US11928643B2
Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatuses for an electronic shipping label. The electronic shipping label includes a communication device that is configured to obtain from an electronic device multiple electronic image files. The electronic shipping label includes a touch-screen display that has one or more user interface elements that are configured to toggle among the multiple electronic image files and initiate access to the shipping container. The electronic shipping label includes a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a first electronic image file from the multiple electronic image files. The processor is configured to render the first electronic image file during a first leg of the plurality of legs of the shipping itinerary. The processor is configured to access a second electronic image file from the multiple electronic image files or the shipping container when the one or more user interface elements are selected.
US11928635B2
A processor-implemented method includes receiving, from a mobile device, transmission information corresponding to an audio data transmission associated with an audio data packet loss of one or more audio data packets. The processor determines, based at least in part on the transmission information, a geographic region associated with a wireless communication network transceiver. The processor further determines an average audio data packet loss rate associated with the geographic region and a correlation between the audio data packet loss and at least one key performance indicator (KPI). The KPI is indicative of the audio data transmission. Based at least in part on (i) the average audio data packet loss rate and (ii) the correlation between the audio data packet loss and the at least one KPI, the processor generates a handover instruction comprising at least one threshold value for transitioning control from a first cell channel to a second cell channel.
US11928615B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a network-based real-time enterprise travel management system that can facilitate planning, booking, scheduling, and managing travel, while also facilitating expense budgeting and reporting. Embodiments of the present disclosure can provide systems and methods for generating and managing a predictive itinerary associated with travel and/or an event, as well as a centralized marketplace for accessing various services and events.
US11928607B2
Embodiments are directed to managing data for a predictive learner recommendation platform. A platform that includes applications hosted in an application layer may be provided. The applications may be employed to provide a request to determine a pathway prediction for a learner such that the pathway prediction may be associated with a role offered by employers. Prediction engines associated with the request may be determined based on the service layer interface and the request such that the request may be provided to the determined prediction engines via the service layer interface. The prediction engines may be employed to generate the pathway prediction based on a learner profile that corresponds with the learner, a role success profile that corresponds to the employers, and models that are trained to predict matches between the learner profile and the role success profile.
US11928603B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: building, by one or more DNA processor, a DNA strand corresponding to a conditional expectation. The methods include, for instance: obtaining, by one or more DNA processor, a conditional expectation having a regularization metric.
US11928599B2
A method and device for model compression of a neural network. The method comprises: recording input and output parameters of each layer of network in a network structure; dividing the network structure into several small networks according to the input and output parameters; setting a pruning flag bit of a first convolutional layer in each small network to be zero to obtain a pruned small network; training each pruned small network to obtain a network weight and a weight mask; recording a pruned channel index number of each convolutional layer of a pruned small network with the weight mask of zero; and carrying out decomposition calculation on each pruned small network according to the pruned channel index number. According to the method, a calculation amount and the size of a model is reduced, and during network deployment, the model can be loaded with one click, thus reducing usage difficulty.
US11928595B2
A method of processing data for a deep learning system driven by a plurality of heterogeneous resources is provided. The method includes, when a first task including at least one of a plurality of operations is to be performed, receiving first path information indicating a first computing path for the first task. The first computing path includes a sequence of operations included in the first task and a driving sequence of resources for performing the operations included in the first task. The method further includes setting data representation formats of the resources for performing the operations included in the first task based on data representation information and the first path information. The data representation information indicates an optimized data representation format for each of the plurality of heterogeneous resources.
US11928586B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for designing a quantum control trajectory for implementing a quantum gate using quantum hardware. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of representing the quantum gate as a sequence of control actions and applying a reinforcement learning model to iteratively adjust each control action in the sequence of control actions to determine a quantum control trajectory that implements the quantum gate and reduces leakage, infidelity and total runtime of the quantum gate to improve its robustness of performance against control noise during the iterative adjustments.
US11928580B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, are described for interleaving memory requests to accelerate memory accesses at a hardware circuit configured to implement a neural network model. A system generates multiple requests that are processed against a memory of the system. Each request is used to retrieve data from the memory. For each request, the system generates multiple sub-requests based on a respective size of the data to be retrieved using the request. The system generates a sequence of interleaved sub-requests that includes respective sub-requests of a first request interleaved among respective sub-requests of a second request. Based on the sequence of interleaved sub-requests, a module of the system receives respective portions of data accessed from different address locations of the memory. The system processes each of the respective portions of data to generate a neural network inference using the neural network model implemented at the hardware circuit.
US11928579B2
A synapse string includes first and second cell strings each having a plurality of memory cell elements connected in series and first switch elements connected to first or second ends of the first and second cell strings, respectively. The memory cell elements of the first cell string and the memory cell elements of the second cell string are in a one-to-one correspondence, and a pair of the memory cell elements being in a one-to-one correspondence has terminals to which a read voltage is applied connected to each other to constitute one synapse morphic element, so that the synapse string includes a plurality of synapse morphic elements connected in series. A synapse string array architecture enables forward propagation and backward propagation by implementing high-density synapse strings, so that the synapse string array architecture can be applied to a neural network capable of inferencing and on-chip learning, along with inference and recognition.
US11928575B2
An activation function processing method includes processing a first activation function in a first mode by referring to a shared lookup table that includes a plurality of function values of the first activation function; and processing a second activation function in a second mode by referring to the shared lookup table, the second activation function being a different function than the first activation function.
US11928571B2
Provided is a method for training distributed machine learning models. The method may include initializing a distributed machine learning model on a plurality of computing devices. Training data associated with a plurality of samples may be received. Each sample may be forward propagated through the distributed machine learning model to generate an output. A loss for each sample of the plurality of samples may be determined based on the output. The loss for each sample may be backward propagated to each computing device. The parameter(s) of each computational node may be asynchronously updated based on the loss as it is backward propagated and/or while at least one of the samples is forward propagating. The parameter(s) may be stored and/or communicated to the other computing devices. Each of the other computing devices of the plurality of computing devices may store the parameter(s). A system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11928570B2
A system for alimentary instruction sets derived from artificial intelligence systems for vibrant constitutional guidance, as derived using one or more machine-learning procedures from training data relating prognostic and ameliorative labels. A physical performance instruction set is derived from the alimentary instruction sets using one or more physical performance entity profiles.
US11928564B2
Systems are provided for facilitating the building and use of models used to make data preparation recommendations. The systems identify ground truth from a plurality of notebooks and utilizes the ground truth to generate the corresponding data preparation recommendation models. The data preparation recommendation models are used to predict accurate (e.g., useful and relevant) data preparations steps based on user input and user notebook data. The data preparation computing system generates a recommendation prompt based on output from the data preparation recommendation model that can be viewed and/or selected by the user to be applied to the user's notebook data.
US11928563B2
The present application provides a model training, image processing method, device, storage medium, and program product relating to deep learning technology, which are able to screen auxiliary image data with image data for learning a target task, and further fuse the target image data and the auxiliary image data, so as to train a built and to-be-trained model with the fusion-processed fused image data. This implementation can increase the amount of data for training the model, and the data for training the model is determined is based on the target image data, which is suitable for learning the target task. Therefore, the solution provided by the present application can train an accurate target model even if the amount of target image data is not sufficient.
US11928558B1
A request is received associated with a review. Within first content, a first field of interest and a second field of interest are identified and within second content, a third field of interest and a fourth field of interest are identified. A review is generated that includes a first indication of the first field of interest and a second indication of the second field of interest within the first content, as well as a third indication of the third field of interest and a fourth indication of the fourth field of interest within the second content. The review is transmitted to a device of a reviewer for reviewing the content.
US11928550B2
Methods and apparatus to locate and decode an arranged plurality of barcodes in an image are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining image data representing an image of an environment appearing within a FOV of an imaging device that includes the image sensor, wherein an arranged plurality of barcodes appear in the image. A first subset of the plurality of barcodes is decoded from the image data. One or more parameters representing a predicted arrangement of the plurality of barcodes in the image is determined based upon location information associated with each of the decoded first subset of the plurality of barcodes. Possible locations for respective ones of a second subset of the plurality of barcodes are determined based upon the one or more parameters, and the second subset of the plurality of barcodes are attempted to be decoded from the image data in vicinities of the respective possible locations.
US11928537B2
A “core” or “inlay” for a smartcard may comprise a first metal layer and a second metal layer, and may be formed by folding a single metal layer upon itself. A module cavity may be formed in the first metal layer by laser cutting, prior to laminating. An adhesive layer may be disposed between the two metal layers. A module opening may be formed in the second metal layer by milling, after laminating the first metal layer to the second metal layer. A slit in a metal layer may extend from an outer edge of the layer to the cavity or opening, thereby forming a coupling frame. The slit may have a termination hole at either end or at both ends of the slit. The slits of two metal layers may be positioned differently than one another.
US11928534B2
A method of using a high-temperature RFID label includes providing a label. The label includes a pressure-sensitive polymeric material, a liner, and an adhesive located between the pressure-sensitive polymeric material and the liner. An RFID tag is provided. The RFID tag includes an RFID chip or integrated circuit and an antenna. The RFID tag is located at least partially inside of the label to form the high-temperature RFID label. A portion of the liner is removed from the high-temperature RFID label. The high temperature RFID label is attached on a product. The product exceeds a temperature of at least about 300° F. The high-temperature RFID label is located outside of a periphery of the product. The RFID label may further include a printable top layer.
US11928523B2
A multi-tile processing unit in which the tiles in the processing unit may be divided between two or more different external sync groups for performing barrier synchronisations. In this way, different sets of tiles of the same processing unit each sync with different sets of tiles external to that processing unit.
US11928518B2
Noisy-neighbor detection and remediation is provided by performing real-time monitoring of workload processing and associated resource consumption of application components that use shared resource(s) of a computing environment, determining workload and shared resource consumption patterns for each of the application components, for each application, of a plurality of applications, that includes at least one application component of the application components, correlating the determined workload and shared resource consumption patterns of each of those application component(s) and determining a correlated shared resource usage pattern for that application, performing impact analysis to determine impact of the applications on each other, and identifying noisy-neighbor(s) that use the one or more shared resources and automatically raising an alert indicating those noisy-neighbor(s).
US11928516B2
A method for managing client resources by receiving a desired load factor representing the number of instructions being executed per second (IOPS) to implement an application on a set of cores of a client device, based on the desired load factor and a latency factor, determining a maximum number of IOPS that can be executed by the cores of the client device before reaching system saturation, determining a pattern of the IOPS being executed on the set of cores based on historical IOPS information for the latency factor, and based on the historical IOPS information, determining to execute the IOPS on a subset of the set of cores.
US11928510B2
In one set of embodiments, a hypervisor of a host system can determine that a delta between local and remote memory access latencies for each of a subset of NUMA nodes of the host system is less than a threshold. In response, the hypervisor can enable page sharing across the subset of NUMA nodes, where enabling page sharing comprises associating the subset of NUMA nodes with a single page sharing table, and where the single page sharing table holds entries identifying host physical memory pages of the host system that are shared by virtual machines (VMs) placed on the subset of NUMA nodes.
US11928507B2
A hardware-programmable digital signal path component for processing events from sensor mixed signal devices. A system includes a mixed signal component and a reconfigurable signal path component. The mixed signal component includes a group of sensor devices and generates one or more events from among the group of sensor devices. The signal path component receives the event(s), and includes a control unit component and a digital signal processor (DSP) component. The control unit component includes a programmable function enable mechanism, and distributes the received event(s) in combination with one or more functions among a set of predefined functions enabled by the programmable function enable mechanism. The DSP component is configured to perform one or more operations associated with the distributed event(s) in accordance with the enabled function(s).
US11928504B2
A system and corresponding method queue work within a virtualized scheduler based on in-unit accounting (IUA) of in-unit entries (IUEs). The system comprises an IUA resource and arbiter. The IUA resource stores, in association with an IUA identifier, an IUA count and threshold. The IUA count represents a global count of work-queue entries (WQEs) that are associated with the IUA identifier and occupy respective IUEs of an IUE resource. The IUA threshold limits the global count. The arbiter retrieves the IUA count and threshold from the IUA resource based on the IUA identifier and controls, as a function of the IUA count and threshold, whether a given WQE from a given scheduling group, assigned to the IUA identifier, is moved into the IUE resource to be queued for scheduling. The IUA count and threshold prevent group(s) assigned to the IUA identifier from using more than an allocated amount of IUEs.
US11928495B2
In some examples, a storage medium stores a plurality of information elements that relate to corresponding virtual trusted platform module (TPM) interfaces, where each respective information element of the plurality of information elements corresponds to a respective virtual machine (VM). A controller provides virtual TPMs for respective security operations. A processor resource executes the VMs to use the information elements to access the corresponding virtual TPM interfaces to invoke the security operations of the virtual TPMs, where a first VM is to access a first virtual TPM interface of the virtual TPM interfaces to request that a security operation of a respective virtual TPM be performed.
US11928493B2
A method, system and apparatus for the sharing of an FPGA board by multiple virtual machines. Specifically, in the present application, a PCIE virtual layer (comprising a plurality of PCIE virtual sub-layers) and a virtual PCIE device are created; one virtual machine corresponds to one virtual PCIE device, multiple virtual PCIE devices correspond to one PCIE virtual sub-layer, and one PCIE virtual sub-layer corresponds to one FPGA board, thus enabling multiple virtual machines to share and use the FPGA board through one PCIE virtual sub-layer (that is, the multiple virtual machines share one PCIE bus, and same all access the FPGA board through the PCIE bus), thereby solving the problem of some of the virtual machines being unable to be started at the same time, and enhancing the experience effect of a user.
US11928484B2
Systems and methods relate generally to contextually providing a dynamic user interface. In an example method thereof, an apps list is obtained by a dynamic scheduling service for an operating system. The apps list is generated responsive to a query by the operating system responsive to a request by the dynamic scheduling service. Dynamic scheduling data is obtained by the dynamic scheduling service, which includes generating the dynamic scheduling data by an artificial intelligence service including filtering apps on the apps list responsive to a policy. A dynamic user interface is created by the dynamic scheduling service responsive to the dynamic scheduling data, which includes deactivating one or more of the apps on the apps list by the artificial intelligence service responsive to the policy.
US11928476B2
A virtualized transaction terminal platform is provided. A transaction terminal is configured as a thin-client terminal. A virtualized transaction terminal (Virtual Machine (VM)) is instantiated remotely on a cloud or a server over a network connection. Peripherals connected to the thin-client terminal are mapped to virtual peripheral device drivers on the cloud or the server. Physical peripherals connected to the thin-client terminal are mapped inside the VM to the corresponding virtual peripheral device drivers. As transactions are initiated and physical peripherals are operated at the thin-client terminal, the transactions are processed by the VM and inputs/outputs from the physical peripherals are forwarded for processing by the corresponding virtual peripheral device drivers. A remote desktop (RD) agent on the thin-client terminal keeps states of the VM and virtual peripheral device drivers in synchronization with a peripheral display of the thin-client terminal.
US11928474B2
Selectively updating branch predictors for loops executed from loop buffers is disclosed herein. In some aspects, a branch predictor update circuit of a processor is configured to detect a loop comprising a plurality of loop instructions in an instruction stream, and to determine that the loop is stored within a loop buffer circuit of the processor. The branch predictor update circuit is further configured to determine a count of potential history register updates to the history register for the plurality of loop instructions, and to determine whether the count of potential history register updates exceeds a size of the history register. The branch predictor update circuit is also configured to, responsive to determining that the count of potential history register updates does not exceed the size of the history register, update a branch predictor of the branch predictor circuit based on the plurality of loop instructions.
US11928473B2
An instruction scheduling method and an instruction scheduling system for a reconfigurable array processor. The method includes: determining whether a fan-out of a vertex in a data flow graph (DFG) is less than an actual interconnection number of a processing unit in a reconfigurable array; establishing a corresponding relationship between the vertex and a correlation operator of the processing unit; introducing a register to a directed edge, acquiring a retiming value of each vertex; arranging instructions in such a manner that retiming values of the instruction vertexes are in ascending order, and acquiring transmission time and scheduling order of the instructions; folding the DFG, placing an instruction to an instruction vertex; inserting a register and acquiring a current DFG; and acquiring a common maximum subset of the current DFG and the reconfigurable array by a maximum clique algorithm, and distributing the instructions.
US11928470B1
Introduced herein is a program counter advancing technique that uses NOP padding without its limitations. During a build process, the introduced technique removes EOG markers for instruction groups that are immediately followed by the NOP instructions that are immediately followed by an instruction group beginning at a start of a cache line. As such, during an execution process, when the processing unit detects an absence of an EOG marker in the requested instruction group, it knows that a group of NOP instructions are about to follow and skips over them by directly advancing the program counter to a start of a subsequent cache line where the next instruction group starts. In addition to the presence of an EOG marker, the introduced technique also takes into account whether the requested instruction group is a straddling group when advancing the program counter to a start of the subsequent cache line.
US11928450B2
The present application provides a mobile terminal, a method for uninstalling a pre-installed application therein, and a memory. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining an authorization file for uninstalling a pre-installed application; determining whether the authorization file is valid; if so, determining whether the pre-installed application is a user-level application; and if so, uninstalling the pre-installed application.
US11928449B2
An embodiment of the present application discloses an information processing method, device and apparatus, a medium, and a program. The information processing method is applicable to a first edge node, and comprises: acquiring attribute information of the first edge node and the number of nodes of a node group to which the first edge node belongs, and generating registration request information on the basis of the attribute information and the number of nodes, wherein the node group comprises the first edge node and a second edge node having the same attribute information; sending the registration request information to a management platform; receiving an authentication certificate and a first installation package sent by the management platform and corresponding to the registration request information, and installing a first application on the basis of the authentication certificate and the first installation package; and controlling, by means of a remote control module in the first application, the second edge node to install the first application. The embodiment of the present application can simplify registration processes in the cloud for edge nodes of the same type.
US11928441B2
A semiconductor memory device is provided, comprising: a memory cell region including a memory cell array; and a peripheral circuit region which at least partially overlaps the memory cell region and includes control logic configured to control operation of the memory cell array, wherein the control logic includes a state machine configured to output a plurality of state signals responsive to operation commands of the memory cell region, the plurality of state signals including a first state signal output from a first output terminal, and a second state signal output from a second output terminal different from the first output terminal, a logical sum calculator configured to perform a logical sum calculation based on at least one of the first state signal or the second state signal, and an accumulation circuit configured to receive an output of the logical sum calculator as a clock signal, and that outputs a toggle signal to one probing pad in response to the clock signal, the accumulation circuit being connected to the probing pad through a Through Hole Via (THV) penetrating the memory cell region.
US11928435B2
The present disclosure provides an event extraction method, an event extraction device and an electronic device, and it relates to the field of computer data processing, in particular to the field of knowledge graph. The event extraction method includes: acquiring text information; determining a plurality of pieces of question information ranked in a sequential order in accordance with the text information; and inputting vector information for each piece of question information into an extraction model in accordance with the sequential order to acquire extraction information for each piece of question information.
US11928433B2
Techniques for prevalence-volume based relevance are provided. Corresponding systems and methods may include ingesting a corpus of documents; receiving a search operator; segmenting the corpus of documents into (i) a first set of documents that matches the search operator, and (ii) a second set of documents that do not match the search operator; extracting a first and second token list of tokens; calculating a prevalence-volume value for tokens included in the first and second token lists; generating a prevalence-volume ratio (PVR) matrix that associates tokens included in the first and/or second token lists with a PVR value, wherein the PVR value for a particular token is a ratio between the prevalence-volume value of the particular token for the first set of documents and the prevalence-volume value of the particular token for the second set of documents; and associating the search operator with the generated PVR matrix.
US11928416B2
A method of process technology assessment is provided. The method includes: defining a scope of the process technology assessment, the scope comprising an original process technology and a first process technology; modeling a first object in an integrated circuit into a resistance domain and a capacitance domain; generating a first resistance scaling factor and a first capacitance scaling factor based on the modeling, the original process technology, and the first process technology; and utilizing, by an electronic design automation (EDA) tool, the first resistance scaling factor and the first capacitance scaling factor for simulation of the integrated circuit.
US11928414B2
Provided are a chip and a pin line-out design method therefor, which are applied to a BGA packaged chip. The method includes: according to pin position information and pin definition information of a chip, determining a number of circuit board layers required for pin line-out of the chip (S1); allocating line-out layers to pins of the chip in their respective circuit boards (S2); and according to a pin density and transmission line width requirement of the chip, determining a specification of a via hole in each circuit board for leading the pin of the chip out to the corresponding line-out layer, to perform a corresponding line-out design on the basis of the via hole (S3). It may be seen that the described unified pin line-out design for the BGA packaged chip is more refined, and the quality of the line-out design of the pins of the chip is ensured.
US11928411B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for testing integrated circuit designs based on test cases selected using machine learning models. An example method generally includes receiving a plurality of test cases for an integrated circuit. An embedding data set is generated from the plurality of test cases. A respective embedding for a respective test case of the plurality of test cases generally includes a mapping of the respective test case into a multidimensional space. A plurality of test case clusters is generated based on a clustering model and the embedding data set. A plurality of critical test cases for testing the integrated circuit is selected based on the plurality of test case clusters. The integrated circuit is timed based on the plurality of critical test cases and a hard macro defining the integrated circuit.
US11928406B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for creating and building a model of a unique infrastructure, such as a parking structure. The model may be created through the identification of various triggers by a vehicle traversing the infrastructure. The triggers may include, for example, sensors or other devices capable of sensing the vehicle within the infrastructure. The triggers may also be information received from the vehicle itself. Based on the triggers, it may be inferred that various places exist throughout the infrastructure. For example, it may be inferred through two subsequent triggers that a place exists between the two triggers. The place may be added to the model of the infrastructure in between the two triggers. The model may continue to grow in this manner.
US11928402B2
A simulation method related with the opening force of a front vehicle door after a vehicle frontal collision including: a first simulation step in which deformations of vehicle components which are caused in the vehicle frontal collision to affect the opening of the front door are calculated by simulation; and a second simulation step in which the opening force of the front door after the vehicle frontal collision is predicted by simulation; wherein the components which affect the opening of the front door include a design component and an interface component, the deformations of the design component and the interface component obtained in the first simulation step being used as initial geometric conditions of the design component and the interface component in the second simulation step.
US11928400B2
A model-based engineering system (MBSE) tool includes functionality for sharing an MBSE model with multiple outside vendors using multiple versions of the MBSE model. A restricted version of the MBSE model is managed by a model maker (or other user with access rights) inside of an organization includes all of the model's engineering elements. The engineering elements are tagged with metadata that is analyzed to determine which elements are shareable and which are unshareable outside of the organization. An unrestricted version of the MBSE model is then created, either directly from the restricted version or through an intermediary version (referred to as the “stripped version”), to include only shareable engineering elements. This unrestricted version may then be shared with the outside vendors, and changes made by either in the restricted or unrestricted versions may be incorporated in the other versions, providing a truly collaborative MBSE experience.
US11928398B2
The disclosed method reconstructs a topology of an electrical distribution network. An ohmic matrix model is generated as a function of consumption measurements provided by smart meters in the network. A tree table of nodes to which the smart meters are connected is defined. A branch in exploration is defined in the table and the nodes of the branch meeting preestablished relations are entered in the table as a function of connection values derived from resistive quantities in the matrix model. One of the relations determines a junction of the branch in exploration with a branch already explored connectable to a root to which a distribution transformer of the distribution network is connected. The topology is reconstructed by iteratively proceeding with sequences of decreasing values derived from the resistive quantities.
US11928395B1
The data representing the floor plan is processed to classify the different elements in the floor plan. This step may be carried out by processing, using at least one image classification model, different images representing different layers of the floor plan data to identify the type of elements belonging to each layer. A group of elements belonging to a subset of the classifications are then selected and used to segment the floor plan into different spaces. For example, certain boundary elements (e.g. the walls and doors) between different spaces (i.e. rooms) in the floor plan may be identified and selected. Once identified, the boundary elements may be used to segment the floor plan into different spaces, which can then be analysed to determine the characteristics of those spaces, in particular the classification of the space into a type (e.g. an intended use for the space or a type of space, such as an, office, meeting room, kitchen, etc). To perform the classification of the spaces, image data for each space is provided to one or more image classification models, to obtain an indication of the classification. Further analysis can be performed on the identified spaces to determine capacity within each space, size (area) occupied by each space, and number of entry/exit points.
US11928394B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable automated roof planning using a processor. The processor receives a digital image of a roof of a structure and models each roof plane of the roof to generate a roof model. The processor determines dimensions of each roof plane based on the roof model. The processor retrieves roofing accessory data from a database, the roofing accessory data solar roofing accessory part identifiers and solar roofing accessory part performance characteristics for solar roofing accessories. The processor simulates multiple candidate roof layouts based on the dimensions of each roof plan and the solar roofing accessory parts and determines a utilization prediction for each candidate layout. Based on each utilization prediction, the processor determines a particular roof layout having selected solar roofing accessory parts, and generates a solar roof design, including a list of materials, for the particular roof layout.
US11928389B2
An example computing device is configured to transmit playback preference tracking information to a media service registered with a media playback system and, after transmitting the playback preference information, (a) determine a first time boundary corresponding to a beginning of a zone scene that causes a first playback device in a first zone of the media playback system to be configured for synchronous playback of media with a second playback device in a second zone of the media playback system, (b) determine a second time boundary corresponding to an end of the zone scene, and (c) transmit, to the media service registered with the media playback system, a request to remove playback preference tracking information received between the first time boundary and the second time boundary.
US11928381B2
Provided is a display device including a display configured to display first content; a memory storing instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: obtain first content information by analyzing the first content, obtain user tracking information by tracking a user viewing the first content displayed by the display, determine whether a trigger condition is satisfied, based on at least one of the first content information or the user tracking information, and based on the trigger condition being satisfied, control a communication unit to transmit second content to a projector connected to the display device, wherein the second content is generated based on the first content.
US11928375B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a job acquirer that acquires a job; a function executor that executes a function requested for the acquired job; and a completion notification selector that selects a timing for transmitting, to an information processing apparatus, a process completion notification indicating normal termination of execution of the function after the function is executed. The timing for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus includes a job execution completion time that is a time when the execution of the function normally terminates and a job acquisition completion time that is a time before the execution of the function starts. In a status where there is a function currently being executed and no new job is acquirable, the completion notification selector selects the job acquisition completion time as the timing for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus.
US11928373B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain setting information regarding print settings for first printing employing a plate and output information based on the setting information with respect to whether second printing that does not employ a plate and that is based on the print settings for the first printing is possible.
US11928371B2
Systems and methods for 3D printer management can verify the printing of a 3D object based on instructions inserted into the 3D object file that cause the 3D printer to perform extra actions, thus emitting certain sounds while printing. In one example, a print server can receive a request to print a 3D object. The print server can insert snippets of instructions at random into the 3D object file. A recording device can record audio of the 3D printer printing the 3D object. The recording device can send the audio to the print server. The print server can verify that the audio emitted by the 3D printer while printing the 3D object match up with the snippets inserted into the 3D object file.
US11928365B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to receive in a storage system, from a host device, mapping information associating a key identifier of a datastore-level key with a corresponding datastore comprising multiple logical storage devices of the storage system, to store the mapping information in a datastore-level key data structure of the storage system, to utilize the key identifier to obtain in the storage system the datastore-level key from a key management server external to the storage system, and responsive to receipt of at least one IO operation from the host device relating to at least one of reading or writing encrypted data of at least one of the logical storage devices of the datastore, to utilize the obtained datastore-level key to access the encrypted data in unencrypted form in the storage system.
US11928362B2
A fuse latch of a semiconductor device including PMOS transistors and NMOS transistors includes a data transmission circuit configured to transmit data to a first node and a second node in response to a first control signal, a latch circuit configured to latch the data received from the data transmission circuit through the first node and the second node, and a data output circuit configured to output the data latched by the latch circuit in response to a second control signal. NMOS transistors contained in the data transmission circuit, the latch circuit, and the data output circuit may be formed in first, fourth, and fifth active regions, PMOS transistors are formed in second and third active regions, and the first to fifth active regions are sequentially arranged in a first direction.
US11928361B2
In a memory system, a controller writes data of a plurality of clusters into a first memory area via a plurality of channels according to a write command regarding sequential data from a host. The controller specifies the order in which the data of the plurality of clusters is written according to log information and generates order information according to the specified order. The order information is information in which identification information of the cluster and information indicating a writing order are correlated with each other. The controller reads the data of the plurality of clusters from the first memory area according to a read instruction regarding an internal process and rearranges the read data of the plurality of clusters according to the order information. The controller writes the rearranged data of the plurality of clusters into the second memory area via the plurality of channels according to a write instruction regarding the internal process.
US11928359B2
A memory swapping method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: selecting n to-be-swapped-out pages; compressing the n to-be-swapped-out pages into n compressed blocks, and buffering the n compressed blocks in a compressed data buffer area; organizing at least one of the n compressed blocks into m to-be-written units; and writing the m to-be-written units into a swap area of a non-volatile storage device in a maximum of m batches, where at least one of the m to-be-written units is stored in a segment of continuous space in the swap area. The method reduces a quantity of write times during memory swapping, thereby prolonging a service life of the non-volatile storage device.
US11928338B2
A method of measuring durability of a nonvolatile memory device that includes a plurality of memory blocks, the method including: periodically receiving a read command for a first memory block among the plurality of memory blocks; periodically performing a read operation on the first memory block based on the read command; periodically outputting at least one cell count value associated with the first memory block based on a result of the read operation; and periodically storing durability information associated with the first memory block in response to a periodic reception of the durability information, the durability information being obtained by accumulating the at least one cell count value.
US11928337B2
A method for managing a data record in a computer system comprises: at least one computing server for hosting a computer session running with an operating system having a deduplication index and managing access to a session storage space; a shared storage space; an administration server for administering the shared storage space, executing a data management program; the computer session executing an interception program implementing the following steps: intercepting a read call to read at least one data record transmitted in the session; accessing the deduplication index and determining whether the data record is recorded in the shared storage space; if so, reading, from the deduplication index, the address of the data record in the shared storage space and redirecting the read call to this address; if not, overlooking the read call so that it is processed by the operating system.
US11928336B2
Systems and methods for managing a storage system are disclosed. The storage system includes a first storage device and a second storage device different from the first storage device. A first storage operation is received for a first portion of a file, and a data structure associated with the file is identified. Based on the data structure, the first storage device is identified for the first portion of the file. The first storage operation is transmitted to the first storage device. In response to the first storage operation, the first storage device updates or accesses the first portion of the file.
US11928324B2
A colorimetric system includes an acquiring unit that acquires a colorimetric value obtained by performing colorimetry by a colorimetric unit, a display processing unit that performs a process of displaying a comparison graphic obtained by combining a reference color graphic of a reference color region with a sample color graphic of a sample color region, and a comparison processing unit that compares a color value of a reference color set in the reference color region with a color value of a sample color set in the sample color region.
US11928322B2
A webpage editor which supports user editing of webpages of a website building system includes at least one processor and a unit running on the at least one processor. The webpages have visually isolated components and overlapped components and visually obscured components. The unit includes an input method handler, a visual editor and an editor overlap handler. The input method handler receives the user selected point or region of the webpage from an input device. The visual editor changes the view of the components proximal or interacting with a user selected point or region of a webpage, from a webpage view to a webpage editing view, the webpage editing view being one of 2D, 3D or side view. The editor overlap handler adjusts the visual characteristics of the components within the webpage editing view, according to component relationships and at least one of website information, user information, object properties or activation rules.
US11928312B2
A terminal includes a memory containing instructions, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the terminal to display a first home screen, where a non-docked bar on the first home screen comprises a first application icon corresponding to a first application, and where the first application is a latest installed application; detect a first user operation; and display, in response to the first user operation, the second home screen. The second home screen includes a first area, a second area, and a third area. The second area includes one or more most frequently used application icons, including a second application icon corresponding to a second application. The third area includes one or more latest installed application icons, including the first application icon, and the first area includes the second application icon.
US11928309B2
Methods and systems for provisioning a collaborative virtual experience based on follower state data
Disclosed herein is a method of provisioning a collaborative virtual experience to two or more users, in accordance with some embodiments. The method may include transmitting an interactive 3D model data to two or more follower user devices associated with two or more followers. Further, the method may include receiving two or more follower state data from the two or more follower user devices. Further, the method may include generating a collaborative view data based on the interactive 3D model data and the two or more follower state data. Further, the method may include transmitting the collaborative view data to a leader user device operated by a leader associated with the two or more followers. Further, the leader user device may be configured for presenting the collaborative view data.
US11928308B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an artificial reality system orchestrating interactions between virtual object “augments.” The orchestration can include linking, which can be forming two or more augments into a combination, embedding an augment within an existing combination, or triggering an action mapped to the linking of those augments. Another type of orchestration can include extracting, which can refer to taking an augment out of an existing combination, either by removing it from the combination or copying the augment to leave a version in the combination and having another version outside the combination.
US11928298B2
Disclosed is a display device including a display panel that displays an image on a display surface and an input sensor having a sensor area and a dummy area defined therein. The input sensor includes a first conductive layer that is disposed on the display panel and that includes a first dummy electrode disposed in the sensor area and the dummy area, a second conductive layer that is disposed on the first conductive layer and that includes a sensor electrode disposed in the sensor area and a second dummy electrode disposed in the dummy area, and a pressure sensor electrode disposed between the first dummy electrode and the second dummy electrode.
US11928297B2
A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels.
US11928291B2
An image projection device which can correctly discern content of touch operation when a user performs various kinds of touch operation on an image projected on a projection screen is provided. An imaging unit is configured to image the image projected on the projection screen and acquire image data. A reference data generating unit is configured to generate reference data specifying a position and a size of the image projected on the projection. An image data extracting unit is configured to extract image data in which a finger or a pointer with which a user performs operation on the image projected on the projection screen exists is focused in the image data obtained by the imaging unit. A position data generating unit is configured to generate position data for specifying a position of the finger or the pointer in the imaging range of the imaging unit.
US11928287B2
A touch control chip, a coding method, and an electronic device are provided, which can effectively reduce influence of a coding signal of a touch control layer of a screen on a display layer. The touch control chip includes: a driving circuit configured to output the coding signal to a display layer of the screen; and a control circuit configured to adjust a driving impedance of the driving circuit during a period when the driving circuit outputs the coding signal, so that a value of the driving impedance in a display sensitive interval of the display layer is greater than a value of the driving impedance in a time interval outside the display sensitive interval, where the display sensitive interval includes a pixel update interval of the display layer, and the pixel update interval is the time interval for a pixel in the display layer to receive a data signal.
US11928277B2
A display apparatus includes a first touch sensing layer, a second touch sensing layer, a reflective display panel, and multiple light sources. The second touch sensing layer is disposed between the first touch sensing layer and the reflective display panel. The light sources are disposed on a surface of the first touch sensing layer facing the second touch sensing layer. The lights emitted by the light sources enter the second touch sensing layer, and then are transmitted to the reflective display panel.
US11928275B2
Systems and methods for a controlling a shared virtual environment are provided. The systems and methods includes a public display connects to a reflector via a network. A shared virtual environment is replicated on the public display. A QR code is displayed on the public display for scanning by a mobile device. The QR code includes instructions to download a controller interface and location of the reflector. The mobile device provides inputs, via the reflector, to the shared virtual environment. This causes mirroring of computations on each of the plurality of objects across the shared virtual environment deterministically. Further, a new message from the reflector with an appended timestamp is transmitted to advance time within the public display. Inputs from the mobile device may include a touchscreen input corresponding to rendered joysticks and buttons, and/or an accelerometer input after position of the mobile device has been calibrated related to the public display.
US11928274B2
A protective film includes a transparent substrate layer and a transparent hardened layer covering a surface of the transparent substrate layer. The transparent hardened layer includes a first region covering a middle portion of the transparent substrate layer and a second region covering an edge of the transparent substrate layer, where hardness of the first region is greater than hardness of the second region. The transparent hardened layer includes the first region and the second region.
US11928273B2
The present disclosure discloses an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a touch substrate, the touch substrate includes a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of touch electrode wires disposed in an array, each touch electrode includes a plurality of touch sensors disposed in an array, common electrodes of all pixel cells of the array substrate are reused as the touch sensors, and the array substrate includes data wires for providing display data to the pixel cells; the array substrate includes a base substrate and a thin film transistor which are stacked, the touch electrode wires and the data wires are provided on the same layer where a source and a drain of the thin film transistor are located, and the touch electrode wires are abreast provided on the two sides of each data wire.
US11928270B2
A quick waveform editing method based on a mouse, comprising: receiving an original waveform which needs to be edited and setting an editing task, wherein, the editing task comprises a single waveform editing or a full waveform editing, which is used to edit an edge waveform of at least a pulse wave waveform; monitoring a mouse event and determining the type of the mouse event, wherein, the type of the mouse event comprises a left button event, a mouse wheel event and a right button event; if the type of the mouse event is the left button event, receiving an occurrence of the left button event monitored, which has a selected edge, and moving the selected edge left by a predetermined distance; if the type of the mouse event is the mouse wheel event, receiving an occurrence of the mouse wheel event monitored, which has a selected edge, and moving the selected edge up or down by a predetermined distance; if the type of the mouse event is the right button event, receiving an occurrence of the right button event monitored, which has a selected edge, and moving the selected edge right by a predetermined distance. Therefore, the present invention releases a left mouse button, selects an edge through a mouse wheel and moves to an ideal position.
US11928265B1
Systems and methods for transferring data via a finger tracking smart device from a first user interface (“UI”) to a second UI is provided. The data transferred may be documentation data, including signatures and corrections. The finger tracking smart device may include one or more smart lenses. Methods may include triggering a tracking of the movement of the user's fingers on the first UI and further tracking a start point and an end point of the movement of the user's fingers based on detection of deliberate movements and gestures. Methods may further include capturing a segment of data within the start point of movement and the end point of movement and storing the segment of data in memory on the finger tracking smart device. Methods may further include updating the second UI based on an instruction in a data packet transmitted to the second UI, by inputting the segment of data at a point of movement of the user's fingers on the second UI.
US11928263B2
An electronic device include an at least partially transparent display, a camera, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first gesture input using a part of a human body of a user using the camera, receive an utterance input of the user in response to the first gesture input, display text generated based on a property of the utterance input on coordinates corresponding to a position of a part of the human body of the user on augmented reality (AR) provided via the at least partially transparent display, end the reception of the utterance input, when receiving an end gesture input using a part of the human body of the user using the camera, and fix the displayed text in a specified position on the augmented reality (AR), in response to the received end gesture input.
US11928262B2
The combination of active and reference haptics on an electronic device, such as a wearable display device, can convey information to a user without requiring the user to look at the device. An electronic device may include a housing, a display disposed in the housing and including an interface surface arranged for user contact and a reference haptic. The interface surface includes an active haptic output that provides a time-dependent haptic output and a reference haptic disposed on the housing or the interface surface to provide a time-independent haptic output related to the time-dependent haptic output.
US11928254B2
The invention relates to virtual reality glasses for a vehicle, which glasses are designed to display virtual contents coordinated with movements of the vehicle, wherein the virtual reality glasses have a chin strap by means of which the virtual reality glasses can be secured in a chin region of a wearer of the virtual reality glasses, and/or the virtual reality glasses are set up to allow the virtual contents to be displayed only if the performance of a safety measure has been detected by the virtual reality glasses.
US11928251B2
Disclosed is a method comprising the steps of: receiving an input of content motion data included in VR content; transmitting, to a motion device, motion control data corresponding to the input content motion data to control movement of the motion device; receiving, from a predetermined sensing apparatus, motion detection data corresponding to a movement state of the motion device; selecting a motion sickness-causing section by using a difference between the motion control data and the motion detection data; generating final motion control data according to a preset algorithm such that the level of motion sickness in the selected motion sickness-causing section is minimized during a preset content reproduction section, and storing the generated final motion control data; and when 3D VR content is reproduced, transmitting, to the motion device, the final motion control data stored in the previous step so as to control the movement of the motion device.
US11928248B1
A semiconductor device is configured to implement a security protocol. The semiconductor device includes an entropy source that includes a plurality of bitcells. The entropy source is configured to output a sequence of physical unclonable function bit values based on intrinsic properties of the plurality of bitcells to generate a unique device secret for the security protocol, and selectively damage at least a portion of the plurality of bitcells to prevent reverse engineering the sequence of physical unclonable function bit values.
US11928244B2
A method is disclosed, performed at a server device, for detecting tracking elements of a web page, wherein the server device is configured to control a proxy server. The method comprises obtaining a web page address configured to connect to a web server. The method comprises establishing a controlled communication interface between the server device and the web server via the proxy server. The method comprises transmitting, via the controlled communication interface, a web page request based on the web page address. The method comprises receiving, via the controlled communication interface, a web page response. The method comprises identifying, based on the web page response, a set of tracking tags including a first tracking tag and a second tracking tag and deactivating all tracking tags of the set; and activating the first tracking tag.
US11928242B2
Implementations include receiving a user provided example value of personally identifiable information (PII). Occurrences of the received example value are automatically identified in a dataset of events, wherein each occurrence is identified in a portion of raw machine data of a respective event of the events. For each occurrence of the identified occurrences, an extraction rule is generated, which defines a pattern of the occurrence of the example value and is executable to identify PII values in portions of raw machine data of the events using the pattern. Values of the PII are identified in a set of events using a set of extraction rules comprising the extraction rule of a plurality of the occurrences.
US11928218B2
Systems and methods for providing a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) enforced blocklisting of harmful applications are described. In one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a BIOS coupled to the processor, the BIOS having program instructions that, upon execution, cause the IHS to download an Unsafe Application List (UAL) from an online source, and during a bootstrap process of the IHS, compare a plurality of Applications (Apps) installed on the IHS against a list of harmful applications included in a UAL. When a harmful application is found by the comparison, the instructions enforce one or more policies to restrict the harmful application from being executed on the IHS.
US11928210B2
This document described a module and method for monitoring systems of a host device for anomalous activities or security weaknesses. The module is configured to passively monitor the content contained within the main memory of the host device and data received by hardware components in the host device for anomalies or security weaknesses. When such anomalies are detected, the module will then initiate countermeasures to prevent the anomalies from affecting the host device and/or any storage/peripheral devices linked to the host device.
US11928200B2
An electronic device performs techniques related to implementing biometric authentication, including providing user interfaces for: providing indications of error conditions during biometric authentication, providing indications about the biometric sensor during biometric authentication, orienting the device to enroll a biometric feature, and providing an indication of the location of the biometric sensor to correct a detected error condition.
US11928198B2
An authentication device is provided with: a plurality of attribute-dependent score calculation units each calculating an attribute-dependent score dependent on a prescribed attribute for input data; an attribute-independent score calculation unit for calculating an attribute-independent score independent of the attribute for the input data; an attribute estimation unit for performing attribute estimation for the input data; and a score integration unit for determining a score weight of each of a plurality of attribute-dependent scores and of the attribute-independent score using the result of the attribute estimation and calculating an output score using the attribute-dependent scores, the attribute-independent score, and the determined score weights.
US11928189B2
Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an electronic device capable of appropriately perform update of a license provided by an information processing apparatus and used in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a key generation unit that generates a device unique key that is a key unique to every device, and a license management unit that updates a license in a case where an extension code generated by a predetermined method on the basis of the device unique key, first data different for every installation of the license provided by an information processing apparatus, and second data different depending on the number of times of update of the license coincides with an input extension code.
US11928186B2
Mechanisms are provided to improve an output of a trained machine learning (ML) computer model based on label co-occurrence statistics. For a corpus, label vector representations of the knowledge data structures are generated. Co-occurrence scores for each pairing of labels, across the label vector representations, are generated. A vector output of the ML computer model is received and a knowledge driven reasoning (KDR) computer model is configured with threshold(s) and delta value(s) specifying condition(s) of a co-occurrence of a first label in the output with a second label in the plurality of labels which, if present, causes the delta value(s) to be applied to modify a probability value associated with the second label in the output of the ML computer model. The KDR computer model is executed on the output of the ML computer model to modify probability value(s) in the output.
US11928185B2
In an embodiment, a GAN model is trained based on an image dataset. A set of images of a first class is generated by the GAN model. Further, a first saliency map of a first generated image is determined by a neural network model. A second saliency map of a second image, belonging to the first class, from image dataset is determined by the neural network model. A first interpretability coefficient is determined, based on the first and second saliency maps. A first typicality score between the first generated image and a first set of images, belonging to the first class, from the image dataset, is determined. A second typicality score between a pair of generated images is determined. A second interpretability coefficient is determined basis the first and second typicality scores. An interpretability score associated with the GAN model is determined based on the first and second interpretability coefficients.
US11928172B2
A system and method for a wireless browser operating in a handheld wireless device for efficient utilization of wireless networks wireless devices resources. The browser identifies ad-server reference links in a received html webpage before the browser can request the ad-server image files from their respective servers, deletes these links and collapses corresponding cells, to create a modified webpage. The wireless browser displays the modified webpage on the device screen. The browser by removing the request and receipt of ad file images from and into the wireless device over the wireless network makes efficient use of the wireless networks. The wireless browser inputs screen size and user desired font size parameters and uses these input parameters, parses the modified webpage into screen size segments and displays the segments one at a time that enables a user to navigate from a segment to another segment to efficiently view web page content.
US11928171B2
An example uniform resource locator (URL) information providing method includes obtaining a text from a document including location information and identifying the location information, transmitting an original URL corresponding to the identified location information to an external apparatus and receiving a shortened URL corresponding to the original URL, generating an optical recognition code corresponding to the received shortened URL and obtaining information related to a content provided from the original URL from the external apparatus based on the original URL, changing the document based on the shortened URL, the optical recognition code, and the information related to the content provided from the original URL, and generating the changed document as page description language data.
US11928170B2
An information output apparatus that is able to communicate with a terminal used by a subject of an experiment for evaluating quality of experience related to utilization of a web browser includes: an output unit configured to output a value of designated information out of information related to processing executed by the web browser of the terminal in accordance with operations. Thus, it is possible to simply acquire information related to processing performed by the web browser in response to arbitrary operations.
US11928167B2
In one or more implementations, content generated using a client application may be associated with a classification. A number of classifications may be recommended to users of a client application based on alphanumeric characters entered by the users. Additionally, a number of classifications may be recommended to the users of the client application based one or more additional criteria, such as recently used classifications or classifications having at least a threshold frequency of use by additional users of the client application.
US11928154B2
Embodiments as disclosed include document analysis systems that may obtain email data collected or obtained from email servers from one or more source systems and build a graph of the emails, where the nodes of the email graph represent data about an email and the edges in the graph between the nodes of the graph are determined based on metadata associated with the emails or the text content of the emails. These email graphs may be quickly and efficiently updated as new email data is obtained such that the document analysis systems may organize emails into conversations for utilization by users in reviewing these emails in context.
US11928146B2
Techniques for maintaining and curating memories stored as data objects are described. A computing device receives a data object. The computing device analyzes, using a model, the data object to determine one or more classifications for the data object. The computing device stores the data object and the one or more classifications for the data object in a storage component of the computing device.
US11928130B2
Various embodiments for a data management system for managing inferences are described herein. An embodiment operates by detecting a signal to perform a replication task. Parameters corresponding to the replication task are identified. The replication task is configured to at least partially replicate a source data table from a source repository to a target data table in a target repository, based on the parameters. It is determined that a columnar structure of a first column of the source data table including data to be replicated matches a columnar structure of a second column of the target data table where the data is to be replicated to. The replication task is executed responsive to the determination of the matching structures, the replication task including performing one or more arithmetic operations on the data.
US11928125B2
In some implementations, a system may obtain, from a first data repository, a first dataset that includes event data associated with a generic schema. The system may infer an event-specific schema that defines an organizational structure for the event data based on common attributes identified among a plurality of events included in the event data using one or more data analytics functions. The system may store, in a second data repository, a second dataset in which the event data is partitioned based on the organizational structure defined by the event-specific schema. The system may generate a third dataset that includes a subset of the event data included in the second dataset that satisfies one or more registration parameters related to an extract, transform, load (ETL) use case. The system may provide the third dataset to an ETL system configured to process the third dataset based on the ETL use case.
US11928124B2
An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data processing system processes current data to determine if the quality of the current data is adequate to be provided to data consumers and if the quality is adequate, the current data is further analyzed to determine if an impacted load including changes to dimension data of the current data or an incremental load including changes to fact data of the current data is to be provided to the data consumers. Depending on the amount of data to be provided to the data consumers, processing units (PUs) may be determined and assigned to carry out the data upload. Various machine learning (ML) models that are used to provide predictions from the current data are analyzed to determine the quality of predictions and if needed, can be automatically retrained by the data processing system.
US11928123B2
Systems and methods for network explainability in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In many embodiments, network structures are extracted from tabular data structures. Communities within the network structure can be identified and processed to generate rules that explain relationships in the underlying data. In various embodiments, the rules are translated into natural language for presentation to a user.
US11928122B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for creating query results displays. Parameters for building queries are received from an administrative user (e.g., a designer or operator) or from another source (e.g., another program or a different device). The received queries may be stored in memory for later insertion into a query results display. The system enables one or more queries to be selected to be assigned to a query results display. The selection may also be performed by another application on the same device or be received from another device. When the selection has been received the application may store the assignments to the query results display together with the queries so that, those assignments and the queries can be transmitted to a client device.
US11928120B2
Example solutions are disclosed for performing a distributed data query for a connected data set, such as a property graph or a relational database, distributed across a plurality of regions (e.g., different geographic regions) under data flow limitations. For a restrictive limitation, a first region stores a data entity that is subject to a data flow limitation, and a second region stores only a reference to the data entity (e.g., a pseudonymous reference). The query is executed in the first region, and at least a partial representation of the state is injected into the query for execution in the second region. The query locates the reference to the data entity in the second region, and the state of the query from the second region is returned. Query results from the plurality of regions are synthesized into a final result. Further solutions address prohibitive limitations when references are not permitted.
US11928118B2
Systems and methods for assigning scores to objects based on evaluating triggering conditions applied to datasets produced by search queries in data aggregation and analysis systems. An example method includes causing display of a user interface for generating a correlation search, the correlation search comprising a search query, a triggering condition to be applied to a dataset produced by the search query, and one or more actions to be performed when the dataset produced by the search query satisfies the triggering condition, wherein the one or more actions comprise at least modifying a score assigned to an object to which the dataset produced by the search query pertains. The example method also includes receiving, via the user interface, user input identifying the one or more actions to be performed when the dataset produced by the search query satisfies the triggering condition, the one or more actions comprising modifying the score assigned to the object, and causing generation of the correlation search based on the user input, the correlation search reflecting an association between the one or more actions and the triggering condition.
US11928116B2
A system and method for boosting items or news posts in a news feed on an organization news site. A boost module allows an organization communicator or administrator to set boost parameters for a selected news post. The boost parameters may include boosting a news post until it is viewed, boosting for a number of impressions, boosting until a particular date, and setting a rank for the news post relative to other boosted items. Boosting a news post may be done when the news post is created and published or after it has been published. Boosted items or news posts may include an icon or symbol to indicate the item is boosted in the user's newsfeed.
US11928105B2
This disclosure provides a novel framework that alleviates shortcomings in the art, and provides a token holder with authorized access to a range of attached functionalities, via data attachments that extend rights to token-associated digital data. According to an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request from a holder of a token instance to provide a list of unique tokens associated with a user identifier, retrieving the list of unique tokens from a database, and transmitting the list of unique tokens to the holder. The method receives a selection of a unique token and transmits attachment data associated with the selected unique token to the holder. The method then receives interaction information indicating an interaction by the user with the attachment data, transmits a request to provide the attachment data to the user, and updates the database to reflect that the attachment data has been acted upon by the user.
US11928090B2
Techniques and structures to facilitate anomaly detection, including receiving performance metric data at a database system having a plurality of data point values, processing the plurality of data point values via an optimized Extreme Studentized Deviate (ESD) test to detect one or more anomalous data point values within the plurality of data point values, including storing a first set of values representing the largest values of the plurality of data point values and a second set of values representing the smallest values of the plurality of data point values, receiving a first of the plurality of data point values, determining whether the first data point value is to be included in the first set of values or the second set of values and determining that the first data point value is not an anomalous data point value upon a determination that the first data point value is not to be inserted into the first set of values or the second set of values and generating an incident alert upon a detection of one or more anomalous data point values within the plurality of data point values.
US11928087B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for accessing a database collection. In some embodiments, an application generates a database collection. The database collection is configured to store documents (e.g., records). The application generates a database table definition. The database table definition is a proxy or adapter for the database collection. The application receives a request to be executed to be executed on the database collection from a client device. The request specifies the database table definition. The application accesses the database collection, via the database, to process the request using the database table definition.
US11928077B2
A data processing circuit includes a plurality of transformation blocks suitable for respectively transforming in parallel a plurality of input bit groups into a plurality of output bit groups, wherein each of the transformation blocks transforms a corresponding input bit group into a corresponding output bit group by using a random pattern.
US11928075B2
A method of transmitting data and command through an RS232 serial port incorporated with a user-end device and a server-end device connected through the RS232 serial port is disclosed and includes following steps: accumulating a value of a first counter of the user-end device and a value of a second counter of the server-end device whenever a data is transmitted from the server-end device to the user-end device; controlling the server-end device to stop transmitting the data and to wait when both of the two values reach a triggering threshold; controlling the user-end device to transmit a control command to the server-end device through the RS232 serial port while the server-end device is waiting; and, resetting the first and the second counter and controlling the server-end device to restore to transmit the data to the user-end device after a waiting time is elapsed.
US11928073B2
Method, apparatus and computer program product embodiments are provided for configuring the USB-C alternate mode feature of a device. The device can be configured to transmit data to both USB-C devices and legacy (non-USB) devices without requiring changes to the device's firmware. Adjusting a USB-C output setting in the device allows the USB-C alternate mode to be switched on or off which enables the device to be updated based on the USB-C capability of other devices connected to the device.
US11928063B1
A method includes: creating L2P tables while programming virtual blocks (VBs) across memory planes; creating an L2P bitmap for each VB, the L2P bitmap identifying logical addresses, within each L2P table, that belong to each VB; creating a VB bitmap for each L2P table, the VB bitmap identifying virtual blocks to which the respective L2P table points; creating an updated VB bitmap for a first L2P table based on changes to the first L2P table; determining that an entry in the VB bitmap is different than the entry in the updated VB bitmap, the entry corresponding to a particular VB; identifying an L2P bitmap corresponding to the particular VB; changing a bit within the identified L2P bitmap for an L2P mapping corresponding to the entry; and employing the identified L2P bitmap to determine L2P table(s) of the respective L2P tables that contain valid logical addresses for the particular VB.
US11928060B2
A processing system includes a plurality of compute units, with each compute unit having an associated first cache of a plurality of first caches, and a second cache shared by the plurality of compute units. The second cache operates to manage transfers of caches between the first caches of the plurality of first caches such that when multiple candidate first caches contain a valid copy of a requested cacheline, the second cache selects the candidate first cache having the shortest total path from the second cache to the candidate first cache and from the candidate first cache to the compute unit issuing a request for the requested cacheline.
US11928058B1
An apparatus comprising a CPU core configured to execute instructions and consume data. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store the instructions and the data. A memory protection shim is coupled to the CPU core and the memory. The memory protection shim is configured to perform transformations over digital blocks to perform at least one of authentication or decryption of the digital blocks received from the memory. The memory protection shim is coupled to the CPU core in a fashion that prevents egress of the digital blocks or ingress of other external digital blocks between the memory protection shim and the CPU core.
US11928057B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, a method comprises storing a first application image and a second application image in an application image memory, designating the first application image as active, receiving a first address for accessing the application image memory from a processor, modifying the first address based on a first offset between a base starting address of the first application image and a starting physical address of the first application image in the application image memory to generate a second address, and accessing the application image memory using the second address.
US11928052B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for automated testing of mobile devices. A server establishes a connection with a client device via a high-latency connection. The server receives input from the client device comprising (i) a selection of mobile devices for testing and (ii) a selection of a test interaction. The server generates predicted interactions for each of the selected mobile devices using historical device interaction data. The server converts the predicted interactions into test scripts, each test script formatted for use with one of the selected mobile devices. The server deploys each test script for execution on the corresponding mobile device, and transmits results from the test script executions to the client device.
US11928037B2
The technology disclosed herein enables the restoration of a database version across cloud environments. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving, in a second cloud environment from a first cloud environment, first metadata describing a first data version stored in the first cloud environment. The first data version includes first data items and the first metadata. After receiving the first metadata, the method provides receiving, in the second cloud environment, an instruction to restore the first data items to the second cloud environment. In response to the instruction, the method provides restoring the first data items to the second cloud environment using the first metadata.
US11928033B2
A method of remote device diagnosis and mitigation includes receiving a signal indicative of an intermittent technical state of a first device. Immediately responsive thereto, the method includes interrogating the first device for parameters. The method includes interrogating the first device for the parameters at a third time outside receipt of the signal. The parameters include a transient parameter present at a first time of the intermittent technical state and not present a second time following the first time. The method includes recording the parameters from the first time in a first data file and the parameters for the third time in an additional data file. The first data file is compared with the additional data file to identify a difference in a parameter indicative of a cause of the intermittent technical state. The method includes remotely implementing a change on the first device to mitigate the cause.
US11928029B2
A system that implements a data storage service may store data for a database table in multiple replicated partitions on respective storage nodes. In response to a request to back up a table, the service may back up individual partitions of the table to a remote storage system independently and (in some cases) in parallel, and may update (or create) and store metadata about the table and its partitions on storage nodes of the data storage service and/or in the remote storage system. Backing up each partition may include exporting it from the database in which the table is stored, packaging and compressing the exported partition for upload, and uploading the exported, packaged, and compressed partition to the remote storage system. The remote storage system may be a key-value durable storage system in which each backed-up partition is accessible using its partition identifier as the key.
US11928024B1
A system and method corrects single bit errors in a memory by detecting a single bit error with a memory. The memory is accessed via data cache stages of a pipeline. Further, based on detecting the single bit error, the data cache stages of the pipeline are stopped from accepting new transactions. A value associated with each address of the memory is read based on stopping the new transactions from being accepted, and the detected single bit errors within the values are corrected.
US11928022B2
A UART includes a transmission register, a receive register, a virtual remappable pin, a parity error check circuit to evaluate contents of the receive register for a parity error, and control logic to determine contents of the transmission register. The contents include underlying data and a parity bit based thereupon. The control logic is to route the contents through the first virtual remappable pin to the receive register. The control logic is to, before reception of the entire contents at the receive register, cause modified contents to be provided to the receive register. The modified contents are to cause a parity error. The modified contents are to include different underlying data or a different parity bit than the contents of the transmission register. The control logic is to determine whether the parity error check circuit detected the parity error.
US11928017B2
A method includes receiving a point data anomaly detection query from a user. The query requests the data processing hardware to determine a quantity of anomalous point data values in a set of point data values. The method includes training a model using the set of point data values. For at least one respective point data value in the set of point data values, the method includes determining, using the trained model, a variance value for the respective point data value and determining that the variance value satisfies a threshold value. Based on the variance value satisfying the threshold value, the method includes determining that the respective point data value is an anomalous point data value. The method includes reporting the determined anomalous point data value to the user.
US11928015B1
A fault insertion device (FID) comprises a transceiver and an FPGA. The transceiver receives signals from a MIL-STD-1553/1760 communications bus. The FPGA evaluates the signals received from the communications bus against a set of rules stored by the FPGA. Based upon the set of rules, the FPGA can selectively modify messages received from the communications bus prior to transmission to a remote terminal or a bus controller that is configured to communicate on the communications bus.
US11928013B2
Systems, methods, and software for analyzing data logs. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting a plurality of the data logs from log-generating elements, converting the data logs into log images, performing image analysis on a plurality of the log images to extract insights, and generating an output based on the insights.
US11928004B2
Techniques regarding quantum error mitigation are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an error mitigation component that can add a set of scaled quantum gates to a quantum circuit for error mitigation. The set of scaled quantum gates can comprise a quantum gate and an inverse of the quantum gate. Also, the set of scaled quantum gates can have a rotation angle based on a pulse schedule to achieve a target stretch factor.
US11928001B2
Systems and methods for musical tempo detection are provided. The method includes detecting peaks and their locations in a waveform of a digital audio track, and dividing the track into first measures with a first-measure length based on a first estimated tempo. The method includes determining distances between a beginning of the first measures and each peak location, and determining a first number of peaks having the same distance from the beginning of the first measures. The method includes dividing the track into second measures with a second-measure length based on a second estimated tempo; determining distances between a beginning of the second measures and each peak location; and determining a second number of peaks having the same distance from the beginning of each of the second measures. The method includes estimating an accurate tempo by comparing the first number of peaks and the second number of peaks.
US11928000B1
An information handling system includes a management controller that may determine average power consumption of a processor, and determine average power measurement at a power supply unit. If the average power consumption of the processor does not match the average power measurement at the power supply unit, then the system may calibrate the average power consumption of the processor to match the average power measurement at the power supply unit.
US11927993B2
A biomechanically optimizing mobile device use system having a mobile computer device with readable storage and a display; an orientation determination system included with the mobile device and adapted to determine a position of the mobile device; and, an operating system that, when the mobile device is powered on and upon each repositioning of the mobile device, is adapted to: determine a current position, determine a reference position relative to one of a vertical position and a face down position, determine a stress angle of the mobile device according to a difference between the current position and the reference position, and, actuate a user notification according to a determination that the stress angle exceeds a predetermined angle for a predetermined length of time.
US11927985B2
A wearable electronic device accommodatable in an external electronic device may include a communication circuit, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify that the wearable electronic device is accommodated in the external electronic device, receive information on at least one device included in the external electronic device from the external electronic device through the communication circuit, in response to identifying that the wearable electronic device is accommodated in the external electronic device, based on information on at least one device included in the wearable electronic device and the information on the at least one device included in the external electronic device, identify a first device among the at least one device included in the wearable electronic device and identify a second device among the at least one device included in the external electronic device, based on data obtained through the first device, identify first data configured to control the second device, and transmit the first data to the external electronic device through the communication circuit. Various other embodiments may be possible.
US11927983B2
Provided for herein are systems, methods, apparatus and software configured synchronize clocks across two or more processing devices. The techniques of the present disclosure include: obtaining, at a processing device, indications of clocks, wherein the indications comprise an indication for a clock for each of a plurality of processing devices; determining, from the indications, whether a clock of the processing device leads or lags a majority of clocks of the plurality of processing devices; and adjusting the clock of the processing device in a direction of the majority of the clocks of the plurality of processing devices.
US11927975B2
A switch circuit includes: a switch coupled to control an electrical parameter of a main circuit. A. PSRR of the main circuit is determined by the switch; a first driver configured to operably drive the switch, wherein the first driver is powered by a supply current; and a supply transistor configured to operably generate the supply current, wherein the supply transistor is biased in a subthreshold region, such that the PSRR of the main circuit is higher than a predetermined level within a predetermined frequency range.
US11927971B2
A control apparatus is equipped with a control unit. The control unit acquires information on a sound in at least one room arranged along an outer wall of a building. The control unit moves an uninhabited airborne vehicle along the outer wall of the building, based on the information on the sound.
US11927970B2
A method for a leading transportation vehicle and for taking over control of a transportation vehicle to be controlled, including identifying the transportation vehicle to be controlled; determining a dynamic holding area relative to the leading transportation vehicle for the transportation vehicle to be controlled, wherein the dynamic holding area is defined so that the transportation vehicle to be controlled remains behind the leading transportation vehicle and uses a different lane; and transmitting a message relating to the dynamic holding area to the transportation vehicle to be controlled.
US11927968B2
A device for performing autonomous agricultural operations may include a toolbar to which a plurality of implements may be interchangeably coupled, and a pair of parallel chassis beams mounted perpendicularly on the toolbar. At least a portion of each of the chassis beams may be telescopic and configured to be extended outward from, and retracted inward towards, the toolbar. The device may also include a plurality of drive assemblies each mounted on one of the chassis beams, and a plurality of motors corresponding to the drive assemblies and configured to drive the drive assemblies in accordance with one or more drive parameters to move the device throughout a site. The device may further include a computing device configured to automatically determine the drive parameters, and cause the plurality of motors to drive the corresponding drive assemblies in accordance with the drive parameters.
US11927967B2
In one embodiment, a computing system of a vehicle may access sensor data associated with a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The system may generate, based on the sensor data, a first trajectory having one or more first driving characteristics for navigating the vehicle in the surrounding environment. The system may generate a second trajectory having one or more second driving characteristics by modifying the one or more first driving characteristics of the first trajectory. The modifying may use adjustment parameters based on one or more human-driving characteristics of observed human-driven trajectories such that the one or more second driving characteristics satisfy a similarity threshold relative to the one or more human-driving characteristics. The system may determine, based on the second trajectory, vehicle operations to navigate the vehicle in the surrounding environment.
US11927966B2
An automatically moving floor treatment appliance has an appliance housing, a drive, a computing element and a plurality of fall sensors. The computing element compares a detection result of a fall sensor with a known reference result, and when the detection result does not correspond with the reference result, determines a malfunctioning of the fall sensor. The computing element determines distances detected chronologically successively by the same fall sensor during a movement of the appliance with one another, and when the distances are identical, determines a malfunctioning of the fall sensor, and/or compares a detection result of the leading fall sensor with a detection result of a trailing fall sensor and when the trailing fall sensor detects a slope without the leading fall sensor having detected the slope before, determines a malfunctioning of the leading fall sensor and the trailing fall sensor takes over the from the leading fall sensor.
US11927964B2
An autonomous work machine that works in a work area while autonomously traveling in the work area, comprises a specification unit configured to specify, based on information of a position detection unit configured to detect position information, a self-position of the autonomous work machine, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the self-position, whether the autonomous work machine has reached a perimeter portion of a no-work area positioned within the work area, and a control unit configured to control the autonomous work machine to do a lap along the perimeter portion in a case in which the autonomous work machine is determined to have reached the perimeter portion.
US11927962B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for addressing an error in a localization system that includes monitoring a plurality of sensors of a driver assistance system in real-time, with each sensor generating a data stream. The method further includes identifying a sensor having an anomalous data stream and calculating a primary localization and a backup localization. The primary localization calculation includes the anomalous data stream and the backup localization calculation does not include the anomalous data stream. Further, the method includes executing an action when the backup localization error estimate exceeds a threshold.
US11927961B2
A method for constraining robot autonomy language includes receiving a navigation command to navigate a robot to a mission destination within an environment of the robot and generating a route specification for navigating the robot from a current location in the environment to the mission destination in the environment. The route specification includes a series of route segments. Each route segment in the series of route segments includes a goal region for the corresponding route segment and a constraint region encompassing the goal region. The constraint region establishes boundaries for the robot to remain within while traversing toward the goal region. The route segment also includes an initial path for the robot to follow while traversing the corresponding route segment.
US11927956B2
The technology relates to assisting large self-driving vehicles, such as cargo vehicles, as they maneuver towards and/or park at a destination facility. This may include a given vehicle transitioning between different autonomous driving modes. Such a vehicles may be permitted to drive in a fully autonomous mode on certain roadways for the majority of a trip, but may need to change to a partially autonomous mode on other roadways or when entering or leaving a destination facility such as a warehouse, depot or service center. Large vehicles such as cargo truck may have limited room to maneuver in and park at the destination, which may also prevent operation in a fully autonomous mode. Here, information from the destination facility and/or a remote assistance service can be employed to aid in real-time semi-autonomous maneuvering.
US11927955B2
The technology relates to assisting large self-driving vehicles, such as cargo vehicles, as they maneuver towards and/or park at a destination facility. This may include a given vehicle transitioning between different autonomous driving modes. Such a vehicles may be permitted to drive in a fully autonomous mode on certain roadways for the majority of a trip, but may need to change to a partially autonomous mode on other roadways or when entering or leaving a destination facility such as a warehouse, depot or service center. Large vehicles such as cargo truck may have limited room to maneuver in and park at the destination, which may also prevent operation in a fully autonomous mode. Here, information from the destination facility and/or a remote assistance service can be employed to aid in real-time semi-autonomous maneuvering.
US11927953B2
Techniques are disclosed for performing custom waypoint missions using an onboard computing device in communication with a movable object. The movable object can include a flight controller, and a communication system. The flight controller can be in communication with the onboard computing device which includes a processor and an onboard data manager. The onboard data manager can receive at least one input, determine one or more instructions to be performed by the at least one movable object based on the at least one input, generate movement commands to implement the one or more instructions, and send movement commands to the flight controller to be executed.
US11927947B2
A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building, a system manager, and a cloud-based data platform. The system manager is coupled to the building equipment via a system bus and configured to obtain alarm data from the building equipment and generate a timeseries sample including the alarm data. The cloud-based data platform includes a timeseries service configured to receive the timeseries sample from the system manager, extract the alarm data from the timeseries sample, and store the alarm data as a sample of an alarm timeseries.
US11927937B1
Disclosed is a prediction method for tool remaining life of a numerical control machine tool based on a hybrid neural model, including: constructing a hybrid neural network model, specifically including the following steps: constructing sample data according to the sampling frequency of tool data; obtaining a first feature vector representing the tool life by utilizing a convolutional neural network and a long short-term memory network; generating working condition signals of sampling points into a second feature vector representing the tool life by utilizing an NFM neural network; and inputting a current working time of a tool and the acquired feature vectors into a multi-layer perceptron for fusion to predict the tool life.
US11927935B2
Industrial production facilities (such as can making factories) may tag with radio frequency near proximity devices their tooling (knockouts, dies, punches, etc) so that the tooling may be instantly located on any particular machine or location in the facility, by known critical characteristics of the tooling, particularly diameter. This is possible because each machine will also have a reader for the tags, and other areas such as inventory shelves, inspection stations, doors, loading docks, shipping departments and even vendors may also have the reading devices. Passive RFID tags and readers may be used for this purpose. The invention may be open to other businesses so inventory may be located across manufacturing systems and/or businesses.
US11927934B2
A cutting apparatus includes a management unit having a measuring unit for measuring an amount of light emitted from a light emitter and received by a light receiver while a cutting blade is positioned between the light emitter and the light receiver, a measured waveform forming section for forming a measured waveform representing the configuration of an outer circumferential region of the cutting blade, and an ideal waveform recognizing section for recognizing one of the comparative waveforms that has the greatest number of waveform regions similar to the measured waveform as an ideal waveform, a difference calculating section for calculating the area of a region where there is a difference between the measured waveform and the ideal waveform.
US11927931B2
An artificial intelligence (AI)-based air conditioner can include a communication unit and a processor. The communication can receive an image including member data from an image acquisition device, where the member data are associated with one or more different members of a member group and are used to distinguish the members from each other. The processor can recognize the member data from the received image, acquire operation data including operation conditions of the air conditioner, which are desired by the members, based on the recognized member data, store member information including the member data and the operation data in a database, analyze the operation conditions of the air conditioner, which are desired by the members, with respect to each member based on the member information corresponding to the member group stored in the database, and autonomously driving the air conditioner for the different members based on the analyzed operation conditions.
US11927930B2
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a heat distribution system. The method comprises: determining a time period of forecasted elevated overall outtake of heat from a district thermal energy distribution grid (110) by local heat distribution systems (150) connected to the district thermal energy distribution grid (110); determining, at a control sewer (130), a control signal associated with a respective one of a plurality of local control units (140), wherein each respective control signal is time resolved and comprises information pertaining to a temporary increase in heat outtake from the district thermal energy distribution grid (110) before the determined time period, and information pertaining to a temporary decrease in heat outtake from the district thermal energy distribution grid (110) during the determined time period; sending each respective control signal from the control sewer (130) to the respective local control unit (140); receiving the respective control signal at the respective local control unit (140); and regulating, at each respective local control unit (140) and based on the respective control signal, the outtake of heat by the respective local heat distribution system (150) from the district thermal energy distribution grid (110).
US11927914B2
The present invention provides an electrophotographic toner binder containing, as a main component, a polymer whose constituent monomer is a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, the electrophotographic toner binder being excellent in low-temperature fixability, hot-offset resistance, and storage stability. The present invention provides an electrophotographic toner binder containing a polymer (A) containing a monomer (a) and a monomer (x) different from the monomer (a) as essential constituent monomers, wherein the monomer (a) is a (meth)acrylate having a C18-C36 acyclic hydrocarbon group, the polymer (A) has an acid value of 40 or less, and the polymer (A) satisfies the following relational expression (1): 1.1 (cal/cm3)0.5≤|SP(x)−SP(a)|≤8.0 (cal/cm3)0.5 relational expression (1): wherein SP(a) is the SP value of a structural unit derived from the monomer (a) constituting the polymer (A); and SP(x) is the SP value of a structural unit derived from the monomer (x) different from the monomer (a) constituting the polymer (A).
US11927903B2
A heating device includes a heating roller that includes a resistance heating layer, a bearing that supports the heating roller to allow the heating roller to be rotatable, and a connection power feeder that is mounted on an end portion of the heating roller, is connected to the resistance heating layer, and feeds power to the resistance heating layer, in which the connection power feeder includes an annular frame that is disposed to be concentric with the heating roller and is conductively connected to the resistance heating layer, a power feed shaft of which a portion is disposed in the frame and which feeds power, and plural rolling bodies that roll while being in conductive contact with an inner peripheral surface of the frame and an outer peripheral surface of the power feed shaft, and the bearing is mounted on a portion of the end portion of the heating roller that is closer to an inside than the connection power feeder in an axial direction.
US11927900B2
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, a pressure plate, a pressing force, an entrance guide, an exit guide, and a transmission. The pressure rotator presses the fixing rotator to form a nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The pressure plate rotates about a fulcrum to press the pressure rotator. The pressing force adjuster adjusts a pressing force of the pressure rotator. The entrance guide guides a recording medium entering the nip. The exit guide guides the recording medium ejected from the nip. The transmission transmits a displacement of the pressure plate to the entrance guide and the exit guide.
US11927898B2
An example developing device includes a developing case, a developer supply portion connected to the developing case and including a supply port, a shutter to open or close the supply port, and a sealing member attached to an outer circumferential portion of the developer supply portion to prevent leakage of a developer through the developer supply portion and the shutter. The developer supply portion includes a slit portion adjacent to the supply port. The sealing member includes a film member having an opening in communication with the supply port, a fixing portion inserted into the slit portion, and an elastic sealing member. An upper surface of the film member contacts an inner circumferential portion of the shutter, and the elastic sealing member is attached onto a lower surface of the film member along an edge of the opening and surrounds the supply port.
US11927890B1
A substrate processing apparatus includes a photoresist coater applying a photoresist film on a substrate, a humidifier increasing an amount of moisture in an ambient to which the photoresist film on the substrate is exposed, and an exposer irradiating the photoresist film exposed to the ambient having the increased amount of moisture with light. The humidifier is disposed between the photoresist coater and the exposer.
US11927888B2
A method for the tracking and identification of components of lithography systems, for example of projection exposure apparatuses for semiconductor lithography is provided. The components are each provided with at least one transponder. The transponder has a data memory, on which data relating to the respective component are stored. The transponder is configured to pick up wirelessly arriving signals of a reader and to respond with data from the data memory. The data are stored on the data memory during the production of the component and/or during the production of the lithography system and/or after the start-up of the lithography system.
US11927887B2
An optical proximity correction (OPC) operation method and an OPC operation device are provided. The OPC operation method includes the following steps. A mask layout is obtained. If the mask layout contains at least one defect hotspot, at least one partial area pattern is extracted from the mask layout according to the at least defect hotspot. A machine learning model is used to analyze the local area pattern to obtain at least one OPC strategy. The OPC strategy is implemented to correct the mask layout.
US11927886B2
Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate treating method. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, the purge operation of the purge nozzle is performed while the nozzle arm is moved from the first substrate support member to the second substrate support member, it hardly influences the operation of treating the substrate while the nozzle arm is moved from the first substrate support member to the second substrate support member. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, the substrate treating apparatus may perform an operation of purging the photosensitive liquid nozzle while the treatment liquid supply unit performs a process of supplying the photosensitive liquid to the substrate. Accordingly, because the operation of purging the photosensitive liquid nozzle is performed at the same time when the substrate treating apparatus performs a process, productivity may be improved.
US11927883B2
A performance monitor determines a performance characteristic of a plurality of dispensers receiving fluid from a reservoir. Each of the plurality of dispensers has an actuator that, when actuated, causes the each of the dispensers to generate a droplet of the fluid. A driver generates a drive command to the actuator to adjust a physical attribute of the droplet based on the performance characteristic to satisfy a performance criteria.
US11927867B2
Controllers and control methods apply a drive voltage to bus bars of a thin film optically switchable device. The applied drive voltage is provided at a level that drives a transition over the entire surface of the optically switchable device but does not damage or degrade the device. This applied voltage produces an effective voltage at all locations on the face of the device that is within a bracketed range. The upper bound of this range is associated with a voltage safely below the level at which the device may experience damage or degradation impacting its performance in the short term or the long term. At the lower boundary of this range is an effective voltage at which the transition between optical states of the device occurs relatively rapidly. The level of voltage applied between the bus bars is significantly greater than the maximum value of the effective voltage within the bracketed range.
US11927862B2
An object is to reduce parasitic capacitance of a signal line included in a liquid crystal display device. A transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is used as a transistor provided in each pixel. Note that the oxide semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor layer which is highly purified by thoroughly removing impurities (hydrogen, water, or the like) which become electron suppliers (donors). Thus, the amount of leakage current (off-state current) can be reduced when the transistor is off. Therefore, a voltage applied to a liquid crystal element can be held without providing a capacitor in each pixel. In addition, a capacitor wiring extending to a pixel portion of the liquid crystal display device can be eliminated. Therefore, parasitic capacitance in a region where the signal line and the capacitor wiring intersect with each other can be eliminated.
US11927854B1
A touch panel includes a liquid crystal display body and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connected with the liquid crystal display body. The liquid crystal display body includes: sensing electrodes Rx, upper display screen glass, driving electrodes Tx, a color filter with a black frame, liquid crystals, a thin-film transistor drive array and lower display screen glass, where the liquid crystals are filled between the color filter with the black frame and the thin-film transistor drive array; and the liquid crystal display body comprises special-shaped regions at a lower edge of two sides of the liquid crystal display body.
US11927841B2
The disclosure provides a display panel and a display apparatus, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display panel includes a display backplane and an antenna structure; the display panel further includes a frequency selective surface on a side of the antenna structure close to a light exit surface of the display panel; the frequency selective surface is configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave with a specific frequency, so as to enhance a radiation gain of the antenna structure.
US11927840B2
An electronic device includes a display panel and a viewing angle control unit disposed opposite to the display panel. The viewing angle control unit includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a plurality of protrusions disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of shielding units disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed corresponding to the plurality of protrusions. One of the shielding units forms a first projection on the first substrate, one of the protrusions forms a second projection on the first substrate, and the second projection falls within the first projection.
US11927839B2
An electro-absorption modulator (EAM) is configured to include an on-chip AC ground plane that is used to terminate the high frequency RF input signal within the chip itself. This on-chip ground termination of the modulation input signal improves the frequency response of the EAM, which is an important feature when the EAM needs to support data rates in excess of 50 Gbd. By virtue of using an on-chip ground for the very high frequency signal content, it is possible to use less expensive off-chip components to address the lower frequency range of the data signal (i.e., for frequencies less than about 1 GHz).
US11927834B2
A technique capable of easily and highly accurately perform positioning of a lens member having a convex optical surface. A lens positioning mechanism is configured to include: a member holding unit that has a function of holding a lens member via an auxiliary tool attached to a second surface of the lens member having a first surface, which is a convex optical surface, and the second surface, which is an optical surface facing the first surface, and biasing the held lens member toward a side of the first surface; and an attitude control unit that abuts on a predetermined portion on the first surface of the lens member biased on the member holding unit to regulate a position of the predetermined portion and positions the lens member in a predetermined attitude.
US11927833B2
Spectacles having a spectacle frame and at least one additional frame that can be placed on the front of the spectacle frame so as to be removable, both frames having lenses made of transparent material. The lenses of the spectacle frame are varifocal lenses for the purpose of correcting vision for different distance ranges in order to achieve in each case maximum or clear visual acuity for at least one distance range, while the lenses of the additional frame are single-vision lenses or varifocal lenses. In combination with the lenses of the spectacle frame, the lenses of the additional frame correct vision in a manner customized to the needs of the user. In a simple, cost-effective and convenient manner, a broad field of sharp vision in all distance ranges is afforded to the user, and therefore significantly improved vision comfort tailored to their requirements is provided.
US11927829B2
An optical imaging system includes first through seventh lenses. The first lens includes positive refractive power, the second lens includes a positive refractive power, the third lens includes a negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being convex, the fourth lens includes a positive refractive power, the fifth lens includes a negative refractive power, the sixth lens includes a negative refractive power, and the seventh lens includes a negative refractive power and having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane.
US11927824B2
An assembly having a tube and at least one optical cable with the optical cable being placed inside the tube. The tube has an inner diameter D and in that the optical cable has an outer diameter d, the ratio d/D ranging from 0.10 to 0.80.
US11927822B2
A fiber optic cross connect system comprising a case defining a tray receiving space and at least one tray slideable in and out of the space between a first closed position, a second intermediate position and a third open or accessible position and a sliding engagement between a sidewall of the case and a side edge of the tray is disclosed. The sliding engagement comprises an elongate link member which is stationary as the tray is moved between the first closed position and the second intermediate position and moves with the tray as the tray is moved between the second intermediate and the third open position and such that the elongate link member does not interfere with fiber optic cables which are interconnecting external devices with devices on the tray. In a particular embodiment the link member is held stationary by a releasable locking mechanism.
US11927819B2
Examples described herein relate to an optical device with an integrated light-emitting structure to generate light and a waveguide integrated capacitor to monitor light. The light-emitting structure may emit light upon the application of electricity to the optical device. The waveguide integrated capacitor may be formed under the light-emitting structure to monitor the light emitted by the light-emitting structure. The waveguide integrated capacitor includes a waveguide region carrying at least a portion of the light. The waveguide region includes one or more photon absorption sites causing the generation of free charge carriers relative to an intensity of the light confined in the waveguide region resulting in a change in the conductance of the waveguide region.
US11927816B2
An optical module optimized for EMI shielding performance and electromagnetic shielding structure of the optical module includes a base, an upper cover, and an unlocking device connected by an unlocking handle and a movable unlocking piece; the base is butted and clamped with the upper cover to form a limiting groove for accommodating the unlocking latch on both sides of the movable unlocking piece, the unlocking latch is correspondingly slidably fitted in the limiting groove; the upper end of the unlocking latch on each side is provided with a first notch, which is used to make way for the base EMI lug boss set on the base, the lower end of the unlocking latch on each side is provided with a second notch, which is used to make way for the upper cover EMI lug boss set on the upper cover.
US11927815B2
An optical receptacle includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface, and an annular first cylindrical part disposed to surround a second central axis of the second optical surface. The first cylindrical part includes a first inner surface with a circular shape in a cross section perpendicular to the second central axis, and a second inner surface disposed on a second optical surface side than the first inner surface and provided with a circular shape in the cross section perpendicular to the second central axis. A diameter of the first inner surface is greater than a diameter of the second inner surface, and a length of the second inner surface in a direction along the second central axis is 0.5 to 4.0 mm.
US11927811B2
In some implementations, an optical component of a microscope may capture an image of a profile of a ferrule and a connector of an optical fiber based on the ferrule being received by a first opening of a first connector adapter of the microscope. A mechanical axis of the ferrule may be orthogonal to an optical path from a camera of the microscope to the ferrule when the ferrule is received by the first opening. One or more processors associated with the microscope may process the image to determine a measurement of a chamfer of the ferrule. The optical component may capture an image of an endface of the ferrule based on the ferrule being received by a second opening of a second connector adapter. The mechanical axis of the ferrule may be axially aligned with the optical path when the ferrule is received by the second opening.
US11927803B2
An optical fiber arrangement method includes: preparing an intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon including optical fibers arranged side by side at a first pitch larger than a fiber diameter; holding a non-connecting region of the optical fiber ribbon with a holder, where connecting portions intermittently connect the optical fibers extending out from the holder to each other; changing a width of the optical fiber ribbon in an interior of the holder; and arranging the optical fibers, extending out from the holder, with intervals of the optical fibers changed from the first pitch to a second pitch smaller than the first pitch by removing the connecting portions in a state where the holder is holding the optical fibers.
US11927799B2
A data transmission system is disclosed. The data transmission system includes at least one signal processing device, at least one conversion device, at least one antenna device, and at least one flexible printed circuit board. The at least one signal processing device is configured to generate or receive at least one data. The at least one conversion device is configured to transform between the at least one data and an optical signal. The at least one antenna device is configured to obtain the at least one data according to the optical signal, and configured to receive or transmit the at least one data wirelessly. The at least one flexible printed circuit board includes at least one conductive layer and at least one optical waveguide layer. The at least one optical waveguide layer is configured to transmit the optical signal.
US11927796B1
A display device includes a frame body, a positioning unit, a light guide plate, and an elastic unit. The frame body includes a back plat which includes a limiting slot. The positioning includes a loading portion, a side wall portion, and a positioning protrusion. The positioning protrusion is located on the loading portion and extends toward the back plate to fit in the limiting slot. When the elastic unit is in the non-compressed state, one end of the elastic unit abuts against the side wall plate, and the other end abuts against the side wall portion so that the positioning protrusion is at a first position of the limiting slot. When the light guide plate is heated, the positioning protrusion is driven to move to a second position of the limiting slot, and the elastic unit is pressed to be in the compressed state.
US11927785B2
There is provided a holographic optical element including: a hologram portion including a plurality of groups of unit regions, each group of unit regions of the hologram portion being configured to produce a respective holographic image under a respective light illumination having a respective predetermined wavelength; and a colour filter portion formed on the hologram portion, the colour filter portion including a plurality of groups of unit regions, each group of unit regions of the colour filter portion being arranged on a corresponding group of the plurality of groups of unit regions of the hologram portion, whereby the plurality of groups of unit regions of the colour filter portion is spatially arranged to form a predetermined colour image. There is also provided a method of forming the holographic optical element. There is further provided an article having optical security incorporated therein.
US11927781B2
An optical device 10 comprises an objective lens 11 defining a focal plane FP and an eyepiece 12 spaced apart therefrom, defining an optical axis OA therethrough. The optical device 10 comprises an optical member 13 having a first planar face 14, arranged on the optical axis OA proximal the focal plane FP, wherein the first planar face 14 is arranged to oppose the objective lens 11. The optical device 10 comprises a filter assembly 100 comprising a first notch filter 101 arranged to attenuate transmission of electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength λ1, wherein the first notch filter 101 is arranged in front of the optical member 13. The first notch filter 101 is arranged at a first oblique angle θ1 to the optical axis OA whereby, in use, incident electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined wavelength λi propagating along the optical axis is reflected by the first notch filter 101 away therefrom, wherein the first wavelength λ1 and the predetermined wavelength λi are different. In this way, retro-reflection of the incident electromagnetic radiation towards a source thereof is reduced, thereby better detection of the optical device 10.
US11927776B2
Systems and methods are described for providing a 3D display, such as a light-field display. In some embodiments, a display device includes a light-emitting layer that includes a plurality of separately-controllable pixels. A lens structure overlays the light-emitting layer. The lens structure includes an array of collimating optical elements. A phase-modifying layer is positioned between the light emitting layer and the lens structure. The pixels of the light emitting layer are used in generating spatial emission patterns that work in unison with the phase-modifying layer in order to generate beams of light through the collimating optical elements with extended focus depths. Multiple beams are used to generate voxels at various distances from the display surface with the correct eye convergence for the viewer. Beams with extended focus depths may be used to generate the correct eye retinal focus cues.
US11927775B2
Provided are 3D glasses capable of reducing crosstalk when disposed on the viewer side of a liquid crystal panel that is time-divisionally driven; an optical device including the 3D glasses; and a three-dimensional image display device including the optical device. The 3D glasses include a right-eye polarizer and a left-eye polarizer, the right-eye polarizer and the left-eye polarizer each including a polarizing plate and a first λ/4 plate, at least one of the right-eye polarizer or the left-eye polarizer including a phase difference layer on or behind a back surface side of the polarizing plate, wherein a phase difference introduced by the right-eye polarizer in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm is different from a phase difference introduced by the left-eye polarizer in the thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm.
US11927767B2
A system, method, and device for configuring an optical aiming device for ballistic drop compensation (BDC). The optical aiming device can include a housing with a reticle pane defining a reticle display field viewable by a user and indicating a zero point, the housing further including a plurality of axially spaced lenses and defining an optical path therethrough. In various embodiments the system includes a display device configured to project an image generated from a display, a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer readable data storage medium can include instructions executable by the processor to receive a first set of ballistics input data indicating a first type of ammunition, determine a BDC pattern including at least two holdover marks corresponding to at least two ranges for the first type of ammunition, and project the BDC pattern onto the reticle display field.
US11927766B2
An apparatus, system, and method for an imaging system that may be used to support eye tracking in a head mounted display. The imaging system may include an image sensor positioned in a user's field of view and within a lens assembly to capture light that is reflected from an eye. The imaging system may include two optical elements that are configured to at least partially direct scene light around the image sensor to conceal the image sensor from the user's eye. The image sensor is positioned between the two optical elements within the lens assembly.
US11927759B2
An exit pupil expander (EPE) has entrance and exit pupils, a back surface adjacent to the entrance pupil, and an opposed front surface. In one embodiment the EPE is geometrically configured such that light defining a center wavelength that enters at the entrance pupil perpendicular to the back surface experiences angularly varying total internal reflection between the front and back surfaces such that the light exiting the optical channel perpendicular to the exit pupil is at a wavelength shifted from the center wavelength. In another embodiment a first distance at the entrance pupil between the front and back surfaces is different from a second distance at the exit pupil between the front and back surfaces. The EPE may be deployed in a head-wearable imaging device (e.g., virtual or augmented reality) where the entrance pupil in-couples light from a micro display and the exit pupil out-couples light from the EPE.
US11927757B1
An electronic device may have a display panel with an array of display pixels. Light from the display panel may be focused by a lens assembly towards a viewer. The presence of the lens assembly may cause geometric distortion for a viewer viewing images on the display through the lens assembly. To mitigate geometric distortion, geometric distortion compensation may be performed in the electronic device. The electronic device may include both a fixed lens element and a removable lens element in the lens assembly. The removable lens element may be changed, allowing the distortion function associated with the lens assembly to change over time. To dynamically compensate for geometric distortion caused by a lens assembly with a removable lens, ray tracing may be used to determine the geometric distortion caused by the lens assembly depending upon the particular removable lens that is present in the lens assembly.
US11927755B2
An optical system for a see-through display includes a stack of metasurface layers configured to receive light constituting an image; and a waveguide coupled to the stack. Each layer in the stack of metasurface layers is configured to provide a resonant response to an optical field at a different spectral band and to couple the resonant response with a waveguide. The waveguide is configured to propagate the different spectral bands in a direction of a user's eye.
US11927753B2
Systems and methods disclosed provided a virtual reality experience, including: a set of motorized pads for coupling to feet of a user; a means of communication between the set of motorized pads and a computing environment operating a virtual reality headset; such that the set of motorized pads are configured to provide pressure on a user's feet as an avatar within a virtual environment traverses the environment. Systems and methods disclosed further provide a multiuser virtual reality experience. Systems and methods disclosed further provide a multiuser experience including generation of a common environment viewable in the virtual reality headsets; and recording a tour including audio data as the first user describes the common environment.
US11927750B2
A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an image source emitting a light field. A first freeform mirror is positioned to provide a first reflection of the light field. A generally concave second freeform mirror is positioned to receive the first reflection and provide a second reflection of the light field. The second reflection is reflected off of a windshield of the vehicle so as to be visible to a driver of the vehicle as a virtual image. The generally concave second freeform mirror includes a reflective surface having a shape such that the virtual image appears to be curved to the driver of the vehicle.
US11927743B2
An apparatus includes a scan module having one or more laser sources that generate one or more initial laser beams and two or more beam deflectors that deflect the initial laser beam(s). A beam optic substantially collimates the initial laser beam(s) to produce one or more collimated laser beams. One or more beam deflector controllers control the angle of beam deflection from each beam deflector. Relay optics between the two or more beam deflectors image each sequential beam deflector onto the subsequent beam deflector in such a manner that the beam deflecting from the last beam deflector in an optical chain contains a combination or superposition of all the beam deflections of the beam deflectors in the sequence, and maintains a beam divergence of the one or more collimated beams.
US11927742B2
An illumination device includes a light source, a pair of wedge prisms, and a driving portion. The pair of wedge prisms deflect incident light. The driving portion includes a gear and a gear, and causes the pair of wedge prisms to rotate about a rotation axis by using the gear and the gear. The pair of wedge prisms include a wedge prism held by a barrel and a wedge prism held by a barrel. The barrel is disposed inside the barrel. A gear whose center axis is the rotation axis is provided on an outer periphery of the barrel. A gear whose center axis is the rotation axis is provided on an inner periphery of the barrel. The gear is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the gear and meshes with the gear. The gear is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the gear and meshes with the gear.
US11927733B2
The present invention relates to an image compensation device for an image for augmented reality. The image compensation device includes: a compensation function determination unit configured to determine a compensation function for compensating the luminance information of an observed image observed by a user through an optical device for augmented reality when an original image for augmented reality is output from an image output unit; and a pre-compensated image information generation unit configured to generate pre-compensated image information for augmented reality based on the compensation function determined by the compensation function determination unit and original image information for augmented reality. The image output unit outputs pre-compensated augmented reality image light corresponding to the pre-compensated image information for augmented reality, and the plurality of reflective units transfer the pre-compensated augmented reality image light to the pupil of the user by reflecting the pre-compensated augmented reality image light.
US11927728B2
A camera lens group including, a first lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a sixth lens having positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a seventh lens having refractive power; an eighth lens having refractive power and a convex image-side surface; a ninth lens having refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a tenth lens having negative refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface.
US11927722B2
A transparent article is described herein that includes: a glass-ceramic substrate comprising first and second primary surfaces opposing one another and a crystallinity of at least 40% by weight; and an optical film structure disposed on the first primary surface. The optical film structure comprises a plurality of alternating high refractive index (RI) and low RI layers and a scratch-resistant layer. The article also exhibits an average photopic transmittance of greater than 80% and a maximum hardness of greater than 10 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich Hardness Test over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm. The glass-ceramic substrate comprises an elastic modulus of greater than 85 GPa and a fracture toughness of greater than 0.8 MPa·√m. Further, the optical film structure exhibits a residual compressive stress of ≥700 MPa and an elastic modulus of ≥140 GPa.
US11927711B2
Apparatus, methods, and systems for determining body wave slowness values for a target formation zone. A method includes selecting a target axial resolution based on the size of a receiver array, obtaining a plurality of waveform data sets corresponding to a target formation zone and each acquired at a different shot position, reconstructing the plurality of waveform data sets to generate a plurality of subarray data sets corresponding to the target formation zone, determining a slowness value for each subarray data set and determining a slowness versus offset value for each subarray data set. The method may also include generating a borehole model having at least one alteration formation zone and a virgin formation zone and generating a slowness versus offset model based at least in part on the borehole model. The method may also include determining a radial depth of the alteration formation zone.
US11927707B2
The invention relates to an inorganic scintillator material of formula Lu(2-y)Y(y-z-x)CexMzSi(1-v)M′vO5, in which: M represents a divalent alkaline earth metal and M′ represents a trivalent metal, (z+v) being greater than or equal to 0.0001 and less than or equal to 0.2; z being greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.2; v being greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.2; x being greater than or equal to 0.0001 and less than 0.1; and y ranging from (x+z) to 1. In particular, this material may equip scintillation detectors for applications in industry, for the medical field (scanners) and/or for detection in oil drilling. The presence of Ca in the crystal reduces the afterglow, while stopping power for high-energy radiation remains high.
US11927703B2
In an ultrasound system 1, a mobile information terminal 3 is wirelessly connected to an ultrasound probe 2 and an external monitor 4. The ultrasound probe 2 includes: a transducer array 11; a transmitting and receiving unit 14 that generates a sound ray signal by directing the transducer array 11 to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves; and an image information data generation unit 19 that generates image information data from the sound ray signal. The mobile information terminal 3 includes: a display unit 34; an operation unit 39 including a touch sensor; an operation image generation unit 37 that generates an operation image for an input operation; an external monitor data generation unit 36 that generates external monitor data from the image information data; and a terminal-side wireless communication unit 32 that transmits the external monitor data to the external monitor 4. The external monitor 4 displays an external monitor ultrasound image based on the external monitor data.
US11927688B2
Firearm discharge location systems and methods are described. According to one aspect, a firearm discharge location system includes a plurality of microphones spaced from one another, timing circuitry configured to generate a plurality of asynchronous timing references, wherein data capture operations with respect to the microphones of a first pair are synchronized with one another using a first of the timing references and data capture operations with respect to the microphones of a second pair are synchronized with one another using a second of the timing references, and processing circuitry configured to use outputs of the first and second pairs of the microphones to identify a location of a firearm discharge.
US11927681B2
A system for measuring a water-filled structure includes a measurement device. The measurement device comprises a sensor carrier with a first end arranged below water and a second end arranged above the water. At least one measurement sensor is positioned on the first end of the sensor carrier and is configured to measure the water-filled structure by capturing measurement data. An acceleration sensor is provided and a tachymeter is positioned outside of the water-filled structure. The position of the tachymeter is determined using GNSS measuring points configured to receive GNSS signals from satellites in a global navigation system. A control unit is configured to determine at least one of a current position of the measurement device and an orientation of the measurement device based on: (1) measuring data from the acceleration sensor; (2) the GNSS signals received by the GNSS measuring points; and (3) measuring data captured by the tachymeter.
US11927678B2
Apparatus and methods provide anti-spoofing capability from a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver to a second GNSS receiver. These GNSS receivers can be, for example, global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers. Via an authentication technique, signals from authentic GNSS sources are distinguished from signals from spoofers. Timing information, such as numerically-controlled oscillator (NCO) settings, used for tracking authenticated signals are then used to generate replica GNSS signals, which are then provided to the second GNSS receiver. As a result, the second GNSS receiver can provide accurate positioning system information in the presence of GNSS spoofers.
US11927674B2
A system and method for providing a comprehensive trajectory planner for a person-following vehicle that includes receiving image data and LiDAR data associated with a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The system and method also include analyzing the image data and detecting the person to be followed that is within an image and analyzing the LiDAR data and detecting an obstacle that is located within a predetermined distance from the vehicle. The system and method further include executing a trajectory planning algorithm based on fused data associated with the detected person and the detected obstacle.
US11927658B2
Appropriate processing is executed in a method for excluding body motion data and image reconstruction according to a type and a characteristic of a body motion, so as to reduce an influence of the body motion, and prevent deterioration of image quality caused by exclusion of data generated during the body motion. An MRI apparatus includes a processing determination unit that collects k-space data and acquires body motion information from a sensor capable of detecting not only a respiratory motion but also general body motions, analyzes the body motion information obtained by the sensor, and branches and executes processing for subsequent data collection and image reconstruction according to the analysis result. The MRI apparatus determines, based on a temporal characteristic such as a duration and a frequency, and a spatial characteristic of the body motion, particularly a generation pattern in a k-space, body motion data to be excluded, and executes image reconstruction suitable for k-space data after exclusion of the body motion data.
US11927644B2
An apparatus and method for circuit failure detection for a diode array. The apparatus includes a diode array, a diode array test circuit electrically coupled to the diode array and operable to perform circuit failure detection during a test mode when a test input voltage is applied, the diode array test circuit includes an input resistor, an input voltage node, a buffered amplifier circuit, and a plurality of amplifier circuit switches. The apparatus further includes a current detector electrically coupled to the output of the buffered amplifier circuit and operable to determine, during the test mode, a current measurement of the pulse laser diode array.
US11927640B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention includes: a memory which stores one or more mapping parameters that indicate the correlation between a voltage change amount and the state of health (SOH) of the battery; and a processor, wherein the processor can be set to: detect that an external device for charging the battery is connected to the electronic device; charge the battery by using a charging current supplied from the external device; decide on at least one mapping parameter among the one or more mapping parameters on the basis of at least the charging current; check the voltage change amount of the battery while the battery is being charged; and acquire the SOH of the battery at least partially on the basis of the at least one mapping parameter and the voltage change amount.
US11927637B2
A sump, ejector, or other pump monitor configured to monitor the amperage of electric current power supplied through the pump monitor to a pump and communicate one or more signals regarding the amperage or variations in amperage to a remote signal receiving device which indicate a predicted failure or actual failure of the pump. In various embodiments, the pump monitor operates with a remote pump failure warning system. The remote signal receiving device or remote pump failure warning system provides suitable warnings to one or more user access devices.
US11927636B2
A diagnostic device and method diagnoses damage to a breaker that interrupts a current of an energy storage device. The damage to the breaker is diagnosed on the basis of a short-circuit current at a time of an external short circuit. The damage to the breaker can also be diagnosed on a basis of a short-circuit current during a first time from detection to interruption of a short circuit, and a short-circuit current during a second time from the interruption to convergence of the short-circuit current. An energy storage apparatus can include the diagnostic device.
US11927627B2
A system for data creation, storage, analysis, and training while margin testing includes a margin test generator coupled through an interface to a Device Under Test (DUT). The margin test generator is structured to modify test signals for testing the DUT during one or more testing states of a test session to create testing results. The testing results are stored in a data repository along with a DUT identifier of the DUT tested during the test session. A comparator determine whether any results of the DUT test results match a predictive outcome that is based from an analysis of previous DUT tests. If so, a message generator produces an indication that the tested DUT matched the predictive outcome.
US11927624B2
One example includes a method for measuring a quiescent current in a switching voltage regulator. The method includes generating a mathematical model of a circuit design associated with the switching voltage regulator. The mathematical model includes measurable parameters to describe a switching current of a power switch of the switching voltage regulator. The method also includes fabricating a circuit comprising the switching voltage regulator based on the circuit design. The fabricated circuit includes the power switch and conductive I/O. The method also includes coupling the conductive I/O of the fabricated circuit to a circuit test fixture and providing electrical signals to the conductive I/O via the circuit test fixture. The method also includes measuring the measurable parameters in response to the electrical signals and applying the measurable parameters to the mathematical model to calculate the switching current. The method further includes calculating the quiescent current based on the switching current.
US11927621B2
Cryogenic testing systems for testing electronic components such as wafers under cryogenic conditions are provided. The novel designs enable fast throughput by use of a cryogenically maintained test surface to which wafers may be rapidly introduced, cooled, and manipulated to contact testing elements while maintaining high quality cryogenic conditions. Thermal shielding is achieved by floating shields and/or flexible bellows that provide effective thermal shielding of the test environment while enabling manipulation of wafers with a wide range of motion. Also provided are novel door assemblies, chuck configurations, and vacuum plate bases that enable effective maintenance of cryogenic conditions and high throughput.
US11927619B2
Power semi-conductor module (1) comprising: —at least one IGBT with a Gate G forming a first electrode (11) and an Emitter E forming a second electrode (12), or —at least one MOSFET with a Gate G forming a first electrode (11) and a Source S forming a second electrode (12). The first electrode (11) includes a polysilicon material made in one piece. The one-piece is made partly of a monitoring portion (13). The monitoring portion (13) is in electrical contact with the second electrode (12) such that a leakage current flows between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (12) in an operational state of the module (1). The monitoring portion (13) has a location, a form, a size and a material composition selected together such that to have a variable resistance in function of its temperature during the operational state of the module (1).
US11927615B2
A measuring device 1 includes a DUT scanning mechanism 56 that is provided in the OTA chamber 50, includes a biaxial positioner which can be rotationally driven by drive motors 56f and 56g, and rotates a DUT 100 to sequentially face all preset directions of a spherical coordinate system; an integrated control device 10 that measures the DUT 100 at each measurement position corresponding to each of the all directions; and a rotation speed management control unit 18b that controls a rotation speed of the drive motors 56f and 56g at a rotation speed which shortens a time required for the movement in a case where the biaxial positioner is moved at a unit step angle from a measurement position where the measurement is completed to a measurement position where next measurement is performed during the DUT 100 is measured.
US11927606B2
A sensor device includes a silicon substrate having an active surface; a first sensing area disposed near a first edge of the active surface of the silicon substrate such that the first sensing area has at least one first magnetic sensing element is made of a first compound semiconductor material and contact pads; and a second sensing area disposed near a second edge of the active surface of the silicon substrate, such that the second edge is substantially opposite to the first edge, such that the second sensing area has at least one second magnetic sensing element made of a second compound semiconductor material and contact pads. A processing circuit is disposed of in the silicon substrate and is electrically connected via wire bonds and/or a redistribution layer with the contact pads of the first and second sensing areas.
US11927604B2
A wafer probe test system having a probe card with a probe head, a rotary magnet, a magnetic sensor positioned to sense the magnetic field of the rotary magnet and a controller coupled to the probe card, where the probe head has probe needles to engage features of test sites of a wafer in a wafer plane of orthogonal first and second directions, and the rotary magnet is rotatable around an axis of a third direction to provide a magnetic field to the wafer, in which the controller includes a model of magnetic flux density in the first, second and third directions at the respective test sites of the wafer as a function of a rotational angle of the rotary magnet, a probe needle height along the third direction and a measured magnetic flux density of the magnetic sensor.
US11927596B2
Methods and kits for detecting antibodies (e.g., anti-drug antibodies). Such methods and kits permit the detection of, for example, anti-drug antibodies in human body fluids, such as blood, plasma and serum.
US11927595B2
Disclosed is the invention to conduct immuno-adsorption of free 25(OH) vitamin D from blood or blood components, notably serum or plasma, after which the absorbed material is measured. A fluoro-alkyl surfactant is used to enhance the solubility of Vitamin D and allow the measurement of free Vitamin D2. The invention thus employs a binding protein to absorb the free 25(OH) vitamin D. Thereafter the binding protein comprising the 25-OH vitamin D is subjected to a competitive binding assay with a labeled vitamin D compound, preferably radiolabeled, fluorescent labeled, luminescent labeled, biotin labeled, gold labeled or enzyme labeled. Alternatively the immunocaptured 25-OH vitamin D can be quantitated by mass spectrometry.
US11927593B2
The present invention is methods and assays for identifying single proteins from a sample, without the use of affinity reagents. The methods and assays combine endopeptidase-based component of conventional peptide mapping with single molecule labeling and a microreactor array platform. The invention also includes kits for performing the methods and assays.
US11927592B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, reagents, kits, systems, system components, and methods for performing assays. More particularly, the disclosure relates to an assay composition for detecting luminescence, which comprises an alkyl diethanolamine, for example, N-butyldiethanolamine (BDEA). In emodiments, the assay composition comprises 2-dibutylaminoethanol (BDAE).
US11927591B2
The present invention provides methods of identifying neopeptides in abnormal cells, with the methods comprising sequencing long-read messenger RNA (mRNA) isolated from the abnormal cells, identifying splice variants that could be generated from the sequenced long-read mRNA, determining if the abnormal cells contain neopeptides that correlate with the identified splice variants. The methods may also comprise identifying at least one neoantigen on the neopeptides that are present in the abnormal cells.
US11927588B2
An intelligent toilet that includes a toilet base having a bowl, a seat assembly comprising a seat, and a urine collection system integrated with the seat assembly, wherein the urine collection system includes an analyzer that is configured to test urine from a user and provide output health data of the user.
US11927586B2
A method and system for inspection of an item, and a use thereof, are presented. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of projection images of an item at a plurality of projection angles for performing a tomographic reconstruction of the item. A plurality of objects are detected in the tomographic reconstruction and each object has a generic shape described by a parametric three-dimensional numerical model. Said detection comprises determining initial estimates of position and/or orientation of each object and at least one geometrical parameter of the three-dimensional model for each object. The initial estimates are iteratively refining by using a projection-matching approach, in which forward projection images are simulated for the objects according to operating parameters of the radiation imaging device and a difference metric between acquired projection images and simulated forward projection images is reduced at each iteration step.
US11927581B2
Systems and methods presented herein generally relate to greenhouse gas emission monitoring and, more particularly, to a greenhouse gas emission monitoring workflow using various different types of sensors. For example, a system includes a plurality of sensors located within an oil and gas worksite. At least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect a status of equipment at the oil and gas worksite. The system also includes a greenhouse gas emission analysis system configured to receive sensor data from the plurality of sensors. The greenhouse gas emission analysis system is also configured to correlate the sensor data from the plurality of sensors (e.g., using one or more reduced order models (ROMs) that reduce the computational complexity of computational fluid dynamics model simulations of previously collected data relating to operation of the oil and gas worksite). The greenhouse gas emission analysis system is further configured to determine an existence of a greenhouse gas emission within the oil and gas worksite, a location of the greenhouse gas emission within the oil and gas worksite, and a quantity of the greenhouse gas emission within the oil and gas worksite based at least in part on the correlation.
US11927544B2
Provided are a wafer defect tracing method and apparatus, an electronic device and a computer readable medium. The method includes: obtaining defect data of a wafer; obtaining position data of fail bits of the wafer; determining a defect area of a storage block in the wafer according to the defect data; determining a fail bit count of the storage block in the wafer according to the position data of the fail bits; processing the defect area and the fail bit count of each storage block in the wafer, so as to obtain a correlation coefficient; and determining an abnormal reason for the fail bits of the wafer according to the correlation coefficient.
US11927543B2
A system includes a memory, and at least one processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to facilitate an etch recipe development process by performing operations including obtaining, from an optical detector, first material thickness data for a first material and second material thickness data for a second material resulting from an iteration of an etch process using an etch recipe. The first material is located at a first reflectometry measurement point and the second material is located at a second reflectometry measurement point different from the first reflectometry measurement point. The operations further include determining one or more etch parameters based on at least the first material thickness data and the second material thickness data.
US11927540B2
An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display device, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage device, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage device.
US11927530B2
A plasmon resonance (PR) system, instrument, and/or device and configurations thereof for measuring molecular interactions is disclosed. In some embodiments, the PR system, instrument, and/or device is a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) system, instrument, and/or device. In other embodiments, the PR system, instrument, and/or device is a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system, instrument. The PR system, instrument, and/or device may include, for example, force feedback for reliable flow cell sealing, optical feedback for reliable flow cell sealing, local thermal control of an LSPR chip (e.g., a ring Peltier, a continuous Peltier), dual displacement pumps for constant flow delivery to a microfluidic device, a dual channel LSPR sensor, and any combinations thereof.
US11927528B2
An optical measuring device which measures absorbance of a measuring object at a plurality of wavelengths, the optical measuring device comprising: a light source device; and an optical measuring part which irradiates the measuring object with light from the light source device and performs optical measurement of the measuring object based on light from the measuring object, wherein the light source device has a first light source, a second light source, and a light source control part which drives the first light source and the second light source, the light source control part performs heating and light emitting drive of the first light source, and drives the second light source, and the light source device irradiates the measuring object with combined light of light from the first light source and light diffused and reflected on a surface of the filament.
US11927525B2
Double-walled containment cells are described as may be used for storage, transport, and examination of a sample held within the cell by use of optical analysis techniques. A double-walled containment cell can include multiple types of windows that can be located as desired on the containment cells and thereby provide for optical access to a sample for multiple optical analysis techniques. Disclosed containment cells can be sized and designed for use with existing optical analysis systems, e.g., laser ablation, X-ray diffraction, spectral analysis (e.g., Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, etc.), imaging analysis, etc.
US11927523B2
In flow cytometry, particles (2) can be distinguished between populations (8) by combining n-dimensional parameter data, which may be derived from signal data from a particle, to mathematically achieve numerical results representative of an alteration (48). An alteration may include a rotational alteration, a scaled alteration, or perhaps even a translational alteration. Alterations may enhance separation of data points which may provide real-time classification (49) of signal data corresponding to individual particles into one of at least two populations.
US11927518B2
A method for determining a rate of sedimentation or of creaming of a mixture in suspension, including an application of a sample of the mixture in suspension to a photonic microresonator, an application of a first optical signal at the input of the photonic microresonator carrying the sample of the mixture in suspension, an acquisition and a recording of a second optical signal, delivered at the output of the microresonator carrying the sample of the mixture in suspension, and a determination of information representing a rate of sedimentation or of creaming of the mixture from the recorded second signal, by successive iterations of spectral analysis of the second optical signal.
US11927513B2
The extraction system according to the invention for extracting analytes from a sample comprises an extraction cell for receiving the sample, which has at least one first fluid connector for the supply or discharge of a fluid, and a clamping device for clamping the extraction cell, and a fluid connection device for establishing a fluid connection with the at least one first fluid connector of the extraction cell, wherein an extraction cell holder is provided for receiving the extraction cell, and the clamping device has a guiding and positioning arrangement for linearly inserting the extraction cell holder, together with the extraction cell, in order to position the extraction cell in an insertion position.
US11927512B2
The invention provides a method for imaging and thickness determination of coatings on coated contact lenses. The method comprises selectively staining a negatively-charged-groups-containing coating over the lens body of a coated contact lens by immersing the coated contact lens in an aqueous solution comprising a fluorescently-labeled polycationic polymer and having a pH of from about 6.5 to 8.0; orthogonally cutting the selectively-stained coated contact lens; and determining the thickness of the coating on the coated contact lens. In addition, the invention provides a method for selecting a candidate coating material comprising negatively charged groups for applying a coating with a desired thickness onto silicone hydrogel contact lenses and for optimizing a coating process for producing coated silicone hydrogel contact lenses with a desired thickness coating thereon.
US11927506B2
Systems and method for operating and monitoring refrigerators are described. Temperature cycles within the compartment are characterized using statistical, frequency and pattern analysis techniques to derive a steady-state characteristic of temperature within the compartment. A thermal sensor inside the conditioned area is monitored and temperature data sets can be analyzed to determine performance in comparison to a baseline, and energy consumption. Analysis of continuous temperature readings taken from individual or groups of freezers identifies patterns of variations in temperature cycles from which feedback on efficiency can be inferred. Electrical load can be determined by measuring or estimating current usage and identifying periods of time when compressors are active in the refrigerator.
US11927497B2
Disclosed is a pollution and torque measuring device for busbar additional connection modules that detects the degree of pollution occurring in the additional connection modules that allow busbar modules to be attached to each other in electrical distribution systems known as busbars and whether the additional is tightened with sufficient torque.
US11927489B2
Provided is a preheating thermometer, including a temperature measuring assembly, and a preheating assembly disposed on the temperature measuring assembly. The preheating assembly includes a heating material layer and a sealing film covering the heating material layer to isolate the heating material layer from air. When the preheating thermometer is used for body temperature measurement, the sealing film is removed to allow the heating material layer to produce heat due to the contact of the heating material layer with the air.
US11927475B2
In one example, an apparatus comprises: a photodiode configured to generate charge in response to incident light within an exposure period; and a quantizer configured to perform at least one of a first quantization operation to generate a first digital output or a second quantization to generate a second digital output, and output, based on a range of an intensity of the incident light, one of the first digital output or the second digital output to represent the intensity of the incident light. The first quantization operation comprises quantizing at least a first part of the charge during the exposure period to generate the first digital output. The second quantization operation comprises quantizing at least a second part of the charge after the exposure period to generate the second digital output.
US11927469B2
The present invention relates to a method of proof-testing a radar level gauge system arranged to determine a filling level of a product in a tank, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting an electromagnetic transmit signal towards a surface of the product in the tank; receiving an electromagnetic reflection signal resulting from reflection of the transmit signal at the surface of the product; forming a measurement representation based on the transmit signal and the reflection signal, the measurement representation comprising surface echo information indicative of the filling level of the product; adding, to the measurement representation, proof test echo information indicative of a predefined proof test level, resulting in a modified measurement representation; processing the modified measurement representation to determine a proof test level based on the modified measurement representation; and providing a signal indicative of a result of the processing.
US11927467B2
A flow sensor sub-assembly for sensing flow of a fluidic medicament includes a flow tube having an inlet and an outlet, a first coupler secured to the inlet of the flow tube, a second coupler secured to the outlet of the flow tube, a first piezo element secured to the first coupler, a second piezo element secured to the second coupler to define a predetermined distance between the first piezo element and the second piezo element, and at least one absorber sleeve engaged with the first coupler, the flow tube, and the second coupler.
US11927466B2
A physical quantity measurement device is configured to seal a cavity portion on a back surface side of a diaphragm of a thermal air flow rate sensor while improving measurement accuracy. The device may include a lead frame having a mounting surface on which a flow rate sensor which is the thermal air flow rate sensor is mounted, and a flow passage forming member disposed on a back surface opposite to the mounting surface of the lead frame. A ventilation flow path is formed by a first through hole in communication with a cavity portion of the flow rate sensor, a second through hole provided in the lead frame and opened in the mounting surface, and a connection flow path that is defined between the lead frame and the flow passage forming member and connecting the first through hole and the second through hole.
US11927453B2
A risk of theft is reduced in transportation by an autonomous mobile body. A route determination system according to the present disclosure determines a transport route of an article to be transported by an autonomous mobile body. The route determination system according to the present disclosure includes a judgement unit that judges whether or not an area including a position of a person is dangerous based on position information of the person and a credit rank of the person and a route determination unit that determines, as the transport route, a bypass route for bypassing a dangerous area when a candidate of the transport route passes through the dangerous area judged to be dangerous by the judgement unit.
US11927452B2
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an acquisition unit, a connection unit, and a smoothing unit. The acquisition unit acquires route information, the route information including a route including a plurality of positions and a state parameter relating to a moving state of a mobile body when the mobile body moves along the route, the state parameter being associated with each of the positions of the route. The connection unit connects a first route included in acquired first route information and a second route included in acquired second route information to each other. The smoothing unit smooths a difference between a first state parameter associated with a first smoothing point on the first route and a second state parameter associated with a second smoothing point on the second route.
US11927450B2
Provided is a medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a robot effectuate operations including: obtaining, with a processor, first data indicative of a position of the robot in a workspace; actuating, with the processor, the robot to drive within the workspace to form a map including mapped perimeters that correspond with physical perimeters of the workspace while obtaining, with the processor, second data indicative of displacement of the robot as the robot drives within the workspace; and forming, with the processor, the map of the workspace based on at least some of the first data; wherein: the map of the workspace expands as new first data of the workspace are obtained with the processor; and the robot is paired with an application of a communication device.
US11927447B2
A method for primarily sensor-based navigation includes: in a first time period, collecting geophysical position data using a GPS receiver of a navigation device; in the first time period, collecting a first set of accelerometer data using an accelerometer of the navigation device; analyzing the first set of accelerometer data to produce a first set of vertical vehicular motion data; generating a mapping association between the first set of vertical vehicular motion data and the geophysical position data; in a second time period after the first time period, collecting a second set of accelerometer data using the accelerometer; analyzing the second set of accelerometer data to produce a second set of vertical vehicular motion data; and calculating an estimated location of the vehicle by analyzing the second set of vertical vehicular motion data in light of the mapping association.
US11927445B2
Systems and methods for navigating intersections autonomously or semi-autonomously can include, but are not limited to including, accessing data related to the geography and traffic management features of the intersection, executing autonomous actions to navigate the intersection, and coordinating with one or more processors and/or operators executing remote actions, if necessary. Traffic management features can be identified by using various types of images such as oblique images.
US11927440B2
An apparatus includes a lens assembly that includes at least one lens that defines an optical axis. The apparatus also includes a substrate, an image sensor disposed on the substrate, and an actuator coupled to the substrate and configured to adjust a position of the substrate relative to the lens assembly to move the image sensor along the optical axis. The apparatus additionally includes a capacitive position sensor that includes a first capacitive plate coupled to the substrate and a second capacitive plate coupled to the lens assembly. The capacitive position sensor may be configured to generate a capacitance measurement indicative of the position of the substrate relative to the lens assembly. The apparatus further includes circuitry configured to control the actuator based on (i) the capacitance measurement and (ii) a target position of the image sensor relative to the lens assembly.
US11927437B2
Disclosed is a system and method for ultrasonic measurement of the average diameter and surface profile of a tube. A calibration block is used to calibrate the average tube diameter, and a correction is applied to account for any temperature difference of the couplant between calibration and test measurements. By using a linear probe, or a single probe with a finely pitched helicoidal scan, errors in diameter measurement due to presence of surface pits may be compensated.
US11927428B1
Devices, systems and methods for providing firearms, including handguns, with infrared sights and a camera which can be held in one shooter's hand. The camera can send live video which can display a target to a portable display, such as a smart phone, smart watch or smart glasses, that is held in another hand of the shooter, so that the shooter remains out of harms' way if the target is armed. The novel sight can include hybrids of combinations of infrared and bright white visible lights, and use all visible bright white light. A motion sensor or magnetometer sensor can be separately used to cause the novel sight to become activated. Wireless charging can be accomplished with charging circuits, charging pads and USB cables and ports. A multi-position locking system can allow for a rail key to be used for spacing the novel sight at up to twelve different positions relative to the firearm.
US11927421B1
An archery bow for a bow and arrow system comprises a main bow with a tensioner assembly designed to increase the pullback capacity and/or arrow firing strength of the bow. The tensioner assembly includes a first tensioner comprising an elongated bendable member made of a hard material. A middle section of the first tensioner is coupled to a main bow inner projection, wherein at least portions of the upper and lower sections of the first tensioner are offset from an inner side of the main bow, and wherein bending of the main bow causes the first tensioner to bend.
US11927407B2
A safety selector for a firearm, including a first lever including an integrally formed safety shaft and a first handle located outside the lower receiver for actuation, as well as a bearing portion, a selector portion and a connecting portion. To facilitate disassembly and interchangeability, the first lever is configured for spring-biased coupling to a securing element and has, on the connecting portion, a positioning protrusion projecting toward the opposite side of the weapon. In a longitudinal direction, the positioning protrusion has a shape-complementary bore for receiving a connecting assembly which includes a connecting element, a spring and a spring lock.
US11927403B2
A fluid flow channel device includes a main body and a non-ceramic sub-body. The main body has a plurality of internal flow channels, and inlets and outlets thereof are arranged so as to be exposed on an outer side surface. The sub-body has a fluid supply path and a fluid recovery path. A supply port of the fluid supply path is arranged to face the inlets of the plurality of internal flow channels. A recovery port of the fluid recovery path is arranged to face the outlets of the plurality of internal flow channels. By disposing the supply port and the recovery port for transferring the fluid to and from the plurality of internal flow channels in the sub-body, it is possible to prevent a large thermal stress from being applied to the main body.
US11927400B2
This disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a vapor chamber. The method includes positioning a capillary structure on a first cover, forming an accommodation space, a flow channel, and a plurality of posts on a first surface of a second cover, covering the first cover with the second cover, positioning the first cover and the second cover such that the plurality of posts are spaced apart from the capillary structure by a distance, and pressure welding the first cover and the second cover so as to form a chamber between the first cover and second cover and a passage connected to the chamber and to pressure weld the plurality of posts with the capillary structure.
US11927396B2
A safety auditor is designed to perform opening and closing of every safety switch that is used in an industrial bakery oven. Every pressure sensor can be tested for on and off states. The low gas pressure switch can be vented and the high gas pressure switch pressurized. All thermocouples associated with the high temperature circuits are tripped. Fans are started and stopped over a communications signal or via the hard-wired interface as required to generate the safety testing. Once the safety testing is complete, the results along with time, date, name of tester, pass or fail will be printed out via a small kiosk printer. This ticket can then be filed in an office. As the operation is easy to do and requires little effort, it is much more likely to be performed and therefore safer for the host bakery.
US11927394B2
A heat treatment apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a vertically long process chamber, a heater configured to heat the process chamber, and a cooler configured to cool the process chamber. The cooler includes a plurality of discharge holes provided at intervals along a longitudinal direction of the process chamber to discharge cooling fluid toward the process chamber and a plurality of shutters provided corresponding to the plurality of discharge holes. At least one of the plurality of shutters is configured to move to an open position independently of other shutters.
US11927392B2
The present disclosure is directed to a wafer drying system and method that detects airborne molecular contaminants in a drying gas as a feedback parameter for a single wafer or multi-wafer drying process. For example, the system comprises a wafer drying station configured to dispense a drying gas over one or more wafers to dry the one or more wafers, a valve configured to divert the drying gas to a first portion and a second portion, and an exhaust line configured to exhaust the first portion of the drying gas. The system further comprises a detector configured to receive the second portion of the drying gas and to determine a real time property of the second portion of the drying gas, and a control unit configured to control a feedback operation of the wafer drying station based on the real time property of the second portion of the drying gas.
US11927385B2
A sliding and connecting device configured to slidably secure a cabinet panel to an appliance door includes a rail element and a sliding element. The sliding element has a first flat portion and a second flat portion. The second flat portion has a first cross-sectional hollow profile and a second cross-sectional hollow profile intersecting the first cross-sectional hollow profile. Each of the first and second cross-sectional hollow profiles are configured to engage and slide along a matching cross-sectional profile formed on the rail element.
US11927383B2
A method for removing moisture from an atmosphere within a freezer using a cryogen for freezing operations includes providing a freezing temperature with the cryogen at the atmosphere, reducing a temperature of the atmosphere with the cryogen for removing moisture in the form of droplets from the atmosphere, collecting the droplets on internal surfaces of the freezer, permitting the droplets to dwell for an amount of time in the atmosphere sufficient to freeze the droplets to become frozen droplets, and removing the frozen droplets from the freezer.
US11927377B2
An air conditioning system can be toggled between a heating mode, in which heat is withdrawn from a source (e.g., a geothermal source) and deposited into a conditioned space (e.g., a building), and a cooling mode, in which heat is withdrawn from the conditioned space and deposited into the source. The air conditioning system uses a combination of efficiency-enhancing technologies, including injection of superheated vapor into the system's compressor from an economizer circuit, adjustable compressor speed, the use of one or coaxial heat exchangers and the use of electronic expansion valves that are continuously adjustable from a fully closed to various open positions. A controller may be used to control the system for optimal performance in both the heating and cooling modes, such as by disabling the economizer circuit and vapor injection when the system is in the cooling mode.
US11927370B2
Provided herein are compact chiller and cooler apparatuses, devices and systems. Chiller apparatuses disclosed herein can have a refrigeration system contained in a central housing with an external heat exchanger or “cold finger” that is universally applicable to cooling various sizes and configurations of water baths and laboratory applications needing a cooling capacity. Chiller apparatuses disclosed herein can be universally used with rotary evaporators, vacuum ovens, centrifugal concentrators, and freeze dryers.
US11927368B1
Disclosed are a prefabricated energy pile, a construction method and a heat pump heat exchange system. The energy pile includes a pile body and a heat exchange pipeline. The pile body includes a stainless steel pipe, a metal lining pipe extending within the stainless steel pipe and a concrete pipe between the metal lining pipe and the stainless steel pipe. A heat conductor between the stainless steel pipe and the metal lining pipe is in contact connection with the stainless steel pipe and the metal lining pipe. The heat exchange pipeline includes a first pipe section and a second pipe section in communication with each other, through which a heat exchange medium flows in turn. Tops of the first pipe section and the second pipe section protrude upward out of the energy pile. The second pipe section is in contact connection with the metal lining pipe.
US11927361B2
An indoor unit includes a housing that houses an electrical-component storage box that includes a body portion, a lid portion, and an engagement mechanism portion that engages the body portion and the lid portion with each other in a detachable manner. The lid portion covers an open region on a side of the body portion. The engagement mechanism portion includes an engagement claw portion provided at one of the body and lid portions and an engagement hole portion into which the claw portion is inserted, and which is formed at the other of the body and lid portions.
US11927358B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit configured to supply conditioned air to a conditioned space. The HVAC unit includes a first exhaust fan capable of operating at variable speeds and a second constant-speed fan. The HVAC unit also includes a controller configured to determine a target airflow to be provided to the conditioned space, cause actuation of the first exhaust fan at a variable fan speed when the target airflow is greater than zero, and cause actuation of the second exhaust fan when the target airflow is greater than an airflow threshold.
US11927348B2
An aerodynamic component of a gas turbine engine is provided and is fittable to a shell having a shell shape. The aerodynamic component includes a body having a component shape initially deviating from the shell shape prior to an assembly operation in which the aerodynamic component is to be fit to the shell. Deviation of the component shape from the shell shape aids in an establishment of a final desired shape of the aerodynamic component following the assembly operation.
US11927339B2
An illumination apparatus (1) for producing structured light and flood illumination, the illumination apparatus comprising a microlens array (4) comprising microlenses which are arranged at a pitch P in at least a first direction, and a first array (18) of first light sources (9) and a second array (19) of second light sources (10), the first light sources (9) being configured to emit light at a wavelength L, wherein the first light sources (9) are located at a distance D from the microlens array (4), wherein P2=2LD/N and N is an integer, and wherein a size of the second light sources (10) is greater than a size of the first light sources (9), such that the light sources of the first array (18) produce structured light and the light sources of the second array (19) produce a continuous area of light.
US11927331B2
A lighting apparatus including: a flexible planar light source having plural illuminants over a surface of a planar carrier material, which includes a flexible planar circuit carrier fitted with the illuminants on a side. The illuminants being interconnected by electrical lines formed in or on the circuit carrier, and a controller to supply power to the illuminants and control the illuminants. The controller includes a housing disposed on an edge of the planar light source and is mechanically connected to the planar light source, an edge of the planar light source being partly accommodated in the housing. The housing including electrical and electronic components and lines connected to the electrical lines of the planar light source. A strain relief is configured to absorb tensile stresses between the housing and the planar light source to keep the tensile stresses away from electrical connections between the controller and the planar light source.
US11927315B2
The present disclosure relates to a lighting device configured to mimic the appearance of a flame. In one embodiment, the lighting device includes a power subsystem configured to receive an alternating current input and to generate a direct current output. The lighting device also includes a reflector to reflect light generated by a lighting subsystem. A movement subsystem may move the reflector to mimic the appearance of a flame. A communication subsystem may receive at least one parameter associated with at least one of the lighting subsystem and the movement subsystem. A control subsystem may implement the at least one parameter.
US11927308B2
A valve for a fluid, comprising: a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively opening and closing the passage, the shut-off device comprising a main seat, a main closing element forming a channel extending there through and a pilot seat, a pilot closing element housed in the main closing element, a first compression spring, and a second compression spring; an actuating device of the shut-off device. The second compression spring is operatively mounted between the main closing element and the body and the first compression spring is stronger than the second compression spring.
US11927303B2
A wearable device includes a host, a first belt, a second belt, a circuit board, a cable, and an adjustment mechanism. The first belt, one end of which is connected to a first side of the host, has a cable holding part. One end of the second belt is connected to a second side of the host. The circuit board is disposed at an overlap of the first belt and the second belt. A first end and a second end opposite to each other of the cable are connected to the circuit board and the first side respectively, and a holding section of the cable is fixed to the cable holding part. The adjusting mechanism is disposed at an overlap of the first belt and the second belt to adjust an overlapping length of the first belt and the second belt.
US11927300B2
A lift apparatus and method of use thereof for securing a garden device and moving the garden device between a lowered position and a lifted position are provided. The lift apparatus broadly includes a base, a lift rod, and a universal mounting plate. The base is configured to be secured in a position on a ground surface. The lift rod is removably coupled to and extends outwardly away from the base. Further, the lift rod is configured to alternatively operate to move the garden device between the lowered position and the lifted position. The universal mounting plate is removably coupled to the lift rod at an end of the lift rod opposite that of the base. Further, the mounting plate includes engagement pins configured to interface with elongated slots to secure the garden device to the mounting plate.
US11927298B2
A mounting element for a rearview assembly may comprise a mount capable of being removably attachable to a button and having a tapered channel in a first end; a pivot comprising a first end capable of supporting the rearview assembly and a pivot ball; a pivot cup disposed at least partially within the tapered channel of the mount, having fingers extending from a first end and an annular surface having an outer diameter at a second end, the pivot cup being operable to at least partially accept and to exert a pivot torque on the pivot ball; and a coil spring having a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter similar to the diameter of the annular surface of the pivot cup, the coil spring disposed within the mount, the first end of the coil spring pressing against the annular surface of the pivot cup.
US11927291B2
A method for coupling a fitting to a tubing end includes pressing a collar over the outer surface of the tubing until the strain on the collar in the hoop direction is at a predetermined level, or pressing a collar with a predetermined axial load.
US11927290B2
A multipurpose connector for connecting a multiplicity of lines of an aircraft monument. The multipurpose connector comprises a base bracket, a system connector plate configured to receive a multiplicity of first line adapters, a monument connector plate configured to receive at least one second line adapter, and a movement device configured to move the system connector plate relative to the base bracket and the monument connector plate between an open position and a closed position. The system connector plate is, in the closed position, arranged relative to the monument connector plate such that the at least one second line adapter of the monument connector plate is operatively connected to an associated first line adapter of the system connector plate, and, in the open position of the system connector plate, the multiplicity of first line adapters and the at least one second line adapter are detached from one another.
US11927287B2
A connection unit for connecting fluid lines is described, wherein the connection unit comprises a first connection body and a second connection body, wherein the connection unit comprises a machine-readable code which is not detectable when the first connection body and the second connection body are in an unconnected state and which is detectable when the first connection body and the second connection body are in a connected state.
US11927284B2
Provided is a hose including a first connector assembly including a regulator assembly, a second connector assembly, and a hose assembly coupled to the first and second connector assemblies. The hose assembly includes an inner hose member having first and second ends, an outer hose member having first and second ends, a first hose connector assembly coupled to the first ends of the inner hose member and outer hose member and the first connector assembly, and a second hose connector assembly coupled to the second ends of the inner hose member and outer hose member and the second connector assembly.
US11927278B2
A system for a two-step activation for a valve includes at least one valve control selector having an output representative of a valve position and a touch sensor having an output representative of a permission to operate said valve.
US11927266B2
The disclosure relates to a dual-speed final drive control method and terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: when an absolute value of a gradient value of a road ahead is greater than a gradient threshold, determining, according to the gradient value, whether the road ahead is an uphill section or a downhill section, thereby controlling all gears of a transmission to correspond to a higher final drive ratio or a lower final drive ratio in the dual-speed final drive. The disclosure can make use of the dual-speed-ratio final drive to the greatest extent to improve the economy in energy consumption of the entire vehicle.
US11927264B2
A magnetic actuator includes a first element and a second element movable with respect to the first element in a movement direction. The first element includes teeth successively in the movement direction, two coils in slots defined by the teeth, and a permanent magnet. The second element includes teeth successively in the movement direction. The teeth of the first and second elements and the permanent magnet are arranged so that the second element is held by magnetic forces in each of three positions also when there are no currents in the coils. The second element can be moved between the three positions by supplying electric currents to the coils. Thus, the second element is held in any of the three positions also when current supply to the magnetic actuator is unintentionally lost.
US11927260B2
Separate structural units for an inner gear and a housing of a planetary gear device include an inner gear with a first raised portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear, where the first raised portion extends towards in a direction that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the inner gear. A housing includes a second raised portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, where the second raised portion extends in a direction that is inclined in respect to the axial direction. The housing contains the inner gear such that there is a gap formed between the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear. Movement of the inner gear within the interior of the housing is limited through linear contact of the first raised portion and the second raised portion.
US11927257B2
A toothed gear for use in a gearing, comprising a base body that forms a ring gear with a number of first teeth having a first deformability and a number of second teeth having a second deformability, wherein the second deformability is greater than the first deformability and to a gear pair of a gearing, comprising such a toothed gear and at least one further toothed gear which can be made to mesh or is in mesh with the toothed gear. The invention relates moreover to a gearing with such a gear pair.
US11927253B2
A powertrain for an electric vehicle includes: a planetary gear having a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element, wherein a first rotating element is connected to a first shaft and the second rotating element is connected to a second shaft; a first motor configured to selectively supply power to the first shaft at two or more gear ratios; a first shift assembly configured to transfer power of the first motor to the first shaft through one of two or more external engagement gear trains having different gear ratios; and a second motor configured to selectively supply power to the first shaft and the second shaft. The third shaft is fixedly disposed on a transmission housing, and any two shafts among the first, second and third shafts restrain each other.
US11927251B2
Gear arrangement for a vehicle, having an input shaft, a layshaft, an output shaft connected to a drive wheel of the vehicle, a plurality of shiftable first gear wheel sets which connect the input shaft and the layshaft and which are each associated with at least one gear stage, and a machine gear connected to one of the shafts and into which the drive torque of an electric machine can be introduced. The first gear wheel sets form a first part-gear mechanism, wherein at least one second shiftable gear wheel set connects the layshaft and the output shaft and forms a second part-gear mechanism, wherein the at least one second gear wheel set is associated with at least one gear stage and wherein the machine gear is arranged in an axial direction between the first part-gear mechanism and the second part-gear mechanism.
US11927247B2
In an aspect there is disclosed examples of a clamp (10, 110) for measuring a tension of a conveyor belt (12). The clamp (10, 110) including a clamping portion (18, 118) arranged to engage with opposing faces of the conveyor belt (12) in a clamped condition to hold the conveyor belt (12) relative to an anchor, and a load sensing arrangement (22, 122) associated with the clamping portion (18, 118) configured to provide a signal indicative of the tension in the conveyor belt (12) in the clamped condition. A system and related method are also disclosed.
US11927238B1
An internal viscous rotational damping (VRD) assembly for transmitting torque from a drive member connector to a load member connector is provided. The VRD assembly comprises a spacer tube connected between the drive member connector and the load member connector, wherein the spacer tube includes a longitudinal axis and an inner surface that extends along the longitudinal axis. The VRD assembly further includes a damper bar disposed within the spacer tube. The damper bar includes an outer surface, wherein a cavity is defined between the outer surface of the damper bar and the inner surface of the spacer tube, and wherein the cavity is configured for receiving a viscous fluid.
US11927237B2
A vibration isolation device with bracket includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member coupled by a main body rubber elastomer. The second attachment member has a frame shape with a through hole. The main body rubber elastomer is fastened to an upper surface side of the second attachment member. The main body rubber elastomer penetrates to a lower surface side of the second attachment member through the through hole. A holding rubber is formed integrally with the main body rubber elastomer on a lower surface of fitting portions of the second attachment member. A fixed surface is arranged on an upper surface of the fitting portions. The fixed surface is exposed by the main body rubber elastomer, directly superimposed on an inner surface of the fitting grooves, and pressed and fixed by static friction to the inner surface of the fitting grooves by the holding rubber.
US11927235B2
Disclosed is an active control Stewart vibration damping platform, including a load-bearing platform, a base, and six telescopic rods. Each telescopic rod includes a driving motor, a rotating shaft, a sleeve, and a moving rod. One end, away from the driving motor, of the rotating shaft is provided with a cylindrical cavity, one end of the moving rod penetrates through the cylindrical cavity, and the sleeve is sleeved outside the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is in running fit with the sleeve through a first bearing, and the moving rod is in sliding fit with the sleeve through a second bearing. The moving rod and the rotating shaft are respectively provided with a spiral permanent magnet. The spiral permanent magnet on the rotating shaft can drive the moving rod to move in an axial direction of the rotating shaft through the spiral permanent magnet on the moving rod when rotating.
US11927234B2
A vibration proofing device includes a bracket having an internal space, and a vibration proofing member inserted into the internal space. The internal space is open on an outer surface of the bracket. At least a pair of facing-each-other surfaces, against which the vibration proofing member is pressed, is formed in an inner surface of the bracket. A distance between the pair of the facing-each-other surfaces on a far side in an insertion direction of the vibration proofing member is the same, in at least some regions of the bracket, as that on a near side in the insertion direction. This provides the vibration proofing device and the bracket to allow for compactly configuring the device as a whole, while sufficiently securing a retaining force between the bracket and the vibration proofing member.
US11927233B2
A leaf spring device includes a plurality of leaf springs, in which a restricting protrusion is provided on one leaf spring, a recessed part is formed on the other leaf spring, a first side surface of the restricting protrusion and a third side surface of the recessed part face each other in a plate width direction, a second side surface of the restricting protrusion and a fourth side surface of the recessed part face each other in the plate width direction, a first inclined surface is formed on one of the first and third side surfaces to be further away from the other thereof from a central portion toward a first direction, and a second inclined surface is formed on one of the second and fourth side surfaces to be further away from the other thereof from the central portion toward a second direction.
US11927229B2
A drum brake for a motor vehicle has a pocket for collecting abraded brake particles. The pocket is accessible from above via an opening. After the introduction of a suction device into the opening, the abraded brake particles can be extracted by suction. Pollution of the environment with abraded brake particles is thereby avoided.
US11927228B2
A system for locking a rotatable shaft may include a base member couplable to the rotatable shaft and rotatable about a rotation axis of the rotatable shaft through a plurality of angular positions, the base member comprises two or more curved slots; two or more pins positioned with respect to the base member such that at least one of the two or more pins is aligned with at least one of the two or more curved slots of the base member for any angular position of the base member; and an actuator to displace at least one of the two or more pins to removably insert at least one of the two or more pins into at least one of the two or more curved slots.
US11927226B2
A fixed type constant velocity universal joint has an operation mode in which, when a maximum operating angle is taken, in a column portion that is one of column portions on both sides of a pocket of a cage receiving a torque transmission ball at a phase angle and is located on a side corresponding to a phase angle larger than the phase angle, a projection end portion obtained by projecting an end portion of a spherical inner peripheral surface of the outer joint member on the opening side in a perpendicular direction toward the spherical outer peripheral surface of the cage and a projection end portion obtained by projecting an end portion of the spherical outer peripheral surface of the inner joint member on the back side in the perpendicular direction toward the spherical inner peripheral surface of the cage overlap in the axial direction of the cage.
US11927221B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a connection plate, which is disposed between a drive unit configured to provide power to a traveling body for a dozer and a sprocket configured to rotate by receiving power of the drive unit, the connection plate including a body having a through-hole in which one region of the drive unit is penetratively disposed, a first support portion formed at one side of the body and configured to support the sprocket, and a second support portion formed at the other side of the body and configured to support the drive unit.
US11927220B2
In a method and system for producing a gear unit that includes a housing and a shaft with bearing(s), the housing having lower upper parts, and a bearing seat: the bearing is fitted onto the shaft, the outer ring of the bearing being limited axially by a retainer attached to the shaft; the shaft, bearing, and retainer are inserted into the lower part; the upper part is fitted onto and connected to the lower part, the bearing being received by first and second sub-regions; a shim ring is placed against the outer ring; screws are screwed into axially oriented threaded holes of the housing such that the shim ring is limited by the screw heads of the screws; and the retainer is removed and a bearing cover is connected to the housing and axially limits the shim ring.
US11927218B2
A sealing device is disposed between an inner member and an outer member that rotate relative to each other to seal a gap between the inner member and the outer member of the sealing device, and includes a first sealing member including a cylindrical part to be mounted to the outer member, and an annular part that extends radially inward from the cylindrical part toward the inner member; and a second sealing member including a sleeve to be mounted to the inner member, and a flange that extends radially outward from the sleeve, the flange facing the annular part of the first sealing member. The first sealing member includes at least three axial lips made from an elastic material that extends from the annular part toward the flange of the second sealing member. An axial lip disposed radially outer side has an interference that is greater than that of an axial lip disposed radially inner side.
US11927213B2
The disclosure relates to a joint, which has at least three degrees of rotational freedom, having a rigid carrier element and at least two elastically deformable joint elements formed on the carrier element in an overlapping arrangement, at least in sections. Each joint element can include two rod-shaped web portions arranged on the carrier element and extending therefrom which are arranged either converging or diverging relative to each other, and at their end facing away from the carrier element are connected to each other by way of a contact portion. Two web portions connected to each other extend in a first common plane and two other web portions connected to each other extend in a second common plane, and the first common plane and the second common plane intersect.
US11927212B2
A thin film-retaining washer with custom geometry that may further provide for a simple press-on installation while maintaining retention of fasteners during assembly, shipping, handling, and/or use of associated systems. The present retaining hardware is easily manufactured from sheet or film materials with minimal post-processing and may be scaled and optimized for use with multiple size and style of fasteners. Further, the thickness profile of the thin film retaining hardware facilitates lobe spring deflection to further provide secure retention of the associated fasteners.
US11927209B2
A mounting seat is connected to a doorbell includes a mounting portion, an extendable portion, and a connecting portion. The mounting portion is connected to a mounting surface. The extendable portion is connected to the mounting portion. The extendable portion could be extended or retracted by exerting force. The extendable portion includes a first extendable section and a second extendable section. The connecting portion is connected between the extendable portion and the doorbell. When the first extendable section is extended or retracted relative to the mounting portion, the extendable portion drives the connecting portion and the doorbell to turn along a first axis. When the second extendable section is extended or retracted relative to the mounting portion, the extendable portion drives the connecting portion and the doorbell to turn along a second axis. The first axis is not parallel to the second axis.
US11927208B2
A rotational coupler in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a plate-shaped first member, a plate-shaped second member, a tapered portion, and an outer circumferential ring. The outer circumferential ring includes a first ring flange configured to externally come into contact with the first member. The outer circumferential ring includes a bent portion in a middle part of the second ring flange in an extending direction. The bent portion is bent to protrude toward the first plate of the first member.
US11927202B2
A fan guard for a fan container includes a housing and a plurality of wings. The housing has a hollow interior defined by a cylindrical inner surface. The housing extends longitudinally between a first housing end and a second housing end. The plurality of wings is positioned within the hollow interior of the housing. Each wing of the plurality of wings extends radially, from a center of symmetry of the cylindrical inner surface to the cylindrical inner surface. Each wing of the plurality of wings is radially curved between the first housing end and the second housing end.
US11927201B2
An integrated water fitting assembly includes a housing, a drainage mechanism, a dual-outlet micro-pump, and a drainage base. The drainage mechanism and the dual-outlet micro-pump are disposed in the housing, the drainage base is disposed below the housing, a water inlet, a washing water outlet, and a drainage control water outlet communicated with each other are formed in the dual-outlet micro-pump, moreover, the water inlet is communicated with a water source, the washing water outlet extends out of the housing, and the drainage control water outlet is connected inside the drainage mechanism. An integrated water fitting assembly further includes a housing, a drainage mechanism, a dual-head flow distribution assembly, a micro-pump, and a drainage base. A water inlet of the micro-pump is communicated with a water source. A flow water inlet, a washing water outlet, and a drainage control water outlet are formed in the dual-head flow distribution assembly.
US11927186B2
Provided is a scroll compressor. The scroll compressor may be provided with at least one refrigerant accommodating groove recessed to a preset depth in at least one from a side surface of a fixed wrap constituting a compression chamber and a side surface of an orbiting wrap. Thus, a volume of the compression chamber in a discharge area may be increased in correspondence with a volume of the at least one refrigerant accommodating groove, and a space into which liquid refrigerant, etc. may escape may be ensured to resolve excessive compression in the compression chamber. Then, a stress exerted on the fixed wrap is reduced, and a damage to the fixed wrap due to pressure in the compression chamber may be suppressed.
US11927183B2
A fluid spraying system includes a displacement pump 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 tightening ring that includes threading is configured to rotate about a cylinder of the pump and shift axially along the cylinder and engage with a bottom side of the drive housing to secure the displacement pump to the drive housing.
US11927180B2
Multi-stable SMA actuator comprising two shape memory alloy wires (1, 2) in antagonistic configuration that allow to define multiple stable positions of a movable element (12), said positions being maintained by movable stoppers to lock the movable element, that do not require power and are disengaged by the shape memory alloy wires (1, 2) upon actuation thereof.
US11927178B2
Disclosed are a drive structure for an OIS motor, an OIS motor, and a camera device. The key points of technical solutions are: a drive structure for an OIS motor includes a base, a conductive layer, a spring, and four SMA wires, the base is made of an insulating material, the conductive layer is disposed in the base, and terminals of the conductive layer protrude from the surface of the base; the base is provided with two first crimpers electrically connected to the conductive layer and disposed opposite to each other, the spring is provided with two second crimpers disposed opposite to each other, the four SMA wires are uniformly distributed on four sides of the base, and two ends of the SMA wires are respectively connected to the corresponding first crimpers and second crimpers.
US11927171B2
Disclosed is a wind turbine blade assembly and a method for its manufacture. The wind turbine blade assembly comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, a blade shell with a trailing portion, and a flatback profile component. The trailing portion has an outwardly curving arc shape and the flatback profile is positioned so as to cover the trailing portion of the blade shell.
US11927167B1
An ignition control device controls the alternate grounding of magnetos, or other ignition systems, in internal combustion engines utilizing two spark plugs per cylinder. The ignition control device can include two separate ignition systems to control each magneto. The ignition control device can alternate arcing of opposing spark plugs for each combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine.
US11927164B2
A throttle body assembly for a combustion engine includes a throttle body having a pressure chamber including a supply of liquid fuel, and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received. A throttle valve is carried by the throttle body with a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore. A metering valve is coupled to the throttle body, and has a valve element that is movable between open and closed positions. A boost venturi is located in the throttle bore and has an inner passage that is open at both ends to the throttle bore. The boost venturi has an opening through which fuel flows into the inner passage when the valve element is in the open position, wherein fuel flows from the pressure chamber to the metering valve under the force of gravity or under a pressure of less than 6 psi.
US11927152B2
Various embodiments of a vortex thruster system is described herein that is configured to create at least three discrete thrust levels. In some embodiments, the vortex thruster system is configured to decompose a monopropellant and deliver the decomposed monopropellant into a vortex combustion chamber for generating various thrust levels. In some embodiments, the vortex thruster system includes a secondary propellant valve configured to deliver a secondary propellant into the vortex combustion chamber containing decomposed monopropellant to create a high thrust level. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11927143B2
An electronic control system (35) for a turbopropeller (2) having a gas turbine engine (20) and a propeller assembly (3) coupled to the gas turbine engine (20), the control system (35) having: a propeller control stage (35a), implementing a closed loop control for controlling operation of the propeller assembly (3) based on a scheduled propeller speed reference (Nrref) and a propeller speed measure (Nr); a gas turbine control stage (35b), implementing a closed loop control for controlling operation of the gas turbine engine (20) based on a scheduled reference (Ngdotref) and at least a feedback quantity. The control system (35) further envisages an auxiliary control stage (35c), coupling the propeller control stage (35a) and the gas turbine control stage (35b) and determining a limitation of the operation of the gas turbine engine (20), if a propeller speed overshoot is detected, with respect to the propeller speed reference (Nrref).
US11927140B1
A gas turbine engine includes a propulsor delivering air into a core engine inward of an outer core panel. The core engine has a compressor section, a combustor and a turbine section. A compressor bleed system includes a bleed valve on a conduit communicating with compressed air from the compressor section. The bleed valve is configured to deliver air into a chamber where it can flow outwardly of the core engine at an exit location radially inward of the outer core panel.
US11927119B2
An oil return valve for a crankcase ventilation system of an internal combustion engine is provided that is essentially situated in the crankcase (3) and includes a valve cylinder (1) and at least one valve pipe (2).
US11927115B2
A guide vane in a gas turbine engine includes an inner platform, an outer platform, and an airfoil extending therebetween. Side surfaces of the inner platform and outer platform between an adjacent guide vane define a first seal slot, a second seal slot, and a third seal slot forming a closed loop having three corners. At least one of the corners is rounded. The guide vane includes tubulator ribs and pin fins disposed in an airfoil interior. The pin fins are disposed in a region of the trailing edge. The inner platform defines film cooling holes disposed at an outer surface facing the airfoil. The film cooling holes are arranged in a fan shape. An inner surface of the inner platform and an outer surface of the outer platform include impingement cooling ribs. The inner platform protrudes further towards upstream in a flow direction than the outer platform.
US11927114B2
A rotor of a steam turbine includes a plurality of rotor blades attached to a disk portion and a key configured to restrict movement of each of the plurality of rotor blades in an axial direction. The disk portion includes a blade embedding groove and a circumferential groove. The plurality of rotor blades include a first rotor blade and a second rotor blade adjacent to the first rotor blade on one side in a circumferential direction. A platform of the first rotor blade includes an access groove communicating with the circumferential groove, and a platform of the second rotor blade includes a second side surface facing a first side surface in the circumferential direction and a key accommodating groove communicating with the access groove in the circumferential direction. A key is arranged in the circumferential groove and the key accommodating groove.
US11927100B1
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a labyrinth sealing device mounted between a diaphragm and a turbine rotor of a turbine in order to induce smooth rotation of the turbine rotor and prevent a leakage of gas by minimizing friction between a rotor, such as the turbine rotor, and a stator, such as the diaphragm, when the rotor rotates in the stator, wherein the labyrinth sealing device includes a ring-shaped body and a labyrinth part protruding from one surface of the ring-shaped body, the ring-shaped body is manufactured by centrifugal casting or ring mill, and the labyrinth part is manufactured by 3D printing. The method of manufacturing a labyrinth sealing can improve productivity by reducing material costs and machining costs by manufacturing the labyrinth part (or teeth) protruding from the ring-shaped body using three-dimensional printing after manufacturing the ring-shaped body by centrifugal casting or ring mill. Moreover, the method of manufacturing a labyrinth sealing device can manufacture the labyrinth part in various shapes according to usage environments since the labyrinth part is manufactured by three-dimensional printing. Especially, the method of manufacturing a labyrinth sealing device can achieve microstructure, reduce fusion defects, and improve an adhesive force by bonding the labyrinth part on the body through vibration and far-infrared heating when the labyrinth part is stacked on the body.
US11927098B2
A method and apparatus for controlling stratum deformation in a shield construction process, a non-volatile storage medium, and a processor are disclosed. The method includes: monitoring settlement characteristic parameters in a shield construction process; predicting a settlement proportion according to the settlement characteristic parameters, the settlement proportion being a ratio between a predicted settlement value and a corresponding settlement threshold; and determining construction parameters in the shield construction process according to the settlement proportion. In the method, a settlement proportion is predicted through settlement characteristic parameters monitored in a shield construction process, and then appropriate construction parameters are determined according to the settlement proportion, so that the construction parameters in the shield construction process can be corrected in real time, and the safety and scientificity of stratum deformation control in shield construction can be ensured.
US11927075B2
There is provided a bottomhole assembly that is deployable downhole within a wellbore via a conveyance system. The conveyance system includes a fluid conductor for effecting fluid communication between the surface and the bottomhole assembly. The bottomhole assembly includes an actuator tool and a shifting tool. In some embodiments, for example, the actuator tool is disposed for receiving transmission of a compressive force being applied to the conveyance system from the surface, and transmitting the compressive force for actuating the shifting tool. In some embodiments, for example, the actuator includes an anchoring tool configured for hydraulic actuation, via fluid pressure forces communicated by the fluid conductor of the conveyance system, for becoming retained relative to the wellbore string. In some embodiments, for example, the actuator tool also includes a linear actuator that is extendible relative to the anchoring tool, while the anchoring tool is retained relative to the wellbore string, for transmitting a force to the actuated shifting tool with effect that the shifting tool is displaced relative to the wellbore.
US11927070B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to valve skid apparatus and related methods for wellhead systems. A check block of the check valve includes a check side face that interfaces with a gate side face of a gate block of the gate valve. A pump side block is coupled to the gate valve, and a well side block is coupled to the check valve. A first pressure relief valve is coupled to a top face of the pump side block, and a first bleed-off valve is coupled to a top face of the first pressure relief valve. A second pressure relief valve is coupled to a top face of the well side block, and a second bleed-off valve is coupled to a top face of the second pressure relief valve.
US11927066B2
A suspension head (11) is provided for connection between a high pressure riser (8) and a subsea wellhead (9), for use in drilling and completion operations in which a jack-up rig (1) is employed and a blowout preventer (7) is installed on the jack-up rather than on the wellhead. The use of the suspension head (11) offers improved safety and convenience, allowing the riser (8) to be isolated from the wellhead (9) in emergencies or for carrying out certain operations which would otherwise require the installation of a temporary plug. (FIG. 1)
US11927055B2
In example implementations, a horizontal door guide for a vertically stacking door is provided. The horizontal door guide includes a first track and a second track to vertically stack panels of a door along a horizontal line, a drive shaft coupled to a bottom most panel to lift the door vertically, a Geneva drive shaft coupled to the drive shaft, and a lifting cam coupled to the Geneva drive shaft, wherein the lifting cam comprises a rotating lever to separate and lift adjacent panels of the door as the door is opened in a vertical direction by the drive shaft and to push panels into the first track and the second track.
US11927048B1
A set of stackable, planar shims is provided, with each shim having a series of projections on the top surface and corresponding recesses on the bottom surface, wherein the projections overlay the recesses. Each shim may be characterized by a bisecting line, with the series of projections and recesses being a reverse image of each other, on either side of the bisecting line. Notches in opposite corners of the shims facilitate aligning the shims in an interlocking arrangement, regardless of which surfaces of the shims are pressed into contact. The projections on the surface of the shim can be arranged to create a barrier to shear forces that are perpendicular to the sides of the shim and diagonal to the sides of the shim.
US11927046B2
A multi-way liftgate assembly providing a plurality of dividers dividing the rear cargo area of a passenger vehicle into a plurality of secure areas assessable from a plurality of panels forming a liftgate to provide controlled access to one or more of those compartments. The vehicle operator has secure control of which portions of the cargo area can be selectively accessed. The multi-way liftgate assembly provides multiple secure openings to the cargo area of a vehicle that typically has only one secure opening to the cargo area.
US11927044B2
A window operator handle and cover with magnetic features that enable the handle to be retained to the cover in a folded position. The operator cover can also be attached to the operator with magnets.
US11927037B2
A motor vehicle lock arrangement for a hatch leaf with a motor vehicle lock, including a catch for the interaction with a lock striker, pivotable around a catch axis, and a pawl with a pawl arm, pivotable around a geometrical pawl axis, wherein the motor vehicle lock may be brought into a primary closed state, in which the catch is in its primary closed position and in holding engagement with the lock striker and the pawl arm is in its primary closed position and blocking the catch in its primary closed position, wherein the motor vehicle lock may be brought into an open state, the catch is in its open position and releasing the lock striker and in which the pawl arm is in its open position, the motor vehicle lock may include an inlet channel in the form of a recess for receiving the lock striker.
US11927035B2
A sheath end piece of a connecting element that connects two vehicle door opening devices includes a base, a mounting element, and a dismounting element. The connecting element includes a cable which is partially covered with a sheath. The base is mounted on an end portion of the sheath and includes a fastening interface to permit the mounting and dismounting of the connecting element on one of the two door opening devices. The mounting element permits exerting a pressure on the fastening interface so as to permit the mounting of the connecting element. The dismounting element permits exerting a traction on the fastening interface so as to permit the dismounting of the connecting element. At least one of the mounting element and the dismounting element protrudes from the base.
US11927029B2
An anti-seismic reinforcement structure using a panel zone reinforcing fixture, according to the present invention, comprises: panel zone reinforcing fixtures which are coupled, to reinforce an existing frame consisting of a column and a beam as existing members, to one side of the frame and which are respectively fixed to sides of the column and the beam at a panel zone where the existing column and the existing beam are joined to each other; a reinforcing column which is installed at one side of the column and has opposite ends thereof fixed to the panel zone reinforcing fixtures; and a reinforcing beam which is installed at one side of the beam and has opposite ends thereof fixed to the panel zone reinforcing fixtures.
US11927026B2
A post stabilization system which uses components which allow for both pushing and pulling forces to be applied to a workpiece in situ. The system uses the ground as an anchor point to stabilize a workpiece being installed. A force application member is connected to an anchoring device at one end. The opposing end of the force application member is an abutment member for applying a stabilizing force to a pole or other vertically oriented workpiece. An adjustment/tensioning member is applied between the anchoring device and the abutment member to allow for adjusting the angle of the workpiece by applying either pushing or pulling forces to the workpiece.
US11927020B2
A panel suitable for constructing a floor or wall covering includes a core comprising a mineral composite comprising a mineral and a filler. The panel further comprises an additive within the core in order to improve the flexibility and/or tensile strength of the panel.
US11927019B2
A roofing system including a plurality of roofing panels that can be releasably secured to rafters or other supports of the roof by connectors. In embodiments, the connectors can include first and second connectors, each of which can include a plate with a projection extending therefrom, and with the plates defining flanges on each side of the projection. The plates of the first and second connectors are configured to seat on and at least partially extend along one of the rafters of the roof structure and along exterior facing surfaces of adjacent ones of the roofing panels to releasably secure the roofing panels to the rafters.
US11927014B2
Bituminous tile with sealing engagement devices delimiting positioning areas of the anchoring nails including a tile body of the layered type and provided with shaped flaps delimited by separation cuts, wherein the upper face of the tile body is provided with a plurality of sealing engagement devices which are made in such a way as to have an immediately identifiable nailing area which is perimetrically delimited by a sealing engagement area that is made of an adhesive and/or thermally adhesive and/or hot melt material. The sealing engagement area enables the bonding engagement of the corresponding flap of the bituminous tile that in a laid condition is thereby overlapped, also enables a perfect sealing of the insertion area of the anchoring nail.
US11927001B2
A pop up stopper comprising multiple aperture and at least one non-aperture lever rod engagement locations to allow use of the stopper as a replacement with different pre-existing actuating and drain systems when the existing stopper is broken, worn or needs to be replaced for aesthetic reasons. An existing lever rod is selectively positionable to engage with one of the lever rod engagement locations that are disposed at varying heights on the stopper. Most preferably, there are six lever rod engagement locations, four aperture locations and two non-aperture locations. A seal disposed below a cap and around a body of the stopper comprises an enlarged annular ring near its outer edge to provide increased surface area for sealing a drain opening. The body of the stopper has a maximum width measured in cross section of 1.04 inches or less.
US11926996B2
A wear member includes a front end and a rearward end, the rearward end having a cavity formed therein. The cavity may include a forward portion, a rear portion, and an intermediate portion. The forward portion may be disposed toward the front end and the rear portion may be disposed toward the rearward end. Each of the rear portion and the forward portion may include at least four surfaces. Each of the at least four surfaces of the rear portion may converge toward a longitudinal axis of the wear member at a first converging angle, and each of the at least four surfaces of the forward portion may converge toward the longitudinal axis of the wear member at a second converging angle. The intermediate portion may extend between the forward portion and the rear portion and may include a different number of surfaces in cross-section than the forward portion and the rear portion.
US11926994B2
An excavator includes a display device configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator. The display device is configured to display the image in such a state that coordinates that are predefined with respect to the work area and an image component portion included in the image are associated with each other.
US11926992B2
A pilot neutralizing system of a work vehicle may include a pilot neutralizer and a flow control apparatus. The work vehicle may include a frame assembly and an actuating assembly to pivot the frame assembly. The pilot neutralizer is hydraulically coupled between an operator control member and a steering valve to selectively direct a pilot signal to the steering valve and is hydraulically coupled to a reservoir via a reservoir line. The pilot signal is used to switch the steering valve to change a direction of a hydraulic fluid flowing from the steering valve to the actuating assembly. The flow control apparatus is hydraulically coupled to the reservoir line and used to change a draining rate of the pilot signal to the reservoir. When the articulation position reaches a cushion region during steering, the pilot signal drains back through the flow control apparatus to the reservoir.
US11926982B2
An assembled subway station and a construction method thereof are provided. The assembled subway station includes a plurality of components combined in a ring shape, comprising a bottom plate component, two bottom corner components, two side wall components, a middle plate component, two top corner components, and a top plate component. Connection surfaces of each component are each provided with a concave-convex structure being matched with another concave-convex structure on a relevant connection surface of an adjacent component. Butt joint positions of two adjacent components are filled with sealing structures. The embedded grooves of two adjacent components are oppositely arranged, and connecting members for exerting opposite fastening forces on the two adjacent components are installed in the oppositely arranged embedded grooves. The opposite fastening forces are exerted on the two adjacent components through connecting members to ensure sealing structures at the butt joint position and achieve better sealing effects.
US11926981B2
A foundation system for manufactured homes, prefabricated houses, and other structures. Multiple screw anchors are driven into the ground at the desired location of the structure. Preformed grade bars may be placed over the screw anchors to provide a modular foundation without pouring concrete or digging footers. Alternatively, adapters may be attached to one or more of the driven screw anchors to provide a pedestal to receive the grade bar or prefabricated sections of concrete.
US11926977B2
The description relates to bridge truss systems. On example can include a steel truss that includes a top cord spaced away from a bottom cord and multiple web members secured between the top cord and the bottom cord. A deck can be positioned on the top cord of the steel truss.
US11926967B2
The present invention provides water-based coatings that provide liquid resistance when applied to various substrates. In some embodiments, more than one layer of coatings can be applied, using multiple coating stations. The coatings are particularly suitable for cellulosic substrates such as paper or paper board. In addition to liquid resistance, the coatings have good heat sealability, and are resistant to roll blocking. Preferably, the coatings are recyclable and/or repulpable with the substrates to which they are applied. The coating compositions comprise one or more polymer binders, and one or more particles. Preferably, at least one polymer binder has a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than 10° C. Preferably, at least one polymer binder has a heat seal onset temperature of less than 200° C. Preferably, at least one particle has a mean particle size greater than 4 μm. It is also preferable that the particles have a melting point greater than 60° C.
US11926965B2
Provided herein are mixed pulp compositions comprising a short fiber plant pulp (e.g., sugar cane bagasse) and a long fiber plant pulp (e.g. bamboo fiber). Also provided herein is a process for preparing the compositions.
US11926956B2
Disclosed is an elastic fiber treatment agent that contains at least one smoothing agent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, silicone oils, and ester oils and at least one naturally derived ingredient selected from the group consisting of terpene resins and terpene resin derivatives. Also disclosed is an elastic fiber treatment agent that contains at least one smoothing agent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, silicone oils, and ester oils and at least one naturally derived ingredient selected from the group consisting of rosins and rosin derivatives. In one aspect, the smoothing agent includes a mineral oil and the mineral oil content of the smoothing agent (A) is 59.5% to 95% by mass.
US11926955B2
A laundry dryer performs a method for drying laundry with steam or hot air and notifying a user of water shortage. The laundry dryer includes a cabinet, a drum, a steam unit, a storage tank, a supply pump, and a steam controller. The steam controller operates the steam unit upon receiving a steam supply command to supply steam to the drum. When a water level of water stored in at least one of the steam unit or the storage tank is equal to or less than a predetermined water level, the steam controller provides a water shortage notification message for user recognition. The laundry dryer provides the water shortage notification message when a minimum amount of residual water is stored in the storage tank. The number of times to refill the storage tank can be minimized, resulting in an increase in user convenience.
US11926952B2
A laundry treating apparatus includes a tub, a drum, and a rotator, wherein the rotator includes a bottom portion positioned on the bottom surface, a pillar protruding from the bottom portion toward the open surface, and a blade protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the pillar, wherein the blade includes a plurality of blades disposed to be spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction of the pillar. The blade extends from the bottom portion toward the open surface along a direction inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of the pillar.
US11926947B2
Disclosed herein are a laundry apparatus and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the method of controlling a laundry apparatus including a tub, a drum, an induction heating module mounted on the tub to heat the drum, and a circulation pump configured to pump wash water from the tub to the drum includes supplying wash water into the tub through a water supply valve, circulating the wash water by operating the circulation pump and performing fabrics soaking by driving the drum after termination of the water supply, performing heating by driving the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking, and performing washing by driving the drum after termination of the heating, wherein the heating is performed while a water level of the wash water is lower than a lowest end of the drum, the heating including heating the drum, the wash water, and fabrics.
US11926939B2
The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a super absorbent polymer non-woven fabric and super absorbent polymer fibers prepared therefrom. According to the preparation method of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide super absorbent polymer fibers exhibiting high flexibility and fast absorption rate in the form of long fibers.
US11926935B2
An automatic yarn feeding system is provided. The system comprises a yarn feeding track which is arranged on the twisting machine in a length direction of the twisting machine and provided with a yarn feeding manipulator walking along the yarn feeding track; and a supply zone which is arranged on one side of the yarn feeding track and used to buffer base yarns. The yarn feeding manipulator is used to convey the base yarns from the supply zone to a yarn feeding creel of each spindle position. The yarn feeding track is located in the middle of the top of the twisting machine. The supply zone is provided with a structure for buffering a plurality of base yarns, and is located on one side of an end of the yarn feeding track on the top of a control cabinet.
US11926919B2
A method of using a masking device to mask a portion of a gas turbine engine component for an electroplating process is provided. The masking device includes a main body having sidewalls, a removeable coverplate having an end plate and one or more locking tabs, a fastener located at least partially within the main body, and a shank engaged with the fastener. The method includes placing the gas turbine engine component through an opening in the main body such that the component is held within the main body by a retention slot. The method includes sliding the one or more locking tabs of the removeable coverplate through the opening in the main body such that the removeable coverplate covers the opening of the main body. The method includes securing the one or more locking tabs in one or more relief slots in the sidewalls of the main body.
US11926906B2
A process for producing compressed hydrogen gas, said process comprising electrolysing water to produce hydrogen gas and compressing said hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system to produce compressed hydrogen gas. The multistage compression system comprises at least one centrifugal compression stage, and the hydrogen gas is fed to the centrifugal compression stage at a pre-determined feed temperature and pressure and having a pre-determined relative humidity. The process further comprises adding water and heat to the hydrogen gas upstream of the centrifugal compression stage, as required, to humidify the hydrogen gas to the pre-determined relative humidity.
US11926905B2
A method of removing a ceramic coating from a ceramic coated metallic article without damaging the metallic bond coating, the metallic article having a first and second portions, each of the portions comprising a metallic bond coating and a ceramic coating on the metallic bond coating, the ceramic coating on the second portion being less porous than the ceramic coating on the first portion. The method comprises the steps of a) immersing the ceramic coated metallic article in a caustic solution; b) maintaining the ceramic coated metallic article in the caustic solution at atmospheric pressure for a predetermined time period and at a predetermined temperature; c) removing the ceramic coated metallic article from the caustic solution; d) rinsing the ceramic coated metallic article in water at ambient temperature; e) water jet blasting the first portion of the metallic article to remove the ceramic coating; and f) water jet blasting the second portion of the metallic article to remove the ceramic coating.
US11926900B2
A laminate includes a base substrate, and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a copper alloy portions derived from precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particle portions which are harder than the copper alloy portions, the hard particle portions are derived from hard particles, and the parts bond with each other via an interface. Each of the hard particle portions has a non-spherical shape. A sliding member includes the laminate in at least one sliding portion. A method for manufacturing a laminate includes a step of spraying a mixture in a non-molten state including precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particles having a non-spherical shape and being harder than the copper alloy particles onto a base substrate, to form a coating layer on the base substrate.
US11926898B2
A pressurization type method for manufacturing elementary metal may include a metal precursor gas pressurization dosing operation of, in a state where an outlet of a chamber having a substrate is closed, increasing a pressure in the chamber by providing a metal precursor gas consisting of metal precursors, thereby adsorbing the metal precursors onto the substrate, a main purging operation of purging a gas after the metal precursor gas pressurization dosing operation, a reaction gas dosing operation of providing a reaction gas to reduce the metal precursors adsorbed on the substrate to elementary metal, after the main purging operation, and a main purging operation of purging a gas after the reaction gas dosing operation.
US11926895B2
Methods of forming thin-film structures including metal carbide material, and structures and devices including the metal carbide material are disclosed. Exemplary structures include metal carbide material formed using two or more different processes (e.g., two or more different precursors), which enables tuning of various metal carbide material properties, including resistivity, current leakage, and work function.
US11926881B2
A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having a high yield ratio and excellent stretch flangeability and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.30%, Si: 0.50 to 2.00%, Mn: 2.5 to 4.0%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.100% or less, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. N and Ti satisfy a specified formula, and the total area fraction of martensite and bainite is 95% or more. The number density of bainite grains having an area of 3 μm2 or more and a carbon concentration of less than 0.7C is 1200 grains/mm2 or less.
US11926878B2
A leather burnishing tool is described. The tool comprises a first end disposed opposite a second end and a body portion disposed between the first end and the second end. The first end includes a first channel and a top portion. The second end comprises a second polished channel configured to accept an edge of a piece of leather therein and a bottom portion configured to be flush with a horizontal surface. The tool is continuously slid along the edge of the piece of leather to shape the edge of the piece of leather. In examples, the leather burnishing tool is configured to engage a tool holder.
US11926873B2
The present invention relates to a method of creating a biomarker profile, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a sample of biofluid from a subject, wherein the sample is stored on a sample collection apparatus; removing the sample from the sample collection apparatus; extracting nucleic acids from the sample; sequencing the extracted nucleic acids to generate sequence data; and analyzing the sequence data using a two-step analytical methodology to create the biomarker profile. The present invention is also directed to methods of determining the sex of an in utero fetus, predicting onset of a migraine in a subject, and of tracking athletic performance in a subject.
US11926860B2
Provided are a method of screening an inhibitor of caspase activity by lipopolysaccharide and a method of screening a therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases or sepsis using the same. Accordingly, it is possible to develop a caspase-4-specific inhibitor.
US11926855B2
An enzyme composition containing a protease combination or a protease mixture having neutral metalloprotease and serine alkaline protease activity, and an amylase. Feed compositions, additives and formulations containing the enzyme composition in methods for improving digestibility of proteins in an animal diet or animal feed, as well as optimizing the nutritional value of an animal diet or animal feed.
US11926852B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity for use in, e.g., animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity, polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US11926837B2
A plant containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein conferring resistance to a herbicide including one or more HPPD inhibitors, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes for a modified and/or exogenous HPPD enzyme.
US11926833B2
The present disclosure relates to a transgenic plant cell comprising polynucleotide sequences encoding glycolate dehydrogenase, malate synthase, and an inhibitory polynucleotide targeting an endogenous glycolate transporter Plgg1, wherein expression of endogenous glycolate transporter Plgg1 in the transgenic plant cell is about 20% to 80% of expression of endogenous glycolate transporter Plgg1 in a plant cell that is not transformed with an inhibitory polynucleotide targeting an endogenous glycolate transporter Plgg1. Also disclosed are transgenic plants, transgenic plant cultures, and methods for increasing photosynthesis efficiency in plants. The disclosed methods enhance biomass productivity and reduce the negative impact of photorespiration and introduction of transgenic constructs on plant growth.
US11926829B2
The invention relates to an allele specific siRNA able to silence the expression of only one allele of a heterozygous DNM2 gene, for treating diseases caused by heterozygous mutation and/or overexpression of Dynamin 2.
US11926825B2
Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of ATXN2 RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of Ataxin-2 protein in a cell or animal Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include ataxia, neuropathy, and aggregate formation. Such neurodegenerative diseases include spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and parkinsonism.
US11926818B2
The invention relates to methods of producing eukaryotic cell libraries encoding a repertoire of binding molecules (“binders”), wherein the methods use a site-specific nuclease for targeted cleavage of cellular DNA to enhance site-specific integration of binder genes through endogenous cellular repair mechanisms. Populations of eukaryotic cells are produced in which a repertoire of genes encoding binders are integrated into a desired locus in cellular DNA (e.g., a genomic locus) allowing expression of the encoded binding molecule, thereby creating a population of cells expressing different binders.
US11926816B2
The disclosure provides a culture plate comprising medium which supports microbial growth and comprises a dextrin comprising four or more glucose units linked by α(1→4) glycosidic bonds as a sole carbon source. The culture plate comprises a first zone inoculated with a sta− S. cerevisiae strain which produces a pigment upon sugar fermentation, and a second zone adjacent to the first zone and which is not inoculated with a microbe. The disclosure further provides a method of using the culture plate to characterize microbial diastatic activity.
US11926814B2
Provided herein are systems comprising multiple fluidically-coupled chamber volumes. In particular, provided herein are cell culture systems that incorporate fluid flow between multiple cell culture volumes, and method of use thereof for the culture of multiple related cell/tissue types.
US11926813B2
Systems, including methods and apparatus, for growing viable monoclonal colonies, identifying them as monoclonal after their viability has been demonstrated, and picking and placing them into a target environment. The methods may include plating cells at low density in a well, capturing at a first time shortly after plating a series of vertically spaced-apart images of the well showing locations of the cells, capturing at a second, later time images of the same well showing locations of candidate cell colonies, determining a likelihood that the candidate colonies are monoclonal based on information in the first set of images, and, based on the likelihood, picking candidate colonies using a picking head for transfer to a target environment.
US11926812B2
A microperifusion system includes at least one perifusate reservoir module having N receptacles and at least one port to communicate a pressurizing gas into or out from the respective perifusate reservoir module. A corresponding perifusion chamber module having M microperifusion channels is mechanically coupleable to at least one perifusate reservoir module to thereby form, when coupled, a sealed fluid communication between a selected first number of the N receptacles and a selected second number of the microperifusion channels. A control system module is coupleable to each perifusate reservoir and each perifusion chamber to control a flow of pressuring gas communicated into or out from the perifusate reservoir sense an effect of a microperifusion test operation occurring in each microperifusion channel.
US11926800B2
A fluidized catalytic reactor system cycles from 0.05-5% of catalyst at a time through a rejuvenation unit to be heated in the presence of oxygen to maintain catalyst activity. The use of the rejuvenation unit that may be 2% of the size of the main catalyst regeneration unit allows for reduction in equipment size and in catalyst inventory. The catalyst that is sent to the rejuvenation unit may be spent catalyst but may be partially or fully regenerated catalyst. The rejuvenation unit may be heated by combusting fuel or by hot flue gas.
US11926799B2
This disclosure relates to demulsifying polymers of Formula (I): demulsifier compositions containing the compound of Formula (I), and methods of using the polymers and compositions for separating water-in-oil emulsions.
US11926791B2
There is disclosed a biochar processor for a continuous pyrolysis processing of organic material into biochar. In an embodiment, the biochar processor has a biochar processor interior space divided into a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber. A pyrolysis reactor passageway is disposed in the biochar processor interior space. The pyrolysis reactor tube has a conveyor drive to move the organic material from the first combustion chamber to the second combustion chamber. A vent tube is in communication with a plurality of vents in the first combustion chamber and the second combustion chamber. In an embodiment, a method of making a biochar processor is provided for the continuous pyrolysis of organic material into biochar. In an embodiment, a method of using a biochar processor is provided for continuously producing biochar from the biochar processor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11926784B2
A drilling fluid comprises an aqueous solution; a clay-based component comprising layered silicate; and a viscosifier additive comprising poly(acrylamide-co-diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (poly(AAm-co-DMAC)) polymer. The polymer comprises a number average molecular weight of from 10,000 g/mol to 2,000,000 g/mol. The layered silicate and poly(AAm-co-DMAC) reacts to form a silicate-poly(AAm-co-DMAC) complex within the aqueous solution. A mass ratio of the poly(AAm-co-DMAC) to the layered silicate is 1 to 8.
US11926772B2
The invention relates to a high-performance sky blue thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, manufacturing method thereof, and application thereof, which solves the problems of the prior art. Through clever molecular design, a series of sky-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescent materials with less singlet-triplet energy level difference, high luminous efficiency, and fast-rate reverse intersystem crossing constant were synthesized, while fine-tuning of the structure and spectrum thereof were realized.
US11926769B2
A reactive PSA film that includes: (a) a polymeric film former matrix; (b) one or more reactive components; and (c) a reagent selected from an initiator, a curing agent and an activator. The component (b) is present at a mass fraction of ≥30%, as based on the sum of (a), (b) and (c). Further, ≥50 wt % of the film former matrix is a crystallizable polymer which: (i) exhibits a crystallization enthalpy of <1 J/g in a DSC measurement on cooling at 10K/min from at least 30K above a peak temperature of the melting peak of the polymer or ≥100° C., whichever is greater; and (ii) exhibits a crystallite fusion enthalpy of ≥15 mJ/mg in its pure state in a first heating curve of a DSC measurement at 10K/min and after storage for ≥one month from 15 to 25° C. and relative humidity from 30 to 70%.
US11926765B2
An adhesive composition for use in debonding with light irradiation, which composition can achieve debonding through irradiation with light, characterized in that the adhesive composition contains an adhesive component (S) and a light-absorbing organic compound (X); and the light-absorbing organic compound (X) contains, in the molecule thereof, one or more aromatic rings, one or more rings each containing a heteroatom forming the ring, and one or more groups selected from among a carbonyl group and a thiocarbonyl group.
US11926762B2
The present disclosure provides a high-temperature nano-composite coating and a preparation method thereof, and a small bag flexible packaging coating. The high-temperature nano-composite coating provided by the present disclosure controls the fiber length. Moreover, high-temperature reinforcing filler and high-temperature expansion filler are introduced, to make the coating have ultra-high strength at high temperature without cracks caused by shrinkage at high-temperature. In addition, nanopowder, high-temperature skeleton filler and other additives are introduced to make the coating be uniform and stable and reach a slurry state similar to toothpaste. There is no precipitation and stratification during the placement process. Small packaging can be realized to facilitate construction and operation. Besides, the coating has a good bonding to furnace lining, and will not fall off from the furnace lining, thereby prolonging the service life of the furnace lining.
US11926761B2
Provided are an organic solvent composition having excellent solvency for and compatibility with a resin, and a paint composition including the same. Specifically, the paint composition including the same is prepared, due to the difference in evaporation rate of the organic solvent composition, the compatibility with the resin may be further improved.
US11926760B2
Compositions comprising asphalt and corn oil are provided, as are the shingles made using the compositions, methods for making the compositions, and methods for making the shingles. The compositions comprise mixtures of asphalt and corn oil, and the mixtures are oxidized to attain desirable properties.
US11926756B2
To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid excellent in chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer excellent in chemical resistance and a method for producing it, and a method for producing a fluorinated ether compound excellent in chemical resistance. A fluorinated ether compound which has a first partial structure represented by the following formula (1) and a second partial structure represented by the following formula (2), and which has at least five first partial structures, or has at least two second partial structures: —ORf12— (1) —ORf13— (2) wherein Rf12 is a C1-6 fluoroalkylene group, and Rf13 is a group having a fluorinated cyclic structure which may have a hetero atom.
US11926754B2
Provided is a coating film having excellent durability and wear resistance, and utility as mold surface release coating. The coating film has excellent releasability (non-adhesiveness) over a long period of time. Further provided is a coating composition capable of forming such a coating film, the coating composition containing a fluoropolymer and an oil that is a liquid at 25° C., wherein the decomposition temperature of the oil is higher than the melting point of the fluoropolymer.
US11926752B2
The ink composition comprises pigment particles and a stimulus responsive dispersing agent for dispersing said pigment particles in a protic polar solvent, for instance for inkjet printing, which stimulus responsive dispersing agent comprises an anchoring part for anchoring to said pigment particles, a stimulus responsive part as shown in formula (XXa) or (XXb) and a hydrophilic part for solvent stabilization of the pigment, wherein the stimulus responsive part upon exposure to a stimulus initiates decomposition of the stimulus responsive dispersing agent. The paper with the printed ink can be deinked in an industrial deinking process.
US11926750B2
There is provided an ink composition that can form a color filter pixel unit with high external quantum efficiency. An ink composition containing light-emitting nanocrystal particles, light-diffusing particles, and at least two monomers with an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the at least two monomers include two monomers with Hansen solubility parameters δd, δp, and δh that satisfy the following conditions: 16.0 MPa0.5≤δd<18.0 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5≤δp<5.5 MPa0.5; 2.5 MPa0.5≤δh<8.0 MPa0.5.
US11926747B2
Disclosed is an ink comprising a transparent matrix being UV curable and heat scalable, and at least one pigment component. The ink in its UV-cured state has a peel strength in the range of about 6 to 8 N/cm, wherein this adhesiveness is achievable by means of a further lamination step under the influence of pressure and heat so that the ink acts as a hot glue. Further disclosed is a safety structure comprising a semitransparent layer being formed at least partially by the UV-cured ink, and a secure article comprising the safety structure. Further disclosed is a use of the ink for silkscreen printing.
US11926727B2
A composition comprising (a) a cationically polymerisable epoxy resin, (b) an initiator for the cationic polymerisation, (c) a microparticle filler, and (d) a nanoparticle filler can be used for the production of thermally stable insulating material for electrical and electronic components.
US11926721B2
Provided is a silicone rubber molded body (1) including a conductive ink coating layer (3) that is disposed on a portion of the surface of the silicone rubber molded body (1). The conductive ink coating layer (3) contains a hydrolyzable organosilicon compound. Using the silicone rubber molded body with a saturated water absorption of 0.10 to 1.50% by mass and/or using a conductive ink containing water improves the affinity between the surface of the silicone rubber molded body (1) and the conductive ink coating layer (3). A residual ink area is an average of 20% or more and 100% or less after the conductive ink coating layer (3) is subjected to an abrasion test. With this configuration, the silicone rubber molded body has a high affinity between the silicone rubber and the conductive ink, good durability under continuous stress, and stability in long-term use. Further provided is a method for producing the silicone rubber molded body.
US11926719B2
Some embodiments relate to non-woven composite materials, methods of making and uses thereof, including articles including the composite structures. More particularly, some embodiments relates to non-woven composite materials possessing desirable impact performance and penetration resistance.
US11926717B2
Polymer matrix composite comprising a porous polymeric network; and a plurality of thermally insulating particles distributed within the polymeric network structure, wherein the thermally insulating particles are present in a range from 15 to 99 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermally insulating particles and the polymer (excluding the solvent); and wherein the polymer matrix composite has a density not greater than 3 g/cm3; and methods for making the same. The polymer matrix composites are useful, for example, in electronic devices.
US11926714B2
The disclosure provides redispersible CNC. The CNC disclosed herein is redispersible in non-polar and polar organic solvents as well as polar and non-polar polymers such as polyethylene or polypropylene. The disclosure surprisingly also provides redispersible CNC bearing improved redispersion in aqueous systems and most particularly in high ionic strength aqueous systems which usually require significant mixing energy to achieve dispersion.
US11926700B2
Biorenewable polyesters and polyester copolymers derived from camphoric acid, aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic diols and methods of making those copolyesters and articles comprising copolyesters are disclosed. The disclosed biorenewable copolyesters may can have a Mn of from about 5,000 Da to about 500,000 Da. Also disclosed are preparation methods of various monomers e.g., cis-1,4-anhydroerythritol and bis(2-hydroxyethyl) camphorate. The disclosed biorenewable polyesters and polyester copolymers can be used for production of various articles utilizing a conventional polyesters or polyester copolymers, to replace, in part or in whole, a conventional non-biorenewable polyesters or polyester copolymers.
US11926697B2
The present invention provides a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1). The present invention also discloses a fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer, which comprises a copolymer of a fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of Formula (1) with a near-infrared dye of Formula (2). The fluorine-containing liquid crystal elastomer of the present invention shrinks due to the photothermal conversion effect of the material under the irradiation of near-infrared light, and thus is widely applicable to the field of actuators. The fluorine-containing liquid crystal polymer of the present invention introduces fluorine-containing segments into the cross-linked network of the liquid crystal polymer, to improve the mechanical performance of the material, and greatly extend the service time of light-controlled actuators.
US11926690B2
A Ziegler-Natta catalyst component precursor made from or containing a mechanical mixture of (a) distinct particles of adducts of formula MgCl2(R1OH)n where R is a C1-C8 alkyl group and n is from 0.2 to 6 having average particle size (P50a) ranging from 5 to 100 μm; and (b) from 0.2 to 5.0% by weight of distinct particles of a solid compound containing more than 50% by weight of Sift units and having average particle size (P50b), wherein the ratio P50b/P50a ranges from 0.4 to 1.5.
US11926689B2
The invention provides a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker which comprises (1) a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprising dimethylsiloxane units and hydrophilized siloxane units each having one methyl substituent and one monovalent C4-C40 organic radical substituent having two to six hydroxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the hydrophilized siloxane units to the dimethylsiloxane units is from about 0.035 to about 0.15, and (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups. The hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a number average molecular weight of from about 3000 Daltons to about 80,000 Daltons. The present invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises repeating units derived from a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention.
US11926686B2
Shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomers. The shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomers being synthesized by filling an alignment cell with liquid crystal monomers. The liquid crystal monomers align to a surface of the alignment cell and then are polymerized with a dithiol chain transfer agent. The alignment cell is configured to impose a director orientation on a portion of the shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer. For some embodiments, liquid crystal elastomer laminates are prepared by arranging a plurality of liquid crystal elastomers such that a director orientation of each liquid crystal elastomer of the plurality is in registered alignment with an adjacent liquid crystal elastomer of the plurality. The arrangement is secured and the plurality of liquid crystal elastomers cured.
US11926685B2
Ethylene-based polymers of this disclosure include a melt viscosity ratio (V0.1/V100) at 190° C. of at least 10, where V0.1 is the viscosity of the ethylene-based polymer at 190° C. at a shear rate of 0.1 radians/second, and V100 is the viscosity of the ethylene-based polymer at 190° C. at a shear rate of 100 radians/second; and a molecular weight tail quantified by an MWD area metric, ATAIL, and ATAIL is less than or equal to 0.04 as determined by gel permeation chromatography using a triple detector.
US11926670B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising a human antibody that specifically binds to human interleukin-4 receptor (hIL-4R). The formulations may contain, in addition to an anti-hIL-4R antibody, at least one amino acid, at least one sugar, or at least one non-ionic surfactant. The pharmaceutical formulations of the present invention exhibit a substantial degree of antibody stability after storage for several months.
US11926666B2
The present invention relates to a bispecific antibody construct comprising a first human binding domain which binds to human CDH3 on the surface of a target cell and a second binding domain which binds to human CDS on the surface of a T cell. Moreover, the invention provides a polynucleotide encoding the antibody construct, a vector comprising said polynucleotide and a host cell transformed or transected with said polynucleotide or vector. Furthermore, the invention provides a process for the production of the antibody construct of the invention, a medical use of said antibody construct and a kit comprising said antibody construct.
US11926662B2
Provided are anti-GM-CSF antibodies or fragments thereof including humanized antibodies and fragments. Also provided are uses of the antibodies and fragments for therapeutic, diagnostic and prognostic purposes. Therapeutic uses of the antibodies and fragments, for example include the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and disorders.
US11926659B2
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration.
US11926658B2
The invention relates to multispecific antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to distinct Zika virus epitopes and potently neutralize infection of ZIKV. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies and antibody fragments of the invention in prophylaxis and treatment of ZIKV infection.
US11926656B2
Antibodies and compositions of matter useful for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection in mammals, and methods of using those compositions of matter for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of EBV infection are described. Also described are proteins, referred to as anti-gp350 antibody probes, and anti-gp350 B-cell probes, that maintain the epitope structure of the CR2-binding region of gp350, but do not bind CR2.
US11926649B2
The present invention provides mutant RSV F molecules, such as those that can be, or are stabilized, in a pre-fusion conformation by the introduction of one or more DT cross-links. The present invention also provides methods of making such mutant RSV F molecules, compositions comprising such mutant RSV F molecules, and methods of use of such mutant RSV F molecules, for example in vaccination methods, therapeutic methods, and antibody production methods.
US11926647B2
The invention encompasses components from microbial cells which are useful for antibody production, including peptides, polypeptides comprising these peptides, polynucleotides which encode these peptides or polypeptides, and antibodies directed to these peptides, polypeptides, or polynucleotides. The invention also encompasses to expression vectors and host cells for producing these peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies. The invention further encompasses methods and compositions, especially vaccine compositions, for detecting, targeting, and inhibiting microbial cells, especially methanogen cells, using one or more of the disclosed peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies, expression vectors, and host cells.
US11926646B2
Compounds are provided according to Formula (A): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1A, R1B, n, R2A, R2B, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions.
US11926642B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and - - - - - are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient by administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compounds and methods of inhibiting or preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2 with the compounds.
US11926641B2
The invention provides a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, wherein R1-R4 have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful in immunotherapy as a potential treatment, or co-treatment, for cancer or infectious diseases.
US11926635B2
Disclosed herein are p38α mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and therapeutic methods of using the p38α mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors.
US11926634B2
Disclosed are methods of making selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDs) of Formula A, as well as intermediates thereof, salts thereof including a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof: wherein either R1 or R2 is independently Cl, F, —CF3, or —CH3, and the other is H; and R7 is H or PG.
US11926632B2
Mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressors contribute to the development and progression of cancer. The present disclosure describes compounds and methods that restore DNA binding affinity of p53 mutants. The compounds of the present disclosure can bind to mutant p53 and restore the ability of the p53 mutant to bind DNA and activate downstream effectors involved in tumor suppression. The disclosed compounds can be used to reduce the progression of cancers that contain a p53 mutation.
US11926630B2
This application relates to compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of PI3K-γ which are useful for the treatment of disorders such as autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US11926624B2
Disclosed herein are synthesis methods for coelenterazine and intermediates. Also disclosed are articles including the coelenterazine and coelenterazine derivatives. Representative absorbent articles include disposable diapers and adult incontinence products.
US11926622B2
Provided herein are compounds identified as inhibitors of HDAC6 activity having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that can be used to treat various diseases and disorders.
US11926619B2
The present disclosure provides novel pladienolide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using the compounds as therapeutic agents. These compounds may be useful in the treatment of cancers, particularly cancers in which agents that target the spliceosome and mutations therein are known to be useful. Also provided herein are methods of treating cancers by administering at least one compound disclosed herein and at least one additional therapy.
US11926610B1
An 9-(2-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-10-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,6-diphenyl-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine1,8(2H,5H)-dione compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11926605B2
A 5,5′-Di-(protected)-2,2′-bifuran: wherein each R1 is independently an unsubstituted or substituted 5- or 6-member 1,3-dioxo-2-yl ring radical. Processes for making the bifuran include coupling 2-(protected)-furfural. Processes for using the bifuran include deprotection, functionalization, and/or polymerization to form a polyester. The polyester can be a renewable, high-performing polyester offering a combination of low cost of production, high sustainability, and excellent performance.
US11926591B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, luminous efficiency, and/or lifespan characteristics can be provided.
US11926584B2
The invention provides methods of preparing 8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid and methods of making a pharmaceutical material comprising a purified amount of 8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid. Also provided are compositions and pharmaceutical materials including a purified amount of 8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid as well as methods of treating various diseases and conditions using the compositions and pharmaceutical materials.
US11926580B2
A hydropersulfide precursor compound having the formula (I): formula (I) as defined in the specification. A process for preparing the hydropersulfide precursor, and a method of using the precursor to generate hydropersulfide are also described.
US11926572B2
Disclosed are a special fertilizer for intercropping maize and peanuts and a cultivation method for maintaining soil organic carbon (SOC) balance, belonging to the technical field of SOC balance. The special fertilizer for intercropping maize and peanuts includes the following raw materials: coated urea, heavy superphosphate, ammonium sulfate, fermented soybean meal, bentonite, sodium molybdate, borax, humic acid, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, plant ash and zinc sulfate heptahydrate. The cultivation method includes the steps of land selection, land preparation, fertilizing, sowing, field management, and rotation.
US11926569B2
Composite cellulosic products and processes for making same. In some embodiments, the composite cellulosic product can include a plurality of cellulosic substrates and an at least partially cured binder. Prior to curing, the binder can include a mixture formed by combining magnesium oxide, water, and magnesium chloride. A weight ratio of the magnesium oxide to the magnesium chloride in the binder can be at least 2.2:1 to 8.5:1.
US11926565B2
The disclosure relates to a glass and a melt solder for the passivation of semiconductor components, the use of the glass or the melt solder for the passivation of semiconductor components, a passivated semiconductor component and a method for passivating semiconductor components.
US11926563B2
Provided is a crystallized glass substrate including a surface with a compressive stress layer, in which a gradient A of a surface compressive stress from an outermost surface to a depth of 6 μm in the compressive stress layer is 50.0 to 110.0 MPa/μm, a gradient B of a surface compressive stress from a depth of (a stress depth DOLzero—10 μm) to the stress depth DOLzero is 2.5 to 15.0 MPa/μm, where the stress depth DOLzero is a depth of the compressive stress layer at a surface compressive stress of 0 MPa, and a hardness of the outermost surface at an indentation depth of 20 nm is 7.50 to 9.50 GPa.
US11926562B2
To provide a crystallized glass substrate including a surface with a compressive stress layer, in which, CS is 400 to 1400 MPa and CT×(T−2×DOLzero)/CS×DOLzero is 0.60 or more, where CS (MPa) denotes a compressive stress on an outermost surface of the compressive stress layer, DOLzero (μm) denotes a stress depth of the compressive stress layer at which the compressive stress is 0 MPa, CT (MPa) denotes a central stress determined by curve analysis, and T (μm) denotes a thickness of the substrate.
US11926558B2
The present specification relates to a conductive structure body, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrode and an electronic device including the conductive structure body.
US11926556B2
A glass substrate comprises: a first surface with surface features having an average width, an average height, a ratio of the average height to the average width of from about 0.04 to about 0.24, and the first surface has a haze value of 3% to 40%. The glass substrate can be transparent to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. The glass substrate can have a composition of: 61-75 mol. % SiO2; 7-15 mol. % Al2O3; 0-12 mol. % B2O3; 9-21 mol. % Na2O; 0-4 mol. % K2O; 0-7 mol. % MgO; and 0-3 mol. % CaO. The first surface can have an average surface roughness Ra of from 10 nm to 1,000 nm. The first surface can have an average characteristic largest feature size of from 200 nm to 50 μm. The ratio of the average height to the average width can be from 0.06 to about 0.08.
US11926555B2
Glass-ceramics exhibiting a Vickers indentation crack initiation threshold of at least 15 kgf are disclosed. These glass-ceramics may be ion exchangeable or ion exchanged. The glass-ceramics include a crystalline and amorphous phases generated by subjecting a thin precursor glass article to ceramming cycle having an average cooling rate in the range from about 10° C./minute to about 25° C./minute. In one or more embodiments, the crystalline phase may comprise at least 20 wt % of the glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics may include β-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase and may exhibit an opacity≥about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.8 mm thickness and colors an observer angle of 10° and a CIE illuminant F02 determined with specular reflectance included of a* between −3 and +3, b* between −6 and +6, and L* between 88 and 97.
US11926552B2
A glass substrate comprises: a first position, wherein a tensile stress of the glass substrate is insufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate; and a second position, wherein the glass substrate is bent relative to the first position, and wherein the tensile stress of the glass substrate is sufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate. The glass substrate can include a first surface and a second surface. In the first position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. In the second position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. The small pieces can be generally cubic. In the second position, the glass substrate can be bent uniaxially along a bend axis of the glass substrate.
US11926543B2
Disclosed herein are the water clarification compositions and method of using the disclosed water clarification compositions for clarifying a water system or waste water source. Specifically, the disclosed compositions comprise and methods use multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds that are derived from polyamines through an aza-Michael addition with an activated olefin having an ionic group. The disclosed water clarification methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used single quaternary compounds for reducing turbidity in water systems or waste water sources.
US11926542B2
Methods and systems for removal of ions from aqueous fluids are provided. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of removing one or more oxyanions from an aqueous fluid, including the steps of contacting an aqueous fluid containing oxyanions with an aluminum metal whereby aluminum ions are released from the aluminum metal into the aqueous fluid, wherein the one or more oxyanions in the aqueous fluid react with the aluminum ions to form one or more ettringites; controlling a rate of release of the aluminum ions from the aluminum metal; and removing at least a portion of precipitated ettringites from the aqueous fluid.
US11926538B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment, and provides a wastewater treatment method and apparatus based on hydrate-based water vapor adsorption. The apparatus includes a wastewater evaporation zone, a hydrate formation zone, a hydrate decomposition zone, and a data acquisition and control system. Rising water vapor and condensed water formed during evaporation of wastewater at normal temperature react with a hydrate former on a cooling wall surface to form a hydrate, continuous evaporation of the wastewater is promoted, the hydrate is scraped off to a collecting zone below by a scraper after being formed, and the hydrate is decomposed into fresh water, thereby realizing wastewater treatment. The present disclosure provides a method for treating complex wastewater containing a plurality of pollutants, where water vapor is consumed to form the hydrate to promote wastewater evaporation, and water obtained from the decomposition does not contain pollutants theoretically.
US11926533B2
Disclosed are embodiments of making a high Q ceramic material. The method includes providing Ba3NiTa2O9 and incorporating one of Ba2MgWO6, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba2MgWO6, Ba3LaTa3O12, Ba8LiTa5WO24, BaLaLiWO6, Ba4Ta2WO12, Ba2La2MgW2O12, BaLaLiWO6, Sr3LaTa3O12, and SrLaTaO12 into the Ba3NiTa2O9 to form a solid solution having a high Q value of greater than 12000 at about 10 GHz.
US11926532B2
Provided are processes for producing metal oxides, including pigmentary TiO2. In embodiments, a process for producing a metal oxide comprises combining a metal halide and an oxidant in a liquid phase medium under conditions to oxidize the metal halide in the liquid phase medium to produce a metal oxide therefrom.
US11926524B1
This work develops a novel microfluidic method to fabricate conductive graphene-based 3D micro-electronic circuits on any solid substrate including, Teflon, Delrin, silicon wafer, glass, metal or biodegradable/non-biodegradable polymer-based, 3D microstructured, flexible films. It was demonstrated that this novel method can be universally applied to many different natural or synthetic polymer-based films or any other solid substrates with proper pattern to create graphene-based conductive electronic circuits. This approach also enables fabrication of 3D circuits of flexible electronic films or solid substrates. It is a green process preventing the need for expensive and harsh postprocessing requirements for other fabrication methods such as ink-jet printing or photolithography. We reported that it is possible to fill the pattern channels with different dimensions as low as 10×10 μm. The graphene nanoplatelet solution with a concentration of 60 mg/mL in 70% ethanol, pre-annealed at 75° C. for 3 h, provided ˜0.5-2 kOhm resistance. The filling of the pattern channels with this solution at a flow rate of 100 μL/min created a continuous conductive graphene pattern on flexible polymeric films. The amount of graphene used to coat 1 cm2 of area is estimated as ˜10 μg. A second method regarding the transfer of graphene material-based circuits with small features size (5 μm depth, 10 μm width) from any solid surface to flexible polymeric films via polymer solvent casting approach was demonstrated. This method is applicable to any natural/synthetic polymer and their respective organic/inorganic solvents.
US11926512B2
This work machine comprises: a telescoping actuator that moves a first boom with respect to a second boom; an electrical drive source that is disposed in a movable portion of the telescoping actuator; a first biasing mechanism that maintains the connection state between the telescoping actuator and the first boom; a first connection mechanism that switches the connection state between the telescoping actuator and the first boom on the basis of the power of the electrical drive source; a second biasing mechanism that maintains the connection state between the first boom and the second boom; a second connection mechanism that switches the connection state between the first boom and the second boom on the basis of the power of the electrical drive source; and a clutch that discretionally intermittently transmits the power of the electrical drive source to the first connection mechanism and the second connection mechanism.
US11926503B2
A vehicle-mounted reel utility. A brake wheel is macro-positioned to a non-contact position adjacent to the reel by sliding along a reel-supporting lifting arm. An actuator pivots the brake bracket bringing the wheel into a contact position with the reel. A cable dispenser for figure 8'ing the cable is mounted to the free end of a positioning arm that rotates from a position parallel to a lifting arm to a position perpendicular to the lifting arm. The dispenser is pivotally mounted to the positioning arm, allowing the user to swivel the dispenser about a horizontal arc while maintaining the dispenser in a central lateral position relative to a reel or a vehicle during the swivel movement. A hydraulic circuit controls the dispenser and the actuator that controls the brake wheel from a contact to non-contact position, to coordinate the stopping of cable dispensing.
US11926499B2
A folding device is provided. The folding device includes a bearing and fixing mechanism (1) configured to bear and fix a main body portion (21) of a to-be-folded device (2); a folding mechanism (3) located on at least one side of the bearing and fixing mechanism (1), the folding mechanism (3) being rotatably connected to the bearing and fixing mechanism (1) and configured to bear and fix a to-be-folded portion (22) of the to-be-folded device (2); and a driving mechanism (4) connected to the folding mechanism (3), the driving mechanism (4) being configured to drive the folding mechanism (3) to turn relative to the bearing and fixing mechanism (1), so as to fold the to-be-folded portion (22) to a side in a thickness direction of the main body portion (21). The folding device can fold automatically, and manual folding is avoided.
US11926496B2
A system for managing shipping containers and twist lock connectors is described. The system includes multiple stations. Each station includes a container platform and a pallet station. The container platform is able to accommodate various container sizes and/or multiple containers at one time. The container platform includes connector changers, handlers, and gantries that are able to automatically engage connectors with a container and disengage connectors from a container. The station includes a shuttle able to transfer connectors between the platform handlers and pallet station handlers and gantries. The pallet station includes a pallet with multiple receptacles for storing connectors. The pallet station and/or the container platform may include one or more magazines and/or one or more conveyors.
US11926489B2
A vacuum plate which may be used in a system in which sheet material articles are handled by a vacuum plate. The vacuum plate comprises a first wall, a plurality of bores in the first wall, and at least one air outlet for connection to a source of vacuum pressure for applying a vacuum pressure to the bores. The first wall provides, in use, a vacuum lifting surface for pulling and holding the sheet material article to the vacuum surface when vacuum pressure is applied to the bores. Each bore comprises a flared opening terminating at the vacuum surface for admitting air pulled through the bore by the applied vacuum pressure, and opposite this opening, an exit for the air pulled through the bore, this exit being surrounded by a rim that extends above a surrounding surface of the second side of the first wall.
US11926486B2
According to an embodiment, a conveyance assisting apparatus includes a placement portion, a base portion, a support portion, a moving device, and a projecting portion. The placement portion has a placement surface on which a package is placed. The base portion is fixed to a conveyance apparatus including a door portion to be opened/closed between a closed-position and an open-position. The support portion is on the base portion and supports the placement portion so that the placement portion is movable in a first-direction between a first-position where the placement portion covers the door portion and a second-position where the placement portion uncovers the door portion. The moving device is on the base portion and configured to move the placement portion. The projecting portion is on the placement surface and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US11926485B2
A processing system includes a conveyance path including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey a carriage, the plurality of conveyance modules being disposed to convey the carriage to a plurality of positions, a processing apparatus configured to perform processing on a work mounted on the carriage, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of conveyance modules and the processing apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to, in performing the processing on the work at the plurality of positions by the processing apparatus, move the work to the plurality of positions by moving the carriage using the conveyance modules.
US11926480B2
A container supplying apparatus includes a supply conveyer conveying containers and a screw engaging with the containers on the supply conveyer and conveying the containers to a downstream side. The screw is divided into an upstream screw and a downstream screw rotationally driven by different servomotors. In a case where no container is supplied to a specific bottle table of a weighing and filling apparatus, the upstream screw is decelerated and is then accelerated relative to the downstream screw. As a result, an interval of the successive containers is expanded, and a large interval is maintained therebetween. This supplies no container to the specific bottle table of the weighing and filling apparatus.
US11926474B2
A refuse vehicle includes a body defining a storage compartment, a packer, a hydraulic system, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The hydraulic system includes a first pump and a second pump are configured to supply fluid power to a packer actuator. The packer actuator is coupled to the packer and the body and is positioned to move the packer to compact refuse within the storage compartment. The pressure sensor indicates a measured pressure a first fluid associated with the first pump or a second fluid associated with the second pump. The controller is configured to control the hydraulic system to supply fluid power to the packer actuator to move the packer. The controller is further configured to determine that (a) one or more other vehicle functions are active or (b) the measured pressure exceeds a threshold pressure. The controller is further configured to reduce the fluid power supplied to the packer actuator in response to the determination.
US11926473B1
A sanitary product disposal container includes a container housing having a movable housing top cover, a movable housing bottom cover, and a sensor. A cover actuating mechanism may operably engage the housing top cover to actuate the housing top cover between open and closed positions. The sensor may operably interface with the cover actuating mechanism to facilitate deployment of the housing top cover between the open and closed positions responsive to sensing the presence of a person in proximity to the container housing. Accordingly, a used feminine hygiene product may be placed in the interior space of the container housing in the open position of the housing top cover without having to touch the container housing in order to open the housing top cover. The housing bottom cover may be selectively opened to facilitate removal of the used feminine hygiene products from the interior space.
US11926461B2
A protective product, such as, e.g., an envelope or pouch, is provided that includes at least one expanded slit paper sheet in an expanded state, and an embossed paper sheet facing the expanded slit paper sheet and fixed to the expanded slit paper sheet along at least a portion of a length in an expansion direction of the expanded slit sheet paper. In the preferred embodiments, the embossed paper sheet has a plurality of embossings that increase the rigidity of the embossed paper sheet, thereby inhibiting deformation of the embossed paper sheet that is fixed to the expanded slit sheet paper.
US11926441B2
An orbit transition apparatus that transitions an orbit of a payload in outer space includes a rotating body, an adapter disposed on a center part of the rotating body for docking a payload, a launch module disposed outside of the rotating body for launching the payload, and a thruster for rotating the rotating body. The launch module may launch the payload to a target orbit.
US11926440B2
A sampling method includes: obtaining topographical information about a predetermined wide area by using a first sensor on a work machine; selecting a candidate area within the wide area, the candidate area is less than an area of the wide area, and setting a movement route based on the information about the wide area, the movement route allows a distal end portion of an arm provided on the work machine to reach a preparation position without coming into contact with an obstacle, the preparation position being located above the candidate area; moving the distal end portion of the arm along the movement route to the preparation position, and obtaining topographical information about the candidate area by using a second sensor on the distal end portion of the arm; and specifying a sampling point based on the information about the candidate area and performing sampling at the specified sampling point.
US11926436B2
Systems and methods for fusing and analyzing multiple sources of data from a plurality of aircraft-related data sources for fault determination and other integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) diagnostics are provided. More particularly, one or more portions of data from a plurality of aircraft-related data sources for one or more aircraft are accessed. One or more alerts indicative of a data anomaly within the one or more portions of aircraft-related data sources can be detected, wherein a type of alert and originating data source associated with each alert as well as optional related confidence scores can be identified. One or more aircraft faults can be determined based at least in part on a correlation of identified types and data sources for detected alerts. An output indicative of the determined one or more aircraft faults can be provided.
US11926434B2
A fixed-wing cargo aircraft having a kinked fuselage to extend the useable length of a continuous interior cargo bay while still meeting a tailstrike requirement is disclosed. The fuselage defines a continuous interior cargo bay along a majority of its length and a pitch axis about which the cargo aircraft rotates during takeoff while still on the ground. The fuselage includes a forward portion defining longitudinal-lateral plane of the cargo aircraft an aft portion extending aft from the pitch axis to the aft end and containing an aft region of the continuous interior cargo bay that extends along a majority of a length of the aft portion. The aft portion has a centerline extending above the forward upper surface of the aircraft.
US11926431B2
Coupler assemblies are described that removably couple sides of an auxiliary fuel tank in a cargo area of an aircraft. In one embodiment, a first coupler of the coupler assemblies includes a first attachment member that supports a body with a hollow channel having a centerline disposed longitudinally in the fuselage between a first end and a second end, and a slot between an outer surface of the body and the hollow channel. A second coupler of the coupler assemblies includes an engagement member, a second attachment member, and an arm extending between the engagement member and the second attachment member. The engagement member is slidably received within the hollow channel from the first end, and fits slidably within the hollow channel to engage with the body of the first coupler, with the arm extending through the slot.
US11926425B2
An electrothermal ice protection system (IPS) installed on an aircraft includes a sensor, a parting strip assembly, and a controller. The sensor monitors a direction of a local incident airflow that is imparted on the sensor. The parting strip assembly is coupled to the critical surface and includes a plurality of heating sections. The controller is in signal communication with the sensor and the parting strip assembly. The controller determines a direction of surface airflow incident on a critical surface of the aircraft based on the local incident airflow and selectively concentrates power to at least one targeted heating section among the plurality of heating sections with respect to non-targeted heating sections among the plurality of heating sections based on the direction of the surface airflow.
US11926424B2
Thermoelectric cooling assemblies, and systems and methods employing such assemblies integrated within an aircraft antennae radome, with the cooling assemblies operating exclusively via electrical power provided by scavenging waste heat from an adjoining antennae array provide thermal protection to heat-sensitive structural components adjoining the antennae array.
US11926421B2
An armrest assembly comprising a secondary armrest assembly is disclosed that can be deployed from a stowed and nested position beneath a primary armrest, with the secondary armrest assembly comprising a plurality of articulable and pivotable components, a seating assembly comprising the present armrest assembly, and vehicles configured to comprise the present armrest and seating assembly.
US11926420B2
An aircraft cabin partition system may include at least a first partition with a partition cut-out and a first flange with a first flange cut-out. The aircraft cabin partition system may include a first coupling assembly configured to be inserted within the first flange cut-out, configured to be inserted within an opening of a seat rail within a floor of an aircraft cabin, and configured to couple the at least the first partition to the seat rail when engaged. The aircraft cabin partition system may include at least a second partition with a second flange with a second flange cut-out. The aircraft cabin partition system may include a second coupling assembly configured to be inserted within the partition cut-out, configured to be inserted within the second flange cut-out, and configured to couple the at least the second partition to the at least the first partition when engaged.
US11926405B1
A system for providing raw water for cooling of one or more Auxiliary Systems of a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage involves a pump, external to the Luxury Boat, a controller coupled to the external pump and a sensor coupled to a boat-based pump controller on the Luxury Boat. The sensor is configured to sense a trigger signal from the boat-based pump controller indicating that raw water is to be pumped to the one or more Auxiliary Systems and send a signal to the controller that will cause the controller to start the external pump pumping raw water to the Luxury Boat. A related method for controlling raw water supply to one or more Auxiliary Systems of a Luxury Boat, when the Luxury Boat is in Temporary Dry Storage is also described.
US11926401B2
A personal watercraft includes a floatation member, a thrust assembly, a steering assembly, and a braking assembly. The assemblies may be actuated either mechanically or electrically. The thrust assembly is human powered, solar powered, or electric powered. The thrust, steering, and braking assemblies can be added after-market to an existing stand-up paddle board (SUP), or built into one or a plurality of SUPs during initial manufacturing. When the thrust assembly is human powered, it is leg or arm powered. When the thrust assembly is leg powered, the legs can move backward and forward in a sliding motion, up and down in a stomping fashion, or move in a loop trajectory. When the thrust assembly is arm powered, the arms can move forward/backward together or separately. The thrust assembly includes one or a plurality of paddles or flippers that are positioned to the side or under the SUP.
US11926388B2
A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake caliper and a brake disc. The brake caliper is attached to the lean mechanism and has a brake pad. The brake disc is attached to the lower arm of the upper arm and the lower arm that is farther from the brake pad in the front view, has a contact portion that generates braking force by being pressed by the brake pad.
US11926386B2
A straddle type vehicle comprising: a first display unit configured to display speed information of the straddle type vehicle; and a second display unit configured to display information concerning automatic traveling control of the straddle type vehicle, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit are arranged on a front side of the vehicle with respect to a head pipe of the straddle type vehicle, in the first display unit, a display position of the vehicle speed information changes linearly or in a curve in accordance with a change in a speed of the straddle type vehicle, and the second display unit is arranged to be adjacent in an upward direction or a left-and-right direction of the display position of the speed information on a high speed range side of the first display unit.
US11926382B2
An assembly system is provided for automotive lamps and an operation method thereof. The assembly system includes two kinds of functional robots and many functional stations, and it uses the functional robots to transfer workpieces between the various functional stations to realize automatic gluing, fastening and whole lamp performance testing, etc., thereby reducing the amount of manual intervention and improving process integration. Further, the assembly system may provide an assembly system with a two-sided assembly line operating simultaneously, which greatly improves the working efficiency of thereof.
US11926381B2
A system for estimating an articulation angle of a vehicle combination comprises a motion sensor for sensing one or more linear and/or angular motion quantities of the vehicle combination and a dynamics-based estimator configured to estimate state variables, including the articulation angle on the basis of the sensed motion quantities, wherein the dynamics-based estimator is dependent on one or more masses and moments of inertia of the vehicle combination.
US11926373B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a steering system, wherein the steering system has at least one electrical three-phase machine, at least one control circuit for actuating the electrical three-phase machine and at least one compensation device, which is operatively connected to the control circuit, for reducing a torque ripple of the electrical three-phase machine, wherein at least one compensation parameter of the compensation device is determined. It is proposed that during the determination of the at least one compensation parameter, at least one operating variable correlated with a pre-commutation angle of the electrical three-phase machine and/or with a supply voltage of the electrical three-phase machine is taken into consideration.
US11926371B2
Example steering wheel systems and torque feedback actuator assemblies for use in steer-by-wire vehicles are described herein. An example steering wheel system includes a steering wheel and a torque feedback actuator assembly. The torque feedback actuator assembly includes a housing and a helical gear rotatably disposed in the housing. The steering wheel is coupled to and coaxially aligned with the helical gear. The torque feedback actuator assembly also includes a motor with a worm gear engaged with the helical gear to provide torque feedback to the steering wheel by driving the helical gear.
US11926358B2
A utility cart has a lower platform comprising a lower recessed storage area, an upper platform comprising an upper recessed storage area, a plurality of legs extending upwardly from the lower platform and supporting the upper platform in spaced relationship from the lower platform, a handle extending from the raised platform, a plurality of wheels connected to the lower platform and rollably supporting the cart, a configurable divider for selective location in the upper recessed storage area for dividing the upper recessed storage area into a plurality of compartments, and one or more tool holders.
US11926356B1
A method and device of multi-train operation trend deduction. Temporary speed limit information, scheduling information, line information and train status information are obtained; the coupling relationship between the trains traction calculation and the area of space-time scope which is under temporary speed limit are analyzed, and the time saving driving strategy of the first train within the time domain is calculated; according to the running position and speed of the front train, a multi-train operation tracking model under different block systems is established; according to the temporary speed limit information, the driving strategy of following tracking train is deduced, and the operation of the multi-train is calculated; the operation trend of multi-train to the driving scheduling platform is sent.
US11926355B2
The system can include a dispatcher and a plurality of cars. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system 100 functions to enable platooning of the plurality of cars (e.g., by way of the method S100).
US11926339B2
A method and a system for constructing a driving coordinate system for use in the field of smart transport. The method for constructing a driving coordinate system comprises: determining the road boundary line on one side of the road on which a current vehicle is situated as a reference line for constructing a driving coordinate system; in a vehicle coordinate system, determining the reference line point having the smallest distance between the reference line and the current vehicle position as an origin point OF of the driving coordinate system; on the basis of the origin point OF, determining the road guiding line direction as the XF axis of the driving coordinate system and determining the direction relative to the road guiding line direction according to the left-hand rule as the YF axis of the driving coordinate system; and, on the basis of the origin point OF, the XF axis, and the YF axis, forming a corresponding driving coordinate system.
US11926338B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes an automatic-driving processor and an engine processor. The automatic-driving processor is configured to perform an automatic-driving control to stop a vehicle in accordance with detection of an abnormal state of a driver who drives the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle is in a standby state after stopping of the vehicle by the automatic-driving control, the engine processor is configured to perform an engine driving control to reduce how frequently an engine of the vehicle is started, compared with when the vehicle is in a normal traveling state. The standby state is a state in which an operation control of an air conditioner of the vehicle is allowed.
US11926334B1
Described is a system for human-machine teaching for vehicle operation. The system determines currently enabled status reporting modes on a vehicle interface of a vehicle. The currently enabled status reporting modes are compared to a set of preferred status reporting modes of previous users. Based on the comparison, a status reporting mode is selected. A current operational status of the vehicle is reported to a current user, via the vehicle interface, using the selected status reporting mode. The system then determines preferred solutions of previous users to address the current operational status of the vehicle. Suggestions to address the current operational status of the vehicle based on the preferred solutions are reported to the user via the vehicle interface. A vehicle action corresponding to a solution selected by the current user is implemented via a vehicle component.
US11926331B2
An apparatus includes a position circuit structured to monitor a position of an accelerator of a vehicle and a speed circuit structured to monitor a speed of the vehicle. The position corresponds with an associated response of a prime mover of the vehicle. The associated response includes at least one of a torque output and a power output of the prime mover. The apparatus further includes a response management circuit structured to receive an indication regarding the position of the accelerator and the speed of the vehicle; determine that the indication satisfies a remapping condition, the remapping condition including at least one of a creep condition, an obstacle condition, a deceleration condition, and a reverse condition; and dynamically remap the associated response of the prime mover of the vehicle based on the position of the accelerator in response to the indication satisfying the remapping condition.
US11926322B2
A hybrid deterministic override to cloud based probabilistic advanced driver assistance systems. Under default driving conditions, an ego vehicle is controlled by a probabilistic controller in a cloud. An overall gap between the ego vehicle and a leading vehicle is divided into an emergency collision gap and a driver specified gap. The vehicle sensors monitor the overall gap. When the gap between the ego vehicle and the leading vehicle is less than or equal to the emergency collision gap, a deterministic controller of the ego vehicle overrides the cloud based probabilistic controller to control the braking and acceleration of the ego vehicle.
US11926313B2
An in-vehicle device includes: an empty stall determiner that determines, based on sensing of surroundings by a sensor section provided in a vehicle, whether or not a parking stall present in surroundings of the vehicle is an empty stall; an empty stall storing section that stores information regarding a location of the empty stall determined by the empty stall determiner in association with a passing route of the vehicle; and an automatic travel controller that generates a travel route from a current location to the empty stall based on the sensing of the surroundings by the sensor section, the automatic travel controller performing control to cause the vehicle to travel along the travel route and be parked in the empty stall in a head-in manner.
US11926307B2
A method for defining at least one characteristic curve which, in a pressure-actuated brake system of a vehicle, represents a relationship between a brake pressure and a brake demand), and for operating a pressure-actuated brake system of a vehicle, in which at least one brake cylinder can be supplied with a pressurized medium under a brake pressure, and in which the brake pressure is formed based on at least one such characteristic curve, and to a pressure-actuated brake system of a vehicle in which at least one brake cylinder can be supplied with a pressurized medium under a brake pressure.
US11926300B2
An adaptive brake control system for use in Ground Support Equipment (GSE) including a speed control system. The adaptive brake control system includes a distance sensor adapted to measure a distance from an edge of the GSE to an external object and a speed senor adapted to measure a ground speed of the GSE. An actuator, such as a brake actuator, is adapted to cause the speed control system of the GSE to slow or stop the GSE. A controller is functionally associated with the distance sensor, the speed sensor, and the actuator. The controller is adapted to receive inputs from the distance sensor and the speed sensor, and, based on the received inputs, to trigger the actuator to affect slowing or stopping of the GSE.
US11926296B2
An electric brake comprises a brake mechanism that transmits a thrust generated by driving an electric motor to a piston that moves brake pads pressed against a disc rotor; a thrust sensor that detects the thrust applied to the piston; a rotation angle sensor that detects a rotational position of the electric motor; and a rear electric brake ECU that controls the driving of the electric motor on the basis of a braking command. The rear electric brake ECU detects an abnormality in the brake mechanism from a detected value of the thrust sensor and a detected value of the rotation angle sensor in response to the braking command which are obtained when the electric motor is driven.
US11926291B2
A cleaning system is disclosed for cleaning concrete residue from a concrete mixer truck. The cleaning system may include a water delivery system having one or more conduits configured to deliver pressurized water to one or more spray headers positioned at various back-end portions of the truck. The cleaning system further includes one or more valves configured to control the flow of pressurized water through the one or more conduits to the one or more spray headers. In various embodiments, the one or more valves are manually operable to control the release of water to the spray headers. In other embodiments, the one or more valves are controlled by a computing device through an electrical coupling such as a communication bus. The cleaning system may be configured to clean different portions of the truck using different sets of spray headers at different times as part of a washing protocol.
US11926289B2
Equipment such as bicycle racks are often delivered to the end user in a partially assembled state. The component subassemblies may be heavy or unwieldy in size, making it difficult for the end user to hold the subassemblies in the correct positions with respect to each other while attaching the fasteners that hold the subassemblies together while the equipment is in use. An equipment rack is described having features that hold the subassemblies in an assembled configuration while the operational fasteners are added or engaged to hold the equipment rack in its final, assembled configuration. These features may be surface features that the end user is able to engage with each other to provide support to subassemblies and hold them in the proper orientation and position while the operational fasteners are aligned, inserted, tightened, or otherwise affixed to the assembled parts.
US11926288B1
Embodiments of active cargo carrier mounting system secure a cargo carrier to a top surface of a vehicle using an outer seal secured to the rooftop of a vehicle, at least one vacuum pump controllably coupled to a microcontroller, a vacuum line fluidly coupled to the at least one vacuum pump, and a plurality of vacuum cups configured to secure the active cargo carrier mounting system to the rooftop of the vehicle.
US11926285B2
A remote communication system includes a portable device; and a fixed system. The fixed system includes main communication modules; and a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the portable device, based on an incident angle of a signal from the portable device, upon detecting the signal by antennas provided in the main communication modules. When there are two main communication modules for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle. When there is one main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle and a received radio wave intensity of the signal. When there is no main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the received radio wave intensity.
US11926273B2
A hydraulic circuit for a vehicle driving device includes an oil pump, a clutch oil passage, a cooling oil passage, a pressure regulating valve, and a shift valve. The cooling oil passage guides oil to a cooled portion of a vehicle. Supply of oil to the clutch oil passage and the cooling oil passage is switched by switching of the pressure regulating valve and the shift valve. The cooling oil passage includes: a shaft center cooling oil passage which supplies cooling oil to a shaft center of a rotation shaft of an electric motor mounted on the vehicle; and a cooling oil passage shift valve which switches presence/absence of supply of oil to the shaft center cooling oil passage.
US11926271B2
A detection circuit for instantaneous voltage drop and an on-board diagnostic system. The detection circuit comprises two RC circuits, each of the RC circuits comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, and an energy storage capacitor; a first end of the first resistor is used for receiving a to-be-detected voltage, and a second end thereof is connected to a first end of the second resistor; the energy storage capacitor is connected in parallel with the second resistor; the first end of the second resistor forms an output end of the RC circuit, and the output end is connected to an input end of the comparator; an output end of the comparator is connected to the determination unit; in the two RC circuits, the resistance ratios of the second resistors to the first resistors are different, the capacitances of the energy storage capacitors are different.
US11926269B2
A vehicle operating system includes a function memory for storing functions or applications and an interface for emitting set sensor data to the functions or applications. An interface is also included for forwarding control commands generated by the functions or applications to actuators of the vehicle. A memory is provided in which, on the part of the vehicle, set permissible value ranges for the control commands are stored. The interface for forwarding the control commands forwards the control commands only in the framework of the value ranges stored in the memory.
US11926267B2
A camera arrangement as well as a method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium with instructions for controlling an assistance system using the camera arrangement. The camera arrangement comprises a camera and an operating element for activating the camera and for deactivating the camera. The camera arrangement is suitable for reporting the activation of the camera and the deactivation of the camera via an interface to an external control unit.
US11926265B2
An all-terrain or utility vehicle includes an audio system having at least one speaker. The at least one speaker is positioned at a forward portion of the operator area and is supported by a body panel. More particularly, the body panel may be configured to receive at least a portion of the speaker as well as at least a portion of an upper frame assembly. In this way, the speaker is positioned to direct sound towards the rider, is generally concealed from a front view of the vehicle, and is positioned within available space on the vehicle above at least a portion of the door.
US11926261B2
In a door mirror device for a vehicle, when a driving body is moved rotationally towards an upper side, a gear plate is moved towards a lower side so that urging force applied from a coil spring to the driving body is decreased. In contrast, when the driving body is moved rotationally towards the lower side, the gear plate is moved towards the upper side so that the urging force applied from the coil spring to the driving body is increased. As a result, it is possible to reduce a difference between a load that is applied in order to move the driving body rotationally towards the upper side and the load that is applied in order to move the driving body rotationally towards the lower side.
US11926260B2
A method for operating a parking assistance function of a motor vehicle is described, wherein the motor vehicle comprises at least one sensor for detecting the road surrounding the motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: Finding and specifying a free parking space; Determining a trajectory for parking the motor vehicle in the parking space and a sequence of an at least partially automated parking process; Determining at least one outer boundary line of the road surface required for parking along the identified trajectory; Detecting at least one road user approaching the determined outer boundary line on the road by means of at least one sensor; Determining the distance of the road user approaching the determined outer boundary line from the outer boundary line; if the determined distance falls below a specified first threshold, outputting a warning signal to the approaching road user.
US11926258B2
Vehicle ambient lighting may be provided utilizing a touchscreen, a lighting system, a memory, and a processor. The lighting system may include a direct lighting system and an indirect lighting system. The memory may store one or more instructions and the processor may execute one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform one or more acts or actions, such as rendering a vehicle ambient lighting interface via the touchscreen or implementing a currently selected vehicle ambient lighting mode via the lighting system. The vehicle ambient lighting interface may include two or more vehicle ambient lighting modes and the currently selected vehicle ambient lighting mode from the two or more vehicle ambient lighting modes.
US11926257B2
The invention discloses a multi-lighting projection warning device for vehicle turning, which comprises a composite lamp and a control unit. The composite lamp is arranged on one side of a vehicle and combined with a range indicator light, a contour indicator light, and a text or pattern indicator light, so that the composite lamp can project lighting to a visual blind spot when the vehicle turns or reverses to form a warning area. The control unit is connected to the composite lamp to enable functions of controlling rotation and start-stop lighting of the composite lamp. Thereby, when the vehicle is turning, the invention projects composite lightings on the ground at the turning side to form the warning area, so as to actively warn other passers-by to dodge the warning area and increase the safety of passers-by.
US11926254B2
An optical element, comprising a light guide body. The light guide body comprises a plurality of light-incident parts arranged along a length extension direction of the light guide body, a light guide part and a light-emitting part; each light-incident part is provided with at least one light-incident unit; the light guide part is configured to guide light received by each light-incident unit to be emitted toward the light-emitting part; the shape of a forward projection plane of the light-emitting part is of a strip shape. The optical element can reduce the occupied space and improve the space utilization rate, facilitates reducing positioning mounting errors, has an appearance with a narrow and elongated shape, and can be applied in vehicle lamp modules, vehicle lamps and vehicles.
US11926252B2
In one aspect, a liquid tank assembly is provided and configured to be mounted to a tractor. The liquid tank assembly includes a first tank configured to contain liquid, a second tank configured to contain liquid, a first support frame coupled to and supporting the first tank, and the first support frame includes a first mounting member configured to mount the first support frame to the tractor. The liquid tank assembly also includes a second support frame coupled to and supporting the second tank. The second support frame includes a second mounting member configured to mount the second support frame to the tractor, and the first support frame is coupled to the second support frame. In one aspect, a liquid tank assembly is provided and configured to be mounted to a tractor having a maximum width. A tank assembly width is no greater than a maximum width of the tractor.
US11926250B2
A sleeve device for a headrest, the device including a sleeve body for insertion into a vehicle seat, the sleeve body including a tubular wall describing an inner axial passage and a rod-engaging portion which is deformable inwardly relative to the tubular wall, the rod-engaging portion including a flexible pad on its external side, wherein the pad is configured to be urged, in use, to force the engaging portion into the axial passage and/or against a rod received within the axial passage.
US11926247B2
An anti-skipping device including: a pair of fixed bases, symmetrically disposed on both sides, having slide rails extending along a longitudinal direction, and having two side walls facing each other along a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; an extension member, movably inserted on the fixed bases, and being slidable along the slide rail to move between an extended position and a retracted position in respect to the fixed bases; a locking member for coupling the fixed bases and the extension member, so as to lock a position of the extension member in respect to the fixed bases; and a crossbar, disposed on the two side walls to prevent the two side walls from being laterally displaced from each other.
US11926244B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a battery carrier for an electric battery module of a vehicle configured to electrically operate, the method may include: providing a material blank with a blank region; providing a heat exchanger structure in the blank region, that comprises hollow channels that are inseparably connected to the material blank, wherein the hollow channels are provided to regulate a temperature of the electric battery module using a fluid; and forming the material blank into a support tray with a tray base configured to support the electric battery module and with sidewalls that delimit the tray base at the sides of the tray base, wherein the tray base is developed from the blank region.
US11926236B2
A system is provided for performing an automated power charging process for one or more electric vehicles using a processor. Included in the processor is a charge controller that calculates a capacity of a power grid system by communicating with the power grid system via a network, and a power demand level of the one or more electric vehicles to satisfy one or more mission requirements of each electric vehicle. The power demand level of the one or more electric vehicles is compared with the capacity of the power grid system. In response to the comparison, at least one charging mode is selected from an override mode and an internal combustion engine mode for performing the automated power charging process. The charge controller automatically charges the one or more electric vehicles based on the selected at least one charging mode.
US11926229B2
If sensed a connector as being connected to an inlet, an ECU performs pre-charging of a capacitor. When pre-charging of the capacitor is completed, the ECU closes a relay, and controls a U-phase boost chopper circuit to boost a voltage of the capacitor. The ECU closes relays if the voltage is boosted to a second target voltage.
US11926228B2
Aspects relate to an electric vehicle port and methods of use for charging an electric vehicle. An exemplary electric vehicle port includes a housing configured to mate with a connector for charging an electric vehicle, wherein the housing comprises a fastener for removable attachment with the connector; at least a conductor configured to conduct a current; at least a control signal conductor configured to conduct a control signal; at least a ground conductor configured to conduct to a ground; and at least a coolant flow path configured to contain a flow of a coolant, wherein, each of the at least a conductor, the at least a control signal conductor, the at least a ground conductor, and the at least a coolant flow path are configured to make a connection with a mating component on the connector for charging the electric vehicle when the housing is mated with the connector.
US11926218B2
A plug-in hybrid powertrain for automotive vehicle is provided which has an internal combustion engine; an electric machine; multiple planetary gear sets, multiple selectively engageable clutch mechanisms and an output member. Selectively engaging those clutches will achieve multiple operation modes including multiple torque transfer ratio from electric machine to output member; multiple torque transfer ratio from internal combustion engine to output member; electric machine propulsion mode; internal combustion engine propulsion mode; generator assistant vehicle launch modes for forward and reverse in the internal combustion engine vehicle launch operations; motor assistant propulsion when in internal combustion engine vehicle propulsion operations; and engine cranking mode. The plug-in hybrid powertrain achieves more torque transfer ratios and operational mode with given number of planetary gear sets and clutches then any existing system.
US11926217B2
A pendulum type mount system includes a pair of upper mounts that mount upper portions of a powerplant unit on a vehicle body, and a pair of first and second lower torque rods. The first and second lower torque rods are located on opposite sides to each other with respect to a reference plane including a gravity center of the powerplant unit. A first spring constant of the first lower torque rod is not smaller than a second spring constant of the second lower torque rod. A distance between a first plane including the first lower torque rod and the reference plane is not larger than a distance between a second plane including the second lower torque rod and the reference plane.
US11926214B2
The invention relates to a system comprising several touch-sensitive control elements that are arranged next to each other. It is provided that the control elements are able to communicate with each other via a voltage-controlled peer-to-peer line and determine when a particular control element should actively respond to touches or is deactivated.
US11926196B2
A handle device for a vehicle includes a handle body, a latch release lever, a door latch device, an electric actuator and a push portion forming member. The handle body moves between an initial position, a pop-up position and to a latch operation position. The door latch device is released by the latch release lever rotating to a latch release position. The push portion forming member moves from an initial corresponding position to a latch operation corresponding position and has a lever push portion to, when the push portion forming member is at the latch operation corresponding position, rotate the latch release lever to the latch release position. The push portion forming member has a restriction wall to prevent, when the push portion forming member is between the initial corresponding position and a pop-up corresponding position, the latch release lever from rotating toward the latch release position.
US11926193B2
A vehicle vent top cover still capable of ventilation in a closed state of the top cover, which includes a top cover body, which includes a top plate; a fixed rim and side protection plates are arranged below the top plate; the fixed rim is located at the inner side of the side protection plate; the fixed rim is provided with a first ventilation groove; an air duct structural frame is fixed below the top plate; the air duct structural frame is located above the bottom walls of the side protection plates; the first ventilation groove and an upper surface of the air duct structural frame form an air inlet; one side of the air duct structural frame close to the side protection plate is provided with a second ventilation groove; and the second ventilation groove and the side wall of the side protection plate form an air outlet.
US11926182B2
A first belt cord made of organic fibers of a spirally wound belt layer extends at an angle of equal to or less than 5° relative to a tire equatorial plane, a second belt cord made of organic fibers of a zigzag belt layer extends at an inclination of an angle of 2° to 45° relative to the tire equatorial plane, to folding back points where the second belt cord is folded back at each width directional end edge of the zigzag belt layer, and a relation of N95>N50 is satisfied. N50 is the number of stacked belt layers of the spirally wound belt layers, at 50% of half the length of a maximum belt width of belt layers from the tire equatorial plane. N95 is the number of stacked belt layers of the spirally wound belt layers, at 95% of half the length of the maximum belt.
US11926173B2
Sensorised wheel hub unit and a method for detecting, in real time, forces and moments applied to an outer ring of the wheel hub unit in which piezoresistive ceramic plates are made of one piece with welded metal plates housed within respective recesses formed in an outer surface of the outer ring over respective races for rolling elements that there is a gap between the plates and a base wall of each recess; the temperature of the outer ring and the amplitude and frequency of first electrical signals (S1) associated with the sensors relating to the same race are analysed to determine a frequency value equal to the frequency of the first signal having the maximum amplitude and as many amplitude values (D1-Dn) as there are sensors associated with that race and each equal to the maximum amplitude of the first signal from each sensor, corrected according to temperature.
US11926172B2
An apparatus, system and method capable of providing a stabilizing drive system for a robotic vehicle. The apparatus, system and method may include at least a robot body base; at least two drive wheels within the robot body base; a processing system having non-transitory computing code associated therewith which, when executed by the processing system, causes to be driven the at least two drive wheels; and a plurality of ball casters within the robot body base, wherein the ball caster are positioned relative to the robot base and to the at least two drive wheels so as to lower a center of gravity of the robot and provide stabilization of the driving.
US11926165B2
An image forming method is provided that includes discharging, from a liquid discharged head, a white ink onto a recording medium to form a first layer having a first width, and a color ink onto the first layer to form a second layer having a second width. When the second width is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the first width is equal to the second width, and when the second width is larger than the threshold, the first width is smaller than the second width.
US11926158B2
The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a first conveyor belt, and an ink receiving part. The ink receiving part includes a discharge port, a liquid-absorptive rotator, and a counter member. The discharge port is placed at an end portion in a crossing direction crossing a recording-medium conveyance direction, and discharges ink received in flashing. The liquid-absorptive rotator is formed from a liquid-absorptive material and rotated around a rotating shaft extending in the crossing direction. The counter member, being in contact with the liquid-absorptive rotator, has a conveyance structure for conveying ink in the ink receiving part in a carry-out direction directed toward the discharge port along an axial direction of the rotating shaft.
US11926152B2
A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit; a first motor configured to move the carriage in a predetermined direction; a second motor configured to move the carriage in the predetermined direction; and a control unit. The control unit executes a first mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a first printing condition, the first motor is driven in a first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction, and a second mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a second printing condition different from the first printing condition, the first motor is driven in the first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction while changing an output ratio between the first motor and the second motor.
US11926151B2
A winding device is capable of easily moving a flange portion to a position corresponding to a width of a continuous medium. A winding device that winds a print medium, the winding device including a winding shaft, a winding core portion that is provided to be rotatable on the winding shaft and that winds a continuous medium, a first flange portion that is provided on the winding shaft to be movable in an extending direction of the winding shaft and that guides the continuous medium wound around the winding core portion in a width direction of the continuous medium, a flange-side engaging portion capable of moving integrally with the first flange portion, and a flange moving section that includes a cylindrical cam provided with a cam-side engaging portion that engages with the flange-side engaging portion and that moves the first flange portion to a plurality of flange positions.
US11926150B2
A sheet stacking apparatus is provided. A conveyor unit performs stacking of sheets discharged from a printing apparatus and conveying of stacked sheets. A detection unit detects whether or not the printing apparatus is currently discharging a sheet. A control unit, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the printing apparatus on the conveyor unit, controls a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the printing apparatus is discharging a sheet.
US11926146B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a conveyance unit, an application amount information acquisition unit, a determination unit, a direction information acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The recording unit performs recording by applying ink to paper. The application amount information acquisition unit acquires information related to an amount of ink that the recording unit applies to a predetermined region of the paper. The determination unit determines execution of prevention or reduction processing for preventing or reducing curling occurring after recording is performed. The determination is made according to the acquired amount of ink. The direction information acquisition unit acquires information indicating a paper grain direction of the paper relative to a conveyance direction in which the conveyance unit conveys the paper. The setting unit sets the predetermined region according to the paper grain direction relative to the conveyance direction indicated by the acquired paper grain direction information.
US11926144B2
An apparatus is disclosed for printing images on generally cylindrical objects. The apparatus comprises an impression station that includes a movable imaging surface for bearing an ink image; and a transport mechanism for advancing the objects through the impression station, comprising a drive member rotatably connected to a plurality of rotatable mandrels, each for mounting a respective one of the objects, the transport mechanism being configured to cause each object to rotate during passage through the impression station such that, within a nip region of the impression station, the surface of the object makes rolling contact with the imaging surface, thereby causing the ink image to be impressed on the object. An impression platen is provided opposite the imaging surface within the nip region, the impression platen being configured to apply a force, directly or indirectly, to the objects to ensure rolling contact between the objects and the imaging surface.
US11926143B2
A direct to mesh (DtM) screen printer for creating a screen stencil is provided. The DtM screen printer includes a fixture to hold a frame, which holds a pre-stretched mesh in place during application of a jettable emulsion, a platen having a cavity and an array of holes in a top surface of the platen, a non-woven fabric placed on the top surface of the platen and saturated with a release fluid located against one side of the pre-stretched mesh, and a printer carriage supporting a print head for printing the jettable emulsion on a side of the pre-stretched mesh opposite the non-woven fabric.
US11926138B2
Fibrous structures, for example sanitary tissue products, such as toilet tissue, and more particularly fibrous structures containing a movable surface and methods for making same and methods for making same are provided.
US11926135B2
A wrappable textile sleeve and method of reducing cracking in a foil layer of a wrappable textile sleeve are provided. The sleeve includes an elongate wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends with lengthwise extending edges extending along the longitudinal axis between the opposite ends. The wall includes a textile layer, a polymeric film layer fixed to the inner textile layer and a metal foil layer fixed to the polymeric film layer. The polymeric film layer has a first thickness and the metal foil layer has a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
US11926134B2
Process for forming improved protective eco-friendly pouch and packaging and products made therefrom
The present invention relates generally to a protective wrap and a protective envelope or pouch: made therefrom, as well as the apparatus and: process for forming such wraps and envelopes. Water-based heat-expandable adhesives (WBHEA) which include a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres are disposed in a pattern between, web substrates on a continuous, high speed manufacturing line to produce padded, insulated products: useful as envelopes, mailers and other protective packaging.
US11926126B2
The present application realizes an anti-reflection film or the like that is a layered product having low surface reflectivity, excellent thermoformability, and satisfactory abrasion resistance. This anti-reflection film includes: a base material layer including a thermoplastic resin; and a low-refractive-index layer which is stacked on at least one surface of the base material layer and which has a refractive index that is lower than the refractive index of the base material layer, wherein the low-refractive-index layer includes a polymer of a first resin material including a fluorine-containing urethane acrylate and a (meth)acrylate.
