US11928222B2
A system includes a synchronization group of a distributed ledger network. The synchronization group includes nodes. The nodes include a first node to generate a content block of a ledger, and participate in a consensus process to generate a consensus block based at least in part on the content block. The nodes further include a second node to receive a copy of the content block from the first node, and participate in the consensus process to generate the consensus block.
US11928221B2
A system includes a memory and processor. The memory stores code segment vulnerability findings that were generated through static application security testing (SAST). For a first code segment, a first vulnerability finding has been classified as a real vulnerability, and a second vulnerability finding has been classified as a false positive by external review. The processor generates a code fingerprint for each code segment, which corresponds to an abstract syntax tree that has been augmented by data flow information and flattened. The processor determines that the fingerprint for the first code segment matches the fingerprint for a second code segment and that the vulnerability findings for the first code segment match those for the second. In response, the processor automatically classifies a matching first vulnerability finding for the second code segment as the real vulnerability, and a matching second vulnerability finding for the second code segment as the false positive.
US11928219B2
A level of classification for each piece of data of one or more pieces of data is determined. A layer of encryption for each piece of data of the one or more pieces of data is determined. A type of encryption for each piece of data of the one or more pieces of data is determined. Other mechanisms applied to each piece of data of the one or more pieces of data is determined. A first constant for the layer of encryption, a second constant for the type of encryption, a third constant for the other mechanisms applied is determined. A risk factor for each piece of data of the one or more pieces of data is determined.
US11928214B2
SPI firmware updates can be performed at runtime. A secure SPI flash access domain can be created during pre-boot and used at runtime to deliver and write a SPI firmware update to SPI flash. The secure SPI flash access domain can ensure that only a trusted component running on a trusted CPU core can access a SPI memory layout used to deploy the SPI firmware update to the SPI flash. Once the SPI firmware update is written to the SPI flash, a reboot can be triggered so that the updated SPI firmware is loaded to perform the boot process.
US11928211B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a machine learning approach to modeling entity behavior. Fixed information and periodically updated information may be utilized to predict the behavior of an entity. By incorporating periodically updated information, the system is able to maintain an up-to-date prediction of each entity's behavior, while also accounting for entity action with respect to ongoing obligations. The system may generate behavior scores for the set of entities. In some embodiments, the behavior scores that are generated may indicate the transactional risk associated with each entity. Using the behavior scores generated, a user may be able to assess the credit riskiness of individual entities and instruct one or more individuals assigned to the entities to take one or more actions based on the credit riskiness of the individual entities.
US11928209B2
A resource conservation system, including a determination processor may be provided. The determination processor may identify a characterization output that characterizes a plurality of data structures. The characterization output may be based on plurality of inputs. The inputs may be processed through a plurality, or cascade, of artificial intelligence models both in sequence and in parallel. A numerical value may be identified for each data structure. The value may identify a degree of certainty that the determination processor accurately characterized each data structure. When the degree is above a threshold, the determination processor may identify a subset of inputs that most contributed to the characterization output. The determination processor may execute an equation to identify a subset of inputs that most contributed to the output. The equation may involve inputs and/or outputs of each of the cascade of models. Identified inputs may be ranked based on contribution to the outcome.
US11928208B2
A calculation device receives input of a plurality of pieces of training data including a communication destination known to be malignant as data. The calculation device generates a model that calculates a malignant degree of an input communication destination from each piece of the training data. The calculation device gives weight to each of the models, and generates a mixed model using the model and the weight. The calculation device calculates a malignant degree of a communication destination unknown whether the communication destination is malignant using the mixed model.
US11928206B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for selective export address table filtering. In aspects, the relative virtual address (RVA) of exported function names may be modified to point to a protected memory location. An exception handler may be registered to process exceptions relating to access violations of the protected memory location. If an exception is detected that indicates an attempt to access the protected memory location, the instruction pointer of the exception may be compared to an allowed range of memory addresses. If the instruction pointer address is outside the boundaries, remedial action may occur.
US11928203B2
A method for operating a cooling system of a transformer, wherein the transformer is cooled via a cooling liquid that circulates in the cooling system that includes a heat-exchanger, devices for increasing heat exchange performance of the at heat-exchanger and a controller, where in a normal operating state, the controller adjusts power of the devices for increasing the heat exchange performance as a function of a measured upper temperature and where, irrespective of the measured upper temperature, the controller refrains from activating the devices and/or operates the devices at a reduced power relative to the normal operating state if the lower temperature of the cooling liquid lies below a lower threshold value during operation of the transformer to achieve improved characteristics of the cooling system during operation under low environmental temperatures of the transformer, particularly in the case of a turn-on operation following lengthy storage in a cold state.
US11928199B2
An authentication system, including at least one processor configured to: perform authentication based on a first authentication method; record, when the authentication by the first authentication method is successful, an authenticated user and a location of the authenticated user in association with each other in a storage; perform authentication based on a second authentication method; and restrict successful authentication by the second authentication method when a user to be authenticated by the second authentication method and a location of the user to be authenticated are not associated with each other in the storage.
US11928182B1
A plurality of training iterations is conducted for a machine learning task. A given iteration includes generating a version of a stacking model using a portion of a labeled data set. Proposed labels are then obtained in the iteration using the generated version of the stacking model for a set of unlabeled records. The unlabeled records and their proposed labels are then used to generate versions of base models for the iteration. After the training iterations are completed, a trained ensemble of models including the stacking model and the base models is stored.
US11928180B2
A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first text unit, extracting features from the first text unit, receiving a second text unit, extracting features from the second text unit, receiving a portion comprising the first text unit and the second text unit, and aggregating the features extracted from the first text unit and the features extracted from the second text unit. The method also includes generating a set of scores for the first text unit, the second text unit, and the portion, and based on the set of scores, selecting at least one ground truth candidate from the first text unit, the second text unit, and the portion. Additionally, the method includes determining that the at least one ground truth candidate includes at least one confirmed ground truth, and adding the at least one confirmed ground truth to a ground truth repository.
US11928179B2
A system and method for managing and tracking fishing/hunting rules and regulations is provided. The system generally comprises a global positioning system (GPS), a processor operably connected to the GPS, a power supply, a display operably connected to the processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The system and method are designed to easily and conveniently compile and store information or data related to wildlife sports. The system may use this information to help a user comply with state and federal rules and regulations via the creation of registration strategies and via indicia.
US11928174B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for creating and hosting static and dynamic applications. The system is configured for receiving one or more inputs from at least one user, wherein the one or more inputs are associated with creation of one or more applications, extracting one or more templates and present the one or more templates to the at least one user, selecting a template of the one or more templates, automatically selecting a server from one or more servers to host the one or more applications, establishing a connection to the server and extract a data set from the server, rendering data in the data set and apply the data to the template, via an artificial intelligence engine, generating one or more template previews based on applying the data to the template, and displaying the one or more template previews to the at least one user.
US11928165B2
The present invention relates to a method for segmenting a PDF document and a method for loading a PDF document in a webpage. The method for segmenting a PDF document includes: S101, inspecting whether a PDF document includes an original directory structure or not; S102, if yes, segmenting the PDF document into multiple PDF sub-documents according to the original directory structure; and S103, if no, segmenting the PDF document into multiple PDF sub-documents according to document contents of the PDF document and a lexical database corresponding to the PDF document. The present invention segments a PDF document into multiple PDF sub-documents to ease operations of for example online reviewing, downloading and searching of the PDF document, and improve a user's experience of use.
US11928164B2
Example embodiments relate to a network-based workflow system, employed for receiving workflows, defining one or more data-object types based on the workflows, generating data-objects, assigning a workflow from among the one or more workflows to the data-object, and managing the data-object through various states of based on the workflow. As discussed, a “workflow” refers to orchestrated and repeatable patterns enabled by a systematic organization of resources into processes that transform and modify presentations of data-objects based on corresponding data-object states. A workflow may therefore comprise a set of states, wherein each state is linked to another state by one or more transitions, and wherein the transitions are associated with a set of events which may occur at each state.
US11928163B2
A technique is provided for creating digital memories for a particular person. A data store stores personal data derived from signals gathered from a plurality of sensors that monitor the particular person. Memories creation processing circuitry, responsive to detection of a given event associated with the particular person, performs an augmentation process to generate an augmented given event identifying multiple items of data associated with the given event, including personal data associated with the given event obtained from the data store. The memories creation processing circuitry analyses the multiple items of data identified by the augmented given event in order to generate a given digital memory for the given event. A memories data store stores digital memories generated by the memories creation processing circuitry for the particular person, and memories analysis circuitry determines and maintains associations between the digital memories in the memories data store. Digital twin creation circuitry may then develop cognitive skills via analysis of the digital memories and their associations, for use in assisting the particular person.
US11928159B2
Example techniques are provided for the task of differentially private clustering. For several basic clustering problems, including Euclidean DensestBall, 1-Cluster, k-means, and k-median, the present disclosure provides efficient differentially private algorithms that achieve essentially the same approximation ratios as those that can be obtained by any non-private algorithm, while incurring only small additive errors. This improves upon existing efficient algorithms that only achieve some large constant approximation factors.
US11928147B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus of storing slides related to the field of computer technology. The method comprises: the electronic device receives a save-as instruction for target custom show information generated in a first presentation file, wherein the target custom show information includes slides selected from the first presentation file and a show sequence of the selected slides; acquires, based on the save-as instruction, property information of a second presentation file; extracts, based on the property information and following the show sequence of the slides of the target custom show information, the slide data corresponding to the slides selected from the first presentation file, and stores them in the second presentation file.
US11928142B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a reception unit that receives pre-training data that is data used for pre-training in machine learning, and a search condition for similar pre-training data that is data similar to the pre-training data, a search unit that searches for similar pre-training data in accordance with the search condition, and a generation unit that performs pre-training based on the retrieved similar pre-training data, and generates a trained model by using a result obtained through the pre-training.
US11928141B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for retrieving service requests. The method includes determining a hash value of a service request based on the service request. The method further includes determining request pairs based on correlations between the hash value of the service request and a plurality of hash values of a plurality of historical service requests. The method further includes determining a semantic correlation between the service request and the historical service request in each of the plurality of request pairs. The method further includes determining, based on the determined semantic correlation between each request pair, a probability indicating that the service request and the historical service request in the request pair use the same solution. The method further includes determining a retrieved historical service request based on the probability.
US11928133B2
Described are systems and methods for establishing a unit group dictionary based on user provided annotations. The unit group dictionary may be used to identify relationships between multiple items in a corpus. Those relationships may facilitate the display of object identifiers and/or other aspects used and/or provided by the object management service.
US11928131B2
Datasets can be synchronized across cloud-based computer environments using computer systems. A data map can be generated for source datasets for a plurality of computing environments, respectively, and an activation function can be determined based on the data map, for simultaneously activating a new dataset of a source system from one of the plurality of computing environments. A generation ID (identification) can be shared from the source system with one or more computing environments of the plurality of the computing environments, in response to receiving the activation function. The new dataset of the source system can be replicated across the one or more computing environments. A data synchronization trigger can be activated, using a synchronization coordinator module of the computer, and the data synchronization can be completed across the plurality of computing environments.
US11928127B2
In response to receiving a request for an identity key from a first entity, an identity key for the first entity is generated. A first request from the first entity to replicate a set of data is received. The generated identity key for the first entity is added to the metadata of the set of data requested to be replicated. A determination is made whether a replication rule exists for the first entity. In response to determining that a replication rule exists for the first entity, the set of data is replicated according to the replication rule for the first entity.
US11928117B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing a plurality of live comments. A plurality of live comments is obtained for a video, the plurality of live comments being associated with a plurality of fragments in the video, respectively. A plurality of features are extracted from the plurality of live comments, respectively. A knowledge base is generated for the plurality of live comments based on the plurality of features. With these embodiments, the live comments may be managed in an effective way. Further, the knowledge base may provide answers to a user query.
US11928114B2
Systems and methods for query generation based on a logical data model with one-to-one joins are described. For example, methods may include accessing a join graph representing tables in a database; receiving a first query; selecting a connected subgraph of the join graph that includes the two or more tables referenced in the first query; accessing an indication that a directed edge of the connected subgraph corresponds to a one-to-one join; modifying the connected subgraph based on the indication to obtain a modified subgraph; generating one or more leaf queries based on the modified subgraph; generating a query graph that specifies joining of results from queries based on the one or more leaf queries; invoking a transformed query on the database that is based on the query graph and the queries based on the one or more leaf queries.
US11928102B2
Systems and methods are provided for updating data in a computer network. An exemplary method includes: receiving a first data from one or more data servers; determining a second data for which a first update information is used to update at least one element of the second data; generating a second update information associated with the second data; generating a third update information by executing an operation that compares the first update information and the second update information; generating a third data by applying the third update information to the second data; allowing a user to select via a display device which of the different update elements to update the second data; generating a fourth update information by determining the selected different update elements to update the second data; and updating the second data using the fourth update information.
US11928098B2
A system includes one or more processors and data storage containing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include detecting a first executed transaction causing a first modification to table data stored in a table. The table data is associated with a corresponding metadata file with metadata information of the table. A new metadata file is generated responsive to the first executed transaction. The new metadata file includes the metadata information and additional metadata associated with the first modification. A second executed transaction causing a second modification to the table data is detected. The table data is updated with a change tracking column. The change tracking column includes lineage of executed transactions on the table data. The lineage indicates at least the first transaction and the second transaction.
US11928094B2
A device, system, and computer implemented method for storing segmented data in a computer memory, the segmented data indicating which of a plurality of entities belong to which of a plurality of segments, each segment accommodating entities sharing a single binary characteristic. A computer receives a list of entity identifiers selected from a sequence of entity identifiers, each entity identifier in the list representing an entity which belongs to a segment; the computer uses the list to create a bitmap in which each bit has a bit position in a bit sequence corresponding to the sequence of entity identifiers. The state of each bit indicates whether the entity identifier representing that position in the sequence identifies an entity belonging in the segment or not; and the bitmap is stored in a memory in association with a segment identifier, as the segmented data.
US11928091B2
Embodiments include a method of storing digital data in a blockchain by receiving the digital data from a user, deduplicating the data in a deduplication system of the user to form deduplicated data, and encoding the deduplicated data into an array format for storage on a blockchain. A smart contract is deployed for deduplication on the destination side of the data, and the deduplicated data is encoded into a Binary Aligned Map (BAM) format for storage on the blockchain. A process on the destination side stores the deduplicated array data as a next block in the blockchain only if the next block agrees with the smart contract, and the blockchain is stored in system storage comprising hard disk, solid state, tape, or optical devices.
US11928084B2
A storage system (100) stores metadata using an append log to provide speed and reliability. Appending entities to the end of a metadata store (154) and provides reliability in the event of failure because a failed append operation at worst corrupts the end of the append log, which is easily detected and corrected. A metadata store (154) can be split into sections (158). A used section (158) may be identified as garbage when the stored metadata in other sections (158) make the all of its stored entity sets stale. A used section (158) can be made garbage by storing the entity sets from the section (158) in another section (158). Sections (158) containing garbage thereby change to unused allow replacement and removal of previous sections (158) of metadata.
US11928074B2
A USB active optical cable and a plug capable of managing power consumption and state. The USB active optical cable and plug respectively comprises a first plug, a second plug, and an optical transmission medium used to connect the first plug and the second plug; the first plug and the second plug are configured to operate different operating states, including an initialization mode, a transmission mode, and a power saving mode, and they can switch between the different operating states. The USB active optical cable and plug are both based on the separate control of the transmitting unit and the receiving unit to distinguish different operating modes, provide necessary operating requirements and mode switching conditions for each mode, and also enable the checking and transmission of the plugging state in the power saving mode, thus facilitate the power consumption management of the active optical cable.
US11928070B2
A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a common function performing operations associated with a PCIe interface according to a function type, the common function being programmable to be a function type selected from a plurality function types, an access identification information controller generating first access identification information for allowing an access to the common function, and providing the first access identification information to an assigned system image to which the common function has been assigned, a data packet receiver receiving a data packet including target identification information indicating a target system image from the target system image, and an access allowance determiner determining whether or not to allow the target system image to access the common function based on the first access identification information and the target identification information.
US11928061B2
A data management method is applied to a computing system. The computing system includes a plurality of NUMA nodes, each NUMA node includes a processor and a memory, and each memory is used to store a data block. In the method, a processor in a NUMA node receives an operation request for a data block, and the processor processes the data block, and allocates a replacement priority of the data block in cache space of the NUMA node based on an access attribute of the data block, where the access attribute of the data block includes a distance between a home NUMA node of the data block and the NUMA node.
US11928051B2
A system, program product, and method for validating a system under test (SUT). The method includes generating one or more application programming interface (API) requests. The method also includes selecting one or more random biases for one or more properties of the one or more API requests. The method further includes generating a random sample of one or more values from an input domain space, wherein the one or more values are associated with one or more respective fields of the API being requested.
US11928050B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for mobile browser code testing. For instance, the method may include monitoring, using a mobile application, a user interaction with the mobile application to detect a mobile browser being launched; responsive to detecting the mobile browser being launched, launching, using the mobile application, a browser user interface within the mobile application and monitoring a mobile browser session to detect a user accessing a website from a plurality of websites; responsive to detecting the user accessing the website, injecting, using the mobile application, a script into a current web page of the website in the mobile browser; testing, using the mobile browser, codes using the script in the current web page; and updating, using the mobile application, the browser user interface with a result of testing.
US11928044B1
Techniques for a service provider network to communicatively couple services and/or applications in a serverless computing environment. A pipe component can configure a pipe to integrate two services by transmitting data between services and/or applications using the pipe. The pipe may also be configured to transform how a service processes an event, control timing of event transmissions using the pipe, define an event structure for an event, and/or batch events. Pipes enable an application or service to exchange data with a variety of services provided by the service provider network while controlling what type of data is generated, stored, or transmitted.
US11928042B2
A method and apparatus to detect, initialize and isolate a non-operating memory module in a system without physically removing the memory module from the system is provided. The memory module includes a power management integrated circuit to provide power to a memory integrated circuit on the memory module. During initialization of the memory module, if an error log stored in a non-volatile memory in the memory module indicates a fatal error condition from a prior power cycle, the memory module is electrically isolated.
US11928034B2
Network configuration details associated with a host are collected with each bare metal recovery (BMR) backup of the host. The network configuration details are stored in backup storage with each BMR backup copy. A target host is booted into a preinstallation environment. The target host is configured into a DHCP mode to allow the target host to establish a network connection to a backup management server. Details about the host are received from a user. A listing of BMR backup copies corresponding to the host details are retrieved from the backup management server. A selection of a BMR backup copy to be restored onto the target host is received. Network configuration details corresponding to the selected BMR backup copy are downloaded from backup storage. A recovery wizard at the target host is populated with the network configuration details.
US11928032B2
Techniques for data management are described. A monotonically increasing time source that indicates an elapsed time since a reference event may be activated. Multiple snapshots of a computing object may be generated in accordance with a schedule for backing up the computing object, where the schedule may include a retention duration for retaining snapshots. Based on generating the snapshots, timestamps for the snapshots may be stored, where the timestamps may indicate respective values of the monotonically increasing time source. As part of an expiration job, a reference value of the monotonically increasing time source may be identified based on the retention duration and a current value indicated by the monotonically increasing time source. Also, a snapshot of the snapshots may be expired based on a timestamp of the snapshot corresponding to a value of the monotonically increasing time source that is less than the reference value.
US11928027B1
Embodiments include receiving fixed size error checking and correction data blocks and metadata at a memory controller. Embodiments may include performing data to symbol mapping based upon the fixed size data blocks and providing an output of the data to symbol mapping to a first encoder without metadata configured for full detection correction of single device error and to a second encoder with metadata configured for partial detection correction of single device error. Embodiments may include receiving data at a memory based upon an output from the first encoder and the second encoder and receiving data from the memory at a first decoder without metadata configured for full detection correction of single device error and at a second decoder with metadata configured for partial detection correction. Embodiments may include re-mapping symbol data from the first decoder and the second decoder to actual data and generating output data blocks and metadata.
US11928021B2
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory bank configured to store data in one or more memory cells. The memory device further includes an address fault detection system designed to detect a mismatch between the address originally used to store the data and the address subsequently used to read the data. The address fault detection system generates an address parity bit from the received address and either stores that address parity bit with the user data or uses the address parity bit to invert the internal ECC bits generated from the user data. The address fault detection system can determine from the resulting syndrome from the ECC bits whether or not an address fault has occurred and raise an address fault indication flag if the address fault is detected.
US11928019B2
A first serial management interface device includes one or more input/output pins and a controller coupled to the one or more input/output pins. The controller receives a first frame from a second serial management interface device via a first input/output pin and generates a first error code based on the first frame received from the second serial management interface device. The controller receives a second frame from the second serial management interface device via a second input/output pin subsequent to receiving the first frame. The second frame includes a second error code. The controller compares the first error code to the second error code to determine whether first error code and the second error code match.
US11928008B2
Provided is a watchdog system including: a software area including a bootloader area and an application area, and a shared memory area storing the last watchdog refresh timing; and an external watchdog module refreshing a watchdog when a transmitted refresh request timing corresponds to window open time in response to a refresh request transmitted from either the bootloader area or the application area and based on the last watchdog refresh timing transmitted from the shared memory area and the transmitted refresh request timing.
US11928007B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes system circuitry having system memory, and a master processor and a checker processor configured to operate in lockstep; and monitoring circuitry comprising an internal lockstep monitor, a master tracer and a checker tracer. The internal lockstep monitor is configured to: observe states of internal signals of the master processor and the checker processor, compare corresponding observed states of the master processor and the checker processor, and if the corresponding observed states differ: trigger the master tracer to output stored master trace data recorded from the output of the master processor, and trigger the checker tracer to output stored checker trace data recorded from the output of the checker processor.
US11927988B2
The disclosure provides members formed from multiple layers as well as enclosures and electronic devices that include the members. The members include glass members formed from multiple layers of glass. In some cases, the members include a protruding feature provided over a camera assembly of the electronic device. The member may define one or more through-holes that extend through the protruding feature. The protruding feature may define a textured region that may be configured to provide a matte or glossy appearance.
US11927978B2
A control apparatus is configured to control driving of a power generation apparatus including a motor and a power generator. The control apparatus includes a processor configured to calculate: (i) a first adjustment force command value for controlling the motor in accordance with a deviation between an observed value and a reference value of a rotation speed of the power generator; (ii) a correction value for compensating for a delay of an electric output of the power generator; and (iii) a second adjustment force command value for controlling the motor by adding the first adjustment force command value and the correction value.
US11927974B2
The flow rate control device includes a main plate corresponding to an inner diameter and including a through hole which is formed at the center thereof and through which a fluid flows, a sub-plate corresponding to a size of the through hole, disposed in front of the main plate, and applied with a pressure of the flowing fluid, and an expansion and contraction flow path formed to connect the through hole and a circumference of the sub-plate to each other and expanded and contracted by the pressure applied to the sub-plate. The expansion and contraction flow path includes a plurality of holes which are formed in a side surface thereof and through which the flow flows, and has a cross-sectional area changed by the pressure to control a flow rate.
US11927969B2
A system includes a robotic vehicle having a propulsion and a manipulator configured to perform designated tasks. The system also including a local controller disposed onboard the robotic vehicle and configured to receive input signals from an off-board controller. Responsive to receiving an input signal for moving in an autonomous mode, the local controller is configured to move the robotic vehicle toward one of the different final destinations by autonomously and iteratively determining a series of waypoints until the robotic vehicle has reached the one final destination. For each iteration, the local controller is configured to determine a next waypoint between a current location of the robotic vehicle and the final destination, determine movement limitations of the robotic vehicle, and generate control signals in accordance with the movement limitations.
US11927958B2
An automatic traveling vehicle includes a vehicle structure including a first top plate, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a storage mode when a storage execution condition is satisfied. The storage mode includes a storage posture formation process of causing the vehicle to automatically travel so as to take a predetermined storage posture together with a counterpart automatic traveling vehicle. In the storage posture, the vehicle is in a superposition state in which the vehicle overlaps with the counterpart vehicle in a plan view, or a parallel state in which the vehicle is lined up with the counterpart vehicle while the first top plate and a second top plate of the counterpart vehicle are standing and facing each other so as to be parallel to or substantially parallel to a vertical direction.
US11927948B2
A system (1) is configured to receive status information reflecting a current status of a device (33) and determine first status information (68,69) for presentation on a first user device (1). The first status information reflects the current status of the device. The system is further configured to cause the first status information to be presented on the first user device and cause second status information (78,79) to be presented on a second user device. The second status information reflects the current status of the device in dependence on whether a privacy mode is active for the device.
US11927946B2
In order to provide a method for predicting process deviations in an industrial-method plant, for example a painting plant, by means of which process deviations are predictable simply and reliably, it is proposed according to the invention that the method should comprise the following: automatic generation of a prediction model; prediction of process deviations during operation of the industrial-method plant, using the prediction model.
US11927945B2
An apparatus for assisting maintenance work includes circuitry configured to perform learning based on a data set in association with a replaced or repaired part, or a new part after replacement indicated by work content information, and the learning includes processing an input of the data set or a portion of the data set, in accordance with model parameters of a machine learning model; determining work content information applied to the input; and updating the model parameters of the machine learning model based on the determined work content information.
US11927942B2
A method for implementing a digital twin for a physical component of an industrial system includes assigning a unique identifier to the physical component, associating the unique identifier with a digital twin representative of the physical component, placing the digital twin of the physical component on a distributed network. The physical component sends the unique identifier to a known resource, which retrieves the network address of the physical twin associated with the unique identifier and provides the network address to the physical component. A secure communication connection is established between the physical component and the corresponding digital twin via the distributed network. The unique identifier may be a quick read (QR) code displayed on the physical component or a bar code displayed on the physical component. Engineering and simulation software for the digital twin may be supplied on the distributed network.
US11927928B2
An output management device, an output management method, and a program are provided that manage output of input data to a processing module by a device. The processing module is associated with first metadata indicating a condition of the input data. The input data is associated with second metadata indicating an attribute of the input data. The output management apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a notification unit. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the first metadata. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire the second metadata. The notification unit is configured to notify the device of whether or not the input data is allowed to be output to the processing module based on the first and second metadata.
US11927927B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of calculating process parameters. which are optimized for processing a workpiece with specific material properties by means of a laser machine, comprising the method steps of: determining material properties for which the process parameters should be optimized; determining preconfigured initial process parameters; executing a re-optimization algorithm until a target objective function is minimized or maximized for calculating optimized material-specific process parameters by accessing a storage with a statistical model, wherein the statistical model is based on Bayesian optimization using Gaussian Processes as priors.
US11927924B2
A building system includes one or more storage devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an unstructured user question from a user device of a user and query a graph database based on the unstructured user question to extract context associated with the unstructured user question from contextual information of a building stored by the graph database, wherein the graph database stores the contextual information of the building through nodes and edges between the nodes, wherein the nodes represent equipment, spaces, people, and events associated building and the edges represent relationships between the equipment, spaces, people, and events. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to retrieve data from one or more data sources based on the context and compose a presentation based on the retrieved data.
US11927916B2
For example, an escape gear wheel part as a watch component includes a base member including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the base member being mainly composed of silicon, and a light reflecting layer provided at the first surface of the base member, the light reflecting layer having a three-layer structure in which a first silicon oxide layer, a silicon layer, and a second silicon oxide layer are layered in this order.
US11927896B2
A developer cartridge includes a developing roller, a developer housing supporting the developing roller, and a toner storage unit including a first storage chamber capable of storing toner, and a second storage chamber storing the developer housing. The toner storage unit supports the developer housing such that the developer housing is movable with respect to the first storage chamber.
US11927882B2
A quartz glass plate has a quartz glass plate body and a quartz glass member adhered to the quartz glass plate body through an adhesive layer, where the adhesive layer contains silica, and a sum of concentrations of Li, Na, and K ions, being alkali metal ions and Ca ions, being alkaline earth metal ions contained in the adhesive layer is 10 ppm by mass or less. Consequently, a step with a uniform thickness can be formed, and a quartz glass plate is not easily damaged by irradiation with a light containing an ultraviolet ray.
US11927881B2
A pellicle for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is based on yttrium carbide and used in a EUV lithography process. The pellicle for EUV lithography includes a pellicle layer that has a core layer containing yttrium carbide. The yttrium carbide is YCx in which the atomic percentage of carbon is within a range of 25% to 45%.
US11927880B2
A blankmask for extreme ultraviolet lithography includes a substrate, a reflective layer formed on the substrate, and a phase shift layer formed on the reflective layer. The phase shift layer contains niobium (Nb), and is made of a material containing one of tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), and ruthenium (Ru). A phase shift layer containing Nb and Ta has a relative reflectance of 5 to 20%, a phase shift layer containing Nb and Cr has a relative reflectance of 9 to 15%, and a phase shift layer containing Nb and Ru has a relative reflectance of 20% or more. The phase shift layer has a phase shift amount of 170 to 230°, and has a surface roughness of 0.5 nmRMS or less. It is possible to obtain excellent resolution when finally manufacturing a pattern of 7 nm or less by using a photomask manufactured using such a blankmask.
US11927876B2
A camera apparatus includes a flexible carrier medium formed as a light guide and on which an input coupling region and an output region are disposed. Light, which is incident on the input coupling region from the surroundings, can be input into the carrier medium via the input coupling region. Internal reflection allows the light to be transmitted through the carrier medium from the input coupling region to the output coupling region. At the output coupling region, the transmitted light can be output from the carrier medium and be captured by an image capture device, which is disposed adjacent to the output coupling region.
US11927872B2
A display system (500) for displaying an image to an eye of a user includes a light-guide optical element (LOE) (506) and an image projector (512) projecting image illumination of a collimated image into the LOE. The image projector includes an electrically-controllable variable lens (10, 13, 71, 77, 58A, 58B, 59, 58C, 58D, 58E, 58F1, 58F2, 58G1, 58G2, 58H, 1223). A controller (18) determines a current region of interest of the image, either from tracking of the user's eye or by analysis of the image content, and controls the variable lens so as to reduce aberrations in the current region of interest at the expense of increased aberration in at least one area of the image outside the current region of interest.
US11927869B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate, comprising, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer that overlap a scanning line, an insulating layer that covers the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a signal line, wherein the insulating layer has a first opening including a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, the long sides of the first opening are parallel to the second direction, and the short sides of the first opening are parallel to the first direction, and the signal line is connected to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer via the first opening.
US11927868B2
Electro-optic (EO) devices having an EO polymer core comprising a first host polymer and a first nonlinear optical chromophore (NLOC); and a cladding comprising a second host polymer and a second NLOC, and methods of preparing the same; wherein the first NLOC has a first bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; wherein the second NLOC has a second bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; and wherein the second bridge is less conjugated than the first bridge such that the cladding has an index of refraction that is less than that of the EO polymer core, and wherein the second NLOC is present in the second host polymer in a concentration such that the cladding has a conductivity equal to or greater than at least 10% of the conductivity of the EO polymer core at a poling temperature.
US11927853B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of display technology, and in particular to a display substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The display substrate includes a first electrode, a first wire, and a second wire; the first electrode is provided with a plurality of slits; the first wire is provided on a side of the first electrode, and a first gap is provided between the first wire and the first electrode, and the first wire being electrically connected to the first electrode; a second wire provided on a side of the first electrode away from the first wire, and a second gap being provided between the second wire and the first electrode; wherein each of the slits is provided with a first end and a second end opposed to each other, and the first end is close to the first wire, and the second end is close to the second wire, and a light-transmitting part of the first end is larger than a light-transmitting part of the second end. The electric field disorder of the first end is better than the electric field disorder of the second, so that the weak zone at the first end is larger than the weak zone at the second end. By increasing the light-transmitting part of the first end, the weak zone at the first end becomes smaller, thereby making the weak zone of the first end is basically the same as the weak zone of the second end.
US11927844B2
Provided is a display substrate. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; a gate drive circuit disposed in the non-display region; a plurality of first signal lines disposed in the peripheral region and connected to the gate drive circuit; and a plurality of second signal lines disposed in the non-display region and connected to the gate drive circuit; wherein each of the first signal line and the second signal line is configured to supply a signal to the gate drive circuit, and a frequency of the signal supplied by the first signal line is lower than a frequency of the signal supplied by the second signal line.
US11927837B2
An optical apparatus includes eye-tracking means, an active optical element per eye including an active material, and means for controlling the active material to generate optical powers. Gaze directions of a user's eyes are determined. When it is detected, based on the gaze directions, that the user is looking through a predefined portion of the active optical element, a drive signal is generated to drive said means to control the active material to produce a predefined optical power. When it is detected that the user's gaze is moving towards a periphery of the predefined portion, at least one other drive signal is generated to drive said means to control the active material to produce at least one intermediate optical power lying in a range between a zero optical power and the predefined optical power.
US11927827B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region; a second lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region; a third lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region; a fourth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region; and a fifth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11927810B2
A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector housing defining a locking portion defined on an outer surface of the connector housing, an adapter assembly selectively coupled to the connector housing, the adapter assembly including a conversion housing extending around the connector housing and defining a conversion front end, a retention housing including a connector retention feature engaged with the locking portion of the connector housing and the retention housing defining one or more outwardly-extending retention features, and a release member, engageable with the retention housing, where the release member is positionable between an engaged position, in which axial movement between the retention housing and the conversion housing is restricted, and a disengaged position, in which the retention housing is removable from the conversion housing.
US11927801B2
Structures for a waveguide core and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a stacked waveguide core including a first waveguide core and a second waveguide core stacked with the first waveguide core, and a layer adjacent to the stacked waveguide core. The layer comprises a material having a refractive index that is variable in response to a stimulus.
US11927800B2
An electrically controlled depolarizer based on a crossed-slit waveguide (3) includes a horizontal-slit waveguide (1), a 45-degree polarization rotation waveguide (2), a pair of modulation electrodes (4) and the crossed-slit waveguide (3). Broad-spectrum TM (transverse magnetic) polarized light is inputted from one end of the horizontal-slit waveguide (1), and then a part of the broad-spectrum TM polarized light is converted into broad-spectrum TE (transverse electric) polarized light through the 45-degree polarization rotation waveguide (2), and then the broad-spectrum TE polarized light and the remaining broad-spectrum TM polarized light enter an input end of the crossed-slit waveguide (3); the board-spectrum TE polarized light is transmitted in a vertical slit of the crossed-slit waveguide (3); the remaining broad-spectrum TM polarized light is transmitted in a horizontal slit of the crossed-slit waveguide (3); and the broad-spectrum TE polarized light and the remaining broad-spectrum TM polarized light form depolarized light at an output end of the crossed-slit waveguide (3). The pair of modulation electrodes (4) realize the precise adjustment of the rotation angle of the 45-degree polarization rotation waveguide (2) by electronic control, such that the TE polarized light and the TM polarized light at the output end of the crossed-slit waveguide (3) have equal energy, thereby overcoming uneven light splitting caused by loss of the polarization rotation waveguide and TE and TM waveguide transmission loss.
US11927783B2
Optical films, such as reflective polarizer films, and optical systems including the optical films are described. An optical system includes one or more optical lenses having at least one curved major surface, a partial reflector, and a reflective polarizer. For a substantially normally incident light in a predetermined wavelength range extending at least from about 450 nm to about 600 nm: the partial reflector has an average optical reflectance of at least 30%, and the reflective polarizer has an average optical reflectance Rs for a first polarization state, an average optical transmittance Tp for an orthogonal second polarization state, and an average optical reflectance Rp for the second polarization state, where Tp≥80%, Rp≤1%, and 50%≤Rs≤95%.
US11927782B2
Provided are a phase retardation device, a preparation method therefor, and a display apparatus. The phase retardation device includes: a linear polarization layer, a first alignment layer, a first liquid crystal layer and a second liquid crystal layer; the linear polarization layer is located on one side of a light source; the first alignment layer is located on a side of the linear polarization layer away from the light source; the first liquid crystal layer is located on a side of the first alignment layer away from the light source; the second liquid crystal layer is located on a side of the first liquid crystal layer away from the first alignment layer, the second liquid crystal layer comprises a first subpart adjacent to the first liquid crystal layer, a second subpart and a third subpart.
US11927774B2
An adaptive lens (200) may feature two flexible films (202), (204) secured within a rim (210) and defining a space therebetween which is filled with an appropriate fluid (206). A piston (220), driven by at least one actuator (214a-c), may be attached to one of the films (204) to displace it with respect to the remainder of the assembly. Such action of the piston (220) distorts both films (202), (204) to change the shape of the lens and may be driven by bimorph actuators (214a-c). Distance of displacement may be calculated by measuring a magnetic field created by at least one magnet (222a-c) attached to the piston (220). Feedback control may be used to stabilize the apparatus.
US11927768B2
A display system including an imager for forming an image, and a projection lens system for projecting the image formed by the imager is described. For each pixel in the plurality of pixels, the imager is configured to emit a cone of light having a central ray having a direction that varies with location of the pixel in the imager. The variation may increase a brightness of an image projected through the projection lens system by at least 30 percent. The display system may include a light guide having a light insertion portion adapted to receive light; a light transport portion disposed to receive light from the light insertion portion; and a light extraction portion disposed to receive light from the light transport portion.
US11927744B1
An apparatus, comprising one or more scan modules, each scan module having one or more laser sources that generate one or more laser beams and a beam deflector that deflects the one or more laser beams. A fluorescent emissive sheet (FES) receives the one or more laser beams deflected by the beam deflectors of the one or more scan modules and emits light of longer wavelength than that of the one or more laser beams at portions of the FES that are struck by the one or more laser beams. The FES includes at least one pre-patterned image configured to be highlighted by the one or more laser beams. Imaging optics form a virtual image from the light emitted from the portions of the FES that are struck by the one or more laser beams.
US11927734B2
A light-guide device includes a light guiding element (13) with a number of faces, including two parallel faces (26), for guiding light by internal reflection. A transparent optical element (19) has an interface surface for attachment to a coupling surface (14) of the light guiding element, and is configured such that light propagating within the transparent optical element passes through the interface surface and the coupling surface (14) so as to propagate within the light guiding element (13). A non-transparent coating (15) is applied to at least part of one or more faces of the light guiding element (13), defining an edge (17) adjacent to, or overlapping, the coupling surface (14) of the light guiding element (13). A quantity of transparent adhesive is deployed between the coupling surface and the interface surface so as to form an optically transmissive interface. An overspill region 31 of the adhesive extends to, and overlaps, the edge (17).
US11927729B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes eight lens elements, the eight lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element. Each of the eight lens elements has an object-side surface facing towards the object side and an image-side surface facing towards the image side. At least one surface of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one lens element of the photographing optical lens assembly is aspheric and includes at least one inflection point.
US11927726B2
According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a window member; a display panel stacked on a rear surface of the window member; a lens assembly; an iris; and an image sensor including an image plane configured to form an electronic signal representing an image formed by the lens assembly, wherein the iris is fixed with respect to the image plane, wherein at least a portion of the iris is located on a same plane as at least a portion of the display panel, and the iris is located closer to an object-side than an object-side surface of a lens closest to the object-side of the lens assembly on an optical axis.
US11927720B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles of manufacture and components of articles that incorporate an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or the article. The component comprises a cured or curable material, and can include or be made to have a textured surface.
US11927719B2
Components of articles that include an optical element that imparts structural color to the component are provided. Methods of making the components including the optical element, and methods of using the components such as to make an article of manufacture are provided.
US11927716B2
A method may comprise forming a data matrix, extracting chromatographs of a mud filtrate and a formation fluid, extracting concentration profiles of the mud filtrate and the formation fluid, and decomposing a data set on an information handling machine using a bilinear model. A system may comprise a downhole fluid sampling tool and an information handling tool. The downhole fluid sampling tool may comprise one or more multi-chamber sections, one or more fluid module sections, one or more gas chromatographers, wherein the one or more gas chromatographers are disposed in the one or more fluid module sections, and an information handling system.
US11927710B2
Computing device, computer instructions and method for processing input seismic data d. The method includes receiving the input seismic data d recorded in a first domain by seismic receivers that are towed in water, the input seismic data d including pressure data and/or and particle motion data; generating a model p in a second domain to describe the input data d; processing the model p to generate an output particle motion dataset; and generating an image of the surveyed subsurface based on the output particle motion dataset.
US11927700B1
In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for improving signal-to-noise ratio in single-photon data are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: a processor programmed to: generate, for each of a plurality of pixel locations, initial photon flux estimates based on a first set of photon transients including photon transients associated with the pixel location and neighboring pixel locations, each of the photon transients comprises a histogram of photon counts; identify, for a scene patch associated with each of the plurality of pixel locations, one or more similar scene patches using intensity information for each of the plurality of pixel locations; and generate, for each of the plurality of pixel locations, final photon flux estimates based on a second set of photon transients including photon transients associated with the scene patch and each of the one or more similar scene patches.
US11927695B2
This application pertains to the technical field of LiDAR, and discloses a phased array emission apparatus, a LiDAR, and an automated driving device. The phased array emission apparatus includes an edge coupler, an optical combiner, and a phased array unit. An output end of the edge coupler is connected to an input end of the optical combiner, and an output end of the optical combiner is connected to an input end of the phased array unit. The edge coupler is configured to input and couple a first optical signal. The optical combiner is configured to transmit, to the phased array unit, the first optical signal coupled by the edge coupler. The phased array unit is configured to split the first optical signal into several first optical sub-signals and emit the first optical sub-signals. In the foregoing method, coupling efficiency can be improved, thereby meeting a low-loss requirement.
US11927692B2
A method and system for generating a three-dimensional (3D) map of an environment is provided. An example method includes receiving a 3D scan and portions of a 2D map of the environment and receiving coordinates of the scan position in the 2D map. The method further includes associating the coordinates of the scan position with the portion of the 2D map. The method further includes linking the coordinates with the portion of the 2D map. The method further includes storing submap data for each of the plurality of submaps into a data object associated respective submaps. The method further includes performing a loop closure algorithm on each of the plurality of submaps. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of submaps for which the position anchor of the submap changed during performing the loop closure algorithm, determining a new data object position for the data objects.
US11927691B2
A portable vehicle sensor calibration apparatus having an anchor mechanism such that the apparatus may be mounted upon a surface. The anchor mechanism may comprise a suction cup mechanism. The vehicle sensor calibration apparatus may comprise a second anchor mechanism. The vehicle sensor calibration apparatus may be operable to mount onto a body of a support vehicle other than the vehicle having sensors requiring calibration.
US11927690B2
A radar device is provided that includes a timing control component operable to generate, for each chirp of a sequence of chirps according to a set of chirp configuration parameters and a chirp profile for the chirp, chirp control signals to cause the radar device to transmit the chirp, the timing control component having chirp configuration parameter inputs, chirp profile parameter inputs, a chirp address output, and chirp control signal outputs, a chirp configuration storage component having chirp configuration parameter outputs coupled to corresponding inputs of the configuration parameter inputs of the timing control component, a chirp profile address output, and a chirp address input coupled to the chirp address output, and a chirp profile storage component having chirp profile parameter outputs coupled to the chirp profile parameter inputs of the timing control component; and a chirp profile address input coupled to the chirp profile address output.
US11927689B2
A system includes a shift register to store data samples, where the shift register includes a cell under test (CUT), a left guard cell, a right guard cell, a left window, and a right window. The system includes two sets of comparators to compare incoming data samples with data samples in the left window and the right window to compute ranks of the incoming data samples. The system includes a sorted index array to store a rank of the data samples in the shift register. The system includes a selector to select a Kth smallest index from the sorted index array and its corresponding data sample from the shift register. The system includes a target comparator, where the first comparator input receives a data sample from the CUT and the second comparator input receives a Kth smallest data sample, and the comparator output indicates a CFAR target detection.
US11927687B2
A centralized cooperative positioning method includes: caching measurements of nodes in multiple time slices up to the current time slice; calculating location information of the nodes in the multiple time slices to obtain trajectory of the nodes in the multiple time slices; performing initial state estimations of the nodes based on measurements of a single time slice; and using the initial state estimations as initial solution values, performing the joint time-space processing on the measurements of the nodes in the multiple time slices based on trajectory constraints, to obtain a state estimation of each node at the current time slice, in which the state estimation includes an estimated value of a location of the node.
US11927685B2
Disclosed are embodiments for estimating risk associated with a user of a wireless device. In some embodiments, the risk relates to a risk of infection by a contagious disease. For example, in some embodiments, the contagious disease is Coronavirus 2019. In some embodiments, locations of multiple wireless devices are estimated based on signal strengths of signals associated with the devices. Neighboring devices are identified based on highest probability regions of the devices that are determined based on associated signals. A measure of proximity to other devices is then determined based on probabilities that each device is located in neighboring regions. The risk is then based on the measure of proximity. In some embodiments, a risk of a first user associated with a first wireless device is based, in part, on a risk of a second user within a proximity of the first user.
US11927683B2
A method for obtaining, by a vehicle, information regarding its own location through V2X communication is disclosed. Specifically, the method for obtaining location information of a vehicle may comprise the steps of: receiving a V2I message including location information of a road side unit (RSU) from the RSU; receiving a V2X message including reception time information related to a time when the V2I message is received from each of a first surrounding vehicle and a second surrounding vehicle; calculating a relative position of the RSU relative to the current vehicle on the basis of the reception time information and the time at which the current vehicle received the V2I message; and acquiring the location of the current vehicle on the basis of the relative location of the RSU and the location information of the RSU.
US11927682B2
There are provided a sound source visualization device and method. A sound source visualization device according to an embodiment includes: a sound source detection module configured to detect a sound source signal by using a plurality of sound source detection sensors; a preprocessing module configured to filter out the noise and amplify the sound source signal; a calculation module configured to calculate an approximate sound source location by analyzing the preprocessed sound source signal; a search module configured to generate a plurality of pseudo-planes by using the altitude information, to select planes, and to generate three-dimensional sound source location and altitude information by including information, obtained using the selected planes, in the approximate sound source location; and a visualization module configured to output sound source information to a preset system host or to convert this sound source information into a visualization signal and display the visualized signal.
US11927679B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for synchronizing an encoded signal, in particular a GNSS signal. The method comprises receiving an input signal comprising a first signal component and a second signal component, wherein a sequence of N bits of the first signal component and a sequence of M bits of the second signal component are known a priori. The method further comprises determining a first logical sequence based on a plurality of cross-product operations formed between pairs of vectors obtained from a plurality of received symbols of the first signal component and the second signal component of the received input signal. The method also comprises identifying a position of a second logical sequence within the first logical sequence, the second logical sequence resulting from logical operations performed between at least a part of the known sequence of N bits of the first signal component and a corresponding number of bits of the known sequence of M bits of the second signal component in order to synchronize to a frame of the received input signal.
US11927672B2
This application provides a data processing method and apparatus and a storage medium. The data processing method includes: obtaining K idle calculation blocks in real time, where K is greater than or equal to 1; invoking first K pieces of detected data from a cache stack in a preset priority sequence of detected data, and inputting the detected data into the K idle calculation blocks; sequentially processing K pieces of detected data on the K idle calculation blocks in the preset priority sequence; and integrating sensing calculation results of the K pieces of detected data in real time based on a boundary relationship between detection ranges of the K pieces of detected data, and outputting a sensing result.
US11927668B2
Disclosed are techniques for employing deep learning to analyze radar signals. In an aspect, an on-board computer of a host vehicle receives, from a radar sensor of the vehicle, a plurality of radar frames, executes a neural network on a subset of the plurality of radar frames, and detects one or more objects in the subset of the plurality of radar frames based on execution of the neural network on the subset of the plurality of radar frames. Further, techniques for transforming polar coordinates to Cartesian coordinates in a neural network are disclosed. In an aspect, a neural network receives a plurality of radar frames in polar coordinate space, a polar-to-Cartesian transformation layer of the neural network transforms the plurality of radar frames to Cartesian coordinate space, and the neural network outputs the plurality of radar frames in the Cartesian coordinate space.
US11927663B2
A calibration method includes (a) connecting a impedance measuring device to an impedance standard which has at least two excitation terminals for feeding an excitation signal and two measuring terminals for determining a measurement signal, and which has a fixed or adjustable impedance which corresponds to the impedance target; (b) applying a voltage signal to the excitation terminals and measuring the current flowing through the impedance standard due to the voltage signal at the measuring terminals; or supplying a current signal to the excitation terminals and measuring the dropping voltage at the measuring terminals; and (c) calibrating the impedance measuring device against the impedance standard to the impedance target. The geometrical arrangement of terminals of the impedance standard corresponds to the geometrical arrangement of the terminals of the cell of which the impedance is to be measured.
US11927660B2
A method for determining movement of an object to be imaged in a medical imaging method which includes at least one Magnetic Resonance Imaging, wherein the method comprises the following steps determining first coefficients of a mathematical transformation based on first navigator data of the object, wherein the first navigator data are recorded by a magnetic resonance tomograph (100) using a first spherical Lissajous navigator in the k-space with kr<0.2/cm, preferably kr<0.15/cm, and particularly preferably kr<0.1/cm, wherein kr represents the absolute value of the wave vector k.
US11927659B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for frequency drift correction of magnetic resonance CEST imaging, and a medium and an imaging device. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, in the frequency drift correction module, exciting a target slice by using a small flip-angle radio-frequency pulse, and acquiring a single line of free induction decay signals or two lines of non-phase encoding gradient echo signals; secondly, respectively calculating a value of the main magnetic field frequency drift according to phase information and an acquisition time of the single line of free induction decay signals or the two lines of non-phase encoding gradient echo signals; then adjusting the center frequency of the magnetic resonance device in real time according to the calculated value of the main magnetic field frequency drift, and achieving the real-time correction of main magnetic field frequency drift; and finally, performing CEST imaging.
US11927647B2
A current measurement device (1 and 2) is for measuring a current (I) flowing through measurement target conductors (MC1 and MC2), and the current measurement device includes: a plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12, and 13) disposed so that a magnetic sensing direction and a relative position have a prescribed relationship; a noise remover (25a) configured to remove noise components included in detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors; a sign adder (25b) configured to add a sign to the detection results from which the noise components have been removed, based on sign information of each of the detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors obtained at a specific point in time; and a current calculator (25c and 25d) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductors by using the detection results to which the sign has been added by the sign adder.
US11927635B2
A charge pump test configuration and corresponding method of operation are disclosed for determining charge pump efficiency without needing to obtain direct current measurements. A first number of clock edges (CEs) of a clock signal supplied to a first charge pump is determined over a period of time for a predetermined output current. The first charge pump is then connected with a charge pump under test (PUT) in a cascaded manner such that an output current of the first charge pump is supplied to the PUT as an input current. A second number of CEs of a clock signal supplied to the first charge pump is determined over the same period of time for the same predetermined output current from the PUT. The efficiency of the PUT can then be determined as the ratio of the first number of CEs to the second number of CEs, or vice versa.
US11927631B2
Provided test method and apparatus of communication chip, device and medium. The test method of communication chip includes receiving end test method and transmitting end test method. The receiving end test method of the communication chip includes: an idle time slot of the receiving end of the communication chip is detected in a running process of the communication chip; a test vector is generated, and a standard result corresponding to the test vector is generated; a data frame containing the test vector is constructed, and the data frame is sent to the receiving end of the communication chip in the idle time slot to enable the receiving end of the communication chip to process the data frame; and a chip processing result uploaded by the receiving end of the communication chip is received, and the standard result is compared with the chip processing result.
US11927628B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer includes: a scribe line between a first row of dies and a second row of dies; and a benchmark circuit disposed adjacent to the scribe line and electrically coupled to a first conductive contact and a second conductive contact. The benchmark circuit includes a first device-under-test (DUT); a second DUT; a first switching circuit configured to selectively couple the first DUT and the second DUT to the first conductive contact; and a second switching circuit configured to selectively couple the first DUT and the second DUT to the second conductive contact.
US11927626B2
In an inspection device, the reference signal output section is connected to an external power supply device in electrical parallel with a semiconductor sample, and outputs a reference signal according to the output of the external power supply device. The removal processing section performs, based on the reference signal, processing for removing a noise component, which is due to the output of the external power supply device from the current signal output from the semiconductor sample and outputs a processing signal. The electrical characteristic measurement section measures the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor sample based on the processing signal. The processing signal is subjected to the removal processing performed based on the reference signal from the reference signal output section for which the value of the gain has been set by the gain setting section.
US11927623B2
A semiconductor test device may include a chamber, a plurality of slots, a plurality of test boards and a plurality of temperature control modules. The slots may be arranged in the chamber. The test boards may be inserted into a part of the slots. The test boards may be configured to receive a plurality of semiconductor devices. The temperature control modules and the test boards may be alternately inserted into other parts of the slots. The temperature control modules may be configured to provide each of the test boards with air having a set temperature.
US11927611B2
A system includes a sensor configured at a first position to sense an orientation of an electricity meter. The electricity meter can be configured at a second position. The electricity meter can be configured at a normal orientation to measure delivered energy sent to one or more locations and received energy received from the one or more locations. The electricity meter can be configured at an inverted orientation to identify and measure the delivered energy sent to the one or more locations and the received energy received from the one or more locations. The sensor is configured to identify when the electricity meter is in the normal orientation, and when the electricity meter is in the inverted orientation. A display is configured within the electricity meter.
US11927610B2
A system includes a processor operatively coupled to memory. The processor performs operations that include obtaining electrical measurements of a power system. The processor determines a scaled energy value of a first set of the electrical measurements that are scaled with respect to a second set of electrical measurements. The processor determines that a potential ringdown event occurred by comparing the scaled energy value to a threshold energy value. The processor determines that the potential ringdown event is a confirmed ringdown event by comparing a scaled error value to a threshold error value. The processor generates one or more mode estimates from the confirmed ringdown event.
US11927585B2
Inks for direct food contact with wide colour gamut and good physical resistance properties, and methods for identifying such inks, for printing such inks, and for packaging foodstuffs with materials printed with such inks.
US11927583B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for a contactless analysis of a product, in particular for the contactless analysis of a dough product. The device comprises a distance sensor configured for measuring a distance between the device and the product, and a nozzle configured for directing a jet of pressurized fluid to a position on a surface of said product. The distance sensor is arranged for measuring the distance between the device and the position of the surface where the jet of pressurized fluid is directed to. Preferably, the distance sensor is at least partially arranged in the nozzle, preferably substantially in the center of said nozzle.
US11927575B2
There is provided a content determination assistance system capable of efficiently assisting in identifying a mixture that is highly likely to be contained in a sample. The content determination assistance system records characteristic mass spectrum data for each of known compounds. The content determination assistance system extracts the corresponding current-sample mass spectrum from the current-sample mass spectrum data, and detects a high intensity mass spectra from the corresponding current-sample mass spectrum. The content determination assistance system outputs a degree of concordance in the mass spectrum between a known compound subject to determination and a current sample using the characteristic mass spectrum and the high intensity mass spectrum.
US11927573B2
The present invention relates to axial flow chromatography columns, methods for separating one or more analytes in a liquid by the use of such columns, and systems employing such columns. The column comprises a first port and a second port, the first port and said second port being at essentially the same level or elevation above the level of the bed space on the chromatography column.
US11927572B2
A water removal method for gas concentration sampling, and a sampling method and device. The water removal method comprises: removing water from a sample gas by means of a first cold trap tube filled with a hydrophilic material, and then concentrating the sample gas by means of a concentration cold trap tube; then by means of a carrier gas, conveying components desorbed by the first cold trap tube under a heating state to a second cold trap tube that is in a cooled state and that is filled with a hydrophobic organic adsorbent material, and adsorbing organic substances in the components desorbed by the first cold trap tube: by means of the carrier gas, bringing the moisture desorbed by the first cold trap tube out of the second cold trap tube, and then by means of the carrier gas, conveying residual components desorbed by the first cold trap tube and the second cold trap tube under the heating state to the concentration cold trap tube for concentration.
US11927571B2
Methods for determining the hardness and/or ductility of a material by compression of the material are provided as a first aspect of the invention. Typically, compression is performed on multiple sides of a geologic material sample in a contemporaneous manner. Devices and systems for performing such methods also are provided. These methods, devices, and systems can be combined with additional methods, devices, and systems of the invention that provide for the analysis of compounds contained in such samples, which can indicate the presence of valuable materials, such as petroleum-associated hydrocarbons. Alternatively, these additional methods, devices, and systems can also stand independently of the methods, devices, and systems for analyzing ductility and/or hardness of materials.
US11927564B2
A cantilever (30) for an ultrasound acoustic microscopy device is provided comprising a transmission tip (31) to contact a sample (11) to therewith transmit an ultrasound acoustic signal as an ultrasound acoustic wave into the sample. The cantilever further comprises a reception tip (32) separate from the transmission tip (31) to contact the sample to receive an acoustic signal resulting from reflections of the ultrasound wave from within the sample.
US11927558B2
Provided is a microelectrode having a layered structure, including a layer containing a polymer compound having an aromatic ring (polymer compound layer) and a layer containing a conductive material (conductive layer), wherein a thickness of the polymer compound layer is 10 to 900 nm, a thickness of the conductive layer is 0.3 to 10 nm, and the microelectrode has a three-dimensional curved shape.
US11927553B2
An apparatus for bulk ore sorting using gamma activation analysis is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conveyor system that includes one or more conveyor belts, surrounded by one or more radiation shields, to transport ore material along a transport path. A pulsed X-ray radiation source is configured to irradiate ore material at an irradiation region and one or more detectors are configured to detect a gamma radiation output from irradiated ore material at a detection region. The transport path has a bend, located between the irradiation region and the detection region, and about a vertical axis, of at least 45 degrees. The one or more detectors are configured to detect a radiation output from the irradiated ore material at times between X-ray pulses of the pulsed X-ray radiation source irradiating the ore material.
US11927552B2
An apparatus for cosmogenic neutron sensing to detect moisture includes a thermal neutron proportional counter. A housing is formed at least partially from a moderating material, which is positioned around the thermal neutron proportional counter. A proportional counter electronics unit is within the housing and has a preamplifier and a shaping amplifier. The preamplifier and shaping amplifier are directly connected to the thermal neutron proportional counter. At least one photovoltaic panel provides electrical power to the thermal neutron proportional counter. A data logger is positioned vertically above the thermal neutron proportional counter and proportional counter electronics unit. A signal from the thermal neutron proportional counter is transmitted through the proportional counter electronics unit and is received by the data logger. The signal indicates a moisture content within a measurement surface of the thermal neutron proportional counter.
US11927551B2
Systems and methods for determining a mass of a crop by using at least one X-ray scanner is provided. The method includes obtaining at least two scan images of the crop, where a first of the at least two images is obtained along a first plane relative to the crop and a second of the at least two images is obtained along a second plane relative to the crop, and where the first plane is angularly displaced relative to the second plane, registering the first image and the second image, correcting the registered first and second images, and determining the mass of the crop from the corrected first and second images.
US11927548B2
Interface surfaces of mechanical system components may comprise one or more radiographic markers. A radiographic marker may comprise a marker material having a radiopacity greater than a radiopacity of a parent material of a mechanical system component that comprises that radiographic marker. Mechanical systems comprising one or more radiographically-marked components may be radiographically imaged to determine wear, damage, and/or other conditions.
US11927535B2
An apparatus for determining a characteristic of a photoluminescent (PL) layer comprises: a light source that generates an excitation light that includes light from the visible or near-visible spectrum; an optical assembly configured to direct the excitation light onto a PL layer; a detector that is configured to receive a PL emission generated by the PL layer in response to the excitation light interacting with the PL layer and generate a signal based on the PL emission; and a computing device coupled to the detector and configured to receive the signal from the detector and determine a characteristic of the PL layer based on the signal.
US11927532B2
A component analysis device includes a data acquisition circuit that acquires spectral data of an analyte containing components, the spectral data being obtained by measuring a spectrum of the analyte with a sensor, a type acquisition circuit that acquires information indicating a type of the analyte, a storage that stores a reference spectral data set including multiple spectral data of substances each of which is estimated to be included in the analyte, the reference spectral data set corresponding to the type of the analyte, and an analysis circuit that performs a parallel factor analysis by using, as input data, the spectral data of the analyte and the reference spectral data set.
US11927522B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for adjusting a particle classification index in response to one or more saturated data signals from light detected from particles in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light from particles in a flow stream; generating a plurality of data signals from the detected light; identifying one or more saturated data signals; generating a saturated signal index that corresponds to the identified saturated data signals; and applying the saturated signal index to a particle classification index to generate an adjusted particle classification index. In some embodiments, methods include determining one or more parameters of a particle (e.g., for use in a particle sort decision) by calculating an adjusted spectral unmixing matrix for the fluorescence of the particle that excludes one or more saturated data signals. Systems and integrated circuit devices (e.g., a field programmable gate array) for practicing the subject methods are also provided. Non-transitory computer readable storage mediums are also described.
US11927508B1
Systems and methods are described for transporting sample using a first vacuum configuration and subsequently isolating the sample at a valve prior to introduction to an analysis system, where a second vacuum configuration transports other fluids through the system. A system embodiment can include, but is not limited to, a valve system including a first valve in fluid communication with a sample reservoir and a second valve having at least a first vacuum configuration to fluidically couple a first vacuum line with the first valve and having a second vacuum configuration to fluidically couple a second vacuum line with the first valve; a sensor system configured to detect presence or absence of a fluid at the first valve; and a controller configured to control operation of the second valve to block access of the first vacuum line to the first valve upon detection of the fluid at the first valve.
US11927507B2
This invention relates to a sampling device. The device includes an elongate separating member having a sampling side and a non-sampling side. One or more through openings extend from the sampling side to the non-sampling side of the elongate member. The separating member is adapted for insertion into a reservoir of particulate material so as to define a sampling zone and a non-sampling zone within the reservoir. A shaft is positioned away from the sampling side and operably associated with the separating member, wherein the shaft is selectively rotatable about its longitudinal axis. One or more sample capturing scoops are attached to the shaft so as to be aligned with a respective opening. The or each scoop has a leading edge, a trailing edge and a cavity for receiving a sample of particulate material. The device is configured such that rotation of the shaft about its longitudinal axis causes a corresponding rotation of the or each scoop between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the leading edge of the associated scoop is located within the respective opening such that the opening is effectively closed and the remainder of the scoop projects away from the sampling side such that the sampling side of the separating member is free of protuberances during insertion into the reservoir. In the second position, the scoop is positioned on the sampling side and the leading edge of the associated scoop bears against the sampling side of the elongate member, thereby to enclose the sample of particulate material by the rotation of the scoop towards the second position.
US11927502B2
In various examples, sensor data recorded in the real-world may be leveraged to generate transformed, additional, sensor data to test one or more functions of a vehicle—such as a function of an AEB, CMW, LDW, ALC, or ACC system. Sensor data recorded by the sensors may be augmented, transformed, or otherwise updated to represent sensor data corresponding to state information defined by a simulation test profile for testing the vehicle function(s). Once a set of test data has been generated, the test data may be processed by a system of the vehicle to determine the efficacy of the system with respect to any number of test criteria. As a result, a test set including additional or alternative instances of sensor data may be generated from real-world recorded sensor data to test a vehicle in a variety of test scenarios—including those that may be too dangerous to test in the real-world.
US11927495B2
The invention relates to the field of measurement technology using computational technology and can be used in the industrial field that deals with pipelines (e.g., in the oil and gas industry, the construction industry, the energy industry, the nuclear industry, the utilities industry, the diagnostics of metallic structures, and the environmental protection industry). The technical result is an increase in the accuracy of determining mechanical stresses, while simultaneously providing the proper accuracy of detecting an anomaly source in a pipeline.
US11927493B2
A temperature sensor includes a sensing element and a load. Multiple different currents pass through the sensing element in a sequential manner. Based on each current that passes through the sensing element, the sensing element outputs a complementary-to-absolute-temperature (CTAT) voltage and another current. Further, the currents that pass through the sensing element and the currents that the sensing element output separately pass through the load and result in the generation of multiple load voltages across the load. A current density ratio of the temperature sensor is determined based on the load voltages generated across the load. Further, a temperature value indicative of a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is generated based on the current density ratio and the CTAT voltages outputted by the sensing element based on the different currents that pass therethrough.
US11927491B2
A self-calibration detection device and a temperature demodulation method oriented to a fiber Raman temperature sensing system. The self-calibration detection device comprises a fiber Raman thermodetector, thermostatic baths, a multi-mode sensing fiber, and a multi-mode reflector. The fiber Raman thermodetector comprises a pulsed laser whose output end is connected to the input end of a WDM. Two output ends of the WDM are respectively connected to input ends of a first and second APDs. Output ends of the first and second APDs are respectively connected to input ends of a first and second LNAs. Output ends of the first and second LNAs are connected to the input end of a data acquisition card whose output end is connected with the input end of a computer. The temperature demodulation method can solve the problems of low temperature measuring accuracy, lower temperature measurement stability and low temperature measurement efficiency.
US11927490B2
A sticking-type deep body thermometer that includes a thermometer body; a sticking member having an adhesive property on a bottom surface of thermometer body; a first thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance and disposed substantially parallel to the sticking member; a first temperature sensor configured to detect a first temperature at a first surface of the first thermal resistor adjacent to the sticking member; a second temperature sensor configured to detect a second temperature at a second surface of the first thermal resistor opposite the first surface; a deep body temperature detection circuit configured to estimate a deep body temperature based on the first temperature and the second temperature; and an attachment/detachment sensor configured to detect attachment and detachment of the sticking-type deep body thermometer in accordance with a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature and/or a temperature rate of change of the first temperature.
US11927486B2
A system for monitoring of temperature trends for particles moving along a path of movement from a first position to a second position includes a sensor arrangement and processing device. The sensor arrangement includes at least two sensing elements detecting radiation emitted from the particles, arranged to co-operate with mutually separated sensing zones along the path of movement of the particles to detect a signal related to the temperature of particles. The processing device is arranged to: receive signals from the sensor arrangement; form signals from the at least one set of sensing elements into at least one pulse train when a particle moves through the field-of-view of the sensor arrangement; and based on this at least one pulse train monitor changes over time in the temperature of particles moving through the field-of-view of the sensor arrangement by monitoring changes over time in the wavelength distribution of the radiation emitted from the particles.
US11927483B2
A Fourier spectrophotometer includes: a light source; an interferometer configured to obtain first and second interferograms whose intensity distributions are inverted from each other from the light emitted from light source; a multiplexing optical system configured to multiplex the first and second interferograms to irradiate the sample with a resultant interferogram; a demultiplexing optical system configured to demultiplex the first and second interferograms contained in the light passing through the sample; a light receiver configured to output a first light reception signal obtained by receiving the demultiplexed first interferogram and a second light reception signal obtained by receiving the demultiplexed second interferogram; and a signal processing device configured to perform processing for obtaining a noise-removed spectrum of the wavelength component in the analysis wavelength band by using the first and second light reception signals.
US11927482B2
One or more embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for calibrating an optical emission spectrometer (OES) used for processing semiconductor substrates. In embodiments herein, a light fixture is mounted to a plate within a process chamber. A light source is positioned within the light fixture such that it provides an optical path that projects directly at a window through which the OES looks into the process chamber for its reading. When the light source is on, the OES measures the optical intensity of radiation from the light source. To calibrate the OES, the optical intensity of the light source is compared at two separate times when the light source is on. If the optical intensity of radiation at the first time is different than the optical intensity of radiation at the second time, the OES is modified.
US11927477B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for photometrical charting of a light source (Q, 3) clamped within a positioning device (1) and stationary relative to an object coordinate system (T) by means of a luminance density measurement camera (4) arranged stationary relative to a world coordinate system (W), wherein the light source (Q, 3) is moved between a first actual measurement position (P1′) and at least one further actual measurement position (P2′ to P5′) along a kinematic chain of the positioning device (1) within the world coordinate system (W), wherein a luminance density measurement image (81 to 85) describing the spatial distribution of a photometric characteristic within a measurement surface is recorded by means of the luminance density measurement camera (4) in each actual measurement position (P1′ to P5′) with the light source (Q, 3) turned on, and wherein the position and/or orientation of the object coordinate system (T) relative to the world coordinate system (W) is recorded in each actual measurement position (P1′ to P5′) in direct reference to the world coordinate system (W) without reference to the kinematic chain of the positioning device (1). Moreover, the present disclosure relates to the use of such a method for photometric charting of a headlight (3).
US11927465B2
A flow sensor system for detecting the presence or absence of flow of a liquid nutrient formula through a conduit of an enteral feeding system. The flow sensor system includes a channel configured to retain the conduit therein, a heat source disposed at a first location at a first portion of the conduit, and a heat detector disposed at a second location at a second portion of the conduit. The heat source may include an IR LED, and the heat detector may include a thermopile sensor. A method for using the flow sensor system to detect the presence or absence of flow of a liquid nutrient formula through a conduit of an enteral feeding system is also disclosed.
US11927457B2
An autonomous vehicle having sensors advantageously varied in capabilities, advantageously positioned, and advantageously impervious to environmental conditions. A system executing on the autonomous vehicle that can receive a map including, for example, substantially discontinuous surface features along with data from the sensors, create an occupancy grid based upon the map and the data, and change the configuration of the autonomous vehicle based upon the type of surface on which the autonomous vehicle navigates. The device can safely navigate surfaces and surface features, including traversing discontinuous surfaces and other obstacles.
US11927441B1
A self-mixing interferometry sensor module, comprising a light emitter (LE), a detector unit (DU) and an optical element (OE), wherein the light emitter (LE) is operable to emit coherent electromagnetic radiation towards an external object (ET) to be placed outside the sensor module and undergo self-mixing interference, SMI, caused by reflections of the emitted electromagnetic radiation from the external object back inside the sensor module. The detector unit (DU) is operable to generate output signals indicative of an optical power output of the light emitter (LE) due to the SMI. The optical element (OE) is aligned with respect to the light emitter (LE) such that a first fraction of electromagnetic radiation is directed towards the external target (ET) or the light emitter (LE) and a second fraction of electromagnetic radiation is directed towards the detector unit (DU). An optical power ratio determined by the first and second fractions meets a pre-determined value.
US11927439B2
A coordinate measurement machine (CMM) may include a manually-positionable articulated arm including a plurality of arm segments and a plurality of rotary joints. At least one of the rotary joints includes first and second bearings and a shaft that engages the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft may have two ends, each end configured to engage a respective one of two projections of a yoke of an adjacent another one of the rotary joints such that the two projections of the yoke straddle the first and second bearings therebetween. At least one transducer is disposed adjacent one of the two ends of the shaft, outside of the yoke, not between the first and second bearings.
US11927430B2
A dartboard structure and a method for manufacturing the dartboard structure are provided. The dartboard structure includes a dartboard body unit, a dartboard frame unit, a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit. The dartboard body unit has a plurality of score regions. The dartboard frame unit has a plurality of through openings that penetrate through the dartboard frame unit, and each of the through openings corresponds to one of the score regions. The second sensor unit and the first sensor unit are in an intersecting arrangement and have a predetermined gap therebetween. The first sensor unit and the second sensor unit surround a plurality of first sensing regions, and each of the first sensing regions corresponds to one of the score regions and one of the through openings.
US11927426B2
A holster assembly includes a holster having an interior shaped to receive a handgun, and an entrance. An ejection port restraint pivotally connected to the holster includes a latch and is biased toward an obstruction position for engaging the latch with the ejection port of the handgun. A hood restraint pivotally connected to the holster body adjacent the entrance is configured to pivot between a non-obstruction position to permit the handgun to enter and to be drawn, and an obstruction position at which the hood restraint at least partially blocks the entrance. The hood restraint is biased toward the non-obstruction position. A release device mounted on the holster body is configured to actuate both the ejection port restraint and the hood restraint, each toward the respective non-obstruction position thereof, in response to a single movement by a user to allow the handgun to be withdrawn from the holster.
US11927425B2
A system, method, and apparatus for securely carrying a bow comprises: a body, a first end of the body further comprising a loop hook configured on the first end, a second end of the body, a bow mount configured on the second end of the body, and an external attachment point comprising: a strap, a loop in the strap configured to engage the loop hook; and a latch.
US11927423B2
In some embodiments, an archery bow riser comprises a body defining a first end, a second end and a grip portion. The body defines a shooting axis and comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a metal and the second portion comprises carbon fibers. The first portion extends to a first side of the shooting axis and to a second side of the shooting axis, and the second portion extends to the first side of the shooting axis and to the second side of the shooting axis.
US11927416B2
An exemplary embodiment may include a cover which can be secured to an item such as a firearm. The cover may be placed over the lower receiver of a rifle. The cover may connect to and snap over the lower receiver in order to provide protection from outside forces or debris. In some embodiments the cover may include a magnet that can magnetically attach to a metal firearm. In another exemplary embodiment, a cover may be formed from a strap that can wrap around a portion of a firearm and elastically grip over the lower receiver.
US11927411B2
A firearm suppressor for use with a firearm includes a sleeve, an end cap, a baffle, a first exhaust passage, and a second exhaust passage. The sleeve has an inlet end, an outlet end, an interior volume, and an interior surface. The baffle is received in the sleeve and has an annular body with a central passage through the annular body. The first exhaust passage extends along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve and through the central passage of the baffle and allows gas to exit to the exterior of the sleeve. The second exhaust passage has a plurality of distinct exhaust gas channels. The distinct exhaust gas channels provide separate flow paths for exhaust gas to exit to the exterior of the sleeve.
US11927405B2
An apparatus and method of forming a heat exchanger includes forming a monolithic core body having a first set of flow passages and a core coefficient of thermal expansion, and additively manufacturing onto the monolithic core a first manifold defining a first fluid inlet for the first set of flow passages.
US11927401B2
A heat exchange system for a gas turbine engine includes a first heat exchanger that defines a first heat source flowpath, a second heat exchanger that defines a second heat source flowpath, and a coolant fluid circuit. The coolant fluid circuit defines a first coolant flowpath that extends through the first heat exchanger and is in thermal communication with the first heat source flowpath, and a second coolant flowpath that extends through the second heat exchanger and is in thermal communication with the second heat source flowpath. The first coolant flowpath and the second coolant flowpath are arranged in a parallel flow configuration.
US11927388B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a storage compartment having a storage drawer assembly disposed therein. The storage drawer assembly includes a carrier drawer, a lid, and a bin that may be reversibly mounted in the carrier drawer in either a first orientation or in a second orientation. The bin defines a storage space for receiving food items. The bin includes a sealing wall that encloses the storage space in the first orientation. The bin defines an access opening that grants access to the storage space in the second orientation.
US11927378B2
A sensor assembly is shown for sensing a crossing of the critical point in a system utilising a working fluid in a transcritical cycle passing through the critical point. A first broadband acoustic sensor is located upstream of a component and a second broadband acoustic sensor is located downstream of the component, each of which are arranged to detect high-frequency and low-frequency sounds caused by the crossing of the critical point. A flow regulation device regulates flow of working fluid through the component in response to the output of one or both of the first broadband acoustic sensor and the second broadband acoustic sensor, thereby adjusting the location of the crossing of the critical point.
US11927366B2
The present invention provides a cold-storage instantaneous heat pump water heater (HPWH). The HPWH includes a cold-water tank, a main evaporator, a compressor, and a hot water heat exchanger. In the present invention, heat of a working medium in the cold-water tank is absorbed by the main evaporator, and bathing water is rapidly heated by the hot water heat exchanger (condenser of the heat pump), thereby realizing instant heating with small input electrical power. Cold-water tank replaces the hot water tank of conventional HPWH avoiding energy loss during hot water storage. The working medium in the cold-water tank absorbs heat from the environment, to further improve energy utilization. In addition, there are three energy recovery evaporators to recover the waste heat of bathing.
US11927365B2
A furnace includes a gas burner exposed to a heat-exchange tube. An inducer is fluidly coupled to the heat-exchange tube and configured to induce draft air through the heat-exchange tube. A regulator is fluidly coupled to the gas burner. A rollout shield is disposed adjacent to the gas burner. A rollout switch is disposed in the rollout shield. The rollout switch is electrically coupled to the regulator. At least one vent is formed through the rollout shield adjacent to the rollout switch. The vent provides a path for a rollout flame to the rollout switch. The at least one vent is disposed on at least two sides of the rollout switch.
US11927364B2
An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a housing and a combustion heater disposed within the housing. The housing includes a combustion section with a first channel and a second channel. The combustion heater includes heat exchanger tubes and a tube support that supports heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section. The tube support slidably disposed in the first channel and the second channel. The combustion heater configured to be slidably removable from the AHU. An AHU for an HVACR system includes a housing with a fan section and a fan assembly disposed within the housing. The fan assembly including a pair of grooves slidably disposed on a pair of rails of the housing. The fan assembly configured to be both slidably removable from the AHU and liftably removable from the AHU.
US11927357B2
A system includes a plurality of thermostats corresponding to a plurality of HVAC systems that serve a plurality of spaces and a computing system communicable with the plurality of thermostats via a network. The computing system is configured to, for each space of the plurality of spaces, obtain a set of training data relating to thermal behavior of the space, identify a model of thermal behavior of the space based on the set of training data, perform a model predictive control process using the model of thermal behavior of the space to obtain a temperature setpoint for the space, and provide the temperature setpoint to the thermostat corresponding to the HVAC system serving the space. The plurality of thermostats are configured to control the plurality of HVAC systems in accordance with the temperature setpoints.
US11927341B2
There are provided a light emitting unit using a wavelength conversion member which may be put to practical use, and a display and a lighting apparatus which include the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes: a light source; an optical part including a light incident surface, the light incident surface facing the light source; a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface; and a holding member holding the wavelength conversion member at a position between the light source and the light incident surface of the optical part.
US11927336B1
The present disclosure discloses a fresco lamp capable of being freely plugged with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and electrified, and aims to provide a fresco lamp with freely pluggable LEDs. The key point of the technical solution is as follows. After the LEDs are plugged into the fresco, the LEDs are electrically connected to an electrification unit below the fresco to form a closed circuit, and the LEDs are lightened. Each of the LEDs can be plugged to any position on the fresco and independently connected to the electrification unit, so that the LEDs are convenient to mount. The LEDs are connected in parallel with each other, so that the fresco lamp is convenient to overhaul. The fresco lamp is applicable to the field of lamps and lighting.
US11927333B2
A lighting lamp includes a first lamp-assembly structure, at least one second lamp-assembly structure, and a control structure. The first lamp-assembly structure includes a first lamp body and a first lamp column used to scatter light generated by the first lamp body. A first end of the first lamp column is fixedly connected with a first end of the first lamp body. The second lamp-assembly structure includes a second lamp body, a first end of the second lamp body being connected to a second end of the first lamp column, and a second lamp column fixedly connected to a second end of the second lamp body and used to scatter the light generated by the second lamp body. The control structure is arranged in the first lamp body and/or the second lamp body, and is electrically connected with the first lamp body and the second lamp body.
US11927329B2
A system and method directed to a magnetic clip accessory that attaches to headwear such as a baseball cap where the magnetic clip includes a fastening clip, a body, a magnetic plate, a magnetic sleeve, a set of arms, whereby the magnetic clip provides attachment for miniature light and a sleeve and a tube for a writing utensil such as a pen.
US11927322B2
A portable device for generating and providing electricity is disclosed. The device includes one or more flat solar panels; one or more batteries arranged to be changed with electric power from the one or more flat solar panels; one or more lights arranged to be powered from the one or more batteries; one or more electric connectors arranged to receive electric power form the one or more batteries and to connect to combined power/data connections on portable electronic devices; and an expandable and collapsible housing holding the solar panels, batteries, and lights, and arranged to form a hollow inner volume when expanded and a flat panel when contracted.
US11927320B2
A signal light device (1) of a motor vehicle with a signal lighting unit (3) that comprises housing (1a) covered by cover (2) and in the housing a carrier (5) secured to the housing (la) and with its front panel (7) facing the cover (2). The carrier (5) comprises a supporting surface (22) with at least one light source (6), a front panel (7) and a thin-walled partition panel (12) situated between the supporting surface (22) and the front panel (7). The partition panel (12) comprises an input surface (20) facing the supporting surface (22) and an output surface (21) wherein the supporting surface (22) is fitted with the main reflective surface (11) to reflect light rays (10). The space between the front panel (7) and the output surface (21) and between the supporting surface (22) and the input surface (20) is only filled with air.
US11927314B2
A compact precision illumination source mounts on a finger of a user for providing localized illumination for precision tasks such as surgical procedures and other tasks performed in dark or confined spaces. A frame having a circular or arcuate shape engages the finger, and secures an enclosure having a small but powerful bright, light focused on a predetermined region defined by the end of the digit that is likely the activity region for an instrument grasped by the digit. The frame engages a charge module for aligning external conductors for recharging a power supply in the illumination source.
US11927313B2
A flashlight including a lens assembly having an adjusting element; and a light source assembly provided at one side of the lens assembly. The light source assembly includes a first light source, a second light source, an excitation element, and a light path adjusting element. Light emitted from the first light source irradiates the excitation element to generate first exciting light, and light emitted from the second light source irradiates the excitation element to generate second exciting light. The first exciting light and the second exciting light sequentially pass through the light path adjusting element and the adjusting element, and are outputted simultaneously.
US11927307B1
An industrial floor scraper equipment shield having an industrial floor scraper assembly, a front shield assembly, a fastening assembly, a wedge shield assembly, and a side shield assembly is disclosed herein. The industrial floor scraper assembly includes a ride on floor scraping vehicle that has hydraulic hoses that are used to power and operate the scraper blade. The shields of the aforementioned assemblies are mounted to the front and sides of the industrial floor scraper, said shields are attached to said industrial floor scraper using said fastening assembly. Thereby covering the previously exposed hydraulic hoses and create a debris deflecting shield. Wherein the shield helps prevent the hydraulic hoses from being damaged by any flying sharp debris.
US11927305B2
A drive device includes a gear unit, which is able to be driven by a motor and includes a pressure-lubrication system. The pressure-lubrication system has a distributor block, having a continuous longitudinal bore and continuous transverse bores. The distributor block is arranged as a single piece, in particular from metal such as steel or aluminum.
US11927295B2
A tube arrangement for the transport of temperature control medium, comprising a base body (2) made of polymeric material and produced by means of blow molding, wherein at least one functional element (3) is arranged in the base body (2), which element is in operative connection with the temperature control medium.
US11927293B2
A locking assembly for a door assembly of an agricultural vehicle includes: an actuator that defines an actuator axis and is linearly movable between a first position and a second position and rotatable about the actuator axis between a first locking orientation and a second locking orientation and includes a pair of locking features; a biaser configured to bias the actuator toward the first position; an energizer configured to bias the actuator toward the first locking orientation when the actuator is in the second locking orientation; and a lock configured to engage a second locking feature when the actuator is in the second locking orientation. Linear movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position while the actuator is in the second locking orientation causes the lock to disengage from the second locking feature so the energizer rotates the actuator towards the first locking orientation.
US11927288B1
A one-touch high-pressure fluid fitting using a spring, in which the spring is used to press a sealing ring and simultaneously elastically support an inward inclined surface of a fitting cap, and the fitting cap is expanded upon unfastening so as to maintain an internal airtightness of a fitting body and allow a detachable structure between the fitting body and the fitting cap to be smoothly implemented.
US11927267B2
A chain guide includes a contact guide portion that comes into contact with a chain and guides the chain, and a vibration control portion having a zero-touch surface extending along a travel line of the chain.
US11927263B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a shift assembly for a vehicle transmission. In one example, a shift assembly for a transmission includes a first barrel cam including a first cam track; a second barrel cam arranged coaxially with the first barrel cam and including a second cam track; a first motor configured to drive the first barrel cam independent of the second barrel cam; and a second motor configured to drive the second barrel cam independent of the first barrel cam.
US11927262B2
Lubrication device for a turbomachine reduction gear, the device comprising an annular lubricating oil collecting cup delimited by a first wall and a second wall, said cup being divided by internal walls extending between the first wall and the second wall so as to define a plurality of angular sectors forming oil collection basins, the basins being circumferentially adjacent around the axis and comprising lubricating oil outlets, characterized in that one or more of said internal walls have openings allowing oil to pass between the circumferentially adjacent basins, characterized in that said openings (58) are formed in one or more of said internal walls so as to define one or more rows of openings in said one or more internal walls.
US11927259B2
A method for attaching a plastic barrel configured to guide an output shaft of a mechanical device to a housing for the mechanical device is disclosed. The housing includes a chimney delimited by an upper edge and a base, the chimney being arranged to partially surround the output shaft, the plastic barrel having a lateral protuberance. The method involves at least the following steps: inserting a first end of the plastic barrel into the chimney of the housing until the lateral protuberance axially abuts against the upper edge of the chimney, and at least partially deforming the first end of the plastic barrel in order to form an axial counter-abutment.
US11927258B2
A transmission assembly for a powertrain of a vehicle, includes, a control device and a transmission housing for housing a transmission, the control device mountable to the transmission housing and including a transmission mounting surface adapted to face the transmission housing, the transmission housing including a control device mounting surface adapted to face the control device, one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface including a groove including at least a first and a second step deeper than the first step, and the other of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface including an outwardly extending guiding member configured to be received in the groove, configured so that the outwardly extending guiding member can slide in the first step until it reaches the second step, whereafter the transmission mounting surface can be moved towards the control device mounting surface or vice versa.
US11927256B2
A torque converter includes a drive plate arranged to receive a torque. The torque converter further includes a front cover non-rotatably connected to the drive plate. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a piston and a clutch plate disposed between the piston and the front cover. The piston is axially slidable to engage the clutch plate. The torque converter further includes first and second seals each configured to seal the piston to the front cover. The first seal is arranged at an inner diameter of the piston, and the second seal is arranged radially outside of the first seal.
US11927241B2
This shock absorber includes a friction generating member which is provided at a position on a side defined by a seal member of a cylinder and comes into sliding contact with a piston rod. The friction generating member has an annular elastic rubber portion which comes into sliding contact with the piston rod and a base portion to which the elastic rubber portion is fixedly attached. The elastic rubber portion is formed such that an upstream side and a downstream side are able to communicate with each other when a differential pressure between a one side chamber of the cylinder and a reservoir chamber reaches a predetermined pressure.
US11927239B2
A balancer structure for an internal combustion engine and the internal combustion engine are provided. A transmission driving gear are arranged to be rotatable integrally with a crankshaft. A transmission driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with a first balance shaft. The transmission driven gear meshes with the transmission driving gear. A balancer driving gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the first balance shaft. A balancer driven gear is arranged to be rotatable integrally with the second balance shaft. The balancer driven gear meshes with the balancer driving gear. The first balance shaft includes an output portion. The output portion outputs torque to an engine-driven accessory.
US11927227B2
Sealing device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the sealing device being provided with a shield mounted on an outer ring of the bearing and with an annular cylindrical wall having an inner lateral surface mounted on an outer lateral surface of a collar of the outer ring; and with a sealing material fixed to the shield and defined by a pre-formed annular covering of polymer material, preferably but not necessarily rubber or thermoplastic material, formed independently and separately from the shield and mounted on the shield.
US11927223B2
A Woodruff key system includes a rotatable shaft having a keyseat defined therein. The keyseat includes a pocket engaged with the Woodruff key, a first keyseat extension extending in a first axial direction from the Woodruff key relative to the shaft, and a second keyseat extension extending in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction from the Woodruff key relative to the shaft. Respective depths of the first and second keyseat extensions are less than a depth of the pocket of the keyseat.
US11927216B2
A three-section synchronous slide rail, which has simple structure, longer service life, is easy to install and replace is provided, which includes: two sets of slide rail assemblies which comprise a fixed rail, a middle rail and a sliding rail, synchronization components comprising a flexible deflector unit and a roller, the flexible deflector unit is connected with the fixed rail and the sliding rail, the middle rail is connected with a rope base, a first end of the flexible deflector unit is wound around a first end of the rope base and fixed to the rope base, and a second end of the flexible deflector unit bypasses the roller and is reversely wound on a second end of the rope base and the second end of the flexible deflector unit is fixed to the rope base, a connecting rod is connected between the rope bases.
US11927206B2
A hybrid actuation device that includes a first plate coupled to a second plate, a shape memory alloy wire coupled to the first plate, and an artificial muscle positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The artificial muscle includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a first electrode and a second electrode each disposed in the electrode region of the housing and a dielectric fluid disposed within the housing. The expandable fluid region of the housing is positioned apart from a perimeter of the first plate and the second plate. A first alignment aid is positioned between the first plate and the first electrode, the first alignment aid having an inner surface facing the first plate and an outer surface facing the first electrode.
US11927204B2
A hydraulic powering system includes a hydraulic cylinder, an accumulator, and a manifold assembly. The hydraulic cylinder includes: (i) a hydraulic cylinder construction having a hydraulic cylinder wall and first and second hydraulic cylinder end caps forming an internal volume, a piston constructed to slide within the internal volume between the first and second hydraulic cylinder end caps and dividing the internal volume into an extend region and a retract region, and a piston rod extending from the piston and through the retract region and one of the first and second end caps to outside the hydraulic cylinder; (ii) an extend port in fluid connection with the extend region of the hydraulic cylinder; and (iii) a retract port in fluid communication with the retract region of the hydraulic cylinder. The accumulator includes: (i) an accumulator construction having an accumulator wall and first and second accumulator end caps forming an accumulator internal volume, an accumulator piston constructed to slide within the accumulator internal volume between the first and second accumulator end caps and dividing the accumulator internal volume into a hydraulic fluid region and a compressible gas region; and (ii) a hydraulic fluid port in fluid communication with the hydraulic fluid region of the accumulator. The manifold assembly includes a plurality of passageways therethrough providing fluid connection between: (i) a hydraulic fluid extend source and the hydraulic cylinder extend port and the accumulator hydraulic fluid port; and (ii) a hydraulic fluid retract source and the hydraulic cylinder retract port and the accumulator hydraulic fluid port. A method of operating a hydraulic powering system is described.
US11927198B2
A vacuum pump comprises: a rotor; a stator; a first heating section configured to heat the stator cylindrical portion to a temperature for reducing product accumulation; an exhaust pipe provided at a housing storing the rotor and the stator to discharge gas discharged by the rotor and the stator to an outside of the housing; a second heating section configured to heat the exhaust pipe to a temperature for reducing product accumulation; and a gas passage container arranged in the housing, having an inlet port into which gas discharged through a gap between the rotor cylindrical portion and the stator cylindrical portion flows and an outlet port from which inflow gas flows to the exhaust pipe, and heated to a temperature for reducing product accumulation. A gas-inflow-side end portion of the exhaust pipe is inserted into the outlet port of the gas passage container through a clearance.
US11927193B2
A multi-stage charging device includes a shaft that is supported for rotation about an axis. The charging device also includes a first compressor wheel of a first compressor stage. The first compressor wheel is fixed on the shaft. Furthermore, the charging device includes a second compressor wheel of a second compressor stage. The second compressor wheel is fixed on the shaft. Additionally, the charging device includes a turbine wheel of a turbine section. The turbine wheel is fixed on the shaft in a back-to-back arrangement with the second compressor wheel.
US11927192B2
A pump apparatus has a rotor shaft, a pump impeller connected to the rotor shaft, at least one axial bearing which rotatably supports the rotor shaft at a side facing the pump impeller, a magnetic pump stator, a magnetic pump rotor which is connected to the rotor shaft, a containment can which extends between the stator and the rotor, and at least one central support element which is mounted in the region of the pump impeller. The pump apparatus has an elastomer disk which is arranged between the support element and the axial bearing. The stator and the rotor are arranged with an axial offset with respect to each other. The stator and the rotor are provided as a result of the axial offset to produce an axial force F in the direction of the elastomer disk.
US11927188B2
A gerotor device for a pump apparatus is disclosed. The gerotor device includes at least two gerotor stages that respectively include an inner rotor rotating during operation about an inner axis with teeth projecting radially outside, and an outer rotor rotating during operation about an outer axis radially offset relative to the inner axis with radially inner open tooth gaps, in which the teeth of the inner rotor engage. A rotor body rotating during operation about a rotor axis includes radially open tooth gaps of a first gerotor stage of the at least two gerotor stages and teeth projecting radially outside of a second gerotor stage of the at least two gerotor stages. The tooth gaps of the at least two gerotor stages are fluidically sealed at least one of against one another and relative to a surrounding area.
US11927184B2
A displacement pump is configured to mount to a drive housing. A reciprocating drive is connectable to a pump rod of the displacement pump and includes a connecting rod and a drive link that receives a head of the pump rod. A flange projects from a pump body of the pump and a ring projects from the pump body of the pump. A portion of the drive housing is received in a gap between the flange and the ring.
US11927169B2
Disclosed herein is a hydropower electric generator, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the hydropower electric generator may include a closed conduit. Further, the closed conduit may include a reservoir, two downward flow pipes, two horizontal pipes, and two upward flow pipes. Further, the downward flow pipes may include turbines configured to intercept the downward flow of the water and generate rotational force. Further, the upward flow pipe may include an airlift assembly configured to receive compressed air into the upward flow pipe. Further, the hydropower electric generator may include an air pump configured to generate the compressed air based on electrical energy. Further, the hydropower electric generator may include an energy storage device.
US11927163B2
A filter element includes a first end cap, a second end cap, and a ring of filter media disposed between the first end cap and the second end cap. The ring of filter media circumscribes a central cavity. The filter element also includes an air-bleed conduit axially extending through the central cavity. The air-bleed conduit includes a first portion integrally formed with the first end cap and a second portion integrally formed with the second end cap. The second portion is configured to fluidly connect to the first portion.
US11927161B2
A vehicle includes an engine main body positioned behind a seat and at least partially in the center of the vehicle width direction; a first air cleaner positioned above the engine main body so as to define and form a part of an intake passage of the internal combustion engine; and a second air cleaner disposed upstream of the first air cleaner so as to define and form a part of the intake passage, in which the second air cleaner is positioned outside the first air cleaner in the vehicle width direction. This configuration can relatively shorten the length of an intake passage including an air cleaner in vehicles, including vehicles that are frequently used on rough terrain.
US11927156B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing greenhouse gas emission in a vessel cooperated with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and a vessel including the same, in which NOX generation is reduced, which is the original purpose of EGR, while maintaining existing EGR, SOX as well as CO2, which is the representative greenhouse gas, are absorbed and converted into materials that do not affect environments, and the materials are discharged or stored as useful materials, thereby preventing corrosion of an engine and improving combustion efficiency.
US11927149B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting injection timing of closely spaced multiple injections via a same injector. In one example, during an inter-injection spacing between a first injection and a second injection in a set of multiple injections being lower than a threshold period, an opening time of the second injection in the set of multiple injections may be adjusted based on another opening time of another second injection in a previous set of multiple injections.
US11927128B2
Rotary machines are disclosed that include, in one embodiment, a rotatable shaft defining a central axis A, the shaft having a first end and a second end. The shaft can have a first hub that defines a first gearbox disposed thereon with a plurality pivots. At least one contour also having pivots is connected to the first gearbox pivots by two linkages exterior to the first gearbox. The contour has a convex outer surface that cooperates with an inwardly facing curved surface of a housing to form a working volume. A gearbox mechanism including gears, crankshafts, bearings and connecting rods creates an oscillatory motion 2 times per revolution in the linkages such that the contour is forced to navigate about the arcuate cavity without contacting the cavity at a high rate of rotating speed.
US11927120B2
An exhaust gas sensor includes an element cover, a heater, a heater control section, and a cover state diagnosing section. The element cover accommodates a sensor element including a detection section and includes one or more gas flow holes. The heater heats the sensor element. The heater control section controls how the heater heats the sensor element. The cover state diagnosing section diagnoses a state of the element cover using heater information obtained when the heater is operated by the heater control section. The cover state diagnosing section includes a diagnosability determining section, which determines whether the state of the element cover is diagnosable based on an accuracy of the heater information obtained from an operating state of the heater and a surrounding environmental state of the element cover.
US11927118B2
The present disclosure provides a remote mount for an idler gear assembly, comprising: a gear mounting plate including a plurality of bores configured to receive a corresponding plurality of fasteners to mount a gear assembly to the gear mounting plate; and an attachment bracket including a plurality of mounting openings configured to receive a corresponding plurality of bolts to mount the remote mount to a cylinder head. The gear mounting plate supports the gear assembly such that a gear of the gear assembly rotates about an axis that is parallel to an axis of a crankshaft of an engine and the attachment bracket mounts to an upper surface of the cylinder head.
US11927111B2
A blade for a turbine engine with a wall separating a cooling fluid flow and a hot gas fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow. A plurality of cooling holes each having a passage extending between an inlet at the cooled surface and an outlet at the heated surface. The outlet extending between an upstream end and a downstream end with respect to the hot gas fluid flow to define a distance, the passage defining a centerline forming a first angle (θ) with the heated surface.
US11927110B2
An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The cooling hole can extend from an inlet to an outlet to define a connecting passage. The cooling hole can contain a diffusing section. The diffusing section can be defined by an interior surface having variable geometries.
US11927107B2
Tool and method for disassembling and moving a TRV-type turbine casing of an aircraft turbine engine
A TRV-type turbine casing includes inner and outer annular shrouds that extend one inside the other and about the same axis and are connected together by arms. A tool for disassembling and moving the casing has a lower carriage for moving the tool, and an upper plate to be attached to the turbine casing. The plate is supported by the carriage and includes first members that cooperate with a first annular flange of one of the shrouds to support the casing and axially immobilize the casing relative to the tool. The plate further includes second members that cooperate with a second annular flange of the other shroud in order to prevent and/or guide the rotation of the casing about the axis.
US11927104B2
Various examples of the present disclosure provide aircraft engine sensing apparatuses and methods of manufacturing aircraft engine sensing apparatuses. For example, an example aircraft engine sensing apparatus includes an aircraft engine sensor, a plurality of connection wires, and at least one ceramic insulator. In some examples, the aircraft engine sensor is positioned within an aircraft engine. In some examples, the plurality of connection wires connect the aircraft engine sensor to a sensor connector. In some examples, the plurality of connection wires are positioned within a wire protection housing. In some examples, the at least one ceramic insulator is positioned within the wire protection housing and defines a plurality of insulator openings. In some examples, each of the plurality of connection wires passes through one of the plurality of insulator openings.
US11927103B2
A method of mitigating thermal rotor bow in a rotor assembly of a turbine engine may include performing a plurality of motoring cycles. The plurality of motoring cycles may include receiving feedback on a temperature within a turbine engine in a post-shutdown state, actuating a starter motor when the temperature is greater than a predetermined threshold, operating the starter motor for a motoring time to exhaust some residual heat from the turbine engine, and shutting down the starter motor after the motoring time.
US11927102B2
An aircraft electric power generation and start system (EPGSS) includes a main machine, a starter permanent magnet generator (PMG), a generator PMG, and a carrier injection sensorless (CIS) system. The main machine selectively operates in a start mode or a generator mode. The starter PMG includes a first PMG stator and a first PMG rotor and is configured to rotate along with the shaft. The generator PMG includes a second PMG stator and a second PMG rotor configured to rotate along with the shaft. The CIS system determines one or both of a PMG voltage and a PMG current corresponding to the first PMG during the start mode, and determines a rotational position of the main rotor based on one or both of the PMG voltage and the PMG current.
US11927101B1
Tip shrouds or other shrouds with multi-slope geometries are generally implemented using segments, since performing the necessary cut for an alternative split-ring design is difficult given conventional cutting processes. However, a segmented design generally results in more leakage, relative to a split-ring design. Accordingly, a split-ring multi-slope design is disclosed that can be more easily manufactured. In particular, a continuous ring may be cut along a linear path to produce a split ring, and then the ends of the split ring may be machined to form complementary shiplap portions. The split ring may then be compressed for installation by overlapping the shiplap portions, to form a seal against leakage through the shroud.
US11927094B2
A comprehensive geological-engineering classification evaluation method for low-permeability reservoirs, includes: constructing geological classification evaluation indexes of a reservoir: adopting gray correlation method to obtain main controlling factors of reservoir geology of the low-permeability reservoirs that affects fracturing effects; based on the main controlling factors of the reservoir geology, constructing the geological classification evaluation indexes of low-permeability reservoirs by principal component analysis; constructing engineering classification evaluation indexes of the reservoir: adopting gray correlation method to obtain main controlling factors of geomechanics of the low-permeability reservoirs that affects fracturing effects; based on the main controlling factors of geomechanics, constructing the engineering classification evaluation indexes of low-permeability reservoirs by an analytic hierarchy process; and according to classification limit values of the geological classification evaluation indexes of a reservoir and engineering classification evaluation indexes of a reservoir, achieving classification of reservoir types.
US11927093B1
A system and method for deploying a fiber optic sensing (FOS) system. The system may include a deployment package that is marinized. The deployment package may include a connection housing for connecting the deployment package to a subsea tree, a valve disposed on the connection housing, and a chamber connected to the valve. The deployment package may also include a cap attached to an end of the chamber opposite the valve and one or more optical connections disposed within the cap. Additionally, the deployment package may include a self-propelling vehicle that is disposed within the chamber and a downhole sensing fiber connected to the self-propelling vehicle.
US11927091B2
A drill bit has a plurality of cutters secured to the bit body, including a gauge cutter defining a gauge diameter of the drill bit. A reciprocating gauge assembly on the bit comprises a cavity defined in the bit body, a piston reciprocably disposed in the cavity, a wear element on an outwardly facing end of the piston, a piston retainer for moveably retaining the piston in the cavity, and a spring biasing the piston outwardly to a neutral position of the wear element with respect to the gauge diameter. The wear element and piston may be urged inwardly in response to an applied load at the drill bit gauge pad, increasing the lateral depth of cut and thereby controlling the aggressiveness of the bit in response to the load.
US11927088B2
A pumping system for pumping a fluid for a wellsite. The pumping system includes a manifold assembly and pumping systems in fluid communication with the manifold header. The manifold assembly includes a manifold header that includes a manifold header body and outlets. The manifold header body includes an inlet to receive the fluid and an interior bore. Each outlet includes an entrance section shaped to have a profile that is approximately the same as a profile of an inner surface of the manifold header body, an outlet port shaped to flow the fluid approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the manifold header body, and a transition section shaped to have a radius of curvature that transitions from the profile of the entrance section to the outlet port and reduces internal erosion of the outlet due to the fluid flowing from the manifold header and through the outlet port.
US11927087B2
A system monitors operation of a component in a hydraulic fracturing fleet. A sensor exposed to an external environment of the component is configured to detect external indicia of the operation of the component. Memory stores an artificial intelligence (AI) model, the AI model being trained to monitor the operation of the component in the system. One or more processors are operatively coupled to the memory and the sensor. The one or more processors are configured to obtain data of the external indicia detected with the sensor; input the obtained data into the AI model; detect, with the AI model and based on the input data of the external indicia, one of a plurality of predetermined states corresponding to the operation of the component; and perform a predetermined function based on the detected one of the plurality of predetermined states.
US11927069B2
A downhole tool for controlling the flow of a fluid in a wellbore includes a component that comprises: a cementitious material; an aggregate; and a ductility modifying agent comprising one or more of the following: an ionomer; a functionalized filler; the functionalized filler comprising one or more of the following: functionalized carbon; functionalized clay; functionalized silica; functionalized alumina; functionalized zirconia; functionalized titanium dioxide; functionalized silsesquioxane; functionalized halloysite; or functionalized boron nitride; a metallic fiber; or a polymeric fiber.
US11927062B2
Methods for manufacturing lost circulation material particulates that may be for use in treating a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing at a well-site a feed vessel that contains a liquid material, the liquid material including a monomer and an initiator; providing an injection device disposed underneath the feed vessel for directing at least a portion of the liquid material from the feed vessel to a reaction chamber, wherein the reaction chamber includes a fluid; discharging at least a portion of the liquid material from the feed vessel to the reaction chamber through an orifice disposed on the injection device; and forming LCM particulates at least in part by allowing at least a portion of the liquid material to polymerize in the fluid in the reaction chamber.
US11927054B2
A dispenser is mounted in an aperture formed in a partition to dispense goods from a first party on one side of the partition to a second party on the other side of the partition. Multiple trays are disposed on a rotating mechanism to move a selected tray from a position near the first party, such as an employee at a food service, and a second party, such as the customer. Subsequently, the tray can be moved linearly outward toward the second party to thereby position goods within reach of the second party without the need for close proximity or contact between the parties.
US11927052B2
Disclosed are a method and device for sealing insulated glass blanks, wherein the insulated glass blank is moved substantially continuously through a sealing station. When sections of the edge joint of the insulated glass blank that are oriented transverse or oblique to the conveying direction are filled with sealing mass exiting from a filling nozzle, the filling nozzle is likewise moved in the conveying direction. When sealing mass is introduced from the filling nozzle into sections of the insulated glass blank that are parallel to the conveying direction, the filling nozzle is not moved in the conveying direction or is moved in the conveying direction at a velocity V2 deviating from the velocity V1 at which the insulated glass blank is moved.
US11927049B1
A method of assembling a portal can include obtaining a stile, wherein the stile can include a first stile and a second stile; arranging a thermal strut and insulative bar between the first stile and the second stile, wherein the insulative bar can define a lock groove; arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, wherein the lock assembly can include a fastening plate rotatably coupled to the lock assembly; and coupling the lock assembly to the stile by rotating the fastening plate and, thereafter, engaging fasteners to provide friction between the fastening plate and the insulative bar.
US11927042B2
A rapidly disassembled hinge suitable for use in an aircraft includes a first attachment plate attached to a supported structure, a second attachment plate attached to a supporting structure, and a pin with a notch in an outer surface thereof, which is insertable into portions of the first and second attachment plates for pivotably connecting the first and second attachment plates together. The pin is inserted so that the notch is positioned within the second attachment structure when the hinge is in an assembled state. A key includes a main body and a distal end extending from the main body, the distal end being insertable within the notch of the pin. The key is movable such that the distal end of the key can be inserted into and removed from engagement with the notch of the pin to provide for toolless disassembly of the hinge.
US11927040B2
The present invention relates to a device capable of guiding a stable rotational actuation between a first support bracket fixedly connected to a supporting frame side of a door frame and a second support bracket fixedly connected to the door side in a gear hinge unit constituting a rotating door, specifically, in a door hinge in which a gear hinge unit is provided between the first support bracket fixedly connected to the support frame side of the door frame and the second support bracket fixedly connected to the door side, by minimizing the compressive stress generated in the lower gear hinge unit under a neutral axis of the door and the tensile stress generated in the upper gear hinge unit above the neutral axis of the door by the rotational moment applied to the gear hinge unit due to the load of the door, it is possible not only to secure and maintain the correct opening/closing performance of the door, but also to minimize damage to parts caused by friction or friction noise in the door hinge.
US11927034B2
A tool for installing a door striker pin includes: a latch engagement section having a first surface, a striker pin extending from the first surface, and an abutment surface that extends generally orthogonal to the first surface; and a pin positioning section coupled to the latch engagement section and including a positioning surface with a striker pin slot formed therethrough that extends in parallel with the striker pin. The striker pin slot is positioned in the positioning surface such that the striker pin slot is aligned with a striker pin installation location when the striker pin of the latch engagement section is engaged with a latch of a door and the abutment surface rests against a frame to which the door is pivotably coupled.
US11927032B2
An automated analysis device is provided with a casing accommodating an analysis device. A cover is axially supported with freedom to pivot, between a closed position and an upwardly-open open position, about a support shaft provided at one side of the casing. A closing device is capable of inhibiting opening of the cover in the closed position, and is provided with a projecting portion that protrudes from a front surface of the cover toward the rear, a lock lever which is axially supported with freedom to pivot about a pivoting support shaft, and which pivots from the work surface in a direction approaching the projecting portion to engage with the projection portion, thereby inhibiting opening of the cover. A safety cover can thus be locked securely.
US11927030B2
A handle assembly, including at least: a first handle including at least one recess and a square spindle configured to be received at least partially within the recess of the first handle, in an initial configuration, the first handle is configured to slide freely along the longitudinal axis of the square spindle over a given distance, the first handle is configured to pass from the initial position to a securing configuration in which the first handle is immobilized in translation and in at least one direction of rotation with respect to the square spindle, by at least one displacement in rotation of the first handle about the longitudinal axis of the square spindle through an angle strictly less than 360°.
US11927024B2
A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a feeding path of the wire along which the wire fed in a first direction by the wire feeding unit is wound around an object; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in first direction by the wire feeding unit and wound on the object. The wire feeding unit includes a pair of feeding members configured to sandwich the wire and to feed the wire by a rotating operation, and a feeding motor configured to drive the feeding members. The binding machine further includes a control unit configured to control the wire feeding unit. The control unit is configured to control the wire feeding unit to enable the wire sandwiched by the feeding members to be discharged from the feeding members.
US11927010B2
A system and method for securing a roof truss to a load bearing wall is disclosed. A strap is attached to a roof truss at one end and extended to the top of a load-bearing wall. A buckle is placed over the strap to secure the strap between the buckle and the roof truss, and also the buckle and the load-bearing wall. The end of the strap is extended along the top of buckle toward the roof truss and a top plate secures the strap between the buckle and the top plate. Screws are placed through holes in the top plate and corresponding holes in the buckle to attach the system to the top of the load-bearing wall. The system and method of the invention provides both horizontal (lateral) resistance and uplift resistance, thus resisting horizontal (lateral) forces while at the same time providing uplift resistance.
US11926998B2
An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.
US11926990B2
A heavy equipment recovery winch system includes a winch assembly mountable to a drive end of a heavy equipment vehicle, a hydraulic assembly and a fairlead assembly. The hydraulic assembly is mounted to a portion of the heavy equipment vehicle and the hydraulic assembly is operatively connected to the winch assembly. The fairlead assembly is mountable to the drive end of the heavy equipment vehicle to assist with guiding a cable from the winch assembly.
US11926984B2
Disclosed herein is a system for draining groundwater away from a substantially vertical foundation wall that extends beneath the surface of the ground, and which has an exterior surface in contact with the ground. The drainage system includes a drainage structure that extends longitudinally along an entire interior foundation wall footing. The drainage structure is fabricated from a plurality of foldable polypropylene panels that are secured to and are adjacent to the foundation footing. The drainage structure forms a drainage channel that facilitates the flow of infiltration water to a sump pump or other means for ejecting water, and extracted radon, from proximate the foundation.
US11926983B2
Underground utility enclosure cover assemblies are used with direct burial enclosures. The cover assemblies include a frame and a cover. The frame has one or more walls that define a central opening, a cover receiving ledge, an overhang that has a sidewall, and at least one stabilizing member extending from a bottom edge of the sidewall of the overhang. The cover is dimensioned to rest on the cover receiving ledge. The frame and the cover are made of a rigid material that permits the frame and cover to support large vertical loads.
US11926979B2
A concrete mat apparatus, including a plurality of elongated concrete members, each member being aligned with and next to another concrete member. Each of the concrete members has an upper generally flat surface, a lower generally flat surface, and a plurality of inclined surfaces that each extend away from an upper or lower surface. Reinforcement extends from a first end portion of each concrete member to a second end portion thereof, the reinforcement including a plurality of longitudinally extending reinforcement bars and a plurality of encircling tie bars at spaced apart intervals. Cabling connects each of the elongated concrete members to another of the elongated concrete members. The combination of elongated concrete members has a width and a length that is at least twice as long as the width. The upper inclined surfaces of one of the elongated concrete members forms a plane with the lower inclined surface of an adjacent elongated concrete member. A plurality of loops are provided along opposed edges of the mat, each loop formed by a portion of the cabling. The loops can be spaced between about one and three feet (30.5 and 91.4 cm) apart.
US11926974B2
The present invention relates to an interchangeable unit (28) for material-removing work on a subsoil (U) starting from ground surface (A), the interchangeable unit (28) being designed for operational physical and functional coupling to a machine frame (12) of a road construction machine (10), the interchangeable unit (28) comprising: a housing (30), a removal tool (32), which is mounted on the housing (30) so as to be rotatable about a working axis (R) and of which a circumferential section protrudes from a working opening (30c), a drive belt pulley (62), which is rotatably mounted on the housing (30) and is able to be coupled to a drive belt (58), a transmission gear unit (76), which transmits torque and rotary motion from the drive belt pulley (62) to the removal tool (32) by reversing the direction of rotation, at least the axis of rotation (P62) of the drive belt pulley (62) running at a distance from the working axis (R). According to the invention, a working shaft assemblage (74) penetrates a housing wall (30d) of the housing (30), the working shaft assemblage (74) connecting the removal tool (32) with a working gear component (70) situated on the side of the housing wall (30d) facing away from the removal tool (32) for equidirectional joint rotation, the transmission gear unit (76) being situated between the drive belt pulley (62) and the working gear component (70).
US11926972B2
This disclosure relates to a system for removing road material. In an embodiment, the system may include a milling drum and at least one pick mounted on the milling drum. Furthermore, the pick may include polycrystalline diamond at least partially forming one or more working surfaces of the pick.
US11926971B2
A method for manufacturing an artificial turf system provides for collecting infill from an existing artificial turf, wherein the collected infill comprises collected rubber granulates, mixing the collected rubber granulates and a binding agent for generating an elastic binding composition, applying the elastic binding composition over a base layer or over an optional existing artificial turf on top of the base layer, and applying a new artificial turf over the elastic binding composition, and the artificial turf system generated therein.
US11926968B2
Provided is a method for producing paper that enables to fix an increased amount of starch components contained in papermaking process water to a papermaking raw material (suspended solid: SS) contained in the papermaking process water, and enables (1) enhancement of the strength of paper, (2) reduction in the contamination of the papermaking process water by microorganisms, etc., (3) suppression of the foaming of the papermaking process water, (4) decrease in the load of the waste water treatment, etc. The method comprises a step of adding a polymer having a polyalkylene oxide moiety to papermaking process water containing SS containing a papermaking raw material and unfixed starch. At this time, the concentration of SS contained in the papermaking process water is 100 mg/L or more, the concentration of the unfixed starch is 10 mg/L or more, and the salt viscosity of the polymer is 3 mPa·s or more.
US11926958B2
Textile nonwovens are produced without formaldehyde by employing a polymer binder which is a copolymer of vinyl acetate, ethylene, (meth)acrylamide, (meth)acrylic acid and maleic acid or anhydride or maleamic acid.
US11926950B2
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a drum formed of a metal material and provided to accommodate laundry therein, an induction module spaced apart from a circumferential surface of the drum and provided to heat the circumferential surface of the drum via a magnetic field that is generated when current is applied to a coil, and a lifter formed of a metal material and provided in the drum to move the laundry inside the drum when the drum rotates. The lifter is provided so as to be recessed in a direction in which a distance between the induction module and the lifter, which face each other, increases.
US11926940B2
Described are very high molecular weight (e.g., over 2 million, such as 3-20 million g/mol) starch-based materials, and formulations including such, which can be spun in spunbond, melt blown, yarn, or similar processes. Even with such very high molecular weights, the formulations can be processed at commercial line speeds, with spinneret shear viscosities of 1000 sec−1, without onset of melt flow instability. The starch-based material can be blended with one or more thermoplastic materials having higher melt flow index value(s), which serve as a diluent and plasticizer, allowing the very viscous starch-based component to be spun under such conditions. The particular melt flow index characteristics of the thermoplastic diluent material can be selected based on what type of process is being used (e.g., spunbond, melt blown, yarn, etc.). The starch-based material may exhibit high shear sensitivity, strain hardening behavior, and/or very high critical shear stress (e.g., at least 125 kPa).
US11926937B2
A cuff, a collar, a welt, a hem, or a waistband structure having moisture management functionality utilizing hydrophilic and hydrophobic knitted yarns, and a method of manufacturing such a cuff or collar are described. The cuff or collar is knit using a patterning mechanism to form a tubular body having one or more individual courses, each of which have adjacent wales the tubular body terminating in a turned welt having moisture management functionality where the hydrophobic/hydrophilic arrangement of individual courses of the tubular body is generally maintained in the turned welt.
US11926931B2
A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication includes a particle having a pillar-like form, wherein the ratio of the height of the particle to the diameter or the long side of the bottom of the particle is 0.5 to 2.0, the particle has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 200 μm, and the ratio (Mv/Mn) of the volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of the particle is 2.00 or less.
US11926930B2
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) comprises: (1) splitting the PTT stream extruded from the primary extruder into a number of polymer streams, each of the plurality of polymer streams having an associated spinning machine; (2) adding a colorant to each split polymer stream; (3) adding PET to the extruded polymer stream downstream of the primary extruder; (4) using one or more static mixing assemblies for each split polymer stream to substantially uniformly mix each split polymer stream and its respective colorant and PET; and (5) spinning each polymer stream with its substantially uniformly mixed colorant and any additives into BCF using the respective spinning machine.
US11926929B2
Described are very high molecular weight (e.g., over 2 million, such as 3-20 million g/mol) starch-based materials, and formulations including such, which can be spun in spunbond, melt blown, yarn, or similar processes. Even with such very high molecular weights, the formulations can be processed at commercial line speeds, with spinneret shear viscosities of 1000 sec−1, without onset of melt flow instability. The starch-based material can be blended with one or more thermoplastic materials having higher melt flow index value(s), which serve as a diluent and plasticizer, allowing the very viscous starch-based component to be spun under such conditions. The particular melt flow index characteristics of the thermoplastic diluent material can be selected based on what type of process is being used (e.g., spunbond, melt blown, yarn, etc.). The starch-based material may exhibit high shear sensitivity, strain hardening behavior, and/or very high critical shear stress (e.g., at least 125 kPa).
US11926928B2
Electrospinning apparatus and method for electrospinning of material by ejecting spinning material from a nozzle outlet. The electrospinning apparatus includes a spinning material supply unit, a nozzle unit with a nozzle outlet, a collector unit for collecting a fibre formed during operation of the electrospinning apparatus and a voltage supply unit for applying a voltage difference between the nozzle unit and collector unit. An imaging device is present for capturing an image of a conus and the fibre being formed during operation, as well as a processing unit connected to the imaging device, spinning material supply unit and voltage supply unit. The processing unit is arranged to determine a shape of the conus, and control operation of the electrospinning apparatus based on the determined shape of the conus.
US11926924B2
Provided is an indium phosphide substrate, a semiconductor epitaxial wafer, a method for producing an indium phosphide single-crystal ingot and a method for producing indium phosphide substrate capable of suppressing concave defects. An indium phosphide substrate has a diameter of 100 mm or less, and at least one of surfaces has zero concave defects detected in the topography channel, by irradiating a laser beam of 405 nm wavelength with S-polarized light on the surface.
US11926917B2
There is provided a composite plating material and a related technique thereof, the composite plating material including: a base material, and a composite plating layer on the base material, the composite plating layer comprising a composite material containing carbon particles and Sb in an Ag layer, with a carbon content of 6.0 mass % or more and a Sb content of 0.5 mass % or more.
US11926915B2
A liftable electrolytic vessel including at least one anchor assembly being at least partially embedded in each of two opposed core walls to provide anchorage to a lifting accessory of a lifting device; and related method for lifting the electrolytic vessel. Each anchor assembly comprises an anchor having a strap slot, and a strap connected to the anchor and extending from the anchor along and inside at least a portion of the corresponding core wall. The anchor further includes a connector which is sized and configured to receive a fastener or engage a lifting accessory such as a chain or a hook. The anchor assembly may include one anchor provided at each end of the strap. A plurality of anchor assemblies may extend vertically and horizontally within a core of the vessel to offer various anchorage points from an outer surface of the core. Design of the anchor of a first anchor assembly may differ from the design of a second anchor assembly. A lifting accessory is further designed to be securable to each anchor of the vessel.
US11926908B2
A system for controlling an electrochemical production process includes a variable controllable power circuit and an electrolytic cell. The cell includes two electrodes and operates in different states dependent on the potential difference across the electrodes. The system includes a power circuit controller that causes the power circuit to apply a given potential difference across the electrodes to initiate operation of the cell in the one of multiple possible states associated with the given potential difference. The possible states include a production state associated with a first non-zero potential difference in which a product of interest is produced, and an idle state associated with a second non-zero potential difference in which the product of interest is not produced. A monitoring and control subsystem maintains a predefined set of production process conditions, including a predefined operating temperature range, while the cell operates in both the production state and the idle state.
US11926899B2
A process for providing a surface of aluminum containing materials with a chromate-free protective coating includes degreasing a surface of an aluminum containing material to produce a degreased surface, treating the degreased surface in a high alkaline treatment immediately subsequent to the degreasing to produce an alkaline treated surface having smut on the surface, and treating the alkaline treated smut surface with a hydrothermal treatment immediately subsequent to the high alkaline treatment.
US11926891B2
A cleaning method for removing a silicon-containing film deposited in a temperature-adjustable process container by a heater and a cooler includes: stabilizing a temperature in the process container to a cleaning temperature; and removing the silicon-containing film by supplying a cleaning gas into the process container stabilized at the cleaning temperature; wherein in the removing the silicon-containing film, a heating capability of the heater and a cooling capability of the cooler are controlled based on the temperature in the process container.
US11926889B2
A copper alloy plate containing in a center part of a plate thickness direction more than 2.0% (% by mass) and 32.5% or less of Zn; 0.1% or more and 0.9% or less of Sn; 0.05% or more and less than 1.0% of Ni; 0.001% or more and less than 0.1% of Fe, and 0.005% or more and 0.1% or less of P; and the balance Cu, including a surface layer part in which a surface Zn concentration in a surface is 60% or less of a center Zn concentration in the center part, having a depth from the surface to where Zn concentration is 90% of the center Zn concentration; and in the surface layer, the Zn concentration increases from the surface toward the center part in the plate thickness direction at a concentration gradient of 10% by mass/μm or more and 1000% by mass/μm or less.
US11926885B2
The present disclosure provides a high-plasticity rapidly-degradable Mg—Li—Gd—Ni alloy, including the following chemical elements by mass percentage: 1.0-10.0% of Gd, 0.2-2.0% of Ni, 5.5-10% of Li, and the rest of Mg and inevitable impurities. The impurities have a total content less than or equal to 0.3%. The present disclosure further provides a preparation method of the high-plasticity rapidly-degradable Mg—Li—Gd—Ni alloy. The high-plasticity rapidly-degradable Mg—Li—Gd—Ni alloy provided by the present disclosure constructs an α-Mg+β-Li dual-phase matrix structure by introducing β-Li with a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure with relatively more slip systems to improve plasticity of the alloy, then adds a certain amount of Gd element to weaken texture and promote non-basal plane slip, and further improves plasticity. In addition, by introducing the high-potential Ni-containing LPSO phase, a large potential difference with α-Mg and β-Li is formed to increase the degradation performance.
US11926880B2
Methods for forming a dual-phase magnetic component from an initial component comprising a non-magnetic austenite composition are provided. The method may include: forming a coating on a portion of the surface of the initial component to form a masked area while leaving an unmasked area thereon. Thereafter the initial component may be heated to a treatment temperature such that nitrogen diffuses out of the unmasked area of the initial component to transform the non-magnetic austenite composition to a magnetic phase in the unmasked area. Thereafter, the initial component may be cooled from the treatment temperature to form a dual-phase magnetic component having a magnetic region corresponding to the unmasked area and a non-magnetic region corresponding to the masked area.
US11926876B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a combination of experimental and computational workflows that allow characterization of skin and subcutaneous tissue microbial flora and its associated metabolome, aiming to first evaluate an individual's skin and subcutaneous tissue to determine if any skin condition is as a result of an imbalance or absence of commensal or mutualistic microorganisms or their associated metabolites. In particular, embodiments of the methods and the associated computational platform provided herein relate to conducting a customized or personalized test and obtaining customized or personalized information regarding the skin and subcutaneous tissue flora and its associated metabolome there from. This may be accomplished by simultaneously identifying hundreds of microorganisms or metabolites on an individual's skin and subcutaneous tissue and comparing the resulting profile to a previously compiled healthy profile from our database of skin profiles. An individual's profile provides the basis of a proprietary probiotic skin care product and personal care products that either maintains a health profile or shifts the individual's skin and subcutaneous tissue flora or its associated metabolome close to a healthy profile, at the same time enhancing the synergies between the microbial flora and host's immune system.
US11926870B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of nucleic acid amplification using a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Specifically, the present invention relates to Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) primers and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) nucleic acid amplification mixture and the use thereof in (quantitative) Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR). Specifically, the present invention relates to Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) primers suitable for use in Restriction Mediated quantitative PCR (RM-qPCR) nucleic acid amplification reactions comprising a 5′ Acceptor representing one member of a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pair; A representing a nucleic acid sequence motif of 10 to 30 bp; 3-C representing a linker region comprised of at least three carbon atoms; B representing a double stranded restriction enzyme recognition site or a random nucleic acid sequence; A′ representing a nucleic acid sequence motif of 10 to 30 bp being complementary to the nucleic acid sequence motif of A; and R-prim representing a nucleic acid sequence complementary to a target sequence in a nucleic acid sequence to be amplified.
US11926867B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for generating capture probes on a substrate for identifying the location of analytes in a biological sample.
US11926866B2
Methods for detecting on-target and predicted off-target genome editing events by providing a multiplex PCR reaction mixture with an on-target oligonucleotide primer and one or more off-target oligonucleotide primers and then hybridizing the on-target oligonucleotide primer and the one or more off-target oligonucleotide primers to target nucleic acid sequences, followed by cleaving blocking groups from the primers and extending the primers.
US11926857B2
The present disclosure provides acyltransferases useful for synthesizing therapeutically important statin compound.
US11926851B2
The present invention relates to esterases, more particularly to esterase variants having improved activity and/or improved thermostability compared to the esterase of SEQ ID NO: 1 and the uses thereof for degrading polyester containing material, such as plastic products. The esterases of the invention are particularly suited to degrade polyethylene terephthalate, and material containing polyethylene terephthalate.
US11926840B2
The present invention enables simultaneous and stable expression of a plurality of foreign genes by using a stealthy RNA gene expression system that is a complex that does not activate the innate immune mechanism and is formed from an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, a single-strand RNA binding protein, and negative-sense single-strand RNAs including the following (1) to (8): (1) a target RNA sequence that codes for any protein or functional RNA; (2) an RNA sequence forming a noncoding region and derived from mRNA expressed in animal cells; (3) a transcription initiation signal sequence recognized by the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; (4) a transcription termination signal sequence recognized by the polymerase; (5) an RNA sequence containing a replication origin recognized by the polymerase; (6) an RNA sequence that codes for the polymerase and of which codons are optimized for the species from which an introduction target cell is derived; (7) an RNA sequence that codes for a protein for regulating the activity of the polymerase and of which codons are optimized for the species from which the introduction target cell is derived; and (8) an RNA sequence that codes for the single-strand RNA binding protein and of which codons are optimized for the species from which the introduction target cell is derived.
US11926839B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for T cell genome editing and screening in vivo. In certain aspects, the invention includes an sgRNA library for genome-scale mutagenesis.
US11926838B2
The invention provides specific transgenic cotton plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific herbicide tolerance transformation event at a specific location in the cotton genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.
US11926826B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising TWIST signaling inhibitors and optionally one or more anti-cancer agents, and methods of using the compositions for the treatment of cancer.
US11926822B1
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for three-dimensional spatial profiling of analytes in a biological sample. The methods include use of a hydrogel comprising one or more polymers that include a phenol moiety, an azide moiety, or an alkyne moiety.
US11926821B2
The quality of cell-free DNA for analysis is improved by techniques described herein. Cell-free DNA may include DNA with defects that do not allow for analysis of those DNA with techniques such as sequencing and targeted capture enrichment. These defects may be defects within the strands of the DNA and not present at the ends of the DNA. These intrastrand defects in cell-free DNA can be repaired. The repair of the defects in cell-free DNA may then allow for these repaired cell-free DNA to be analyzed by techniques, including sequencing and targeted capture enrichment.
US11926819B2
Provided are methods of adding a polymer of non-canonical nucleotides to the 3′ end of a ribonucleic acid (RNA). In certain embodiments, the methods comprise combining an RNA, a polynucleotide-3′ nucleotidyl transferase, and non-canonical nucleotides, in a reaction mixture under conditions in which the polynucleotide-3′ nucleotidyl transferase adds a polymer of the non-canonical nucleotides to the 3′ end of the RNA. Such methods may further include analyzing the RNA using a nanopore. According to some embodiments, the methods include identifying the polymer of non-canonical nucleotides added to the 3′ end of the RNA, and determining the junction between the 3′ end of the RNA and the polymer of non-canonical nucleotides to identify the 3′ end of the RNA. Kits that find use, e.g., in practicing the methods of the present disclosure are also provided.
US11926805B2
An aqueous cleaning composition comprising: a) from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition of a controlled-emulsification system having a turbidity of less than 500, as measured in a homogenized aqueous solution comprising 0.003% by weight of the solution of canola oil and 0.5% by weight of the solution of the controlled-emulsification system; b) a shine polymer comprising at least one monomer comprising a substantially planar 5-7 membered ring, said monomer preferably being selected from the group consisting of vinylpyrrolidone, vinylimidazoline, maleimide, styrene sulfonate and vinylcaprolactam; and c) optionally an antimicrobial agent.
US11926793B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving product yields and/or product quality during co-processing of fast pyrolysis oil in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) reaction environment. The systems and methods can allow for co-processing of an increased amount of fast pyrolysis oil while reducing or minimizing coke production for a feedstock including fast pyrolysis oil and a conventional FCC feed. The reducing or minimizing of coke production can be achieved in part by adding a low molecular weight, non-ionic surfactant to the mixture of fast pyrolysis oil and conventional FCC feed.
US11926792B2
A method for recovering kerogen oil includes loading first and second reactors with carbonaceous material and injecting a heat transfer medium into the first reactor, wherein the heat transfer medium comprises steam. In addition, the method includes heating the carbonaceous material in the first reactor to a maximum temperature for the carbonaceous material in the first reactor during the method with the heat transfer medium to thermally crack kerogen and vaporize liquid hydrocarbons within the carbonaceous material in the first reactor and producing a vapor phase effluent from the first reactor as a result of the heating. Further, the method includes condensing the vapor phase effluent in the second reactor to produce a condensate stream that comprises condensed water and condensed hydrocarbons and heating the carbonaceous material in the second reactor as a result of the condensing. Still further, the method includes recovering kerogen oil from the condensate stream.
US11926788B2
Compositions for foamed treatment fluids are disclosed. The foamed treatment fluid may comprise a cement, a viscosifying agent, a thixotropic additive, a foaming surfactant, a gas, and water. The foaming surfactant may comprise a polyethylene glycol alkyl ether (C5-C10), sulfate ammonium salt.
US11926782B2
A magnetizable abrasive particle is presented. The magnetizable abrasive particle has a ceramic particle having an outer surface. The magnetizable abrasive particle also has a magnetic coating layer applied to the outer surface of the ceramic particle prior to sintering. The sintered magnetizable particle is responsive to a magnetic field.
US11926781B2
A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle including extruding a mixture into a form, applying a dopant material to an exterior surface of the form, and forming a precursor shaped abrasive particle from the form.
US11926779B2
A liquid crystal polyester comprising a repeating unit (A1) represented by the formula (A1) and a repeating unit (A2) represented by the formula (A2). A molar ratio (phenolic hydroxyl groups derived from the repeating unit (A2)/phenolic hydroxyl groups derived from the repeating unit (A1)) is 1 or lower, as calculated by 1H-NMR. A ratio [repeating unit (A2)/repeating unit (A1)] is 1.2 or larger. The number of the repeating unit (A1) is 20% or more and the number of the repeating unit (A2) is 58% or more based on 100% of a total number of all repeating units of the liquid crystal polyester. A flow starting temperature of the liquid crystal polyester is 250° C. or more. —O—Ar11—CO— (A1) —O—Ar12—CO— (A2) Ar11 represents a phenylene group and Ar12 represents a naphthylene group. A hydrogen atom is optionally substituted.
US11926778B2
A method for producing a cholesteric liquid crystal based shell is provided. The method comprises producing a cholesteric liquid crystal shell, solidifying the cholesteric liquid crystal shell so as to obtain a solid shell and perforating the solid shell. Also provided is a cholesteric liquid crystal based solid shell comprising a perforation. A coating composition comprising a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal based solid shells, an item comprising a tag that comprises the cholesteric liquid crystal based solid shells and a method for authenticating the item are also provided.
US11926764B2
A polishing liquid containing: abrasive grains; a first nitrogen-containing compound; a second nitrogen-containing compound; and water, in which the first nitrogen-containing compound contains at least one selected from the group consisting of (I) a compound having an aromatic ring containing one nitrogen atom in the ring and a hydroxyl group, (II) a compound having an aromatic ring containing one nitrogen atom in the ring and a functional group containing a nitrogen atom, (III) a compound having a 6-membered ring containing two nitrogen atoms in the ring, (IV) a compound having a benzene ring and a ring containing a nitrogen atom in the ring, and (V) a compound having a benzene ring to which two or more functional groups containing a nitrogen atom are bonded, and an HLB value of the second nitrogen-containing compound is 7 or more.
US11926763B2
Provided is hollow resin particles having higher compressive strength and more excellent heat insulating properties and heat resistance than before. The hollow resin particles each having one or two or more hollow portions, wherein a number average particle diameter is from 0.1 μm to 9.0 μm, a void ratio is from 70% to 99%, and an amount of the volatile organic compound contained is 5% by mass or less.
US11926753B2
A fluororesin material including a melt-fabricable fluororesin, the fluororesin material having a dielectric constant of 2.1 or less and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.00030 or less at 12 GHz. Also disclosed is a fluororesin material for high-frequency transmission including the fluororesin material and a coated electric wire for high-frequency transmission including a solid insulating coating layer made of the fluororesin material.
US11926751B2
An inkjet textile printing ink includes coloring particles and an aqueous medium. The coloring particles each include a core and a shell layer covering the core. The core contains a polyester resin and a dye. The shell layer contains a specific resin with a non-ring-opened oxazoline group and an amide ester group. The polyester resin preferably includes a non-crystalline polyester resin.
US11926746B2
Provided are an active energy ray-curable ink including a photopolymerization initiator including a compound represented by Formula (1) and at least one of a monomer A composed of a photopolymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 400 or more or a monomer B composed of a photopolymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 130 or more and less than 400, and an image recording method. L1 represents an organic group having 20 or less carbon atoms and a valence of n, and n represents an integer of 3 to 8. AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 0 to 15. L2 represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or —NR11—. R11 represents a substituent. X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and n R1's and n R2's each independently represent a substituent.
US11926745B2
The present invention provides a water-based black ink, utilizing biochar as the black pigment. The black inks of the invention contain high bio-renewable carbon content (BRC), preferably 100% BRC. The inks exhibit the physical properties required to perform according to the requirements of rotogravure and flexographic printing.
US11926743B2
Systems and methods of making carbon particles with thermal transfer gas. A method of making carbon particles may comprise heating a thermal transfer gas by Joule heating and contacting the thermal transfer gas with a reactive hydrocarbon feedstock gas to generate the carbon particles and hydrogen gas. A method of making carbon particles may comprise heating a thermal transfer gas with the aid of Joule heating and mixing the thermal transfer gas with a hydrocarbon feedstock gas to generate the carbon particles.
US11926742B2
A method for preparing carbon black from pyrolysis char of waste tires by a molten salt thermal treatment and a product thereof are provided. The method includes heating one or two groups of a metal chloride salt group and a metal sulfate group to obtain a molten salt; adding pyrolysis char of waste tires into the molten salt and subjecting same to a molten salt thermal treatment under a preset reaction atmosphere; after the reaction is complete, separating the reaction product to obtain a secondary molten salt and treated pyrolysis char, washing the treated pyrolysis char with hot water and then drying same so as to obtain carbon black, and at the same time, recycling the secondary molten salt.
US11926734B2
Provided are a rubber composition for tires and a pneumatic tire, which are excellent in braking performance on ice and failure properties. The rubber composition for tires includes, per 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber component, 1 to 20 parts by mass of a liquid polybutadiene having a glass transition temperature of −80° C. or less and 1 to 30 parts by mass of vegetable granules having a particle size of 0.1 to 500 μm.
US11926731B2
A composition comprising selectively hydrogenated block copolymers (a) and (b having peak molecular weights of 150-1,000 kg/mol, 6-60 kg/mol, respectively, is disclosed. Component (a) comprises one or more structures A-B-A, (A-B-A)nX, A-(B-A)n, and (A-B)nX. Component (b) comprises one or more structures C-D, D-C-D, and (D-C)nX. The value of “n” is 1-30, and “X” is a residue of a coupling agent. Before hydrogenation, blocks A and C, are vinyl aromatic polymer blocks; and blocks B and D are polymer blocks comprising 60-100 mol % of one or more conjugated dienes and 0-40 mol % of a vinyl aromatic monomer. The HSBC compositions and TPE blends exhibits good elasticity, good processability, low extractables, and low compression set.
US11926728B2
Described herein are self-healing polymers comprising a base polymer and at least one healing agent disposed in the base polymer under pressure.
US11926706B2
Disclosed is a novel diamine compound in which an imide ring is directly bonded to a (hetero)aryl ring in a molecule, and a polyimide film prepared by polymerizing the novel diamine compound exhibits improved thermal properties and storage stability.
US11926696B2
Low molecular weight, high Tg resins, with applications including tire additives and adhesives. An oligomer is obtained by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a sterically encumbered cyclic monomer with an olefinic chain transfer agent. The sterically encumbered cyclic monomer and the olefinic chain transfer agent are present in the polymerization at a molar ratio of from 2:1 to about 40:1. Also, methods for making the oligomer by ROMP.
US11926693B2
Techniques regarding chemical compounds comprising perfluoroaryl groups that can facilitate post-synthesis functionalization are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a chemical compound. The chemical compound can comprise a molecular backbone. The chemical compound can also comprise a pendent functional group bonded to the molecular backbone. The pendent functional group can comprise a perfluoroaryl group and a methylene group.
US11926684B2
A cast film inducing a bimodal ethylene-based polymer having a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 10.0%, an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.0, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10° C., a density from 0.910 g/cc to 0.920 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 1.0 g/10 mins to 8.0 g/10 mins.
US11926683B2
The present invention provides a thermosetting material, which contains the following components (A) to (C) and which, when measured with a rotational viscometer at a constant shear rate (JIS K7117-2:1999), exhibits a viscosity at 25° C. and 10 s−1 of 5 Pa·s or more and 200 Pa·s or less and, when measured with a rotational viscometer at a constant shear rate in the same manner as above, exhibits a viscosity at 25° C. and a shear rate of 100 s−1 of 0.3 Pa·s or more and 50 Pa·s or less. (A): a (meth) acrylate compound in which a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms is ester-bonded, and which, when measured with a rotational viscometer at a constant shear rate in the same manner as above, exhibits a viscosity of 5 to 300 mPa·s as a viscosity measured at 25° C. and 10 to 100 s−1; (B): spherical silica; and (C): a black pigment.
US11926680B2
This invention provides a method whereby Si microparticles (“Si MP”) with low cost and nitrogen-abundant chitin fibers from crustacean shells are used as raw materials to produce Si nanoparticles and nitrogen doped carbon composite via a scalable ball milling method. During the ball-milling process, Si MP are downsized, and the chitin fibers are wrapped around the particles. The milled product is then post-thermally treated to obtain Si and nitrogen doped carbon composites.
US11926672B2
The present invention relates to a human agonistic CD40 multispecific antibody construct for treatment of solid tumors by engineering a molecule that specifically targets the CD40 pathway on tumor-associated APCs, without systemic CD40 activation.
US11926665B2
The present disclosure provides methods of administering certain TIM-3 binding agents to patients having cancer. Dosage regimens for compositions comprising a TIM-3 binding agent are also explicitly provided.
US11926661B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to human artemin. Methods for using anti-artemin antibodies and antigen-binding fragments are also provided.
US11926653B2
The present disclosure relates to recombinant adeno-associated vims (rAAV) delivery of a neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) polynucleotide. The disclosure provides rAAV and methods of using the rAAV for NT-3 gene therapy to improve muscle strength, stimulate muscle growth and to treat muscle wasting disorders, such as muscular dystrophy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.
US11926645B2
Compounds and methods of using said compounds, singly or in combination with additional agents, and salts, crystalline forms, pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds for the treatment of viral infections are disclosed.
US11926639B2
A process for preparing oligo ethylene glycol methyl ether borate involves feeding boric acid and oligo ethylene glycol monomethyl ether into a reactor, and reacting to obtain a raw product containing oligo ethylene glycol methyl ether borate, water, and unreacted boric acid and oligo ethylene glycol monomethyl ether. The raw product is fed to a reactive distillation device and boric acid is reacted with oligo ethylene glycmonomethyl ether for full conversion of boric acid. A distillate stream containing water is transferred from the top of the reactive distillation device to a condenser, and a condensed liquid stream is recycled to the top of the reactive distillation device. A bottom product stream containing oligo ethylene glycol methyl ether borate is withdrawn from the reactive distillation device. The bottom product stream is partially recycled to a reboiler. The resulting vapor stream is recycled to the bottom of the reactive distillation device.
US11926628B2
The present disclosure provides diacylglycerol kinase modulating compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for treating cancer, including solid tumors, and viral infections, such as HIV or hepatitis B virus infection. The compounds can be used alone or in combination with other agents.
US11926626B2
This disclosure relates to GLP-1 agonists of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions including the same.
US11926625B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of HPK1, and the treatment of HPK1-mediated disorders.
US11926617B2
Compounds, methods of use, and processes for making inhibitors of complement Factor D are provided comprising Formula I, I″ and I′″ or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof. The inhibitors described herein target Factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade. The inhibitors of Factor D described herein reduces the excessive activation of complement.
US11926606B1
Methods of isolating tocopherol from Commiphora myrrha using a non-polar solvent are provided.
US11926589B2
This invention relates to a process for the synthesis of a non-racemic cyclohexene compound of formula (I) by a Diels-Alder reaction of a compound of formula (II) with a compound of formula (III) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and Y have the meanings as defined in the description in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one m-valent metal cation Mm+ wherein the metal M is selected from Scandium (Sc), Yttrium (Y), Lanthanum (La), Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm), Samarium (Sm), Europium (Eu), Gadolinium 15 (Gd), Terbium (Tb), Dysprosium (Dy), Holmium (Ho), Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb), Lutetium (Lu), Gallium (Ga) and Indium (In), and m is an integer of 1, 2 or 3, and a chiral ligand of the formula (IV) wherein R10a, R10b, R10c, R10d, R10a′, R10b′, R10c′, R10d′, Z and Z′ have the meanings as defined in the description.
US11926586B2
A highly pure form of ferric citrate and an industrially viable and advantageous process for its preparation are described.
US11926570B2
A composite sintered body includes a base material that includes ceramic as a main component, and an electrode arranged inside the base material or on a surface of the base material. The electrode contains W and ZrO2.
US11926560B2
The invention relates to an installation (1) for treating the inner face (6) of the wall (3) of a glass container (2), which wall (3) delimits a receiving cavity (4) and an opening (5) providing access to the cavity (4), the installation (1) comprising a source (12) of a treatment substance (13) and a means (15) for dispensing the treatment substance (13) into the cavity (4) of the container (1), said dispensing means (15) comprising a metering chamber (16) which extends between an inlet orifice (18) and an opposite outlet orifice (19) intended to be positioned above the opening (5) of the container, and also an upper shutter (20) and a lower shutter (21) for the chamber (16), which are positioned in a tiered manner at the inlet orifice (18) and the outlet orifice (19), respectively, of the chamber (16). Installations and methods for treating glass containers.
US11926559B2
To provide a crystallized glass substrate including a surface with a compressive stress layer, in which a stress depth DOLzero of the compressive stress layer, at which the compressive stress is 0 MPa, is 45 to 200 μm, a compressive stress CS on an outermost surface of the compressive stress layer is 400 to 1400 MPa, and CS×DOLzero, which is a product of the compressive stress CS on the outermost surface and the stress depth DOLzero (μm), is 4.8×104 or more.
US11926546B2
In some implementations, a method may include introducing into a contaminated media a suspension of a bioremediation composition. In addition, the method may include where the bioremediation composition may include a first bioremediation composition having a first blend of one or more electrolyte solutions capable of ionic conduction and a second bioremediation composition having a second blend of one or more active materials and being capable of electric conduction.
US11926545B2
Provided are catalytic assemblies which include a hollow fiber membrane permeable to a gas; a reactive coating permeable to the gas and a contaminant; and a plurality of catalytic nanoparticles embedded in the reactive coating adapted to catalyze a reaction between the gas and the contaminant. Also provided are preparation methods for the catalytic assemblies, and use thereof for treating contaminated water.
US11926544B1
The invention discloses a biological desulfurizer for removing organic sulfur in fracturing flowback fluid and application thereof. The biological desulfurizer includes a compound with a triazine structure formed by modifying chitosan with aldehydes and inorganic salts. The triazine structure has a good removal effect on hydrogen sulfide and organic sulfur such as mercaptan and sulfide. The biological desulfurizer of the invention has a sulfur capacity of up to 250 g/kg and a desulfurization efficiency of over 95% in 15 min. It can effectively remove the stink of sulfur-containing working water, improve the working environment of the well site, and reduce the impact of sulfur compounds on the atmospheric environment during the development of oil and gas fields.
US11926541B2
A process of making an alkaline water and acidic water wherein the step of dissolving the alkaline salt in the initial stream is further defined as adding the alkaline salt of a lower alkyl carboxylic acid of sodium propionate to the initial stream. The step of electrolyzing the feed stream further includes a step of applying an electric potential between the cathode and the anode. The step of applying the electrical potential is further defined as applying the electrical potential of between 0.5V and 50 V between the cathode and the anode. The alkaline water composition produced by the process includes zero hydroxide ions and defines a total alkalinity between 40 ppm and 510 ppm. The alkaline water also has a TDS between 58 ppm and 1000 ppm, a pH between 10.0 and 12.0, a hardness rating between 3.5 and 10, and a Langelier Index between 0.37 and 2.20.
US11926530B2
A method for synthesizing a supported molecular sieve membrane by microwaves includes the steps of aging, heating and synthesizing. The aging step is to make a support in contact with a synthetic liquid at 25° C. to 70° C. for 10 hours to 24 hours; the heating step is to raise a temperature of an aged system from an aging temperature to a synthesis temperature within 1 minute to 10 minutes; and the synthesizing step is to synthesize at 80° C. to 120° C. for 2 minutes to 15 minutes. The steps of heating and synthesizing are powered by microwaves.
US11926525B2
A method of removing buffer gas from a mixture comprising the buffer gas and hyperpolarized noble gas is described. The method includes reacting the buffer gas to produce a reaction product different to the buffer gas. The buffer gas may be reactively removed by one or more of oxidation, reduction, polymerization and binding reactions with solid surfaces. The buffer gas may be molecular hydrogen and/or molecular nitrogen. Apparatus for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
US11926523B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods for microfabricating an omni-view peripheral scanning system. One exemplary method may include separately fabricating a reflector and a scanning MEMS mirror, and then bonding the microfabricated reflector with the scanning MEMS mirror to form the omni-view peripheral scanning system. The microfabricated reflector may include a cone-shaped bottom portion, and a via hole across the cone-shaped bottom portion. The microfabricated scanning MEMS mirror may include a MEMS actuation platform and a scanning mirror supported by the MEMS actuation platform. The scanning MEMS mirror may face the cone-shaped bottom portion of the reflector when forming the omni-view peripheral scanning system.
US11926519B2
A dispensing pump for fuel vending systems, comprising a pump body which forms internally a pumping chamber, which rotatably accommodates an impeller, functionally connected to a motor, and provided with an intake connector and a delivery connector, which communicate with the pumping chamber and can be connected to a fuel dispensing line; the pump body has at least one coupling portion for at least one auxiliary device of the dispensing line.
US11926518B1
A shutoff valve system for dispensing beverage from an open source syrup tank is presented. The shutoff valve system includes a syrup inlet receiving syrup from the open source syrup tank and a syrup outlet dispensing the syrup to a pump. The shutoff valve also includes a water inlet receiving water, and a water outlet dispensing the water to a dispensing point. Two distinct inlets and outlets for syrup and water prevent the syrup and water being mixed in the shutoff valve. The shutoff valve system further includes an actuator rod that is configured to block the water outlet in response to a pressure change at the syrup inlet, where the pressure change is caused by air flow from the syrup inlet.
US11926517B2
A container management system (1) with a number of containers (2) which have identifying, electronically readable codes assigned to them, and with a number of dispensing/filling stations configured for dispensing a liquid from the container (2) or supplying said container with a fluid. The dispensing/filling stations are associated with electronic reading units by means of which the codes of containers (2) can be read. Data read by the electronic reading units are fed into a cloud-based computer system (13) configured for storing and analyzing the data.
US11926514B1
A forklift includes a chassis, a mast hydraulically tiltable relative to the chassis in a primary tilting motion, a fork carriage for mounting forks for supporting a load, the fork carriage being hydraulically tiltable relative to the mast in a secondary tilting motion, and a hydraulic system having an operating element for a user to control the primary tilting motion and the secondary tilting motion. The hydraulic system is configured to carry out a hydraulic sequence control of the primary tilting motion and the secondary tilting motion.
US11926509B2
This crane is provided with: a operable functional part that is supported on a pair of lower bases; a driving device; a detection unit that detects information about the attitude of the operable functional part; a target signal generation unit that generates a target signal regarding the moving direction and the moving speed of a suspended load on the basis of information about an operation input for instructing the moving direction and the moving speed of the suspended load; a filter unit that generates a filtering target signal by filtering the target signal; a control signal generation unit that generates a speed control signal for controlling the operation speed of the driving device on the basis of the information about the attitude and the filtering target signal; and a control unit that controls the driving device on the basis of the speed control signal.
US11926501B2
An accommodating device includes a device body, an accommodating unit that is movable to a supply position where a user is able to supply a medium by being pulled out from the device body in a pulling direction and of which a centroid position is located on one side surface side with respect to a center in an intersecting direction with the pulling direction, a first expanding and contracting member that expands and contracts to connect the accommodating unit to the device body so as to be able to be pulled out and is fixed to one side surface of the accommodating unit in the intersecting direction, and a second expanding and contracting member that expands and contracts to connect the accommodating unit to the device body so as to be able to be pulled out and is fixed at a position higher than the first expanding and contracting member on the other side surface of the accommodating unit in the intersecting direction.
US11926497B2
Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are described herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a sequence of operations. The sequence of operations can include different sub-sequences based on loading dock conditions. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of control elements that enable operation of the loading dock equipment. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment. Some functionality of the control panel can be enabled or disabled based on a current level of authorization.
US11926494B2
A vehicle cargo loading system may include a cargo loading portion for loading cargo therein, wherein the cargo loading portion is divided into predetermined zones, a loading state sensor for sensing a loading state of the cargo for each zone, a loading state display for outputting different colors for the zones based on the loading state of the loaded cargo, a user interface for displaying a loading location or the loading state of the cargo, wherein the user interface is installed on an external door glass of the vehicle, and a cargo loading controller that determines whether the cargo loaded in the zone satisfies a preset reference loading state condition, and outputs a wanting signal when the cargo does not satisfy the reference loading state condition.
US11926488B2
A fastening component supplying apparatus is disclosed. The disclosed fastening component supplying apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for supplying a plurality of bolts aligned by a bolt aligning device to a fastening portion of a fastening target part includes: a bolt picking unit rotatably installed to an arm front end of a handling robot and picking a plurality of bolts aligned in the bolt aligning device; and a bolt drop unit installed to an arm front end side of the handling robot and dropping the bolts picked by the bolt picking unit to the fastening portion.
US11926466B1
The present invention relates to a self-lifting supply container that includes a movable tray, guides fastened to the movable tray, and container walls with tracks cut therethrough. The movable tray fits within the container walls allowing the movable tray to slide up and down the tracks. Elastic bands pass over pulleys that are secured to the container bottom and the guides. In operation, the weight of a supply material added to the movable tray causes the movable tray to descend into the container tower, tensioning the elastic bands and removing a portion of the supply material, reducing weight on the movable tray causes the movable tray to partially ascend the container tower keeping the supply material accessible to a user proximate to the container top regardless of the amount of the supply material remaining on the movable tray within the self-lifting supply container.
US11926464B2
An example multi-chamber beverage container includes a first chamber containing a first fluid, a second chamber containing at least one second consumable item different than the first fluid, and a tab attached to a connector. The connector extends through the second chamber. The example multi-chamber beverage container further includes a first seal between the first chamber and the second chamber. The first seal is attached to the connector and is configured to be broken in response to activation of the tab to move the connector such that the first chamber and the second chamber are in fluid communication.
US11926463B2
A bottle, having an antimicrobial property is provided. The bottle has one or more components including a body, a cap, a seal, and a locking ring. One or more of the components of the bottle are treated with an antimicrobial agent or comprise an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial is a silver based antimicrobial, a silver-glass antimicrobial, or other antimicrobial agent.
US11926459B2
A foil cartridge Tillable with a fluid, includes a film bag cartridge forming a cartridge sleeve, and a solid head part including at least one outlet opening to dispense the fluid out of the foil cartridge and an external thread to attach the foil cartridge to a support sleeve. The film bag cartridge is attached to the head part in an area of the external thread.
US11926458B1
A carrier for a plurality of containers includes an upper web having a plurality of upper web apertures, each for receiving a chime and a neck of one of the containers therethrough. Each upper web aperture has a plurality of tabs formed at an inside edge thereof. Each tab is configured for bending upward when contacting the chime of one of the containers. A lower web has a plurality of lower web apertures, each for receiving a body of one of the containers therethrough. A side web connects the upper web with the lower web, and may be formed together with the upper web and the lower web as a single piece, or into two separate portions that may be adhered or otherwise fastened together.
US11926426B2
An aircraft power system comprises a turbocharger, the turbocharger including a compressor for supplying combustion air to an internal combustion engine, a turbine operatively connected to an internal combustion engine to receive an exhaust flow from the internal combustion engine and convert energy of the exhaust flow into rotational power and, a turbo shaft operatively connecting the turbine to the compressor to transfer at least some of the rotational power to the compressor. A generator is operatively connected to the turbo shaft to receive at least some of the rotational power from the turbo shaft for generating electrical power. At least one electrically powered air-mover is electrically connected to the generator to receive at least some of the electrical power to produce thrust.
US11926418B2
The present specification provides a device and method for controlling a winch parcel delivery system through an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone. The example apparatus contemplates the use of a winch that will attach to a hook with active and passive release mechanisms through a winch line. The apparatus is enabled to attach to a parachute recovery system. The apparatus can detect when the ground has been reached to enable safe delivery of parcels. The apparatus can removably attach to various types of drones.
US11926411B2
A leg mechanism includes an articulated leg system, a passive device and a cable. The articulated leg system has a leg portion. The passive device is coupled to the articulated leg system and is configured to apply a first force to a portion thereof. The cable is coupled to the articulated leg system and is configured to apply a second force, in opposition to the first force, to a portion thereof. When the cable is drawn away from the articulated leg system, the second force moves the leg portion in a first direction. When tension is released from the cable, the passive device exerts the first force so as to move the leg portion a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
US11926406B2
A hatch locking device for an aircraft hatch includes an eccentric bush which can be connected to a hatch bulkhead of the aircraft hatch panel, an inner lining which is introduced into the eccentric bush and has a bolt receptacle which is oriented centrally along a bolt receptacle axis for receiving a locking bolt, a conical pressing sleeve in the inner lining, a conical clamping sleeve, the outer conical shell face of which is in displaceable engagement with an inner conical shell face of the conical pressing sleeve, and the inner cylindrical shell face of which is flush with the outer wall of the bolt receptacle, and linear actuators which are mounted on in each case two opposite sides of the conical pressing sleeve in the inner lining and are designed to displace the conical pressing sleeve along the bolt receptacle axis with respect to the conical clamping sleeve.
US11926403B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method for refueling an electric vehicle, the method comprising: detecting, by one or more sensors, a lock signal as a function of installing a battery pack into the electric vehicle; and enabling the battery pack, in response to installing the battery pack, wherein enabling the battery pack comprises a contactor. Aspects of the present disclosure may also be direct to a system for refueling an electric vehicle.
US11926394B2
A bicycle derailleur comprises a derailleur body, a charging port, a charging-port cover, and a cover connector. The charging port is configured to be detachably connected to a charging cable to charge an electric power source. The charging-port cover is configured to be detachably attached to the charging port. The charging-port cover has a detachment state in which the charging-port cover is detached from the derailleur body to allow connection between the charging port and the charging cable. The cover connector is configured to couple the charging-port cover to the derailleur body in the detachment state.
US11926363B2
A work vehicle according to the present invention includes left and right axle cases of a rigid axle type, and left and right suspension mechanisms movable in the up-down direction relative to body frames and separately supporting the left and right axle cases, respectively. The work vehicle also includes (i) a first projection projecting downward from the left or right one of the body frames, (ii) a second projection projecting upward from that position on either the left and right axle cases or a frame body integrated with the axle cases which is opposite to the first projection in the left-right direction, and (iii) a lateral rod having a first end connected with the first projection and a second end connected with the second projection.
US11926361B2
An adjusting drive for a motor-adjustable steering column may include an outer threaded spindle that has an external thread that engages with a spindle nut and that has an internal thread that is engaged by an inner threaded spindle. The spindle nut, the outer threaded spindle, and the inner threaded spindle can be driven in rotation relative to one another about an axis by a motor-type drive unit. The adjusting drive may also include a blocking device that is switchable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the outer threaded spindle is locked together with the spindle nut for conjoint rotation. In the second position the outer threaded spindle is locked together with the inner threaded spindle for conjoint rotation.
US11926354B2
A cyber defense system for a computer managed transportation network having agents, each functionally coupled to an on-board controller of one of at least one transportation network vehicles. Each agent is adapted to monitor or regulate vehicle functional-change communications, sent to the on-board controller of its coupled vehicle from on-board controllers of other vehicles or from control units of the transportation network, in accordance with a respective transportation network vehicle policy file generated by an artificial intelligence node monitoring various vehicles of the transportation network.
US11926351B2
A railroad wheel impact load detection test panel includes a secondary instrumentation rail proximate a field side of a primary or running rail of a section of railroad track, and elevated a prescribed distance so that the wheels of a rail car traverse the instrumentation rail within the test panel. The instrumentation rail includes an optical strain gauge to sense the wheel impact load. The sensed impact data is correlated with wheel damage signatures to identify wheels to be restored or replaced before failure occurs.
US11926347B2
Methods, computer systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing a conditional behavior prediction for one or more agents. The system obtains context data characterizing an environment. The context data includes data characterizing a plurality of agents, including a query agent and one or more target agents, in the environment at a current time point. The system further obtains data identifying a planned future trajectory for the query agent after the current time point, and for each target agent in the set, processes the context data and the data identifying the planned future trajectory using a first neural network to generate a conditional trajectory prediction output that defines a conditional probability distribution over possible future trajectories of the target agent after the current time point given that the query agent follows the planned future trajectory for the query agent after the current time point.
US11926345B2
A system includes a vehicle and a vehicle control system configured to autonomously control one or more operations of the vehicle. The system also includes a navigation receiver configured to identify a location of the vehicle and to provide the identified location to the vehicle control system. To identify the location of the vehicle, the navigation receiver is configured to identify whether navigation signals received by the navigation receiver are spoofed based on angles of arrival for the navigation signals and to suppress any of the navigation signals determined to be spoofed. The navigation receiver may be configured to suppress any of the navigation signals determined to be spoofed in order to prevent an illicit actor from misdirecting the vehicle to an undesired location and/or to prevent an illicit actor from causing the vehicle to make course corrections based on an incorrect current location of the vehicle.
US11926344B1
An autonomous vehicle includes a sensor detecting an object in a vicinity of the autonomous vehicle, a processor coupled to the sensor to receive sensor data from the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to process the sensor data to recognize that the object is a pedestrian or cyclist. The processor cooperates with the sensor to track the pedestrian or cyclist. The processor determines if the pedestrian or cyclist satisfies a notification criterion and, upon determining that the pedestrian or cyclist satisfies the notification criterion, the processor outputs an illumination signal. A light projector receives the illumination signal and projects a beam of light onto a portion of a road on which the pedestrian or cyclist is currently situated to visually notify the pedestrian or cyclist that the autonomous vehicle is presently tracking the pedestrian or cyclist.
US11926343B2
An autonomous vehicle can classify and prioritize agent of interest (AOI) objects located around the autonomous vehicle to manage computational resources. An example method performed by an autonomous vehicle includes determining, based on a location of the autonomous vehicle and based on a map, an area in which the autonomous vehicle is operated, determining, based on sensor data received from sensors located on or in the autonomous vehicle, attributes of objects located around the autonomous vehicle, where the attributes include information that describes a status of the objects located around the autonomous vehicle, selecting, based at least on the area, a classification policy that includes a plurality of rules that are associated with a plurality of classifications to classify the objects, and for each of the objects located around the autonomous vehicle: monitoring an object according to a classification of the object based on the classification policy.
US11926342B2
Among other things, techniques are described for notifying and explaining the action performed by an autonomous vehicle, including but not limited to: receiving a planned path of a vehicle, a state of the vehicle and environment data of an environment in which the vehicle is operating, receiving a deviation signal, determining whether the deviation signal was reported by a first system or a second system of the vehicle, in response selecting a first set of simulators or a second set of simulators for simulating the vehicle in the environment, simulating the vehicle in the environment using the selected first or second set of simulators, based on results of the simulating, generating a message and presenting the message to at least one occupant of the vehicle.
US11926336B2
An electric suspension control, in a vehicle including an electric suspension apparatus driven with a motor, short-circuits the motor and limits a vehicle speed to a predetermined speed or less, in a case where an abnormality occurs in the electric suspension apparatus.
US11926335B1
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are configured to perform operations comprising determining a symmetric scenario for a scenario; training a first machine learning model for the scenario based on first training data generated from second training data for the symmetric scenario; and generating a prediction for the scenario based on the first machine learning model.
US11926327B2
A drive system driving front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle includes a powertrain comprising an output shaft, a rear driveshaft coupled to the rear wheels, a drive mechanism coupling the output shaft to the rear wheels, a front driveshaft shaft coupled to the front wheels and a prop shaft coupling the rear driveshaft and to the front driveshaft.
US11926323B2
A vehicle controller includes: an engine controller configured to perform an IS control upon satisfaction of a predetermined stop condition and an engine restart control upon satisfaction of a predetermined restart condition; an HDC controller configured to perform, when the vehicle is traveling on a downhill road and a deceleration request according to an HDC control occurs, a target vehicle speed-based deceleration irrespective of brake operations by the driver; and an information acquisition part configured to acquire progress status information related to the engine restart control and including information on initiation and completion thereof. When an engine restart request according to the IS control and the deceleration request according to the HDC control occur in a temporally overlapping manner, while the engine controller performs the engine restart control in a prioritized manner, the HDC controller allows performing the target vehicle speed-based deceleration on the basis of the progress status information.
US11926315B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus for detecting risk factors around a vehicle. The present electronic apparatus comprises a communicator, a memory storing at least one computer-executable instruction, and a processor for executing the at least one computer-executable instruction, wherein the processor receives, through the communicator, an image obtained from a camera located to capture the outside of the vehicle, calculates a rollover index of an external vehicle on the basis of an image of the external vehicle included in the obtained image, and performs a preset operation according to the calculated rollover index.
US11926303B2
A non-return valve for a vehicle hydraulic-power brake system. The non-return valve has a valve-seat part in the form of an apertured disk, onto which is pressed a valve cage in which a valve ball is disposed as shut-off member and a helical compression spring is disposed as valve spring. A bowl-shaped filter is secured in a depression in the valve-seat part opposite the valve cage.
US11926299B2
Described are systems and methods for predicting road collisions between a host vehicle and one or more objects in the surroundings of the vehicle. In aspects, range rate and heading information is acquired regarding a moving object in the surroundings of the vehicle; possible vehicle trajectories of the vehicle are calculated; possible object trajectories are calculated from the range rate of the object, the heading of the object, and a possible turn and acceleration of the object; and a collision calculation is performed.
US11926297B2
A system for predicting a negative pressure of a brake booster of a vehicle includes: a driving information detector configured to detect driving information according to driving of the vehicle; and a controller configured to calculate a negative pressure of an intake manifold based on a pressure of the intake manifold and an atmospheric pressure that is the driving information and including a booster negative pressure predictor configured to predict the negative pressure of the brake booster by integrating over time a change rate according to a charging rate and a discharging rate of the negative pressure calculated using a previous negative pressure of the brake booster calculated in a previous cycle according to a logic for predicting the negative pressure of the brake booster and the negative pressure of the intake manifold and a brake pedal force of a current cycle.
US11926295B2
The present disclosure relates to an electric hydraulic brake device, which includes a main brake unit, which provides a braking fluid to a plurality of wheel cylinder units by driving a motor, a storage unit connected to the main brake unit and configured to store the braking fluid, and an auxiliary brake unit which is connected to the main brake unit and the storage unit and provides the braking fluid to some of the plurality of wheel cylinder units when an operation error of the main brake unit occurs and in which a hydraulic circuit is physically distinguished.
US11926293B2
A mounting mechanism (100), to enable hitching a tool (101) with the frame of a utility vehicle, comprises front hooks (102), a locking mechanism (104), a lifting cradle assembly (106), and a frame attachment mechanism (108). The front hooks (102) and the locking mechanism is configured to detachably engage the front and the rear portion of the tool (101) respectively. The cradle assembly (106) is configured to be operatively engaged with the front hooks (102) and the locking mechanism (104). The frame attachment mechanism (108) is configured to be pivotally coupled to the lifting cradle assembly (106). The locking mechanism (104) is configured to be operated by lifting the cradle assembly (106) via pivotal motion between the cradle and the frame attachment mechanism (108) under force generated by the vehicle (1000) to hitch and lock the tool (101) with the frame of the vehicle (1000).
US11926286B2
A retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle or truck. The vehicle step facilitates access to a cargo hold, interior, or roof of the vehicle. Advantageously, the vehicle step may provide clearance space relative to a tailgate of the vehicle by displacing a stepping member of the vehicle step in a generally lateral direction. The vehicle step desirably has a covered and protected biasing mechanism for transitioning between retracted and extended positions of the stepping member. Advantageously, the vehicle step may be pulled out from under the vehicle by the foot of a user. Another advantage is that the vehicle step is readily attachable to the vehicle using already existing connection members, thereby generally eliminating or mitigating the need for customized retrofitting and avoiding undesirable installation cost and time. Finally, the vehicle step may be configured into at least two different arrangements for attachment to a vehicle utilizing the same components.
US11926283B2
A system includes a first controller including a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive first acceleration data from an accelerometer; upon determining that the first acceleration data satisfies a first criterion, transmit a wake-up instruction to a second controller; upon determining that the first acceleration data fails to satisfy the first criterion, instruct the accelerometer to send second acceleration data; and upon determining that the second acceleration data satisfies a second criterion, transmit the wake-up instruction to the second controller. The first criterion includes jerk exceeding a jerk threshold.
US11926280B2
A seat belt pretensioner for a seat belt device in a vehicle, the pretensioner including a frame, a ball housing attached to the frame and a drive wheel located within the ball housing. A spool is connected to the drive wheel and is fixed to one end of a seat belt webbing so that the webbing may be wound around the spool. The pretensioner further includes a pipe connected to the ball housing and a gas generator connected to the pipe. At least one power transmission element is carried in the pipe and is driven by gas provided from the gas generator to contact the drive wheel and rotate the spool to retract the seat belt. A seal member is located between the at least one power transmission element and the gas generator. The seal member is sized to plug the pipe at an inlet to the ball housing.
US11926275B2
A cockpit module of a purpose built vehicle includes a crash pad, a steering wheel positioned in the crash pad, and a table, accommodated in the crash pad, including an extension structure configured to insert into and withdraw from the crash pad. A portion of the table extends from the crash pad in a rearward direction.
US11926263B2
An ECU generates an overhead image including a vehicle and a vehicle surrounding area, on the basis of a plurality of images taken by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle. When a distance between an object existing in an overlapping portion of imaging areas of the plurality of cameras and the vehicle is within a threshold and the object exists in a traveling direction of the vehicle, the overlapping portion is divided into two pairs of a road surface image and an object image, and combination is performed by alpha blending with an α value for the object image being set to 1 and an α value for the road surface image being set to 0 for an area that is the object image in one of the two pairs and is the road surface image in the other of the two pairs, to generate the overhead image.
US11926256B2
A notification device includes a calculation unit calculating, based on a speed of a vehicle, a vehicle stoppage distance by which the vehicle travels until the vehicle enters a stopped state while performing autonomous driving, a notification unit performing notification about information with respect to an outside of the vehicle, and a notification controller causing the notification unit not to perform notification about information indicating that the vehicle is in the middle of deceleration until the vehicle passes by a first soon-to-cross pedestrian and to cause the notification unit to perform notification about the information after the vehicle passes by the first soon-to-cross pedestrian when a distance between the vehicle and the first soon-to-cross pedestrian is smaller than the vehicle stoppage distance and a distance between the vehicle and a second soon-to-cross pedestrian is equal to or greater than the vehicle stoppage distance.
US11926253B1
A enclosure expansion system includes an expandable enclosure having a side panel having a first edge section and a second edge section, the first edge section and the second edge section are pivotally connected to a center section; a second side panel; a front panel; a back panel; the first side panel, the second side panel, the front panel, and the back panel open to displace a top away from a bottom, thereby creating an enclosed space between the first side panel, the second side panel, the front panel, and the back panel.
US11926235B2
A charge control device includes a controller configured to control an in-vehicle charger. The in-vehicle charger is configured to convert external power supplied from an external power source into supply power to provide the supply power to a battery and an in-vehicle device which are attached to an electric vehicle.
US11926230B2
Ease of connecting to a robot in a charging station is increased. A charging station includes a base having an upper face up on which a wheel rides, and a power supply terminal to be connected to a charging terminal of a robot. The upper face of the base is such that a target position is set in a far side region, while a reference entrance line that connects an entrance side specific position and the target position is set, and the upper face of the base includes an inverted face of a three-dimensional curved form that provides an entering wheel with a gravitational component that acts toward the reference entrance line side. The power supply terminal is connected to the charging terminal in a state wherein the wheel has arrived at the target position.
US11926225B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a case for a battery, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery. The case includes: a thermal management component configured to adjust temperature of a battery cell accommodated in the case; a first wall provided with a through hole, the through hole being configured to communicate a gas inside and outside the case; and a heat conducting component attached to the thermal management component and the first wall, the heat conducting component being configured to conduct heat of the thermal management component to the first wall, so that the first wall condenses a gas flowing from the outside of the case to the inside of the case through the through hole. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the safety of the battery can be enhanced.
US11926224B2
The present invention includes a battery pack maintenance device for performing maintenance on battery packs of hybrid and/or electrical vehicles (referred herein generally as electric vehicles). In various embodiments, the device includes one or more loads for connecting to a battery pack for use in discharging the battery pack, and/or charging circuitry for use in charging the battery pack. Optional input/output circuitry can be provided for communicating with circuitry of in the battery pack and/or circuitry of the vehicle.
US11926223B2
A first method of predicting the range of an electric vehicle comprises, determining a range value during a current vehicle operating cycle using a first range model, wherein the first range model is dependent on an energy consumption rate value recorded during a previous vehicle operating cycle. A second method of predicting the range of an electric vehicle comprises, monitoring a trailer detecting means of the vehicle; and determining a first range value if the trailer detecting means detects that a trailer is attached to the vehicle.
US11926221B2
A method for controlling transient operation of a variable flux machine (VFM) includes, during a shunt angle transition, receiving a commanded and measured shunt angle when operating in a predetermined operating region, e.g., maximum torque per ampere or field weakening. The method includes calculating d-axis and q-axis delta current terms (ΔId and ΔIq) required to maintain an output torque level of the VFM through a duration of the shunt angle transition, then applying the required ΔId and ΔId terms as feed-forward terms to adjust a d-axis current (Id) term and a q-axis current (Iq) term from a respective lookup table. In this manner the controller maintains the output torque level of the VFM during the shunt angle transition. An electric powertrain includes the VFM, a TPIM, and the controller. A PM machine may be controlled by substituting temperature for shunt angle.
US11926219B2
A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle includes a housing and an input shaft, which is provided to introduce torsional moments, which can be provided by an internal combustion engine, into the hybrid drive system, and which is rotatably mounted around a rotational axis. The system also includes an output shaft arranged coaxially in relation to the input shaft, an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, and a rotor support, which is non-rotationally connected to the rotor. The rotor support has a support hub, a support wall, and a support cylinder. The system also includes a separating clutch having a first inner disc carrier and a first outer disc carrier. A first bearing is arranged between the support hub and the housing. A second bearing is arranged between the support hub and the input shaft. The support wall and the support cylinder are a one-piece sheet metal part.
US11926216B2
A vibration damping device including a vibration-damping device main unit inserted into a mounting space of a bracket from a lateral side and securely supported by the bracket. The bracket includes engaging pieces on respective opposed inside faces of the mounting space, and engaging action of the engaging pieces with respect to respective detent engaging faces formed on a fixture member of the vibration-damping device main unit prevents the vibration-damping device main unit from becoming dislodged from the mounting space of the bracket. Opposed walls of the mounting space are each penetrated by an aperture window, and inspection flat surfaces are separately provided to an outside surface of each engaging piece visible from an outside through the aperture window and a corresponding external side surface of the bracket that is off the aperture window. The inspection flat surfaces are parallel to each other.
US11926208B2
A reserve fuel tank retention and control (RTRC) module and a method of operating a vehicle including an engine and a main fuel tank containing a fuel, the method including mounting the RTRC module onto the vehicle; fluidly connecting the RTRC module to the engine and to the main fuel tank; actuating a valve of the RTRC module for a predetermined time to purge moisture in a fuel supply hose into the engine; and upon the main fuel tank becoming empty, actuating the valve to allow fuel from the reserve fuel tank to supply the engine.
US11926202B2
A roof system comprises a stationary part configured to be attached to a fixed roof and includes guide rails on opposite sides of a roof opening. The guide rails slidably support an operating mechanism for a panel and include guide grooves bordered by guide flanges. The operating mechanism includes a driving slide for a panel front support, and a panel rear support. The rear support is connected to a panel bracket guide of a panel bracket extending alongside a corresponding edge of the panel. The panel bracket guide slidably engages the rear support so as to enable the panel to slide with respect to the rear support when the front support is driven by the driving slide. The front support engages a guide rail groove of an upright flange of each guide rail while the panel bracket guide extends mainly on the other, inner side of said upright flange.
US11926197B2
A door assembly for a motor vehicle includes a door trim panel attached to a door body on the vehicle inside. The door trim panel includes a first impact region and a second impact region formed integrally therewith, wherein at each of the impact regions, an intermediate space is formed between the door trim panel and the door body. In order to allow an optimized protection of an occupant's pelvic region from injury by a vehicle door in a side impact, the door trim panel includes a channel portion, which is recessed back towards the door body, is formed between the impact regions and has two mutually opposite wall portions extending in the vehicle transverse direction, each of which is formed integrally with an impact region.
US11926194B2
Provided is a front wing apparatus which includes a plurality of front wings, a lower spacer which is rotatably coupled to lower portions of the front wings and laterally connects the lower portions of the front wings, an upper spacer which is rotatably coupled to upper portions of the front wings and laterally connects the upper portions of the front wings, a spacer bar which vertically connects the lower spacer and the upper spacer, and a wing knob bar to which the spacer bar is fitted and which is coupled to the wing knob, wherein, when the wing knob is rotated in a left-right direction, the spacer bar fitted to the wing knob bar is moved in the left-right direction, and the front wings rotatably coupled to the lower spacer and the upper spacer connected to the spacer bar are rotated in the left-right direction.
US11926187B2
Technologies and techniques for producing a yawing movement in order to control the driving dynamics of a vehicle. A target yawing movement of the vehicle is determined from a target yaw rate preset by a preset steering angle, such that the vehicle can pass through the preset steering angle at the current vehicle speed, and the target yawing movement being divided into a steering yawing movement produced by the steering system, a rolling yawing movement and a drive yawing movement, wherein the rolling yawing movement is divided into individual rolling yawing movements of the individual wheels, which can be variably set.
US11926184B2
In a riding work vehicle, power of an engine is transmitted to a traveling wheel via a horizontally oriented transmission shaft and a vertically oriented transmission shaft. The traveling wheel is supported to be changeable in direction about a rotational axis of the vertically oriented transmission shaft. Each of the vertically oriented transmission shaft and a vertically oriented transmission case is provided as an inner/outer double structure expandable/contractible in association with sliding movement thereof. The vertically oriented transmission case is supported to be pivotable together with the traveling wheel. There is provided a vehicle height adjustment mechanism capable of switching, in a plurality of steps, a relative height of the traveling wheel relative to a vehicle body frame.
US11926178B2
Tire (1) comprising a tread (8), the tire comprising at least one groove (2), at least one wear indicator (3) disposed in the groove (2), the wear indicator comprising a contact face (7) intended to come into contact with a roadway when the tire reaches a wear limit, the groove (2) comprising a texture (4) produced integrally with a bottom (10) of this groove (2), said texture (4) surrounding the wear indicator (3) and contrasting with the contact face (7) of the wear indicator.
US11926177B2
In a tire having a specified mounting direction, groove area ratios Rin and Rout in ground contact regions on the vehicle inner and outer sides, respectively, satisfy Rin>Rout, average land portion areas Ain and Aout of intermediate regions Min and Mout on the vehicle inner and outer sides, respectively satisfy Ain
US11926176B2
A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, circumferential main grooves extending in a tread circumferential direction, and land portions defined between circumferential main grooves adjacent in a tread width direction among the circumferential main grooves, or by a circumferential main groove and a tread edge. The land portions include widthwise grooves (and/or widthwise sipes), extending in the tread width direction, each including a gradually decreasing groove (sipe) width portion in which a groove (sipe) width gradually decreases from the tread surface towards an inner side in the tire radial direction, a constant groove (sipe) width portion that extends from the gradually decreasing groove (sipe) width portion towards the inner side in the tire radial direction and has a constant groove (sipe) width, and a branched groove (sipe) portion branching and extending from the constant groove (sipe) width portion towards the inner side in the tire radial direction.
US11926175B2
An autonomous delivery vehicle having one or more caster wheels that may be held off the ground for a portion of the time that the autonomous delivery vehicle travels. Each caster wheel is mounted in a pivot with a centering mechanism to hold the caster wheels in a design orientation. The caster wheel in the design orientation maximizes the view of forward-looking sensors on the autonomous delivery vehicle. The centering mechanism uses magnetic attraction/repulsion to center the caster wheel. The centering mechanism may incorporate a plurality of permanent magnets and or electro-magnets.
US11926164B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge a liquid, a first liquid reservoir unit configured to store the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, a liquid supply port configured to supply the liquid stored in the first liquid reservoir unit into the recording head, a liquid supply path connecting the first liquid reservoir unit and the liquid supply port, a second reservoir unit, in the recording head, configured to store the liquid supplied from the liquid supply port, and a holding unit configured to hold the liquid supplied from the second reservoir unit, in the recording head, wherein the second reservoir unit includes an opening provided upward in a direction of a gravitational force with respect to the liquid supply port and is configured to supply the liquid to the holding unit, when the recording head is in a posture of performing recording.
US11926162B2
An ink refill container configured to refill an ink tank with ink and an ink refill system. An ink refill container includes a container main body having an ink chamber; an ink outlet forming portion provided at an edge of the container main body including an ink outlet configured to allow ink to flow out from the ink chamber; a valve provided in ink outlet forming portion and configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable and closable manner; and a positioning structure configured to abut on part of the ink tank and position the valve relative to ink tank when valve is opened. The positioning structure has a positioning surface located on an opposite side to a container main body side where the container main body is located, across the valve and extends in a direction intersecting with a center axis of the ink outlet.
US11926159B2
A control portion makes a recording head perform flushing processing every time a flushing area that does not overlap a recording medium faces the recording head but makes the recording head perform no flushing processing when a flushing area that at least in a part of it overlaps a recording medium faces the recording head. The longer a non-flashing period between the previous and present sessions of flushing processing, the larger the control portion makes the amount of ink ejected by each of nozzles in the present session of flushing processing.
US11926147B2
In a light radiation device including an upstream radiation portion, a middle radiation portion and a downstream radiation portion, the upstream radiation portion overlaps a nozzle array in a transportation direction. A controller includes a path controller to control a path operation of ejecting ink from the nozzle array onto a medium while moving a recording head and the light radiation device in a scanning direction, a transportation controller to control a transportation operation of, after the path operation, transporting the medium downstream in the transportation direction by a distance shorter than a length in the transportation direction of the nozzle array, and a first light radiation controller to control the light radiation device, during the path operation by the path controller, to turn on the upstream radiation portion and the downstream radiation portion and to turn off the middle radiation portion.
US11926145B2
An over-varnish unit and mandrel pre-spin system for a can decorator, especially for beverage can bodies, can have a mandrel pre-spin belt that is outside of the over-varnish unit housing. The position of the can infeed on the mandrel wheel and the print point is controlled.
US11926142B2
In some examples, a screen printing unit includes a screen printing forme cylinder, an impression cylinder, and at least one further rotational transport body. A fixing element of the impression cylinder includes inner and outer contact surfaces for clamping sheets. The inner contact surface has a base radius as a distance from an axis of rotation of the impression cylinder. A cylinder barrel of the impression cylinder has a supporting surface for sheets that includes an impression portion having a constant barrel radius, which extends over at least 170° about the axis of rotation of the impression cylinder and the barrel radius is larger than the base radius. A fixing element of the further rotational transport body includes an inner and an outer contact surface for clamping sheets. The inner contact surface includes the base radius as a distance from an axis of rotation of the further rotational transport body.
US11926141B2
A structural member including a lightweight core, one or more skins, and a crosslinking nanolayer interposed therebetween that results in significant mechanical strength in the structure. The core is a polymer of reduced density by way of included voids, such as an open or closed cell foam, honeycomb, or corrugated structure. The core polymer has a lower density and may have a higher softening or melting temperature than the polymer skin materials. The core may be discontinuous at the interface with the skin such that only a small percentage of the core surface is actually in contact with the skin compared to the overall area of the interface. The skin may be a thermoplastic layer that attaches to the core material. The skin may be a composite material including non-thermoplastic reinforcements. The crosslinking nanolayer is covalently bonded to the surface of the core material and provides molecular compatibility with the skin material.
US11926136B2
A composite foam article is disclosed herein. The composite foam article comprises a surface layer and a base layer with an interface therebetween. The surface layer comprises a high-resiliency polyurethane foam having an impact resilience of greater than about 50% when tested in accordance with ASTM D3574-17, and presents a seating surface. The base layer comprises a viscoelastic polyurethane foam having an impact resilience of less than about 50% when tested in accordance with ASTM D3574-17, and presents a mounting surface opposite the seating surface. The surface layer and the base layer are present in a thickness ratio of from about 17:3 to about 2:3.
US11926130B1
A composite panel includes a backing substrate and a first plurality of fiber tows. The first plurality of fiber tows is stitched to a first surface of the backing substrate in a predetermined pattern to form a fiber reinforced insert. A first polymer layer encapsulates the first surface of the backing substrate and the first plurality of fiber tows.
US11926124B2
A multi-layer film includes a skin layer and a seal layer. The multi-layer film may be used to form a package for a food product.
US11926121B1
A multifunction electromagnetic induction sealing liner includes, from top to bottom order, a composite function layer, an electromagnetic induction heating layer, and an adhesion layer combined together. The composite function layer includes, from top to bottom order, an information layer and a backing layer combined together. The information layer has therein an information chip and an antenna circuit electrically connected to the information chip. The composite function layer includes a grip portion, a primary cutting line and a secondary cutting line. The primary cutting line runs annularly and divides the composite function layer into an outer ring and an inner ring. The grip portion is disposed inside the inner ring and connected thereto. The secondary cutting line is disposed in the inner ring and connected to a lateral edge of the grip portion. The antenna circuit crosses the primary cutting line and/or the secondary cutting line.
US11926119B2
Disclosed is a dunnage apparatus, including a converting station and a deflector. The converting station converts a line of high-density supply material into low-density dunnage and ejects the dunnage at an exit in an exit trajectory along a path. The deflector is repositionable with respect to the exit between a first position, in which the deflector is interposed in the path to deflect the path of the dunnage from the exit trajectory to a first deflected trajectory, and a second position. The deflector is retained in each position during the ejection of the dunnage.
US11926115B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a sole (1) of a shoe. According to the invention, to produce a sole with cavities in a process-stable manner, the method comprises the following steps: a) producing a first sole part (2) in a first mould or mould part (3) by injecting the sole material into a mould cavity (4) of the first mould (3), wherein a number of volume elements (5) protrude into the mould cavity (4) and create cavities (6) in the first sole part (2); b) producing a second sole part (7) in a second mould (8) by injecting the sole material into a mould cavity (9) of the second mould (8), wherein a number of volume elements (10) protrude into the mould cavity (9) and create cavities (6) in the second sole part (7); c) after the first and second sole parts (2, 7) have solidified: removing the first and second sole parts (2, 7) from the first and second mould (3, 8) and placing the first and second sole parts (2, 7) into a third mould (11); d) pouring a joining material (14) over at least one section (12, 13) of the first and second sole parts (2, 7), the sections (12, 13) of the first and second sole part (2, 7) over which the material is poured adjoining each other, in order to join the first and second sole parts (2, 7) to each other.
US11926112B1
A tattoo arts practice pad is made by forming an otherwise-blank silicone pad having distributed pigment from a color dye, then lasering imagery onto the pad to result in traceable line images corresponding to areas that discolor the ink, so that discoloration in the shape of the line image on the pigment results without covering silicone with another material and without altering smoothness or silicone-tattoo needle interactions.
US11926110B2
A method for forming a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface includes forming first and second skins from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin. The method further includes overmolding fiber-reinforced thermoplastic features onto the first skin and/or second skin, including stiffener structures, sidewalls, and/or hinges. The method further comprises welding or consolidating the first and second skins together, along with the associated internal features overmolded thereon to form a single-piece, stiffened, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface.
US11926101B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to identify a property of a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) part to be fabricated and determine, based on the identified property, a thermal value associated with the portion. The instructions may also cause the processor to, based on the determined thermal value, determine a first agent composition to be used to fabricate the portion and determine a second agent composition to be used to fabricate a section external and adjacent to the portion, in which the first agent composition and the second agent composition may be determined to cause the portion and the external section to be fabricated to have the identified property while maintaining the external section separate from the portion.
US11926099B2
A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a structure. The system may include a motion platform, a print head, and a drive. The drive may include a base connectable to the motion platform, a slipring disposed inside of the base, and a drivetrain extending between the base and the print head.
US11926098B1
A wire feeding mechanism suitable for fused deposition Additive Manufacturing (AM) of a flexible wire is provided, which includes a support housing. A melting nozzle is arranged at the lower end of the support housing, a hook is connected to the inner wall of the top end of the support housing, a connecting rod is connected to the inner wall of one side of the support housing, a wire drawing mechanism is connected to one end of the connecting rod, the wire drawing mechanism is located at the lower end of the hook, a limiting mechanism and a wire guide mechanism are connected to the inner wall of one side of the support housing, the limiting mechanism is located at the lower end of the wire drawing mechanism, the wire guide mechanism is located at the lower end of the limiting mechanism.
US11926088B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced composite material achieving both lightweight properties and mechanical properties, a laminate thereof, and a prepreg capable of easily molding a sandwich structure thereof. The present invention is a prepreg comprising a reinforced fiber substrate (B) impregnated with a resin (A), wherein the reinforced fiber substrate (B) exists in a folded state having a plurality of folds with a fold angle of 0° or more and less than 90° in the prepreg.
US11926087B2
A testing apparatus for obtaining mechanical properties of a polymer composite extruded from a nozzle of a compounding extruder includes a plurality of pairs of roller units that roll the polymer composite along a first direction. Each of the pairs of roller units includes a first roller unit and a second roller unit disposed such that a center of the first roller unit and a center of the second roller unit are separated by a predetermined distance in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The pairs of roller units are disposed along the first direction such that the predetermined distance of each of the pairs of roller units increases stepwise along the first direction. The pairs of roller units strain a vulnerable portion of the polymer composite in the second direction. The testing apparatus further includes a sensor that measures stress in the vulnerable portion.
US11926083B2
The dating system for molds comprises a marking element (1) that engraves a determined date; wherein said marking element (1) comprises interchangeable inserts (2) indicating said determined date, said determined date being defined by letters and/or numbers, forming a line. It permits to obtain the advantages of: the reading of the information is much clearer than the traditional date stamps; it requires a minimum space, which allows to adapt it to practically any mold; and it is much more dynamic than traditional daters, as it can provide date information in multiple formats, such as day and month, or week and year number, or combinations thereof.
US11926076B2
Described herein is a manual process for injection molding of coated components, more particularly coated soles of plastic, where first of all the molding tool is lined with a release agent composition and, after flashing of this release agent composition, a composition for forming the component is injected. After crosslinking of these two compositions, the produced coated component is removed from the molding tool and subjected optionally to an aftertreatment.
US11926071B2
A filler material is applied to a plurality of wood elements. The plurality of wood elements is bonded into a composite wood product, where the bonding includes delivering ultrasound energy to the plurality of wood elements. The ultrasound energy has a frequency within a frequency range of 10 kHz-20 MHz.
US11926067B2
In a robot control system, the operation of a mobile robot that moves autonomously inside a facility is controlled based at least on an image captured by a photographing device that photographs a blind area located at a blind angle to the mobile robot. When entry of the mobile robot into a predetermined area corresponding to the blind area is detected, the amount of information obtainable from an image captured by the photographing device is increased.
US11926065B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a vision-based operation method and system for a robot. The electronic device includes at least one processing unit; and a memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing computer program instructions therein, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the electronic device to perform acts including: obtaining an image containing a tool of a robot and an object to be operated by the tool, the image being captured by a camera with a parameter, obtaining a command for operating the tool, the command generated based on the image; and controlling the robot based on the command and the parameter. Embodiments of the present disclosure can greatly improve the accuracy, efficiency and safety of an operation of a robot.
US11926060B2
A method of transporting an object using a system comprising a plurality of robots. The method comprises one or more robots of the plurality of robots arranging themselves to each exert a respective transporting force on the object. Each of the one or more robots evaluates whether it satisfies a transport criterion while arranged to exert the respective transporting force on the object. If all of the one or more robots satisfy the transport criterion, the one or more robots exert the respective transporting forces on the object to transport the object towards a destination. At least one of the one or more robots evaluates whether it satisfies the transport criterion based on observations of other robots of the plurality of robots within its vicinity.
US11926058B2
An information providing device includes a storage section configured to register and store information related to a work robot and information on processing models related to the structures, an operation program configured to execute an operation of a work system in a virtual space by using information on the structures and information on a processing model related to the structures; and a control section configured to acquire selection information in which the information on the two or more structures and the processing model related to the structures stored in the storage section are selected, read the information on the structures and the information on the processing model included in the selection information from the storage section, execute processing of the processing model in a state in which the two or more structures are connected by the operation program in the virtual space, and output an executed processing result.
US11926052B2
A robot control method includes: acquiring distances between a center of mass (COM) of the biped robot and each of preset key points of feet of the biped robot, and acquiring an initial position of the COM of the biped robot; calculating a position offset of the COM based on the distances; adjusting the initial position of the COM based on the position offset of the COM to obtain a desired position of the COM of the biped robot; and determining desired walking parameters of the biped robot based on the desired position of the COM by using a preset inverse kinematics algorithm, wherein the desired walking parameters are configured to control the biped robot to walk.
US11926048B2
Modular components may be used to build a robotic manipulator. A subset of the modular components can be selected to build the robotic manipulator based on a schematic. The subset of modular components can be assembled in different combinations to build the robotic manipulator. Using one of the combinations of the subset of modular components, the robotic manipulator can be built.
US11926041B2
Disclosed are a design and manufacturing method for a three-dimensional electromechanical adhesive surface structure capable of adhesive force manipulation and tactile sensing by using 3D printing. The three-dimensional electromechanical adhesive surface structure includes: a body; a plurality of three-dimensional micro pillar structures which are attached to the body at a certain angle; and a wire which supplies voltage to the plurality of three-dimensional micro pillar structures. The three-dimensional micro pillar structure includes: a pillar which is attached to the body at a certain angle and is formed integrally with the body; a conductive material which is applied to surround the pillar; and an insulating material coated to surround the conductive material in order to be insulated from an opposite surface. The voltage supplied through the wire is supplied to the conductive material. A passage for providing the wire is formed under the plurality of three-dimensional micro pillar structures of the body. As a result, a technology allowing a robot to recognize, feel, and move an object beyond the human level is implemented, so that it is possible to maximize the convenience and efficiency.
US11926018B2
There is provided an apparatus for polishing, comprising a polishing table configured to support and rotate a polishing pad; a holder configured to hold an object and press the object against the polishing pad; a polishing solution supply device provided with a contact member and configured to supply a polishing solution to an opening in a bottom face of the contact member in a state that the contact member comes into contact with or is adjacent to the polishing pad, thereby spreading the polishing solution on the polishing pad, the polishing solution supply device causing at least part of used polishing solution returned by rotation of the polishing pad to be dammed up by the contact member and setting the contact member either in a direction of keeping the dammed up polishing solution on the polishing pad or in a direction of discharging the dammed up polishing solution, according to an angle of the polishing solution supply device with respect to a radial direction of the polishing pad; an arm linked with the polishing solution supply device; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the polishing solution supply device with respect to the arm; and a controller configured to control the rotating mechanism to change the angle of the polishing solution supply device with respect to the radial direction of the polishing pad and thereby control a discharge amount of the polishing solution by the contact member of the polishing solution supply device.
US11926015B2
Disclosed is a magnetorheological intelligent fixture for grinding, including a container (1), a water bladder (2), a pressure transmitter (4), a water pump (15), a first electromagnet (8), a controller (10), and an elastic telescopic rod. The elastic telescopic rod is disposed at a bottom of the container (1). Each side wall of the container (1) is provided with the water bladder (2). The water bladders (2) are mutually communicated. The water bladders (2) are respectively communicated with the pressure transmitter (14) and the water pump (15) respectively. The water pump (15) is connected to the water tank (6). A workpiece to be clamped is disposed at a top of the elastic telescopic rod. The container (1) is disposed above the first electromagnet (18). The first electromagnet (8), the pressure transmitter (4), and the water pump (15) are all electrically connected to the controller (10).
US11926011B2
A powered tool includes a housing, a drive source, a drive body, a sealing part, and a holding part. The drive source is rotatable in the housing. The drive body is supported in the housing and reciprocatable by a driving force of the drive source. The sealing part is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the drive body. The holding part is positioned around the drive body. The holding part surrounds the sealing part and supports the sealing part to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drive body. The holding part includes a lubrication oil accommodating part retaining a lubricant supplied to the outer peripheral surface of the drive body.
US11926009B2
An apparatus for restoring a deformed portion of a beverage preparation capsule to a shape that approximates its original shape. The apparatus comprises a seat configured to accommodate the capsule, a bending device configured to engage the deformed portion of the capsule, and a drive device to relatively move the bending device and at least part of the seat to cause the bending device to restore the deformed portion of the capsule to a shape that at least approximates its original shape.
US11926007B2
A press-fitting direction position of a pressing surface of a pressing portion of a press-fitting tool and a press-fitting direction position of a restriction surface of a restriction portion of the press-fitting tool are set so that one of a press-fitting component and a press-fitting target component is stopped at a prescribed press-fitting stop position. A press-fitting method includes: adjusting a press-fitting interval dimension in a press-fitting direction between the pressing surface of the pressing portion and the restriction surface of the restriction portion so as to obtain a press-fitting stop position that is set according to component dimensions of the press-fitting component and component dimensions of the press-fitting target component; press-fitting the press-fitting component with the press-fitting target component; and stopping the press-fitting of the press-fitting component with the press-fitting target component by bringing the restriction portion into contact with the press-fitting target component.
US11926005B2
A mill bit for the manufacture of a wind turbine blade includes an elongate based body having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface, and an internal bore that defines an inner surface, one or more flutes formed on the outer surface that defines one or more teeth, and an abrasive coating on at least a portion of the outer surface, wherein the one or more flutes are free of the abrasive coating. An abrasive coating may be selectively applied on the inner surface to provide flutes on the inner surface. Additionally, porting bores may be provided through the mill bit to fluidly connect the outside and inside of the mill bit. A method of making a mill bit is also described.
US11926003B2
A system and method provide gasless, mechanized, field welding of an exterior of a tubular structure such as a pipeline, without the need for an enclosure. An embodiment consolidates some of the welding equipment on a skid for ease of transport to and from a remote worksite. The gasless weld may be achieved despite the presence of wind, by precisely controlling an arc voltage as disclosed. The footprint and weight of the system may be minimized, along with the associated labor, expense, and environmental impact otherwise incurred by conventional welding techniques using enclosures.
US11926002B1
The invention belongs to the field of welding technology and discloses a CMT automatic overlaying method for opening in side wall of bimetallic composite pipes. The method includes: establishing a mathematical model of the opening in a side wall to be welded; Based on the mathematical model, determining the trajectory of the saddle line during overlaying; dividing the trajectory of the saddle line into several welding runs, all of which adopt the downslope welding process; establishing a three-dimensional model of the opening in the side wall to be welded and a CMT overlaying system simulation model; Based on the simulation model, planning the overlaying path of the CMT overlaying, and generating an overlaying offline instruction; Based on the offline instruction, performing CMT overlaying on the opening in the side wall to be welded according to the overlaying sequence, so as to obtain a weld overlay.
US11925998B2
A system for forming a vehicle component includes a first metal sheet having an aperture, a second metal sheet contacting a lower surface of the first metal sheet, an anvil supporting the first and second metal sheets beneath the aperture, and a press bit disposed above the aperture.
US11925997B1
To solve the problems of conventional wire billet butt-welding such as high labor intensity, potential safety hazards, and low production efficiency, the disclosure provides a wire billet butt-welding apparatus and a wire billet butt-welding method. The wire billet butt-welding method comprises: S1: preparing a stock, S2: rotating a butt-welding stock receiver to a stock receiving position, and feeding a first coil of wire billet to a stock receiving rod of the butt-welding stock receiver; S3: welding the first coil of wire billet and the second coil of wire billet on a rotary plate at the butt-welding position end-to-head; S4: rotating the butt-welding stock receiver and the second coil of wire billet to the stock receiving position; S5: rotating the stock receiving rod to rotate to tighten the wire billet between the first coil of wire billet and the second coil of wire billet; and S6: repeating steps S3 to S5 to complete butt-welding operations on the 3rd to nth coils of wire billet sequentially. The solution implements semi-automated butt-welding operation; with provision of the rotary plate and the butt-welding stock receiver, enables automatic loading, automatic flipping, and automatic discharging, which reduces the manual workload, lowers the safety hazards, and improves the production efficiency.
US11925984B2
A powder-metallurgical sintered molybdenum part which is present as a solid body has the following composition: a molybdenum content of ≥99.93% by weight, a boron content “B” of ≥3 ppmw and a carbon content “C” of ≥3 ppmw, with a total content “BaC” of carbon and boron being in a range of 15 ppmw≤“BaC”≤50 ppmw, an oxygen content “O” in a range of 3 ppmw≤“O”≤20 ppmw, a maximum tungsten content of ≤330 ppmw and a maximum proportion of other impurities of ≤300 ppmw. A powder-metallurgical process for producing such a sintered molybdenum part is also provided.
US11925975B2
A die casting machine of an embodiment includes: a holding furnace holding molten metal; a sleeve located outside the holding furnace and having a molten metal supply port passing through a mold; a plunger sliding through the sleeve and including a plunger rod and a plunger tip fixed to a tip of the plunger rod; a molten metal supply pipe pushed against the sleeve to cover the molten metal supply port and supplying the molten metal into the sleeve; and a pushing force variable mechanism reducing a pushing force for the sleeve in the molten metal supply pipe when the plunger is sliding.
US11925972B2
A precision forging method includes arranging a metal material in a die cavity so that a distal end surface of a wall portion of the metal material is opposed toward a stopper and a bottom portion of the metal material is opposed toward a punch. Further, the precision forging method includes moving the punch, which includes a cutting blade on an edge of a working end surface, in the die cavity to cut part of the wall portion thickness-wise with the cutting blade and cause shear deformation in the cut portion.
US11925969B2
An orthodontic wire bending device includes a providing part, a bending unit and a cutting part. The providing part is configured to provide a wire. The bending unit is disposed at a front side of the providing part, and includes a fixing part and a bending part. The fixing part is configured to fix the wire. The bending part is configured to bend the wire fixed by the fixing part. The cutting part is configured to cut the wire bent by the bending part. The bending part includes a bending module, and the bending module is rotated along a circumferential direction or moves along a direction to make contact with at least one side of the wire for bending the wire.
US11925964B2
In accordance with various embodiments and aspects of the invention, an apparatus is disclosed that allows removal of reclaim from a cannabis consumption device. After placing the cannabis consumption device in the apparatus, the apparatus is placed in an oven. The heat from the oven liquefies the reclaim and the reclaim drains into the apparatus. According to one or more embodiments, the apparatus has a base with clips for an oven rack, a wedge to aid in the apparatus not tipping, a brace that connects the base to the back, a notch in the brace to retain a cannabis consumption device, and a shelf with one or more tubes that allow the reclaim to drain into a containment tray. According to one or more embodiments, one or more of the tubes may have a taper.
US11925961B1
A containment berm having a flexible, substantially impermeable polymer material forming a ground section with a plurality of sidewalls extending upward from the ground section. A plurality of bracket assemblies are positioned on an external surface of the containment berm. Each of the bracket assemblies includes (i) a pair of first leg segments having first and second ends, the pair of first leg segments being joined by an end segment at their second ends; (ii) a pair of second leg segments having first and second ends, the pair of second leg segments being configured to allow relative movement between their second ends; and (iii) the pair of first leg segments and the pair of second leg segments being joined at their first ends in a substantially perpendicular configuration. One of either the pair of first or second of leg segments engages pockets on the sidewalls.
US11925951B2
The disclosure relates to an extended-range spray applicator, and methods of making and use thereof, for dosing vaccines and/or probiotics to avian animals at a distance.
US11925937B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for converting metal-containing waste wood material into livestock bedding having a reduced metal content. Waste wood, such as used or broken pallets is placed in a hammermill having a screen with holes of a larger diameter. The output of that hammermill is then placed in a hammermill having a screen with holes of a smaller diameter. A crossbelt system of magnets is passed across the waste wood to remove nails and other metal contaminates from the waste wood to produce a low metal content livestock bedding having particles of a consistent size.
US11925931B2
Humidified sample preparation station for serial crystallography according to one embodiment is a humidified enclosure that delivers relative humidities above 95% and preferably above 97% in standard operation, and that can allow microscope observation of samples within. Humidified sample preparation station for serial crystallography can be used for preparation of protein crystal samples for examination using X-rays and for protein structure determination by X-ray crystallography, involving addition of liquid to the sample and removal of liquid from the sample using vacuum or suction.
US11925926B2
Platinum complexes having ferrocene-diphosphine ligands for catalysis of the hydroxycarbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
US11925923B2
A pulsed compression reactor may include a reactor housing, a spring piston, and a driver piston. The reactor housing may define an interior volume, and may include a first passage and a second passage which lead to the interior volume. The spring piston may be positioned within the interior volume, wherein the spring piston and the reactor housing at least partially define a perimeter of a gas spring buffer chamber within the interior volume. The driver piston may be positioned within the interior volume, wherein the spring piston, the driver piston, and the reactor housing at least partially define a perimeter of a reaction chamber within the interior volume.
US11925913B2
An automated apparatus for preparing a liquid bioprocess solution includes at least one mixing chamber having a lower port and an upper port for fluid to enter the at least one mixing chamber, an array of tubing for fluid flow within the system, a plurality of valves provided within the tubing, and a mixing controller configured to cause the automated apparatus to perform a series of sequential mixing steps causing the preparation of the liquid bioprocess solution from a dry ingredient. The series of sequential mixing steps include opening a first valve associated with the lower port to provide fluid to the at least one mixing chamber through the lower port, and after a predetermined amount of elapsed time, closing the first valve and opening a second valve associated with the upper port to provide fluid to the at least one mixing chamber through the upper port.
US11925912B2
The disclosure features a system that includes a plurality of material tanks, each of which includes at least one material for forming a chemical composition and includes a first recirculation loop; at least one mixing tank in which the materials from the material tanks are mixed to form a chemical composition, the mixing tank including a second recirculation loop; and at least one holding tank configured to continuously receive the chemical composition from the mixing tank, the holding tank including a third recirculation loop. The system may further include a plurality of fluid flow controller units and be configured to form material and chemical composition flows in an in-process steady state.
US11925906B1
A preparation method and a device for a seawater desalination-seawater extraction uranium membrane lining are provided. The preparation method is as follow: the lining is configured as a finished product for standby through the following process, including cleaning, drying, restoration of circular, generating burrs, fixing the length of burrs; the device includes the first module, the second module, the third module, the fourth module and the fifth module. The present invention has the advantages of simple operation, short time, low cost and obvious treatment effect, the bonding strength between the separation function layer and the lining is enhanced, and the separation function layer is not easy to fall off, the physical damage resistance is greatly increased, it is not easy to fall off and the initial bubble point pressure of the prepared enhanced film is high.
US11925900B2
Process for reducing the content of NOx and N2O from an input tail gas of a nitric acid process, said input tail gas having a temperature lower than 400° C., the process comprising an abatement stage at least including a deN2O stage and deNOx stage and providing a conditioned tail gas having a temperature greater than the input tail gas, wherein, prior to submission to said abatement stage, said input tail gas is pre-heated to a temperature of at least 400° C. by indirect heat exchange with at least a portion of said conditioned gas.
US11925892B2
A filter element is provided. The filter element includes a filter media pack including an outer surface. The outer surface extending between a first flow face and a second flow face. The filter element also includes a polymeric coating applied to the outer surface of the filter media pack, wherein the polymeric coating is not a molded structure. In embodiments, the polymeric coating covers at least 25% of a span between the first flow face and the second flow face and has an average thickness of between 0.005 and 0.100 in. In other embodiments, the polymeric coating has a surface roughness of at least 50 μin to provide an outer gripping surface. A method and system for applying the polymeric coating to the filter element are also provided.
US11925885B2
A filter has a filter center tube that includes a plurality of layers of solidified material including a first layer with a first undulating strip of solidified material extending in a first predetermined direction, and a second layer with a second undulating strip of solidified material extending in a second predetermined direction. The first layer is in contact with the second layer and the first predetermined direction is not parallel with the second predetermined direction, forming a plurality of pores therebetween.
US11925883B2
Defoamer formulations with rapid knockdown and extended performance contain specific polyorganosiloxanes having alkylene linkages between siloxy groups, silicone resins, fillers, a polyoxyethylene surfactant, and an organic or inorganic acid.
US11925877B2
The present disclosure discloses a relay toy for recalling a life course comprising a smart device and a mission-accomplishing relay toy. The smart device is wirelessly connected to the mission-accomplishing relay toy via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. The mission-accomplishing relay toy comprises a magnetic guiding bar, a ferromagnetic ball, one or more transverse channels, and a plurality of physical levels, and the smart device comprises a plurality of virtual levels corresponding to the plurality of physical levels.
US11925863B2
Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting an interactive game in augmented reality on the display of a smart eyewear device. A hand tracking utility detects and tracks the location of hand gestures in real time, based on high-definition video data. The detected hand gestures are compared to library of hand gestures and landmarks. Examples include synchronized, multi-player games in which each device detects and shares hand gestures with other devices for evaluation and scoring. A single-player example includes gesture-shaped icons presented on a virtual scroll that appears to move toward an apparent collision with corresponding key images, awarding points if the player's hand is located near the apparent collision and the detected hand shape matches the moving icon.
US11925851B2
An exercise assisting device includes at least one processor. The processor obtains motion data on a current exercise form of a user performing a certain repetitive exercise motion including a certain motion state. Based on the obtained motion data, the processor determines a point of time at which the motion state occurs in one cycle of the repetitive exercise motion. Based on the obtained motion data and the point of time, the processor obtains the current exercise form in the motion state. The processor obtains a difference between the obtained current exercise form and a target exercise form. The processor causes an actuator to apply a stimulus to a body of the user based on the difference. The actuator is attached to a part of the body of the user constituting the exercise form. The stimulus suggests correction of the exercise form and indicates a direction to move the part.
US11925850B2
There is provided a portable wall-mountable sports stick rack. The rack has a compliant support having a front side and an opposed rear side; a plurality of sports stick retaining channels along the front side adapted to receive a sports stick therethrough; and an adhesive layer associated with the rear side, the adhesive layer configured to removeably mount the sports stick rack to a wall surface.
US11925849B1
A golf swing training device comprising a track with a C-shaped cross-section, a roller bearing assembly located within the C-shaped cross-section of the track such that the roller bearing assembly is capable of moving freely along the length of the track but is incapable of disengaging from the track, and a clamp pivotally mounted to the roller bearing assembly, where the clamp is capable of receiving a club shaft. The track may be mounted on height-adjustable legs, allowing the angle of the track to be adjusted. The device may allow a user to practice the user's golf swing without the ability to alter the swing from the path of the track, allowing the user to develop muscle memory to produce a consistent swing.
US11925847B2
A multi-dimensional adjustable device for use in training skiers is disclosed. The ski training device of the present invention provides a horizontal support bar having a cushioned proximal end for comfortably engagement with a skier's chest and an opposite, distal end which can be gripped by a ski instructor. Specifically, a pair of adjustable upward-facing handles is positioned on the support bar to be gripped by the skier after the width between the handles is adjusted in accordance with the width of the skier's shoulders, and after the pair of handles is adjustably positioned along the length of said support bar in accordance with the length of the skier's arms. In this manner, skier leans forward in a proper skiing position. The distal end of the support bar provides a hand grip for the instructor. Also, an additional grip is adjustably positioned near the distal end, which provides an alternative grip for the instructor. In use, the skier is guided by a trained ski instructor or individual who directs the learning skier into turns, stops, and starts, while the skier is leaning forward, and properly faces the skier downhill in the “fall line” direction.
US11925843B1
A playing implement for a paddle for facilitating playing with the paddle. Further, the playing implement may include a surface plate. Further, the surface plate may be comprised of at least one layer of material. Further, the surface plate may be configured to be removably attached to a core portion of the paddle using at least one adhesive. Further, the at least one adhesive may be applicable on an inner side of the surface plate. Further, the surface plate has a shape corresponding to a core shape of the core portion. Further, the surface plate may include a playing surface on an outer side of the surface plate. Further, the outer side opposes the inner side.
US11925827B2
An exercise apparatus includes a first cable, a first motor configured to apply a tension to the first cable, a pair of pulleys, and a terminal. The first cable extends from the first motor, past the pair of pulleys, and to the terminal, and the terminal constrains a distal end of the first cable from retracting toward the first motor away from the terminal such that at least a minimum length of the first cable is maintained between the first motor and the terminal. The exercise apparatus also includes a first connection point between the pair of pulleys, wherein the first connection point is configured to selectively redirect the cable between the pair of pulley such that the first connection point experiences a first force corresponding to double the tension.
US11925825B1
A linkage control system and a linkage control method for battery clusters are provided in the disclosure. In the system, when thermal runaway occurs in a certain battery cluster, in the condition that an inhibitor in an isolation-and-suppression device in the battery cluster is in a normal state, the control host can suppress thermal runaway of the battery cluster by the inhibitor in the isolation-and-suppression device. In the condition that the inhibitor in the isolation-and-suppression device is in an abnormal state, the control host can determine, from adjacent battery clusters, a battery cluster capable of supporting an inhibitor, to solve thermal runaway by the inhibitor in the isolation-and-suppression device in the battery cluster.
US11925819B2
The treatment couch includes a couch panel, a main supporting structure, an auxiliary supporting structure and a supporting beam. Both ends of the supporting beam are respectively connected to the main supporting structure and the auxiliary supporting structure.
US11925817B2
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for displaying on the first display, wherein the first graphical user interface contains one or more pages corresponding to one or more stages of a radiotherapy treatment, wherein the server transitions from a first page of the one or more pages representing a first stage to a second page of the one or more pages representing a second stage responsive to an indication that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
US11925798B2
A method for synchronously driving more than two or more rotational tissue screws and a method for simultaneously affixing a medical device to tissue employing the synchronous drive system. The method employs a synchronous drive system is particularly configured to affix an apical cuff to cardiac muscle tissue by simultaneously driving a plurality of rotational tissue screws through the apical cuff and into cardiac muscle tissue thereby affixing the apical cuff to the cardiac muscle tissue.
US11925794B2
A catheter pump system with a pump having a fluid displacement member in the blood flow channel, a motor and a motor controller having a pressure sensing port for connection to a control pressure source. The motor controller is arranged for causing motor speed to be increased in response to a reduction of pressure applied to the pressure sensing port and for causing motor speed to be reduced in response to an increase of pressure applied to the pressure sensing port. The motor may be a pneumatic motor for driving the pump and the motor controller may be arranged for controlling motor speed by reducing flow through a supply channel to the motor and allowing an increase of flow through the supply channel to the motor in response to control signals received via an input interface.
US11925792B2
An apparatus for the destruction of needles and other sharp objects using electrical current. In addition to an incineration ports where needles are inserted for destruction, the apparatus also includes certain improvements related to the shape and composition of the electrical contacts, certain safety circuits related to power source overheating, and digital monitoring and control of current throughput to minimize sparking.
US11925789B2
An elastic physiological patch includes a patch assembly and an implant assembly. The patch assembly includes an electronic device, and a soft patch body defining a chamber for receiving the electronic device. The implant assembly is mountable to the electronic device and includes an implant which is capable of being driven to partially pass through the patch body and which is adapted to be implanted in the skin of a subject. The implant and the patch body cooperatively seal the chamber.
US11925787B2
A system may include a flow sensor and a base. The flow sensor may be configured to connect to the base. The flow sensor may include a flow tube including a fluid inlet at a first end of the flow tube, a fluid outlet at a second end of the flow tube opposite the first end of the flow tube, and a fluid injection port between the first end and the second end of the flow tube. The base may include a short range wireless communication device including a curved coil antenna.
US11925784B2
This invention provides an insulin injection device, comprising: a wearable module, a detection module and a drug administration module, wherein the wearable module is used for fixing the detection module and the drug administration module to a body of a user; the detection module is used for detecting a blood glucose concentration of the user, determining a dose of required insulin according to the blood glucose concentration, generating a corresponding drug administration instruction according to the dose of the required insulin, and sending the drug administration instruction to the drug administration module; and the drug administration module is used for storing the insulin and injecting a corresponding dose of insulin into the body of the user according to the drug administration instruction. The device can bring convenience to patients regarding usage.
US11925783B2
A priming assembly for a drug delivery device includes a hub, a base connected to the hub and moveable relative to the hub between a first position and a second position, with the base defining a passageway, a cap defining an interior chamber and a passageway in fluid communication with the interior chamber, and a needle connected to the hub and positioned within the interior chamber of the cap, where the passageway of the base is in fluid communication with the passageway of the cap when the base is in the first position, and where the passageway of the base is isolated from the passageway of the cap when the base is in the second position.
US11925782B2
A method for rotatable selection of sites for cannulation of a subcutaneous vascular access vessel comprises the step of providing a template defining an opening for a plurality of zones, each of the plurality of zones configured for receiving a plurality of simultaneous cannulations accessing the vascular access vessel. The outer surface of the template is marked, the marking defining each of the plurality of zones for use as cannulation sites along the vascular access vessel. The template is positioned on the skin of the patient adjacent the subcutaneous vascular access vessel such that the opening aligns with the vascular access vessel, and the marking is used for selecting a first zone for a cannulation site into the vascular access vessel such that the cannulation site in the first zone is spaced from and not adjacent to a second zone used for cannulation immediately previously to the first zone.
US11925772B2
A powered catheter and/or powered catheter system is described. The catheter includes a catheter hub with one set of contact components that are configured to connect to a mating cable with a corresponding second set of contact components. The mating cable can be part of another device, such as a controller or power source.
US11925768B2
A method for insertion, maintenance, and removal of urethral catheters in mammals including humans includes steps for preventing or reducing the incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections. In addition to sterile procedures currently practiced or as may be practiced in the future in connection with catheter use, the method includes the steps of applying an antiseptic, zwitterionic, and acidic skincare solution capable of preserving the stratum corneum to the perineum, meatus, and contiguous mucosa surrounding the insertion site before insertion, after insertion, periodically during the period of indwelling, in connection with any incidence of incontinence, and, optionally, before and after removal of the catheter. Application of the solution optionally is continued after catheter removal on a periodic basis until the threat of an infection associated with catheter use has passed, typically at least about five (5) to seven (7) days and up to thirty (30) days. The solution pH is desirably from about 4.4 to 5.5.
US11925767B2
To provide a catheter having electrodes to be subjected to application of voltages different from each other in polarity. An outer tube member (3) having a lumen (2); a handle provided on a proximal side of the outer tube member (3); a plurality of electrodes (5) provided on the outer tube member (3); conducting wires (6) connected to one or more of the electrodes (5) and disposed in the lumen (2), the conducting wires (6); and an operating wire (7) having a distal end portion fixed to a distal end portion of the outer tube member (3), wherein one of the electrodes (5a) is connected to a conducting wire (6a) at a connection point, which is different from a connecting point, where another electrode (5b) is connected to another conducting wire (6b), in a circumferential direction of the outer tube member (3).
US11925756B2
An anesthesia machine, an anesthetic output concentration monitoring method, system, a device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes respectively monitoring a flow of a fresh gas flowing into a breathing circuit and a flow of an inhaled gas of an anesthetized object. The method further includes when the inhaled gas flow is greater than a fresh gas flow, respectively monitoring a concentration of anesthetic in the inhaled gas and an exhaled gas of the anesthetized object. The method also includes using the exhaled gas anesthetic concentration and a concentration of carbon dioxide in the exhaled gas to calculate a concentration of anesthetic in a gas, reflowing into an inspiratory branch, in the exhaled gas, thereby obtaining a re-inhaled gas anesthetic concentration. The method additionally includes using the fresh gas flow, the inhaled gas flow, the inhaled gas anesthetic concentration, and the re-inhaled gas anesthetic concentration to calculate a concentration of output anesthetic of an anesthetic output device, thereby obtaining an anesthetic output concentration.
US11925755B2
A respiration therapy appliance having a fan for generating a respiratory air flow for carrying out respiration therapy. The fan comprises at least one rotatable fan impeller having a plurality of blade elements which are arranged on a support disk. The blade elements and/or the support disk have at least one cutout.
US11925751B2
An inhaler article includes a body extending from a mouthpiece end to a distal end with an endpiece element at the distal end. A capsule cavity is defined within the body and extends a cavity length. An air inlet region is between the endpiece element and the capsule cavity. The air inlet region has an air inlet and an air passageway extending from the air inlet to the capsule cavity. The air passageway has an inner diameter less than an inner diameter of the capsule cavity. A porous support element defines a downstream end of the capsule cavity. The porous support element includes one or more apertures extending the length of the porous support element.
US11925745B1
A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube includes an elongated guide member residing at least partially with the medical tube. In a resting state, clearance members positioned along the guide member are in a low-profile configuration and allow a substantially unobstructed flow through a lumen of the medical tube. In use, the clearance members are in an enlarged-profile configuration to break up and clear obstructions from within the lumen of the medical tube.
US11925736B2
Dialyzer systems can consolidate multiple technologies and functionalities of blood treatment systems in a significantly integrated fashion. For example, this disclosure describes dialyzer systems that include a magnetically driven and magnetically levitating pump rotor integrated into the dialyzer. Such a dialyzer can be used with treatment modules that include a magnetic field-generating pump drive unit. In some embodiments, the dialyzers include pressure sensor chambers with flexible membranes with which corresponding pressure transducers of the treatment modules can interface to detect arterial and/or venous pressures.
US11925735B2
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for determining a positioning of sensors in a wound dressing are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wound monitoring and/or therapy system can include a wound dressing and a plurality of sensors configured to measure one or more wound characteristics. The wound monitor system can also include at least one positioning device configured to indicate position and/or orientation in the wound of a sensor of the plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, a detector can be configured to determine, based on the positioning data, the position and/or orientation in the wound of the sensor of the plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, the plurality of sensors can be positioned on a strip or string of material in communication with the positioning device.
US11925729B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to drug-coated balloon catheters for treating, preventing, or reducing the recurrence of a stricture and/or cancer, or for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), in a non-vascular body lumen and methods of using the same. A drug-coated balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic agent to a target site of a body lumen stricture includes an elongated balloon having a main diameter. The balloon catheter includes a coating layer overlying an exterior surface of the balloon. The coating layer includes one or more water-soluble additives and an initial drug load of a therapeutic agent. In some embodiments, the balloon catheter includes a length-control mechanism which stretches and elongates the balloon when it is in a deflated state, giving the balloon a smaller cross-sectional deflated profile for tracking through the body lumen and for removal after treatment.
US11925726B2
The present disclosure is related to a perfusable-type bio-dual proximal tubule cell construct and a producing method thereof capable of applying an in vitro artificial organ model configured to include a first bioink comprising a decellularized substance derived from a mammalian kidney tissue and human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) and a second bioink comprising the decellularized substance and renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (RPTECs), wherein the first bioink and the second bioink are coaxial and printed in tubular constructs having different inner diameters. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to use the renal proximal tubule-on-a-chip as a bioreactor capable of observing a biological drug reaction similar to a real drug by perfusing various drugs to the renal proximal tubule-on-a-chip.
US11925723B2
Antimicrobial metal ion coatings and implants including them. In particular, described herein are coatings including an anodic metal (e.g., silver and/or zinc and/or copper) that is co-deposited with a cathodic metal (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold, molybdenum, titanium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, manganese, niobium or rhenium) on a substrate so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the apparatus is exposed to a bodily fluid. The anodic metal may be at least about 25 percent by volume of the coating, resulting in a network of anodic metal with less than 20% of the anodic metal in the coating fully encapsulated by cathodic metal. The implant may be configured as an implant such as a bone-screw or intramedullary rod-like body configured to receive a treatment cartridge having a coating as described.
US11925706B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to batches of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) prepared by a commercial manufacturing process using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules.
US11925701B2
Provided is a method for skin conditioning comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a Dan Feng peony extract, where the Dan Feng peony extract is extracted from flowers of Dan Feng peony. The Dan Feng peony extract is used to increase the production of hyaluronic acid, maintain the structure of skin keratinocytes, and regulate the moisture content of skin cells.
US11925694B2
This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and/or T cell responses. Specifically, in one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to methods comprising administering to a subject RNA encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein) for inducing an immune response against coronavirus S protein, in particular S protein of SARS-CoV-2, in the subject. i.e., vaccine RNA encoding vaccine antigen.
US11925685B2
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody to a Zika viral antigen, and functional fragments thereof. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the combination of a first composition that elicits an immune response in a mammal against zika virus and a second composition comprising a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding an antibody, a fragment thereof, a variant thereof, or a combination thereof. In some instances, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an anti-ZIKV-Envelope (anti-ZIKV E) Protein antibody.
US11925681B2
Outer membrane vesicles from bacteria of the Burkholderia pseudomallei complex can be used as adjuvants in compositions and methods to potentiate the immune response to immunogens.
US11925678B2
Methods for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer's disease are provided. In particular, methods of restoring blood-brain barrier integrity and/or promoting vascular reversion in a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease by administering an anti-angiogenic agent or an agent that is capable of restoring tight junction integrity. Methods of preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease in a subject are also provided.
US11925671B2
The invention discloses a composition comprising Cyperus rotundus extract and Passiflora edulis extract comprising piceatannol, scirpusin B, scirpusin A, cyperusphenol A and cyperusphenol B, standardized to contain 6-10% w/w total stilbenes. The invention also discloses the use of the above mentioned composition in enhancing energy expenditure in mammalian adipose cellular systems by the conversion of white adipose tissues to brown adipose tissues, inhibition of adipogenesis and for preventing weight gain in mammals.
US11925651B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11925644B2
The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid L-leucine ethyl ester wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-leucine ethyl ester is from 1:0.3 to 1:3.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.
US11925640B2
Provided herein are methods and materials for improving arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation and/or maintaining AVF functionality. For example, methods and materials for using one or more senolytic agents to improve AVF maturation, to maintain AVF functionality, and/or to maintain the patency of an AVF are provided. Methods and materials for using one or more senolytic agents to maintain functionality and/or patency of a venous graft (e.g., a venous graft that bypasses an occluded artery) also are provided.
US11925639B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating a tumor, which is used in combination therapy of lenvatinib and (6S,9aS)—N-benzyl-8-({6-[3-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)azetidin-1-yl]pyridin-2-yl}methyl)-6-(2-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzyl)-4,7-dioxo-2-(prop-2-en-1-yl)hexahydro-2H-pyrazino[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-1(6H)-carboxamide.
US11925625B2
A method of treating chemical-induced lung injury in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ibudilast, or a pharmaceutical salt thereof.
US11925610B2
The disclosure provides for means for a method to facilitate food intake and food retention in a mammal by applying a sufficient dose of a local anesthetic drug in the lumen of the pharyngeal-esophageal-gastric-duodenal tract before or during or after eating. The local anesthetic can be amethocaine, articaine, benzocaine, bupivacaine, chloroprocaine, cinchocaine, cyclomethycaine, dibucaine, diethocaine, etidocaine, larocaine, levobupivacaine, lidocaine, lignocaine, mepivacaine, novocaine, piperocaine, prilocaine, procaine, proparacaine, propoxycaine, QX-222, QX-314, ropivacaine, tetracaine, trimecaine, menthol, eugenol or a safe pharmaceutical formulations of tetrodotoxin, saxitoxin, or neosaxitoxin. The disclosure is useful for patients having problems with food intake or food retention.
US11925606B2
The invention discloses a composition comprising not less than 20% w/w bisdemethoxycurcumin for regeneration of alveolar cells damaged in emphysematous conditions and for the therapeutic management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The composition further comprises 10-35% w/w demethoxycurcumin and 10-45% w/w curcumin. The composition is very suitable for treating COPD and ARDS due to viral infections, specifically COVID 19 and for improving lung function during prognosis.
US11925604B2
A method for dispensing discrete medicaments with a first feeder unit includes the steps of determining a remaining value indicative of the amount of the medicaments remaining in the container; comparing said remaining value to a threshold value; making a selection between a complete empty detection mode when said remaining value is above the threshold value and a shortened empty detection mode when the remaining value is below the threshold value; and executing the selected one of the complete empty detection mode and the shortened empty detection mode when no medicament is fed from the container towards the outlet after controlling the dispensing mechanism to feed a medicament from the container into the outlet.
US11925600B2
A robotic system and method are provided for transfer of fluid between a container accessible via a container-septum and a fluid transfer assembly accessible via a fluid transfer connector septum. The robotic system includes a controller and a manipulator controllable by the controller to manipulate at least one of the container and the fluid transfer assembly. The controller is configured to operate the manipulator to secure contact between the container-septum and the fluid transfer connector septum during at least a portion of the transfer of the fluid.
US11925598B2
Disclosed is a device for providing resuscitation or suspended state through redistribution of cardiac output to increase supply to the brain and heart for a patient. The device includes an electrically controllable redistribution component attachable to the patient to provide redistribution of the cardiac output to increase supply to the brain and heart. The redistribution component, following a predefined reaction pattern based on an electrical signal, and computer means configured to: receive a patient data which identifies physiological and/or anatomical characteristics of the patent; and provide the electrical signal for the redistribution component based on the patient data or a standard response. The device may provide mechanisms to protect the aorta and the remaining anatomy of the patient from inadvertent damage caused by the disclosed device in any usage scenario of either correct intended usage or unintended usage. Also disclosed is a method for providing resuscitation or suspended state.
US11925596B2
A system is described, for rehabilitating the walk comprising an active exoskeleton with a supporting structure for right leg and left leg, bearing and moving structures of femur, tibia and foot of the patient, a weight supporting device for patient and active exoskeleton, the weight supporting device ending with a structure connected to means for supporting exoskeleton and patient, handling means connected to the weight supporting device to allow its movement, means for transmitting to the weight supporting device electric and pneumatic supplies and electric signals for managing, controlling, monitoring and diagnosing the system, a managing system comprising a microprocessor for acquiring and processing data, and managing a motion neuro-rehabilitation session; a weight supporting device for a system for rehabilitating the walk is further described.
US11925590B2
An electric wheelchair includes a main frame; a drivable wheel supported by the main frame; an electric motor disposed on the main frame and configured to drive the drivable wheel; a clutch configured to switch a power transmission path from the electric motor to the drivable wheel between an engagement state and a disengagement state; and a clutch operation handle configured to be moved in a predetermined range in an up-down direction. The clutch operation handle is configured to operate the clutch so as to be in: (i) one of the engagement state or the disengagement state when the clutch operation handle is stopped at a lowest position of the predetermined range; and (ii) the other of the engagement state or the disengagement state when the clutch operation handle is stopped at a highest position of the predetermined range.
US11925587B2
Caskets, cap panel assemblies for a casket, and methods for manufacturing cap panel assemblies are described. A casket may include a casket shell, at least one casket cap pivotally mounted on the casket shell, and a cap panel assembly mounted in the at least one casket cap. The cap panel assembly may include a cap panel, a puffing member attached to each edge of the cap panel, a cap panel insert positioned in-line with the cap panel, and a plurality of resilient members positioned on a front face of the cap panel insert. The plurality of resilient members may be tensioned, for example, to hold keepsakes, memorabilia, or other types of objects on or in the cap panel insert. The cap panel insert can include a mounting bracket or a screw and wire assembly for mounting the cap panel insert on a wall.
US11925585B2
An operating table is proposed that may form a system with a remote control. The operating table has a column and table top comprising at least three elements, at least two of which are movable. Interface joints (401-403) are provided between adjacent elements and are controlled to move by a controller (100). A light emitting arrangement (42) is arranged at each interface joint and is adapted to display light in a pattern having a characteristic that is visibly unique to the associated interface joint such that the interface joints are visually distinguishable from one another. The remote control (50) has touch controls (601-603) for communicating signals for controlling movement of the interface joints (401-403). Each touch control is associated with one interface joint and is provided with a visible pattern having a characteristic that is substantially the same as that displayed at the associated interface joint.
US11925570B2
An example medical stent for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The example stent includes an expandable scaffold having a first end region, a second end region and an outer surface. The stent further includes a first fixation member coupled to the expandable scaffold and a biodegradable material disposed along the first fixation member at a first tissue engagement region. Further, the biodegradable material is designed to degrade from a first configuration in which the biodegradable material shields the first fixation member from a target tissue site to a second configuration in which the first fixation member is engaged with the target tissue site.
US11925569B1
A material that can be formed into a porous prosthetic sleeve liner that provides particularly useful benefits for prosthetics. The material is breathable and sweat-absorbing, thus minimizing skin morbidity when used as a prosthetic liner. The material can include hydrophilic-lined continuous pores within a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic lining is crosslinked together with the hydrophobic polymer via non-degradable covalent interactions using chain crosslinkers.
US11925568B2
Disclosed herein is a device that helps to reduce the potential for inaccuracies and uncertainties associated with allograft cartilage transfer procedures. In one embodiment, the disclosed device generally includes a shaft, a stationary ring attached to the shaft, and a movable ring attached to the shaft and configured to move either toward the stationary ring or away from the stationary ring along the axis of the shaft. In practice, the device may be placed within a recipient cavity and adjusted such that one ring is positioned at the distal surface of the recipient cavity and the other ring is flush with the native cartilage surface of the recipient. The device may be removed from the recipient cavity, a donor graft placed within, and any excess donor graft extending beyond the rings trimmed off. The donor graft may then be removed from the device and inserted within the recipient cavity.
US11925567B2
The present invention relates to cartilage morcellator for cutting various kinds of cartilage (including costal cartilage and the like) into small pieces by using an elevating-type cutting knife having a simple configuration such that same can be supplied to a plastic surgery part. The cartilage morcellator comprises: an upper body (2) and a lower body (3), which are separated from/coupled to each other; an upper groove (4) and a lower groove (5) formed on the upper and lower portions of the upper body (2), respectively; an isolation portion (6) formed between the upper groove (4) and the lower groove (5); a through-hole (7) formed perpendicularly at the center of the isolation portion (6); an elevating rod (8) fitted to the through-hole (7); a morcellating knife (10) fixed to the bottom surface of the elevating rod (8), the morcellating knife (10) having a zigzag-shaped knife portion (102) and a blade portion (103) formed thereon; a spring (11) fitted to the outer periphery of the elevating rod (8); and a striking portion (12) fastened to the upper portion of the elevating rod (8) and elastically supported by a spring (11). The cartilage morcellator further comprises: a morcellation chamber (13) formed in the lower body (3) and provided with a bottom; a prop plate (14) formed on the bottom of the morcellation chamber (13); a first gripping portion (21) formed on the outer periphery of the upper body (2) so as to have an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the upper end of the upper body (2); a second gripping portion (22) formed to have an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first gripping portion (21); and a plate body (101) having a predetermined thickness, which is fixed to the upper portion of the knife portion (102).
US11925566B2
A method for performing lumbar interbody fusion surgery may include forming an access corridor through a facet joint of a patient, removing disc material from a disc space of the patient via one or more instruments advanced through the access corridor, and advancing an interbody device through the access corridor and into the disc space.
US11925562B2
A modular acetabular cup assembly includes an acetabular cup, and a liner seated in the cup. The cup includes an end face, an apex opposite the end face, and a central axis extending between the apex and a center point of the end face. The liner includes an articular surface having a center of rotation which defines a pivot point of the acetabular cup assembly. In certain embodiments, the pivot point is laterally offset from the center point such that the end face is located between the pivot point and the apex.
US11925560B2
A device implantable in a human body comprising a first component, or main support component, delimiting a plurality of openings, and a second component disposed on a surface of the main support component.
US11925559B2
A method for in vitro simulation and evaluation of platelet adhesion in blood-contacting medical devices is disclosed, including the following steps: (1) using a glycerin aqueous solution with a mass percentage concentration of 40% in an extracorporeal circulation circuit to simulate a viscosity and hydrodynamic characteristics of blood, and adding fluorescent particles with a diameter of 3 μm to 5 μm to the solution to simulate platelets; (2) after the solution circulates in the circuit for a specified time period, removing flow passage components of a tested device, and observing the deposition of the fluorescent particles on a blood-contacting surface inside the device by naked eyes and photographs; and (3) using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique to apply laser light on a device surface deposited with the fluorescent particles and in contact with blood, and using charge-coupled device (CCD) camera imaging to photograph the aggregation and adhesion of laser-induced fluorescent particles.
US11925558B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for the treatment or repair of regurgitant cardiac valves, such as a mitral valve. An annuloplasty device can be placed in the coronary sinus to reshape the mitral valve and reduce mitral valve regurgitation. A protective device can be placed between the annuloplasty device and an underlying coronary artery to inhibit compression of the underlying coronary artery by the annuloplasty device in the coronary sinus. In addition, the protective device can inhibit compression of the coronary artery from inside the heart, such as from a prosthetic mitral valve that exerts radially outward pressure toward the coronary artery. The annuloplasty device can also create an artificial inner ridge or retaining feature projecting into the native mitral valve region to help secure a prosthetic mitral valve.
US11925557B1
A sheath facilitating retraction of prosthetic implant is provided. The sheath includes a tubular body, and the distal end of the body is connected with an expandable section. The expandable section has relative converged configuration and flared configuration and includes a primary expandable area and a secondary expandable area. The primary expandable area includes a plurality of first expandable pieces arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the body. The secondary expandable area includes a plurality of second expandable pieces arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the body, and all the second expandable pieces include two alternating groups consisting of a first group formed by further extending the first expandable pieces to the distal end and a second group formed by connecting strips wound between two adjacent first expandable pieces.
US11925551B2
An implantable prosthetic valve has an upper frame section and a lower frame section. The upper frame section has a plurality of struts and a first leaflet receiving surface at a lower portion of the upper frame section. The lower frame section has a second leaflet receiving surface at an upper portion of the lower frame section. An edge of a flexible leaflet is disposed between the first and second leaflet receiving surfaces to attach the leaflet to the upper and lower frame sections.
US11925549B2
A valve for endovascular heart valve repair that provides improved sealing of the valve against the native wall. The valve assembly has a sealing region at a distal end of the valve. The sealing region having a delivery position and a sealing position, wherein in the delivery position, the sealing region has a first length, and in the sealing position, the sealing region has a second length less than the first length and a thickness in the sealing position is greater in the sealing position than in the delivery position.
US11925546B2
Allografts for soft tissue repair, including breast reconstruction and other plastic surgery procedures, are disclosed. One allograft is made from decellularized dermal tissue and constitutes a collagen matrix having substantially uniform density and porosity. Another allograft is a hybrid bilayer tissue form that is made from decellularized dermal and adipose tissues. Methods for making both allografts are also disclosed.
US11925526B2
A custom tool for bonding orthodontic appliances in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising: a facial body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the facial side of a plurality of teeth of the patient, a lingual body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the lingual side of the plurality of the teeth of the patient, wherein the lingual body. wherein the facial body and lingual body are configured to combine with the teeth of the patient to position orthodontic appliances on the plurality of teeth.
US11925525B2
Methods of representing user edits or modifications of a treatment plan for a dental apparatus (e.g., one or a series of aligners) by managing an original clinical data set and a set of modifications of the clinical data set. Also described herein are methods of displaying, condensing, storing and reconstructing collision regions between two or more teeth.
US11925523B2
The present disclosure is directed to improved multi-suction dental devices, assemblies, systems and methods and of using the same. The multi-suction dental devices can be configured to suction both liquids and aerosols during dental procedures. Each multi-suction dental device can comprise at least one low-volume evacuation (LVE) suction pathway and at least one high-volume evacuation (HVE) suction pathway.
US11925522B2
A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient includes a first mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient. The first mold body includes a portion corresponding with at least a first surface of the tooth and an interproximal portion corresponding with an interproximal surface of the tooth, the interproximal portion being of unitary construction. The first mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing a first portion of missing tooth structure of the tooth.
US11925511B2
Systems and assemblies for use during image-guided medical procedures use surgical support systems with a plurality of elongate legs that have independently adjustable lengths and end portions that adjacently attach to a bracket to provide different lockable orientations accommodating both supine and occipital access for neurological procedures.
US11925504B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a head-mounted display that is mounted on a head of a user and has a camera unit configured to acquire a view image obtained by imaging a field of view in front of the user, and a puncture needle length calculation unit (46) that, in a case where at least a part of the puncture needle is imaged by the camera unit, recognizes the puncture needle by performing image analysis on the view image, and calculates a length of the puncture needle in the view image.
US11925500B2
The disclosure is directed to a synchronization device and method for identifying a specific moment in a patient's respiratory cycle to aid medical interventions. The device includes a locating apparatus, a patient reference with radio-opaque markers, a detectable locating element, an X-ray detector, and a control unit for data recording and processing. The invention aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of medical procedures by synchronizing them with the patient's respiratory cycle.
US11925490B2
To provide a packaged medical device in which a medical device in a container is stably fixed and which can be easily opened. Specifically, provided is a packaged medical device comprising a container having an opening portion and a flange portion formed to extend outward in a peripheral portion of the opening portion, a medical device housed inside the container, and a lid member having a gas impermeable film and peelably heat-sealed to the flange portion, in which the inside of the container is set to a negative pressure to the atmospheric pressure so that the medical device is pressed by the lid member and the peel strength to the flange portion of the lid member is 2 to 50 N/in.
US11925483B2
A risk estimation apparatus includes a data acquisition unit that acquires measured data of foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot obtained by sensors that are provided in shoes and measure the foot pressures, a stance phase identification unit that identifies a starting timing and an ending timing of a stance phase of each of the left foot and the right foot from the measured data of the foot pressures, and a risk estimation unit that estimates a risk of abnormality of a lower limb on the basis of asymmetry between the foot pressures of the left foot and the right foot during the stance phase.
US11925470B2
A novel method for using the widely-used electroencephalography (EEG) systems to detect and localize silences in the brain is disclosed. The method detects the absence of electrophysiological signals, or neural silences, using noninvasive scalp electroencephalography (EEG) signals. This method can also be used for reduced activity localization, activity level mapping throughout the brain, as well as mapping activity levels in different frequency bands. By accounting for the contributions of different sources to the power of the recorded signals, and using a hemispheric baseline approach and a convex spectral clustering framework, the method permits rapid detection and localization of regions of silence in the brain using a relatively small amount of EEG data.
