comprising determining a level of expression of CD24 on leukocytes comprised in a biological sample of a subject, wherein a level of CD24 on small leukocytes and not on large leukocytes above a predetermined threshold is indicative of the cancer or the pre-malignant lesion. A method of monitoring efficacy of cancer therapy and a kit for diagnosing a cancer or a pre-malignant lesion are also disclosed.
US11714086B2
The present invention aims to develop a method capable of evaluating T cell immune function. A method for evaluating T cell immune function including detecting and quantifying soluble PD-L1 having a binding ability to PD-1, and an ELISA system used for detecting and quantifying bsPD-L1, including a carrier with a solid-phased PD-1 protein, a means for reacting the carrier and a test sample, and a means for detecting and quantifying soluble PD-L1 bound to the carrier as bsPD-L1.
US11714085B2
A method of diagnosing or monitoring Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) infection, which method comprises detecting the presence of the polypeptide (MAP P900) encoded by the positive strand of IS900, or a fragment thereof, in a sample from a subject, wherein MAP P900, or a fragment thereof, is detected using an antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, that binds to MAP P900.
US11714083B2
The presence of analytes can be detected in the bodily fluid using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) or Electrochemical Capacitance Spectroscopy (ECS) in devices, such as handheld point-of-care devices. The devices, as well as systems and methods, utilize using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) or Electrochemical Capacitance Spectroscopy (EIS) in combination with an antibody or other target-capturing molecule on a working electrode. Imaginary impedance or phase shift, as well as background subtraction, also may be utilized.
US11714072B2
A reagent composition for a Karl Fischer titration includes (1) sulfur dioxide or a derivative thereof, (2) a derivative of imidazole, (3) an alcohol, and (4) at least one amino acid that is present in an amount that is greater than zero and up to about 10 weight percent based on a total weight of the reagent composition. Moreover, a molar ratio of the derivative of imidazole to the sulfur dioxide or derivative thereof is greater than 1:1. Iodine is optionally included in a one-component reagent and excluded in a two-component reagent. This disclosure further provides a method for determining an amount of water in a sample via Karl Fischer titration. The method includes the step of providing the sample, providing the reagent composition, which optionally includes the iodine (I2), and titrating the sample with the reagent composition.
US11714066B2
A sensor device comprises at least one transducer and a sensing material disposed on the transducer. The sensing material adsorbs or absorbs an amount of analyte (e.g., a target gas) that depends on a temperature of the sensing material and a concentration of the analyte. At least one detector is arranged to measure responses of the transducer to sorption or desorption of the analyte in the sensing material while the sensing material is heated and/or cooled according to at least one temperature profile. The device also comprises a humidity sensor that is arranged to detect a humidity level of the environment or sample containing the analyte. A processor or controller is programmed to determine the quantity (e.g., concentration) of the analyte by comparing values of the transducer measurement signals to reference data indicative of expected or pre-measured responses of the transducer to known concentrations of the analyte at the same humidity level as indicated by the humidity sensor while the sensing material is subjected to the same or similar temperature profile.
US11714063B2
An impedance in an electrochemical gas sensor can be measured by connecting at least one pin in an integrated circuit to at least one electrode in an electrochemical gas sensor, using a damping capacitor to connect the at least one pin in the integrated circuit to an electrical ground, applying a voltage to the electrochemical gas sensor to provide a bias voltage to at least one electrode in the electrochemical gas sensor, receiving a current from at least one electrode in the electrochemical gas sensor, determining a measured gas amount from the received current, activating a switch located within the integrated circuit to isolate the damping capacitor from the at least one pin in the integrated circuit, and measuring an impedance of the electrochemical gas sensor using an excitation signal while the at least one damping capacitor is isolated from the at least one electrode in the electrochemical gas sensor.
US11714062B2
A gas sensor element for detecting a specific gas component in a measured gas, comprising: an element body in the form of a long plate having a gas detection part at an end thereof on a distal end face side in a longitudinal direction; and a porous protective layer covering an outer periphery of the end on said end face side of the element body, wherein in a cross section including two adjacent ones of the end face and side faces connected to the end face, an outer surface of the protective layer facing an element corner where the two faces meet has a shape with a corner part, and a ratio of an assumed diameter of a water droplet contained in the measured gas in a use environment to an effective length of the corner part in the cross section is equal to or larger than 1.5.
US11714045B2
Various embodiments set forth techniques for characterizing films on optically clear substrates using ellipsometry. In some embodiments, a spectroscopic ellipsometer is configured to generate a light beam that has a relatively small spot size and is substantially absorbed by an optically clear substrate, thereby reducing or eliminating reflections from an interface between the substrate and air. Optical simulations can be performed to determine values for various parameters associated with the ellipsometer that minimize the reflections from the interface between the substrate and air and maximize reflections from an interface between a film and the substrate. In addition, graded films that include multiple layers can be analyzed using models of multiple layers.
US11714039B2
An apparatus for measuring a viscosity of a fluid is disclosed. The apparatus includes a Parylene coated quartz tuning fork for immersion in the fluid and an electronic circuit to excite a vibration of the Parylene coated quartz tuning fork and measure one or more vibrational parameters of the Parylene coated quartz tuning fork. A computer processor is configured to determine a non-Newtonian viscosity from the vibration of the Parylene coated quartz tuning fork based, at least in part, on a Stokes flow hydrodynamic model. The computer processor is coupled to a memory for storing a calibration curve to determine a Newtonian viscosity of the fluid from the non-Newtonian viscosity of the fluid.
US11714035B2
Disclosed is a device for testing corrosion fatigue resistance on the basis of acoustic emission. The device includes: a main machine including a supporting frame and a tensile mechanism arranged on the supporting frame; a clamping mechanism including a first clamp and a second clamp that is arranged opposite the first clamp, where the first clamp and the second clamp are both connected to the tensile mechanism, the tensile mechanism is used for driving the first clamp and the second clamp to move close to or away from each other, the first clamp is provided with an accommodation cavity for accommodating a corrosive substance, the accommodation cavity is provided with an opening that is provided on the first clamp and close to one end of the second clamp, and the first clamp can place a test specimen in the accommodation cavity when fixing the test specimen.
US11714031B2
A method for visualizing neurons is provided. The method comprises a staining step and a visualizing step. The staining step comprises following steps: placing a neural tissue sample in an acrolein solution in the dark for fixation; placing the fixed neural tissue sample in a Golgi-Cox solution in the dark; replacing the Golgi-Cox solution; incubating the neural tissue sample placed in the replaced Golgi-Cox solution at a range of 36° C. to 38° C.; gradiently dehydrating the neural tissue sample; and embedding the dehydrated neural tissue sample with Petropoxy 154 resin. The visualizing step comprises: performing data acquisition and image reconstruction on the neural tissue sample using X-ray microscopy.
US11714011B2
A system comprises a member to receive a mechanical force, and a sensor to sense the mechanical force. The sensor is mounted on the member using a set of nanoparticles and a set of nanowires coupled to the set of nanoparticles.
US11714004B2
An example system includes a first spectrometer, a second spectrometer, and an electronic control device communicatively coupled to the first spectrometer and the second spectrometer. The first spectrometer is operable to emit first light using a first light source towards a sample region between the first spectrometer and the second spectrometer. The first spectrometer is also operable to measure first reflected light reflected using a first photodetector from an object in the sample region. The second spectrometer is operable to measure first transmitted light transmitted through the object using a second photodetector. The electronic control device is operable to determine, based on at least one of the measured first reflected light or the measured first transmitted light, a spectral distribution of light corresponding to the object.
US11713997B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for indoor-outdoor detection. One example computer-implemented method for indoor-outdoor detection by an electronic device includes receiving, from an ambient light sensor in the electronic device, light intensity data. The electronic device determines an indoor-outdoor feature indicator based on the light intensity data. The electronic device determines whether the electronic device is in an indoor environment or an outdoor environment based on the indoor-outdoor feature indicator.
US11713992B2
A device which: optically detects the presence of, measures the flow rate of, and identifies the characteristics of venting fugitive gas emissions. Specifically the device provides a spectral analysis of emission gas constituents; selective detection of the presence of venting hydrocarbons; measurement of venting emissions flow rates, the measurement of shut-in and flowing venting system pressures and the venting system temperatures. The flow rates are corrected, relative to the detection of the gas constituents and standard temperature and pressure (STP). These devices are configured to collect such data electronically and transmit via various telemetry systems, to a secure remote data network for reporting, access, evaluation, real-time monitoring and archiving as required.
US11713987B2
An insertable flow meter assembly includes a flow measuring device configured to be inserted into a flow passage of a receiving structure. The flow measuring device is configured to enable determination of a flow rate of fluid through the flow passage, the flow measuring device is formed as a single continuous structure, and an outer cross-section of at least a portion of the flow measuring device is configured to be substantially the same as an inner cross-section of the flow passage. The insertable flow meter assembly also includes an end cap configured to engage an exterior surface of the receiving structure and to couple to the receiving structure at an end of the flow passage. The end cap is configured to block movement of the flow measuring device out of the end of the flow passage.
US11713986B2
A throttling component and a conditioning and flowrate measurement device including a throttling component. The throttling component comprises a central throttling element and multiple peripheral throttling elements. The multiple peripheral throttling elements are sequentially sleeved on the exterior of the central throttling element, and are coaxial to the central throttling element; annular fluid channels are respectively formed between the central throttling element and its adjacent peripheral throttling element, and between adjacent peripheral throttling elements. A sensitive and clear differential pressure signal is generated while the throttling component stabilizes the flow, so that the accuracy and reliability of flowrate measurement can be improved.
US11713977B2
An information processing apparatus includes an update unit and an obtaining unit. The obtaining unit obtains a second position of a map feature point included in map information based on the map information and information obtained from a vehicle sensor. The map information includes a map feature point first position measured in an environment including a closed route along which the vehicle travels. The sensor-obtained information includes a sensor feature point measured by the sensor mounted on the vehicle while the vehicle travels along the closed route. Where a distance between an estimated vehicle first position and an estimated vehicle second position is greater than a threshold, map information updating is restrained. Where the vehicle traveling near the vehicle first position continues traveling along the closed route, the update unit updates the map information between when the vehicle leaves the vehicle first position and nears the vehicle second position.
US11713976B2
This guidance system is provided with: an accepting unit which acquires a guidance request including at least a destination and image data from a user terminal; a guidance unit which, on the basis of vehicle information of a vehicle recognized from the image data by image recognition, acquires vehicle related information relating to said vehicle, and with reference to the vehicle related information and the destination, derives a ride suitability indicating whether the vehicle is suitable for traveling to the destination; and a response unit which reports a response including at least the ride suitability derived by the guiding unit to the user terminal.
US11713975B2
Various examples are directed to routing autonomous vehicles. A processor unit accesses first routing graph modification data and second routing graph modification data. The first routing graph modification data based at least in part on first vehicle capability data describing a first type of autonomous vehicle and the second routing graph modification data based at least in part on second vehicle capability data describing a second type of autonomous vehicle. The processor unit accesses routing graph data describing a plurality of graph elements and generates a first route for a first autonomous vehicle of the first type based at least in part on the first routing graph modification data and the routing graph data. The processor unit also generates a second route for a second autonomous vehicle of the second type based at least in part on the second routing graph modification data and the routing graph data.
US11713965B2
An apparatus, a method, and a computer program for determining a chamfer property of a workpiece chamfer are provided. The method includes generating measurement points along at least a first measuring path, the first measuring path running over a first chamfer edge, determining at least one unadapted compensating element for the measurement points of the first measuring path, and determining a spatial position of the first chamfer edge depending on a deviation between the measurement points of the first measuring path and the at least one unadapted compensating element.
US11713964B1
Disclosed herein is a system for profiling holes in non-opaque samples. The system includes: (i) an e-beam source configured to project an e-beam into an inspection hole in a sample, such that a wall of the inspection hole is struck and a localized electron cloud is produced; (ii) a light sensing infrastructure configured to sense cathodoluminescent light, generated by the electron cloud; and (iii) a computational module configured to analyze the measured signal to obtain the probed depth at which the wall was struck. A lateral offset, and/or orientation, of the e-beam is controllable, so as to allow generating localized electron clouds at each of a plurality of depths inside the inspection hole, and thereby obtain information at least about a two-dimensional geometry of the inspection hole.
US11713959B2
An interferometric overlay tool may include an interferometer and a controller. The interferometer may include one or more beamsplitters to split illumination including one or more wavelengths into a probe beam along a probe path and a reference beam along a reference path, one or more illumination optics to illuminate a grating-over-grating structure with the probe beam, one or more collection optics to collect a measurement beam from the grating-over-grating structure, one or more beam combiners to combine the measurement beam and the reference beam as an interference beam, and a variable phase delay configured to vary an optical path difference (OPD) in the interferometer. The controller may receive one or more interference signals representative of interferometric phase data associated with a plurality of OPD values and the one or more wavelengths from a detector and determine an overlay error of the grating-over-grating structure based on the interferometric phase data.
US11713958B2
A position detection sensor includes a rod-shaped contact part having a distal end and a proximal end, the contact part being configured such that an outer peripheral surface thereof at the distal end contacts an object and the contact part pivots about the proximal end in accordance with displacement of the object; a movable part configured to move with a pivot of the contact part; and a magnetic switch configured to sense a presence of the movable part and detect a position of the object when the movable part moves to approach a predetermined distance. The contact part is elastic and includes a columnar outer member constituting an outer peripheral portion of the contact part and a rod-shaped inner member inserted in the outer member and having an elastic modulus larger than that of the outer member.
US11713948B2
Implementations of conductive energy weapons (CEWs) may include a shock generating circuit configured to couple to a power source, two electrodes operatively coupled to the shock generating circuit, and a safety circuit operatively coupled to the shock generating circuit. The shock generating circuit may be configured to generate a first pulse train and deliver the first pulse train to a target, and may be configured to generate at least a second pulse train and deliver the at least second pulse train to a target. The safety circuit may be configured to prevent the CEW from applying pulse trains to the target after a predetermined number of pulse trains. The first pulse train may include two or more pulses having waveforms substantially identical with each other, each of the waveforms of the two or more pulses having both a positive voltage segment and a negative voltage segment.
US11713947B2
A conducted electrical device (100) that includes a housing (120), an electrode (105) configured to be ejected from the housing (120), and a controller (205). The controller (205) is configured to receive a characteristic as a function of at least one selected from the group consisting of audio and video, corresponding to a target (110), and control the electrode (105) based on the characteristic.
US11713943B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for adjustable and modular gun holster to be comprised of three parts: a base part 100, a width adjustment part 401 and a height adjustment part 301.
US11713939B2
A method for monitoring operation of an archery bow includes attaching an apparatus to a bow cord. The apparatus includes a processor, a monitoring device electrically coupled with the processor, a wireless communication module electrically coupled with the processor, and a power supply electrically coupled with each of the processor and the wireless communication module. The method further includes detecting, by the monitoring device, a tension of the bow cord. The method also includes generating, by the processor and based upon the detected tension of the bow cord, data concerning tension of the bow cord. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting, by the wireless communication module, the data to a remote computing device. The method also includes receiving, by the remote computing device, the data. The method also includes presenting, by the remote computing device and based upon the data, information to a user reflecting the detected tension.
US11713936B1
A fixed-to-tilted silencer adaptor for three-lug attachments enables the use of tilting barrel gun silencers or fixed non-moving barrel gun silencers with different guns of the same caliber. The present invention enables users to utilize a gun silencer with the desired gun even if the gun silencer does not match the design of the gun. To do so, the present invention may comprise a recoil booster and a three-lug adaptor. The recoil booster is designed to accommodate the movement of a tilting barrel while facilitating the connection between the gun silencer and the gun's barrel. The recoil booster also securely receives the three-lug adaptor to facilitate the quick attachment of the recoil booster to the gun's barrel. The three-lug adaptor is designed to enable the quick attachment of the recoil booster to the gun's barrel without interfering with the movement of the gun's barrel when connected to a tilted barrel.
US11713930B2
A heat exchange device includes a core and a housing. The core includes a first collecting part and a second collecting part, and a flat tube part is provided between the two. The flat tube part includes a first flat tube group and a second flat tube group. The first collecting part includes first and second collecting portions, and a separator is formed between the two. Each flat tube of the first flat tube group is communicated with the collecting cavity of the first collecting portion. The collecting cavity of the first collecting portion is communicated with the collecting cavity of the second collecting portion through the first flat tube group, the collecting cavity of the second collecting part, and the second flat tube group.
US11713928B2
Disclosed is a microchannel heat exchanger comprising a primary core including a first header and a second header and a secondary core including a first auxiliary header and a second auxiliary header, further comprising a first header interconnect extending between the first header and the first auxiliary header and having a first interconnect fluid passage extending therethrough; and a second header interconnect extending between the second auxiliary header and the second header and having a second interconnect fluid passage extending therethrough.
US11713923B2
A hands-free device for drying wet surfaces that are essentially horizontal, having a heating element and a fan oriented vertically to blow heated air downward and is housed in a vertically oriented case containing a plurality of vents and legs that allow for the escape of gas, heat, or air.
US11713920B2
A process for cryogenic separation of a feed stream containing methane and air gases in which: the feed stream is cooled in order to produce a cooled stream, at least one portion of the cooled stream is sent to one level of a distillation column, a bottom stream is drawn off from the distillation column, the bottom stream being enriched in methane relative to the feed stream, a stream enriched in oxygen and in nitrogen relative to the feed stream is drawn off from the distillation column, at least one noncombustible dilution stream that is more volatile than oxygen is introduced into the distillation column at at least one level lower than the one at which the cooled stream is introduced. The dilution stream is extracted from the feed stream. Facility for producing biomethane by purification of biogases derived from non-hazardous waste storage facilities (NHWSF) implementing the process.
US11713913B2
A refrigerator appliance includes an ice maker provided within a cabinet of the appliance, the ice maker including a plurality of walls forming a receiving space, a conductive ice mold provided within the receiving space, the conductive ice mold defining an internal cavity and an exterior surface, a primary water supply positioned below the conductive ice mold to direct an ice-building spray of water to the conductive ice mold, a heat exchanger disposed on the conductive ice mold to draw heat therefrom, and a secondary water supply provided adjacent the exterior surface of the conductive ice mold. The secondary water supply dispenses ice-melting water over the exterior surface of the conductive ice mold.
US11713910B2
A safety isolation valve module includes a conduit having a service port, an inlet, an outlet, and ball valves separating each of the inlet and the outlet from the conduit. The ball valves may be manually manipulating to open or close flow and can be used to isolate the service port from either or both sides of the refrigerant systems. When servicing the service port or other components of the refrigerant system, the valves may be shut to enable servicing of portions of the system without risking injury or losing significant amounts of refrigerant to the atmosphere.
US11713909B2
This disclosure relates to a compressor having a shaft, wherein the shaft is hollow to define a fluid passage extending along the shaft and a motor arranged along the shaft. A motor cooling line is configured to convey a cooling fluid to the motor, wherein the motor cooling line is fluidly connected to the fluid passage. The compressor may be a refrigerant compressor used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) chiller system.
US11713907B2
A portable air cooler is fashioned as a storage chest for ice cubes, dry ice, or other pre-chilled articles such as reusable freezable blocks. Sidewalls of the chest include air intakes, and a baffle forces intake air to pass by or through the chilled articles to that the air is cooled by heat exchange. Fans in the chest lid exhaust the cooled air, which may be used to cool waste heat from a heat-producing device lain atop the chest. The lid also includes stand-offs to allow airflow under the device being cooled, and guardrails help maintain the device in position over the fans providing cooling air and prevent the device from being casually knocked off the top of the lid of the chest.
US11713905B2
A system and a method for reducing a risk of bacterial contamination in a water heater are disclosed. A bypass conduit is connected to cold water supply and hot water outlet conduits of the water heater with T-shaped fittings, the bypass conduit generally extending in a same horizontal plane as the fittings and running alongside a top surface of the water heater. A thermostatic mixing valve is integrated to the bypass conduit close to the fitting with the hot water outlet so that its mixed water outlet is connected to the fitting with the hot water and its cold water inlet is connected to the fitting with the cold water, its hot water inlet being blocked. The thermostatic mixing valve is adjusted to regulate the hot water temperature at the outlet of the system and to produce a thermosiphon loop in the system depending on whether there is extraction or no extraction of hot water from the water heater.
US11713903B2
The invention discloses a duct section for an air distribution system, the duct sections including an elongate frame having two opposed flange members each having an opening forming an air passage therein. A plurality of the duct sections are able to be joined together through the flanges to form an air passage of desired length. Each duct section is lined with a thermal insulating material to provide a thermally insulating lining to the air passage, the ends of the lining being at least flush with the end faces of the flanges so that when adjacent duct sections are secured together, the thermal insulation lining of adjacent duct sections is arranged to provide a continuous insulating lining of the air passage.
US11713902B2
A system for packing and assembling a flexible duct that includes a sleeve. The sleeve includes a tubular vapor barrier and an insulating layer within the vapor barrier and includes a central cavity. Further, the sleeve is radially compressed and rolled along an axial direction. The system also includes an air core sized to fit within the central cavity of the insulating layer. The air core includes a sheet that blocks fluid flow therethrough and a structural support coiled within the sheet and the air core is flattenable and not within the rolled sleeve.
US11713900B2
The purpose of the invention is to provide a control device that can calculate the lower limit of cooling water inlet temperature according to the operation status of a chiller. A control device comprises: a lower limit calculation unit that calculates the lower limit of cooling water outlet temperature, where a prescribed required temperature difference is added to the cooling water outlet temperature of a chiller, and an inlet-outlet required temperature difference, which is the difference between the cooling water outlet temperature and the cooling water inlet temperature in the chiller and which is generated according to the operation status of the chiller, and that calculates a cooling water inlet temperature lower limit calculated value for the chiller by subtracting the inlet-outlet required temperature difference from the cooling water outlet temperature lower limit value; and a lower limit value determination unit that fixes the cooling water inlet temperature lower limit calculated value as the cooling water inlet temperature lower limit value.
US11713899B2
[Object] To provide a management apparatus and an air conditioning management system by which the objectivity of a comfort level evaluation relating to a smell in a room can be enhanced and a comfort level can be evaluated also with respect to an unknown smell. [Solving Means] A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting unit, an input unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit detects a smell in a room. The input unit is operated by a user who enters the room and acquires a sensory evaluation of each user which relates to the smell in the room when the user enters the room. The storage unit accumulates evaluation data obtained by associating an output of the detecting unit and an output of the input unit with each other and stores a plurality of attributes relating to a comfort level of the smell in the room, the attributes being classified on the basis of the evaluation data. The control unit determines which of the plurality of attributes the output of the detecting unit belongs to.
US11713896B1
A system and method controls a heat transfer system for palletized product. A controller and an array of sensors cooperate to control chillers and fans to efficiently change the temperature of product within the cases, while collecting and providing data regarding the efficacy and overall spatial profile of the freezing or other temperature-control operation. These data can be used to provide user feedback, optimize the temperature-control process, and ensure a desired performance of the system.
US11713880B1
Disclosed is a firepit topper having a plate having a top side and a bottom side, a central opening of the plate, a first channel partially surrounding the central opening, a second channel partially surrounding the central opening, and an end of the first channel that is offset with respect to an end of the second channel.
US11713878B2
A method and apparatus, for improving the control and the efficiency of in-situ combustion (i.e. burning of oil spills atop bodies of water) of combustible waste materials on land or sea to cleanup such waste, that is also less complex than similar apparatuses, whereby the apparatus traverses over a surface containing combustible material, allowing for vortex flow incineration of the material to occur inside a combustion chamber, aided by a vortical flow of air which is controlled for greater combustion efficiency. Compared with current methods and apparatuses to cleanup similar waste, the present method requires minimal moving parts, is mobile, is low cost, is easy to construct, enables high-quality combustion, burns faster and more complete, produces low emissions, incinerates waste material on land and water, and mitigates the creation of combustion residue which thereby mitigates the adverse effects of such combustion residue that smothers ocean life.
US11713872B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a light-emitting table top. The table top includes a light source assembly, a light guide board, a plastic thin film and a pattern layer, wherein the light guide board is arranged on a light exit side of the light source assembly; the plastic thin film covers a side surface of the light guide board away from the light source assembly; and the pattern layer is printed on the light guide board and/or the plastic thin film, so that a table top displays a light-emitting effect of a predetermined pattern.
US11713870B1
An illuminated landscaping assembly for illuminating landscaping includes a plurality of lighting modules, each comprising a housing that defines an interior space. A first connector and a second connector are attached to a first edge and a second edge of the housing, respectively. The second connector is complementary to the first connector so that the lighting modules are physically and electrically interconnectable via selective connection of the first connectors and the second connectors. A plurality of bulbs is attached to an upper face of the housing and is operationally engaged to the first connector and the second connector. A shell, which is substantially transparent, is attached to the housing and encapsulates the plurality of bulbs. A respective one of the first connectors and the second connectors is engaged a power cord extending from a power module. With the lighting modules positioned in a landscape, the bulbs selectively illuminate the landscape.
US11713869B2
The disclosure provides a lighting device that provides light via one or more non-incandescent lamps that can be moved and arranged while operating. The lighting device includes a non-opaque shroud, or casing, that sits upon a base to create a volume within which the non-incandescent lamps rest and can be moved while still providing light. The non-incandescent lamp can use one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The non-incandescent lamps can provide illumination with minimal heat and low power consumption that contributes to user interaction and can be battery powered. In addition to a non-incandescent lamp, a lighting device having at least one of the non-incandescent lamps is disclosed. Additionally, a lighting system having at least one of the lighting devices and a lighting control application is provided herein.
US11713865B2
Disclosed is an integrated projection and illumination device. The integrated projection and illumination device includes a lamp housing, a mounting assembly, an illumination assembly and a projection assembly; and the mounting assembly includes a mounting disc, a mounting ring and clamping blocks, elastic members being arranged between the clamping blocks and the mounting ring, the mounting disc being provided with top surface connectors and an outer limiting edge, the outer limiting edge being capable of being clamped on the clamping blocks protruding out of the inner wall of the mounting ring, the mounting disc being further provided with pressing blocks, and the pressing blocks rotating along with the mounting disc and being capable of making contact with the clamping blocks and pressing the clamping blocks into the mounting ring during rotation. The present disclosure can be used for illumination and projection, and further features convenient dismounting and mounting.
US11713858B2
A projection lens has a first lens body including a first incidence section located at a side facing a first light source and an emission section located at a side opposite to the first incidence section, and a second lens body including a second incidence section located at a side facing the second light source, a refractive index of the second lens body is smaller than a refractive index of the first lens body, and a structure in which the first lens body and the second lens body abut each other while having first boundary surfaces, which are provided between the emission section and the second incidence section, and second boundary surfaces, which are provided between the first incidence section and the second incidence section from a boundary line with respect to the first boundary surfaces, interposed therebetween is provided.
US11713849B2
A method monitors a pressure tank system of a stationary vehicle. The method detects a wake-up situation by use of sensor data of a main sensor of the vehicle. Furthermore, in reaction to the detection of a wake-up situation, the method activates a further resource for detecting and/or for evaluating sensor data with regard to the pressure tank system. Moreover, the method determines, by use of the further resource, whether one or more protective measures are to be carried out in relation to the pressure tank system and/or the surroundings thereof.
US11713841B2
A heater for a pipe, includes a heater body part having a longitudinal cutting line formed in the entire thickness section to form a pair of longitudinal cutting planes in the entire length section, a heating wire installed in the heater body part, and a restraint operating part installed at the heater body part and restraining the pair of longitudinal cutting planes not to be spaced apart from each other. Each of the longitudinal cutting planes includes: a longitudinal outer cutting area disposed in a thickness direction from an outer surface of the heater body part, a longitudinal intermediate cutting area extending from the longitudinal outer cutting area in a circumferential direction of the heater body part, and a longitudinal inner cutting area extending from the longitudinal intermediate cutting area to reach the inner surface of the heater body part in the thickness direction of the heater body part.
US11713836B2
A penetration fitting assembly includes a pipe gasket having an annular portion defining a central opening and first and second stem portions extending in opposite directions from the annular portion, an inner ring assembly configured to surround the pipe gasket and including first and second inner ring halves, a ring gasket assembly configured to surround the inner ring assembly and including first and second ring gasket halves, a wall gasket, an outer ring assembly configured to surround the ring gasket assembly and including first and second outer ring halves, and a clamp configured to surround the outer ring assembly. When the penetration fitting assembly is installed, the outer ring assembly compresses the wall gasket against the wall of the sump, the clamp compresses the ring gasket assembly between the inner ring assembly and the outer ring assembly, and the clamp compresses the pipe gasket against the pipe or conduit.
US11713822B2
A jetted check valve includes a body with an upper opening and a lower opening. The jetted check valve also includes a primary poppet slidably disposed in the body to allow the flow of fluid from the lower opening and out of the upper opening and prevent the flow of fluid from the upper opening through the lower opening. The jetted check valve further includes a secondary poppet slidably disposed at least partially within the primary poppet to allow the flow of fluid from the lower opening and out of the upper opening and prevent the flow of fluid from the upper opening through the lower opening. A method of removing debris from above a jetted check valve and permitting production fluids to flow up hole through the jetted check valve. The method includes creating a secondary flow path in the jetted check valve to remove debris that settled up hole of the jetted check valve when production of an oil and gas well has been halted. The method also includes creating a primary flow path in the jetted check valve to permit production fluids to flow up hole through the jetted check valve.
US11713814B2
The present disclosure provides a valve seat assembly for a fluid end of a hydraulic fracturing pump. The valve seat assembly includes a valve seat having a substantially cylindrical body defined along an axis. The valve seat has a first seat end and a second seat end with a through bore extending between the first and second seat ends. The cylindrical body has an inner cylinder surface and an exterior cylinder surface with an annular flange formed along the exterior cylinder surface adjacent the first seat end. The through bore expands from a first diameter to a second diameter adjacent the first seat end. The valve seat assembly further includes a leak detection notch formed in the exterior cylinder surface between the annular flange and the second seat end.
US11713805B2
A sphere type shift control apparatus for an electronic shift system has a sphere member rotated with respect to a housing by power from a motor, and the rotation of the sphere member is restricted by holding torque of the motor, such that it is possible to implement a shift lock. Further, since a user can forcibly manually rotate the sphere member, the function of shift lock release can be implemented.
US11713783B2
A ball joint includes a grease boot having a snap ring at least partially embedded in an elastomeric body. The snap ring has a C-shaped body that defines a compressible radial gap in the elastomeric body. The snap ring can be at least partially embedded in a flange of the grease boot, with a radially outermost edge of the flange including a first elastomeric shoulder, a second elastomeric shoulder, and an exposed outer wall of the snap ring located between the first elastomeric shoulder and the second elastomeric shoulder.
US11713781B2
The invention relates to a protection dish (32) for a counterbore formed in an aircraft mechanical part, said protection dish (32) having an axial cross-section about an axis (A) having substantially the shape of a U, and comprising a substantially annular wall (34) of axis (A) and a substantially cylindrical rim (36) of axis (A) connected to an outer periphery of said substantially annular wall (34). The invention is characterised in that said dish (32) is configured to be deformed in response to an axial stress (F) of a determined intensity applied on the substantially annular wall (34) thereof from a first state, wherein the substantially cylindrical rim (36) has a first transverse dimension (E) relative to axis (A), to a second state, wherein the substantially annular wall (34) being deformed, the cylindrical rim (36) has a second transverse dimension (E′) relative to the axis (A) that is greater than the first transverse dimension (E) along a transverse direction (T) determined relative to axis (A).
US11713768B1
A centrifugal pump includes an impeller that is rotatable about a rotational axis. The impeller includes impeller vanes disposed between a base plate and a shroud. The shroud outer surface includes recessed pump out vanes. For each pump out vane, the ratio R1 of the vane outer diameter to the shroud outer diameter is in a range of 0.8 to 0.98, the number of vanes N is in a range of 5 to 9, the ratio R2 of the width of the pump out vane to the shroud outer diameter is in a range of 0.02 to 0.04 and the pump out vane has a square leading edge profile with a square or chamfered trailing edge profile.
US11713764B1
A submersible pump comprises a rotational assembly and a rotational assembly housing. The rotational assembly has a plurality of in-line flow inducing sections. A centerline longitudinal axis of each of the flow inducing sections extends colinearly with a rotational axis of the rotational assembly. A downstream end portion of a flow pressurizing section is engaged with an upstream end portion of a rotational flow amplification section. A downstream end portion of the rotational flow amplification section is engaged with an upstream end portion of a flow outlet section. The rotational assembly housing has an interior space extending along a centerline axis of the rotational assembly housing. The rotational assembly is disposed within the interior space of the rotational assembly housing. The rotational assembly and the rotational assembly are jointly configured for causing the rotational axis to extend colinearly with the centerline longitudinal axis of the rotational assembly housing.
US11713760B2
A compressor system (10) and an intake pipe (300) used for the compressor system (10), wherein the intake pipe (300) comprises: a lubricant separator (310), which is configured to separate a lubricant which is in a compression fluid flowing through the intake pipe (300); and a first lubricant supply pipe (340), which is configured to supply the separated lubricant to a first compressor (100) or a second compressor (200) in the compressor system (10).
US11713759B2
Vane compressor comprising a stator, a rotor housed in the stator and provided with a body internally tangent to a side wall of the stator and with a plurality of vanes sliding in respective seats formed in the body of the rotor and pushed in a centrifugal direction to sealingly cooperate with the side wall of the stator, and a lubrication system comprising in combination one or more solid jet nozzles, arranged in the side wall of the stator to direct the solid jet towards the rotor, and at least one axial spray nozzle.
US11713757B2
A pump having at least two fluid drivers and a method of delivering fluid from an inlet of the pump to an outlet of the pump using the at least two fluid drivers. Each of the fluid drives includes a prime mover and a fluid displacement member. The prime mover drives the fluid displacement member to transfer fluid. The fluid drivers are independently operated. However, the fluid drivers are operated such that contact between the fluid drivers is synchronized. That is, operation of the fluid drivers is synchronized such that the fluid displacement member in each fluid driver makes contact with another fluid displacement member. The contact can include at least one contact point, contact line, or contact area.
US11713754B2
The invention relates to a device for driving a compressor of a vaporous fluid, particularly an electric motor. The device has a rotor and a stator, which are extended along a common longitudinal axis, as well as an insulation element. The insulation element is designed as a single part and connected with a stator core of the stator in a form-fitting manner such that the stator core and the insulation element form an integral and single-part component of the stator. The invention further relates to a method for producing a stator of the device, particularly the stator core with the insulation element.
US11713753B2
A portable air pump includes an inflation assembly, a head seat pivotally connected to the inflation assembly, a pressure gauge disposed in the head seat, a connection assembly pivotally connected to the inflation assembly, and an axial member. The inflation assembly includes a cylinder and a piston rod moveable relative to the cylinder to compress the air inside the cylinder. One end of the head seat is provided with the containing groove, and another end of the head seat is provided with a pedal portion. The connection assembly is adapted to connect with an air-inflatable object. The axial member is mounted through the inflation assembly and the head seat and is connected to the connection assembly. The axial member is provided with an airflow channel communicating with the cylinder, the containing groove, and the connection assembly.
US11713751B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure includes a method of calibrating a pump in a system to determine a minimum pump duty cycle needed. The system comprises a pump, a plurality of application lines downstream of the pump, and a flow control device in each application line. The method determines the minimum pump duty cycle to achieve total flow in the system, achieves a minimum pressure in the system, and ensures that the flow control device is not at or beyond a maximum open position.
US11713749B2
Provided is a lightning protection system for a carbon pultruded blade including a stack of carbon pultruded layers having at least a bottom layer and a top layer, each layer having a first end and a second end; the stack defining a tip-region, a root-region, and a mid-region; at least one lightning conductor extending along the stack from the tip-region to the root-region; and a plurality of electrical connections connecting the stack of layers with the lightning conductor, each end of each layer is electrically connected with the lightning conductor by one of the electrical connections; and each electrical connection that connects one of the ends of the top layer with the lightning conductor is electrically connected with the bottom layer. A carbon pultruded blade is also provided.
US11713743B2
A hydro-kinetic power generation system is disclosed. The system includes a structure to be positioned in shallow or deep waterways, such as canals and rivers. The structure may be modular, such that the structure may be composed of one or more structural units that are each substantially the same. In various embodiments, each unit includes one or more curved walls for accelerating water through the unit, or through the structure as a whole. In one embodiment, the accelerator walls are curved for optimizing water flow through the structure without generating undue head loss. In certain embodiments, the units may be configured such that the accelerator walls are positioned on opposite sides of the structure, or the accelerator walls may be adjacently positioned. Coupled to the structure are turbines and gear box systems for harnessing energy from the moving water and converting the energy into electric power.
US11713741B2
Provided is a fuel supply pump capable of improving welding quality while securing a function of a valve body. A fuel supply pump of the present invention includes a regulating member (discharge valve stopper 84) that guides movement of a valve body (discharge valve 82), a main body portion (body 1) provided with a valve chamber (discharge valve chamber 1d) that houses the regulating member, a sealing member (plug 85) that seals the valve chamber, and a welded portion (welded portion 86) that fixes the sealing member to the main body portion. An annular space portion (annular space portion 60) along an outer periphery of the regulating member is formed between the welded portion and the regulating member. The regulating member includes a positioning portion (fitting portion 84a) for positioning with respect to the main body portion on a side opposite to the sealing member, and a gap forming portion (gap forming portion 84c) forming an annular gap (annular gap 63) between the gap forming portion and the main body portion, and the annular gap allows a space on a side of the positioning portion in the valve chamber and the annular space portion to communicate with each other.
US11713737B1
A fuel-efficient and fuel-saving device is provided and includes a first fuel-modification device, an air-refining device, and a tubing-type fuel-modification device. The first fuel-modification device is arranged in a fuel tank. The air-refining device is arranged under a filter screen of an air filter of an internal combustion engine, and the tubing-type fuel-modification device is arranged above a pipeline between the internal combustion engine and the fuel tank. The first fuel-modification device includes a first metal box body and a plurality of nano far-infrared ceramic particles. The surface of the first metal box body has a plurality of uniformly arranged air holes. The plurality of nano far-infrared ceramic particles is arranged in the first metal box body. The ball diameter of the nano far-infrared ceramic particles is larger than the diameter of the air holes.
US11713736B2
A control flap (1) has a flap body (2) and a circumferential seal (3) capable of sealing upon abutting to a sealing surface (7) of an opening (8). The flap body (2) and the seal (3) are made of elastomers. The seal (3) is joined to the flap body (2) by a pressure plate (4) made of a thermoplastic. The control flap may be made by a method that includes: producing the flap body (2) from a thermoplastic by injection molding; producing the pressure plate (4) from a thermoplastic by injection molding; producing the seal (3) from an elastomer by injection molding; introducing the pressure plate (4) into the undercut (10) of the seal (3); inserting the pressure plate (4) with the seal (3) into the recess (16) of the flap body (2) and bonding the pressure plate (4) and flap body (2).
US11713734B1
A multi-function fuel delivery system and method of providing fuel delivery is provided that addresses space-related and cost related challenges as well as other challenges by combining a noise attenuating function, a hydrogen heating function, and a fuel supply rail capable of supplying hydrogen to multiple injectors within a single volume where a heat-transfer core utilizes an existing available internal volume of an attenuating volume or a fuel rail of a hydrogen supply manifold. A hydrogen fuel manifold, a hydrogen heat exchanger, and a fuel rail are housed in a single chamber such that a hydrogen fuel heating/cooling function, a hydrogen fuel noise/vibration attenuating function, providing the heat to the heat-transfer core, and providing the noise-attenuated H2 are performed in the single chamber.
US11713732B2
Disclosed are laminates comprising a carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet and a layer of polysilazane and methods for producing such laminates.
US11713720B2
A turbomachine dual spool transmission system can include a transmission assembly configured to connect to a combination output of a dual spool differential at a transmission input to be driven by the combination output to turn a transmission output. The transmission assembly can be configured to provide a first output gear ratio in a first state and a second output gear ratio in a second state. The system can include the dual spool differential. The dual spool differential can include a gear assembly configured to combine a low pressure spool input and a high pressure spool input into a combination output to provide an output speed range smaller than a low pressure speed range alone.
US11713716B2
A fuel pump assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a shaft for transmitting motion, a gear connected to and coaxial with the shaft with the gear having a first wear surface, a first bearing coaxial with the shaft with the first bearing being configured to support the gear and having a second wear surface positioned to interact with the first wear surface, and a plurality of indents. The indents are distributed in the first wear surface or the second wear surface and at least two of the plurality of indents are partially aligned in a radial direction.
US11713710B2
A topological rotary engine includes a first transmission mechanism, a second transmission mechanism, a valve mechanism, a rotor, and a cylinder. The rotor is arranged in an inner chamber of the cylinder. A cross section of the rotor is a curved-side topological polygon having n sides. A cross section of the inner chamber of cylinder is a curved-side topological polygon having n+1 sides, and n is an even number greater than or equal to 4. An outer topological curved surface of the rotor is meshed with an inner topological curved surface of the cylinder. The rotor reversely revolves around an axis of the cylinder with an eccentricity as a radius while rotating, and divides the cylinder into n+1 independent chambers. The cylinder is provided with n+1 fuel injection nozzles and n+1 spark plugs, which cooperate with the rotor and the valve mechanism.
US11713702B2
Methods and systems are provided to heat a catalyst of an after-treatment system for a vehicle. The after-treatment system is powered by a battery. An operational parameter of the battery and the driving mode of the vehicle is determined. After receiving an indication that a first operational parameter threshold has been surpassed and a torque demand of the vehicle has been predicted, heat is provided to the catalyst of the after-treatment system based on the predicted torque demand of the vehicle surpassing a second operational parameter threshold.
US11713694B1
A turbine shroud assembly includes a carrier assembly, a blade track segment, and a retainer. The carrier assembly is arranged circumferentially at least partway around an axis and includes a fore carrier segment and an aft carrier segment coupled with the fore carrier. The blade track segment is supported by the carrier assembly to locate the blade track segment radially outward of the axis and define a portion of a gas path of the turbine shroud assembly. The retainer extends into the fore carrier segment, the blade track segment, and the aft carrier segment to couple the blade track segment with the carrier assembly.
US11713684B2
A coolable component for a streaming engine providing an improved cooling, wherein the coolable component includes an outer wall providing an outer surface adapted to be in contact with a hot fluid like a hot gas stream used in the streaming engine or to be coated with a coating that is adapted to be in contact with the hot fluid, wherein the outer surface is at least partially curved. The coolable component includes at least one cooling channel inside the outer wall adapted to guide a cooling fluid through the cooling channel to cool the outer wall during operation of the streaming engine, wherein the cooling channel is adapted to provide a convection cooling of the outer surface.
US11713683B2
A turbine blade including an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The airfoil portion internally forming a cooling passage, which includes first and second cooling passages, and a plurality of outflow passages each having one end which opens to a merging portion formed by connecting an end portion of the first cooling passage on a side of the trailing edge and an end portion of the second cooling passage on the side of the trailing edge, and another end which opens to the trailing edge. The first cooling passage and the second cooling passage are divided by a partition member disposed in the airfoil portion. The cooling passage includes pressure side pin fins in the first cooling passage, and suction side pin fins in the second cooling passage.
US11713678B2
A method of controlling a rotary engine is disclosed. The rotary engine includes a shroud surrounding a rotor. The rotor carries a combustion chamber spaced from an axis of rotation of the rotor. A pressure activated valve is located between the combustion chamber and obliquely arranged exhaust nozzles. An ECU controls the combustion cycle of the engine based on a signal from a pressure sensor in the combustion chamber. The electronic control responds to the pressure signal from the pressure sensor to open a fuel control valve, to fire a spark plug and cause combustion of the fuel within the combustion chamber, and to thereafter open an air control valve to purge the combustion chamber of exhaust gasses.
US11713673B2
Detector device (10) mounts to a drilling rig (12) to sense sound or vibration signalled from downhole. The device (10) has a transmitter (10,20) to transmit data and/or an alert relating to sensed sound and/or vibration associated with deployment and/or positioning of a tool downhole. The device (10) recognises that one or more predetermined events or a pattern of events or one or more particular sound and/or vibration signatures occur(s). Downhole device (36) has a transmitter (38) transmitting a signal indicating a sensed pressure, position or motion change downhole. Communication between the downhole device and the device at the surface to determine depth or distance e.g. time of flight of a signal emitted by one device and the return signal from the other device or from the send and received times of the signal between the two devices based on their respective timers.
US11713668B2
An integrated well logging system includes an elongated stem portion configured to lower the well logging system into a hydrocarbon well, a multi-finger calipers for measuring the internal diameter of the annulus of the hydrocarbon well, the multi-finger calipers comprising a plurality of measuring arms, a first crossover configured to connect the stem portion to the multi-finger calipers, a static bottom hole pressure survey configured to measure the pressure at a location within the hydrocarbon well, the static bottom hole pressure survey comprising a plurality of memory gauges, and a second crossover configured to connect the multi-finger calipers to the static bottom hole pressure survey.
US11713664B2
A subsea separator vessels includes single machined blocks integrated into a hull so as to combine all the valves used in the process of separating the multiphase fluid in the interior of the blocks. The separator vessels have by-pass valves in their blocks, if necessary to interrupt the separation process. The blocks function as a structure for the separating vessels, thereby replacing all of the metal structure necessary to support the tubes and valves of a conventional manifold, thus reducing the total area occupied by the separation station in the seabed.
US11713658B2
An artificial lift system for a horizontal well deploys a downhole pump and flexible bladder reservoir chamber to be used with a conventional rod pump. The rod pump is used in the vertical at the top of the curve. The flexible bladder reservoir chamber is connected to the rod pump intake. The downhole pump is set in the producing formation and is connected to the reservoir chamber by tubing. The lift system uses a compressor drive system to operate the downhole pump to move fluids from the producing formation to the reservoir chamber. The reservoir chamber uses the flexible chamber bladder that is filled with well fluids by operation of the downhole pump to provide a continuous supply of well fluids to the rod pump intake. Operation of the rod pump lifts fluids from the flexible chamber bladder without regard to the operation state of the downhole pump.
US11713656B2
Methods for producing hydrocarbons from subterranean reservoirs utilize a production well having a plurality of individually-actuatable fluid-inlet components that are spaced apart to define a plurality of production-well fluid-inlet zones. An injection fluid including a non-condensable gas (NCG) is injected into the reservoir, such that a drainage fluid including at least a portion of the NCG occupies the production-well fluid-inlet zones. The gas phase:liquid phase ratio of a production fluid is modulated by identifying at least one of the production-well fluid-inlet zones as having a gas content above a threshold and thus being a higher-gas zone, and actuating variations in pump speed and the flow states of the plurality of fluid-inlet components adjacent and corresponding to the higher-gas zone to prioritize hydraulic communication with a subset of the plurality of production-well fluid-inlet zones spaced apart from the higher-gas zone.
US11713655B2
A liner hanger is used for deploying a liner into a wellbore. The liner hanger includes a tubular body having a first end and a second end. The first end can include a connection to a liner. The second end can include a sealed connection to an operational pipe. The sealed connection can be releasable. An expansion tool attached to a work string can be used for suspending the liner hanger into the wellbore. At least a portion of the expandable pipe is radially expanded using the expansion tool. The radial expansion of the expandable pipe can cause compression of at least one seal member against a base casing.
US11713646B2
A stage cementing system includes a stage cementing assembly having a stage tool. The stage tool has an outer mandrel, an inner mandrel coupled to and disposed inside of the outer mandrel, an annular chamber between the outer mandrel and the inner mandrel, a first outer port through the outer mandrel, and longitudinally spaced first and second inner ports through the inner mandrel. The stage cementing system further includes an inner string assembly configured to be located inside the inner mandrel. The inner string assembly has a tubular body having a central throughbore and longitudinally spaced first and second side ports, a lower external seal element below the first and second side ports, a middle external seal element between the first and second side ports, and an upper external seal element above the first and second side ports.
US11713642B2
An element backup including a first ring defining an axis; a first parting line through the first ring, the first parting line having a first plurality of generally axially extending segments and a first generally non-axially extending segment extending between the first plurality of axially extending segments; a second ring defining an axis; a second parting line through the second ring, the second parting line having a second plurality of generally axially extending segments and a second generally non-axially extending segment extending between the second plurality of axially extending segments; and an interconnection releasably securing the first and second rings to one another.
US11713641B2
A system is described for forming a debris barrier downhole in a wellbore. The system may include a mandrel, a retrievable downhole tool, and a debris ring. The mandrel may be positionable within a wellbore. The retrievable downhole tool may be positionable around the mandrel to perform tasks downhole in the wellbore. The debris ring may include an expandable material positionable around the mandrel to form a debris barrier. The debris barrier may be formed in response to exposing the expandable material to wellbore fluid.
US11713637B2
A method of selectively expanding a wall of a tubular includes assembling an expansion tool comprising a plurality of bi-directional boosters, arranging a predetermined number of explosive pellets a serially-arranged column between the bi-directional boosters, positioning a duel end firing explosive column tool within the tubular, and detonating the bi-directional boosters to simultaneously ignite opposing ends of the serially-arranged column to form two shock waves. The shock waves collide to create an amplified shock wave that travels radially outward to impact the tubular and expand a portion of the tubular wall radially outward, without perforating or cutting through the portion of the wall, to form a protrusion of the tubular at the portion of the wall. The protrusion extends into an annulus adjacent an outer surface of the wall of the tubular.
US11713630B2
A directional drill vice and associated methods are shown. A directional drill and associated methods are also shown. Examples of directional drill stem configurations include gripping jaws configured with a common jaw pivot. Examples of directional drill stem configurations also include a slot in a vice frame to allow lateral insertion of a drill stem segment.
US11713627B1
A centraliser comprises arm assemblies pivotally connected between first and second support members. Each arm assembly comprises a first arm and a first pivot joint having a first pivot axis, a second arm and a second pivot joint having a second pivot axis, the first and second arms pivotally attached together via a third pivot joint having a third pivot axis. The arm assemblies are arranged in diametrically opposed pairs. In some embodiments the first arm comprises a fork section to position the first pivot axis coincident with the central longitudinal axis of the device, or so that the first pivot axis and the third pivot axis are positioned on opposite sides of a plane coincident with the central longitudinal axis of the device.
US11713625B2
A bulkhead may include a fixed body having an exterior fixed body surface, a first cover having a first large region and a first small region, a second cover having a second large region and a second small region, a seal element, a first electrical contact, and a second electrical contact. The exterior fixed body surface may be perpendicular to a radius of the fixed body. The seal element may contact the exterior fixed body surface in a gap provided between the first cover and the second cover. The first electrical contact may extend through the first small region of the first cover. The second electrical contact may extend through the second small region of the second cover.
US11713621B2
A kit of parts for assembling a control assembly for a roller blind includes a plurality of driven parts each having a tubular body with a different diameter and/or profile adapted to be inserted into and drivingly engage a respective roller blind tube. The kit further includes a plurality of mounting parts each having an outer face incorporating a different arrangement of securing formations adapted to be engageable with a respective mounting bracket, and a drive part including (i) a housing adapted to be coupled with any one of the mounting parts and (ii) a drive rotatingly mounted within the housing and adapted to be coupled with any one of the driven parts.
US11713617B2
An angle adjusting mechanism for blinds blades has a main body and a driving unit. The worm gear of the driving unit is housed in the first container of the main body, and the worm and the connecting rod of the driving unit are positioned in the second container of the main body. The worm and the worm gear engage with each other, and the pivot extension at the end of the connecting rod is located at the second opening of the main body and does not protrude from the main body, which avoids transportation damage and greatly reduces the volume of the adjustment mechanism. For the purpose of quick disassembly and assembly, the driving rod of the driving unit is also assembled with the connecting rod, and of the driving rods are designed with several different sizes, so that the adjusting mechanism can change the driving rod at according to the size of the blinds blades.
US11713612B2
A thermally enhanced extrudate includes a channel, a first wall, and a second wall. The channel extends along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end of the thermally enhanced extrudate and is shaped to receive glass or a frame. The second wall is spaced from the first wall. The first wall and the second wall partially enclose a thermal break extending along the longitudinal axis. The thermal break has a first width defined between the first wall and the second wall at an upper end of the thermal break and a second width defined between the first wall and the second wall at a lower end of the thermal break. The thermally enhanced extrudate further includes a solid insulation material in the thermal break between the first and second walls and formed by curing a flowable material.
US11713611B2
A window vent system and method automatically vents air pressure from a vehicle cabin as the vehicle door is closing. A drive mechanism is mounted to a vehicle window. A sensor senses open and closed positions of the door latch. When the latch is open, a signal is sent from the sensor to a controller to open the window. When the latch is closed, a signal is sent to the controller to close the window. Software prevents closing of the window in the event of a pinch event. The software also stops the drive mechanism if there is an obstruction to opening or closing of the window. Manual override is also provided to selectively open and close the window.
US11713604B2
A door stop mechanisms is disclosed that is arranged for preventing a door from swinging back against a wall. The door stop mechanisms are flexible, wall mounted door stops to absorb the impact of the swinging door or other mechanisms imparting a sideways force. The door stops are also arranged to absorb the force, flex, and return, without damage to the mechanism. One embodiment of a door stop mechanism, according to the present invention comprises a bottom portion having a bottom hollow section and a top portion on the bottom portion. The top portion has a top hollow section facing the bottom hollow section. A spring is arranged in the top and bottom hollow sections. A first end of the spring is attached to the top portion and a second end of the spring is attached to the bottom portion. The spring holds the top portion to the bottom portion in alignment while also allowing the top portion to move in relation to the bottom portion in response to a force. The spring also returns the top portion in alignment with the bottom portion when the force is removed.
US11713597B2
Personal restraints are described, including a user-accessible button that can be pushed in sliding a lock bar into a double lock position.
US11713594B2
An electronic lock with a lock assembly that includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The electronic lock includes a motor configured to drive the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. A controller is provided that is configured to control actuation of the motor to selectively move the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. The electronic lock includes a user interface configured to output information about the electronic lock. A misalignment scoring means is provided for detecting interference to movement of the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position and determining a lock misalignment score based on the detected interference. The user interface identifies the lock misalignment score.
US11713589B2
A metal fencing system is provided. The metal fencing system can include a plurality of metal fence posts and a plurality of retaining clips, each metal fence post comprising a plurality of discrete apertures arranged to receive a coupling portion of a retaining clip; wherein each retaining clip comprises a central fencing wire securing portion and two opposing coupling portions arranged in use to cooperate with the discrete apertures and to secure the retaining clip to the metal fence post.
US11713580B2
A gutter guard device is described comprising a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side, at least one girder spanning a bottom surface of the bridge member from a proximal end of the bridge member's roof side to a proximal end of the bridge member's gutter lip side, a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member, and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member, wherein the roof attachment member, the bridge member and the gutter attachment member are a single piece of material and the device is self-supporting.
US11713578B1
Some embodiments relate to asphalt shingle waste coatings in roofing shingles of roofing systems. A roofing system comprises a plurality of roofing shingles. The plurality of roofing shingles, when installed on a roof substrate, comprises exposed surfaces and unexposed surfaces. The plurality of roofing shingles comprises asphalt shingle waste coatings on or only on at least one of the unexposed surfaces. The plurality of roofing shingles comprises asphalt coatings on or only on at least one of the exposed surfaces.
US11713577B2
A system including a reinforcement positioner having a body with a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine. The positioner further includes an opening or recess positioned in the body, and a clip configured to be received and retained in the opening or recess.
US11713573B2
A building module which is a sandwich panel comprising a first region which provides part of the roof structure of a building, a second region which provides part of the wall structure of the building, and a third region which provides part of the floor structure of the building.
US11713572B2
A box assembly includes a box, a door, an opener, and an insulation material. The box is configured to be installed on a curtain wall. The door encloses an interior space of the box. The opener is configured to open the door. The insulation material is in a compressed state in the interior space when the door is closed. The insulation material is configured to transition to an uncompressed state when the opener opens the door. When the door is opened, the insulation material at least partially extends from the interior space into a safing slot adjacent the curtain wall when the box is in an installed state and the door is opened.
US11713568B2
A through-floor combination tub and surface drain includes an exterior tube having a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end of the exterior tube is to connect to a sewer pipe. The top end of the exterior tube has one or more openings to provide a floor drain. The drain also includes an interior tube situated within the exterior tube. The interior tube has a top end to receive a drain pipe and a bottom end that opens into a cavity within the exterior tube that extends from the top end of the exterior tube to the bottom end of the exterior tube. The drain further includes a flange, extending outward radially from the exterior tube, to connect to a substrate of a floor.
US11713566B2
A reservoir dispenser for a bidet washing apparatus includes a reservoir dispenser body having one or more reservoir dispenser chambers. One or more reservoir dispenser inlets are fluidically connectable to the one or more of the one or more reservoir dispenser chambers. In addition, one or more reservoir dispenser outlets are fluidically connectable to the one or more of the one or more reservoir dispenser chambers.
US11713564B2
Disclosed are faucet control device and method. A faucet control device capable of automatic temperature control comprises: a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor installed in a hot water pipe and a cold water pipe to measure the pressures of hot water and cold water, respectively; a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor installed in the hot water pipe and the cold water pipe to measure the temperatures of the hot water and the cold water, respectively; a heating member disposed between the hot water pipe and a faucet; a rotation sensor for measuring at least one of a horizontal rotation angle and a vertical rotation angle when an operation of a faucet knob terminates; a first electronic valve and a second electronic valve installed on discharge ports of the hot water and the cold water, respectively; and a controller for determining a stop position of the faucet knob by using at least one of the horizontal rotation angle and the vertical rotation angle and controlling whether to operate the heating member and the opening degrees of the first electronic valve and the second electronic valve according to the determined stop position of the faucet knob by using the pressures of the hot water and the cold water and the temperatures of the hot water and the cold water.
US11713558B2
A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a cab frame attached to the vehicle body frame so as to be rotatable around a pivot axis, a support provided on the cab frame, a fastener provided on the cab frame and between the support and the pivot axis in a radial direction from the pivot axis, a hydraulic hose, and a hose installation member. The hose installation member includes an engaging portion connected to the fastener, an extending portion configured to be supported on the support, a beam portion connecting the engaging portion and the extending portion, and a first hose holding member provided on the beam portion and having a first opening through which the hydraulic hose passes.
US11713554B2
An apparatus for removable insertion into an excavated trench to protect a worker against collapse of the trench wall, which is often termed in industry as a trench shield or cage or box, comprises cross members interconnecting opposite sides of a protective peripheral wall that are in the form of rounded annuluses. Additional members are provided to interconnect adjacent pairs of annuli which are spaced one from the other in a height direction of the wall. This forms an interconnected internal frame of the apparatus which primarily provides compressive strength of the apparatus against collapsing of the trench wall instead of the protective wall so that the protective wall may be made to be lighter in terms of mass. Further, the protective peripheral wall forms a tube substantially fully enclosing a working area defined by the wall.
US11713544B2
A copolymer composition is disclosed with advantages for textile fibers, yarns, blended yarns, fabrics, and garments. The composition includes polyester copolymer, between about 9.5 and 10.5 percent adipic acid based on the amount of copolymer, between about 630 and 770 parts per million (ppm) of pentaerythritol based on the amount of copolymer, and between about 3.4 and 4.2 percent polyethylene glycol based on the amount of copolymer.
US11713543B2
The present disclosure relates to a fiber for manufacturing a stretchable hydrophobic fiber article, the fiber including silica nanoparticles which are surface-modified such that the silica nanoparticles include a hydrocarbon chain, and a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a stretchable hydrophobic fiber article manufactured therefrom, and a manufacturing method thereof. A fiber and a fiber article according to the present disclosure may have high hydrophobicity, preferably both superhydrophobicity and elasticity. Further, as the fiber and fiber article have excellent mechanical stability and chemical durability, the fiber and fiber article may stably exhibit the aforementioned high hydrophobicity and elasticity even under the harsh conditions.
US11713538B1
An improved locker seat includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls having a pair of lateral edges. A generally horizontal seat is disposed between the lateral edges of the sidewalls. In a first mode, an air source is connected to an airway formed within the seat to create an airflow. The airflow from the air source creates a first temperature differential to cool the seat. In a second mode, an external or internal heat source provides heat to a top surface of the seat, creating a second temperature differential to heat the seat. The first and second temperature differential are distributed across the top surface of the seat. The seat is hinged to be movable about the hinge between an open and a closed position.
US11713529B2
A washing machine appliance may include a tub, a basket, an impeller base, and an extended post. The impeller base may be rotatably mounted within the basket. The impeller base may include an impeller platform and a mounting face defined on the impeller platform. The mounting face may define a recessed cup. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base to rotate therewith. The extended post may define an interior cavity. The extended post may include a mating collar and an attachment piston. The mating collar may be on the bottom end in selective engagement with the mounting face at the recessed cup. The attachment piston may include a piston flange extending radially outward at an upper piston end and define an upper radial contact surface in selective engagement with a portion of an inner surface of the mating collar.
US11713512B2
The present disclosure relates to a bismuth vanadate electrode including vanadium-functionalized graphene quantum dots and a method for preparing the same. More particularly, it relates to a technology which is capable of, by adding graphene quantum dots (GQDs) in the process of immersing a bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) electrode in an alkaline solution to remove vanadium oxide (V2O5) excessively formed on the surface of the electrode during its preparation, protecting the electrode from the alkaline solution as the graphene quantum dots are adsorbed onto the surface of BiVO4 while V2O5 is removed, and improving the efficiency of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) when applied to a photoanode due to vanadium (V)-functionalized graphene quantum dots formed as the etched vanadium ions ((VO)43−) are adsorbed onto the graphene quantum dots.
US11713511B2
The present disclosure provides a high-power unipolar water electrolysis plant including a rectifier, a first U-bank, and a second U-bank electrically connected in series to the rectifier and to the first U-bank. Each U-bank is formed by a pair of adjacent, longitudinal cell arrays electrically connected to each other. The cell arrays are arranged in a spaced apart, side-by-side arrangement with a service corridor defined therebetween to allow sectional maintenance to be performed on each cell array. Each cell array has a plurality of unipolar water electrolyser cells. Each U-bank has input conduits for delivering water and cooling water to each cell array, output conduits for carrying hydrogen gas, oxygen gas and cooling water away from each cell array. The high-power unipolar water electrolysis plant includes a first jumper and a second jumper to isolate the U-bank, an electrical bypass busbar extension and a third jumper to bypass the U-bank.
US11713507B2
Methods for plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of low-κ films are described. A method of depositing a film comprises exposing a substrate to a silicon precursor having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen (H), substituted alkyl, or unsubstituted alkyl; purging the processing chamber of the silicon precursor; exposing the substrate to a carbon monoxide (CO) plasma to form one or more of a silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) or silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) film on the substrate; and purging the processing chamber.
US11713504B2
Described are multi-layer coatings, substrates (i.e., articles) coated with a multi-layer coating, and methods of preparing a multi-layer coating by atomic layer deposition, wherein the coating includes layers alumina and yttria.
US11713496B2
The present disclosure provides a powder material that makes it possible to achieve higher flowability than before and to increase the crushing strength of particles. The powder material of the present disclosure has a dendritic structure 1. The dendritic structure 1 has a cemented carbide composition or a cermet composition.
US11713495B2
A tantalum or tantalum alloy which contains pure or substantially pure tantalum and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, Mo, W and Re to form a tantalum alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion. The invention also relates to the process of preparing the tantalum alloy.
US11713491B2
Provided herein is a nucleotide cassette comprising an inducible promoter, a nucleotide sequence that corresponds to at least one single stranded RNA diagnostic target, a nucleotide sequence that encodes artemin, a molecular switch and a nucleotide sequence that encodes a DNAse enzyme and is under control of the molecular switch, wherein the single stranded RNA diagnostic target is a sequence detected by a molecular diagnostic assay. In some embodiments the nucleotide cassette can be used to obtain an RNA expression product. Also provided are vectors and cells comprising the nucleotide cassette or the RNA expression product thereof. The nucleotide cassette can further be used to obtain a diagnostic control composition comprising a non-pathogenic recombinant bacterium having a modified genetic content comprising the nucleotide cassette and to methods of producing such recombinant bacteria.
US11713488B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of cancer, in particular to cancers having microsatellite instability (MSI) and/or mismatch repair (MMR-) deficiency. Examples of such cancers include many colorectal, gastric, and endometrial tumors. Accordingly, the present invention provides a novel diagnostic marker panel for analyzing MSI loci, together with methods and kits of using said panel in the detection of cancers having microsatellite instability (MSI) and/or mismatch repair (MMR-) deficiency.
US11713486B2
The present invention provides combinations of biomarkers that can be used in the diagnosis and differentiation of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The present invention therefore provides methods of differentiating, diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, by examining relevant proteins and RNA in a patient sample.
US11713484B2
Providing herein, among other things, is a method comprising incubating a double-stranded nucleic acid having a nick with a nick translating activity, a ligase, and a nucleotide mix comprising at least one modified nucleotide, to generate a product comprising a patch of a newly synthesized strand of a duplex nucleic acid containing a plurality of modified nucleoside monophosphates that are at or adjacent to the site of the nick. In some embodiments, the method may be used to map damaged nucleoside monophosphates in a nucleic acid. Compositions and kits for use in performing the method are also provided.
US11713481B2
A process for pre-concentration and detection of at least one single-stranded nucleic acid target molecule, the process comprising the steps of generating a flow of liquid comprising at least one magnetic nanoparticle in a micro-channel and a plurality of single-stranded nucleic acid probe molecules attached to the nanoparticle, generating an alternating magnetic field in the part of the micro-channel using an electromagnet, the magnetic field having an intensity and frequency that are suitable for causing magnetic hyperthermia of the nanoparticles so as to cause denaturing of the duplex formed by the single-stranded nucleic acid target molecule and the single-stranded nucleic acid probe molecule, and detecting the single-stranded target molecule dispersed in the liquid.
US11713480B2
The present disclosure relates to materials and methods for spatial detection of nucleic acid in a tissue sample or a portion thereof. In particular, provided herein are materials and methods for detecting RNA so as to obtain spatial information about the localization, distribution or expression of genes in a tissue sample. In some embodiments, the materials and methods provided herein enable detection of gene expression in a single cell.
US11713467B2
Provided are plasmid vector constructs encoding multiple immunomodulatory proteins where each protein or component thereof can be expressed utilizing appropriate promotors and/or translation modifiers. Additional immunomodulatory proteins and genetic adjuvants containing shared tumor antigens can be added to further therapeutic potential as well as allow tracking of therapeutic treatment. Also provides are methods of expressing the plasmid constructs.
US11713465B2
The present invention provides methods for the transformation of viable explants from wheat seeds to permit production of transgenic wheat plants. The present invention also relates to methods for producing such explants and related embodiments.
US11713461B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating patients having decreased bone mineral density, methods of identifying subjects having increased risk of developing decreased bone mineral density, methods of detecting human Zinc And Ring Finger 3 (ZNRF3) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides, and ZNRF3 variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.
US11713460B2
This invention is in the field of molecular biology, gene expression, functional genomics, and bioinformatics and relates to novel RNA and related structures and methods of use thereof that enables modulation of gene expression and preservation of particular transcriptome targets. The invention contemplates various applications of RNA sequences derived from the genomic RNA of flaviviruses (FVs) and the application of such features in combination with heterologous sequences.
US11713456B2
The invention comprises methods for isolating nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, while enzyme-inhibiting polyanions are reduced at the same time, using a non-alcoholic binder solution that is not based on chaotropic salts, and a washing solution containing an amine compound, and kits suitable for such a method, comprising the mentioned binder solution and washing solution.
US11713455B2
For enhanced selection of efficient targeted genome manipulating agents, an apparatus includes first and second chip-based biosensors having one or more sensing surfaces configured to detect biomolecular binding interactions between a nucleic acid sample and a targeted genome manipulating agent functionalized to a capture surface within a sensing range of the one or more sensing surfaces. The first chip-based biosensor uses a nucleic acid sample incubated with a blocking agent that blocks on-target binding and the second chip-based biosensor holds a nucleic acid sample that omits the blocking agent. A measurement apparatus measures first and second sets of response signals produced in response to the biomolecular binding interactions occurring between the nucleic acid sample and the targeted genome manipulating agent. An analysis module determines the genome manipulating efficiency parameters of the targeted genome manipulating agent. A system and a method perform the functions of the apparatus.
US11713449B2
A two-step chromatography purification scheme is described which selectively captures and isolates the genome-containing rAAV vector particles from the clarified, concentrated supernatant of a rAAV production cell culture. The process utilizes an affinity capture method performed at a high salt concentration followed by an anion exchange resin method performed at high pH to provide rAAV vector particles which are substantially free of rAAV intermediates.
US11713434B2
An azeotropic cleaning solvent composition has from about 96 to about 98 weight percent 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-methoxypropane (“HFMOP”) and from about 2 to about 4 weight percent acetone, for example, about 97 weight percent HFMOP and about 3 weight percent acetone. Another composition of the invention has a weight ratio of HFMOP to acetone of about 24 to about 99, for example, about 24 to 49. Conventional additives such as surfactants, lubricants and co-solvents may be present in an amount not to exceed about 10 weight percent of the composition. A method of the invention comprises contacting an article of manufacture with the solvent composition in order to clean the article of manufacture and then removing the solvent composition from the article of manufacture.
US11713432B2
The present disclosure relates to an automotive slide member including a first slide portion having a first lubricant applied between first portions of a first friction slide mechanism, and a second slide portion having a second lubricant applied between second portions of a second friction slide mechanism. The first slide portion is arranged at a part to be touched by an operator who attaches the automotive slide member to an automobile or a user of the automobile. The second slide portion is arranged at a part that is not touched by the operator who attaches the automotive slide member to the automobile or the user of the automobile. The second lubricant contains a relatively larger amount of conductive carbon than that of the first lubricant.
US11713421B2
A process for continuously upgrading heavy oil to produce light hydrocarbon gases which are recycled in the process as a carrier gas used in spark-discharge hydrocarbon cracking within the process. The process also produces light hydrocarbon liquids which are used to upgrade the heavy oil. An apparatus for continuously upgrading heavy oil to produce light hydrocarbon gases which are recycled in the as a carrier gas used in spark-discharge hydrocarbon cracking within the apparatus. The apparatus also produces light hydrocarbon liquids which are used to upgrade the heavy oil.
US11713419B2
A process for converting lignocellulosic feedstock includes providing a lignocellulosic feedstock into a first inlet of a first reactor at a first end, and providing a hot feedstock into a second inlet of the first reactor at a second end of the first reactor. The process includes heating and reacting the lignocellulosic feedstock with the hot feedstock and outputting a first product stream from a first product outlet of the first reactor. The first product stream is an alkane rich product stream. A reactor system includes a first reactor having a first inlet at a first end, a second inlet at a second end and at least one product outlet. The first reactor is configured to receive a lignocellulosic feedstock at the first inlet and a hot feedstock at the second inlet. The system includes a second reactor having a first inlet downstream from the at least one product outlet.
US11713418B2
A quantum dot including zinc, tellurium, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot comprises a core and a shell disposed on the core, and wherein the quantum dot is a cadmium-free red light-emitting quantum dot and has an emission peak wavelength of greater than or equal to about 600 nanometers (nm), and efficiency of greater than or equal to about 50%.
US11713414B1
Polyacrylamide (PAM) compositions and methods of using the compositions as drag reducers in well treatment fluids are disclosed. The compositions use PAM particles with log-asymmetric particle size distributions. For example, about 10% or more of the PAM particles may have particle sizes above 76 μm, but the particle size distribution tails toward lower particles sizes. Dry PAM formulations and premixed concentrate compositions are disclosed. Well treating fluids prepared using the disclosed compositions reach maximum drag reduction very quickly and also exhibit high sustained drag reduction.
US11713413B2
A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.
US11713411B2
Unconventional hydrocarbon source rock reservoirs can contain the organic material kerogen, intertwined with the rock matrix. The kerogen can alter the tensile strength of the rock and contribute to higher fracture energy needs. To degrade kerogen and other organic materials, oxidizing gasses are dissolved in carbon dioxide (CO2) which is then used as part of a fracturing fluid. The oxidizing gasses can be dissolved directly in the CO2 or generated in situ using precursors.
US11713407B2
An altered drilling fluid having a drilling fluid and a date tree waste-based lost circulation material (LCM). The date tree waste LCM may include includes date tree waste fibers produced from one or more of the following: date tree trunks, date tree rachis, date tree leaflets, date tree panicles, and date tree roots. The date tree waste LCM may include fibers having lengths in the range of 5 millimeters (5 mm) to 15 mm, diameters in the range of 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm, and having an aspect ratio range of 6 to 30. Methods of manufacture of a date tree waste LCM are also provided.
US11713405B1
Embodiments provide methods for disassembling an apparel product. The methods include exposing an adhesive of the apparel product to a composition having an acidic or basic pH. The adhesive is disposed at least partially between a major component and a minor component of the apparel product. The adhesive includes a material having a thioester bond. The major component forms a base portion of the apparel product and is configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer. The minor component forms a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with the adhesive. The methods include separating the major component from the minor component adjoined by the adhesive.
US11713401B2
Provided is a dip molding composition including, at least: an elastomer that contains a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit, and a butadiene-derived structural unit in a polymer main chain; an epoxy crosslinking agent; water; and a pH modifier, in which dip molding composition the elastomer contains the (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit in an amount of 20 to 40% by weight, the unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight, and the butadiene-derived structural unit in an amount of 50 to 75% by weight, and the epoxy crosslinking agent includes an epoxy crosslinking agent containing an epoxy compound having three or more epoxy groups in one molecule and has a dissolution rate in water of 10 to 70% as determined by a specific measurement method.
US11713400B2
A curable composition for production of coatings with an antimicrobial property contains at least one film-forming polymer, at least one up-conversion phosphor, optionally, at least one additive, and optionally, at least one curing agent. The phosphor is selected from the idealized general formula (I), A1-x-y-zB*yB2SiO4:Ln1x,Ln2z,, where x=0.0001-0.05, z=0 or z=0.0001 to 0.3, and y=x+z; A is selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; B is selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs; B* is selected from Li, Na, and K; where B is the same as B* or B is not the same as B*, and B and B* are preferably not the same; Ln1 is selected from praseodymium (Pr), erbium (Er), and neodymium (Nd); and Ln2 is optionally selected from gadolinium (Gd).
US11713396B2
A method for preparing a nickel oxide precursor ink comprising: preparing a solvent comprising diols and alcohol amines; adding nickel nitrate into the solvent to form a nickel nitrate containing solution; adding at least one metal acetate into the nickel nitrate containing solution to form a nickel nitrate and metal acetate containing solution; adding water to the nickel nitrate and metal acetate containing solution to form a nickel oxide precursor mixture; heating the nickel oxide precursor mixture to 60 to 75 Celsius; and cooling the nickel oxide precursor mixture to form the nickel oxide precursor ink.
US11713392B2
A polyester resin composition contains a polyester resin A containing 50 to 100 mass % of a polybutylene terephthalate resin and 0 to 50 mass % of a polyethylene terephthalate resin. The polyester resin composition further contains a predetermined amount of a metal organic acid salt B, which is either or both of an alkali metal organic acid salt and an alkaline earth metal organic acid salt; a predetermined amount of a styrenic resin C; and a predetermined amount of an inorganic filler D. The amount of linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate or the amount of the linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate and linear oligomers of polyethylene terephthalate is less than or equal to 1000 mg/kg. Inorganic filler D has an average particle size of 0.05 to 3 μm.
US11713389B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a propylene polymer composition capable of forming a heat seal layer that can be heat-sealed at a relatively low temperature and suppressing blocking in a film including the heat seal layer. A propylene polymer composition contains the following propylene polymer (1) and the following propylene-α-olefin copolymer (2), in which a content of the propylene polymer (1) is 2% by mass to 25% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of a total content of the propylene polymer (1) and the propylene-α-olefin copolymer (2), and the propylene polymer composition satisfies the following requirement (3): Propylene polymer (1): a polymer containing 94% by mass or more of a monomer unit derived from propylene. Propylene-α-olefin copolymer (2): a copolymer containing 60% by mass or more and less than 94% by mass of a monomer unit derived from propylene and more than 6% by mass and 40% by mass or less of a monomer unit derived from an α-olefin having 4 to 12 carbon atoms. Requirement (3): the following Expression (3-1) is satisfied in a temperature rising elution fractionation method in which ortho-dichlorobenzene is used as a solvent and a temperature range is set to 0° C. to 140° C. Wb ≤ - 1 . 7 9 × T h + 1 5 0 ( 3 - 1 )
US11713388B2
A composition of matter having oxygen scavenging properties comprises a blend of a base polymer, a butadiene polymer, and titanium dioxide in an amount sufficient to catalyze reaction of oxygen with the butadiene polymer. In further aspects, methods for making the compositions herein and packaging film structures comprising the compositions herein, and packaging articles formed of the same, are also provided.
US11713387B2
A method of testing the composition or quality of water includes dissolving about two parts by weight of a 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol and about one part by weight of a sodium nitroprusside in about seventy-five parts by weight of a polyethylene glycol; adding the sodium nitroprusside solution to a water sample to catalyze an indophenol monochloramine reaction; and detecting the concentration of monochloramine in the water sample. The polyethylene glycol may be a polyethylene glycol 300, a PEG-400 or a PEG-1000. The method may also be accomplished with a solution made by dissolving a 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol and a sodium nitroprusside in a mixture of propane-1,2-diol and water.
US11713382B2
A polyurethane foam is disclosed having unique load bearing characteristics rendering it suitable for a variety of applications. The foam exhibits high surface-softness and smoothness properties, making it well-suited for use in articles such as pillows and mattress toppers. However, upon continued application of pressure, the resilience of the foam increases sharply, translating into a remarkable support characteristics that make the foam suitable for use in the seat portions of chairs and sofas, as well as in the base portion of mattresses. The foams therefore address the limitations of conventional, high-resilience and visco-elastic polyurethane foams. A process of making the foam and its use in various articles is also disclosed.
US11713376B2
The present invention provides polymersomes comprising amphiphilic block-copolymers and their use to quantify ammonia in samples (e.g., body fluid samples). More particularly, it provides a polymersome comprising (a) a membrane, which comprises a block copolymer of poly(styrene) (PS) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), wherein the PS/PEO molecular weight ratio is higher than 1.0 and lower than 4.0; and (b) a core which encloses an acid and at least one pH-sensitive dye. Compositions, strips and kits comprising the polymersomes are also provided along with methods of quantifying ammonia in a sample using the polymersomes, compositions and kit.
US11713375B2
The present invention provides a barrier material formation composition comprising a silane oligomer, at least a part of the silane oligomer being modified with a metal alkoxide.
US11713371B2
The present invention relates to a polar functional group-partially introduced polymer, a preparation method therefor, and an organic electronic element adopting the same. The organic electronic element of the present invention has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and stability and is very advantageous in commercialization, by adopting the polar functional group-partially introduced polymer of the present invention.
US11713369B2
The presently claimed invention relates to a composition comprising polyurethane polymer and diluents, which is used as an additive in coating formulations, in particular water-borne paint and coating formulations, for reducing the effect of the viscosity loss caused by the addition of colorants/pigment pastes thereby improving the viscosity stability in tinted coating formulations as well as the method for preparing the composition.
US11713367B2
A resin composition useful for additive manufacturing is provided, which resin composition may exhibit improved shelf life through inhibition of crystallization. Such resin composition may include a crystallization inhibitor as taught herein, and/or a prepolymer produced by reaction of an isocyanate with multiple isomers and comprising a lower percentage of the structurally symmetric isomer. Methods of forming a three-dimensional object using such resin composition are also provided.
US11713365B2
A method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer is provided. The method is characterized in adding a polyoxyethylene phosphate ester-based compound having a specific structure together with sulfur chloride modifier during modification, by which modification reproducibility may be markedly improved, stable process may be performed, the changing degree of the physical properties, specifically a Mooney viscosity increasing ratio and the degree of branching of a modified conjugated diene-based polymer according to modification conditions may be anticipated, and the changing degree of a Mooney viscosity increasing ratio and the degree of branching may be easily controlled by controlling modification conditions.
US11713362B2
A depolymerizer is formed by grafting thiol groups on parts of the double bonds of a polymer of linear conjugated diene monomer. The linear conjugated diene monomer can be 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, 1,3-pentadiene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3-pentadiene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-pentadiene, 2-phenyl-1,3-butadiene, or 4,5-diethyl-1,3-octadiene. The depolymerizer has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 400000.
US11713361B2
This invention relates to novel hydrogenation catalyst compositions obtainable from reacting metal-based complex hydrogenation catalysts with specific co-catalysts and to a process for selectively hydrogenating nitrile rubbers in the presence of such novel hydrogenation catalyst compositions.
US11713359B2
The present invention provides a nanodisc with a membrane scaffold protein. The nanodisc includes a membrane scaffold protein, a telodendrimer and a lipid. The membrane scaffold protein can be apolipoprotein. The telodendrimer has the general formula PEG-L-D-(R)n, wherein D is a dendritic polymer; L is a bond or a linker linked to the focal point group of the dendritic polymer; each PEG is a poly(ethylene glycol) polymer, each R is and end group of the dendritic polymer, or and end group with a covalently bound hydrophobic group, hydrophilic group, amphiphilic compound, or drug; and subscript n is an integer from 2 to 20. Cell free methods of making the nanodiscs are also provided.
US11713357B2
Provided by the invention is an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, which binds to a CD38 protein at a KD value below 1×10-9M. The antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof has strong specific recognition and binding capabilities for CD38 protein, and may kill CD38+ cells by means of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and/or apoptosis. Further provided by the present invention is an application of the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof in preventing and treating tumors.
US11713350B2
The present invention relates to a medicine for treating disorders of glucose and/or lipid metabolism. This invention demonstrates a new therapeutic target for treatment of glucose and/or lipid metabolic disorders. The invention further provides a method of treating glucose and/or lipid metabolic disorders, administering to a subject comprising a Nogo-B inhibitor, thereby treating the glucose and/or lipid metabolic disorders.
US11713326B2
A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same are disclosed: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
US11713325B2
A compound of general formula I and pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods of making, and methods for treating cancer using the same.
US11713316B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and m are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds to inhibit the activity of one or both of diacylglycerol kinase alpha (DGKα) and diacylglycerol kinase zeta (DGKζ), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in the treatment of viral infections and proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
US11713315B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): where the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases.
US11713314B2
A process for the preparation of a disubstituted diaryloxybenzoheterodiazole compound having general formula (XII): wherein: Z represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom; or a group NR6 wherein R6 is selected from linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl groups, or from optionally substituted aryl groups; R2 and R3, identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom, provided that R1 does not represent a hydrogen atom; or R1, R2 and R3 are selected from linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl groups optionally containing heteroatoms, optionally substituted cycloalkyl groups, optionally substituted aryl groups, optionally substituted, linear or branched C1-C20 alkoxy groups, optionally substituted phenoxy groups, or a cyano group; or R1 and R2, may optionally be bound together so as to form, together with carbon atoms to which R1 and R2 are bound, a saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, cyclic or a polycyclic system containing from 3 to 14 carbon atoms, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, or selenium; or R2 and R3 may optionally be bound together so as to form, together with carbon atoms to which R2 and R3 are bound, a saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, cyclic or a polycyclic system containing from 3 to 14 carbon atoms, saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, or selenium; wherein Ra and Rb, which are different, represent a hydrogen atom; or are selected from linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl groups optionally containing heteroatoms, optionally substituted cycloalkyl groups, optionally substituted aryl groups, optionally substituted linear or branched C1-C20 alkoxy groups, optionally substituted phenoxy groups, —COORc groups wherein Rc is selected from linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl groups, —CON(Rc)2, wherein Rc has the same meanings described above, or —N(Rc)2 groups wherein Rc has the same meanings described above.
US11713308B2
The present technology provides 3,3-difluoroallylamines or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, preparation processes thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof. The 3,3-difluoroallylamines or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts exhibit potent inhibitory activity on VAP-1 and therefore can be usefully applied, e.g., for the treatment and prophylaxis of nonalcoholic hepatosteatosis (NASH).
US11713305B2
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides gadolinium based sensors which may be used to image zinc ions in vivo. In some embodiments, the compounds show appropriate reactivity with zinc ions while maintaining high relaxivity to achieve improved background relative to other sensors.
US11713293B2
Provided herein are substituted biaryl sulfonamide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of their preparation, and methods of their use. The compounds provided herein are useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or amelioration of various disorders, including cancer and proliferative disorders. In one embodiment, the compounds provided herein modulate initiation of protein translation. In one embodiment, the compounds provided herein are used in combination with surgery, radiation therapy, immuno therapy and/or one or more additional anticancer drugs for the treatment, prevention, and/or amelioration of cancer and proliferative disorders.
US11713289B2
A method of producing a catalyst comprises forming a decomposed material comprising a decomposed hydrotalcite, a decomposed hydrocalumite, or a combination of both, combining the decomposed material with a mixture to form a catalyst mixture, and heating the catalyst mixture to convert the metal salt to a metal oxide. The mixture comprises a metal salt and a chelating agent, and the resulting metal oxide combined with the decomposed material forms the catalyst.
US11713288B2
The present disclosure provides a method for co-production of hydrofluorocarbons, which includes the steps of: preheating a mixture of chlorinated olefin and hydrogen fluoride; transferring the mixture to the top of a reactor; simultaneously introducing 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropene and dichloromethane to the middle of the reactor for reaction; dividing the reactor into three to six sections; filling each section with a catalyst; obtaining reaction products at an outlet of the reactor; and separating the reaction products to obtain various hydrofluorocarbon products, respectively. The present disclosure has the advantages of a high yield, an optimal selectivity and a low energy consumption.
US11713268B2
A system and method for producing period-coded glass containers is disclosed. One method comprises producing a glass container from a traceable material composition associated with a predetermined time period, manufacturing facility, and/or time of container manufacture, where the glass container is configured to be analyzed for the traceable material composition, and at least one of constituents of or amounts of materials in the traceable material composition is configured to be identified and cross-referenced to a cross-reference schedule for identifying the time period, manufacturing facility, and/or time of container manufacture in which the glass container was produced.
US11713254B2
A process for producing a process for producing a LnM2Cu3Ox high-temperature superconductive powder, the process comprising: i) providing an aqueous solution of Ln, M and Cu and at least one mineral acid; ii) adding at least one sequestrating agent and, optionally, at least one dispersant to the solution to form a precipitate; iii) recovering the precipitate from the solution; and iv) heating the precipitate in a flow of oxygen to form the LnM2Cu3Ox powder, wherein Ln is a rare earth element, preferably Y, Ce, Dy, Er, Gd, La, Nd, Pr, Sm, Sc, Yb, or a mixture of two or more thereof, and wherein M is selected from Ca, Sr, and Ba.
US11713251B2
A method according to an embodiment of the present invention is for preparing powdered composite carbide of tungsten and titanium in which tungsten trioxide (WO3), titanium dioxide (TiO2) and carbon (C), each being in powdered form are mixed with a reducing agent powder to obtain a reaction mixture in the mixing step, followed by the synthesis step in which the reaction mixture is heated at a temperature of about 600° C. to 1200° C. to obtain the reaction products, and the washing step in which the reaction products are washed with water. The method for preparing tungsten titanium carbide powder is capable of carrying out both reduction and carburizing at a relatively low temperature and affords homogeneity in shape and particle size in the resultant composite carbide.
US11713248B2
A method of selectively growing graphene includes forming an ion implantation region and an ion non-implantation region by implanting ions locally into a substrate; and selectively growing graphene in the ion implantation region or the ion non-implantation region.
US11713245B2
An article for generating chlorine dioxide includes a canister containing a chlorine-dioxide generating composition. The articles in accordance with the invention are able to generate chlorine-dioxide gas, chlorine-dioxide solution, and chlorine-dioxide solution with surfactants. The canister includes at least one porous region that places an exterior of the canister in fluidic communication with an interior of the canister. The porous region, which in some embodiments, is realized as a mesh, is characterized by a size in a range of about 20 mesh to about 325 mesh.
US11713244B2
To provide a method that enables production of bromine in good yield. A method for producing bromine includes: a step of supplying a gas containing a bromine compound and a gas containing oxygen to a reactor that includes a catalyst packed bed, and oxidizing the bromine compound to obtain a gas containing bromine, in which the step satisfies the following 0.30≤a≤0.55 and 0.40≤L1≤6.0; where “a” represents porosity [−] of the catalyst packed bed, and “L1” is defined by the following Formula (3): Formula (3) L1=L2V/(P(aV+b))×(T+273.14)/273.14; wherein L2: Superficial velocity of reaction gas [m/s]; LP: Reaction pressure [atm]; T: Reaction temperature [° C.]; V: Reactor volume corresponding to catalyst packed bed [L]; a: Porosity of catalyst packed bed [−] and b: Pore volume of catalyst packed bed [L].
US11713238B2
An intermediate bulk container, valve and connector system is provided that includes a split nut connector. The split nut connector is rotatably mounted on a valve adapter plate which connects with the valve, and is internally threaded for engagement with external threads on the intermediate bulk container outlet. An O-ring seal is aligned and positioned between the adaptor plate inlet and intermediate bulk container outlet by positioning surfaces to provide compression and sealing between the component engaging surfaces, and sealing contact is provided between corresponding surfaces of the components.
US11713237B2
A liquid discharge system includes a liquid product pump having a sensor for monitoring vibrations passing through an outer casing of the liquid product pump to detect an occurrence of cavitation within the liquid product pump. A system and method for controlling the operation of a liquid product pump in an engine-driven hydraulic discharge system. The liquid product pump has a vibration sensor operable to detect cavitation within the liquid product pump and for providing an electrical vibration signal to a speed control module. The speed control module is operable to process the vibration signal and to produce an electrical speed control signal that is provided to an electronic actuator. The electronic actuator is operable to actuate a motor control lever of a variable speed hydraulic motor to adjust the operating speed of the liquid product pump.
US11713233B2
The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a nozzle, a first beverage component with a first ingredient in communication with the nozzle via a first pump, and a second beverage component with the first ingredient and a second ingredient in communication with the nozzle via a second pump. The first pump and the second pump may vary the flow rate of the first beverage component and the second beverage component to the nozzle to create different beverages.
US11713230B2
An apparatus for hot or warm filling comprising a compression machine configured to apply an axial compression force to a collapsible thermoplastic container for liquids. The compression machine includes a lower body having a surface designed to be a resting surface for the base of the container; at least one upper body designed to contact a portion of the container above the peripheral groove, so that the container can be held in an upright position by the at least one lower body and the at least one upper body; actuating means for actuating the at least one lower body and/or the at least one upper body in order to apply said axial compression force, acting along a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container, in order to make the proximal straight side to come into contact with the distal straight side, thus reducing the internal volume of the container.
US11713227B2
A pressing device is provided, including: a main body, including a chamber; a pushing assembly, including a retractable mechanism movably inserted within the chamber, a first pushing board connected with the retractable mechanism and a restricting member embedded within the chamber and blocking the retractable mechanism from moving out of the chamber; a hydraulic mechanism, including a tube body which is connected with the main body and communicated with the chamber, a driving rod movably inserted within the tube body and a piston driven by the driving rod, the piston being configured to drive fluid to flow in or out of the chamber. Another pressing device is further provided, differing from the pressing device described above in that: the main body further including a channel, a wall of the chamber including at least one recession which is communicated with the channel.
US11713223B2
Disclosed are a winch, a rope guide, and a transmission device having a clutch function. The winch includes a base seat, a reel, a rope guide, a transmission assembly, and a motor. The reel is rotatably provided to the base seat. The rope guide is provided to the base seat. The transmission assembly is connected with the rope guide. The motor is connected with the reel to drive the reel to rotate, and the motor drives the rope guide through the transmission assembly. In the winch according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the rope guide is an active rope guide, bringing about a good rope guiding effect. Moreover, the reel and the rope guide are driven by the same motor, which reduces the number of components and parts, simplifies the structure and control, and lowers costs.
US11713216B2
A safety exit assembly for an elevator car and an elevator system. The safety exit assembly includes: a door panel, which is configured to open and close a safety exit of the elevator car, and which has an upper surface and a lower surface; a moving assembly, which includes a guide block provided on a lower surface of the door panel, and a guide rail which guides the door panel to move downward and translate through a cooperation with the guide block; a drive assembly, which drives the door panel to reciprocate along the guide rail; and a locking assembly, which includes an unlocking element provided on an upper surface of the door panel; wherein the unlocking element is electrically connected to the drive assembly, and an unlocking action of the unlocking element triggers the drive assembly to drive the door panel to move until the safety exit is opened.
US11713213B2
Apparatus for transporting a load from a first to a second level includes means for maintaining the load carrier in a predetermined rotational position. The means includes a motor to rotate the load carrier relative to the frame. The apparatus includes an emergency rotation blocking arrangement having a first braking member rigidly connected to the frame or load carrier, a second braking member rigidly connected to the other of the frame and load carrier, a third braking member between the first and second braking members, and a movable retaining member which holds the third braking member and is movable relative to the second braking member. In braking mode the retaining member moves relative to the second braking member to move the third braking member to engage the primary and secondary braking surface and block rotation of the second braking member in a tangential direction relative to the first braking member.
US11713205B2
Switching device for switching transport directions of recording medium, and image forming apparatus
A switching device for switching transport directions of a recording medium includes a switching member and at least one rotation stopper. The switching member is configured to switch transport paths of the recording medium. The at least one rotation stopper is configured to hit the switching member to stop rotation of the switching member. The at least one rotation stopper is disposed asymmetrically in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction in which the switching member transports the recording medium.
US11713199B2
In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another.
US11713196B1
A conveyor drive system for installation in a load-holding compartment, the load-holding compartment having a compartment floor having a top surface, the conveyor drive system includes a linear actuator, a framework, and at least one linear-actuator-to-slat connector.
US11713195B2
A roller modular conveyor belt module for motorized continuous conveyors includes, first and second hinge elements extending from a main body along opposite directions orthogonal to the first direction and spaced from each other. Each of the hinge elements has a through hole with axis parallel to the first direction and being coaxial to each other to receive a respective hinge pin. The first hinge elements are adapted to interpose to second hinge elements of another module with through holes coaxial to each other to receive a hinge pin articulating therebetween. In the space between adjacent hinge elements, there is at least one roller passed through by an axial hole arranged coaxially with the through holes of the adjacent hinge elements delimiting the space. The module includes at least one bushing having an end portion inserted in the through hole, and extending through the roller axial hole.
US11713192B2
A system may include a vehicle for delivering items and a moveable track that cooperates with the vehicle. The moveable track may cooperate with a storage system having storage locations for storing items. The vehicle may drive into the moveable track and lift the track using a vertical drive mechanism. The vehicle may include a horizontal drive system operable to drive the vehicle horizontally along the ground to carry the moveable track to a position adjacent the storage location. The vehicle may operate the vertical drive system to drop the moveable track adjacent the storage system. Additionally, the vehicle may operate the vertical drive to drive up the moveable track to an elevated position adjacent one of the storage locations in the storage system. The vehicle may include a transfer mechanism for transferring items between the vehicle and the storage location while the vehicle is in the elevated position.
US11713189B2
An automated storage and retrieval system includes a three-dimensional grid and a plurality of container handling vehicles. The three-dimensional grid includes multiple storage columns, in which containers may be stored on top of one another in vertical stacks. Each container handling vehicle includes a container lifting device having a lifting frame for releasably connecting to a container. Each container handling vehicle is operated on rails at a top level of the grid for retrieving containers from, and storing containers in, the storage columns, and for transporting the containers horizontally across the grid. The automated storage system includes multiple floor elements. Each floor element arrangeable at a top end of a storage column on top of a vertical stack of containers, such that an operator may stand on top of the storage column. Each of the floor elements includes rail-connecting elements at a horizontal periphery thereof. The rail-connecting elements are able to connect to the rails at the top end of the storage column, such that each of the floor element is held at a desired level relative the top level of the grid. The floor elements are stored on top of one another in a vertical stack arranged in a storage column in the grid or arranged in a dedicated column having a cross-section able to accommodate a floor element having a larger cross-section than the containers.
US11713188B2
A robotic picking device for picking items from a containerised storage system wherein items are stored in storage bins in stacks within a framework having a grid system disposed above the stacks of bins. Robotic picking devices are disposed on the grid, the devices acting to pick containers from the stacks of bins. The storage system is provided with at least one picking device for picking items from bins and depositing them directly in delivery containers DT.
US11713187B2
An article manufactured in a mould and which comprises a structural composite of plastics layers, the article having a wall defining an internal space for holding contents therein; wherein, the wall is formed from at least two layers of plastics materials; wherein a first of said layers comprises a thermoplastics material and at least a second layer comprises a thermosetting resin and a fibrous layer.
US11713185B2
A method for producing a cup for a capsule for the preparation of infused or soluble beverages is provided. The method includes the steps of co-injection molding a cup of multilayer plastic material with an intermediate layer of the gas barrier type, the cup being a single body provided with a bottom having a nozzle, and an inner base including a completely closed central portion covering the nozzle, partially cutting the central portion to form at least one opening connecting the inside of the cup and the nozzle, and a further step of folding a portion of the cup between the opening and the nozzle towards the inside of the nozzle to form a deflector.
US11713176B2
Disclosed is a tamper evident backing system, comprising an adhesive backing, the adhesive backing having a main body and sectioned portions, wherein the adhesive backing includes an outer surface is configured to adhere to a second surface, and wherein upon removal of an attached adhesive backing, said sectioned portions are configured to detach from main body and remain on said second surface.
US11713175B2
Packaging comprising a base having an interior space for receiving an item, wherein the base includes a bottom surface and one or more side surfaces; a ledge formed along a side surface; and a holder supported by the ledge, wherein the holder includes a retaining mechanism for retaining the item.
US11713172B2
[Problem to be Solved] To prevent delamination of a film layer in a sheet material container in which an enclosing portion is formed in an interlayer between a first film layer and a second film layer. [Solution] A sheet material container includes a container body 6, and an inner container 7 that is covered by the container body 6 and defines an accommodation space, wherein the container body 6 is formed of a sheet material 3 including a first film layer 1 and a second film layer 2 disposed inside the first film layer 1, the sheet material 3 has a joint portion 32 at which an interlayer between the first film layer 1 and the second film layer 2 is joined and an enclosing portion 51 in which a filler can be enclosed in the interlayer between the first film layer 1 and the second film layer 2, and the first film layer 1 has an extruded multilayer structural part having a polyolefin resin layer 11/an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin layer 12 on a side facing the enclosing portion 51.
US11713157B2
Packaging is provided including an upper lid having a handle disposed within a channel of a surface of the upper lid and vertically movable within the channel. A lower base box is coupled to the handle via a strap, such that a lifting force imparted to the handle lifts the lower base box when the strap becomes taut. The vertical movement of the handle within the channel overcomes any slack in the strap such that the handle does not contact an upper vertical surface in the upper lid, but a gapless interface between the upper lid and lower base box is maintained during lifting of the packaging. The strap is detachable from the handle and from the base box, such that it may be removed in order to open packaging by lifting the lid off of the base box.
US11713155B2
A bottle insert includes an insert body defining a bottle opening, the bottle opening configured to receive a portion of a bottle therethrough; and an insert partition disposed substantially within the insert body, the insert partition defining a partition wall, the partition wall aligned with and spaced from the bottle opening, the partition wall configured to confront an end of the bottle.
US11713153B1
A collapsible bag holding frame assembly for holding a trash bag includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame defines an opening. The second frame is attached to the first frame so that a first piece of the second frame is substantially perpendicular to the first frame. A second piece of the second frame extends from proximate to an upper end of the first piece and opposingly to the first frame. The second piece and the first piece define a notch into which an element of a structure is insertable to removably attached to the structure. The first frame is positioned above a surface from which the structure extends. A bag is insertable in the opening so that an upper segment of the bag is stretchable around and attachable to the first frame.
US11713152B2
The work station for a packaging machine comprises an upper tool, a lower tool, and a lifting mechanism. The lower tool is guided for a closing motion directed along a vertical direction towards the upper tool. The lifting mechanism comprises a toggle lever mechanism which connects the lower tool to a support structure. The lifting mechanism comprises a first actuator assembly and a second actuator assembly. The first actuator assembly is configured to apply a first force for raising the lower tool. The second actuator assembly is configured to apply a second force for raising the lower tool. The first actuator assembly acts upon the lower tool while bypassing the toggle lever mechanism. The second actuator assembly acts upon the toggle lever mechanism.
US11713149B2
A customizable case former and it system and method of use provide for a case former having a base, interchangeable case gages and forming heads. Contained within the interior of the base are slide blocks mounted on slide rails and assemblies in such a manner as to allow the slide blocks to be slidingly reconfigured to form a case forming cavity of varicose sizes and shapes. The size and shape of the case forming cavity is established and maintained by a template opening, defined by, and potentially unique to, each case gage. The size and shape of the forming head corresponds to the size and shape of the template opening. The slide blocks are secured to the case gage by removable locking pins.
US11713146B2
A packing method of packing articles into a packing box comprises pre-grouping articles on a pre grouping surface provided by a pre grouping conveyor belt of a pre grouping conveyor, and providing the articles from the pre-grouping surface of the pre-grouping conveyor belt into the packing box. This is done consecutively by providing one of a cassette box and the packing box at a discharging end of the pre-grouping conveyer; moving downwards said one of the cassette box and the packing box while driving the pre grouping conveyor belt such that the pre-grouped articles on the pre-grouping conveyer-belt moves towards the discharging end of the pre-grouping conveyor and the opening of said one of the cassette box and the packing box, and that the articles of the pre-grouped articles are discharged from the pre-grouping conveyor belt into said one of the cassette box and the packing box and onto one another; and, in case the articles of the pre-grouped articles are provided into the cassette box, providing the articles from the cassette box into the packing box.
US11713141B2
Exemplary embodiments described herein include innovative engagement devices. Exemplary engagement devices may include on or more tape spring systems. The tape spring system may include a continuous or segmented bi-stable tape spring. The tape spring can be stowed in a rolled up configuration, extended to a deployed configuration, and then triggered to return to a retracted configuration.
US11713139B2
A movable carriage system for an aircraft element, such as an aeroplane engine, has a first movable module (10) and a second movable module (20). Each movable module has a frame (12, 22) equipped with at least three wheels, a lifting device adapted to be able to move said aircraft element at least in a vertical direction, and at least one link arm (16, 17) adapted to be able to secure together the frame of said first module and the frame of said second module and to allow data to be transferred between them. The movable modules are adapted to be able to be controlled in a mutually coordinated manner.
US11713135B2
A monitoring system and method are provided for real time monitoring of flaps, landing gears, or tail skids to determine safe taxi, takeoff, and flight readiness. Monitoring units, including scanning LiDAR devices combined with cameras or sensors, mounted in aircraft exterior locations produce a stream of meshed data that is securely transmitted to a processing system to generate a real time visual display of the flaps, landing gears, or tail skid for communication to aircraft pilots to ensure safe aircraft taxi, takeoff, and flight readiness. Actual flap position alignment with optimal flap setting, proper retraction and extension positions of landing gears, and tail skid condition is ensured. Safety of aircraft taxi, takeoff and flight and airport operations are improved when the present system and method are used to prevent incidents related to misaligned flaps and improperly positioned landing gears or tail skids.
US11713132B2
A system and method for inerting a fuel tank is disclosed. A fluid including non-condensable gas is directed from a vapor space in the fuel tank to a suction port of an ejector, and a motive fluid is directed to a motive fluid port of the ejector. The motive fluid and the non-condensable gas fluid are combined in the ejector and are directed from an outlet port of the ejector to the fuel tank. An inert gas is provided to the ejector motive fluid port, or to the second flow path, or to the first flow path.
US11713131B2
An arrangement for cooling at least one power module of a power converter is disclosed herein. The arrangement includes power semiconductor components. The power module is arranged in a drive flow of an engine in such a way that the drive flow flows around cooling ribs of the power module. The disclosure also relates to a power converter, (e.g., an inverter), including an arrangement of this kind and an aircraft, (e.g., an airplane), including a power converter of this kind.
US11713127B2
An article of manufacture may include a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for controlling deployment of aircraft escape and ejection seat subsystems. The instructions, in response to execution by a first sequencer, cause the first sequencer to perform operations which may comprise receiving a power input, determining a seat location and a seat identity of a first ejection seat in which the first sequencer is installed, determining an ejection mode, sending a first deploy command to an escape path clearance subsystem, determining a deployment sequence for a seat rocket catapult subsystem and a plurality of ejection seat subsystems of the first ejection seat based on the seat location, the seat identity, and the ejection mode, sending a second deploy command to the seat rocket catapult subsystem, and sending a series of third deploy commands to the plurality of ejection seat subsystems.
US11713125B2
An adjustable armrest assembly provides for quick and easy height and tilt adjustments to the armrest. Generally, the armrest assembly disclosed herein includes a base, an armrest, and one or more shafts extending from the base and being pivotably coupled to the armrest. By moving the one or more shafts relative to the base, the height and/or tilt of the armrest relative to the base can be adjusted.
US11713119B2
A rotorcraft includes a body and a plurality of rotary-wing parts. The body has a front-end portion, a rear-end portion, two side portions, and a reference plane passing through the front-end portion, the rear-end portion, and the two side portions. The plurality of rotary-wing parts are disposed to the body. Each of the rotary-wing parts includes at least one blade and a shaft coupled to the at least one blade. The at least one blade is rotated around an axis of the shaft. An angle between the axis of the shaft and a normal line of the reference plane is between 5 and 30 degrees. The rotorcraft can provide additional lift force, to help reduce the weight of the rotorcraft.
US11713110B2
Aspects relate to systems and methods for controlling landing gear of an aircraft. An exemplary system includes a nose gear located at a nose of the aircraft, where the nose gear includes a nose piston configured to allow for displacement of a nose wheel relative the aircraft, a main gear located aft of the nose gear, where the main gear includes a main piston configured to allow for displacement of a main wheel relative the aircraft, a hydraulic circuit in fluidic communication with each of the nose piston and the main piston, and a compliant element in fluidic communication with the hydraulic circuit and configured to provide a compliant response at one or both of the nose piston and the main piston.
US11713108B2
A hinge-line actuator has: a drive shaft; first and second ground gears spaced apart along the drive shaft, wherein the first and second output gears include first and second contoured outer gear surfaces; and an output gear disposed on the drive shaft and disposed between the first and second ground gears, wherein the output gear includes a third contoured outer gear surface; an actuator housing that includes: contoured first, second and third gear seats that, respectively, seat the first, second and third outer gear surfaces.
US11713105B2
An aircraft comprising a wing having a spanwise lift distribution extending from a root to a tip, the lift distribution defining an inboard region defining a positive lift contribution, an outboard region defining a negative lift contribution, and an intermediate region defining a neutral lift contribution, the neutral region being spaced from the tip and from the root. A propulsion system is provided, comprising a wing mounted propulsor. The wing mounted propulsor has a rotational axis (x) positioned substantially at a span of the wing where a value of δLift/δSpan is at a maximum for the span of the wing, and may be located at the intermediate region along the span of the wing.
US11713104B2
A latch (12) intended for assembling a removable panel (18) to a structure (14), notably that of an aircraft, includes a bracket (30) fixed to the panel; a keeper (32) and a push button (34) hinged to the bracket; a torsion spring (40) comprising two arms respectively in abutment on the keeper and the push button. The latch is movable between a closed configuration, in which the keeper is in contact with the push button, and an open configuration, in which the keeper is spaced apart from the push button. The latch further includes a roller (42) rotatably supported on an arm (86) of the spring; and the keeper includes a profile (58) on which the roller moves when the latch is moved between the closed and open configurations.
US11713102B1
A method is for making a marine drive for propelling a marine vessel in water. The method includes providing a gearcase; installing a propeller shaft assembly that extends forwardly from the gearcase; coupling front and rear propellers to the propeller shaft assembly, forwardly of the gearcase, such that rotation of the propeller shaft assembly causes rotation of the front and rear propellers, respectively, which thereby propels the marine vessel in the water; and reducing deleterious effects of cavitation on the gearcase by the combination of forming the gearcase with a wide trailing end portion, in particular to maintain pressure alongside the gearcase, and configuring the front and rear propellers so that the front propeller absorbs more torque/thrust load than the rear propeller during said rotation.
US11713087B2
A vehicle accessory includes a body portion. The body portion is made substantially of aluminum composite material. The vehicle accessory further includes at least one connector for selectively attaching the body portion to a portion of an automobile. The body portion includes a front edge and a rear edge. The front edge is curved along at least a portion thereof. The front and rear edges are laterally opposed from each other. The rear edge extends substantially linearly from a first corner to a second corner. The first and second corners are formed at junctions between the front edge and the rear edge.
US11713082B2
A vehicle includes a frame including two frame rails spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis and a bulkhead extending from one frame rail to the other frame rail. The frame rails are elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. An engine is disposed between the frame rails and is spaced from the bulkhead along the vehicle-longitudinal axis. A cable is elongated along the cross-vehicle axis and is disposed between the engine and the bulkhead. The cable is connected to each frame rail between the engine and bulkhead.
US11713079B2
A chassis frame module for an electric vehicle may include a chassis frame including a pair of side frames, a pair of inclined frames connected to front ends of the respective side frames, respectively, and a distance between the pair of inclined frames decreases toward the front, a front frame connected to the inclined frames, and a rear frame connected to rear ends of the pair of side frames, a battery disposed between the pair of side frames, and a plurality of wire assemblies disposed between the side frame and the battery and in a longitudinal direction of the side frame, and being configured to house a wire in an internal space thereof.
US11713073B2
A smart steering control system a paving or texturing machine receives path elements corresponding to current and future positions of the machine. By comparing the current and future elements, an expected completion time is derived for exiting the current position and entering the future position; the smart steering control system synchronizes adjustments of the machine's steerable tracks from the current path to the future path. The smart steering control system functions as a virtual tie rod, preventing damage, enhancing the traction control and pulling power of the machine, and preserving the operating life of its components.
US11713063B2
A method for reducing slack in a linkage chain of a vehicle truck assembly is provided. In one example, the method includes responding to a request to de-lift a lift mechanism by reducing pressure in an actuator coupled to the lift mechanism, where the lift mechanism is configured to transfer a load from a first axle to a second axle of the vehicle during the de-lift, and during the de-lift, maintaining the pressure in the actuator at or above a threshold pressure to maintain tension in a weight transfer device of the lift mechanism.
US11713062B2
According to some embodiments, a refrigerated railcar comprises a pair of side walls, a roof, a floor, and a refrigeration unit. The floor comprises a bottom structure comprising a plurality of channels for return air flow from an interior of the railcar to the refrigeration unit. The floor further comprises at least two top plates coupled to the bottom structure (e.g., via a pivot rod). Each of the top plates extends longitudinally along the bottom structure and is configured to rotate up and away from the bottom structure proximate one of the side walls of the pair of side walls. Lifting an edge of a top plate opposite the edge of the top plate pivotally coupled to the bottom structure causes the top plate to rotate to an upright position exposing the plurality of channels of the bottom structure.
US11713055B2
A system for controlling stop of a vehicle includes a steering angle comparison device that detects a current steering angle of the vehicle and compares the detected current steering angle with a preset limit steering angle when a malfunction of a steering system in the vehicle is detected during autonomous driving, a partial braking induction determination device that determines a position of a tire of the vehicle to be subjected to partial braking for steering control of the vehicle according to a result of the comparing between the current steering angle and the limit steering angle, and a partial braking control device that determines an amount of braking to be applied to each determined tire of the vehicle and applies a braking pressure corresponding to the amount of braking to each tire of the vehicle to perform the steering control by the partial braking.
US11713053B2
A vehicle includes a controller and a display. The display is mounted in the vehicle to surround a user in the vehicle. The controller is configured to determine travel information to be proposed to the user based on attribute information for the user, and present the determined travel information on the display.
US11713046B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes a first emotion estimating unit, a second emotion estimating unit, a storage, and a notification controller. The first emotion estimating unit is configured to estimate an emotion of a driver of a vehicle. The second emotion estimating unit is configured to estimate an emotion of a traffic participant around the vehicle. The storage is configured to store data on a first location where the driver of the vehicle has felt no danger and the traffic participant has felt danger from the vehicle. The notification controller is configured to notify the driver of the stored data on the first location.
US11713045B2
A method for determining a friction coefficient potential of a road surface. A total torque for operating a vehicle is unequally distributed among at least two wheel torques at wheels of the vehicle. The friction coefficient potential is ascertained using a detected slip between the road surface and at least one of the wheels and the wheel torque present at the wheel.
US11713038B2
A vehicular control system includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and sensing exterior of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor that processes sensor data captured by the sensors. The vehicular control system, responsive at least in part to processing at the ECU of captured sensor data as the vehicle travels in a traffic lane of a road, detects another vehicle that is rearward of the equipped vehicle and traveling along an adjacent traffic lane. The vehicular control system detects a leading vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and traveling in the same traffic lane as the equipped vehicle. The vehicular control system, responsive to determination of a space along the other traffic lane ahead of the detected other vehicle, controls the equipped vehicle to maneuver into the adjacent traffic lane to pass the detected leading vehicle ahead of the detected other vehicle.
US11713037B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrical parking control method and device, a readable storage medium and a computer device. The method includes that: when it is detected that a vehicle is in a self-piloting mode and a preset parking control condition is satisfied, a parking switching request message is generated, and sent to a VCU; a parking switching message fed back by the VCU is received, the parking switching message being a message generated when the VCU detects that a vehicle state is executable parking switching; a parking switching signal corresponding to the parking switching message is generated; and the parking switching signal is pushed to an external Electrical Park Brake (EPB) system, the parking switching signal being used to switch a state of the external EPB system, the state including a tightening state and a releasing state.
US11713023B2
A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a locking mechanism with an engagement component. The locking mechanism can be engaged via a first action to apply a force on the vehicle when in an engaged state. The locking mechanism can disengage, via a second action, to withdraw the force from the vehicle when in the engaged state. The locking mechanism can maintain a current state of the force in response to the first action and the second action when in a disengaged state. One or more computing devices can receive a command to enable or disable the locking mechanism. In response to receiving the command, the computing device can cause the engagement component to transition the locking mechanism from the disengaged state to the engaged state or from an engaged state to a disengaged state.
US11713022B1
A near-field communication (NFC) entry device is provided for remote keyless entry (RKE) into an enclosure having an RKE control unit, a door, and a door actuator. The NFC entry device includes a housing and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The housing mounts to the enclosure. The PCBA is enclosed within a cavity of the housing, and includes first and second surfaces, an RF antenna and an inductor coil connected to the first surface, and an NFC communication chipset connected to the second surface. The NFC entry device is characterized by an absence of a cellular battery, and passively harvests energy from a smartphone or other battery powered mobile device via the inductor coil. The passively harvested energy is used to communicate a control signal to the RKE control unit, via the RF antenna, which activates the door actuator.
US11713003B2
A vehicular accessory adapter attaches a vehicular accessory to a front vehicular mount of a vehicle, and includes a front connector having a main body, a first and second front connector openings, and a front connector flange having a front connector attachment structure to which an accessory can attach; and first and second attachment elements to secure the front connector to the front vehicular mount. The adapter can optionally include a spacer configured to position between the front vehicular mount and the front connector. The adapter can further optionally include a rear connector having a base a base opening and a rear connector flange to which an accessory can attach.
US11712997B2
A method for assembling a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror mount, a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element at the mirror casing, and a toggle mechanism, which includes a body portion and a toggle lever joined to the body portion. A lower pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into a lower receiving portion of the mirror casing and an upper pivot mount of the toggle mechanism is inserted into an upper receiving portion of the mirror casing. An outer surface of the body portion corresponds with adjacent outer surfaces of the mirror casing. With a pivot element of the toggle mechanism attached at the mirror mount, and when the toggle lever pivots relative to the lower receiving portion of the mirror casing, the mirror casing pivots relative to the body portion to flip the mirror head between a first orientation and a second orientation.
US11712979B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a container trailer vehicle equipped with a replaceable battery, and an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a container trailer vehicle capable of minimizing the use of a truck engine and multi-stage transmission by installing an auxiliary drive unit equipped with an electric motor, generator and replaceable battery on the trailer and driving the semi-trailer vehicle with the electric motor when necessary.
US11712978B1
This disclosure presents a portable load bank apparatus, system, method of control, and method of manufacture. A portable load bank apparatus may comprise one or more of a vehicle, a load bank, a set of batteries, a set of battery chargers, one or more processors, and/or other components. The load bank may be configured to perform a load test of an external power source. The processor(s) may be configured to cause one or more battery chargers in the set of battery chargers to direct an amount of a power output received by the load bank from the external power source to the set of batteries. The set of batteries may be used to provide electrical energy to one or more of an electric motor of the vehicle, one or more other electric vehicle, and/or other sources that may need electrical energy.
US11712975B2
A securing system for securing an electric bicycle to a bicycle docking frame includes a female connecting assembly mountable on the bicycle docking frame and a male connecting assembly mountable on the electric bicycle and sized to be received within a tapered recess of the female connecting assembly. When so received, first current coupling elements of the female assembly electrically interface with second current coupling elements of the male assembly, which can allow current flow therebetween to charge a battery of the electric bicycle. A bicycle rack system includes electric bicycles, bicycle docks, a charging module operable to receive electrical power from an external power source and a charging controller for adjusting the level of electrical power provided to dock-side charging modules that charge battery modules of electric bicycles docked thereto. A method for managing charging is also provided. An electric bicycle is operable to receive a user ride profile from an external device and a motor control module thereof is operable to adjust operation of the motor of the electric bicycle based on the user ride profile.
US11712967B2
Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative controllers, dual power inverter modules, and electric vehicles. In an illustrative embodiment, a controller includes one or more processors associated with a first and second power inverter for the drive unit. Computer-readable media for the one or more processors are each configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to apply a same fault action to the first power inverter and the second power inverter responsive to a fault associated with an inverter chosen from the first power inverter and the second power inverter, wherein the same fault action includes applying equalized torque to each axle operatively coupled to the drive unit.
US11712966B2
A circuit breaker for an electric load includes first and second terminals; a number of first separable contacts each electrically connected between one of the first terminals and one of the second terminals; a first mechanism to open, close or trip open the first contacts; a number of second separable contacts each electrically connected in series with a corresponding one of the first contacts; a second mechanism to open or close the second contacts; a processor to cause the second mechanism to open or close the second contacts, annunciate through one of the second terminals a power circuit electrical parameter for the electric load, receive from a number of the second terminals a confirmation from or on behalf of the electric load to cause the second mechanism to close the second contacts, and determine a fault state operatively associated with current flowing through the second contacts.
US11712959B2
A system for controlling a lock-up of engine clutch may include an engine and a motor; the engine clutch mounted between the engine and the motor and configured to selectively transmit power of the engine between the engine and the motor; a hybrid starter generator (HSG) connected to a crank pulley of the engine and driven to start the engine; and a controller connected to the HSG and configured to determine a virtual engine speed in an engine firing process and a torque reduction ratio of the HSG according to the virtual engine speed after an engine cranking process and determine a correction reduction ratio with respect to the torque reduction ratio of the HSG using a difference value between the virtual engine speed and an actual engine speed, and adjust an increase or a decrease of the torque reduction ratio of the HSG to synchronize an engine speed with a motor speed for the lock-up of the engine clutch.
US11712944B2
An air conditioner has: an air-conditioning case including an air passage; a plate-shaped door body that rotates about a rotation shaft; and an opposing wall provided in the air passage to define a gap between a tip portion of the door body and the opposing wall. A length of the opposing wall in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft is larger than a thickness dimension of the tip portion of the door body. The opposing wall includes a first door facing surface and a second door facing surface. The air-conditioning case has a connecting surface connecting the first door facing surface and the second door facing surface. The second door facing surface is located outward with respect to the rotation shaft in a radial direction than the first door facing surface is.
US11712943B2
A climate control system for use in a transport vehicle is disclosed. The climate control system includes a variable speed electric load, a controller configured to determine a load of the variable speed electric load, and a battery pack voltage configurator circuit. The battery pack voltage configurator circuit includes a first battery bank providing a first voltage and a first current, a second battery bank providing a second voltage and a second current, and a plurality of switches. The controller is configured to control the plurality of switches based on the determined load of the variable speed electric load. The battery pack voltage configurator circuit is configured to provide an output voltage and an output current to drive the variable speed electric load. The output voltage and the output current vary in magnitude based on the control of the plurality of switches.
US11712940B2
A suspension device includes: a suspension including a damping device which damps a force generated between a vehicle body and a wheel; and a damping force control unit that increases a damping force of the damping device so as to be greater than the damping force generated when an acceleration of change in a stroke amount is less than a predetermined value determined in advance, when the acceleration of the change in the stroke amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, in which the stroke amount is an amount of displacement from a reference position of the wheel with respect to the vehicle body in an extension direction of the suspension.
US11712936B2
System for holding and storing disconnected lines of a tractor unit, each line comprising, at one end, a coupling configured to be coupled to a complementary coupling of a trailer so as to pneumatically or electrically connect the trailer to the tractor unit, the system for holding and storing comprising a first retaining mechanism comprising a bracket designed to be fixed on a rear wall of the tractor unit and at least one spring having a first extremity attached to the bracket and a second extremity on which at least one of the lines can be hung; and a second retaining mechanism for receiving and holding the couplings arranged at the end of the lines; the system for holding and storing further including a magnetic stabilizer configured for attracting and maintaining the spring in a rest position when the tractor unit is moving without trailer.
US11712933B2
Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a retractable tow rope system. The retractable tow rope system includes a tow rope. The tow rope has a first end, a second end, a notch in between the first end and the second end, and an anchoring device. The anchoring device is positioned at the first end of the top rope and configured to couple with an object. The retractable tow rope system includes a reel apparatus. The reel apparatus is coupled to the second end of the tow rope and has a rope hook. The rope hook is configured to latch onto or unlatch from the notch.
US11712931B2
A tire pressure monitoring device of an electric vehicle includes a wheel speed sensor sensing a speed of each wheel of the electric vehicle, and a controller selectively calculating an intercept value of ΔFR and a cumulative average value of the ΔFR based on a difference between a torque of a front wheel motor and a torque of a rear wheel motor, calculating an intercept value of ΔLR and an intercept value of ΔDiag based on the speed of each wheel, and monitoring a tire pressure of each wheel based on the calculated intercept value of the ΔFR or the cumulative average value of the ΔFR, the calculated intercept value of the ΔLR, and the calculated intercept value of the ΔDiag.
US11712929B2
A surface of each of the portions of a pneumatic tire includes a ridge pattern region provided with a plurality of ridges continuously extending in one direction and provided at intervals, a non-ridge pattern region including a smooth surface and not provided with the ridges, and a two-dimensional code including a dot pattern formed from two types of gray scale elements distinguishably formed using surface irregularities. The two-dimensional code is engraved entirely overlapping the ridge pattern region or engraved overlapping the ridge pattern region and the non-ridge pattern region.
US11712926B2
Disclosed herein are tread rubber compositions containing a specified polyurethane, tires containing a tread made from the rubber compositions, and related methods of improving the wet and dry traction of a tire tread by using the polyurethane-containing rubber compositions. The polyurethane includes a saturated hydroxy-functionalized polydiene segment as diol.
US11712925B2
A half-shaft assembly includes a first constant velocity (CV) joint, a second CV joint and an axial movement joint connected between the first CV joint and the second CV joint. The axial movement joint includes a first shaft coupled to the first CV joint and a second shaft coupled to the second CV joint, wherein mechanical input received on the first shaft is communicated to the second shaft, and wherein the second shaft slides axially within the first shaft. The axial movement joint further includes an axial boot cover coupled on a first end to the first shaft and on a second end to the second shaft that accommodates axial movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft. The first constant velocity (CV) joint is coupled to provide torsional input received at an input to the first shaft, the first CV joint having a first CV boot cover. The second CV joint coupled to provide torsional output received from the second shaft to an output, the second CV joint having a second CV boot cover.
US11712920B2
A press can include an upper platen, a lower platen, a support arm, and an adjuster. The support arm can be adapted to move the upper platen substantially parallel to the lower paten between an open position and a closed position. The adjuster can have a cam adapted to engage a surface of the support arm and to rotate between a first rotational position and a second rotational position relative to the support arm. Rotation of the cam from the first rotational position to the second rotational position can move the upper platen toward the lower platen.
US11712911B2
In a medium supply device, a receiving portion includes a support portion configured to rotatably support a spindle, and a drive gear meshing with a driven gear provided at the spindle to rotate the spindle, and a displacement member includes a pivoting shaft configured to pivot between an advanced position where the spindle is covered and a retracted position where the spindle is exposed, an abutting portion abutting the spindle when the spindle is installed at the receiving portion, the abutting portion being configured to cause the displacement member to pivot to the advanced position, an opposing portion abutting, at the advanced position, an outer peripheral surface of the spindle installed at the receiving portion, a cover portion configured to cover the driven gear, and a grounding member contacting the spindle, thereby coupling to a ground potential.
US11712908B2
A recording device includes: a storage unit configured to store a medium, a recording unit configured to dispense a liquid droplet onto the medium transported from the storage unit to perform recording, a discharge unit configured to discharge the medium on which recording was performed and an imaging unit disposed on a transport path running from the storage unit, past the recording unit, to the discharge unit, the imaging unit being configured to capture an image of the medium on which recording was performed, where a restricting wall narrowing a space above the medium on the transport path is provided between the recording unit and the imaging unit.
US11712897B1
An inkjet printer includes solvent vapor generators that direct two flows of solvent vapor on each side of each printhead in the process direction toward media passing the printheads in the printer. The solvent vapor attenuates the evaporation of ink solvent from ink drops on the nozzle plates or from the ink in the nozzles of the printheads. Thus, the ink on the nozzle plates and in the nozzles does not dry out and the operational status of the inkjets is preserved.
US11712896B2
Examples include a fluid ejection device. The fluid ejection device includes a fluid ejection die with a die length and a die width, the fluid ejection die being coupled with a support structure having a fluid supply channel therethrough. The fluid ejection die includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in columns at die length positions along the die length and die width positions along the die width such that only one nozzle is positioned at each die length position. A fluid ejection chamber is coupled with each respective nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, and fluid feed hole fluidically coupled with the fluid supply channel and each respective ejection chamber.
US11712887B2
A die may include a plurality of fluid pumps, at least one strain gauge sensor to sense a strain in the die, and at least one temperature sensor to sense the temperature of the die to compensate for a temperature component of the sensed strain.
US11712880B2
The present invention refers to a process for bonding flexible films by converting the surface of a first film into a softened state before contacting the softened surface with a second film, a device for carrying out the inventive process as well as a composite body obtained by the inventive process or by the inventive device.
US11712878B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may comprise a core layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising at least 80 wt. % of high-density polyethylene, and a second skin layer comprising either: (i) one or more low-density polyethylenes; or (ii) one or more polypropylene-based copolymers. The multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.
US11712877B2
Laminates comprising at least one film and a nonwoven substrate, wherein the film comprises a polymeric composition comprising at least about 50% of one or more styrenic block copolymers, olefinic block copolymers, or combinations thereof; wherein the nonwoven substrate comprises at least one layer of spunbond material comprising ribbon-shaped fibers, wherein the laminate comprises ultrasonic bonds, thermal bonds, or combinations thereof and which have advantageous properties relative to a comparative laminate in which the nonwoven comprises non-ribbon shaped fibers.
US11712874B2
A metal composite that includes a core comprising titanium, zirconium, and niobium, and a shell comprising titanium, zirconium, and niobium, wherein the shell covers at least a portion of the core; and a method of fabricating the metal composite by mechanically alloying and 3D printing a metal powder comprising titanium, niobium, and zirconium. Various embodiments of the metal composite and the method of fabricating the same are also provided.
US11712872B2
A duct includes a foam-filled honeycomb core structure having a tubular shape. The duct further includes an air-impermeable duct wall coupled to an exterior surface of the foam-filled honeycomb core structure.
US11712869B2
Mats and panels of mats and methods of making the same are described. The panels include a first portion defined by a first material and a second portion defined by a second material. The first material and the second material have at least one of different compositions and different material properties. The methods include depositing a first material into a mold of a panel, depositing a second material into the mold of the panel after deposition of the first material, and applying at least one of pressure and heat to the mold of the panel to form a panel having the first material and the second material having at least one different compositions and different material properties.
US11712850B2
The disclosed invention resolves the problem of manufacturing three-dimensional objects by stacking two-dimensional layers of material in the third direction z. Described are a machine and a method for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects in which a predetermined final object is fabricated using the steps of the printing process (100) of individual curved three-dimensional print volumes (1, 2, 3 . . . Z) in a sequence (51). Powdered material (102) is melted in a melting volume (280) which is inside an intersection volume (28) and in which the energy exerted by at least two particle clusters (160,170) emitted from at least two spatially positioned sources (11, 12) of particles with mass adds up and exceeds the threshold required for melting of the powdered material. Machine and method according to the disclosed invention enable the fabrication in multiple different printing directions simultaneously.
US11712848B2
A standard powder bed fusion additive manufacture apparatus is provided with a device to modify the building space, including the powder feed for the building space, yielding a reduction in the active build area, with a concomitant reduction in the adjacent powder supply. A retrofit kit or assembly which is quickly emplaced on the existing equipment with little modification of the regular building space is provided, and is therefore readily removable when the building space is to be returned to its original condition. One advantage is the relatively quick manner in which the building space can be modified. A reduced area build piston is slideably received in a shaft depending from a cover that is emplaceable on the unmodified build area. The build piston moves with the pre-existing build platform. A like arrangement is provided for the feed container.
US11712846B2
In an example implementation, a method of operating a three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes forming a fused 3D object in the printing tray of a 3D printer and vibrating the tray to separate unfused material from the fused 3D object.
US11712845B2
The present disclosure is drawn to 3D printing kits, multi-fluid kits for 3D printing, and methods of making 3D printed articles. In one example, a 3D printing kit can include a powder bed material, a fusible fluid, and a magnetic fluid. The powder bed material can include polymer particles. The fusible fluid can include water and a radiation absorber. The fusible fluid can be to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The magnetic fluid can include magnetic particles, and the magnetic fluid can be to selectively apply to the powder bed material.
US11712843B2
A binder jet printing apparatus (10), along with methods of its use, is provided. The binder jet printing apparatus (10) may include: a job box (18) having a actuatable build plate (46) therein; a supply box (54) having a bottom platform (56) that is actuatable within the supply box (54); a print system including at least one print head (32) connected to a binder source (38) and configured to apply a pattern of binder onto an exposed powder layer (42) over the build plate (46) of the job box (18); a recoat system (16) including a recoater configured to move from the supply box (54) to the job box (18) to transfer powder from the supply box (54) to the job box (18) so as to form a new powder layer (48) over the build plate (46) of the job box (18); and a cure system (14) configured to direct electromagnetic radiation onto the job box (18).
US11712839B2
Described are methods and apparatus for the inspection of cured layers of an object during the fabrication of the object using a 3D printing system. A just-printed layer may be inspected by pressing the layer against a pressure-sensitive surface in order to collect information about the layer. For example, a tank may contain a photo-curing liquid polymer, and at its bottom are pressure sensitive elements (e.g., in a backing member or mask). An extraction plate to which the object is affixed may be adjusted so as to position a surface of the object adjacent to the pressure sensitive elements, which report a pressure distribution (e.g., by virtue of a force exerted by a localized region of the object on a localized region of the pressure sensitive elements).
US11712838B2
A method of manufacturing an impeller for a thermal management device includes partially curing a curable liquid in a curable liquid bath to form a first stage rotor, removing the first stage rotor from the curable liquid bath, the first stage rotor having excess curable liquid on a surface thereof, rotating the first stage rotor to displace the excess curable liquid radially outward from a rotational axis to compensate for imbalances in the first stage rotor, and fully curing the first stage rotor and at least a portion of the excess curable liquid to produce a second stage rotor that is more rotationally balanced than the first stage rotor.
US11712812B2
According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible and includes a first portion contacting a workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a granular material provided between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion is recessed in a first direction. The first direction is from the first portion toward the second portion. The convex portion is provided around the concave portion and protrudes in a second direction. The second direction is the reverse of the first direction. The concave portion has a groove having a ring configuration recessed outward from a center of the gripper.
US11712809B2
A method of operating a robot including a vacuum port for engaging an item, e.g. a wafer, is disclosed. The method includes operating, by a computer system, the robot in a first state, detecting using a vacuum sensor, a transition of a vacuum parameter from a first vacuum parameter zone to a second parameter zone in a plurality of vacuum parameter zones. Based on detecting the transition of the vacuum parameter from the first vacuum parameter zone to the second vacuum parameter zone, the operating state of the robot is altered from the first state to a second state. Also disclosed is an item transfer robot as part of an item transfer system.
US11712800B2
Methods and systems for connection-driven generation of robotic user interfaces and modification of robotic properties include detecting a connection of a robotic peripheral to a robot; obtaining a peripheral property set corresponding to the robotic peripheral, wherein the peripheral property set includes one or more properties of the robotic peripheral; modifying, based on the peripheral property set, a robotic property set that includes one or more properties of the robot to provide a modified robotic property set; generating, during runtime, a robotic graphical user interface (“RGUI”) dynamically based on the peripheral property set, wherein the RGUI provides at least one user-accessible interface to control the robot and the robotic peripheral; and controlling, based on the modified robotic property set, the robot and the robotic peripheral in response to user input received via the RGUI.
US11712795B2
A wheeled storage container apparatus for storing and transporting tools and equipment includes a body having a body back side with a drop lip portion extending down from proximal a body top side and defining a catch cavity to hook onto a railing. A lid is coupled to a body front side to selectively cover or expose the body top side. A pair of wheels is coupled to the body. A tray has a tray rim selectively engageable with the body top side and a plurality of tray compartments extending down into the body inside. A locking arm has a pivot portion pivotably coupled to the drop lip portion of the body back side, an arm portion extending from the pivot portion, and a catch portion extending from the arm portion. The catch portion is selectively engageable with the lid to maintain the lid in a closed position.
US11712788B2
An oil filter removal tool configured for removal of a filter cartridge is provided, including: a main body, including a driving portion configured to be connected with a driven portion of the filter cartridge so that the main body is rotatable with the filter cartridge; a cover portion, connected with the main body, including an opening corresponding to the driving portion, the opening being configured for assembling of the driven portion of the filter cartridge therewithin; wherein the main body has a first flexibility, the cover portion has a second flexibility, and the second flexibility is greater than the first flexibility.
US11712787B2
A powered ratchet tool includes a housing and an output member. The output member has an inner opening, an outer toothed surface, and an output member aperture extending through the outer toothed surface to the inner opening. The powered ratchet tool further includes a drive mechanism for driving the output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke in which the output member is arranged. The yoke has a yoke aperture. The powered ratchet tool further includes a first pawl in the yoke that is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member and a second pawl in the yoke that is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member. When the output member is in a home position, the first pawl and the second pawl are engaged with the toothed surface of the output member and the output member aperture is aligned with the yoke aperture.
US11712782B2
An abrasive head with clean gas infeed for cleaning/removing material surfaces and splitting/cutting materials by a liquid beam enriched with solid abrasive particles to extend the tool lifetime by eliminating damage to the liquid jet's aperture by the abrasive, avoid degrading the abrasive inside the tool and increase the cutting power and flow efficiency.
US11712775B2
A machine tool comprises first and second support arms, and a rigid structure which couples the first support arm to the second support arm. A first rotary drive is operable to rotate the first support arm and the rigid structure relative to each other about a first rotational reference axis, and a second rotary drive is operable to rotate the second support arm and the rigid structure relative to each other about a second rotational reference axis, wherein the first and second rotational reference axes are parallel and spaced apart by a fixed distance. A control arrangement is configured to control the first and second rotary drives such that a workpiece mount carried by the second support arm follows a predetermined path relative to a tool mount carried by the first support arm in a plane perpendicular to the rotational reference axes.
US11712766B2
One or more methods of fabricating a microscale canopy wick structure having an array of individual wicks having one or more canopy members. Each method includes selectively etching a substrate to control the thickness of the canopy members and also control the width of a fluid flow channel between adjacent wicks in a manner that enhances the overall performance of the microscale canopy wick structure.
US11712763B2
A cutting device capable of efficiently cutting an object with a simple configuration includes a grasp unit including a first grasper and a second grasper movable in an opening and closing directions to grasp the object, a cutting unit disposed side by side with the first and second graspers and moved in a cutting direction along the opening and closing directions to cut the object, and a position setter setting a cutting start position and a cutting end position based on respective positions of the first and second graspers that are grasping the object, respectively.
US11712757B2
Provided is a laser processing method for drilling a hole in a glass substrate with using a carbon dioxide laser, including the steps of: irradiating the laser onto a drilling position on the glass substrate from a side of the glass substrate on which a protective sheet is adhered so as to form a blind hole; removing the protective sheet from the glass substrate and performing an annealing treatment; and performing a wet-etching process on a side of the glass substrate not irradiated with the laser so as to convert the blind hole into a through hole.
US11712743B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of replicating or copying keys. More specifically, the present invention provides an improved key holder assembly for use in a key cutting machine, the key holder providing a universal or multiply key type holding apparatus to simplify the process of creating a copy of a master key. Spring or otherwise biased components hold a received or inserted ley blank in a preferred position for presenting to a cutting component.
US11712735B2
A foundry mix includes a major amount of a foundry aggregate and an effective binding amount of a binder system. The binder system cures in the presence of sulfur dioxide and a free radical initiator. The binder system may include (1) 10 to 70 parts by weight of an epoxy novolac resin; (2) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of resorcinol; (3) 20 to 70 parts by weight of a monomeric or polymeric acrylate; and (4) an effective amount of a free radical initiator. Notably, (1), (2), (3) and (4) are separate components or mixed with another of said components, provided (4) is not mixed with (3) until a foundry mix is to be created, where said parts by weight are based upon 100 parts of the binder system.
US11712726B2
A machine that includes a first feeder, able to unwind a first tape; a profiler comprising an upstream profiling stage able to profile the first tape to form a pre-profiled first tape; a second feeder, able to unwind a second tape, the second tape being a flat tape. A profiler that includes an intermediate joining stage able to receive the second tape as a flat tape from the second feeder and able to join the pre-formed first tape and the flat second tape; and at least a downstream profiling stage configured to jointly profile the first tape and the second tape received from the intermediate joining stage and form a combined profiled strip.
US11712725B2
A framework cooler (20) for cooling a steel strip (50), installed in a roller framework (11), in place of the work rolls (5) and their associated installation pieces (5a and 5b). The framework cooler (20) is sized to be installed into the roller framework (11) through the operator-side roller stands (1) of the roller framework (11). The cooler (20) includes a lower (21b) and an upper water tank (21a), each having a connection (22) for a coolant, and includes a plurality of cooling nozzles (23), or cooling tubes (23a) arranged in the depth direction (T) of the framework cooler (20) or at least one cooling slot (24) extending in the depth direction (T). The bottom and top sides of the steel strip (50) may be cooled.
US11712724B2
A method for detecting a faulty cooling unit in a set of cooling units configured to provide a coolant to work rolls arranged to process a work item therebetween, the method including: varying the flow rates of the coolant ejected from a sub-set of the cooling units; in response to varying the flow rates, determining a flatness variation value of the work item for at least each of the cooling units in the sub-set of cooling units, the flatness variation value being indicative of the work item flatness variation downstream of the work rolls; and detecting a faulty cooling unit based on comparing the flatness variation values to a reference flatness variation value.
US11712715B2
Aspects of the application provide methods of producing substrates having modified surfaces. In some aspects, methods of surface modification involve treating a surface of a substrate with an organic reagent in vapor phase to form an organic layer over the surface. In some aspects, methods of forming a stable surface coating on an oxidized surface are provided.
US11712711B2
Sealant dispensing cartridge assemblies including radially expandable collets are disclosed. A plunger head assembly includes a ram head attached to a plunger rod. As the plunger rod is advanced into the sealant cartridge, the ram head presses against a rear side of a movable plunger against an opposing force created by a sealant contained in the cartridge on a front side of the plunger. As the plunger rod is further advanced, the collet contacts the ram head and radially expands against the inner sidewall of the plunger. The resulting radial force presses the sidewall of the plunger against the inner surface of the cartridge to thereby reduce or prevent unwanted leakage of the sealant around the plunger.
US11712698B2
A process for converting spent grain into flour by drying and milling is disclosed. The process includes the steps of introducing a quantity of wet spent grain into a container for removing moisture by the action of gravity. After the gravity drying, the wet spent grain is transferred to a press to mechanically remove additional moisture. The wet spent grain is placed in a fluid bed processor where the grain additional moisture is removed through heating and fluidization. Some embodiments may include a dust collection system in connection with the fluid bed processor, wherein the dust collection system incorporates a separator for separating the grains. Once dried, the dry spent grain is introduced into a mill to be ground into the proper flour consistency. The resulting flour product can then be used for a variety of foodstuff applications.
US11712686B2
Phosphine phosphonate and phenoxyphosphine ligands bearing polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains are used as described herein to produce heterobimetallic catalysts. The ligands can be metallated selectively with palladium or nickel and secondary metal ions to provide well-defined heterobimetallic compounds. These heterobimetallic complexes exhibit accelerated reaction rates and greater thermal stability in olefin polymerization compared to other catalysts.
US11712681B2
The invention relates to a method of preparing titanium dioxide-coated nanostars. Titanium precursors are hydrolyzed into crystalline TiO2 polymorphs at low temperatures, allowing the delicate morphology of the nanostars to be preserved while maintaining their desirable photocatalytic properties.
US11712680B2
A supported catalyst having rhodium particles with an average diameter of less than 1 nm disposed on a support material containing magnetic iron oxide (e.g. Fe3O4). A method of producing the supported catalyst and a process of reducing nitroarenes to corresponding aromatic amines employing the supported catalyst with a high product yield are also described. The supported catalyst may be recovered with ease using an external magnet and reused.
US11712679B2
A method for producing a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith of stacked catalyst fibers, comprising the following steps: a) Preparing a suspension paste in a liquid diluent of a reforming catalyst, and which suspension can furthermore comprise a binder material, all particles in the suspension having an average particle size in the range of from 0.5 to 500 μm, b) extruding the paste of step a) through one or more nozzles to form fibers, and depositing the extruded fibers to form a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith precursor, c) drying the porous catalyst monolith precursor to remove the liquid diluent, d) calcining the porous catalyst monolith precursor to form the porous catalyst monolith.
US11712675B2
The present application discloses a molecular sieve-based catalyst modification apparatus. The apparatus comprises a feed unit 1, a modification unit 2 and a cooling unit 3 connected in sequence; the feed unit comprises a catalyst feed unit 11 and a modifier feed unit 12, a catalyst and a modifier are introduced into the modification unit 2 respectively by the catalyst feed unit and the modifier feed unit and are discharged from the modification unit after sufficient reaction in modification unit, and then enter the cooling unit 3 for cooling. The present application further discloses a use method for the molecular sieve-based catalyst modification apparatus. The use method comprises: introducing a catalyst and a modifier into the modification unit 2 respectively through the feed unit 1; wherein the catalyst is modified by the modifier in the modification unit 2, and then discharged to the cooling unit 3 to cool until the temperature is lower than 50° C., and then the cooled modified catalyst is transferred to any storage device.
US11712670B2
A mixing paddle specifically designed to produce pastry dough is disclosed. The mixing paddle is comprised of a shaft, a rim, a first plurality of parallel blades and a second plurality of parallel blades. The shaft bisects the rim, creating a first side and a second side. The first plurality of parallel blades is perpendicular to the second plurality of parallel blades.
US11712666B2
Methods and systems for determining the integrity of a filter device are provided.
US11712659B2
A method of filtering a large volume of a medium using a pre-sterilizable, at least partially automated single-use filtration device which includes an unfiltrate inlet, a filtrate outlet, a main line running between the unfiltrate inlet and the filtrate outlet, filter elements arranged in the main line, a venting line and sensors for detecting specific process parameters and regulating means for adjusting specific process parameters, wherein the sensors and regulating means are connected to an external monitoring and control system which is adapted for evaluating and processing sensor data and for piloting the regulating means based on one or more control algorithms, comprises the following process steps: a) filling the single-use filtration device with medium with low flow; b) venting the single-use filtration device through the venting line; c) closing the venting line; d) rinsing the single-use filtration device, in particular the filter elements; e) filtering the medium by means of the filter elements; f) re-rinsing with high flow; and g) closing the main line; wherein the process steps f) and g) are optional.
US11712652B2
A process for the production of at least one of amorphous carbon or graphite, preferably of carbon black, from atmospheric air, biogas or flue gas CO2 is given, including at least the following steps: a) isolation of concentrated CO2 of a concentration of at least 50% v/v from atmospheric air, green house air or flue gas preferably by means of a cyclic adsorption/desorption process on amine-functionalized adsorbents; b) conversion of said captured CO2 into a gaseous or liquid saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon by hydrogenation: c) cracking of said saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon to at least one of amorphous carbon or graphite, preferably carbon black, wherein the H2 resulting from step c) is at least partially used in the hydrogenation of step b).
US11712650B2
A filter element includes a construction of pleated filter media defining an interior volume. First and second opposite end caps are secured to opposite ends of the filter media. A support structure supports the filter media and is operably oriented in the interior volume. The support structure extends from the first opposing interior face to the second opposing interior face. The support structure is provided to extend less than a full extension between the first end cap and second end cap.
US11712641B2
The invention relates to the filtering of liquid samples, preferably in a laboratory environment, for example for collecting micro organisms from the liquid sample for subsequent testing. The invention provides a method for filtering a liquid sample which comprises providing a blank of a deformable sheet material and a filtration medium, deforming the blank to form a funnel extending above and about the filtration medium, introducing the liquid sample to be filtered into the so formed funnel, and filtering the liquid sample from the funnel through the filtration medium, for example to a downstream receptacle. The method is accordingly based on the concept that the funnel is not or at least not completely preformed but provided in a form of a blank of a deformable material sheet which is deformed so as to form the funnel at the point and time of use during filtration.
US11712634B2
The present disclosure relates to providing an online shooting game by a game server communicatively connected to a player terminal. The player terminal may display a virtual online shooting game environment based on information received from the game server. Providing an online shooting game may include: selecting a basic identification range within a virtual online shooting game environment displayed on the player terminal; detecting one or more enemy characters that are within the basic identification range; determining one of the detected one or more enemy characters as an automatic tracking object; and allowing an aiming point to automatically track movement of the automatic tracking object within the basic identification range.
US11712624B2
Techniques for managing notifications are described. In an example, a computing device receives notification data. The computing device compares a first context associated with the notification data and a second context associated with an application executing in an application window on a display. The computing device determines whether the notification data is to be presented in the application window or is to be sent to a queue based on the comparison, the queue storing other notification data corresponding to another notification. The computing device also presents, based on the comparison, at least the notification data or a notification in the application window over at least a portion of content from execution of the application while a presentation of the content continues, the notification distinct from the notification data and indicating that the notification data is presented.
US11712617B2
A self-standing portable ice skating rink structure that does not penetrate the underlying surface and generally requires no tools or hardware for installation is provided. The ice skating rink structure includes a perimeter component and one or more tension members. The perimeter component can include one or more board holding members and/or one or more optionally interlocking side boards.
US11712616B1
A head and neck orientation retainer block for training young or adult athletes for their sport while keeping their head up to provide a safer way to play, and also to enhance their skill and vision of the game. It can be worn during practices with the team and if one chooses, to practice at home. The retainer is a wedge block protrusion placed under the central forward chin of the child or adult player, to allow the player to have a wider freedom of side to side lateral movement, while the player's head is maintained horizontally for line of sight viewing purposes.
US11712611B2
An apparatus for a ball stowable support is provided. The apparatus includes a frame, an elastic cover secured to the frame, and at least one leg supporting the frame. Each leg of the at least one leg has an opening. The opening is configured to retain a ball.
US11712603B1
A method for assisting a patient in physical rehabilitation, the method being executed by a controller, and the controller being configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy and being communicatively connected with a respiratory device and an exercise device. The method includes controlling at least one of a device setting of the respiratory device and a device setting of the exercise device, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy.
US11712599B2
A slide structure of an exercise machine comprises a slide seat, configured to be movable along an axial direction relative to a slide rail; a roller, rotatably coupled to the slide seat; a dry-running limit slider, having a bushing seat and a dry-running bushing, the dry-running bushing embracing the slide rail on a vertical plane perpendicular to the axial direction. The slide seat moves on the slide rail along the axial direction through the roller to roll along the axial direction, the dry-running limit slider to slide along the axial direction, and the dry-running limit slider to limit the displacement of the slide seat on the vertical plane.
US11712598B2
A fitness exercise apparatus includes a base member, a support unit disposed on the base member, and a slide bar disposed on the support unit. A seat frame includes a connector connected to and slidable along the slide bar, a guide rail connected to the connector, and a foot post connected to the guide rail opposite to the connector. A swing frame is connected to the guide rail at a position corresponding to the foot post. An elastic cord unit includes a plurality of first and second elastic cords connected to the support unit. A pulling unit includes two first cables connectable with the first elastic cords. An operating unit is connectable with the first cables.
US11712596B2
A support attachment apparatus for attachment to a weight rack, comprising a main body including an attachment portion comprising a pin hole and at least one adjustment aperture and, a support portion comprising a support pad.
US11712593B2
An exercise apparatus comprising: a frame; first and second vertical guides coupled to the frame; first and second carriages carried on the respective first and second vertical guides, each of the first and second carriages having an upper carriage portion, a lower carriage portion and a carriage locking mechanism operable to lock and release the lower carriage portion to a selected vertical position along the first and second vertical guides; and an exercise bar coupled to the upper carriage portion of the first and second carriages, the exercise bar operable to translate or rotate to actuate the carriage locking mechanism.
US11712581B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for radiating a moving object. The method may comprise acquiring a plurality of indicators of the phase of a physiological cycle of a patient and a plurality of images of the patient that include a target. Each image may be taken at a different phase of the physiological cycle and may be registered to the phase at which the image was taken. The method may also include identifying the target in each of the plurality of images, calculating a dose of radiation required to treat the target, calculating the number, orientation, and dwell time of one or more radiation beams required to deliver the calculated required dose of radiation to the target, and calculating a position of each of the one or more radiation beams required to achieve the calculated orientation. Each position may be a function of the phase of the physiological cycle to which each of the plurality of images is registered.
US11712556B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include an implantable lead having a terminal pin, a conductor member configured to rotate in response to rotation of the terminal pin and a coupler arranged within configured to interface with the conductor member and having a rear bearing surface contacting the inner wall of a housing.
US11712543B2
An access device for placing a medical article within a body space includes a syringe, a needle, and a sheath which are employed together with a guide wire. The sheath can be coaxially and slideably disposed about the needle. During insertion of the sheath over the needle, guide wire and into the body space, the syringe provides a negative pressure to ensure that any air located between the inside diameter of the sheath and the outside diameter of the needle is drawn into the needle rather than into the body space. In certain embodiments, a dilator is coaxially and slideably disposed about the needle and within the sheath.
US11712542B2
An intravascular device comprises an elongated outer catheter body having a proximal catheter end, a distal catheter end, and an inner catheter lumen extending between the proximal catheter end and the distal catheter end. The intravascular device further comprises an elongated inner articulating member slidably disposed within the inner catheter lumen. The inner articulating member has a proximal member end and an articulatable distal member end. The intravascular device further comprises a control assembly mechanically coupled to the proximal catheter end and the proximal member end. The control assembly is configured for distally translating the outer catheter body over the inner articulating member, and for articulating the distal member end.
US11712541B2
An apparatus is for use in connection with an implement for being inserted into a vascular space. The apparatus includes a body having a passage adapted for receiving the implement. A counter is provided for counting the amount the implement moves through the passage of the body. A kit may include a first counter adapted for use with a first device having a first diameter for being inserted into the vasculature, and a second counter adapted for use with a second device having a second diameter for being inserted into the vasculature. Related methods are also described.
US11712538B2
The present disclosure, in one embodiment, is a computer-implemented method for the detection of and intervention in traumatic nightmares. In one embodiment, a user wears a watch wirelessly connected to a phone. The watch may include an accelerometer, gyroscope, and heartrate monitor. The application may monitor these sensors and intervene with haptic feedback if the application detects a traumatic nightmare. In one embodiment, the application may include a monitoring module that collects data from the watch's accelerometer, gyroscope, and heartrate sensors. The application may then estimate and record stress levels based on these sensors. The application may also include an intervention module that responds to high stress levels with haptic feedback that increases in intensity of previous efforts to intervene were unsuccessful.
US11712535B2
A respiratory apparatus is configured to deliver breathable gas to a patient's airways and includes a flow generator configured to pressurize the breathable gas and a humidifier configured to vaporize water and deliver water vapor to humidify the breathable gas. The respiratory apparatus further includes a gas flow path leading from the flow generator to the humidifier and from the humidifier to a patient interface. A continuous heater is positioned within the gas flow path and includes multiple separately controllable heating zones.
US11712529B2
Apparatus for providing air at positive pressure for respiratory therapy to a patient includes a pneumatic block including at least first and second blower sub-assemblies and a common chassis assembly configured to support each of the at least first and second blower sub-assemblies. The at least first and second blower sub-assemblies are different structurally from one another in at least one aspect. Each of the at least first and second blower sub-assemblies includes a corresponding blower configured to produce a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure. The common chassis assembly and the first blower sub-assembly form a first configuration of the pneumatic block, and the common chassis assembly and the second blower sub-assembly form a second configuration of the pneumatic block. The air flow path and the chamber arrangement of the first configuration is different than the air flow path and the chamber arrangement of the second configuration.
US11712527B1
The kit for locating a vein is configured for use in inserting an intravenous (IV) catheter into a targeted vein of a patient. The kit for locating a vein is a transparent structure. The kit for locating a vein: a) removably attaches to the skin of the patient; b) numbs the skin of the patient; c) generates a vasomotor response; d) provides the ability to insert the IV catheter into the targeted vein while the kit for locating a vein remains attached to the patient; and, e) forms a dressing that captures bodily fluids. The kit for locating a vein comprises a parchment sheeting, a working media, a transparent pocket, and a plurality of apertures. The parchment sheeting, the working media, and the transparent pocket form a transparent composite textile structure. The plurality of apertures are apertures that are formed through the composite textile structure.
US11712520B2
Medical devices and related systems and operating methods are provided. A method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid influencing a physiological condition to a patient involves obtaining an event indication, such as a meal indication, determining an initial bolus amount based on the event indication, and determining predicted values for the physiological condition of the patient during a time window into the future based at least in part on the initial bolus amount. When the predicted values violate a threshold during the time window, the control system identifies an adjusted bolus amount that results in the predicted values for the physiological condition satisfying the threshold during the time window from within a search space defined by the initial bolus amount and operates an actuation arrangement of the infusion device to deliver the adjusted bolus amount of the fluid to the patient.
US11712519B2
Disclosed are methods and medical device systems for automated delivery of therapies for pain and determination of need for and safety of treatment. In one embodiment, such a medical device system may comprise a sensor configured to sense at least one body signal from a patient; and a medical device configured to receive a first sensed body signal from the sensor; determine a patient pain index based at least in part on said first sensed body signal; determine whether said patient pain index is above at least a first pain index threshold; determine a safety index based at least in part on a second sensed body signal; select a pain treatment regimen based on at least one of said safety index and or a determination that said pain index is above said first pain index threshold; and deliver said pain treatment regimen.
US11712514B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided herein for delivering medication (e.g., insulin) via a wearable pump having a patch-style form factor for adhesion to a user's body. The reusable pump may be coupled to a disposable cap housing a microdosing system for delivering precise, repeatable doses of medication to a cannula configured to deliver medication to a target infusion area beneath the user's outer skin layer. The system further may include an applicator for inserting the cannula into the user's skin and/or applying an adhesive pad to the skin.
US11712505B2
An aspiration system to control vacuum pressure in an ultrasonic surgical handpiece to result in improved control responsiveness during aspiration. The system comprises a console including a vacuum pump. The system includes a cassette comprising a joint that divides a vacuum path into at least two flow paths. A first joint port couples to a first flow path. A second flow path is coupled to a second joint port, a third flow path is coupled to a third joint port, and a fourth flow path is coupled to a port on a surgical waste receiver. A first sensor senses pressure in the fourth flow path and provides a waste receiver pressure signal. A second sensor senses pressure in the third flow path and provides a tip pressure signal. The controller controls a position of a first vent valve and a second vent valve based on the waste receiver pressure signal and the tip pressure signal, respectively.
US11712495B2
The invention relates to a hemostatic composition comprising a mixture of cellulose-based short and long fibers, preparation and use thereof.
US11712492B2
A sanitizing cup that is advantageously used in a vehicle interior. The sanitizing cup includes a cup base and a sanitizing compartment extending at least partially from the cup base. The sanitizing compartment has a sanitizing area which can be used to sanitize an object, such as a user's face mask. The sanitizing cup also includes a hand sanitizer dispenser extending at least partially from the cup base, from the sanitizing compartment, or from both of the cup base and the sanitizing compartment. A combined hand and mask sanitizing cup provides enhanced in-vehicle disinfection capabilities.
US11712484B2
A method for generating vapour bubbles in an object comprises introducing a composition into the object, the composition comprising carbon-based nano- or microparticles that can couple with a photon wave of electromagnetic radiation. The method also comprises irradiating said object using electromagnetic radiation. The irradiation thereby is adapted for using a set of carbon-based nano- or microparticles for subsequently forming first vapour bubbles and at least second vapour bubbles using the same carbon-based nano- or microparticles.
US11712470B2
The present invention discloses an antibody specifically binding to a human endothelin receptor and uses thereof, where the antibody can inhibit the functions of the human endothelin receptor. The present invention includes the preparation, cloning, expression, and characterization of the antibody. The present invention can be used to effectively treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, a disease associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension, and a reproductive organ cancer in a human.
US11712461B2
A polypeptide composition for treating atrial fibrillation includes a polypeptide that has a sequence: fADNYTRLRKQMAVKKYLNSILN-NH2 (SEQ ID NO: 1), From an N-terminus of the polypeptide, a first amino acid (f) is a D-Phe, a second amino acid is Ala, and a third amino acid is Asp; and the peptide is linear in a solution and forms an α-helix structure after encountering a lipid bilayer.
US11712459B2
The disclosure features pharmaceutical compositions, methods, and kits featuring dosing regimens and CD101, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt or neutral form thereof (e.g., CD101 acetate).
US11712458B2
The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula X or an enantiomer, diastereomer, or stereoisomer thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of BTK through the use of bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to BTK which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by BTK.
US11712438B2
The present invention relates to phenyl derivatives of formula (I) wherein (R1)n, R3, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b and Ar1 are as described in the description and their use in the treatment of cancer by modulating an immune response comprising a reactivation of the immune system in the tumor. The invention further relates to novel benzofurane and benzothiophene derivatives of formula (III) and their use as pharmaceuticals, to their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as modulators of the prostaglandin 2 receptors EP2 and/or EP4.
US11712424B2
The present invention relates to the reduction of stress in ruminants in need thereof.
US11712406B2
An oil-in-water type emulsified cosmetic and a method of making can be prepared in a system not containing a silicone and is surprisingly produced without a wet-type dispersion apparatus by using a specific combination of the oil component constituting the oily phase and a hydrophobizing agent for a hydrophobized powder. The composition includes an aqueous phase; an oily phase dispersed in the aqueous phase; and a powder dispersed in the oily phase. The oily phase comprises a volatile hydrocarbon in oil in a combined amount of 40% by mass or more with respect to the total oil content. The powder has a surface hydrophobized by treatment with a metallic soap consisting of a higher fatty acid and a divalent metal, or by a composite treatment with a higher fatty acid and a divalent metal hydroxide.
US11712405B2
Composition for use in the remineralization of teeth, which comprises a fluoride-containing component and a calcium-containing component, wherein the calcium-containing component contains a nanoparticulate calcium salt and the composition is designed for the successive application of the fluoride-containing component and the calcium-containing component to the tooth surface, wherein the fluoride-containing component is applied to the tooth before the calcium-containing component.
US11712399B2
Chest compression machine systems and methods adjust the administration of patient treatment based on received physiological parameter measurements, such as a CO2 measurement. Adjustment of the administered chest compressions can include adjusting one or more chest compression parameters, such as the depth of the administered compressions, the administration of active decompressions, adjusting the height of active decompression, adjusting the rate of compressions and/or active decompressions and/or other changes to one or more properties, or characteristics, of the administered chest compressions and/or active decompressions.
US11712398B2
A method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes elevating the heart of an individual to a first height relative to a lower body of the individual. The lower body may be in a substantially horizontal plane. The method may also include elevating the head of the individual to a second height relative to the lower body of the individual. The second height may be greater than the first height. The method may further include performing one or more of a type of CPR or a type of intrathoracic pressure regulation while elevating the heart and the head. The first height and the second height may be determined based on one or both of the type of CPR or the type of intrathoracic pressure regulation.
US11712394B1
A shock absorbing ferrule for a shaft of a crutch, an elbow/forearm crutch, a walker and other devices used during assisted ambulation, wherein the shock absorbing ferrule mitigates impact, potentially reducing injury during their use. The shock absorbing ferrule includes a ferrule having a viscoelastic walled cylindrical socket, which is an annular longitudinal cavity fitted with a shock absorbing assembly. The shock absorbing assembly includes at least one compression spring and a push plate. The compression spring has an outside diameter that is less than the inside diameter of the socket and is seated on the metal distribution washer and under the push plate. The push plate is a metal disk with a smooth perimeter edge having an upper side that is in abutment with an end of the shaft and a lower side that is in abutment with the compression spring.
US11712386B2
A patient support apparatus pneumatic system may include a mattress defining an interior and a pneumatic enclosure in fluid communication with the interior and comprising an inlet and an outlet. A blower may be in fluid communication with the interior and the pneumatic enclosure. A pressure sensor may be configured to detect a pressure at the outlet. A controller may be configured to monitor a speed of the blower and the pressure at the outlet for detecting at least one of an intake blockage condition and an exhaust blockage condition.
US11712385B2
A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed includes a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed. The housing has a second side that includes a dock to secure a handheld phone in place on the housing. A hospital bed has a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector that is used to signal a controller to prevent a head section of the bed from being moved below a threshold.
US11712384B2
A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.
US11712378B2
An absorbent core comprising a front portion; a back portion; a middle portion positioned between the front portion and the back portion; and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of said core and crossing said front, middle and back portions, the absorbent core having a width extending perpendicular to said length and a perimeter comprising at least two opposing ends and at least two opposing sides positioned between said ends wherein the absorbent core comprises one or more channels having a first shape when the absorbent core is in dry state and a second shape when the absorbent core is in wet state and wherein said first and second shapes are different.
US11712375B2
An array of absorbent articles each having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core is described. A first absorbent article has a first physical feature disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, and a second absorbent article has a second physical feature disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The first physical feature has a first length between 27 and 77 percent of a first absorbent core length. The second physical feature has a second length between 27 and 77 percent of a second absorbent core length. The first length is less than the second length, and the first physical feature comprises a convex portion oriented toward a first end of the first absorbent article and/or the second physical feature comprises a convex portion oriented toward a first end of the second absorbent article.
US11712354B2
The present disclosure discloses a highly flexible stent which includes a plurality of annular supports arranged in an axial direction. The annular support is formed by a plurality of wave-shaped support units which are connected end to end. The support unit comprises a peak, a valley and a bar connected between the peak and the valley. In two adjacent annular supports, the peaks and the valleys of the support units of different annular supports are connected by first flexible connecting members. The first flexible connecting member further extends to and is wound onto at least one support unit to form a second flexible connecting member. The present disclosure provides a highly flexible stent having good compressibility, delivery compliance, and uniformity of expansion.
US11712344B2
The present invention involves a system and methods for assembling and implanting a vertebral body implant. The vertebral body implant includes, but is not necessarily limited to, an expandable core body and endplates that can be attached at both ends. Endplates of various shapes, sizes and angles are attachable to the expandable core so that a suitable vertebral body implant can be implanted between vertebrae.
US11712329B2
A stent assembly for insertion into an airway of a patient includes a stent defining an interior pathway along a length of the stent. The stent assembly includes a removal instrument for removal of the stent from the airway of the patient. The removal instrument is configured to cause a helical motion of the stent to remove the stent from the airway of the patient.
US11712324B2
A dental separator device includes an elastic body having a first end and a second end. A first surface engager is connected to the first end of the body. The first surface engager includes a first distal section and a first mesial section and a notch between the first distal section and the first mesial section. The first distal section and the first mesial section each include a pair of spaced apart hands. A second surface engager is connected to the second end of the body. The second surface engager includes a second distal section and a second mesial section, and a notch between the second distal section and the second mesial section. The second distal section and the second mesial section each include a pair of spaced apart hands. The hands are for engaging teeth and/or for creating adaptation pressure on a dental matrix stabilizer and/or dental matrix.
US11712322B2
An assembly for aiding field use of an endoscopic probe is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing assembly for an endoscopic probe and a compatible holder for the housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a tubular conduit for receiving the endoscopic probe and a plug coupled along a distal end of the tubular conduit. The holder includes a pre-configured arm for facilitating an exploration of a pre-determined quadrant of an oral cavity. The explorer includes a plug receiver. Upon coupling the plug receiver with the inversely matching plug, the tubular conduit passes through the opening and into the third axial channel.
US11712313B2
For robotically operating a catheter, translation and/or rotation manipulation is provided along the shaft or away from the handle, such as near a point of access to the patient. A worm drive arrangement may allow for both translation and rotation of the shaft. Some control may be provided by robotic manipulation of the handle, while other control (e.g., fine adjustments) are made by robotic manipulation of the shaft.
US11712312B2
A method for determining a shape of a lumen in an anatomical structure comprises reading information from a plurality of strain sensors disposed substantially along a length of a flexible medical device when the flexible medical device is positioned in the lumen. When the flexible medical device is positioned in the lumen, the flexible medical device conforms to the shape of the lumen. The method further comprises computationally determining, by a processing system, the shape of the lumen based on the information from the plurality of strain sensors.
US11712307B2
An apparatus is provided that is visible by both a three dimensional (3D) scanner system of a medical navigation system and a camera of the medical navigation system. The apparatus involves a rigid member and a plurality of markers attached to the rigid member. Each of the plurality of markers includes a reflective surface portion visible by the camera and a distinct identifiable portion visible by the 3D scanner system. The apparatus further involves a connector mechanism to connect the apparatus to a reference location. The apparatus is in a field of view of the 3D scanner system and the camera within a timeframe of the 3D scan.
US11712301B2
A method of generating a 4D model includes capturing imagery of a catheter and a vessel as the catheter is directed through the vessel to a location of interest, wherein the catheter is disposed on a guidewire, constructing a 3D time varying reference curve describing a trajectory of the guidewire, and constructing a time varying 3D model of the artery using the reference curve.
US11712299B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for applying laser energy having desired pulse characteristics, including a sufficiently short duration and/or a sufficiently high energy for the photomechanical treatment of skin pigmentations and pigmented lesions, both naturally-occurring (e.g., birthmarks), as well as artificial (e.g., tattoos). The laser energy may be generated with an apparatus having a resonator with the capability of switching between a modelocked pulse operating mode and an amplification operating mode. The operating modes are carried out through the application of a time-dependent bias voltage, having waveforms as described herein, to an electro-optical device (e.g., a Pockels cell) positioned along the optical axis of the resonator.
US11712294B2
Described embodiments include a catheter tip that includes an outer layer of a thermally-conducting metal; an inner layer of a thermally-conducting metal; a polymer layer between the inner and outer layer; and a plurality of thermal bridges selectively positioned between the inner and outer layers and through the polymer layer thereby significantly increasing the heat transfer of the catheter tip through the polymer layer. Other embodiments are also described.
US11712285B2
An electrode assembly for an electrosurgical pencil includes an insulative core configured to support an active wire around a peripheral surface thereof and a ground electrode coupled about the insulative core and adapted for insertion within an electrosurgical pencil. A hypotube is disposed between the ground electrode and the active pin and encapsulates the active pin to insulate the active pin from the ground electrode. An active pin is included that is adapted for insertion within the pencil and has a tensioning assembly including: a set screw with threads that engage grooves of the active pin such that, upon rotation, the set screw advances to secure the active wire within the active pin; and a nut is fixed within the hypotube that includes grooves that engage threads of the active pin such that, upon rotation, the active pin translates proximally to tension the active wire about the insulative core.
US11712283B2
A system and method can be used to denervate at least a portion of a bronchial tree. An energy emitter of an instrument is percutaneously delivered to a treatment site and outputs energy to damage nerve tissue of the bronchial tree. The denervation procedure can be performed without damaging non-targeted tissue. Minimally invasive methods can be used to open airways to improve lung function in subjects with COPD, asthma, or the like. Different sections of the bronchial tree can be denervated while leaving airways intact to reduce recovery times.
US11712272B2
This disclosure discloses a line coupled to a spine of a user at two points such that the line can be movable relative to those two points. The line can be encased by a protective member between those two points. The line can be covered by a compound between those two points. The line can be guided between those two points.
US11712271B2
A system of devices and methods for use by which one or more target motion segments of the cervical spine are stabilized without any violation of the cortical bone of the target vertebrae. The devices are brought against strategic aspects of these vertebrae, thus permitting the disclosed inventions to achieve secure control of each vertebra. Connecting elements then stabilize the constructs. Preferred and alternative embodiments of the invention are disclosed, along with methods of implantation, and adjunct devices used in the implantation of the disclosed invention.
US11712265B2
A surgical port is disclosed. The surgical port has a cannular channel. The surgical port also has one or more suture slots in communication with the cannular channel. The surgical port further has a pair of cam grips for each of the one or more suture slots, each pair of cam grips comprising opposing gripping arms configured to allow suture to be pulled through the opposing gripping arms in a direction away from the cannular channel and to resist suture movement in a direction towards the cannular channel.
US11712263B2
An instrument guide is removably inserted into a proximal portion of a cannula and extends to a distal end of the cannula to guide and support multiple surgical instruments within the cannula. The instrument guide is designed to be manufactured by injection molding of plastic material. The instrument guide includes a tube and several radial walls connected to the tube to form passageways within the tube. The radial walls are joined to a core where they intersect. The tube and radial walls have substantially the same wall thickness and the core has a minimum diameter that is substantially larger than the wall thickness to facilitate delivery of plastic material. Portions of the tube and radial walls are thinner than the general wall and rib thickness to form guideways that support surgical instruments within the passageways. Channels may be formed on an outside of the tube to deliver insufflation gas.
US11712262B2
A surgical device includes an outer member, an inner member, and at least one locking element. The inner member is at least partially supported within the outer member. The at least one locking element is configured in a first arrangement of the surgical device to lock the inner member in a first position and configured in a second arrangement of the surgical device to unlock the inner member from the first position. The at least one locking element is configured to change from the first arrangement to the second arrangement upon coupling the inner member in an operational arrangement to a hand piece.
US11712261B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly proximally extending from the end effector, and at least one translatable rack gear assembly coupled with the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly includes at least one elongate member connected to a select one or both of the end effector and the shaft assembly. The at least one translatable rack gear assembly includes a rack gear, an anchor longitudinally adjustable relative to the rack gear, and an insert received within the anchor. The anchor is coupled with the at least one elongate member such that adjustment of the anchor relative to the rack gear longitudinally moves the insert and the at least one elongate member for adjusting tension of the at least one elongate member.
US11712259B2
Provided herein is a catheter assembly including, in some embodiments, a core wire configured for linear actuation and a damping mechanism around the core wire. The core wire includes a proximal end with a sonic connector configured to couple to an ultrasound-producing mechanism. The core wire includes a distal end configured to modify intravascular lesions with vibrational energy from the ultrasound-producing mechanism. The damping mechanism includes a gasket system and a retainer to retain the gasket system in a damping-mechanism bore of the catheter assembly. The damping mechanism is around a proximal-end portion of the core wire, where the damping system can provide a compressive force sufficient to dampen transverse wave-producing vibrational energy in the proximal-end portion of the core wire without restricting the linear actuation of the core wire through the damping mechanism including extension and retraction of the core wire through the damping mechanism.
US11712252B2
A flexible auger design for low-torque transmitting drive shafts, which allows effective tissue material transport through curved, flexible tubes and channels. A hollow auger has a hollow center, so that the helical member hugs the inner wall of the tube and material is transported along the center axis and the inner wall of the tube. The hollow flexible auger allows for transportation of material from an operative location in the patient (material removal) as well as to operative location in the patient (material delivery).
US11712251B2
Drill assemblies and methods for drilling into bone are provided. In general, a drill assembly can have a flexible distal portion configured to move between a substantially straight configuration, in which a longitudinal axis of the distal portion is aligned with a longitudinal axis of a proximal shaft portion of the drill assembly, and a curved configuration, in which the longitudinal axis of the distal portion is angularly offset from the longitudinal axis of the plurality of segments located between the proximal shaft and the drill tip. The drill assembly can include a connecting element extending from the proximal shaft, through the segments, and to the drill tip at a distal end of the drill assembly. The drill assembly can include a conformal covering on the distal portion thereof that is configured to curve.
US11712247B2
A device for occlusion of a body lumen including an implantable occlusion apparatus (3) operably attached to an elongated catheter member (4) configured for transluminal delivery and deployment of the occlusion apparatus in the body lumen. The occlusion apparatus includes a radially expansible element (5) detachably attached to the elongated catheter member, and adjustable between a contracted orientation for transluminal delivery and a deployed orientation configured to occlude the body lumen, an energy delivery element (6, 14, 21) configured to deliver energy to surrounding tissue to heat the tissue, and a sensor (7) configured to detect a parameter of the wall of the body lumen. The energy delivery element (6, 14, 21) and sensor (7) are axially movable independently of the radially expansible element whereby, in use, the energy delivery element and sensor can be transluminally retracted leaving the radially expansible element in-situ occluding the body lumen.
US11712245B2
A system is configured to bring about anastomosis between two lumens in a patient or between two sections of a single lumen in a patient. The anastomosis system includes a first tissue-compressing element, a second tissue-compressing element, and an energy source. The energy source can be a thermal energy source or laser energy source. Tissue is interposed between the elements. Magnetic material incorporated into the tissue-compressing elements facilitates the alignment of the elements as well as compression of the interposed tissue. The energy source can deliver energy to tissue. This delivery of energy can cause local changes to the tissue that can help maintain positional stability of the implants, can bring about immediate patency of the anastomosis and can otherwise facilitate achieving desired outcomes for the patient.
US11712240B2
Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing are provided. In general, a loading element can be configured to facilitate loading of a plate into a surgical instrument configured to facilitate passage of a suture through tissue. The surgical instrument can be configured to advance the suture through a tissue of a patient, to capture a free end or looped end of the suture after the suture's advancement through the tissue, and to pull the captured suture out of the patient's body with a portion of the suture remaining passed through the tissue within the patient's body.
US11712235B2
This disclosure relates to a surgical method for deploying implants for repairing damaged tissue, such as meniscus tears. One exemplary surgical device for use in the method includes a cannula and a pusher moveable within the cannula to deploy a plurality of implants. Movement of the pusher in the distal direction deploys a distal-most implant and moves any additional implants distally within the cannula. Thus, multiple implants can be loaded into the cannula and deployed using one pusher. The disclosed arrangement is easy to use and has fewer component parts compared to prior devices, which in turn increases the ease of manufacture and reduces cost.
US11712233B2
Surgical constructs and methods of use for tissue repair, in which the surgical constructs include a soft fixation device formed of flexible material, the soft fixation device having a head portion formed of a bunching material for anchoring the soft fixation device in a bone tunnel, and a tail portion for pulling the soft fixation device into the bone tunnel. The surgical constructs include one ore repair flexible strands coupled to the head portion of the soft fixation device for engaging tissue to be repaired.
US11712232B2
Methods of joint repair employing sutures and attached fixation devices are discussed. For example, a bone block graft procedure (e.g., Latarjet) is discussed which employs fixation devices to secure contact between graft surfaces of two bones. A suture construct, including a continuous suture loop routed through a first fastener, is secured to a first bone. Looped ends of the suture loop are passed through passageways formed in the two bones. The looped suture ends are further routed through a second fastener. The second fastener is mounted to the second bone and a sliding knot, formed in the looped suture ends, is advanced into contact with the second fastener. The suture is further tensioned using a tensioner device to secure the two bones together.
US11712227B2
An ultrasound probe includes a housing; a transducer array housed in the housing; a transmission/reception unit which is housed in the housing, transmits ultrasonic wave from the transducer array, and generates a sound ray signal on the basis of a reception signal acquired by the transducer array; an image information data generation unit which is housed in the housing, and generates image information data on the basis of the sound ray signal generated by the transmission/reception unit; a wireless communication unit which is housed in the housing, and wirelessly transmits the image information data generated by the image information data generation unit; a light emission unit which is housed in the housing, and emits light to an outside of the housing; and a light emission control unit which is housed in the housing, and causes the light emission unit to emit light in synchronization with a transmission timing of the ultrasonic wave by the transmission/reception unit in a case of a manufacturing inspection.
US11712226B2
Ultrasound imaging and therapy with the same array of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers is provided. The electronics includes a per-pixel switch for each transducer element. The switches provide an imaging mode driven completely by on-chip electronics and a therapy mode where off-chip pulsers provide relatively high voltages to the transducer elements.
US11712212B2
A mobility apparatus for an imaging appliance such as a panoramic radiograph machine allows single-operator transport for on-site usage with ambulatory challenged patients. A counterbalanced pivot interface integrates the imaging appliance with a motorized transport vehicle for disposing the appliance securely on the vehicle, while the counterbalanced pivot interface allows positioning to an operational upright orientation for on-site usage. The imaging appliance includes modifications to a stock appliance for adapting the pivot interface for mobility and for usage with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) affected patients, such as wheelchair and scooter bound individuals. The modifications include a truncated base and truncated vertical riser, coupled with a counterbalance mass on the vehicle to maintain stability in the deployed and transportable positions. The lowered vertical riser permits the imaging mechanism to descend to accommodate seated patients.
US11712211B2
The invention concerns a storage device for cleaning and charging portable X-ray detectors, and an X-ray system comprising such storage device. The storage device comprises a receiving unit for receiving at least one portable X-ray detector, a cleaning unit for cleaning the portable X-ray detector when being received by the receiving unit, and a charging unit for charging the portable X-ray detector, wherein the cleaning unit is configured for mechanically and/or chemically cleaning the portable X-ray detector. Further, the invention concerns a method of cleaning and charging a portable X-ray detector in a storage device.
US11712209B2
A radiological imaging system includes a gantry that defines an analysis zone, a source housed within the gantry, and a detector housed within the gantry. A part of a patient is placed in the analysis zone. The source emits radiation that passes through the part of the patient; the detector receives the radiation. The system is configured to receive the patient alternatively in at least two of the following arrangements: having a stationary bed and a translatable gantry, having a bed with a table top that translates through the analysis zone along a main direction, and accepting the patient in a seating or reclining apparatus.
US11712207B2
An eyewear device that includes a frame and two arms extending distally from the frame with at least one processor included on the frame or the arms and at least two proximity sensors disposed within the frame or arms in a directional manner. The proximity sensors include an infrared signal receiver to receive an infrared emission. The processors execute an operation to warn a person wearing the eyeglasses by emitting a signal selected from a sound, light or vibration when the proximity sensor detects an infrared emission.
US11712195B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to diagnostic device and system including a proximal balloon disposed along a length of a catheter and a distal balloon disposed at a distal end of the catheter, with at least one camera disposed at the distal balloon and a pH sensor deployable via inflation of the proximal balloon and configured to engage a patient's esophagus wall to attach the pH sensor to the patient's esophagus wall. In an illustrative example, the pH sensor may be releasably retained to the catheter adjacent to the proximal balloon. The pH sensor may include a tissue engaging feature configured to engage a patient's esophagus wall to attach the pH sensor to the patient's esophagus wall. The diagnostic device may improve upon existing processes by providing a single device to perform a multi-purpose diagnostic procedure.
US11712194B2
A piezoelectric film sensor (3) of a swallowing sensor (1) includes a plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B) in a longitudinal direction of the neck region. The piezoelectric film sensor (3) is located within a range of movement of thyroid cartilage (103), which occurs along with swallowing, and is attached to skin of an anterior neck region (102). The piezoelectric film sensor (3) individually outputs analog signals (S1a) and (S2a) along with deformation of the plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B). The swallowing sensor (1) includes pre-processing units (21) and (22) and a signal processing unit (23). Each of the pre-processing units (21) and (22) separates the analog signal (S1a) or (S2a) into a displacement signal that is a low frequency component and a sound signal that is a high frequency component. The signal processing unit (23) determines whether the swallowing occurs based on the displacement signal.
US11712191B2
A processing device receives signals associated with nerve impulses that are transmitted to the visual cortex of a subject in response to one or more visual stimuli provided to at least one eye of the subject. The processing device processes the received signals and generates digital image data from the processed received signals that is representative of the visual perception, by the subject, of the one or more visual stimuli. In certain embodiments, the processing device processes digital image data that is representative of a scene to convert the digital image data to a sequence of nerve impulses, and provides the sequence of nerve impulses to the visual cortex of a subject such that the subject visually perceives the scene.
US11712188B2
Systems and methods may monitor electrical activity of a patient's heart using electrodes during delivery of cardiac therapy and determine a degree of posterior left bundle branch engagement based on the monitored electrical activity. The systems and methods may adjust the cardiac therapy based on the degree of posterior left bundle branch engagement.
US11712182B2
Multi-state engagement with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems is described. Given the number of people that wear CGM systems and because CGM systems produce measurements continuously, a platform that provides a CGM system may have an enormous amount of data. This amount of data is practically, if not actually, impossible for humans to process. In implementations, a CGM platform includes a data analytics platform that obtains packages of glucose measurements provided by a CGM system and also obtains additional data associated with a user. The data analytics platform generates state information for the user by processing these CGM packages and the additional data, at least in part, by using one or more models. Based on this state information, the data analytics platform controls communication with the user, which may include generating intervention strategies to prevent users from transitioning to a negative state such as discontinuing use of the CGM system.
US11712178B2
A plantar pressure sensing system is located at a sole of shoe. The plantar pressure sensing system includes a first layer, a second layer a plurality of sensor, a plurality of convex portions, a plurality of connection portions, a processor and a storage. The processor is coupled with the storage and configured to be connected with the plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are configured to form the first layer. The plurality of convex portions and the plurality of connection portions are configured to form the second layer. Overall, the plantar pressure sensing system is able to detect pressure with the sensors by setting the alignment of the convex portions, thereby obtaining a more accurate pressure(s) reading from the sole of shoe. The data validity of the plantar pressure sensing system is improved.
US11712177B2
Among other thing, the present invention provides solution to the problem, particularly, the present invention certain surfaces and certain sample holder to improve the sensitivity, speed, and easy-to-use of an optical signal based assays, such as colorimetric assays or fluorescence assays.
US11712173B2
Provided are systems and methods for displaying an estimated location of an instrument. In one aspect, the method includes determining a first location of the instrument based on first location data generated by a set of one or more location sensors for the instrument, the first location data corresponding to a first time period, and after the first time period, receiving a user command to move the instrument during a second time period. The method also includes estimating a second location of the instrument based on the first location and the received user command, the estimated second location corresponding to the second time period, and confirming the estimated second location based on second location data generated by the set of location sensors. The method further includes causing the estimated second location to be displayed prior to the confirmation of the estimated second location.
US11712165B2
A system for measuring blood oxygenation levels and capillary refill time (CRT) of a user includes a camera configured to capture a video stream that includes a series of images representing a process of first squeezing a fingernail of the user to a blanched state, and then releasing to a resting state, and a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based processing unit configured to process an input image to create a two-dimensional representation of features, remove spatial relationships in the two-dimensional representation, generate non-spatial metadata, identify the fingernail in the resting state, and regions within a static image of the fingernail, and configured to generate a blood oxygenation value, and a measurement confidence level, and generate a CRT value of the user by applying the blood oxygenation value, and the measurement confidence level to a series of images captured by the camera over time.
US11712160B2
Predicting a non perfusion area. An enhancement image processing section performs enhancement image processing on a fundus image of a subject eye to enhance vascular portions (304). A prediction processing section predicts a non perfusion area in the fundus image that has been subjected to the enhancement image processing (306 to 312). A generation section generates a non perfusion area candidate image (314).
US11712159B2
Methods and diagnostic tools are provided for assessing contrast sensitivity in a subject in the presence and absence of luminance noise by: i) presenting to the subject a series of scenes, each scene comprising at least a first target having a preselected level of contrast superimposed on a uniform background and a second target having a preselected level of contrast superimposed on a luminance noise background, wherein in each successively presented scene the first and second targets that are superimposed on the uniform background and on the luminance noise background, respectively, have contrast levels that are different from the contrast levels of the first and second targets superimposed on the uniform background and on the luminance noise background, respectively, in the previously presented scene; ii) monitoring responses by the subject to step i); and iii) evaluating the contrast sensitivity of the subject based on the monitored responses.
US11712157B2
An ear nose and throat (ENT) imaging and analysis system includes an endoscope usable to capture images of the nasal canal and other aspects of patient anatomy. Endoscopic images may be presented to a user via a touchscreen display, and the software may provide different imaging modes that aid in identifying particular anatomical structures or areas within the nasal canal. In one mode, the system uses an object recognition process to identify the nasal valve opening within the images at a relaxed state, and during forceful inhalation, and then calculates the difference between the two states, which may be suggestive of nasal valve collapse. In other modes, the system is configured to identify abnormalities of the inferior turbinate, septum, or other anatomy, as well as empty spaces within the nasal canal, as well as areas and volumes of empty space and user defined boundaries.
US11712154B2
A surgical robotic system automatically calibrates tubular and flexible surgical tools such as endoscopes. By compensating for unideal behavior of an endoscope, the surgical robotic system can accurately model motions of the endoscope and navigate the endoscope while performing a surgical procedure on a patient. During calibration, the surgical robotic system moves the endoscope to a target position and receives data describing an actual position and/or orientation of the endoscope. The surgical robotic system determines gain values based at least on the discrepancy between the target position and the actual position. The endoscope can include tubular components referred to as a sheath and leader. An instrument device manipulator of the surgical robotic system actuates pull wires coupled to the sheath and/or the leader, which causes the endoscope to articulate.
US11712149B2
An endoscopy system that includes a computer system with a high definition display monitor and a handheld portion. The handheld portion includes a re-usable handle portion and a single use portion that is configured to be disposed of following a single use. The single-use portion includes an elongated cannula with an imaging module and illumination modules at its distal tip. The handheld portion includes multiple sensors that can detect and measure rotation of the cannula relative to the handle portion, and rotation of the entire handheld portion. The sensor data is used to correctly orient and display images captured by the imaging module onto the high definition display monitor.
US11712146B2
A robot cleaner includes a water tank forming a space to store water, a body forming an exterior and having a housing which forms a space in which the water tank is mounted, a pair of spin mops rotatably mounted at a lower side of the body, a first nozzle provided at the housing, a second nozzle provided at the tank and configured to couple to the first nozzle, and a fixing part generating a magnetic force when the tank is mounted in the housing to fix an arrangement of the tank mounted in the housing. The fixing part includes a fixing device (e.g., a magnet or metal) provided around a circumference of the second nozzle and a response fixing device (e.g., a magnet or metal) provided around a circumference of the first nozzle and having a shape corresponding to the fixing device. The first nozzle and the second nozzle are attached to each other by the fixing device and the response fixing device.
US11712137B1
The present invention relates to the technical field of furniture items, in particular to a reusable fixed tissue holder including: a bar frame including a first bar frame and a second bar frame sleeving the first bar frame; a base fixed to one end of the first bar frame; a disc seat mounted in the base; a sucking disc body mounted on the disc seat, wherein a first channel is disposed on the disc seat, and a second channel connected with the channel is disposed on the sucking disc body; and a button structure mounted on the base and used for connecting the first channel and the second channel to the outer atmosphere. According to the present invention, a cavity is exhausted by using a pipe barrel to form a negative pressure, the tissue holder can be adsorbed on the wall surface without applying a great pressing force.
US11712136B2
An improved showerhead assembly is provided for facilitating the application of soap or shampoo upon a bather. The showerhead assembly is preferably handheld and includes an elongate handle, and a showerhead including a face having one or more nozzles for spraying water. In addition, the showerhead assembly includes a detachable reservoir for storing soap or shampoo. Preferably, the reservoir is detachable from the showerhead by a threaded coupling in which the reservoir includes male threads which can be capped. Preferably, the showerhead assembly includes a controller for allowing one to selectively dispense shampoo or soap from within the reservoir into the stream of water which is ejected from the showerhead nozzles.
US11712132B1
A cutting board having removable grommet feet that protrude entirely through the upper and lower surface of a cutting board. The bottom of the grommet assembly includes a concave recess below the board. The top of the grommet assembly has a convex head above the board. Multiple boards may be stacked wherein the recess of an upper board fits over the head of the lower board providing a stable stacking configuration and ensuring separation between the boards allowing airflow between adjacent, stacked boards. The head of the grommet assembly is supple to push through an aperture or cut out in the board surface for installation and removal.
US11712127B2
Curtain hook assemblies are disclosed that include backing plates secured to a curtain and curtain hooks rotatably mounted on the backing plates. The curtain hooks can rotate from flat positions against the curtain during packaging to extended positions for hanging on a curtain rod. A lower hook may optionally be integrally or rotatably attached to the backing plate.
US11712123B1
A beverage container includes a container bottle and an elevated container lid. The elevated container lid includes a lid member detachably and coaxially connected to a top end of the container bottle to cover a top opening of the container bottle, and a hollow elevated drinking spout member having a base portion coaxially mounted on the lid member, a mouthpiece portion integrally and coaxially extended from the base portion, and a drinking opening coaxially formed at a top end of the mouthpiece portion, wherein the mouthpiece portion of the elevated drinking spout member has a nipple shape and the drinking opening has a size equal to or slightly larger than a diameter of a straw to be inserted therethrough into the interior cavity until reaching the bottom wall of the container bottle.
US11712120B2
A leg pillow having an upper edge and lower edge and two convex curved side edges, wherein a recess is defined in the middle of the leg pillow. The leg pillow also includes leg support indentations at the upper edge. The leg support indentations are on both the top and bottom side of the leg pillow to provide support and proper body alignment for side sleeping individuals.
US11712117B1
An elevated bench seating support including a top panel, a first brace and a second brace. The first brace is operably attached to the top panel. The second brace is operably attached to the first brace to retain a bench back between the first brace and the second brace when the elevated bench seating support is used in conjunction with a bench.
US11712113B2
An intensive use furniture concealed attachment device for securing furniture in a safe manner having a building bracket attached to the floor or wall and a tab attached to the furniture. The building bracket includes a tab flange and a pin flange. The tab is attached to the furniture in a mounting saddle formed on a mounting surface. The tab is adapted to slidingly engage the building bracket. A hole is formed in the furniture adjacent to the mounting saddle. A guide tube is disposed on the pin flange. A ball pin inserted into the hole and through the guide tube to engage the pin flange and connect the furniture to the building bracket. The tab connected to the building bracket provides support in the x, y and z axis directions.
US11712110B2
Electrical operating unit comprising a first and a second part, where the two parts can be mutually adjusted. The Operating unit (1) comprises a first part constructed as a housing (2), which contains the electric equipment with at least one electric switch and a second part constructed as a mounting unit (3) for the first part. The two parts are interconnected about a shaft (17), or pivot, so they can rotate mutually. When the operating unit is mounted the housing (2) will assume a first position, an initial position. By pressing the housing (2) it rotates about the shaft (17) and is brought into a second position, an activation position, where the switch(es) is/are activated in that they are pressed against the second part (3). With this embodiment of the operating unit the piece of furniture can be adjusted in either direction by pressing the housing (2). The housing (2), besides from functioning as a switch, can also be equipped with other switches and displays.
US11712107B1
A clip for securing an unbuckled belt loaded with accessory items includes a hollow sleeve having an open first end, an open second end, a rear surface, and a front surface. A channel extending from the first end to the second end is dimensioned and configured to firmly receive a garment belt. The second end includes a J-shaped hook member extending outwardly therefrom for gripping a trouser belt loop. Accordingly, a belt loaded with accessory items is passed through the channel and is buckled in a conventional fashion. The hook is then secured to a nearby belt loop such that when the belt is unbuckled, the clip prevents the belt from slipping through the pants loops and falling onto an underlying surface.
US11712102B2
A sealed packaging for cosmetics, defining a longitudinal axis and normal plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and including a first containing body, second containing body and central body, including a base and applicator; the first containing body couplable to the second containing body, defining a closing configuration, defining packaging inner volume, and an opening configuration for the packaging, the central body constrained and partially arranged inside the first and second containing bodies when the packaging is in the closing configuration, the second containing body and first containing body including a fastener to couple the second containing body and the first containing body. The packaging including sealing device, including a seal and a supporting base arranged to be adjacent and opposite in the closing configuration to ensure airtightness of the packaging. The sealing device separate from the fastener and spaced apart along the axial direction.
US11712092B2
A spinning device attachable to a band, including a watch and with the spinning device rotatably mounted on a spin-able mount with a bearing and attached to a band, the band receivable onto a user's wrist or finger. The wrist-mounted, or alternatively finger-mounted spinner device includes a watch, mounted in a stationary position, or alternatively in a rotatable position above the spinner device. The spin-able mount includes a spinner bearing attached to a band, the spin-able mount rotatable about the spinner bearing mounted between a post nut and a base screw. The base screw of the spin-able mount receives a bottom band washer and a top band washer, with the top band washer firmly sandwiching the band.
US11712089B2
A harness system includes an upper buckle, an upper strap and a restraining assembly including an anti-sliding structure and a beam structure. A through slot is formed on the upper buckle. The upper strap passes through the through slot. The beam structure is slidably disposed on the upper buckle. The anti-sliding structure is disposed on at least one of the beam structure and a wall of the through slot. The upper strap is engaged by the anti-sliding structure for restraining a sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap and toward a shoulder portion when the upper strap is forced to drive the beam structure to slide relative to the upper buckle and toward the wall of the through slot.
US11712088B2
A warp knit element for an article of footwear includes a plurality of cell structures that extend from a sole structure to a lacing region of an upper.
US11712084B2
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper, a sole secured to the upper and including a stabilizing member extending outwardly from the upper, where the stabilizing member includes a groove that separates the stabilizing member into a medial balancing member and a lateral balancing member, and the medial balancing member and the lateral balancing member move independently of each other to provide balance and stability on different terrains, and a support plate is positioned between the upper and the sole.
US11712070B1
A foldable nursing cover, including a folding body having an accordion shape and to cover at least a portion of a body of a user, a plurality of end coverings disposed on at least a portion of a first end of the folding body and a second end of the folding body opposite with respect to the first end to cover shoulders of the user, and an edge liner disposed on at least a portion of an edge of the folding body to prevent the folding body from collapsing.
US11712068B2
A cradle that includes a maternity band, a support structure attached to the maternity band, and one or more straps attached the support structure, wherein the one or more straps include at least one top strap and at least one bottom strap. The method for using the cradle includes disposing a cradle over a midsection of a person, positioning the at least one top strap below the midsection, securing the at least one top strap to a first connection on the maternity band, positioning the at least one bottom strap above the midsection, and securing the at least one bottom strap to a second connection on the maternity band.
US11712051B2
The present invention relates to feed compositions that can modify the feeding behavior of animals. Supplements can be added to no or low roughage rations that improve the performance of animals. In particular, the addition of calcium chloride to a low or no roughage ration can increase the number of feedings but decrease the amount of feeding per meal. This can result in promoting enhances feed conversion and better cost of feed to weight gain.
US11712050B2
The present invention aims to provide feedstuffs for ruminants with high nutritional value capable of promoting rumination. According to the present invention, feedstuffs for ruminants containing a kraft pulp derived from a lignocellulosic material are provided, wherein the kraft pulp has a Canadian standard freeness of 400 ml or more.
US11712049B2
A composition and process for making pet food treats is described herein. Auxiliary ingredients are combined to form a meat mixture. The meat mixture is formed into portions. The portions of meat mixture are positioned on a chew stick that comprises rawhide. The pet treat gives the appearance of a grilled shish kabob, where the meat portions are meant for initial taste, while the chew stick will provide the dog with a longer-lasting chewing portion.
US11712034B2
An animal repelling device includes a container, an end cap provided with through holes, a liquid level sensor and a wireless communication component. An animal repelling method includes: injecting volatile liquid for repelling animals in the container, and closing the end cap, in which the volatile liquid is vaporized to the outside; and detecting the liquid level through a liquid level sensor, and transmitting liquid level information to a wireless communication component, and controlling the vaporization of the volatile liquid via the wireless communication component. the vaporization of drugs for repelling animals can be intelligently controlled; and the remaining amount of the drugs for repelling animals can be automatically monitored to replenish the drugs in time.
US11712032B2
It is a device designed to distinguish plants from agricultural soil (soil background); of the type that a photographic camera uses to proceed with the capture of images and process them in order to perform the detection of weeds, and from it, with the information obtained, to drive an actuator that controls the operation of corresponding media valves that command the work of the sprinklers arranged in the carrier boom of the sprayer, through which it is possible to apply herbicidal products, or exercise a control over them that may be mechanical or chemical.
US11712031B2
A fishing reel includes a spool capable of winding a fishing line, a detector capable of detecting the rotation amount of the spool, a storage that records the rotation amount of the spool as a detection result, and a transmitter that transmits the detection result to the outside, and is configured to select the casting mode when the detection result of the rotation amount of the spool is equal to or greater than a first threshold, and to select the drop mode when the detection result of the rotation amount of the spool is less than the first threshold.
US11712016B2
A soybean cultivar designated 05101723 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05101723, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05101723, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05101723, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05101723. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05101723. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05101723, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 05101723 with another soybean cultivar.
US11712014B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1460639, CL1560184, CL1562109, CL1562124, CL1562543, CS1660005, CW1510074, CW1660042, and EE1660699 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean varieties CL1460639, CL1560184, CL1562109, CL1562124, CL1562543, CS1660005, CW1510074, CW1660042, and EE1660699 and to the seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny of each or any of these cultivars, and methods of using CL1460639, CL1560184, CL1562109, CL1562124, CL1562543, CS1660005, CW1510074, CW1660042, or EE1660699 in a breeding program.
US11712008B2
A method for generating a localized data map, the method including (a) traversing an area with a machine, the machine including at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive data; (b) collecting data of the area utilizing the sensor; and (c) communicating the data to generate a localized data map. A system and method for generating a localized turf grass data map, the method including (a) traversing an area of turf grass with an outdoor power equipment machine, the outdoor power equipment machine including at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive data; (b) collecting turf grass data utilizing the sensor; and (c) communicating the turf grass data to generate a localized turf grass data map.
US11712007B2
The present invention discloses a new landscape edging system in which multiple adjacent edging sections are interconnectable prior to inserting stakes. An edging section is provided. A first transition extends from one end and a second transition extends from the opposite end. A first slot extends to the midpoint of the first transition. A second slot extends to the midpoint of the second transition. A connector extends outwardly from each transition. Each connector has an upper and lower tab. The first slot receives the second transition of an adjacent edging section as the second slot receives the first transition of the adjacent edging section. This interlocks the edging sections together. As interlocked, the upper and lower tabs on the connectors form a rectangular structure for receiving a V-shaped stake. Stake tabs on the stake engage the upper tabs top secure the edging system to the soil.
US11712006B2
A grain aeration system facilitates thorough and efficient aeration of grain within a grain bin. The system includes a grain bin having a top vent and a bottom vent. A stand is positioned within the grain bin. A duct includes a loop section supported on the stand and an extension extending from the loop section out through the bottom vent in the grain bin. The duct has a duct wall and a plurality of perforations extending through the duct wall. A blower drives air flow out of the bottom vent creating air flow into the grain bin through the top vent and into the duct wherein the blower is configured to aerate grain positioned within the grain bin.
US11712005B2
An agricultural vehicle includes: a chassis; a crop material handler carried by the chassis and configured to handle crop material; a communication interface carried by the chassis; and a controller operatively coupled to the communication interface and configured to: define a field map corresponding to a field; receive a bale drop zone input signal; define a bale drop zone within the field map based on the received bale drop zone input signal, the bale drop zone defining a location and a bale drop area within the field map; determine if the bale drop zone is sufficiently sized for a number of bales formed from crop material on the field to be placed in the bale drop zone; and output a drop zone insufficient signal if the bale drop zone is not sufficiently sized for the number of bales to be placed in the bale drop zone.
US11712003B2
A harvesting system includes at least one modular unit coupled to a harvester includes a drying unit to dry a harvested material introduced into the harvester including at least one rotating drum, a number of appendages extending from the at least one rotating drum, at least one sensor to determine at least one environmental state within the drying unit, and at least one environmental state adjustment device to adjust at least one environmental attribute within the drying unit. The modular unit also includes a collection unit to collect the harvested material into a unit, a first conveyor mechanism to convey the harvested material from the drying unit to the collection unit, and a control system to control at least the harvester, the drying unit, the collection unit, the first conveyor mechanism, the sensor, and the environmental state adjustment device based on a signal received from the at least one sensor.
US11712002B2
A residue spreader for receiving crop residue from a residue chopper of a combine harvester and spreading crop residue onto the ground. The spreader includes a body having an inlet side and an outlet side, a plurality of outlet deflectors, each outlet deflector mounted on the body in juxtaposed position and configured to laterally deflect the crop residue between the inlet side and the outlet side, and a plurality of inlet deflectors, each inlet deflector pivotally mounted on the body in juxtaposed position and extending forwards from a respective pivot axis towards the inlet side and each configured to laterally deflect the crop residue between the inlet side and the outlet side upstream of the outlet deflectors.
US11711990B2
A system for monitoring the installation status of shank attachment members of an agricultural implement includes a shank and a shank attachment member coupled to a distal end of the shank. The system also includes a sensor at least partially embedded within the shank at or adjacent to its distal end, with the sensor providing data indicative of an installation status of the shank attachment member relative to the shank. In addition, the system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, with the controller being configured to determine the installation status of the shank attachment member based on the data received from the sensor.
US11716912B2
A multi-bit resistive random access memory cell includes a plurality of bottom electrodes, a plurality of dielectric layers, a top electrode and a resistance layer. The bottom electrodes and the dielectric layers are interleaved layers, each of the bottom electrodes is sandwiched by the dielectric layers, and a through hole penetrates through the interleaved layers. The top electrode is disposed in the through hole. The resistance layer is disposed on a sidewall of the through hole and is between the top electrode and the interleaved layers, thereby the top electrode, the resistance layer and the bottom electrodes constituting a multi-bit resistive random access memory cell. The present invention also provides a method of forming the multi-bit resistive random access memory cell.
US11716911B2
A method of fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory includes forming a first conductive structure extending in a first direction and having a closed-loop shape, forming a second conductive structure extending in a second direction and having a closed-loop shape, the second direction intersecting the first direction, forming a memory cell located at an intersection of the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, forming first conductive patterns extending in the first direction by etching an end portion of the first conductive structure, forming second conductive patterns extending in the second direction by etching an end portion of the second conductive structure, forming a first protective layer on an etched surface of each of the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns, and forming a gap-fill layer on the first protective layer.
US11716905B2
An electrochemical cell comprises a first electrode having a first inner surface; a second electrode having a second inner surface, the second inner surface facing the first inner surface; a nanostructured material positioned on at least one of the first inner surface and second inner surface; and an ionic liquid positioned between the first inner surface and the second inner surface, the ionic liquid being in electrical communication with the first electrode and second electrode.
US11716900B2
A compound having a stoichiometry formula of BiL3, where each L has a formula of where each Z1 and Z2 is O, S, NR, or PR; Z3 is C; Z1, Z2, the single dashed line represent a bond to Bi; and n is an integer. In these structures, LA can be aryl or heteroaryl, which can be substituted. Substituents RL, R, LC, and RLC can be selected from a variety of substituents. In the first formula, at least one of the following is true: (1) LA includes a 5-membered ring; (2) LA includes a condensed ring system of at least three rings; (3) at least one RL is a non-fused aryl or heteroaryl moiety; or (4) n is at least 2 with two different RL's and LA-(RL)n is asymmetrical. Organic light emitting devices, consumer products, formulations, and chemical structures containing the compounds are also disclosed.
US11716893B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area having pixels disposed and a non-display area surrounding the display area and having a dummy pattern disposed; a light emitting layer formed on the pixels and the dummy pattern; and a bank surrounding the light emitting layer, wherein the dummy pattern includes a first dummy merge part extending along an X axis direction; and first sub-dummy parts extending from one side of the first dummy merge part to an outer region of the substrate along a Y axis direction perpendicular to the X axis direction.
US11716889B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, a first electrode, a horizontal bank including a first horizontal bank and a second horizontal bank that are alternately arranged in a first direction to cover edges of the first electrodes, a vertical bank including a first vertical bank, a second vertical bank, and a third vertical bank that are alternately arranged in a second direction to cover edges of the first electrode and disposed on the horizontal bank, an organic light emitting layer and a second electrode. Wherein an area wider than the first sub-pixel is formed on the first horizontal bank or the second horizontal bank adjacent to the first sub-pixel, and ink is injected on the area, whereby color mixing of the ink can be minimized. And, a high-resolution organic light emitting display device can be implemented, simultaneously with improving display quality of the organic light emitting display device.
US11716884B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a bending area between a first area and a second area, and bent along a bending axis; a display unit provided over the first area of the substrate; and a wiring unit provided over the bending area and including a wiring crossing the bending axis, wherein the wiring includes a first central wiring having a straight line shape, a second central wiring parallel-positioned at one side of the first central wiring by having a certain distance from the first central wiring, and a first bridge wiring obliquely connecting the first central wiring with the second central wiring.
US11716882B2
A transparent display panel and a transparent display device including the same are disclosed. The transparent display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of light-emitting regions, a plurality of transmissive regions, a plurality of line regions spaced from each other and arranged in one direction, and a plurality of pixel circuit regions electrically connected to the light-emitting regions respectively to drive the light-emitting regions. Alternately-arranged adjacent line regions include alternately-arranged adjacent VSS voltage connection line and VDD voltage connection line, respectively. Thus, a new pixel arrangement structure that may increase or maximize a transparent area of a bezel and reduce or minimize a haze value without reducing transmittance of the display region may be realized.
US11716881B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display module and a second display module. The first display module includes a display region and a light-transmission region adjacent to the display region. The second display module is disposed in the light-transmission region, and is adjacent to the display region of the first display module. The second display module includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions is provided with a self-luminous micro-light-emitting unit, and any adjacent two of the micro-light-emitting units are spaced apart from each other.
US11716879B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area in which pixels are arranged, and a non-display area in which dummy patterns are arranged, the non-display area surrounding the display area; an emission layer formed in the pixels and the dummy patterns; and a bank surrounding the emission layer, wherein in the non-display area, the bank includes multiple protrusions protruding from a side of the bank into the dummy pattern.
US11716875B2
Disclosed is a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display substrate includes an array substrate, an anode layer and a light-emitting layer which are sequentially stacked, and at least one film layer that is positioned on the light-emitting layer, wherein the at least one film layer includes a target film layer. The display substrate includes a first display area and a second display area which are adjacent to each other, wherein in the first display area, the target film layer has hollowed-out portions; and in the second display area, the target film layer is in a non-hollowed-out structure.
US11716873B2
Disclosed are a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a displaying device. The display panel comprises a pixel layer, a support layer, a lens unit and a cover plate which are stacked in sequence. The support layer is located on a luminescent layer of the pixel layer. The lens unit comprises a lens layer, wherein the lens layer comprises a lens area and a non-lens area, and the lens area comprises multiple lenses arranged in an array. The display panel further comprises a polarization unit disposed on a light path between the pixel layer and the lens layer and configured to filter out light emitted from the pixel layer to the non-lens area.
US11716862B2
A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells. A first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes a first write transistor includes a first write gate, a first write source, and a first write drain. A first read transistor includes first read gate, a first read source, a first read drain, and a first body region separating the first read source from the first read drain. The first read source is coupled to the first write source. A first capacitor has a first upper capacitor plate coupled to the first write drain and a first lower capacitor plate coupled to the first body region of the first read transistor.
US11716861B2
Electrically formed memory arrays, and methods of processing the same are described herein. A number of embodiments include a plurality of conductive lines separated from one other by an insulation material, a first plurality of conductive extensions arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the plurality of conductive lines, a storage element material formed around each respective one of the first plurality of conductive extensions, a second plurality of conductive extensions arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the plurality of conductive lines, and a plurality of single element materials formed around each respective one of the second plurality of conductive extensions.
US11716860B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the MTJ; forming a first metal interconnection adjacent to the MTJ; forming a stop layer on the first IMD layer; removing the stop layer to form an opening; and forming a channel layer in the opening to electrically connect the MTJ and the first metal interconnection.
US11716859B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a transistor, wherein the transistor has a source region and a drain region. The interconnect structure is disposed over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the interconnect structure includes a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers, a first via and a memory cell. The plurality of interlayer dielectric layers are over the semiconductor substrate. The first via is embedded in at least two interlayer dielectric layers among the plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and electrically connected with the drain region of the transistor. The memory cell is disposed over the at least two interlayer dielectric layers among the plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and electrically connected with the first via.
US11716858B1
Described are ferroelectric device film stacks which include a templating or texturing layer or material deposited below a ferroelectric layer, to enable a crystal lattice of the subsequently deposited ferroelectric layer to template off this templating layer and provide a large degree of preferential orientation despite the lack of epitaxial substrates.
US11716857B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a stack of alternating insulating layers and first conductive layers disposed over a substrate; a plurality of memory cell strings penetrating the stack over the substrate, each memory cell string comprising a central portion extending through the stack, a semiconductor layer surrounding the central portion, and a ferroelectric layer surrounding the semiconductor layer, and the central portion comprising a channel isolation structure and a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer at two sides of the channel isolation structure; and a plurality of cell isolation structures penetrating the conductive layers and the insulating layers over the substrate and disposed between two memory cell strings, each cell isolation structure comprising a top portion and a bottom portion adjoined to the top portion and different from the top portion.
US11716856B2
A memory cell includes patterning a first trench extending through a first conductive line, depositing a memory film along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the first trench, depositing a channel layer over the memory film, the channel layer extending along the sidewalls and the bottom surface of the first trench, depositing a first dielectric layer over and contacting the channel layer to fill the first trench, patterning a first opening, wherein patterning the first opening comprises etching the first dielectric layer, depositing a gate dielectric layer in the first opening, and depositing a gate electrode over the gate dielectric layer and in the first opening, the gate electrode being surrounded by the gate dielectric layer.
US11716848B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a first memory region, a second memory region, and an intermediate region between the first and second memory regions. The intermediate region has a first edge proximate the first memory region and has a second edge proximate the second memory region. Channel-material-pillars are arranged within the first and second memory regions. Conductive posts are arranged within the intermediate region. Doped-semiconductor-material is within the intermediate region and is configured as a substantially H-shaped structure having a first leg region along the first edge, a second leg region along the second edge, and a belt region adjacent the panel. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11716847B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes word line layers and insulating layers that are alternatingly stacked along a vertical direction perpendicular to a substrate of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a channel structure that extends along the vertical direction through the word line layers and the insulating layers. A cross-section of the channel structure that is perpendicular to the vertical axis includes channel layer sections that are spaced apart from one another.
US11716844B2
A semiconductor device includes an upper stack structure extending on a lower stack structure, which extends on an underlying substrate. A channel structure extends through the upper stack structure and the lower stack structure. The lower stack structure includes a first lower electrode layer disposed adjacent to an interface between the lower stack structure and the upper stack structure, and a second lower electrode layer disposed adjacent a center of the lower stack structure. The upper stack structure includes a first upper electrode layer disposed adjacent to the interface, and a second upper electrode layer disposed adjacent a center of the upper stack structure. At least one of the first lower electrode layer and the first upper electrode layer is thicker than the second lower electrode layer. At least one insulating layer is disposed between the first lower electrode layer and the first upper electrode layer.
US11716826B2
Embodiments may relate an electronic device that includes a first platform and a second platform coupled with a chassis. The platforms may include respective microelectronic packages. The electronic device may further include a waveguide coupled to the first platform and the second platform such that their respective microelectronic packages are communicatively coupled by the waveguide. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11716821B1
A cable tray and method of use is provided with the cable tray having a bottom extending along a horizontal panel with two opposite side edges. A pair of side walls attaches to the two opposite side edges. A first positioning rack extends between the side walls. The first positioning rack is orthogonal to the tray bottom and the side walls. A second positioning rack extends between the side walls. The second positioning rack is orthogonal to the tray bottom and the side walls. A first foot bar affixes to an underside of the tray bottom. The first foot bar is vertically aligns with the first positioning rack. A second foot bar affixes to the underside of the tray bottom. The second foot bar vertically aligns with the second positioning rack. Each of the first positioning rack and second positioning rack includes cable support apertures.
US11716820B2
A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state.
US11716818B2
A method of manufacturing a transparent electrode substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application comprises: forming a structure comprising a transparent base, a bonding layer provided on the transparent base, and a metal foil provided on the bonding layer; forming a metal foil pattern by patterning the metal foil; heat-treating the structure comprising the metal foil pattern at a temperature of 70° C. to 100° C.; and completely curing the bonding layer.
US11716816B2
This publication discloses an electronic module, comprising a first conductive pattern layer and a first insulating-material layer on at least one surface of the first conductive pattern layer, at least one opening in the first insulating-material layer that extends through the first insulating-material layer, a component having a contact surface with contact terminals, the component being arranged at least partially within the opening with its contact terminals electrically coupled to the first conductive pattern layer, a second insulating-material layer provided on the first insulating-material layer, and a conductive pattern embedded between the first and second insulating material layers. This publication additionally discloses a method for manufacturing an electronic module.
US11716814B2
A display panel includes a plastic substrate and a first inner lead bonding (ILB) electrode on the plastic substrate. The first ILB electrode includes a first bonding segment, a second bonding segment, and a first connection segment. The first bonding segment is extended in a first direction oblique to a vertical direction of the display panel. The first connection segment is configured to provide an electrical connection between the first bonding segment and the second bonding segment. The first ILB electrode is configured to be bonded to an integrated circuit chip using one of the first bonding segment or the second bonding segment.
US11716813B2
A module includes a wiring board having a first main surface, a first component mounted on the first main surface and having a first height H1, a second component mounted on the first main surface and having a second height H2 lower than the first height H1, and a sealing resin arranged so as to cover the first component and the second component while covering the first main surface. Compared to a first connection terminal used for connection between the first component and the first main surface, a second connection terminal used for connection between the second component and the first main surface has a higher height. A surface of the first component on a side far from the first main surface and a surface of the second component on a side far from the first main surface are exposed from the sealing resin.
US11716808B2
Tamper-respondent assemblies are provided which include a circuit board, an enclosure assembly mounted to the circuit board, and a pressure sensor. The circuit board includes an electronic component, and the enclosure assembly is mounted to the circuit board to enclose the electronic component within a secure volume. The enclosure assembly includes a thermally conductive enclosure with a sealed inner compartment, and a porous heat transfer element within the sealed inner compartment. The porous heat transfer element is sized and located to facilitate conducting heat from the electronic component across the sealed inner compartment of the thermally conductive enclosure. The pressure sensor senses pressure within the sealed inner compartment of the thermally conductive enclosure to facilitate identifying a pressure change indicative of a tamper event.
US11716797B2
A device corrects an indirect lighting color in response to changes in a vehicle interior finishing material. An input unit of the device receives a finishing material color of a vehicle interior and a target indirect lighting color. A light source control map of the device includes light source control signals of indirect lighting based on finishing material colors and target indirect lighting colors. A controller of the device generates a light source control signal according to the finishing material color and the target indirect lighting color input to the input unit from the light source control map. The controller also corrects the color of a light source of control target indirect lighting by the generated light source control signal.
US11716786B2
The present invention provides a method by which a relay terminal determines priority in a wireless communication system including a base station, the relay terminal, and a remote terminal, the method comprising: acquiring remote terminal related information; acquiring the remote terminal related information, and then determining the priority between pieces of the remote terminal related information and the priority between the remote terminal related information and relay terminal related information; and transmitting the information on the basis of the priority, wherein the relay terminal transmits, on the basis of the priority determined by the relay terminal, the information by applying different physical channel parameters.
US11716774B2
In a described embodiment, a device pairing method is disclosed. The device pairing method comprises: generating, using a server (130), a user pairing identifier corresponding to a user profile; sending, using the server (130), the generated user pairing identifier for use by a first user device (110) of the user profile to pair a second user device (120) with the user profile. In another described embodiment, a device communication control method is disclosed. The method comprises: sending, using a challenging computing device (120) to a responding computing device (110), a random number and an associated key identifier; controlling communication based on a result of comparison of the response and verification HMAC values computed with the random number and one of a plurality of cryptographic keys identified by the key identifier.
