US11933529B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a thermal management device (1) of a motor vehicle comprising a refrigerant-fluid circuit comprising a compressor (3), a first heat exchanger (5), an expansion device (7) and the second heat exchanger (9), said thermal management device (1) further comprising an electric heating device (60), said control method involving, upon a starting of the thermal management device (1) from cold, the following steps: direct or indirect heating of the internal air flow (20) by the electrical heating device (60) alone until said internal air flow (200) reaches a target temperature and/or until a predetermined timer has run out, —when the internal air flow (200) has reached its target temperature and/or when the timer has run out, starting the compressor (3) so that the refrigerant-fluid circuit draws heat energy from the external air flow (100) at the second heat exchanger (9) and gives up said heat energy at the first heat exchanger (5).
US11933528B2
Methods and systems provided for determining a phase state and/or for determining a degree of subcooling in a fluid. An exemplary method for operating a refrigeration cycle includes flowing a refrigerant through a metering device and calculating a pressure differential of the refrigerant across the metering device. Further, the method includes determining whether the refrigerant is a saturated liquid based on the pressure differential. The method includes, when the refrigerant is not a saturated liquid, cooling the refrigerant upstream of the metering device.
US11933527B2
A cooling system drains oil from low side heat exchangers to vessels and then uses compressed refrigerant to push the oil in the vessels back towards a compressor. Generally, the cooling system operates in three different modes of operation: a normal mode, an oil drain mode, and an oil return mode. During the normal mode, a primary refrigerant is cycled to cool one or more secondary refrigerants. As the primary refrigerant is cycled, oil from a compressor may mix with the primary refrigerant and become stuck in a low side heat exchanger. During the oil drain mode, the oil in the low side heat exchanger is allowed to drain into a vessel. During the oil return mode, compressed refrigerant is directed to the vessel to push the oil in the vessel back towards a compressor.
US11933518B2
A damping assembly includes a damping pad including a connection base and a damping body connected to the connection base and extending in a direction away from the connection base. The damping body includes a plurality of mounting holes configured to hold refrigerant pipes of an air conditioner. Each of the mounting holes includes a mounting opening configured to allow one of the refrigerant pipes to be snapped through, and at least two of the plurality of mounting holes are arranged along an extension direction of the damping body.
US11933503B2
A facility-based dual-purpose conditioned air blower system includes a heat exchange unit, a diverter apparatus, and a centrifugal blower. The heat exchange unit includes an ambient air inlet, heat exchange elements, and a conditioned air outlet. The diverter apparatus includes a diverter inlet fluidly coupled to the conditioned air outlet of the heat exchange unit, a first diverter outlet to the facility, and a second diverter outlet. The diverter apparatus is moveable between a first position wherein the first diverter outlet is closed and the second diverter outlet is open, and a second position wherein the first diverter outlet is open and the second diverter outlet is closed. The centrifugal blower includes a blower inlet fluidly coupled to the second diverter outlet of the diverter apparatus, and a blower outlet positioned to ventilate a trailer interior with conditioned air from the conditioned air outlet of the heat exchange unit.
US11933500B2
A hob comprises a hob plate, heating devices therebelow and a flat, two-dimensional carrier plate for the heating devices which runs parallel to the hob plate and has an upper face, said carrier plate bearing the heating devices on said upper face and fixedly holding said heating devices in position. Holding means are provided on the upper face of the carrier plate for each heating device. Each heating device has at least one laterally protruding holding tab, wherein each holding tab has latching means and the holding means have counter latching means for a latching connection with these latching means. The latching connection has clearance in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the carrier plate. The holding means are fastened to the upper face of the carrier plate with a releasable fastening in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the carrier plate and with a positive connection in the direction parallel to the surface of the carrier plate, wherein the holding tab runs above the carrier plate.
US11933499B2
An oven appliance includes a plurality of sidewalls defining a cooking chamber, a door to selectively open and close the cooking chamber; and a bottom panel assembly removably provided within the cooking chamber. The bottom panel assembly includes a panel defining an aperture, a front air deflector attached to the panel at the aperture, and a retention clip provided within the cooking chamber, the retention clip defining a receiving slot to selectively receive the panel when the panel is in an installed position.
US11933497B2
The invention relates to an air/fuel injection system for a turbomachine, comprising:—an injector comprising a duct and an injection nose, arranged inside said duct, which extends from upstream to downstream along a longitudinal axis;—a mixer device comprising a bowl comprising an annular inlet, forming the inlet of the mixer device, from which there extends a conical portion flared in the downstream direction, said mixer device being arranged downstream of the injection nose; the injection system being characterized in that the injector comprises an air-injection annulus extending from the duct and from which there extends a connection ring comprising a divergent portion, said ring being arranged externally around the annular inlet of the mixer device.
US11933496B1
A self-generating movable heat source may include a burner, a heat exchanger, a plurality of sets of thermoelectric power generation modules, a plurality of sets of radiators, a shell, a combustion-supporting cooling fan assembly, a thermoelectric power generation module fixed frame, an integrated graphite pad, a plurality of sets of outer hexagonal stud screws, spring pads, nuts, Y-shaped pressing pieces, I-shaped pressing pieces, L-shaped pressing pieces, a power management system, and a lithium battery pack. In one embodiment, the burner, the heat exchanger, the plurality of sets of thermoelectric power generation modules, the thermoelectric power generation module fixed frame, the integrated graphite pad, and the plurality of sets of radiators are sequentially arranged in the shell from the inside to the outside.
US11933492B2
A burner has a body suitable for containing at least one injector, a crown disposed on the body, and a cap disposed on the crown. The geometrical structure of the crown and of the cap is such to stabilize the flames with a minimum contact between the flames and the cap, in such a way to minimize the temperature of the cap when the burner is used.
US11933490B2
The invention provides alighting system (1000) configured to generate lighting system light (1001), wherein the lighting system light (1001) comprises one or more of (i) a first lighting system light component (1101) having a first component optical power Wopt,comp1, and (ii) a second lighting system light component (1201) having a second component optical power Wopt,comp2; wherein the lighting system (1000) comprises: —a first light source (110) comprising a first pump light source (10) configured to generate first pump light source light (11) and a luminescent material (200) configured to convert at least part of the first pump light source light (11) into luminescent material light (201), wherein the first light source (110) optionally in combination with first optics (115) is configured to provide the first lighting system light component (1101), wherein the first lighting system light component (1101) comprises at least part of the luminescent material light (201), wherein the first lighting system light component (1101) has a first spectral power distribution with spectral intensity at a first wavelength λ1; —a second light source (120) comprising a laser light source (20) configured to generate laser light source light (21), wherein the second light source (120) optionally in combination with second optics (125) is configured to provide the second lighting system light component (1201), wherein the second lighting system light component (1201) comprises at least part of the laser light source light (21), wherein the second lighting system light component (1201) has a second spectral power distribution, different from the first spectral power distribution, with spectral intensity at a second wavelength λ2, wherein the second wavelength λ2 is selected from the range of λ1−30 nm≤λ2≤λ1+30 nm; —a control system (30) configured to control in one or more control modes the second component optical power Wopt,comp2 of the second lighting system light component (1201) in dependence of the first component optical power Wopt,comp1 of the first lighting system light component (1101).
US11933488B2
An LED luminaire, which comprises an LED array of LED elements and an optical element. The optical element comprises one or more partially reflective or partially transmissive elements, which are positioned to lie perpendicular to a plane of the LED array. In this way, the partially reflective elements create virtual sources or virtual LED elements, by reflecting part of the light emitted by an LED element, whilst allowing the original or “real” LED element to still be visible by partially transmitting the light.
US11933483B2
A passive system that creates a cross-flow and directly flow thermal management system to dissipate large amounts of heat in a slim light fixture.
US11933469B2
An assembly for projecting a light beam includes a first sub-assembly for generating light rays, and a second sub-assembly comprising a converging lens. The first sub-assembly is arranged upstream of the second sub-assembly such that the light rays coming from the first sub-assembly are sent to the converging lens and such that the light rays emerging from the converging lens form the light beam. According to the invention, the projection assembly includes at least one connection system connecting the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly and allowing at least one translational movement of the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly relative to each other in a first longitudinal direction (X). Moreover, the connection system comprises a locking member that is movable between a first position in which the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly are motionless with respect to each other and a second position enabling the translational movement.
US11933456B2
A sealed and thermally insulating tank incorporated in a supporting structure (2), the tank including at least one inclined tank wall (1) forming an angle with a horizontal direction and fixed to a supporting wall of the supporting structure (2) is disclosed. The tank wall (1) has a multilayer structure including successively, in the direction of thickness from the outside to the inside of the tank, a thermally insulating barrier (3) held against the corresponding supporting wall and a sealed membrane (4) carried by the thermally insulating barrier (3). The tank includes sealed strips (15) in the space formed between the thermally insulating barrier (3) and the supporting wall.
US11933435B2
A high-pressure gas tank connection structure including: a tank main body; a tank side connector; a connection side connector; and a valve body, the valve body being provided further toward a deep side along the axial direction of the tank main body than the tank side connector, the valve body being urged toward the connection side connector, and, in a case in which the valve body is pushed by a distal end of the convex portion in a state in which the convex portion is joined with the concave portion, the valve body being opened from a closed state, and communicating the interior of the tank main body with the exterior to the tank main body.
US11933434B1
A clamp and gasket system secures adjoining ends of sanitary tubing together. The clamp and gasket system may include a holding member. The holding member holds the gasket to the clamp to prevent or reduce loss of or damage to the gasket. The gasket may be formed from stainless steel and seal against concave surfaces in the ends of the adjoining sanitary tubes.
US11933428B2
A ball valve assembly includes a ball configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. The ball valve assembly also includes a cradle having a ball-facing surface. The ball-facing surface faces the ball and is positioned at an end of a fluid passage through the cradle. In addition, the cradle is configured to rotatably support the ball to enable the ball to rotate between the open position and the closed position, and the cradle is configured to block movement of the ball toward the ball-facing surface to establish a separation distance between the ball and the ball-facing surface.
US11933425B2
Provided is a linear solenoid valve having at least one notch that opens on an end surface of the land of the spool on the drain chamber side and is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the land. In response to movement of the spool, a state is formed in which the end surface of the land on the drain chamber side is located inside the communication chamber and the output chamber and the drain chamber communicate with each other via the notch and the communication chamber, and a state is formed in which the end surface of the land on the drain chamber side is located inside the output chamber and the output chamber and the drain chamber communicate with each other via the communication chamber.
US11933420B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a redundant control system for a vehicle. The redundant control system includes first and second actuator pistons mechanically coupled to one another and disposed in respective first and second fluid chambers. The first and second actuator pistons are movable by first and second primary stages. One of the primary stages includes a bypass valve with a pilot valve actuatable in response to movement of the first actuator piston.
US11933416B2
A gate valve device includes a cleaning component, a first lifting component, and a second lifting component. The cleaning component is arranged on the second lifting component. The first lifting component is configured to control whether an opening on a side of a vacuum chamber close to a swing gate valve is in a closed state. The second lifting component is configured to, in a case that the opening on the side of the vacuum chamber close to the swing gate valve is in the closed state, control the cleaning component to clean the swing gate valve.
US11933408B2
A flow control device includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet and a flow conduit disposed in the housing. The inlet, the flow conduit, and the outlet define a flow passage. A valve seat is disposed in the housing downstream of the inlet, and a shuttle is movably disposed in the housing and displaceable between a closed position engaging the valve seat to close the flow passage and an open position spaced from the valve seat to open the flow passage. A sealed chamber is defined between the housing and the flow conduit. A port coupled with a source of pressurized fluid communicates with the sealed chamber, where the shuttle is displaceable between the closed position and the open position based on a pressure in the sealed chamber. The threshold water pressure for displacing the flow conduit may be adjustable by modifying the pressure in the sealed chamber.
US11933404B2
A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring formed annularly around an axis and an elastic body part that is formed from an elastic body attached to the reinforcing ring and that is formed annularly around the axis. The reinforcing ring includes a tubular portion having a cylindrical shape around the axis and a flange projecting annularly from an outer end portion of the tubular portion to an inner periphery side. The elastic body part includes a lip portion that is an annular portion covering the flange from an outer side, projecting from the flange toward the outer side in a direction of the axis, and projecting toward the inner periphery side in a radial direction. The lip portion includes a seal lip portion that is an annular portion projecting toward the outer side in the direction of the axis and a secondary lip portion that is an annular portion projecting toward an inner side in the direction of the axis.
US11933403B2
A metallic sealing assembly between a rotating shaft and a fixed frame comprises: a flexible metallic seal having two tori, inner and outer, that are concentric and of different average diameters, comprising a metal envelope which encases and holds the inner and outer tori; a shaft rotating about an axis of rotation, comprising an annular shoulder against which the seal comes to press; a counter-face, comprising a contact face against which the seal comes to press; a wedge block positioned around the rotating shaft such that the seal is held between the wedge block and the contact face, the wedge block mounted to slide on the rotating shaft; a metal part which forms a cap through which the rotating shaft passes and which is secured to the frame and/or to the counter-face, the rotating shaft being free to rotate with respect to the cap and axially secured to the cap.
US11933400B2
To provide a chain guide assembly frame capable of efficiently collecting the oil that adhered to various parts of the chain guide assembly, and guiding the collected oil to predetermined locations, to allow efficient use of oil, with a simple structure. The chain guide assembly frame includes driven sprocket holding portions, a fixed chain guide, and a pivoting chain guide holding portion on a main body. A drive sprocket holding portion is provided at a position lower than the driven sprocket holding portions. The main body includes a concave and/or convex oil passage that extends from an upper part toward a lower part to guide the oil toward above the drive sprocket holding portion.
US11933396B2
A gear shifting mechanism includes a drive motor, a shifting drum, and a first shifting mechanism. The first shifting mechanism includes a first shifting fork, an inner shaft, an outer hub, a first coupling pin, and an elastic component. The elastic component is sleeved on the inner shaft and is located between the inner shaft and the outer hub. There is a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion between the outer hub and the inner shaft. The elastic component is located between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion. The first limiting portion is connected to one of the outer hub and the inner shaft, and the second limiting portion is connected to the other of the outer hub and the inner shaft.
US11933390B2
A multiple speed transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a first planetary gearset having a first member, a second member, and a third member, and a second planetary gearset having an input member, a reaction member, a second member, and a third member. The transmission also includes a plurality of interconnecting members each connected between at least one of the first and second planetary gearsets and at least another of the first and second planetary gearsets. The transmission includes a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms which are selectively engageable in combinations of at least two to establish a plurality of forward speed ratios and a plurality of reverse speed ratios between the input shaft and the output shaft.
US11933385B2
A nutation reducer includes: a case, two pairs of nutation gear pairs, each pair being disposed in the case and composed of a nutation gear and non-nutation gear in engagement, and the non-nutation gear being fixed in the case or integrated formed in the case; an output shaft, rotationally disposed in the case; two annular spring films, each nutation gear of the gear pair is connected to the output shaft through one annular spring film; a nutation generating mechanism disposed in the case, two nutation gear pairs being respectively disposed on both sides of the nutation generating mechanism. Power-split arrangement is applied in this application, symmetric layout of the nutation gear pairs is adopted. In this way, the working efficiency of the reducer is obviously improved, meanwhile the volume and weight of the reducer, and the heat generated in working process are reduced, and power density is improved.
US11933383B2
The present invention relates to a twisted cord for constituting a core wire of a power-transmission belt, the twisted cord including a plurality of primary twisted yarns that are bundled and secondarily-twisted, in which when secondary twist is untwisted by 25 cm, a difference in length between the longest primary twisted yarn L and the shortest primary twisted yarn S among the plurality of primary twisted yarns is 1 to 10 mm.
US11933378B2
A system for reducing a temperature of a braking assembly includes the braking assembly of a wheel assembly, an airflow amplifier, and a conduit. The braking assembly may include a plurality of friction disks. The airflow amplifier may be coupled to the wheel assembly, and the conduit may extend from a compressed gas source to the airflow amplifier. Generally, the airflow amplifier is configured to entrain ambient air (“entrained air”) in response to compressed gas from the compressed gas source flowing to the airflow amplifier via the conduit, according to various embodiments. The airflow amplifier may be configured to direct the entrained air and the compressed gas to the braking assembly to reduce the temperature of the braking assembly.
US11933377B2
A disc brake for a vehicle, having a first and a second brake lining (2a), and a brake disc (1) which is arranged between them, and a brake caliper which engages over the brake disc (1) with a brake caliper housing (6), in which a brake application device is arranged, wherein the brake application device comprises a pressure piece (3) which can be applied against the first brake lining (2a), wherein a boot (5) is provided for protecting the interior of the brake caliper housing against contaminants, wherein the boot (5) is fastened by way of a first end region (5a) to the brake caliper housing (6) and by way of a second end region (5b) to a sheet metal arrangement (7) consisting of a sheet metal plate (8) and a sheet metal ring (9) which is arranged coaxially with respect thereto and is connected in an integrally joined manner to said sheet metal plate (8), wherein the sheet metal plate (8) is arranged between an end side of the pressure piece (3) and the first brake lining (2a), wherein the sheet metal ring (9) is arranged between the boot (5) and the brake lining (2a) for protecting the boot (5) against heat radiation which is generated by way of braking operations on the brake linings (2a, 2b) and the brake disc (1), and wherein the sheet metal ring (9) has at least one cut-out (11) for reducing its flexural stiffness.
US11933368B1
A clutch device includes a pressure plate movable toward or away from a clutch center, rotatable relative to the clutch center, and operable to press input-side rotating plates and output-side rotating plates. The clutch center includes an oil passage, at least a portion of which is located in an inner peripheral surface of an outer peripheral wall to guide clutch oil to a center-side fitting portion. The pressure plate includes a pressure-side recess on an outer peripheral surface of a pressure-side fitting portion, recessed radially inward from the outer peripheral surface over the entire outer peripheral surface in movement directions, and continuous with the pressure-side cam hole when seen in movement directions. The pressure-side recess communicates with the oil passage.
US11933367B2
The invention relates to a device comprising a first component (11) and a second component (12). The first component (11) comprises a cylindrical outer surface (13), and the second component (12) comprises a cylindrical inner surface (17) which is arranged on the outer surface (13) coaxially with a longitudinal central axis (m). First connection surfaces of the first component interact with second connection surfaces of the second component in order to prevent a relative rotational movement of the components (11, 12). The invention is characterized in that one of the connection surfaces forms a remaining toothing (22), and the other connection surface forms mutually spaced longitudinal protrusions (18) which are distributed over the circumference and the tooth flanks of which extend parallel to the longitudinal central axis (m).
US11933365B2
A producing method of a bearing unit includes: a step of measuring torque of a first bearing unit under each of a plurality of load conditions during production of the first bearing unit; a step of determining a target value of each of a plurality of production parameters based on of a load-torque relationship obtained from measurement results of the torque; and a step of producing a second bearing unit on the basis of the target value of each of the plurality of production parameters.
US11933360B2
The invention relates to a seal for a large roller bearing for sealing a joint between two adjacent ring segments or ring parts of the roller bearing, wherein at least two mutually spaced apart sealing limbs of a rubber elastic and/or yielding sealing material for sealing insertion into grooves that are formed at both sides of the joint in ring segments or ring parts that are adjacent to one another and a connection section connecting the sealing limbs and composed of a rubber elastic and/or yielding sealing material to span said joint.
US11933346B1
A screw assembly, including: a removable shoulder screw including: a first screw shaft portion; a second screw shaft portion; a first threaded portion; and a first shaft edge between the first screw shaft portion and the second screw shaft portion, wherein the second screw shaft portion is between the first screw shaft portion and the first threaded portion, and wherein a diameter of the second screw shaft portion is smaller than the diameter of the first screw shaft portion; and a first removable shoulder including a first removable shoulder opening and a first removable shoulder edge, wherein the first removable shoulder opening has a diameter less than the diameter of the first screw shaft portion and is configured to engage the second screw shaft portion, and wherein the first removable shoulder edge is configured to engage the first shaft edge.
US11933341B2
A threaded insert with a replaceable nut element allows a user to replace only the nut element of the threaded insert rather than the entire threaded insert. The threaded insert includes an insertable housing, a replaceable nut, a retaining mechanism, and an attachment mechanism. The insertable housing allows the threaded insert to be engaged within a wall structure and is used to contain the replaceable nut. The replaceable nut allows the threaded insert to be engaged by a fastener such as a screw or bolt. The attachment mechanism allows the replaceable nut to be attached within and detached from the insertable housing. The retaining mechanism further secures the replaceable nut within the insertable housing and also prevents the replaceable nut from rotating within the insertable housing.
US11933339B2
A fitting assembly includes an indicator assembly that provides a visual indication of torque value to verify when the desired operational torque value is achieved. The fitting assembly includes a nut, and a visual indicator assembly positioned on the nut which has a plurality of visual indicators that provide a visual indication of a torque level being applied. A sleeve is attached to the nut and includes a window through which a portion of the visual indicators is visible based on the torque level being applied. A resilient member couples the sleeve to the nut. As the nut is rotated to apply torque to the nut, the resilient member biases the sleeve in a fixed position and the nut rotates relative to the sleeve, whereby the visual indicator assembly rotates relative to the sleeve to alter which portion of the visual indicator assembly is visible through the window to provide a visual indication of when the operational torque level is being applied. The fitting assembly includes a positive locking feature that interacts with a serrated portion of a nipple fluid connection to positively lock a position of the nut to prevent nut loosening.
US11933333B2
A downdraft element having a first flow opening and a second flow opening, wherein the first flow opening is arranged relative to the second flow opening at an angle 45°≤α≤135°, preferably substantially of 90°, so that at least the average flow direction of a fluid entering the first flow opening and exiting the second flow opening or vice versa is deflectable, characterized in that the downdraft element comprises at least one damper material receptacle on an inner side between the first flow opening and the second flow opening and at least one damper inserted into the damper material receptacle. The invention further relates to a corresponding assembly.
US11933326B2
A drop-in signal accumulator piston assembly replaces an original equipment (OE) signal accumulator piston in a vehicle transmission hydraulic circuit. The OE signal accumulator piston is positioned in a bore in a valve body that has an open end and a fluid port. The drop-in signal accumulator piston assembly includes a cylindrical sleeve having open first and second ends and a piston positioned in the sleeve. A spring is positioned in part in the piston and in part extending beyond and end of the piston. A plug is positioned in the bore adjacent the sleeve. The sleeve is positioned in the valve body bore, with the piston, and the spring, and the plug is positioned in the valve body bore to enclose the sleeve, the piston and the spring in the valve body bore. A method for replacing an original equipment (OE) signal accumulator piston in a transmission hydraulic circuit is disclosed.
US11933325B1
A liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel storage system for a fuel cell-powered vehicle, and method includes a main LH2 storage fuel tank configured for close to ambient pressure storage of LH2, and one or more gas accumulator tanks (GATs) smaller than the main LH2 storage fuel tank and configured for elevated pressure storage of LH2 and for feeding pressurized LH2 to the fuel cell, wherein the one or more GATs each have a cooling interface configured to cool the GAT employing LH2 from the main LH2 storage fuel tank, and a heating interface configured to heat contents of the GAT with warm working fluid from the fuel cell-powered vehicle whereby to raise pressure of the LH2 in the GAT to a working pressure for feeding the LH2 to the fuel cell.
US11933324B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a rotor for use in molten metal and devices including the rotor. The rotor has a rotor body and blades, wherein each blade includes a tip that is at least twice as hard as the rotor body.
US11933323B2
A subsea fluid pressure-increasing machine includes an elongated member that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The machine also may include a plurality of impellers each having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side, and a chord line defined by a line between the leading and trailing edges. Each impeller is fixedly mounted to the member such that a chord angle defined by an angle between the chord line and the rotation direction is less than or equal to a stall angle at which a maximum force is exerted on a fluid in a direction primarily parallel to the longitudinal axis when the member is rotated in the rotation direction. At least some of the impellers comprise one or more features that effectively reduce a pressure peak or specific loading of the suction side such that the axial length of the impeller is configured to be reduced without exceeding a desired specific load.
US11933300B2
This screw compressor is provided with a screw rotor, a casing accommodating the screw rotor, and a liquid feed mechanism for feeding a liquid into an operating chamber enclosed by the casing, wherein the pitch of the screw rotor changes in the axial direction from a suction end surface toward a discharge end surface.
US11933297B2
[Problem] A scroll compressor is provided which has improved workability when a back pressure chamber and a compression chamber are communicated with each other. [Solution] A scroll compressor 1 includes a back pressure chamber 39 formed in a back surface of a mirror plate 31 of a movable scroll 22 in the scroll compressor 1, and a communication hole 51 which is formed in the mirror plate 31 of the movable scroll 22 and communicates the back pressure chamber 39 and a compression chamber 34 with each other. The communication hole 51 is constituted of a large-diameter hole section 52 located on the back pressure chamber 33 side of the mirror plate 31 of the movable scroll 22, and a small-diameter hole section 53 which continues from the large-diameter hole section 52 to reach the compression chamber 34.
US11933295B2
Tapered shafts for fluid pumps are disclosed. An example apparatus to pump fluid includes a gear, and a shaft including a taper to define a first portion of the shaft having a first thickness and a second portion of the shaft having a second thickness less than the first thickness, the second portion of the shaft between the gear and the first portion of the shaft.
US11933289B2
A control system may include circuitry configured to: a deterioration level estimation unit configured to estimate deterioration levels of pumping devices based on information about driving forces of the pumping devices; a selection unit configured to select a pumping device from the pumping devices based on a comparison of the estimated deterioration levels estimated by the deterioration level estimation unit; and a pumping control unit configured to control the selected pumping device selected by the selection unit to pump fluid.
US11933281B2
In an embodiment, an article comprises a plurality of structural units, wherein each structural unit comprises a first portion; a second portion; wherein the second portion contacts the first portion; and a third portion; wherein the third portion is in communication with the first portion and the second portion and is more compressible than the first portion and the second portion; wherein the first portion comprises a first shape memory alloy having a first preset state and wherein the second portion comprises a second shape memory alloy that has a second preset state; wherein the second preset state is different from the first preset state.
US11933280B2
Systems and methods for generating electrical power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation include one or more heat exchangers incorporated into mobile heat generation units, and which will receive a heated fluid flow from one or more heat sources, and transfer heat therefrom to a working fluid that is circulated through an ORC unit for generation of power. In embodiments, the mobile heat generation units comprise pre-packaged modules with one or more heat exchangers connected to a pump of a recirculation system, including an array of piping, such that each mobile heat generation unit can be transported to the site and installed as a substantially stand-alone module or heat generation assembly.
US11933275B2
A wind turbine blade comprising an electro-thermal heating element with a tapering width. The electro-thermal heating element comprises: electrically resistive sheet material; a first electrode which is in electrical contact with the sheet material and positioned at a first end of the element; and a second electrode which is in electrical contact with the sheet material and positioned at a second end of the sheet material. An electrically conductive strip extends across a width of the element. The sheet material has a first part on a first side of the strip and a second part on a second side of the strip. The strip is in electrical contact with the first and second parts of the sheet material. The first part of the sheet material has a first width, and the second part of the sheet material has a second width which is different to the first width.
US11933274B2
A wind power generation facility capable of realizing a lightning strike suppression effect while maintaining power generation efficiency by maintaining a blade shape that greatly affects power generation efficiency. An erected support column, a generator G provided at an upper portion of the support column, a hub H provided on a drive shaft that rotationally drives the generator, a plurality of blades radially provided to the hub about the drive shaft, charged bodies provided at tips of the blades, and a capacitor provided in an inner space of the hub are provided, and the capacitor includes a first electrode body that is grounded and a second electrode body that faces the first electrode body with an electrically insulating layer interposed therebetween and connected to the charged bodies.
US11933270B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for determining a maximum power setpoint for a wind turbine comprising determining a temperature of one or more wind turbine components, and determining one or more component temperature errors by determining a difference between the temperatures of the wind turbine components and a corresponding threshold temperature for the components. The methods further comprise determining a present power output of the wind turbine and determining the maximum power setpoint at least partially based at least on the component temperature errors, and on a present power output of the wind turbine. The present disclosure further relates to methods for determining a setpoint reduction and to wind turbine control systems and wind turbines configured for such methods.
US11933269B2
A torsion absorber is provided for attachment to a cylindrical section of a shaft. The torsion absorber includes a flywheel and at least one tensioner. The at least one tensioner is configured to brace a first segment and a second segment of the flywheel against the cylindrical section of the shaft.
US11933259B2
An ignition timing controller includes a storage and a processor configured or programmed to function as an ignition timing control section and a knocking determining section. The storage stores at least one of a first ignition timing map associated with a first fuel or a second ignition timing map associated with a second fuel more likely to cause knocking of an internal combustion engine than the first fuel. The ignition timing control section controls the ignition timing based on the first ignition timing map by executing a timing retardation based on the first ignition timing map when it is determined that knocking of the internal combustion engine has occurred. The ignition timing control section controls the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine based on the second ignition timing map by executing a timing advancement correction based on the second ignition timing map when it is determined that the knocking of the internal combustion engine has not occurred.
US11933257B2
A fuel injection system includes a fuel supply passage configured to receive a pressurized fuel, a nozzle orifice downstream of the fuel supply passage, and an injection valve positionable to open the nozzle orifice and to close the nozzle orifice. The injection valve has a first configuration with a first lift and a second configuration with a second lift, the first lift being different than the second lift. The fuel injection system includes a fluid-actuated lift control valve configured to cause the injection valve to change from the first configuration to the second configuration.
US11933256B1
An intake system for an engine includes: an intake manifold including a plurality of ports; a cover mounted to the intake manifold over the plurality of ports; a fluid distribution track defined by the cover, the fluid distribution track including a plurality of openings in fluid communication with an interior of the intake manifold by way of the plurality of ports of the intake manifold; and a dampening material between the cover and the intake manifold, the dampening material configured to dampen at least one of noise, vibration, and harshness.
US11933252B2
A sealing device includes a metal ring 110 with a cylindrical section 111 and an inward flange section 112 disposed at one end of the cylindrical section 111. A resin seal 120 has an outer circumference side fixed to the metal ring 110 and an inner circumference side configured to slidably and closely come into contact with an outer circumference surface of the rotary shaft in a state deformed to curve toward a sealing target region. A flat spring 130 includes a plate-shaped annular metal member and has an outer circumference side fixed to the metal ring 110 and an inner circumference side configured to deform to curve along the resin seal 120 and press the inner circumference side of the resin seal 120 radially inward. A metal slide bearing 140, is sandwiched between the resin seal 120 and the inward flange section 112 and configured to slide on the outer circumference surface of the rotary shaft.
US11933250B2
A gaseous fuel-air mixer includes an outer shell, an inner shell, and a fuel chamber rib. The outer shell includes an air intake and a fuel intake. The air intake is configured to receive air. The air intake has an air outlet. The fuel intake has a fuel inlet that is configured to receive fuel. The inner shell includes an inner shell intake that is configured to separately receive the air from the air outlet and the fuel from the fuel intake and to provide a gaseous fuel-air mixture. The inner shell cooperates with the outer shell to define a fuel intake collecting chamber that is configured to receive the fuel from the fuel inlet and a fuel intake concentrating chamber that is configured to receive the fuel from the fuel intake collecting chamber and provide the fuel to the inner shell intake.
US11933243B2
A method for operating an injector on an internal combustion engine includes the steps of: introducing a fuel into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by way of the injector; capturing, for a plurality of injection events, a wear value for the injector; assigning each respective one of the wear value that is captured to a respective one of a plurality of wear value classes; determining, for each of the plurality of wear value classes, a class frequency of a plurality of the wear value that are captured and assigned to a corresponding one of the plurality of wear value classes; calculating, based on a plurality of class frequencies of the plurality of wear value classes, a total wear value for the injector; and evaluating a condition of the injector based on the total wear value.
US11933241B2
A fuel delivery system for a vehicle having an engine configured to selectively operate between a port fuel injection (PFI) mode, a gasoline direct injection (GDI) mode, and a port and direct fuel injection (PDI) mode. The fuel delivery system includes a PFI system including plurality of PFI injectors configured to supply fuel to the engine during the PFI mode, and a GDI system including a plurality of GDI injectors configured to supply fuel to the engine during the GDI mode. A fuel system monitor is configured to monitor the fuel delivery system when operating in the PFI mode, and attribute any fuel delivery system malfunctions occurring during the PFI mode to the PFI system alone, and monitor the fuel delivery system when operating in the GDI mode, and attribute any fuel delivery system malfunctions occurring during the GDI mode to the GDI system alone.
US11933236B2
The vehicle control device executes: a stop process for stopping fuel supply to two cylinders to be stopped; and a selection process of selecting one cylinder to be a stop instruction for stopping fuel supply from among the cylinders to be stopped. The selection process is a process of selecting a cylinder whose compression top dead center appears earliest among the stop target cylinders. The crank angle interval from when the cylinder to be the stop instruction target is selected until the stop instruction target cylinder is switched to the next cylinder among the stop target cylinders is the stoppable angle interval. The stop instruction for the selected cylinder is received before the fuel injection start time and at the stoppable angle interval. The control device executes a retard process of retarding the fuel injection start timing so that the stoppable angle interval includes the fuel injection start timing.
US11933228B2
A gearbox assembly for a turbine engine including a drive shaft and a fan shaft. The gearbox assembly includes a first gear, a second gear, and a planet pin. The first gear is coupled to the drive shaft. The second gear is supported by a planet carrier. The planet carrier is coupled to the fan shaft. Torque is transferred from the drive shaft to the fan shaft through the gearbox assembly. The planet pin is disposed within the second gear. A planet pin shape of the planet pin includes a contoured portion that is characterized by a contoured portion deflection that is greater than or equal to −4.2e-03 inches and less than or equal to −1.2e-05 inches.
US11933223B2
An attritable engine includes an engine case, which includes an outer wall and a fuel rail integral with the outer wall. The fuel rail includes a fuel line integral with the outer wall, a fuel ring configured to receive fuel from the fuel line, and an injector throat configured to receive aerated fuel from the fuel ring. The engine case includes counter distortion webbing defining the injector throat and is integral with the fuel rail and the outer wall. The engine case includes a combustion chamber configured to receive fuel from the injector throat.
US11933215B2
An opposed-piston engine is configured to use hydrogen fuel. The opposed-piston engine has at least one cylinder and a pair of pistons disposed for opposed motion in a bore of the cylinder. Hydrogen fuel is directly side-injected into the cylinder in a compression stroke of the opposed-piston engine, mixed with charge air in the cylinder, and auto-ignited in a combustion chamber formed in the cylinder between the pistons during the compression stroke. A method of operating the hydrogen opposed-piston engine includes switching between a first ignition mode using an externally-generated ignition impulse to ignite the mixture of hydrogen fuel and charge air, and a second ignition mode using compression to ignite the mixture.
US11933212B2
An exhaust aftertreatment system, EATS, for converting NOx emissions in exhaust gases from an engine. The EATS includes a fluid channel for providing a fluid pathway for the exhaust gases; a selective catalytic reduction, SCR, catalyst arranged in the fluid channel, the SCR catalyst being configured to store ammonia; an injector configured to inject a reductant for providing ammonia to the SCR catalyst, the injector being arranged upstream of the SCR catalyst; a fluid flow inducer configured to cause an induced fluid flow in at least a part of the fluid channel when the engine is turned off; and a controlling apparatus configured to precondition the EATS prior to engine start by injecting the reductant into the fluid channel, and transport the reductant into the SCR catalyst by the induced fluid flow to store ammonia in the SCR catalyst.
US11933210B2
An exhaust aftertreatment unit for cleaning exhaust gases includes an emission reducing module being a diesel particulate filter, DPF, and/or a diesel oxidation catalyst, DOC, a selective catalyst reduction, SCR, catalyst, an electrical heating element arranged upstream of the emission reducing module, a casing housing at least the emission reducing module and the electrical heating element, and a service lid removably arranged to cover a service opening of the casing through which the emission reducing module may be accessed. The electrical heating element is removably arranged relative the casing and is arranged accessible upon removal of the service lid and the emission reducing module.
US11933204B2
An engine component comprises one or more thermal barrier coatings applied to one or more areas of the engine component. The thermal barrier coatings reduce the temperature rate of change of the areas to which the thermal barrier coating is applied. Reducing the temperature rate of change can help reduce lattice structure damage caused by different temperatures in different areas of the engine component. The thermal barrier coating can be applied as a monolithic layer on a surface of the engine component or can be applied in different areas using patterns. The patterns allow for the tuning of the performance characteristics (temperature rate of change) of the areas of the engine component and can help reduce defect propagation, such as cracks, in the thermal barrier coating from one area of the thermal barrier coating to other areas of the thermal barrier coating.
US11933201B2
Provided is a valve timing adjustment device that suppresses slippage of an assist spring, prevents disengagement, and facilitates assembly of the assist spring. A valve timing adjustment device adjusts an opening timing and closing timing of an intake valve or an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine. In the assist spring, the inner peripheral end portion is formed in a non-bent shape, the outermost periphery is in contact with the rib, a second winding is in contact with the inner peripheral end portion, and there is no contact between windings from the second winding to the outermost periphery.
US11933198B2
Device for expanding a fluid, which device (1) comprises an inlet (2) for a high pressure fluid, an outlet (3) for a low pressure fluid, and a control valve (4) between the aforementioned inlet (2) and outlet (3) for expanding the fluid to a predefined pressure level, characterized in that the device (1) is further provided with one or more expanders (5) for expanding the fluid, of which one or more expanders (5) are connected in parallel with the control valve (4), whereby the device (1) is provided with a controller (8) configured to control the expanders (5) based on a flow rate (Qklep) of the fluid through the control valve (4).
US11933196B2
An airfoil vane assembly includes a vane piece defining a first vane platform, a second vane platform, and a hollow airfoil section joining the first vane platform and the second vane platform. The first vane platform defines a collar projection therefrom. A spar piece defines a spar platform and a spar extends from the spar platform into the hollow airfoil section. The spar platform includes a radial opening defined by first and second axial faces. The radial opening is configured to receive the collar projection, and a groove in the first axial face. A seal is situated in the groove. The seal seals against the collar projection and a biasing member is configured to bias the seal towards the collar projection. A method of assembling a vane is also disclosed.
US11933193B2
A gas turbine engine comprising a set of circumferentially adjacent airfoils, the airfoils having an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a stream-wise direction, and between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, and a set of dimples provide on the outer wall of at least one of the airfoils, the set of dimples spaced in at least one of the stream-wise or span-wise directions.
US11933192B2
A turbine vane includes an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge, an inner shroud disposed at one end of the airfoil to support the airfoil, and an outer shroud disposed opposite to the inner shroud at the other end of the airfoil to support the airfoil, wherein a corner part is formed at a portion where the airfoil and the inner shroud or the outer shroud meet, the corner part including a first round portion connected in an arc shape to the inner shroud or the outer shroud, a first inclined portion connected to the first round portion and outwardly extending in an inclined shape, and a second round portion connected to the first inclined portion and outwardly extending in an arc shape.
US11933191B2
A coupling for a turbomachine, including a first and a second disc attached along an axis, and extending in majority respectively from a first and from a second side of a median plane normal to the axis, the first and the second discs being provided respectively with first and second teeth mutually engaging through the median plane to form a curvic connection. Several first teeth each include a first protuberance jutting out towards the axis while extending from the second side; several second teeth each include a second protuberance jutting out towards the axis of rotation while extending from the first side; the first protuberances are spaced apart from the second protuberances along the axis; at least one blocking member is brought to be supported against the first and second protuberances to block axially the first element relatively to the second element.
US11933186B2
Vibrational damping assemblies, turbomachine airfoils, and exhaust diffusers are provided. A vibrational damping assembly includes at least one pin coupled to the turbomachine component. The at least one pin has a pin body and a disk coupled to the pin body. The vibrational damping assembly further includes at least one plate disposed between the disk and the turbomachine component. The at least one plate is movable between the disk and the turbomachine component relative to the plurality of pins and relative to the turbomachine component to dampen vibrations experienced by the turbomachine component.
US11933184B2
An arrangement is disclosed for measuring an environment parameter at a rotor of a rotary machine; according to some embodiments, the parameter to be measured is temperature and the machine to monitor is a turbomachine. The arrangement includes at least: a SAW or BAW device electrically coupled with an antenna, a parameter-sensitive impedance device, and two identical cables electrically coupling the SAW or BAW device respectively with the impedance device and a short-circuit or an open-circuit or a matching impedance device. The SAW or BAW device is located in a first zone of the rotor, while the parameter-sensitive impedance device is located in a second zone of the rotor remote from the first zone of the rotor. An interrogator can obtain environment parameter values by sending RF signals to the SAW or BAW device through the antenna.
US11933180B2
A labyrinth seal assembly comprising: an outer seal having a radially inner cavity surface, and an axial cavity surface inward of the radially inner cavity surface; a floating seal received by the outer seal so as to be movable in a radial direction relative to the outer seal, the floating seal having a radially outer seal surface spaced inwardly from the radially inner cavity surface, a radially inner surface inward of the radially outer seal surface, and an axial seal surface bearing against the axial cavity surface; and an inner seal received by the floating seal, the inner seal having a radially outer surface spaced inwardly from the radially inner surface, a first one of the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface defining one tooth projecting toward a second one of the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface to inward of the axial seal surface.
US11933171B2
Light from a light source that has interacted with a sample of downhole fluid provided in a downhole optical tool is sequentially passed through a plurality of groups of light filters, each of the groups of light filters including of one or more light filters, to generate a data set for each of the groups of light filters, also referred to as a simultaneous channel group. The data generated for each of the simultaneous channel groups is then analyzed to determine if the data from that simultaneous channel groups is effective in providing information useful for the analysis of the sample of downhole fluid.
US11933150B2
A side pocket mandrel is configured for use within a gas lift system deployed in a well that has an annular space surrounding the gas lift system. The side pocket mandrel includes a central body that includes a central bore, a gas lift valve pocket, and a gas lift valve installed within the gas lift valve pocket. The side pocket mandrel may also include a motorized choke valve assembly to selectively cover some or all of an internal tubing port extending between the central bore and the gas lift valve pocket. The side pocket mandrel may also include an automatic closing valve assembly configured to automatically close the gas lift valve port when the gas lift valve is removed from the side pocket mandrel.
US11933145B2
A wastewater container, or fluid capture tank, for capturing fluid from a flare is provided, along with methods for making and using the fluid capture tank. The fluid capture tank includes an open top tank to hold fluid for disposal, and a flare chute mounted to one end of the open top tank. The flare chute includes three panels, including a bottom panel mounted to a left wall panel and a right wall panel, wherein the three panels direct fluid from a line into the open top tank. A refractory lining is disposed on an inner surface of at least one of the three panels facing the line, wherein the refractory lining protects the inner surface from heat as hydrocarbons in the fluid are burned.
US11933143B1
A pressurized fluid flow system for percussive mechanisms comprises a cylinder coaxially disposed in between an outer casing and a piston which reciprocates due to the changes in pressure of the pressurized fluid contained inside a front chamber and rear chamber located at opposites sides of the piston. The discharge of fluid from these chambers being conducted through a set of discharge channels and the supply of fluid to the front chamber being conducted through a set of supply channels and a front set of recesses. The supply of fluid to the rear chamber being conducted through a piloted valve.
US11933140B2
A method of cleaning a well includes flowing well fluid within the well while running a cleaning tool into the well, injecting the well fluid with a fluid thickening agent through multiple nozzles of the well cleaning tool to form thickened well fluid, dislodging metallic debris and non-metallic debris accumulated along a wall of the well with multiple brushes of the cleaning tool, carrying the non-metallic debris out of the well with the thickened well fluid, and capturing the metallic debris at a capture device of the cleaning tool.
US11933132B1
A ball-in-place plug configured to isolate formation zones within a wellbore includes an anchoring subassembly configured to secure the ball-in-place plug in the wellbore and a flow control subassembly configured to control the flow of fluid through the plug. The flow control subassembly is configured to allow bidirectional flow of fluid through the ball-in-place plug before the ball-in-place plug is activated, and wherein the flow control subassembly is configured to permit only unidirectional flow of fluid through the ball-in-place plug after the ball-in-place plug is activated.
US11933127B2
A technique facilitates precision fluid conveyance and placement to one or more desired locations in a borehole, e.g. a wellbore. According to an embodiment, a material container, e.g. a fluid container, and/or a fluid flow path system may be deployed downhole via coiled tubing. A release system is selectively actuatable to release a specific amount or amounts of material, e.g. treatment fluid, at the one or more desired locations along the borehole. Depending on the application, various discharge mechanisms and/or supply mechanisms may be used in cooperation with the material container and/or fluid flow path system to provide the precision fluid conveyance and placement.
US11933126B2
A ball dropping tool includes an outer and inner body, side bore, ball and an actuator. The outer body has an axial bore extending between a first and second end of the outer body and forming a flow path. The inner body forms a bypass passage extending between a first and second end of the inner body. The side bore is defined by the inner body and is disposed at an angle relative to the axial bore of the outer body. The bypass passage is disposed in a portion of the flow path and is in communication with the side bore. The ball is disposed within the side bore. The actuator, disposed within the outer body, is movable between a retaining position wherein the ball is retained within the side bore and a release position wherein the ball is released from the side bore and into the bypass passage.
US11933107B2
A disc cutter for a cutting unit used in an undercutting operation and a method of producing the same. The disc cutter including an annular disc body made of a metal alloy or metal matrix composite having a first side, a second side arranged substantially opposite to the first side and a radially peripheral part. At least one metal alloy, metal matrix composite or cemented carbide cutting part is mounted in and substantially encircling the radially peripheral part of the disc body which protrudes outwardly therefrom to engage with the rock during the mining operation. The at least one cutting part is made from a material having a higher wear resistance than the material used for the disc body, wherein the disc body and the cutting part are joined by diffusion bonds.
US11933104B2
A locking mechanism for use with a door structure having a corrugated surface includes a main body having a corrugated surface. The locking mechanism is configured to be adjustable between an unlocked position where the corrugated surface of the main body is not nested relative to the corrugated surface of the door structure and a locked position where the corrugated surface of the main body is nested relative to the corrugated surface of the door structure. The corrugated surface of the main body includes a plurality of engagement surfaces. Each of the engagement surfaces is configured to resist movement and/or deformation of the door structure with respect to a direction of movement of the door structure associated with the door structure being moved from a closed position towards an open position.
US11933102B1
According to some implementations, a multi-pane window assembly and a multi-pane window insert are described. The multi-pane window insert includes a first pane formed of polycarbonate resin thermoplastic material and a second pane formed of polycarbonate resin thermoplastic material that is separated from the first pane by a spacer. A planar surface of each the first pane and the second pane are oriented substantially parallel to one another. A framing structure is provided for housing the plural panes and a gasket is provided for sealing the multi-pane window to a frame on installation. The multi-pane window insert is configured to be installed on an interior surface of a pre-existing window frame to improve the thermal, acoustic, and light transmittance properties of a multi-pane window assembly.
US11933095B2
A clip assembly is provided for a storage system, and includes a receiver clip and a floor clip. The receiver clip includes a base section and a support section, the support section having a main surface and a pair of arm extensions extending from opposing edges of the main surface to define a receiving region. The arm extensions each define a guiding ramp and a securing cavity. The floor clip includes a lower section and an upper section, the lower section comprising knobs extending from sidewalls thereof. The securing cavities of the receiver clip are configured to receive and retain at least a portion of the knobs of the floor clip so that the floor clip is hingedly connected to the receiver clip by the knobs, and the floor clip may pivot relative to the receiver clip between an open position and a closed position.
US11933090B2
There are provided a hinge arm having a lever and a rotational axis to rotate the lever so as to be projected from the door panel, and a driving unit to transmit a drive force to the hinge arm so as to project the lever from the door panel. The driving unit comprises a motor and an output axis connected to the motor and the hinge arm so as to transmit a motor output to the hinge arm in a region from a storage position to an open position, wherein the drive force is transmitted from the motor to the hinge arm via the output axis when the lever is moved from the storage position to a gripping position and the drive force is transmitted from the hinge arm to the motor via the output axis when the lever is moved from the open position to the gripping position.
US11933085B2
The present invention relates to a motorized door latch for a vehicle, particularly, relates to a motorized vehicle door latch with emergency release that is installed on a vehicle door, and can open the vehicle door, when necessary, using a motorized door latch, either electrically or mechanically, depending on the degree of pulling a hidden handle that is withdrawn, so that the vehicle door can be easily opened even if the electricity supply is cut off in an emergency.
US11933083B2
A motor vehicle lock for a movable part of a vehicle, comprising a locking mechanism consisting of at least one pawl and one rotary latch, and comprising a sensor arrangement that is assigned to the locking mechanism and has a fixed sensor and a sensing element that is disposed on the rotary latch, or vice versa, wherein the sensor generates at least two different output signals associated with the presence and absence of the sensing element in the region of influence of the sensor.
US11933082B2
A cinching latch assembly for latching a striker includes a forkbolt biased to rotate about a first pivot point between a primary latched position, a secondary latched position, and a fully released position. The cinching latch assembly also includes a detent biased to rotate about a second pivot point to engage with the forkbolt in at least one position of the forkbolt, and a lift lever biased to rotate about a third pivot point, the lift lever having a first end to lift up on the striker during at least one position of the striker within the latch assembly. The cinching latch assembly also includes a cinch lever that, during a powered cinching operation, lowers the lift lever away from the striker prior to the forkbolt moving from the fully released position to the secondary latched position.
US11933078B2
A restraining device that can be positioned and secured using one hand includes a housing, a strap, a handle, and a locking unit. The housing has a pair of apertures positioned singly in front and rear ends thereof. The strap, which has a first end engaged to the housing, extends from the housing loopedly back through the pair of apertures to define a loop. A second end of the strap is external to the housing. The handle is engaged to the strap proximate to the second end. Hands of a person can be inserted into the loop so that the strap is positioned around wrists of the person. A user is positioned to pull on the handle to tighten the strap around the wrists. The locking unit, which is engaged to and positioned in the housing, can selectively engage the strap to prevent expansion of the loop.
US11933075B2
An electronic key may include a partial capacitor comprising a capacitive metal plate in communication with a processor. The capacitive metal plate of the partial capacitor is configured to form a capacitor with a corresponding capacitive metal plate of a lock when brought into proximity with the metal plate of the lock. Data may be transferred from the key to the lock using a capacitor formed by combining the two metal plates, wherein a common ground is established between the metal plate of the key and the metal plate of the lock through a parasitic capacitance present between the key and lock circuitry. Audit trail data may be recorded based on usage of the key.
US11933068B2
A pull handle structure includes a carrier mounted on a first object, a pull handle movably assembled to the carrier, and a limiting section located on the pull handle for connecting to, interfering with or engaging with a second object. By operating the pull handle to move the carrier, the first object can be engaged with or separated from the second object. Therefore, the pull handle structure has the advantages of being securely lockable in place and operable in an easy, convenient, effortless and quick manner.
US11933063B2
A camping tent heating assembly for keeping campers warm in a camping tent includes a camping tent that has a floor. A heating pad is positionable beneath the floor of the camping tent such that the heating pad is in thermal communication with the floor. The heating pad heats the floor when the heating pad is turned on to warm campers that are sleeping in the camping tent. A connection box is coupled to the heating pad and the connection box is in electrical communication with the heating pad. A control unit is in electrical communication with the connection box for turning the heating pad on and off. The control unit has a heat adjustment control to adjust a temperature of the heating pad between a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature.
US11933062B2
An anchoring system for anchoring a post to a concrete body, such as a post for a basketball goal, includes a template for alignment of anchor bolts, which can be J-bolts. The template includes a plate with openings corresponding to openings on a mounting flange of the post, each plate opening including an alignment feature for orienting an anchor bolt perpendicular to the bottom of the plate. A nut engages the anchor bolts beneath the mounting flange of the post. The vertical shank of the anchor bolts is coated with a pre-cured elastomeric composition that has dampening properties, with the thickness of the coating being 5-75% the diameter of the anchor bolt.
US11933060B2
A telescopic edge protection post arrangeable between a floor and a ceiling, comprising outer and inner tubes, each comprising a bottom end and a top end, the inner tube extending into the outer tube and being movable with respect thereto between an extended position and a collapsed position. The post further comprises a locking mechanism to lock the inner tube with respect to the outer tube in the extended position, and a tensioning unit arranged at the top end of the inner tube. The tensioning unit comprises a tensioning element having a primary and secondary tensioning portions, wherein tensioning of the secondary tensioning portion requires a lower force than the primary tensioning portion, allowing tensioning of the secondary tensioning portion by extending the telescopic edge protection post by hand into engagement with the floor and the ceiling. Further, the primary and secondary tensioning portions each comprise a compression spring.
US11933057B2
A tie system can include a concrete tie, a tie sleeve, and one or more tie sleeve connectors. The tie sleeve has a channel extending therethrough between first and second ends with openings at each end to provide access to the channel. The channel and openings are configured to have the concrete tie disposed partially within the channel with ends of the tie extending out of the openings. The tie sleeve connector has a generally T-shape formed by a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can be selectively inserted into and secured within the channel. The second portion extends from the first portion and is configured to be connected to another component such as an insulation panel.
US11933053B2
Devices, systems, and associated methods for attaching materials girts, rails, cladding, and/or other cladding components to an exterior wall portion (e.g., an insulated exterior wall portion) or other substructure of a building are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system includes cladding component attachment devices and cladding anchors, each configured to extend between the exterior wall portion and the cladding component. Each cladding anchor can have a base configured to be attached to the exterior wall of the building and a rod attached to the base and projecting outwardly therefrom and having a distal end portion configured to be attached to the cladding component. One or more of the cladding anchors can be positioned between adjacent cladding component attachment devices.
US11933048B2
A shingle includes a substrate having an asphalt coating on a top surface of the substrate and on a bottom surface of the substrate. A surface layer of granules is embedded in the asphalt on the top surface of the substrate. A backdust layer of particles is embedded in the asphalt on the bottom surface of the substrate. A sealant is disposed on the backdust. A hydrophobic material is applied to the sealant.
US11933047B2
A panel for forming part of a partition is disclosed. The partition may, for example, be a roof, a wall or a floor of a building. The panel comprises: a central panel; two support members; and a resiliently compressible portion. The two support members are disposed on opposed sides of the central panel, each of the two support members extending generally perpendicularly to a plane of the central panel. The resiliently compressible portion is arranged between the two support members such that a distance between the two support members can be reduced by compressing the resiliently compressible portion.
US11933042B2
An improved flute plug for a head-of-wall assembly for fire rated wall construction beneath a fluted deck or ceiling. The improved flute plug can be friction fit within individual flute voids that run over the top of the header track. The improved flute plug can include a single piece pre-bent steel profile with fire stopping material attached thereto or contained therein. The fire stopping material can be oversized so that it will compress into the flute void over the top of the header track. The compressed fire stopping material can provide a seal against fire, smoke and/or noise through the fluted deck voids.
US11933039B2
A mounting and alignment system for building panels. A mounting bracket comprises a lower component affixable to a building support and an upper component from which a panel can be hung. A bearing assembly between the upper and lower components transfers load from the upper component to the lower component and allows the horizontal position of the upper component and thereby the panel to be easily adjusted. Mullion guides on the sides and extending over the panel top interact with mullion guides on other panels and automatically adjust the horizontal position of a panel as the panel is lowed in place from a relatively large horizontal placement tolerance a smaller placement tolerance required for other interacting structures on adjacent sides of installed panel. After the panel is installed, mullion guides on the adjacent panel sides can be removed.
US11933029B2
A smart shower head to regulate temperature of water being supplied is disclosed. The smart shower head comprises a showering section (101) for showering water, a shower head arm connecting the showering section (101) and supplying water to the showering section (101), and at least one compartmentalized nero-thermal coil 103 running through the length of the shower head arm (102) and the showering section (101).
US11933027B2
A sanitary fitting (1) that contains a fitting body (2), a first spray plate (3), a second spray plate (4), and a two-way valve (5), which can be used to selectively route a liquid to the first spray plate (3) or to the second spray plate (4), wherein the two-way valve (5) is arranged in the fitting body (2) and having a valve body (6), which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (11) in a valve housing (25) of the two-way valve (5) between a first valve seat (7) of a first outlet (8) of the two-way valve (5) and a second valve seat (9) of a second outlet (10) of the two-way valve (5).
US11933021B2
This description provides an autonomous or semi-autonomous excavation vehicle that is capable of navigating through a dig site and carrying an excavation routine using a system of sensors physically mounted to the excavation vehicle. The sensors collect one or more of spatial, imaging, measurement, and location data representing the status of the excavation vehicle and its surrounding environment. Based on the collected data, the excavation vehicle executes instructions to perform an excavation routine by excavating earth from a hole using an excavation tool positioned at a single location within the site. The excavation vehicle is also able to carry out numerous other tasks, such as checking the volume of excavated earth in an excavation tool, navigating the excavation vehicle over a distance while continuously excavating earth from a below surface depth, and preparing a digital terrain model of the site as part of a process for creating the excavation routine.
US11933020B2
A storage part of a construction machine stores an operation target which is set as a target of an operation of the construction machine for moving a specific portion of the construction machine to a target position set as a destination to which the specific portion moves. A calculation part calculates an index value which serves as an index indicating a deviation between the operation target and an actual state of the construction machine. A control device is configured to cause a vibration applying device to perform a first vibration applying operation when the index value satisfies a predetermined first condition, and to cause the vibration applying device to perform a second vibration applying operation when the index value satisfies a predetermined second condition different from the first condition.
US11933017B2
A work machine loads materials onto a conveyance vehicle. The work machine includes a work implement having a bucket, a topography sensor configured to measure a topography and a controller. The controller determines a target digging path of the bucket based on topographical data indicative of the topography measured by the topography sensor. The controller acquires an actual digging path based on positions of the bucket during digging. The controller is calculates at least one of a viscosity and a hardness of materials based on a difference between the target digging path and the actual digging path.
US11933015B2
A loader vehicle includes a front unit and a rear unit pivotally connected to each other by an articulated joint arrangement allowing mutual rotation of the front unit and the rear unit. The loader vehicle includes a loading unit assembly and a control valve arrangement arranged to hydraulically control the loading unit assembly, wherein the control valve arrangement is arranged at a rear portion of the front unit in the vicinity of the articulated joint arrangement.
US11933013B2
An integral geogrid includes a plurality of interconnected, oriented strands having an array of openings therein that is produced from a coextruded multilayer polymer sheet starting material. By virtue of the construction, the coextruded multilayer sheet components provide a crystalline synergistic effect during extrusion and orientation of the integral geogrid, resulting in enhanced material properties that provide performance benefits to use of the integral geogrid in soil geosyuthetic reinforcement.
US11933006B2
The present disclosure provides a material collection system. The material collection system includes a conduit, a vacuum generator coupled to the conduit, an engine powering the vacuum generator, and a container mounted to a chassis of a vehicle. The vacuum generator generates airflow for drawing material into a material inlet of the conduit. The container receives collected material from the conduit. The conduit, vacuum generator, the engine, and the container are supported on a hook-lift frame.
US11933003B2
Disclosed is a barrier, comprising: a plurality of posts; a first beam and a second beam arranged in an end-on relation to one another and extending between respective posts of the plurality of posts, wherein the first beam and second beam are longitudinally displaceable with respect to one another; and, an articulating link connecting the first beam and the second beam, wherein the articulating link translates a longitudinal movement of the first beam in a first direction to a longitudinal movement of the second beam in a second direction.
US11932997B2
This invention refers generically to pavement modules, more specifically to a pavement module that includes a resilient cushioning system to cushion the impacts caused by users in the interconnected modules that form the covering of a pavement. The system consists of a pavement module with an upper side and a resilient cushioning system that integrates a cushioning spike.
US11932992B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a paper substrate suitable for binding silicone in a catalytic hydrosilation reaction and products thereof, wherein the molecular weight of polyvinyl alcohol is used to control the viscosity of the water-based acetalization reaction, such that a paper substrate may be coated with acetalized polyvinyl alcohol that contains high amount of functional vinyl groups, wherein the functional vinyl groups are part of catenated carbon structures which contain at least 4 carbon atoms and which have an acetal connectivity with the backbone chain of the acetalized polyvinyl alcohol.
US11932984B2
A clothes treating apparatus having a drying function includes: a cabinet; a drum provided within the cabinet; a heat-exchanger heat-exchanged with air exhausted from the drum; a lint filter disposed on an upstream side of the heat-exchanger with respect to flow of air exhausted from the drum to collect lint in the air; a spray tube spraying water to the lint filter to separate lint collected in the lint filter from the lint filter; and a lint collecting part at least partially provided below the lint filter or below the heat-exchanger to collect falling lint. Lint in condensate water may be collected, and thus, generation of a bad influence when condensate water is re-used may be suppressed. Also, contact between lint in drying air and the heat-exchanger may be restrained.
US11932979B2
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.
US11932973B2
A method for manufacturing a polymer-based fibrous scaffold is disclosed. The method includes the following step: providing an electrospinning device comprising a collector; and injecting a polymer solution into the electrospinning device to produce a single jet fiber, wherein the single jet fiber is piled on the collector to form a fibrous scaffold.
US11932968B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for automated extraction of silk fibroin from silk cocoons. The silk extraction system can include a boiling tank, a rinsing tank, and a rinse bowl attached to a robotic arm. The rinse bowl has a porous bottom surface adapted to retain an extracted silk fibroin. The robotic arm can move the rinse bowl between the boiling tank and the rinsing tank for separate stages of processing. A silk processing algorithm is executed by a processor to automate the process.
US11932966B2
Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. An in situ chemical vapor deposition technique can be used to synthesize CNTs filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely and continuously filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be easily collected from the substrates used for synthesis using a simple ultrasonication method.
US11932962B2
A method for producing a silicon ingot by the horizontal magnetic field Czochralski method includes rotating a crucible containing a silicon melt, applying a horizontal magnetic field to the crucible, contacting the silicon melt with a seed crystal, and withdrawing the seed crystal from the silicon melt while rotating the crucible to form a silicon ingot. The crucible has a wettable surface with a cristobalite layer formed thereon.
US11932953B2
A compression apparatus includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode on a principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode on another principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, an anode separator on the anode, a cathode separator on the cathode, and a voltage applicator. Upon the voltage applicator applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode, protons are extracted from an anode fluid fed to the anode to migrate to the cathode through the electrolyte membrane and compressed hydrogen is produced. The cathode separator has a first O-ring groove formed in a cathode-side principal surface of the cathode separator to surround a region of the cathode-side principal surface which faces the cathode. The compression apparatus includes a first O-ring held by the first O-ring groove and a face seal disposed on an outer periphery of a region of an anode-side principal surface of the anode separator which faces the anode.
US11932952B2
Composite electrocatalytic materials for catalyzing water splitting are provided. Such materials may comprise a porous, conductive support composed of a transition metal foam, the support having a surface, and a coating on the surface of the support. The coating may comprise nanorods of a first transition metal chalcogenide, each nanorod anchored on one end to the surface of the support and extending perpendicularly away from the surface of the support to a free opposing end, nanosheets of a second transition metal chalcogenide, the nanosheets coating a surface of the nanorods of the first transition metal chalcogenide, and nanosheets of a third transition metal chalcogenide, the nanosheets also coating the surface of the nanorods of the first transition metal chalcogenide.
US11932949B2
Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
US11932946B2
A system and method are provided to create porous surface coatings. In use, a method is included for receiving, at a plasma spray torch, inputs comprising metallic particles and carbon particles, using the plasma spray torch to cause in-situ nucleation of the inputs to synthesize carbon-containing composite materials, and flowing the synthesized carbon-containing composite materials onto a substrate. Some or all of the synthesized carbon-containing composite materials may include a surface layer and/or a bonding layer. Additionally, the method may include tuning the inputs based on tuning characteristics, the tuning characteristics including one or more of: porosity, heat transfer, or resistance to corrosion. Further, the method may include tuning the inputs to optimize temperature redistribution across a surface layer of some or all of the synthesized carbon-containing composite materials.
US11932929B2
This invention claims a method for creating patterns of carbon or other elements as deposits on the surface of substrates or as self-supporting filaments in liquid or solid media by the selected application of directed energy. In some embodiments, the deposits or filaments may be of primary interest because of their mechanical properties. In other embodiments, the patterns may have useful physical properties such as being electrically conductive, semi-conductive or electric insulators. Many different deposit precursors, types of directed energy, and adjunct reagents are described. The invention anticipates numerous different embodiments created by selecting various combinations of these elements and sequences of application as a means to build complex devices. In particular, the patterns may constitute the elements of an electric circuit or device (e.g., wires, capacitors, diodes, transistors).
US11932924B2
Provided herein are new aluminum alloy products and methods of making these alloys. The aluminum alloy products are age-hardenable, display high strength and formability, and allow for the use of recycled scrap. The aluminum alloys can serve as the core in a clad aluminum alloy product. The alloy products can be used in a variety of applications, including automotive, transportation, and electronics applications.
US11932920B2
Liquid metal degassing device comprising a chamber containing a liquid metal bath, a device for circulating a gas through a purification chamber and in that the purification chamber comprises a getter material configured to trap dihydrogen from the circulating gas. Method for degassing a liquid metal bath to reduce the hydrogen concentration of the liquid metal comprising the following steps a) Preparing a liquid metal bath, preferably an aluminum alloy b) Circulating a gas, c) Exchanging hydrogen from the circulating gas with the liquid metal such that the hydrogen dissolved in the liquid metal bath diffuses into the circulating gas and enriches the circulating gas with dihydrogen, d) Purifying the circulating gas enriched with dihydrogen in a purification chamber comprising a getter material configured to trap dihydrogen from the circulating gas.
US11932908B2
Compositions and methods for diagnosis or treatment of epilepsy disease with EFHC1, EFHC1 agonists, or EFHC1 analogs are provided. Compositions and methods for diagnosis or treatment of epilepsy disease with EFHC1a, EFHC1a agonists, or EFHC1a analogs are provided.
US11932899B2
Provided herein are methods and systems for characterizing a nucleic acid molecule from a single cell. A method for characterizing a nucleic acid molecule from a single cell may comprise providing a partition (e.g., droplets or wells) comprising a single cell and a single bead. The single bead may comprise a nucleic acid barcode molecule. A nucleic acid molecule from the single cell and the nucleic acid barcode molecule may be used to generate a barcoded nucleic acid molecule for sequencing, which may be used to determine an epigenetic state or characteristic of the nucleic acid molecule as being associated with the single cell.
US11932887B2
The invention provides recombinant polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid encoding a CYP76AD6 or related gene and their use for producing L-DOPA from tyrosine. The invention also provides recombinant polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid encoding a CYP76AD1 and/or CYP76AD6, a nucleic acid encoding a DOPA 4,5-dioxygenase (DOD) enzyme, such as Beta vulgaris DODA1, and, in some cases, a nucleic acid encoding betalain related glucosyltransferase, such as Mirabilis. jalapa gene cyclo-DOPA 5-O-glucosyltransferase (cDOPA5GT), and their use for producing betalains. Finally, the invention provides chimeric polypeptides, expression vectors, cells, compositions, and organisms, including plants, and their uses in various methods of the invention.
US11932883B2
A new CRISPR-associated (Cas) protein, termed “CasM,” is described, as well as polynucleotides encoding the same and methods of using CasM for site-specific genome engineering. CasM proteins are capable of targeting and cleaving single-stranded RNA.
US11932876B2
The present disclosure provides methods for forming stable three-dimensional vascular structures, such as blood vessels and uses thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure provides methods for culturing differentiated endothelial cells that include an exogenous nucleic acid encoding ETV2 transcription factor on a matrix under conditions that express exogenous ETV2 protein in the endothelial cell to form stable three-dimensional artificial blood vessels without the use of a scaffold, pericytes or perfusion. The present disclosure also provides stable three-dimensional blood vessels that are capable of autonomously forming a functional three-dimensional vascular network, and uses thereof. In addition, the present disclosure includes methods for vascularizing an organoid and a decellularized organ by culturing the organoid or decellularized organ with endothelial cells that include an exogenous nucleic acid encoding ETV2 transcription factor under conditions that express exogenous ETV2 protein in the endothelial cell to vascularize the organoid or decellularized organ.
US11932873B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for reducing immune tolerance associated with CAR T cell therapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure include isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes modified programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).
US11932872B2
The present invention discloses a novel switchable dual chimeric antigen receptor-T (sdCAR-T) cell and a construction method and use thereof, which fall within the field of cellular immunotherapy for tumors. The dual chimeric antigen receptor consists of a first chimeric antigen receptor for MSLN and a second chimeric antigen receptor for FITC. A dual-targeted functional T cells regulated by specific exogenous bifunctional molecules is constructed, and the exogenous molecules are used to preliminarily discuss the in vivo and in vitro activity of the dual chimeric antigen receptor-T cell. By means of in vitro and in vivo tests, it is confirmed that the activation mode of the constructed CAR-T cell is controlled by the combination of endogenous tumor antigens and exogenous bifunctional molecules, and this combined regulation mode can significantly improve the safe application of CAR-T cell immunotherapy.
US11932869B2
The present invention disclose a method for digesting RPE cells to dissociate adherent cells, comprising steps: (1) using 1× recombinant enzyme TrypLE to cover RpE cells evenly; (2) using neutral protease Dispase II solution to cover RPE cells evenly, in which steps (1) and (2) are applied step by step.
US11932866B2
The present invention relates to the field of plant biotechnology. Specifically, there are provided methods and nucleic acid sequences for obtaining pathogen resistance in plants and for generating resistant plants. In particular, the role of a central molecule in plant immunity is studied. Based on the mechanisms elucidated, the present invention provides strategies to specifically modulate said phosphatase-like protein family member molecule by different transient and/or stable techniques, alone or in combination, to achieve a robust increased of pathogen resistance in different target plants to obtain inherently pathogen resistant plants and plant materials to avoid severe harvest losses as caused by major plant pathogens by biological means instead of herbicide or pesticide treatment.
US11932862B1
Polynucleotides comprising genetic regulatory elements, as well as constructs, host cells, and transgenic organisms comprising the same are described. The polynucleotides can control the expression of an operably linked gene in a host cell or organism, such as a plant cell or a plant. Methods of using the polynucleotide to control the expression of an operably linked gene of interest in a plant or plant cell are further provided.
US11932859B2
Methods are provided herein for assembling at least two nucleic acids using a sequence specific nuclease agent (e.g., a gRNA-Cas complex) to create end sequences having complementarity and subsequently assembling the overlapping complementary sequences. The nuclease agent (e.g., a gRNA-Cas complex) can create double strand breaks in dsDNA in order to create overlapping end sequences or can create nicks on each strand to produce complementary overhanging end sequences. Assembly using the method described herein can assemble any nucleic acids having overlapping sequences or can use a joiner oligo to assemble sequences without complementary ends.
US11932855B2
Retrotransposons, operating though human-specific neurological pathways, can contribute to environment, lifestyle, and/or age-related neurodegeneration by disrupting functional mitochondrial populations within neurons. The mitochondrial disruption can occur through a number of retrotransposon-induced mechanisms that can influence the efficient and accurate transcription and/or translation of mitochondrial genes encoded in the nuclear genome, operating primarily through epigenetic processes. Alu element-related conformational changes (both subtle and major) of the outer and inner mitochondrial membrane pores can restrict or prevent the normal translocation of proteins (i.e., TOMM and TIMM complexes), ultimately contributing to mitochondrial stress, mitophagy, inflammation, and neuron and glial cell death. Compositions and methods are provided for mitigating and/or preventing Alu element-induced conformational changes to prevent and/or treat neurodegenerative disease and other diseases and disorders associated with at least one TOMM, TIMM, or APOE isoform including cancer and other inflammatory diseases.
US11932853B2
Provided herein are methods for using RNAi molecules targeting a proteasome beta 5 (PSMB5) gene for controlling Coleopteran insects, methods for producing RNAi molecules targeting PSMB5, and compositions comprising RNAi molecules targeting PSMB5.
US11932844B2
An example apparatus includes a sampling layer to position microscopic objects thereon, a light encoding layer to encode light from passing through the microscopic objects of the sampling layer, the light encoding layer having a substantially flat form, and an imaging layer to capture an image of the sampling layer, the image being encoded by the light encoding layer.
US11932843B2
A device for aseptically obtaining a physical sample of an adherent cell culture substrate from an adherent cell culture bioreactor. This enables the operator to directly evaluate e.g., cell density/confluence on the substrate without contaminating the cell culture.
US11932837B2
Tissue-processing containers are disclosed for facilitating multistep processing of tissue. Also disclosed are systems incorporating the tissue-processing containers that include shakers, incubators, controllers, and pumps. Multistep methods are disclosed for processing tissues using the tissue-processing containers. The tissue-processing containers are specially designed to achieve efficiencies in automated tissue processing, exposure of tissues to processing media, and multistep tissue processing protocols. The described tissue-processing containers comprise a cup-like cavity comprising a middle hole covered by a mesh screen, troughs for separate processing steps, and are stackable in a substantially airtight and substantially watertight manner. Tissues for processing using the described tissue-processing containers include nerve tissue. Also described herein is a transport housing for the transport of stacks of tissue-processing containers, and which may directly incubate those containers, or which may be placed inside a separate incubator for incubating the containers.
US11932829B2
The present invention provides formulations comprising a suspension of nanocellulose (NC) elements and a drying/dispersal additive selected from the group consisting of temperature-responsive polymers, small molecule additives in volatile systems, and blocking agents and methods of preparing such formulations, and further provides NC-containing materials, composite materials and useful articles of manufacture made therefrom.
US11932825B2
The instant disclosure generally relates to lubricating compositions having an oil of lubricating viscosity, a mixture of boron-containing and boron-free dispersants, an overbased magnesium-based detergent, an overbased calcium-based detergent, a molybdenum-containing material, and, optionally, other performance additives. The instant lubricating compositions may improve one or more of cleanliness, TBN retention, fuel economy and low-speed preignition (“LSPI”).
US11932824B2
The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting corrosion experienced during use of a base oil or lubricant by the addition of a polyester corrosion inhibitor. More especially, the polyester corrosion inhibitor is the reaction product of an alk(en)yl substituted succinic anhydride wherein the average number of succinic groups per alk(en)yl group is less than 3.0, and at least one polyol. There is also provided a composition comprising such a polyester corrosion inhibitor and use of such a composition as a corrosion inhibitor, as well as a base oil or lubricant comprising such a polyester corrosion inhibitor.
US11932823B2
To provide a lubricant composition for shock absorbers, a friction adjusting additive for a lubricant for shock absorbers, and a lubricant additive, each capable of satisfying both operational stability and ride comfort and improving the ride comfort further. The lubricant composition for shock absorbers contains a base oil and a friction adjusting agent and the friction adjusting agent contains a first zinc dithiophosphate represented by the following formula 1: [in the formula 1, R11 to R14 are alkyl groups in which one or more and three or less is/are a primary alkyl group and the other(s) is/are a secondary alkyl group].
US11932822B2
There is provided a lubricating oil composition which is excellent in the wear resistance and the oil film retention even when the viscosity of the composition is lowered. The lubricating oil composition comprises: a base oil (A); an imide compound (B); a calcium-based detergent (C); a polymer component (D); and a zinc dithiophosphate (E), wherein the imide compound (B) comprises at least one non-boron-modified succinic acid imide compound (Bx) selected from a succinic acid monoimide (B1x) represented by general formula (b-1) and a succinic acid bisimide (B2x) represented by general formula (b-2), and wherein the polymer compound (D) has a mass average molecular weight (Mw) of not less than 10,000 and not more than 50,000, and comprises at least one selected from an olefin polymer (D1) and a polymethacrylate (D2).
US11932817B1
The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and processes for catalytic hydrocarbon reformation.
US11932814B2
In some variations, the invention provides a biocarbon composition comprising a low fixed carbon material with a fixed carbon concentration from 20 wt % to 55 wt %; a high fixed carbon material with a fixed carbon concentration from 50 wt % to 100 wt % (and higher than the fixed carbon concentration of the low fixed carbon material; from 0 to 30 wt % moisture; from 0 to 15 wt % ash; and from 0 to 20 wt % of one or more additives (such as a binder). Some variations provide a process for producing a biocarbon composition, the process comprising: pyrolyzing a first biomass-containing feedstock to generate a low fixed carbon material; separately pyrolyzing a second biomass-containing feedstock to generate a high fixed carbon material; blending the low fixed carbon material with the high fixed carbon material, thereby generating an intermediate material; optionally, blending one or more additives into the intermediate material; optionally, drying the intermediate material; and recovering a biocarbon composition containing the intermediate material or a thermally treated form thereof.
US11932809B1
A treatment fluid composition includes a carrier fluid and a curable hybrid resin. The curable hybrid resin includes a first curable resin (A) including a reactive silyl group that reacts with water downhole, a second curable resin (B), and a curing agent for the second curable resin (B). A method of treating a subterranean formation includes injecting a treatment fluid including a curable hybrid resin into a target zone of the subterranean formation. The target zone may have unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sand. The method then includes maintaining the treatment fluid in the target zone for a period of time such that the curable hybrid resin cures and forming a consolidated formation in the target zone.
US11932801B2
A fire prevention coating formula is applied to surfaces in order to reduce and prevent the spread of fires across the applied surfaces. The homogeneous coating mixture is applied to surfaces through spraying or painting means. When heated, the fire prevention coating formula forms a thick, stable, passivating oxide layer protecting the surface from further reaction.
US11932800B2
A composite foam is provided having silica aerogel particles dispersed in a closed cell polymeric foam. The silica aerogel particles are included in a volume fraction between 2 and 60%, and the composite foam has a thermal conductivity of 40 mW/m⋅K or less and a density of 60 kg/m3 or less. In another embodiment, a composite foam is provided having a perforated closed cell polymeric foam and 2-60% hydrophobic silica aerogel particles by volume with a particle size distribution of 1 to 50 μm, where the composite foam has a thermal conductivity of 30 mW/m⋅K or less, a density of 20-45 kg/m3, and an air permeability of 20-40 cubic feet per minute.
US11932797B2
A liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IA to IH, in which Z1 denotes a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —C2F4—, —(CH2)4—, —CHFCHF—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —C≡C—, —CF═CF—, —CH═CHCHO— or —CH2CF2O—, and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, SA-VA, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
US11932789B2
Provided herein are luminescent compounds, compositions including the same, and use and synthesis thereof.
US11932785B2
The present invention provides an epoxy adhesive composition capable of reducing re-aggregation of an adhesive layer modifier, maintaining favorable viscosity for a long period of time, exhibiting high adhesiveness, and reducing process failures during application of the adhesive. Provided is an epoxy adhesive composition containing: a modified polyvinyl acetal resin having a constitutional unit with an acid-modified group; an adhesive layer modifier; and an epoxy resin, the epoxy adhesive composition having a ratio of an acid-modified group equivalent of the modified polyvinyl acetal resin to an epoxy equivalent of the epoxy resin (acid-modified group equivalent/epoxy equivalent) of 5.0 to 150.0, the epoxy adhesive composition having a number ratio of the acid-modified group to an epoxy group (acid-modified group number/epoxy group number) of 0.0005 to 0.5.
US11932780B2
The present disclosure relates to a camouflage material for use in a snowy environment. The camouflage material includes hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). The disclosure further relates to the use of hexagonal boron nitride for UV signature management in a camouflage material, as well as a camouflage product including such a camouflage material.
US11932779B2
An electronic device includes a housing; a functional coated film applied on a surface of the housing, the functional coated film being transparent and having a function; and a fluorescent coated film including transparent fluorescent paint and applied on a part of the functional coated film.
US11932778B2
The present invention provides an antimicrobial coating composition comprising (i) a polymer emulsion and (ii) from 20 ppm to 6000 ppm, by dry weight based on total dry weight of the coating composition, a silver, and the polymer emulsion comprises, as polymerized units, (a) ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomers, and (b) from 0.01% to 20%, by dry weight based on total dry weight of the polymer emulsion, heterocyclic group-containing monomers.
US11932776B2
The present invention provides solvent-based compostable cold seal release lacquers for use in packaging structures. The lacquers of the invention comprise resins, such as polyamide resins, comprising greater than 90% biobased carbon, generally prepared from renewable sources, e.g., plants such as rice. The present invention also provides the use of the inventive compostable lacquers as cold seal release lacquers in cold seal packaging, along with eco-friendly packaging film, etc., and has the potential to make the cold seal packaging fully compostable.
US11932772B2
A water-resistant gas barrier film is provided with a gas barrier layer at least disposed on a substrate film. The gas barrier layer is made from coating liquid comprising (a) at least one of carboxy group-modified polyvinyl alcohol and partially saponified polyvinyl alcohol, (b) completely saponified polyvinyl alcohol, and (c) polyethyleneimine.
US11932767B2
To provide an active energy ray-curable ink composition that contains high rates of raw materials derived from biomass and can maintain basic characteristics, such as compatibility. Provided is an active energy ray-curable ink composition containing a pigment, a compound having ethylenically unsaturated bonds, and a rosin-modified alkyd resin, wherein the rosin-modified alkyd resin is a condensed polymer of an acid ingredient containing a resin acid, a fatty acid, and a polybasic acid with a polyhydric alcohol, and has a solubility parameter (sp) value of 9.0 to 11.0 (cal/cm3)1/2 as measured by turbidimetric titration and an acid value of 1 to 50 mg KOH/g.
US11932761B2
Isocyanate-reactive compositions, rigid polyurethane foam-forming compositions, rigid polyurethane foams, and methods for their production, and composite articles having a rigid polyurethane foam sandwiched between metal facer substrates. The rigid polyurethane foams are produced from an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising: (1) a polyol blend that includes an amine-initiated polyether polyol; (2) a hydrochlorofluoroolefin (“HCFO”); and (3) a catalyst that includes an arylalkyl tertiary amine, an aryl tertiary amine, or a mixture thereof. The foam can have excellent adhesion to metal substrates.
US11932759B1
A method for forming a polymer-filler composite having advantageous bound filler content, the method comprising (a) providing a guayule cement; (b) introducing particulate filler to the guayule cement to form a solution masterbatch; and (c) desolventizing the solution masterbatch to form a polymer-filler composite.
US11932752B2
A composite film usable as a separator of an electrochemical device includes hBN nanosheets and at least one polymer. The hBN nanosheets are uniformly dispersed within a matrix of said least one polymer to achieve a highly porous microstructure. Said at least one polymer comprises one or more electrically insulating and electrochemically inert polymers.
US11932751B2
A blow molded article, a method of making a blow molded article and a method of making a preform each having at least one layer comprising a thermoplastic resin and between 0.1% and 20% of an additive having a viscosity of greater than 1,000,000 cst. There is a refractive index difference of at least 0.04 between the additive and the thermoplastic resin. The high viscosity of the additive ensures even distribution of the additive within the thermoplastic resin in discrete domains, while additionally providing for a complex end look balancing opacity, gloss and depth.
US11932748B2
A di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate composition is provided. The di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate composition comprises di(2-ethylhexyl)terephthalate, at least one of a first component, a second component and a third component, and a fourth component When the di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate composition is characterized by gas chromatography (GC), the first component is eluted at a retention time ranging from 4.8 minutes to 6.0 minutes, the second component is eluted at a retention time ranging from 9.0 minutes to 10.0 minutes, the third component is eluted at a retention time ranging from 10.1 minutes to 12.0 minutes, and the fourth component is eluted at a retention time ranging from 21.0 minutes to 22.1 minutes. The ratio of the total area of the chromatographic peaks indicating the first component, second component, and third component to the area of the chromatographic peaks indicating the fourth component is 0.135 to 1.720.
US11932741B2
To provide a method for manufacturing a novel molded article using a commingled yarn and a composite material using a commingled yarn. The method for manufacturing a molded article, includes disposing a commingled yarn containing a continuous reinforcing fiber and a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber on a part of a surface of a prepreg, the prepreg containing continuous reinforcing fibers paralleling at least unidirectionally, and a thermosetting resin impregnated between the continuous reinforcing fibers, and heat-processing the prepreg with the commingled yarn.
US11932739B2
Composite material can include a matrix material, a fiber dispersed in the matrix material, and an ultraviolet (UV)-light sensitive mechanophore grafted to a surface of the fiber. A method for making a fiber-reinforced polymer composite can include contacting a fiber in a first solution, rinsing and then drying intermediate fiber, contacting dried fiber in a third solution, rinsing, and then drying the rinsed fiber thereby generating functionalized fiber that is sensitive to ultraviolet light. The functionalized fiber can be combined with a polymer matrix material, cured, and irradiated, thereby generating a fiber-reinforced polymer composite.
US11932738B2
A rubber-reinforcing cord of the present invention is a rubber-reinforcing cord for reinforcing a rubber product. The rubber-reinforcing cord includes at least one strand. The strand includes at least one filament bundle and a coating provided to cover at least a portion of a surface of the filament bundle. The coating includes a rubber component and a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent includes two or more isocyanate compounds.
US11932731B2
An aromatic polysulfone resin produced by the polycondensation of 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone represented by chemical formula (S1) shown below and 2-(4-(4-hydroxyphenylsuIfonyl)phenoxy)-5-(4-hydroxyphenylsulfonyl)phenol represented by chemical formula (S2) shown below with 4,4′-dichlorodiphenylsulfone represented by chemical formula (S3) shown below. wherein hydrogen atoms in phenylene groups in formula (S1), formula (S2) and formula (S3) may be each independently substituted with an alkyl group, an aryl group or a halogen atom.
US11932726B2
The instant disclosure provides (among other things) improved methods of preparing fluorenyl-based polymeric reagents, methods of recovering and purifying such polymeric reagents, methods of reducing unwanted impurities in a fluorenyl-based polymeric reagent, fluorenyl-based polymeric reagents prepared by the methods described herein, and conjugates prepared by reaction with fluorenyl-based polymeric reagents prepared by the methods described herein.
US11932725B2
The present invention relates to a biodegradable polyester resin, in which the first repeat unit comprising a first diol residue and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue and the second repeat unit comprising a second diol residue and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residue satisfy a ratio of the number of repeat units in a specific range, and the softness index of the resin satisfies a specific range, and to a process for preparing the same. Since the biodegradable polyester resin can provide a biodegradable polyester sheet or film that can be simultaneously enhanced in productivity, processability, and moldability and is excellent in tensile strength, tear strength, and friction coefficient and excellent in biodegradability and water degradability, it can be utilized in more diverse fields.
US11932721B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for making polyols, esters, and surfactants. Generally, a carboxyl-containing molecule is reacted with an epoxide-containing molecule to obtain a hydroxylated ester. If multiple epoxide groups are present in the epoxide-containing molecule, the resulting molecule can also be considered a polyol. The hydroxyl groups can be further ethoxylated to obtain a surfactant/stabilizer.
US11932718B2
Exfoliated nanoplatelets functionalized with a non-polar moiety, such as an ethylene or propylene derived polymer, are useful for forming composites, films, and polymer blends.
US11932715B2
A hardmask composition and a method of forming patterns using the hardmask composition, the composition including a polymer including a moiety derived from a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a solvent:
US11932710B2
A method for drying polyolefin-containing particles includes a drying step of supplying polyolefin-containing particles to a drying container, supplying a drying gas to the drying container, and drying the polyolefin-containing particles in the drying container. In the drying step, a numerical value determined by the following formula (a) is 441 or more and 600 or less. 38.0×[η]CXIS[dL/g]−0.500×CXIS content[% by mass]+1.20×particle temperature during drying[K]+3.29×drying time[hr] Formula (a):
US11932708B2
The present invention provides alginic acid derivatives represented by formula (I) and formula (II), and a novel crosslinked alginic acid obtained by carrying out a Huisgen reaction using an alginic acid derivative of formula (I) and an alginic acid derivative of formula (II). There are thereby provided novel alginic acid derivatives and a novel crosslinked alginic acid.
US11932705B2
Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
US11932703B2
The present invention is directed to a monoclonal mouse or humanized ROR1 antibody, or a single-chain variable fragment (scFv). The present invention is also directed to a mouse or humanized ROR1 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain.
US11932692B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating or inhibiting cancer pain in a patient in need thereof, including selecting a patient with cancer, and administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a programmed death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides methods of reducing analgesic use in a patient in need thereof, including selecting a patient with cancer, and administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a PD-1 inhibitor, wherein the patient is being treated with background analgesic therapy prior to administration of the PD-1 inhibitor. In some embodiments, the disclosed methods concurrently lead to tumor regression, pain reduction, and reduced use of analgesic therapy.
US11932682B2
The invention relates to antibodies and binding fragments thereof that are capable of binding to influenza A virus hemagglutinin and neutralizing at least one group 1 subtype and at least 1 group 2 subtype of influenza A virus.
US11932677B2
The present disclosure describes novel hybrid soluble ActRIIB-ECD polypeptides which fully retain binding affinity for myostatin and activin A but demonstrate significantly reduced binding to BMPs, especially BMP-9. The novel compositions described herein can be used to prepare novel hybrid ActRIIB ligand trap proteins, which can be used for modulating the growth of muscle, bone, cartilage, fat, fibroblast, blood and neuronal tissue to counteract muscle wasting, bone loss, anemia, inflammation and fibrosis in a therapeutically meaningful manner. Because these novel next-generation myostatin/activin inhibitors are safer and more effective molecules than the currently available myostatin inhibitors, they are useful in a wide variety of clinical indications.
US11932668B2
Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided.
US11932665B2
Disclosed herein are cyclic thiol prodrugs, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions thereof may be used to treat or prevent medical disorders such as, for example, cystinuria, cystinosis, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, malaria, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, radiation poisoning, arsenic poisoning, radioprotection, Wilson's disease or rheumatoid arthritis.
US11932657B2
Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound having an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist activity and useful for the promotion of platelet production, the compound being represented by the general formula [I]: wherein ring A, ring B, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, and X are as defined above, or a salt thereof.
US11932652B2
The present invention relates to a class of TrkA inhibitors and an application thereof in the preparation of a drug for the treatment of diseases associated with TrkA. The present invention specifically discloses compounds represented by formula (I) and formula (II), tautomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US11932651B1
A 2-benzo-[3,4-b]quinolino-[b,g]indeno[1′,2′:3,4]fluoreno-[1,2-d]oxonine-24-chloro-5,11,16,21-tetraone compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11932647B2
Provided are cyclic iminopyridimdine compounds and their bicyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds or compositions, such as methods of treating a proliferation disorder, such as a cancer or a tumor, or in some embodiments disease or disorders related to the dysregulation of kinase such as, but not limited to B-Raf V600E kinase.
US11932646B2
The present disclosure provides novel heteroaryl compounds of formula (VII). Such compounds are useful for the treatment of cancers.
US11932641B1
Novel pyrido[4′,3′:4,5]pyrrolo[3,2-b][1,7]naphthyridine compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrido[4′,3′:4,5]pyrrolo[3,2-b][1,7]naphthyridine compounds are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents.
US11932636B2
This application is directed to inhibitors of RAD51 represented by the following structural formula, and methods for their use, such as to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, immune deficiencies, or neurodegenerative diseases.
US11932627B2
The present disclosure encompasses solid state forms of Belumosudil, in embodiments crystalline polymorphs of Belumosudil or salts thereof, processes for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US11932624B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11932620B1
An ethyl 2-[9-(6-fluoro-2-hydroxyquinolin-3-yl)-1,8-dioxo-3,4,9,10-tetrahydroacridine-10-yl]-acetate compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11932616B2
The invention is directed to a process for the ring-opening of a cycloadduct obtainable from a reaction of a furanic compound and a diene, said process comprising contacting the cycloadduct with an acidic mixture comprising sulfuric acid and an activating agent to obtain a ring-opened product. The present invention is particularly directed a continuous process.
US11932613B2
A process for preparing, 1,1,3-trioxo-1,2-benzothiazole-6-carboxamide of formula (I) comprising: (a) oxidizing 2,5-dimethyl-benzenesulfonamide of formula (II) in the presence of an oxidizing agent to receive 2-sulfamoyl-terephthalic acid of formula (III); (b) converting the formed 2-sulfamoyl-terephthalic acid of formula (III) to receive 2-sulfonoyl-terephthalic acid derivative of formula (IV); and (c) reacting the resulting 2-sulfamoyl-terephthalic acid derivative of formula (IV) with ammonia (NH3) or ammonium containing-salt; wherein R represents OR′ or CI and R′ represents a branched or non-branched C1-C12 alkyl.
US11932602B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a nicotinamide mononucleotide cocrystal, and aims to solve the technical problems of larger content/weight difference and inconsistent quality of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) medicines or health care products due to poor fluidity of existing nicotinamide mononucleotide crystals. The method includes the steps of mixing nicotinamide mononucleotide as an active pharmaceutical ingredient with isonicotine as a cocrystal former by adopting solution synthesis and then performing crystal precipitation. The method has the advantages of simple operation and wide application range.
US11932598B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel compound which readily dissolves in liquid epoxy resins and which can be a hardener for epoxy resins to give cured objects excellent in terms of heat resistance and chemical resistance. Provided as a means for solving the problem is a polyacyloxymethyl-4,4′-acyloxybiphenyl compound represented by formula (1).
US11932594B1
An 8-((2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)diazenyl)naphthalene-1,3-disulfonic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antioxidant agent.
US11932591B2
In the embodiments, an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution instead of hydrogen chloride gas and solid triphosgene instead of phosgene gas may be used in the process of preparing a diisocyanate from a diamine through a diamine hydrochloride. In addition, the embodiments provide processes for preparing a diisocyanate composition and an optical lens of higher quality by controlling the water content in the diamine hydrochloride composition for preparing a diisocyanate within a specific range.
US11932584B2
The method grows a mycelial mass over a three-dimensional lattice such that a dense network of oriented hyphae is formed on the lattice. Growth along the lattice results in mycelium composite with highly organized hyphae strands and allows the design and production of composites with greater strength in chosen directions due to the organized nature of the supporting mycelia structure.
US11932579B2
A process of manufacturing a chromium alloyed molybdenum silicide portion of a heating element comprising the steps of: forming a mixture of a chromium powder and a silicon powder; reacting the mixture to a reaction product in an inert atmosphere at a temperature of at least 1100° C. but not more than 1580° C.; converting the reaction product to a powder comprising CrSi2; forming a powder ceramic composition by mixing the powder comprising CrSi2 with a MoSi2 powder and optionally with an extrusion aid; forming the portion of the heating element; and sintering the portion of the heating element in a temperature of from about 1450° C. to about 1700° C.; characterized in that the chromium powder and the silicon powder are provided separately to the mixture.
US11932571B2
Radiation curable compositions for coating optical fibers are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a radiation curable composition includes a reactive oligomer component, wherein a portion of the polymerizable groups of the reactive oligomer component include methacrylate groups; a reactive diluent monomer component, wherein a portion of the polymerizable groups of the reactive diluent monomer component include acrylate groups, acrylamide groups, or N-vinyl amide groups, or combinations thereof; a photoinitiator component, and an optional additive component. Also described are methods of coating the radiation curable compositions elsewhere described, and the fiber optic coatings and cables resulting therefrom.
US11932560B2
A membraneless electrochemical device comprises a fluid feed stream input to the membraneless electrochemical cell, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode comprises a first redox-active material configured to have a proton-coupled oxidation reaction with a first portion of the fluid feed stream, and the second electrode comprises a second redox-active material configured to have a proton-coupled reduction reaction with a second portion of the fluid feed stream. The first portion and the second portion of the fluid feed stream are separated. A first effluent stream comprises the first portion and has a first pH, and a second effluent stream comprises the second portion and has a second pH, different from the first pH.
US11932554B2
A more efficient and lower cost method for producing electrochemically stable, and thus safe from thermal runaway, high electrochemical capacity coated lithium nickelate is disclosed. The coated nickelate hydroxide particles are formed from a mixed metal sulfate solution (MMS) serving as the starting material that is obtained from recycled lithium ion and/or nickel metal hydride batteries. The coating of the particles includes a relatively small amount of cobalt/manganese oxide forming the surface of the nickelate particles, while the core of the particles includes a relatively large amount of nickel in relation to the weight of the coating. Battery cathode electrodes may be manufactured by using the obtained coated lithium nickelate particles as the cathode active material (CAM) in forming the battery cathodes.
US11932553B2
Condensable metal halide materials, such as but not limited to tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride can be used deposit films metal or metal containing films in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or atomic layer deposition process. Described herein are high purity tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride systems and methods to purify tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride raw materials. There is provided a purified tungsten hexachloride and tungsten pentachloride containing less than 10 ppm, preferably less than 5 ppm, more preferably less than 1 ppm, and most preferably less than 0.5 ppm of iron and/or molybdenum; and less than 10 ppm, preferably less than 5 ppm of all other trace metals combined including but not limited to aluminum, potassium and sodium.
US11932541B2
This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for synthesizing multiwall carbon nanotubes from high molecular polymeric wastes. The process comprises using induction heating in combination with catalytic chemical vapour deposition (CVD) with an array of catalytic materials to synthesize high value carbon nanotubes with better yield and purity from high molecular polymeric wastes.
US11932540B2
A nuclear fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor may include a plurality of metal fuel sheaths extending along a longitudinal fuel element axis and spaced apart from each other, the plurality of fuel sheaths comprising a first fuel sheath having an inner surface, an opposing outer surface and a hollow interior configured to receive nuclear fuel material. A carbon coating may be on the inner surface of the first fuel sheath. The carbon coating may include more than 99.0% wt of a carbon material including more than 20% wt of carbon nanotubes and less than about 0.01% wt of organic contaminants.
US11932538B2
The invention relates to a process for reforming a hydrocarbon feed stream comprising a hydrocarbon gas and steam, said process comprising the steps of: a) in a synthesis gas generation reactor carrying out a reforming reaction of the hydrocarbon feed stream over a first catalyst, thereby forming a first synthesis gas; b) providing a heated CO2 rich stream to a post converter comprising a second catalyst; and c) in said post converter carrying out a methanation, steam reforming and reverse water gas shift reactions of the first synthesis gas and the heated CO2 rich stream to produce a product synthesis gas, wherein said second catalyst is heated electrically by means of an electrical power source. The invention moreover relates to a system arranged to carry out the process of the invention.
US11932531B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure including a MEMS actuator. The MEMS actuator includes an anchor having a first plurality of branches extending outward from a central region of the anchor. The first plurality of branches respectively include a first plurality of fingers. A proof mass surrounds the anchor and includes a second plurality of branches extending inward from an interior sidewall of the proof mass. The second plurality of branches respectively include a second plurality of fingers interleaved with the first plurality of fingers as viewed in a top-view. One or more curved cantilevers are coupled between the proof mass and a frame wrapping around the proof mass. The one or more curved cantilevers have curved outer surfaces having one or more inflection points as viewed in the top-view.
US11932530B2
An example resonating structure comprises a substrate, a resonator body, and an anchoring body for anchoring the resonator body to the substrate. The resonator body includes a layer of base material and, deposited on top of the layer of base material, a layer of mismatch material having a mismatch in temperature coefficient of elasticity (TCE) relative to the base material. The base material is doped with a dopant having a concentration chosen so as to minimize a second order temperature coefficient of frequency for the resonator body. The thickness of the layer of the mismatch material is chosen so as to minimize a first order temperature coefficient of frequency for the resonator body.
US11932524B2
A base frame for a reach truck includes a wheel arm subassembly with two wheel arms each having a front end and an opposing rear end. A load wheel receiver is positioned on each rear end and a counterweight is positioned at the front end of the wheel arms and coupled to the wheel arm subassembly by a plurality of screw connections. The plurality of screw connections comprise a first portion of screw connections and a second portion of screw connections. The first portion of screw connections each extend in a first direction and the second portion of the screw connections each extend in a second direction which is different from the first direction.
US11932523B2
The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle maintenance equipment, in particular, to a stacked vehicle ramp. The vehicle ramp includes a base frame. One end of the base frame is fixedly connected with a sloping plate, and both sides of the base frame are fixedly provided with a side plate. The other end of the base frame is fixedly connected with a rear plate, and a higher end of the sloping plate is fixedly connected with a top plate that is horizontally arranged. The sloping plate, the top plate and the rear plate are all fixedly connected between the two side plates, and one end of the top plate away from the sloping plate is fixedly connected to the rear plate. A first left groove and a first right groove are provided on the sloping plate, and the top plate is provided with a second left groove and a second right groove. The first left groove and the second left groove are both formed with left arc-shaped depressions, and both positions of the first right groove and the second right groove corresponding to the left arc-shaped depressions are formed with right arc-shaped depressions. The two side plates are provided with a plurality of arc-shaped grooves. The application has the effect that the support strength of the vehicle ramp can be greatly enhanced, and the vehicle ramp can also support the vehicle even by using lightweight materials.
US11932513B2
Elevator systems, methods, and devices comprising dual source light systems are described herein. Such elevator systems may be associated with or located within wind turbines and wind turbine towers. In embodiments, an elevator cabin may comprise a dual source light system further comprising at least one light source, a supercapacitor unit, an electronic circuit electrically connected to the at least one light source and the supercapacitor, and a housing unit. The dual source light system can receive energy from an external power source, convert one or more characteristics of the energy, e.g., voltage or current, and distribute the energy to the at least one light source. Any excess energy can be used to charge the supercapacitor such that when energy from the external power source is insufficient to power the at least one light source, such as during an outage, the electronic circuit draws energy from the charged supercapacitor.
US11932509B2
A conveyer includes: a supporting member which supports a roll body having a sheet wound therearound; a conveyance roller which conveys the sheet; a guide member; an urging member which urges the guide member; a sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured: to determine a target position of the guide member and a permissible position in accordance with the target position; to control a rotation amount of the supporting member and/or a rotation amount of the conveyance roller; to determine whether or not a position of the guide member exceeds the permissible position; and to perform a notification of a conveying error of the sheet.
US11932508B2
An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit executes image forming processing to form an image on a plurality of types of recording media including a first type recording medium having a coated layer and a second type recording medium that is without a coated layer. The varnish application unit executes varnish application processing to apply varnish to a recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming unit. The receiving unit receives an instruction for selecting a recording medium and to receive an instruction for the varnish application processing. The control unit performs control to prevent the receiving unit from receiving an instruction to execute the varnish application processing on the second type recording medium.
US11932507B2
The invention relates to a station for receiving sheet-form elements and discharging bundles of sheet-form elements for a packaging manufacturing machine, comprising: an arrangement for feeding sheet-form elements successively one after the other (8), a lift table (16), mobile in a vertical direction, comprising several continuous conveyor belts (17) extending in a longitudinal horizontal direction, for receiving the sheet-form elements in bundle form, an output conveyor (14), for discharging the sheet-form elements in bundle form, and a separator (21), mobile in the vertical direction, comprising several reception arms (22) being deployed in the longitudinal horizontal direction, for transiently receiving the sheet-form elements in bundle form, the arms (22) being disposed so as to be able to cross in the vertical direction without interacting with the belts (17) of the table (16).
US11932506B2
The present invention provides a sheet stacking device, a counter-ejector, and a carton former and is provided with: a hopper unit that stacks cardboard boxes; feed rollers that feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; a first blower device that blows air from above the hopper unit toward the cardboard box fed by the feed rollers; and a second blower device that blows air between the cardboard box stacked in the hopper unit and the cardboard box fed by the feed roller.
US11932505B2
A machine (100) for unstacking objects (10) includes a belt mechanism (110, 120, 121, 130) having a conveyor belt (110), a first drive mechanism (115) for driving the conveyor belt (110), a second drive mechanism (120, 121) for shifting the conveyor belt (110) between a forwarded position and a retracted position, and a third drive mechanism (130) for adjusting a height position of the conveyor belt (110). Further, the machine (100) includes a gripper mechanism (150, 160) having a gripper (150) and a fourth drive mechanism (160) for moving the gripper (150) between different height positions. A controller of the machine (100) is configured to control the gripper mechanism (150, 160) to grip an end portion of an uppermost object (10) of a stack (20) and lift the end of the uppermost object (10), to control the second drive mechanism (120, 121) and the third drive mechanism (130) to position a forward end of the conveyor belt (110) below the lifted end portion of the uppermost object (10), and to control the first drive mechanism (110) and the second drive mechanism (120, 121) to operate in a coordinated manner by shifting the conveyor belt (110) towards the forwarded position while at the same time driving the conveyor belt (110) in a backwards direction to draw the uppermost object (10) onto the conveyor belt (110).
US11932501B2
A containerized robotic system is disclosed. The containerized robotic system includes a base having a first attachment area configured to securely mount a robot and a second attachment area configured to securely mount a compressor, the base further including a set of one or more channels to provide an electrical connection to supply power to the robot and the compressor, respectively, and to provide compressed air from the compressor to the robot, a detachable superstructure configured to be removably connected to the base to define an enclosed space of sufficient size to accommodate at least the robot and the compressor, and a power distribution unit secured to the base and coupled to receive electrical power as input and to provide electrical power to the robot and the compressor via the set of one or more channels.
US11932490B2
A mobile inventory transportation unit (MITU) in a communication network is disclosed. The communication network may comprise the MITU, a transportation system, a first and a second central system, in communication with each other, the MITU comprising a housing, an inventory storage device, a power device, a drive device, a navigation device, a sensing device, and a control device. The MITU may be configured to receive inventory demands and handle them based on analyzing its own inventory, the transportation system may be configured to physically receive and transport the MITU, the second central system may be configured to determine an inventory demand at a second or more location and transmit the same to the first central system or the MITU, and the first central system or the MITU may be configured to schedule the movement of the MITU and control the delivery of the MITU to a final destination.
US11932486B2
The mechanical arm system can include a garbage container holder and at least one mast. The holder can have guiding wheels engaged with adjacent tracks of the mast, the two adjacent tracks both having a lower portion extending upwardly along the mast, the lower portion of the first track being located forwardly of the lower portion of the second track, the lower portion of both tracks leading into corresponding upper portions which are curved rearwardly. The system can have a primary mast and a secondary mast slidably mounted to the primary mast, with the garbage container slidable mounted to the secondary mast. A driving link can simultaneously connect the primary mast to the secondary mast, and the secondary mast to the holder in a manner that when the driving link is moved, both sliding movements are performed in the same direction.
US11932485B2
A locking mechanism is disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the locking mechanism may include a hook component configured to be mounted onto an interior surface of a body of a container, a swivel component configured to engage with the hook component when the locking mechanism is locked, and a mount component to which the swivel component is rotatably mounted. The mount component may be configured to be mounted onto an interior surface of a lid of the container. When the container is in an upright position, the locking mechanism may be unlocked by applying an upward force onto the swivel component. When the container is an upside down position, the locking mechanism may unlock automatically.
US11932482B1
Various embodiments of a flexible bulk container are disclosed having a number of innovative features. In one embodiment, the flexible bulk container includes an enclosure defining an interior volume in which a support sling is located. The support sling helps prevent the shape of the container from deforming as it is filled with bulk material. In another embodiment, the flexible bulk container includes an opening in the top through which it can be filled with material. A cord is coupled to the top around the opening and can operate as a drawstring to close the opening.
US11932480B2
An equipment security system includes one or more sensors or optical recording devices disposed on or inside a cargo container. A computing device receives data from the one or more sensors or optical recording devices, determines whether an event has occurred at the cargo container, determines a geofence associated with the cargo container, and selects or configures a dynamic script including instructions that specify whether to begin recording an event occurring at or inside the cargo container, whether to record the event in an overwritable, local memory associated with at least one of the one or more sensors or optical recording devices or the computing device, parameters that govern how data associated with the event will be recorded, and whether to upload the data from the local memory to a remote server.
US11932471B2
A dispensing container is provided, the container including an outer shell comprising a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and two ends, at least one end being open; an inner tray, slidably received within the outer shell, comprising at least one storage compartment adapted for storage of a plurality of units of a product to be dispensed, and comprising at least one depressible detent, the detent comprising a raised surface that abuts the outer shell; wherein, in a closed configuration, the detent holds the inner tray within the outer shell, and wherein the at least one detent may be depressed by pressure to allow the inner tray to slide relative to the outer shell.
US11932461B2
A sheet packaging material for producing a sealed package containing a food product, comprising crease lines that have sections that are angled towards each other such that at least two sides panels of the sealed package are given a trapezoidal shape.
US11932460B2
A tamper-evident closure is provided and includes a base and a lid. The lid is movable between a closed and an open position with respect to the base. The closure includes a tamper-evident member which is initially provided on or by the base with the closure in an unopened condition. The tamper-evident member is released from the base when the lid is initially moved to the open position and is then retained by the lid.
US11932451B2
Methods and systems for integrating multiple portions of a container are provided. The method and system are specifically designed for integrating multiple shell portions with ear lobe-shaped tabs. The method comprises: providing a first set of retention structures to be associated with a plurality of inter-connecting features formed on an edge of a first shell part, wherein the first set of retention structures comprise at least a lead-in feature and a retention feature; providing a second set of retention structures to be associated with a plurality of inter-connecting features formed on an edge of a second shell part, wherein the second set of retention structures comprise at least a deflection feature and a retention feature; and engaging the two shell parts with aid of the retention structures.
US11932439B2
A transfer device is designed for contamination-protected transfer of flowable process material between a first container and a second container. The transfer device includes a guide tube having an axial passage for the flow of the process material, which has a connection at one end and terminates with a tube edge at the other end. A transfer unit opens into the guide tube, which allows engagement with the guide tube. A tubular liner supply having a plurality of peelable useful sections, each provided with a first crimp, is stored on the transfer unit. The useful sections can be used to isolate liner remnants from previous transfer operations for disposal. A first tensioner and a second tensioner are arranged circularly on the guide tube and concentrically to each other, which serve for temporary sealed fixing of residual ends and open ends of new liner pieces originating from inner liners from the second containers.
US11932435B2
The present invention provides a filling nozzle obtained by using a resin selected from a cycloolefin polymer and a cycloolefin copolymer, or a filling nozzle including a tubular passage for supplying a pharmaceutical solution, and a filling port disposed at a lower end of the tubular passage, in which the tubular passage and the filling port have a circular peripheral cross-section, and an inner diameter of the passage of the filling port is larger than an inner diameter of the tubular passage disposed on an upstream side.
US11932434B2
A packing method and unit to pack articles, includes: moving first seats by a first conveyor and second seats by a second conveyor along first and second paths at first and second moving speeds, respectively; and cyclically transferring an article from a first seat to a second seat in a transfer station. The first seats and second seats each designed to house an article. During normal operation with no rejected articles, the first moving speed is functionally equal to the second moving speed, and the same number of first and second seats pass through the transfer station in a given time interval. Where at least one article is rejected in a first seat, the second moving speed is functionally decreased relative to the first moving speed so that two first seats (one containing the rejected article) passes through the transfer station in the time interval as one second seat.
US11932433B2
A gassing device for gassing a container includes a rotatable gassing rotor with a container receptacle for receiving the container and a feeding area for feeding a gas via a feed opening. The container receptacle includes a gassing nozzle flow-connected to the feed opening via a channel for gassing the container, and a stationary gas supply with a stationary supply opening arranged on the feeding area such that the supply opening can be flow-connected to the feed opening. The gassing rotor can be supplied with the gas from the gas supply in the operating state by moving the feed opening to the stationary supply opening by rotating the gassing rotor. The feeding area is connected without contact to the gas supply in the form of a labyrinth seal, so that the gassing rotor is rotatable relative to the gas supply in the operating state.
US11932431B2
A machine for the packaging of paper rolls with a packaging sheet, including a station for the entry of the rolls to be packaged and the packaging sheet, folding elements for the upper and lower edges of each packaging sheet around the rolls to be packaged, lateral folding elements for folding the packaging sheet on the lateral ends, elements for the thermal welding of the packaging sheet at the folds, handling elements for moving the rolls along a predetermined direction, and an exit station for the packages, where the lateral folding elements include a plurality of independent lateral folding devices moved along two horizontal circuits and more lateral folding devices of a same circuit can be placed side by side.
US11932430B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mobile strapping device for strapping packaged products using a loop of wrapping strap. The strapping device includes a tensioning device for applying tension to the strap and a connecting device for connecting two overlapping portions of the strap. The tensioning device includes a rotatable tensioning wheel and a tensioning plate. The tensioning wheel is supported by a rocker that is pivotable to change a distance separating the tensioning wheel and the tensioning plate. The mobile strapping device includes a motor that is operably connectable to the rocker or the tensioning wheel such that the motor causes pivoting of the rocker or rotation of the tensioning wheel when operating in a first direction of rotation. In various embodiments, gearing, including a plurality of planetary gear sets, is used to operatively connect the motor to the rocker and the tensioning wheel.
US11932427B1
Provided is an unmanned aircraft which is capable of stably taking off. In one example, the unmanned aircraft has an aircraft body which includes an information acquisition device, a plurality of rotary wings, and a protective member disposed around the rotary wings. Each of the rotary wings has a rotation axis which is tilted with respect to a vertical direction by a given angle, such that the rotary wings generate a forward thrust force. The aircraft body has a lower edge which includes a middle lower edge and a forward lower edge, wherein the protective member has a lower edge including the forward lower edge. The forward lower edge is located above the middle lower edge, and the forward lower edge has a rear end located backward of a rear end of the rotary wing.
US11932426B2
A separation device for a spacecraft or launcher, separation device being movable from a locked state, in which the separation device is arranged to lock onto a component of a spacecraft or launcher, to a released state, in which component is released, separation device including: an inner housing divided into at least two portions for locking onto component of spacecraft or launcher, and a locking arrangement arranged to move between a locking configuration and a releasing configuration, wherein the locking configuration is such that said at least two portions of inner housing are prevented from separating, wherein said locking arrangement includes: a first part arranged to at least partially enclose said at least two portions of inner housing when locking arrangement is in the locking configuration.
US11932418B2
An electronic system and method controls automatic or semi-automatic docking of a vehicle with a given docking area, applicable, in particular, to the docking of an airport vehicle, such as a baggage belt loader, a catering vehicle, etc., to the fuselage of an aircraft, for example to the door of such an aircraft. The given docking area comprises at least one target. The system includes first determination device configured to determine the position of the docking area by determining the type of target from a set of given types and its position, second determination device configured to determine a guide path for guiding the vehicle towards the given docking area depending on the position of the docking area, and third determination device configured to determine the type of docking destination, the second determination device being capable of determining one or more exclusion areas depending on the type of docking destination, by comparing the type of docking destination with types of docking destination, stored in a database in association with exclusion areas, such that the guide path for guiding the vehicle towards the given docking area does not pass into any of the exclusion areas.
US11932414B2
Techniques for employing a smart sensor device that has a primary sensing function for sensing a state of a physical component and can concurrently enable one or more backup functions for sensing one or more states of one or more other physicals components in response to one or more other smart sensor devices not being able to perform their primary function of sensing and/or reporting on the one or more states of the one or more other physical components.
US11932408B2
Series hybrid propulsion unit including a gas turbine driving a mechanical shaft of an electric generator having n output phases and supplying an AC busbar, and a system for monitoring the speed of the gas turbine, the AC busbar supplying a plurality of AC distribution channels each composed of an electric rectifier and a battery sharing the power required to supply a DC bus, the DC bus in turn supplying a plurality of propulsion sub-channels composed of electric inverters supplying, under the monitoring of a control module, motors driving thrusters, further including a battery charger for charging the battery from the DC bus, a power management module delivering a power reference for the electric generator, and a hybridization rate management module monitoring the voltage of the DC bus, the battery being directly connected on the DC bus via a passive component and the electric rectifier being a passive converter.
US11932383B2
A vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle and a cooling system for the aerial vehicle. The vertical takeoff and landing aerial vehicle comprises at least one air inlet provided on the top side of a linear support below a lift propeller, and at least one air outlet provided on the linear support. In the vertical takeoff and landing stage of the aerial vehicle provided by the disclosure, airflow generated by rotation of a lift propeller forms a rapid-flowing spatial flow field, which can achieve efficient heat dissipation of a motor and an electronic speed controller in an arm; and in the vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle provided by the utility, the takeoff weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle cannot be increased, power consumption of airborne equipment cannot be increased, and interior space of the arm cannot be occupied.
US11932381B2
According to an aspect, a method of assembling a mandrel includes assembling a plurality of members via interlocking features arranged at opposing edges of each member of the plurality of members to form a compartment, the assembled members having a collective outer surface that conforms to an inner surface of the spar. A support member is inserted into the compartment formed radially inward from the assembled members, the support member making contact with a portion of each member of the plurality of members.
US11932379B2
A folding trailing arm landing gear assembly having a main fitting configured to couple to a hinge positioned at a proximal end; a swing arm rotatably coupled at a proximal end to a distal end of the main fitting; a shock coupled at a distal end to a distal end of the swing arm; a bellcrank coupled at a distal end to a proximal end of the shock, and coupled at a proximal end to the main fitting; and a wheel coupled to the swing arm.
US11932375B2
There are provided examples of an enhanced cargo capacity aircraft, converted from a datum aircraft. The enhanced cargo capacity aircraft includes the datum aircraft and a cargo module. The datum aircraft includes at least a fuselage having a dorsal fuselage part. The cargo module is affixed to the datum aircraft, thereby converting the datum aircraft to the enhanced cargo capacity aircraft. The datum aircraft is designed for aerodynamic flight capability absent the cargo module. The enhanced cargo capacity aircraft is capable of aerodynamic flight. The cargo module provides enhanced cargo capacity to the datum aircraft. The cargo module includes an external aerodynamic fairing defining an internal cargo volume, and is configured for being conformally affixed in overlying relationship with respect to the dorsal fuselage part. The cargo module includes a cargo handling floor and at least one access door, and a cargo handling system configured for transporting and securing at least one cargo unit within the cargo volume. The cargo unit includes a standard unit load device (ULD).
US11932366B1
In embodiments, the kicker mount system comprises a deck mount unit connected to a kicker motor receiving unit, both cantilevered off of the stern end of pontoon boat deck. The deck having a horizontal deck pad and trim rail about the deck pad. The kicker mount system attaches exclusively to the deck on the deck pad and on the trim rail without any additional support structure securing the kicker mount system to the pontoon boat. The kicker motor receiving unit is vertically adjustably attached to the deck mount unit. The deck mount unit having an L-shaped pontoon deck plate with a horizontal portion that attaches to the deck top surface, and a vertical portion that attaches with a toggle bolt into the trim rail. Upright cantilevered extension plates project rearward from the L-shaped deck plate, the extension plates having a hump portion projecting upwardly above the deck plate.
US11932363B2
A diving harness containing the upper junction connected through the central rail and shoulder straps to the lower junction connected with the hip belt and the crotch strap tied with the buckle, characterized in that the upper junction is permanently connected to the central rail containing at least two layers of textile tapes that are in contact with each other, wherein the textile tape layers are sewn together at regular intervals with back tacks forming through openings between tape layers, wherein the lower junction is permanently connected to at least one mounting bracket, and, wherein the mounting bracket is detachable connected to the central rail via the through opening.
US11932362B2
A heat generation diving suit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a clothes unit made of a material having a waterproof function, and configured to cover at least a part of a user's body; a power transmission unit having a waterproof function, and configured to wirelessly transmit power of a battery unit; a power reception unit provided in the clothes unit, and configured to have a waterproof function, attach and detach the power transmission unit, and receive power wirelessly transmitted from the power transmission unit; and a heat generation unit configured to emit heat using the power supplied from the power reception unit.
US11932358B2
A flotation system, including a plurality of flotation shoes to float on a body of water, the plurality of flotation shoes including a first shoe to receive a first foot of a user therein, a second shoe to receive a second foot of a user therein, and a plurality of connecting members removably connected to at least one of the first shoe and the second shoe to bind the first shoe to the second shoe, and a support device to facilitate at least one of walking on a ground surface and movement on the body of water.
US11932356B1
A powered swim platform for improving accessibility to a swim deck of a water-sports boat or other watercraft. The powered swim platform includes a platform driven by an actuator. The actuator can rotate the platform between stowed and deployed configurations to assist a user in mounting or dismounting the swim deck of the water-sports boat or other watercraft.
US11932351B2
A conical shaped bicycle cassette has a unitary sprocket assembly. Each annular portion of an individual sprocket is mechanically supported either from a back of the sprocket, in an axial direction toward a bicycle hub or from an inner radial direction toward a centerline axis of the bicycle cassette and hub. The axial support zones and radial support zones are alternated around a circumference of the sprocket so that an entirety of the sprocket is supported in either the axial direction or the radial direction. In this way, the chain driving loads on the cassette are spread throughout the entire cassette and the areas of highly localized stress from the cassette are removed.
US11932347B2
A control device and a transmission system are configured to improve riding comfort of a human-powered vehicle. The control device includes an electronic controller that is configured to control a transmission device of a human-powered vehicle so that a transmission ratio at which the vehicle is started becomes equal to a designated transmission ratio. The electronic controller is configured to set the designated transmission ratio based on reference information that excludes information related to a gradient of a road surface, information related to manual operation of the transmission device, and information related to propulsion assistance of the human-powered vehicle.
US11932344B2
A powered wheeled riding device is configured to receive left and right foot inputs from a user and in response control a left motor and a right motor to move respective left and right wheels forwardly and backwardly consistent with the left and right foot inputs in order to steer the device without changing a direction of the wheels relative to a frame of the riding device. The riding device has at least one rear wheel that is not powered. The rear wheel is mounted on a wheel mount that rotates freely about a vertical axis so that the rear wheel freely is directed in any direction.
US11932343B2
A handlebar grip set has two turn signals, two operating kits, and two grips. Each of the two turn signals is detachable and has a base, an illumination module assembled to the base, and a housing assembled to the base and covering the illumination module. Each operating kit has a button module electrically connected to the illumination module of a corresponding one of the turn signals. Each one of the grips surrounds the base of a corresponding one of the turn signals. The base of each turn signal is configured to be assembled to one of two ends of a handlebar. The turn signals of the handlebar grip set provide sufficient warning function when a bicycle equipped with the handlebar grip set is turning.
US11932334B2
A trailer mountable storage container assembly for securely stowing articles on a trailer includes a box, which is mountable to the trailer. A door is hingedly engaged to the box and is positioned to selectively close a front of the box, which is open. The door is lockable to secure contents of the box. A plurality of rails is positioned in the box and is engaged to a back thereof. Each rail extends from proximate to opposed sides of the box and has a channel positioned longitudinally therein. Each of a plurality of hooks is selectively insertable into a respective channel so that the hook is slidably engaged to an associated rail. Items, such as tools, equipment, and the like, can be hung from the hooks and positioned in the box.
US11932332B2
An example robot includes a first actuator and a second actuator connecting a first portion of a first member of the robot to a second member of the robot. Extension of the first actuator accompanied by retraction of the second actuator causes the first member to roll in a first roll direction. Retraction of the first actuator accompanied by extension of the second actuator causes the first member to roll in a second roll direction. A third actuator connects a second portion of the first member to the second member. Extension of the third actuator accompanied by retraction of both the first and second actuators causes the first member to pitch in a first pitch direction. Retraction of the third actuator accompanied by extension of both the first and second actuators causes the first member to pitch in a second pitch direction.
US11932324B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus having a wiring structure effective for simplification. A power supply circuit board 23, a power conversion circuit board 24, and a control circuit board 25 are stacked and disposed in three stages in which the power supply circuit board 23 is disposed in a middle with a first flexible portion 34 and a second flexible portion 35 as a bend portion. A power supply circuit board connection terminal 42B and a control circuit board connection terminal 52B provided in a connector terminal assembly are electrically connected to a receiving terminal 42C of the power supply circuit board 23 and a receiving terminal 52C of the control circuit board 25, respectively, by being inserted and press-fitted thereinto.
US11932322B2
A steering device includes: a steering gear housing, which provides a sensor accommodation region; a steering sensor unit, which is situated in the sensor accommodation region when installed; a housing cover, which is provided to cover the sensor accommodation region in the axial direction when installed; and a connector unit, which can be situated in a contact recess in the steering gear housing or in the housing cover, for making, in particular direct, electrical contact with the steering sensor unit during the process of installing the connector unit. The connector unit includes a plug unit with at least one plug element for connection to the steering sensor unit, and a support unit. The connector unit also includes an elastic compensation unit, which is connected fixedly to the plug element and to the support unit and is provided to resiliently support the plug element.
US11932317B2
A system and method for reducing an amount of aerodynamic drag generated within a rear area of a vehicle includes positioning or manufacturing a plurality of devices in a selected pattern on at an exterior surface of the vehicle or a surface of an accessory attached to the vehicle, where each of the plurality of devices includes a flat surface and one or more non-flat surfaces, and the plurality of devices cause an airstream traveling along the side of the vehicle to curve behind the vehicle and provide a push in the forward direction.
US11932310B2
A container of an all-terrain vehicle includes: a container body including a bottom plate and a front side plate, the front side plate being connected to a front-side edge of the bottom plate, the bottom plate being defined with a first through hole, and the front side plate being defined with a second through hole in communication with the first through hole; a first cover plate detachably arranged at the first through hole; a second cover plate detachably arranged at the second through hole and detachable relative to the first cover plate.
US11932306B2
An autonomous vehicle capable of trajectory prediction may include a first sensor, a second sensor, a processor, a trajectory planner, a low-level controller, and vehicle actuators. The first sensor may be of a first sensor type and may detect an obstacle and a goal. The second sensor may be of a second sensor type and may detect the obstacle and the goal. The processor may perform matching on the obstacle detected by the first sensor and the obstacle detected by the second sensor, model an existence probability of the obstacle based on the matching, and track the obstacle based on the existence probability and a constant velocity model. The trajectory planner may generate a trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based on the tracked obstacle, the goal, and a non-linear model predictive control (NMPC). The low-level controller may implement the trajectory for the autonomous vehicle by driving vehicle actuators.
US11932301B1
A hygienic cover that covers a contact part with which a human body is in contact, the hygienic cover includes a base cover directly in contact with the contact part; and a plurality of cover sheets stacked on top of one another, wherein the bottom one of the stacked cover sheets is attached onto the base cover, each of the cover sheets including: a hygienic layer, and an adhesive layer fixed to the bottom the hygienic layer, wherein the adhesive layer is detachable from the top of the hygienic layer of another cover sheet, wherein each of the cover sheets includes a non-adhesive portion formed on an edge thereof, wherein each of the cover sheets placed on top is removed from the remaining of the cover sheets by pulling the non-adhesive portion off when the cover sheet become contaminated.
US11932300B1
A folding frame which serves as basis for a stroller base to allow the interconnection of a child safety seat thereto, while allowing the installation of the child safety seat to a vehicle seat without requiring the disconnection of the safety seat from the folding frame. The folding frame extends from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration for use as a stroller with or without the use of the child safety seat.
US11932292B2
A system is provided that may include a first communication controller that may communicate with a vehicle system formed from two or more vehicles. The first communication controller may operate in different modes, including a first mode to control movement of the vehicle system without repeating any control signals communicated between the vehicles, and in a second mode to monitor different frequencies for receipt of the control signals, receive and repeat a first control signal of the control signals at a first frequency, and receive and repeats a second control signal of the control signals at a second frequency. The first communication controller may also operate in a third mode in which the first communication controller may monitor the first frequency but not the second frequency for the first control signal, receives the first control signal at the first frequency, and repeats the first control signal at the first frequency.
US11932284B2
A trajectory setting device that sets a trajectory of a host vehicle includes a first path generation unit configured to generate a first path by assuming all obstacles around the host vehicle to be stationary obstacles, a second path generation unit configured to generate a second path when the moving obstacle is assumed to move independently, a third path generation unit configured to generate a third path when the moving obstacle is assumed to move while interacting with at least one of the other obstacles or the host vehicle, a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of the second path and reliability of the third path, and a trajectory setting unit configured to set the trajectory for traveling from the first path, the second path, and the third path based on the reliability of the second path and the reliability of the third path.
US11932278B2
An approach is provided for computing an estimated time of arrival via a route based on a degraded state of a vehicle after an accident and/or malfunction. The approach involves receiving, by one or more processors, data indicating an operational status of a vehicle. The approach also involves processing, by the one or more processors, the data to determine a degraded operational state of the vehicle. The approach further involves computing, by the one or more processors, an estimated time of arrival, a route, or a combination thereof of the vehicle based on the degraded operational state.
US11932276B2
A driving system for at least automated longitudinal guidance for a motor vehicle is designed to determine or receive a virtual acceleration for the motor vehicle, to determine, for each of at least two further road users in the environment of the motor vehicle, the duration until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the road user in question, in each case at least in dependence on the virtual acceleration of the motor vehicle, to select one of the at least two further road users as a target object in dependence on the respective durations until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the respective road users, which durations were determined for the at least two further road users, and to determine the longitudinal guidance for the motor vehicle in dependence on the road user selected as the control object.
US11932269B2
In a control process of a control device of a vehicle, normal-case information and execution-case information are compared, and if at least either compared execution orders of a calculation process or compared output values in steps of the calculation process are different from each other, it is judged that abnormality has occurred, thus providing a control system that enables normal traveling by detecting abnormality in the vehicle even if an unknown cyberattack is performed during traveling.
US11932265B2
A driving assistance system for a vehicle that includes a target sensor, an operation amount sensor, a speed sensor, and an electronic control unit configured to perform pre-collision control when a predetermined control start condition is satisfied. Also, the pre-collision control is not performed, even when the predetermined control start condition is satisfied, when a permission condition has not been established by a point in time at which the predetermined control start condition is satisfied.
US11932263B2
A travel sickness estimation system includes an estimation unit and an output unit. The estimation unit is configured to perform estimation processing of estimating, based on person information indicating conditions of a person who is on board a moving vehicle, whether or not the person is in circumstances that would cause travel sickness for him or her. The output unit is configured to output a result of the estimation processing performed by the estimation unit.
US11932256B2
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for identifying a location of an occupant in a vehicle. In an example method, a processor deconvolves a vocal utterance by an occupant of a vehicle and also determines an angle of arrival of the vocal utterance. The location of the occupant in the vehicle is then identified by the processor based on evaluating the deconvolved vocal utterance and the angle of arrival of the vocal utterance. Deconvolving the vocal utterance can involve applying a cabin impulse response to the vocal utterance for eliminating undesirable effects that may be imposed upon the vocal utterance by acoustic characteristics of the cabin of the vehicle (echo, sound reflections, sound damping, reverberation etc.). In some applications, the processor may refer to a lookup table to estimate a location of the occupant in the vehicle.
US11932251B2
A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize an object around a host vehicle, a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of the host vehicle and cause the host vehicle to overtake a moving body recognized as the object by the recognizer in a predetermined case, the moving body being a moving body present at a side of a road on which the host vehicle is present, and a predictor configured to predict that the host vehicle will be overtaken by the overtaken moving body at a future point in time when the moving body has been recognized by the recognizer, and the driving controller is configured to not cause the host vehicle to overtake the moving body when the predictor predicts that the host vehicle will be overtaken by the overtaken moving body at a future point in time.
US11932249B2
Autonomous driving system methods and devices which trigger vehicular actions based on the monitoring of one or more occupants of a vehicle are presented. The methods, and corresponding devices, may include identifying a plurality of features in a plurality of subsets of image data detailing the one or more occupants; tracking changes over time of the plurality of features over the plurality of subsets of image data; determining a state, from a plurality of states, of the one or more occupants based on the tracked changes; and triggering the vehicular action based on the determined state.
US11932247B2
A device according to the present disclosure is configured to, when it is determined that the road on which a vehicle travels is an uphill road and the speed of the vehicle is controlled such that the vehicle follows a preceding vehicle, in a case where the preceding vehicle is no longer detected, inhibit the acceleration of the vehicle or decelerate the vehicle until it is determined that the road on which the vehicle travels is no longer the uphill road, or alternatively, until a certain period of time elapses.
US11932245B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving identification of a path for an ego vehicle on a roadway. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to acquiring sensor data from at least one sensor of the ego vehicle about a surrounding environment, identifying roadway elements from the sensor data as cues about the path. The roadway elements include one or more of lane markers of the roadway and surrounding vehicles. The method includes grouping the roadway elements into two or more groups according to characteristics of roadway elements indicating common curvatures. The method includes analyzing the two or more groups according to a confidence heuristic to determine a priority group from the two or more groups that corresponds with a trajectory of the ego vehicle. The method includes providing an identifier for the priority group to facilitate at least path planning for the ego vehicle.
US11932244B2
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle which may derive predicted paths of a pedestrian and a two-wheel vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle so as to minimize accidents. The method includes calculating first height information allocating a first gradient that descends in a proceeding direction of objects, including a vehicle and a pedestrian, from respective positions of the objects based on dynamic information of the objects, calculating second height information allocating a second gradient based on a probability that the pedestrian will occupy infrastructure, calculating final height information by fusing the first height information and the second height information, generating a predicted path of the pedestrian, determining a driving strategy of a host vehicle based on a predicted path of the host vehicle and the predicted path of the pedestrian.
US11932233B2
A motor controller for controlling a motor that is driven with electric power from a battery includes an atmospheric pressure sensor, and a coil temperature sensor. The motor controller is configured to determine an upper limit state of charge of the battery, and lower the upper limit state of charge of the battery in response to the atmospheric pressure being a predetermined pressure or lower or in response to the coil temperature being a predetermined temperature or higher.
US11932230B1
A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.
US11932227B2
A brake driving apparatus includes a hydraulic valve block including a vent channel for discharging air to the outside, an electronic control device that includes an electrical component housing open in a direction of the vent channel of the hydraulic valve block and having a ventilation hole connected to an internal space and a filter attached to the electrical component housing to block the ventilation hole so that air can pass therethrough, and is supported by one side of the hydraulic valve block, and a vent sealing member that seals a space between the hydraulic valve block and the electronic control device and surrounds the vent channel, the ventilation hole, and the filter.
US11932223B2
A regenerative braking control device for an electronic four-wheel drive vehicle, may improve fuel efficiency through a regenerative braking control optimized for the electronic four-wheel drive vehicle.
US11932222B2
A brake control system of the present disclosure includes an accelerometer coupled to an axle. A brake control unit is configured to receive an axle acceleration signal indicative of an axle acceleration from the accelerometer, and decrease a braking command pressure in response to the axle acceleration being greater than a threshold acceleration value.
US11932217B2
The present disclosure relates to a valve block for a hydraulic brake system. The valve block for a hydraulic brake system includes a first valve row in which NO valve receiving bores to receive a plurality of NO valves are disposed, a second valve row in which NC valve receiving bores to receive a plurality of NC valves are disposed, a pair of pump receiving bores formed symmetrically to each other on opposite side surfaces to be disposed between the first and second valve rows and receiving a piston pump, a pair of first damping bores formed symmetrically to each other on the opposite side surfaces to be disposed above the first valve row and receiving a first pressure pulsation reducing device, a pair of second damping bores formed symmetrically to each other on an upper surface to be disposed above the first damping bores and receiving a second pressure pulsation reducing device, a pair of low pressure accumulator receiving bores formed symmetrically to each other on a lower surface, and a pressure sensor receiving bore formed on a front surface to be disposed adjacent to the pair of low pressure accumulator receiving bores.
US11932216B2
An electric booster for a vehicle includes a housing having a cylinder structure capable of supporting a hydraulic pressure formed therein; a screw bolt installed in the housing; a screw nut screwed to the screw bolt; a gear unit configured to transfer a rotational force of a motor to the screw nut; a rotation preventing unit coupled with the screw bolt, and configured to prevent rotation of the screw bolt by being brought into contact with the housing; and a piston moved by being pressed by the screw bolt, and configured to form a hydraulic pressure in the housing.
US11932213B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling one or more brakes of the vehicle. The system may include a processor and a memory in communication with the processor with a brake control module. The brake control module includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the one or more brakes of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a first mode using a brake-by-wire system. When the vehicle is in a second mode, control the brake-by-wire system such that the one or more brakes of the vehicle are controlled using a mechanical braking system and the brake-by-wire system.
US11932210B2
A drive technology for vehicle treatment installations. The drive technology comprises a washing installation drive motor (2) for a vehicle treatment system (69). The washing installation drive motor (2) is preferably configured as a synchronous motor, in particular as a brushless DC motor. The drive motor (2) has an internal rotor (3) with a hollow shaft (5). As an alternative, or in addition, the washing installation drive motor (2) is configured as a modular drive unit (7). The modular drive unit (7) has a uniform configuration and is provided and configured for driving different apparatus constituent parts of a washing installation. The drive technology further includes a washing installation drive (1), a treatment element (52, 55, 57, 64) and also a vehicle treatment system (60) with a corresponding washing installation drive motor (2), and an associated operating method.
US11932208B2
A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type having an elastic, elongated carrier element and an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, adapted to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal slit, in which at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device comprises an oscillating arm having a rod-like extension, a connecting device and a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto the windscreen to be wiped. The connecting device includes a channel adapted to receive a free end of the rod-like extension and a second channel adapted to receive the nozzle upon insertion of the free end of the rod-like extension inside the first channel of the connecting device. The nozzle is adapted to be mounted onto the rod-like extension.
US11932199B2
A transportation vehicle having a BLUETOOTH® Low Energy (BLE) system to send and receive BLE advertising signals, BLE connection request signals and BLE data signals via at least one antenna, a central locking system to lock or unlock at least one vehicle door of the transportation vehicle, and a control unit to activate the BLE system and to activate the central locking system based on the BLE data signals. Also disclosed is an electronic vehicle radio key and a system for passive access to a transportation vehicle including a transportation vehicle, an electronic vehicle radio key and a smartphone. The system allows a user passive access to the transportation vehicle, both with the aid of the electronic vehicle radio key and with the aid of the smartphone.
US11932195B1
A restraint harness for securing a passenger in a seat of a vehicle includes a plurality of lateral straps, a pair of shoulder straps, a pair of crotch straps, and a plurality of D-ring connectors. The plurality of lateral straps may be configured to encircle a torso of the passenger. At least two lateral straps include a flexible portion allowing the restraint harness to accommodate a variety of torso diameters. The pair of shoulder straps generally extend over left and right shoulders of the passenger from an anterior side of the restraint harness to a posterior side of the restraint harness. The pair of crotch straps generally extend from an anterior side of the restraint harness to a posterior side of the restraint harness. The plurality of D-ring connectors is generally disposed on the posterior side of the restraint harness and configured to provide four points of attachment between the posterior side of the restraint harness and the seat of the vehicle.
US11932187B2
A method for detecting scratches and bumps applied to a vehicle uses an acceleration sensor. Signals of the sensor are analyzed and evaluated based on amplitude and frequency. Relationships between the amplitudes and frequencies provide a basis to classify a vehicle contact event as a bump or a scratch.
US11932185B2
Control methods and systems including a smart vehicle, a smart mobile device including a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use the smart mobile device to automatically control functionality of smart features of the smart vehicle based on an applied control logic and environmental inputs and/or use the smart mobile device to automatically control a wireless routing selection between a local area network associated with the smart vehicle and a remote wide area network based on an application tool switch logic.
US11932183B2
A central electronic control unit (ECU, Ref. 14) is provided for controlling at least one bi-directional direct current (DC) motor (106) attached to a first vehicle seat and at least one electronic device attached to a second vehicle seat. The central ECU includes a micro-controller configured to receive feedback on a positional status of the bi-directional DC motor from a Hall Effect sensor (130). The micro-controller is configured to receive input instructions for the bi-directional DC motor and the electronic device. The micro-controller creates command instructions based in part on the received feedback and received input instructions. The central ECU selectively provides pulse width modulated (PWM) power to the bi-directional DC motor attached to the first vehicle seat and selectively provides power to the electronic device attached to the second vehicle seat in response to the command instructions from the micro-controller.
US11932181B2
An electronic component includes external ground connections for connecting to a cable harness and internal ground connections electrically coupled to paired external ground connections so that the potential at each internal ground connection corresponds to the potential at the paired external ground connection. An analysis circuit determines on which internal ground connections first and second signal information is applied to infer a coding of the component from the pattern of the internal ground connections being supplied with the first and second potential. A combination circuit connects the internal ground connections to the external ground connections such that when a ground line of a cable harness is connected to precisely one of the external ground connections, the first signal information is applied to a respective different sub-quantity of internal ground connections depending on which of the external ground connections the ground line is connected to.
US11932179B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle intended to be driven by a driver comprising a cabin comprising a floor with an upper surface, a passenger compartment delimited in a vertical direction by the upper surface of the floor and extending on an upper side of the upper surface, at least one electronic device configured to be electronically controlled, and a box housing an electronic equipment configured to control the at least one electronic device, wherein the box is waterproof and at least a portion of the box extends on a lower side of the upper surface, the lower side of the upper surface being opposite to the upper side. The invention also relates to a method for assembling the box to the cabin of the motor vehicle.
US11932157B2
A ramp assembly for unloading goods from an elevated platform that includes a platform and a ramp that can be rotated or orbited around a perimeter of a platform without rotating the platform. The ramp assembly uses an orbiting assembly that includes a rail and a rider in order to permit easy placement of a lower end of a ramp relative to the platform.
US11932154B2
A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a dashboard located in the cabin interior, and a desk supported on the dashboard and movable between a stowed position on the dashboard and a deployed position extending outward from the dashboard, the desk comprising a plurality of interconnected panels having arms configured to engage a track to bend around at least a portion of the dashboard, and wherein the desk operably moves along the track when moved between the stowed position and the deployed position.
US11932151B2
Provision or non-provision of partitions is changeable in correspondence with the presence or absence of occupants in a vehicle. A partition opening/closing system is provided with a partition opening/closing determination unit and a partition drive unit. The partition drive unit is a drive device that drives opening and closing of partitions. Partitions are opened and closed between a plurality of seats provided in the vehicle. The partition opening/closing determination unit is a control unit that determines the necessity for opening/closing of partitions. Information indicating at least one of scheduled boarding and scheduled alighting of the vehicle by occupants is used in this determination.
US11932149B2
The present invention relates to a device of a vehicle sear rail for blocking foreign matter and a method for assembling the same. A side part inserted into a guide groove is formed at both ends of a front end member of a moving blade, and a discharge hole is formed in a housing of the moving blade module. The foreign matter flowing into the guide groove can be pushed out through the discharge hole, and thus, the deterioration in operating performance and in operating sensitivity due to the foreign matter entering the seat rail can be prevented.
US11932144B2
A vehicle seat that can suitably protect a seated occupant against an impact from a seat width direction is described, while enlargement of the seat in the seat width direction is restrained. A support member provided to the vehicle seat supports the seated occupant from a side of the seated occupant, and includes an inner plate attached to a seat width direction inner side of a side frame, an outer plate attached to a seat width direction outer side of the side frame, and a connection plate for connecting the inner plate and the outer plate on a seat front side. The outer plate is attached to the seat width direction outer side of the side frame at a position that does not overlap in the seat width direction with attachment positions of the inner plate and the side frame.
US11932139B2
A device for controlling a vehicle includes a first sensor that senses boarding of a driver, a second sensor that senses alcohol contained in exhalation of the driver, and a controller that sets a location of a seat such that a distance from the second sensor to the driver becomes a predetermined distance. The vehicle control device may control the seat location such that a distance between the driver and a sensing device is maintained to be equal to or less than the predetermined distance when measuring the alcohol to allow the alcoholic ingredient of the driver to be accurately measured, and may arouse awareness of the driver of the alcohol measurement as the seat location is controlled.
US11932137B2
A regenerative torque upper limit is set to a larger value when a rear-wheel distribution ratio is small than when the rear-wheel distribution ratio is large. Accordingly, when a distribution of a drive power to front wheels is large, a regenerative torque of a second rotary machine can be increased such that wheels are less likely to slip at the time of performing of regeneration control when the distribution of the drive power to the front wheels is small in comparison with a case in which the regenerative torque upper limit is set to a constant value similarly to when the distribution of the drive power to the front wheels is small. In this way, it is possible to increase the regenerative torque of the second rotary machine according to the rear-wheel distribution ratio.
US11932127B2
A contactless electricity supply system for a vehicle includes a power transmitter coil unit provided on a ground-side and a lifting device for lifting up the power transmitter coil unit from the ground. The power transmitter coil unit supplies electricity to a power receiving coil unit by magnetic coupling therewith. The power transmitter coil unit includes a case that houses a power transmitter coil. A bulge is formed on an upper face of the case around a winding center axis of the power transmitter coil wounded in a planar manner in a plan view.
US11932122B2
A system and method for monitoring a motor of a vehicle system monitor operating conditions of the vehicle system and determine whether the operating conditions of the vehicle system match designated operating conditions. Responsive to determining that the operating conditions of the vehicle system that are monitored match the designated operating conditions, an electrical signature representative of an electric current supplied to the motor of the vehicle system is examined and damage to one or more of the motor of the vehicle system or a mechanical coupling of the motor to one or more of a wheel or axle of the vehicle system is identified based on the electrical signature that is examined.
US11932108B2
A display panel with a first panel side and a second panel side is included in a display device. The display panel displays at least one graphic display object. The display panel includes a first layer which is a pixel matrix and a second layer which includes a plurality of predetermined primary subareas. The display device includes control circuitry to enable the displaying of the graphic display object based on a predefined display alignment in one of a first orientation and a second orientation. The control circuitry adjusts a respective light transmission to a predetermined individual degree for each of the predetermined primary subareas independent of each other based on a physical environment condition.
US11932105B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle wheel end arrangement (1), comprising: —a wheel spindle (2), —a wheel hub (3) rotatably mounted on the wheel spindle (2) about a rotational axis (A), —a drive shaft (4) for driving the wheel hub (3), —a reduction gear (5) arranged in an inner section (51) of the wheel hub (3), wherein the reduction gear (5) is connected to the drive shaft (4) for driving the wheel hub (3), —a reduction gear carrier member (6) connected to the wheel spindle (2), wherein the reduction gear carrier member (6) is carrying at least a portion of the reduction gear (5), wherein the vehicle wheel end arrangement (1) further comprises a lubricant pump (7) for circulating a lubricant in the wheel hub (3) and a lubricant conduit (61) which fluidly connects the lubricant pump (7) with the inner section (51) of the wheel hub (3), wherein the drive shaft (4) is drivingly connected to the lubricant pump (7) to drive the lubricant pump (7) and wherein at least a section of the lubricant conduit (61) is provided within the reduction gear carrier member (6).
US11932101B2
There is provided a valve device including: a housing; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. A first valve seat is formed from a peripheral edge of a valve hole. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of a partition wall. An inner periphery of the accommodation portion is provided with a reduced diameter portion and an increased diameter portion. A height of an upper end of the reduced diameter portion is equal to or greater than a front surface of the pressure adjusting valve in a state where the pressure adjusting valve is in contact with the first valve seat. The pressure adjusting valve is configured to be beyond the upper end of the reduced diameter portion when the pressure adjusting valve is raised to a maximum due to an increase in pressure in a fuel tank.
US11932100B2
There is provided a valve device including: a housing in which a valve chamber is provided on a lower side and a ventilation chamber is provided on an upper side via a partition wall, the partition wall being formed with a valve hole; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of the partition wall. An accommodating space configured to accommodate the pressure adjusting valve is formed on an inner side of the accommodation portion, and an outer space is formed on an outer side of the accommodating space. The accommodation portion is formed with an opening through which the accommodating space and the outer space communicate with each other.
US11932098B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery assembly for a vehicle comprising a pair of longitudinally extending frame rails, the battery assembly comprising a first and a second vehicle battery module, the first vehicle battery module being stacked vertically on top of the second vehicle battery, wherein the battery assembly is configured to be connected to the vehicle vertically below the frame rails by attaching an upper surface of the first vehicle battery module to a horizontally extending portion of a pair of brackets, the pair of brackets being attachable to a respective one of the longitudinally extending frame rails.
US11932096B2
An overhead traveling vehicle system having an overhead traveling vehicle includes a main body, at least an upper surface of which is of a rectangular shape as viewed in a plan view, and a traveling wheel provided in each of four corners on the upper surface of the main body and rolls on a traveling surface of a track, the main body being arranged below the track by connectors each extending downwardly from the traveling wheel, wherein the overhead traveling vehicle includes charging electrodes on the upper surface of the main body, and a charger is arranged in a space above the traveling surface, at least a part of which overlaps with a movement space for the traveling wheels as viewed in a side view, and does not overlap with the movement space as viewed in a plan view.
US11932094B2
A passenger car includes a roof with a roof opening. A roof module is disposed in the roof opening where the roof opening is delimited by transverse elements and longitudinal elements. The roof module includes a module frame that includes longitudinal frame parts spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the passenger car and transverse frame parts spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the passenger car where the longitudinal frame parts are connected to one another by the transverse frame parts. One of the transverse frame parts is directly connected to one of the transverse elements such that a profile component is formed which has a closed hollow cross section where the one of the transverse elements forms a lower shell of the profile component and the one of the transverse frame parts forms an upper shell of the profile component.
US11932093B2
A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a roller blind web and a winding shaft onto which the roller blind web can be wound and from which the roller blind web can be unwound and which has a flexible hollow tube arrangement penetrated by a bearing beam attached to the vehicle. The hollow tube arrangement may have a hollow tube element which, viewed in the axial direction, may have multiple flexible portions interrupted by at least one stabilizing portion having a greater torsional strength than the flexible portions.
US11932086B2
An embodiment sealing device of a closure module for a vehicle includes a roof extension extending vertically from an upper end of a roof panel, a sealing unit assembled with the upper end of the roof panel, the sealing unit configured to seal a gap between the roof panel and a door panel adjacent to the roof panel, and a first sealing tape provided on either the roof extension or the sealing unit, the first sealing tape configured to fix the sealing unit to the roof extension.
US11932085B2
A vehicle interior panel includes a diffuser spanning an air discharge opening. The diffuser has a spiral slot formed therethrough such that changing an axial distance between opposite ends of the slot changes an air flow capacity of the diffuser. The diffuser has an elegant and simplified design and can be made as one piece from a sheet material. Air is discharged from the diffuser radially and substantially equally in all radial directions. The diffuser can also function to provide ambient light from a light source and/or to deliver an air freshening agent to the passenger cabin.
US11932084B2
A method for determining a level of refrigerant charge in a cooling circuit of an air-conditioning system and a module for leak detection are provided. The method includes determining a total quantity of refrigerant contained in the cooling circuit of the air-conditioning system solely based on data internal to the air-conditioning system.
US11932082B2
A present disclosure relates to a vehicle air conditioner including a blower. At least the blower is disposed within an engine compartment. The blower includes a motor that is configured to rotate a fan. A rotating shaft of the motor is diagonally arranged with an inclination angle that is greater than 0 degree and less than 90 degrees with respect to a vertical direction. An attachable/detachable direction of the motor with respect to the blower-is an upper side thereof.
US11932081B2
A method for controlling a system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an actuator, a volatile memory (RAM) in which an item of position information of the actuator (IPRAM) is stored, and a long-term memory (EPROM). The following are stored in the long-term memory (EPROM): at least one item of position information (IPROM) of the actuator and an item of information relating to the powering down of the actuator (IHT), which assumes a first value (v1) when the system has been powered down in a controlled manner and assuming assumes a second value (v2) when the system has suffered a fault causing the current value of the position of the actuator stored in the volatile memory (RAM) to be deleted.
US11932067B2
End member assemblies having a longitudinal axis are dimensioned for securement to a flexible spring member. The end member assemblies include a first end member with a first surface portion and a plurality of projections disposed in peripherally-spaced relation to one another about the longitudinal axis. A second end member includes a plurality of grooves dimensioned to receive one of projections. Gas spring and damper assemblies include a damper assembly and a gas spring assembly that includes an end member assembly as well as an end member assembly with a flexible spring member secured between the end member assemblies. A suspension system including one or more gas spring and damper assemblies is also included.
US11932061B2
An electronic wheel unit for arrangement on a vehicle wheel of a vehicle, having at least one sensor for detecting at least one wheel operational parameter, a control device, which is designed to generate wheel operational data on the basis of the at least one wheel operational parameter, a radio device for transmitting radio data signals containing the wheel operational data, a power supply device for supplying electrical power to the wheel unit which has an energy-harvesting device for converting mechanical energy captured on a rotation of the vehicle wheel into electrical energy and an electric battery, wherein the electronic wheel unit furthermore has a switchover device for switching over between the energy-harvesting device, and the electric battery for the electrical power supply to the wheel unit, and the switchover device has an actuable switch and an actuating device for actuating the switch, wherein the at least one wheel operational parameter comprises an acceleration parameter, and the actuating device effects the switchover depending on the acceleration parameter or a parameter derived therefrom.
US11932058B2
A tire includes a tread portion 2. At least one middle lateral groove 10 includes first and second middle tie bars 16 and 17. First and second middle sipes 21 and 22 are provided on a ground-contact surface 15s of at least one middle block 15. The first middle sipe 21 includes a termination end 21a located on an inner side in a tire axial direction with respect to the first middle tie bar 16. The second middle sipe 22 includes a termination end 22a located on an outer side in the tire axial direction with respect to the second middle tie bar 17 and on the inner side in the tire axial direction with respect to the termination end 21a of the first middle sipe 21. On the ground-contact surface 15s of the middle block 15, no groove and no sipe are provided in a first region 23.
US11932050B2
A sensor is mounted to or embedded in a wheel hub. The sensor node includes a power source and a sensing device that detects and monitors at least one parameter associated with the wheel hub. The sensor node also includes a communication module that communicates via wireless communication signals and a processing device in communication with the sensing device and the communication module. The processing device collects data from the sensing devices, processes the data, and based on that processing, communicates information relating to the wheel hub to a remote server or network. A mesh network of multiple sensor nodes can be applied to multiple different wheel hubs on a vehicle and communicate with a central processing device. The processing device can thus monitor performance and/or operation of each wheel hub.
US11932047B2
A marking utensil comprises an elongated body having opposite ends, with the body defining a plurality of outwardly-directed surfaces between the ends. A scale is displayed on at least one surface of the plurality, with at least one surface of the plurality configured for placement along an exteriority of the article to facilitate a measurement thereof. The scale may display U.S. Customary (i.e., inches) and/or Metric International System (i.e., centimeters) Units of measure. A marking tip is located at one end of the body while a reference guide is located at the body's other end.
US11932045B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a non-slip assembly for a clip device, capable of securely holding documents and having various conveniences in use. Here, the non-slip assembly for a clip device is detachable from the clip device which comprises a clip device body having a pair of pressing ends, bent to have therein an insertion space, in which documents are inserted therein, and which press the documents while being narrowed or closed up by elastic restoration force; and a pair of handles, attached/linked to a handle inserting inlet formed on the clip device body, and pressed so that the clip device body is widened; and the non-slip assembly includes a non-slip unit and an affixing portion. The non-slip unit is formed in a flexible material having elasticity and frictional force, and has a non-slip band, arranged between the pressing ends to come in contact with the documents inserted in the insertion space, and which is/are pressed by the pressing end(s) to prevent slipping on/with the inserted documents. The affixing portion is provided in a pair on both-end portions of the non-slip unit, and are inserted in the handle inserting inlets to couple the non-slip unit to the clip device body.
US11932040B2
A sublimation device includes a first heater and a second heater. The first heater includes a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner surface. The distal end is disposed opposite the proximal end. The inner surface extends between the proximal end and the distal end and at least partially forms a cavity. The second heater is disposed proximate the distal end of the first heater.
US11932033B2
A printing apparatus includes a printing section that performs printing on a medium containing calcium carbonate, a transport section that rotationally drives a transport belt that forms at least a portion of a transport path in which the medium is transported, a voltage supply section that supplies a charging voltage to a charging roller for charging the transport belt, a detection section that detects whether or not charging abnormality has occurred in the transport belt, and a determination section that determines whether abnormality has occurred in the voltage supply section or the transport belt, or abnormality has occurred in the voltage supply section and the transport belt, based on a rotation amount of the transport belt and the detection result of the detection section. The transport belt is coated with melamine resin.
US11932032B2
A printing apparatus includes a voltage supply section that supplies a charging voltage for charging a transport belt, a detection section that detects whether or not charging abnormality has occurred in the transport belt, and a determination section that determines a cause of the charging abnormality. The determination section determines that the cause of the charging abnormality is abnormality of the voltage supply section, when the movement period includes the period for which the detection section detects the charging abnormality and does not include the period for which the detection section does not detect the charging abnormality.
US11932031B2
A motor control apparatus configured to control a motor, includes: a drive circuit of the motor including a semiconductor device and being installed on a different substrate from a substrate of the motor; a load switching unit configured to set a load of the motor in a first state as a first load, and set a load of the motor in a second state as a second load that is smaller than the first load; and a control unit configured to control the drive circuit and the load switching unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the drive circuit to start rotation of the motor when the load switching unit is in the second state.
US11932027B2
A media processing device includes: a housing; a cover rotatable between open and closed positions; a main logic board (MLB) supporting a controller, and having a slot extending into the MLB from an open end at a perimeter of the MLB, the slot traversing the MLB from an upper surface to a lower surface; a receiver affixed to the MLB on a first side of the slot, and an emitter affixed to the MLB on a second side of the slot, to emit radiation detectable by the receiver; and a tab movably coupled to the housing, to obstruct the slot and prevent detection of the radiation by the receiver when the cover is in a first one of the open and closed positions, and to clear the slot and permit detection of the radiation by the receiver when the cover is in the other of the open and closed positions.
US11932025B2
A recording method for performing recording on a recording medium includes a processing liquid attaching step of attaching a processing liquid including an aggregating agent to the recording medium, a white ink attaching step of attaching a white ink composition including a white coloring material to the recording medium, and a non-white ink attaching step of attaching a non-white ink composition including a non-white coloring material to the recording medium, in which attachment of the white ink composition and attachment of the non-white ink composition are performed by relative scanning of a recording head and the recording medium, and attachment of the white ink composition and attachment of the non-white ink composition are performed on a scanning region of the recording medium by a relative scanning.
US11932003B2
Disclosed is a precision cut printing screen in which the features of a printing pattern are defined on a sheet material by a plurality of apertures within a target printing boundary. Also disclosed is a method of making the printing screen.
US11932002B2
This disclosure relates to a sewing process of a breathable, reusable, and leak-proof garment multilayered-lining having absorbent, antimicrobial, waterproofing, and steam dispersion functions. Such lining aims at preventing body fluids such as sweat, blood, vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, urine, breast milk, or post-surgical fluids from leaking. Such a lining provides the absorbent, antimicrobial, waterproofing, and steam dispersion functions. The lining may be sewed or adhered to the garment piece including: men's and women's underwear, shorts, short pants, skirts, pants, bras, shirts, T-shirts, jumpsuits, body shapers, dresses, men's and women's nightwear, etc. The sewing process creates channels for the liquid and creates a non-linear U-shaped structure on the lining to prevent leakage from the sides. The disclosed lining also has a reduced number of layers on its sides due to one of its layers being smaller in width than the other layers, making the coating thinner for the wearer.
US11931996B2
A method for manufacturing a soundproofing assembly involving providing a first panel of honeycomb structure, fastening an intermediate plate against a second face of the first panel, adhesive-coating a layer of adhesive on the intermediate plate, providing a second panel of honeycomb structure, bonding the first face of the second panel to the layer of adhesive, and perforating the intermediate plate and the layer of adhesive through the cells of the first panel or the cells of the second panel at the bonding zone of the second panel. Such a method makes it possible to save time by dispensing with additional preparation steps.
US11931995B2
A bonding method includes attracting and holding a first substrate by using a first holder; attracting and holding a second substrate by using a second holder; and forming a combined substrate by moving the first holder and the second holder relative to each other to bring the first substrate and the second substrate into contact with each other. The bonding method includes heating the first substrate and the second substrate or the combined substrate; and cooling the heated combined substrate by using a cooling unit. In the cooling, bending of the combined substrate is controlled by forming a temperature difference in the combined substrate.
US11931989B2
A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane which are joined to one another via a first thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the outer pane and a second thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the inner pane, and an inlay element which is arranged in a region of the composite pane between the first thermoplastic intermediate layer and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer. The inner pane has a cutout and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a cutout. The cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is, when looked through, arranged completely within the region in which the inlay element is arranged, and the cutout of the inner pane is, when looked through, arranged completely within the cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer.
US11931977B2
A method of fabricating a multi-core polymer optical fibre comprises arranging optical fibre preforms in a stack, the optical fibre preforms each comprising a polymer core and polymer cladding surrounding the polymer core; and drawing and bonding the stack to form the multi-core polymer optical fibre. Any contaminants or impurities which collect on outer surfaces of the preforms may be confined to boundaries between the preforms, which may avoid attenuation of signals passed through the cores while at the same time reducing crosstalk between cores of the final manufactured fibre. Also provided is a multi-core polymer optical fibre obtainable by the method.
US11931967B2
Examples of methods for detecting a material phase are described herein. In some examples, a kernel is predicted based on an input corresponding to an object and based on a machine learning model. In some examples, the machine learning model is constrained with a physical model. In some examples, a material phase is detected based on the kernel.
US11931966B2
Systems and methods for optical assessments of bioink printability are described. The systems and methods include the use of hardware, software and optical targets to aid in the evaluation of bioink printability. The optical targets are developed and fabricated from 3D printable materials determined to be “nozzle fidelic” and/or materials that possess well characterized thermosensitivity. The optical targets make it possible to rapidly compare and evaluate bioink printability and can be easily customized and tailored for specific applications.
US11931958B2
A nozzle for additive manufacturing having a body having a thermally conductive material, a front side opposite a back side, a first side opposite a second side, the first side and the second side connected to and between the front side and the back side. The nozzle further has a top end opposite an extrusion end, and the body tapers at the extrusion end to a nozzle opening. A first conduit extends through the body from an opening in the top end to the nozzle opening in the extrusion end. A heater conduit, adjacent to the first conduit, extends from a heater opening in the top end and into the body towards the extrusion end and a sensor conduit, adjacent to the first conduit, extends from a sensor opening in the top end and into body towards the extrusion end.
US11931957B2
A device and method for manipulating particles is provided. The device generally includes a screen acting as a support for a structure formed by particles, which may be selectively deposited on a first substrate. The device may be included in a 3D printing system.
US11931954B2
A method of producing a test body for diffusion tensor imaging, which comprises a plurality of channels in a structuring material, the channels preferably having a maximum cross-section of 625 μm2, wherein a virtual model of the test body is created and the virtual model is fed to a structuring device which produces the test body by means of a 3D printing-based, in particular lithography-based, structuring process, the structuring process being designed as a multiphoton lithography process, in particular as a multiphoton absorption process, in which the structuring material containing a photosensitizer or photoinitiator is irradiated in a location-selective manner, wherein the radiation is successively focused on focal points lying within the structuring material, resulting in that in each case a volume element of the material located in the focal point is subjected to a change in state by means of a photochemical reaction as a result of multiphoton absorption.
US11931934B2
A molding machine teaching aid includes a frame unit, a molding unit, a material supply unit, a drive unit and a monitoring unit. The molding unit includes a fixed die holder, a movable die holder, and two die kernels respectively and detachably disposed on the fixed and movable die holders. The material supply unit includes a heating module for melting a wire material, and an extruder transporting the molten material into a die cavity formed between the die kernels. The drive unit is controllable to drive movement of the movable die holder relative to the frame unit. The monitoring unit is for a user to operate to control the extruder, the heating module and the drive unit.
US11931927B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide beneficial improvements relating to a method for producing a fiber reinforced plastic product, the method including curing while pressurizing a prepreg preform by using a core having a fusible part as means for pressurizing. A method for producing a fiber reinforced plastic product, the method including: a core preparation step of preparing a core comprising a fusible part and an outer skin covering the fusible part; a molding step of disposing a prepreg preform inside a mold together with the core, and heating and pressurizing the prepreg preform in the mold to obtain a cured product; and a core removal step of removing materials of the fusible part from the cured product, in the molding step, at least a portion of the prepreg preform being pressurized by expansion of the core, in which the fusible part comprises a first fusible part and a second fusible part having a fusion temperature higher than that of the first fusible part, a material of the first fusible part and a material of the second fusible part are incompatible with each other, and in the molding step, the first fusible part fuses partially or entirely, while the second fusible part does not fuse partially or entirely.
US11931924B2
Provided is a base (1) for a flexible mold that is to be wound in an endless manner, and the base includes: an intermediate sheet (2); and first and second resin sheets (3, 5) bonded to both main surfaces of the intermediate sheet (2) through intermediation of first and second bonding layers (4, 6), respectively. The intermediate sheet (2) includes: first and second spacer sheets (7, 8), which are each made of a resin, and are arranged at one end portion and another end portion in a winding direction, respectively; and a glass sheet (9) arranged between those spacer sheets (7, 8).
US11931922B2
The invention relates to a method for computationally designing a number of re-usable two-pieced molds for the reproduction of an object, wherein each mold is fillable with filling material, in particular resin, to form the object or a part of the object to be reproduced, wherein each mold consists of rigid material.
US11931921B2
An extruder including a housing, a first material inlet for a mixture at least consisting of a solvent and a dissolved medium, a material outlet, a screw, a screw drive, and at least one distillation region between the inlet and the outlet, which allows an outflow of solvent, and a discharge line for the solvent.
US11931920B2
The disclosure provides a method of monitoring a flow rate of a liquid additive comprising measuring the flow rate of the liquid additive with a flow meter; transmitting the measurements of the flow rate to a controller; transmitting, from a variable frequency drive (VFD), measurements of a rotational speed of a motor to the controller, wherein the VFD is coupled to the motor; transmitting measurements from a level sensor to the controller; determining whether the flow rate of the liquid additive is a non-zero rate; utilizing the measurements transmitted to the controller as feedback to compare against a designated set point; calculating an error between the feedback and the designated set point to calculate an updated output; and transmitting the updated output to the VFD to change the flow rate of the liquid additive.
US11931915B2
A cutting apparatus for cutting an essentially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in a transport direction has a knife carrier to which two knife units are assigned. Each knife unit has a circular knife and a drive for rotationally driving the circular knife about a central axis of rotation. The two circular knives are set substantially in a V-shape to each other in a position enclosing an angle. An adjustable arrangement of the knife units provides for setting of the size of the angle. The offset of the two central axes of rotation to each other is equal to zero in the transport direction and the two knife units are adjustable exclusively synchronously with each other. A corresponding apparatus and method for cutting an essentially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in transport direction is also provided.
US11931905B2
A failure prediction method of predicting a failure of a component of a robot including a robot arm having the component and a detection section that detects information on vibration characteristics when the robot arm moves, includes generating a failure prediction model for prediction of the failure of the component by machine learning based on the information on vibration characteristics, and predicting the failure of the component based on an estimated value of failure prediction output by the generated failure prediction model when the information on vibration characteristics is input to the generated failure prediction model.
US11931903B2
A controller for controlling a plurality of robots includes a failure prediction section configured to predict a failure time for each of the robots; and a load adjustment section configured to perform adjustment of a work load of each of the robots according to each of the predicted failure times, so that each of the robots operates until a maintenance time determined in common to each of the robots.
US11931893B2
A continuum device/manipulator includes a first flexible tube, a low melting point (LMP) alloy disposed within the first flexible tube, and a temperature adjustment element that applies heat or cooling to change a phase of the LMP alloy. Changing the phase of the LMP alloy controls a flexibility of the first flexible tube.
US11931892B2
A robotic system includes a support structure, a motor mount assembly, first and second parallel chains, a serial translation assembly, a sensor and a control module. The motor mount assembly includes rotary motors, where the rotary motors include a first rotary motor and a second rotary motor. The first and second parallel chains are connected to the movable platform, the rotary motors and the motor mount assembly. The serial translation assembly is connected to the supporting structure and the motor mount assembly and includes a linear actuator and a third rotary motor. The sensor is connected to the movable platform and detects force applied by a human operator on the movable platform and generates a signal indicative of the force applied. The control module controls the rotary motors and the third rotary motor based on the signal to assist the human operator in moving the movable platform.
US11931889B2
A robot system includes one or more combinations of a driving section configured to receive supply of electric power and generate a rotation output of an output shaft and receive supply of a rotating force to the output shaft and generate electric power, a movable section moved by the rotation output, a detecting section configured to detect an angular position of the output shaft, resistor equipment coupled to the driving section, and a switch that can turn on and off coupling of the resistor equipment and the driving section and a control section configured to control the robot system. The control section can execute first braking control targeting the driving section to which the electric power is not supplied, the first braking control calculating speed of the rotation output of the driving section based on an output of the detecting section and causing the switch to turn on and off the coupling of the resistor equipment and the driving section at timing determined in a time-series manner according to target deceleration of the driving section and the speed of the rotation output.
US11931888B2
A robotic tool has a longitudinal shaft, defining a longitudinal axis when the shaft is in a default, centered position. A lockout rod is moveable between first and second positions. In the first position, the lockout rod allows the longitudinal shaft to move with 360 radial degrees of compliance about the longitudinal axis. In the second position, the lockout rod limits compliance of the longitudinal shaft to only one radial angle from the longitudinal axis. In one embodiment the lockout rod is positioned adjacent (e.g., above or below) part of one ring of a 2-axis concentric ring gimbal. The lockout rod is shaped so as to not contact any part of the gimbal in the first position, allowing compliance in a full 360 radial degrees. In the second position, the lockout rod limits the motion of one ring of the gimbal, limiting compliance of the shaft to motion of the other ring, which is necessarily limited to only one radial angle. In one embodiment the lockout rod is shaped and position such that it moves between the first and second positions by rotational motion about its own longitudinal axis.
US11931871B2
A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The binding unit includes a locking member that includes a first hook and a second hook and that locks the wire by moving the first hook toward the second hook. The locking member includes a locking part that locks the wire in a state in which the first hook has been moved toward the second hook, and an unlocking part that makes it possible for the first hook to be movable away from the second hook with such an amount of movement that the locked wire does not come off between the first hook and the second hook.
US11931867B2
The present invention relates to a socket used in coordination with a wrench. The socket includes a socket main body which has a head portion and a body portion connected to the head portion. The head portion is adapted for being coupled with the wrench. The body portion has a polygonal hole for being coupled with a head portion of a bolt or a nut, so that the wrench is adapted for screwing on or off the bolt or nut through the socket main body. Besides, a pipe made of composite material is sleeved onto the external peripheral surface of the body portion. The pipe is freely detachable, and the external peripheral surface of the pipe can be provided with a print, pattern, color or character according to the practical demands, thereby attaining the effects of high variability in appearance, great durability and great recognizability.
US11931861B2
A grinding wheel includes a plurality of wheel tips. The plurality of wheel tips include a plurality of diamond abrasive grains and a bonding material mixed with the diamond abrasive grains. The plurality of diamond abrasive grains have a ratio of a length in a long axis direction to a width in a short axis direction of 1:2.5 to 1:3.5 and includes edges or vertices having a grinding angle of 90° or less.
US11931856B2
Embodiments relate to a polishing pad for use in a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process of semiconductors, a process for preparing the same, and a process for preparing a semiconductor device using the same. In the polishing pad according to the embodiment, the size (or diameter) and distribution of a plurality of pores are adjusted, whereby the polishing performance such as polishing rate and within-wafer non-uniformity can be further enhanced.
US11931850B2
A sanding machine, in particular for processing wood surfaces, includes a support and transport plane for the forwarding of the workpieces to be processed; and a belt sanding unit with a transverse abrasive belt inside which a pressure pad is arranged obliquely. The pressure pad is divided into a plurality of pressure elements which can be actuated individually and are controlled by respective sensors that constitute a control beam. Methods are described for compensating the different distances between sensor and respective pressure elements that avoid adaptations of the position of the workpiece to be processed, in particular if the machine contains further non inclined processing units. The sanding machine is particularly suitable even for the processing of large workpieces.
US11931846B2
A magnetic device for magnetically coupling to a ferromagnetic body, comprises a housing having a central bore. A plurality of pole sectors arranged within an envelope of the central bore and forming a workpiece contact interface of the magnetic device, each of the plurality of pole sectors comprising a plurality of spaced-apart pole portions arranged at respective distances, wherein a recess of a plurality of recesses separates each pole portion of the plurality of pole portions, wherein a first sector forms a first pole of the magnetic device and a second sector forms a second pole of the magnetic device. A first permanent magnet. A second permanent being moveable relative to the first permanent magnet. And, an actuator operatively coupled to the at least one second permanent magnet to move the at least one second permanent magnet relative to the at least one first permanent magnet.
US11931844B2
A cutting machine includes a holder located below a spindle to hold processing targets, and an adaptor connected to a rotation shaft to rotatably support the holder. The holder includes a first holder fixed to the adaptor and including a pin insertion hole to which a fixing pin attached to a processing target is fixed, and a second holder detachably attached to the first holder and including a pin insertion hole at a position facing the pin insertion hole. The fixing pin extends in a Y-axis direction. In the Y-axis direction, a distance between a processing target fixed to the pin insertion hole and a processing target fixed to the pin insertion hole is shorter than a length of the fixing pin.
US11931842B2
A measuring device comprising a sensor for the high frequency detection of a measurement variable, such as sound, structure-borne noise, current, voltage, optical or magnetic measurement values and the like, with an operator network comprising at least one operator. An operator network that includes a notification operator, a machine control operator and/or a difference operator. The devices can be configured to identify events in a material-processing and/or material production process on the basis of a multidimensional data stream obtained during the process and having temporally resolved frequency and energy information, and to the use of defect patterns and/or event patterns and/or energy data, the data being supplied to a pattern operator or multiple pattern operators arranged in parallel or one after the other.
US11931840B2
A dust collection cup includes a cylindrical attachment to cause a bit to extend through the attachment, a cylindrical dust collector located in front of the attachment to cause the bit to extend through the dust collector, a seal between the attachment and the dust collector and having a through-hole to receive the bit, and a connection port connectable to a dust collection hose and located on an outer circumferential surface of the attachment outward in a radial direction of the bit from the seal and rearward from the seal. The connection port has a distance in the radial direction of the bit from an axis of the attachment to an outermost position longer than a distance in the radial direction of the bit from the axis to a position on the outer circumferential surface of the attachment that is opposite to the outermost position from the axis.
US11931832B2
A welding system includes a power supply configured to generate a welding waveform. A wire feeder conducts the welding waveform to a wire electrode, and includes a drive motor that drives the wire electrode bidirectionally, a motor current sensor that senses a current level of the motor, and a controller that receives a current level signal from the motor current sensor and controls operations of the motor. A welding current sensor senses welding current level, and a welding voltage sensor senses welding voltage level, and the sensors are located with the power supply or the wire feeder. The controller is configured to determine a contact event between the wire electrode and a non-workpiece object based on the current level signal from the motor current sensor and one or both of the welding current level and the welding voltage level, and automatically retract the wire electrode upon determining the contact event.
US11931831B2
A status alarm mask may include a main body to cover a face and eyes of a user. The mask may include a filter unit placed at a front surface portion of the main body to protect the eyes. The mask may include a communication module configured to establish a communication session with a welding torch held by the user and receive at least one inclination value of the welding torch being operated by the user, through the communication session. The mask may include a controller configured to determine whether a work of the torch is in progress, on the basis of an operation of the filter unit and to generate notification output data when the work of the torch is in progress. The mask may include an output unit placed at a location not overlapping with the filter unit and configured to receive and output the notification output data.
US11931828B2
The present disclosure provides a copper-phosphorus-tin brazing wire and a preparation method thereof, relates to the technical field of brazing materials. The copper-phosphorus-tin brazing wire is of a three-layer structure, the inner layer is Cu, the middle layer is Cu-14P alloy, and the outer layer is Sn, wherein the mass percentage of Sn is over 7%. The present disclosure solves the technical problems in the prior art that the copper-phosphorus-silver brazing filler metal is prone to produce defects such as pores and inclusions when brazing copper alloys, which leads to the decline of the mechanical properties of the joint, and simultaneously provides the preparation method of the copper-phosphorus-tin brazing wire, such that the technical problem that it is difficult to obtain copper-phosphorus-tin brazing wire with a wire diameter below 0.5 mm under the condition of high Sn content is solved.
US11931824B2
Laser control systems and related methods for controlling arrays of lasers are disclosed. A laser control system may include a first controller configured to generate a trigger signal based on a position of a laser array, and a second controller configured to send a firing signal to one or more lasers of the laser array upon receiving the trigger signal. The one or more lasers may be selected based on a desired pattern of laser energy to be formed at a particular position of the laser array.
US11931817B2
The present disclosure is directed to a multi-segment device, such as an intravascular guide wire. The multi-segment device includes an elongate first portion comprising a first metallic material, an elongate second portion comprising a different metallic material, the first and second elongate portions being directly joined together end to end by a solid-state weld, and a heat affected zone surrounding an interface of the weld where the first and second portions are joined together, wherein the heat affected zone has an average thickness of less than about 0.20 mm.
US11931812B2
An auto-adjusting pocket hole jig docking station including a housing and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism carried by the housing and including a first rack and a second rack reciprocally movable between raised and lowered positions, relative the body. A double pinion gear is rotatably carried by the housing with a first gear in meshing engagement with the first rack and a second gear in meshing engagement with the second rack. The first gear and the second gear having a rotational ratio therebetween wherein movement of one of the first rack and the second rack moves the other of the first rack and the second rack a distance proportional to the rotational ratio.
US11931810B2
Aspects relate to method of zinc-comprising nanowire fabrication, the method comprising forming a starting material comprising zinc metal or zinc metal alloy and at least one reactive metal, and exposing the starting material to one or more alcohols to obtain a reaction product comprising zinc-comprising nanowires, wherein the at least one reactive metal is more reactive than zinc to the one or more alcohols.
US11931806B2
In one example, a memory having instructions thereon that when executed cause a 3D printing system to repeatedly form each of multiple successive layers of powdered build material on a platform and apply a functional agent to build material in each layer, create a pressure difference across a thickness of build material on the platform, and increase the pressure difference over an extent of build material on the platform as the build material on the platform gets thicker.
US11931803B2
A system according to aspects of the invention includes a pump and a refractory casing that houses the pump or is in fluid communication with the pump. As the pump operates it moves molten metal upward through an uptake section of the casing until it reaches a rectangular outlet wherein it exits the vessel. The rectangular outlet is configured to be connected to, or may be attached to, a launder. Another system uses a wall to divide a cavity of the chamber into two portions. The wall has an opening and a pump pumps molten metal from a first portion into a second portion until the level in the second portion reaches an outlet and exits the vessel.
US11931797B1
A double-acting switch valve includes a mounting bracket and two mutually backup sealing assemblies disposed on the mounting bracket, each of the two sealing assemblies including a carbon rod and a carbon rod moving assembly, the carbon rod moving assembly being configured to translate, and elevate or lower the carbon rod so as to block or open a metal liquid channel between two metal liquid furnaces. Two sealing assemblies which are mutually replaceable, where when the carbon rod on one of the sealing assemblies is worn down, the other sealing assembly may take its place to block the metal liquid outlet again via the carbon rod; and then the worn-down carbon rod is renewed. This design eliminates the time taken for replacing the carbon rod and can reduce the amount of the metal liquid discharged via the metal liquid outlet during replacement of the carbon rod.
US11931796B2
A method for casting a melt uses a melt container in which a melt receiving space is formed. The melt container has a spout in the form of a lance on the bottom on the melt container. The method includes the following steps: filling the melt container with melt, wherein the melt is introduced into the melt receiving space of the melt container from a crucible using a spout orifice of the lance; casting at least one cast workpiece with melt; filling the melt container with melt again. When filling the melt container with melt, more melt is received in the melt receiving space than is needed for casting the cast workpiece. Directly before the renewed filling of the melt container, a remainder of melt having an oxide skin formed at the melt surface is present in the melt receiving space of the melt container.
US11931783B2
A recycle apparatus includes a conveyor, a flattening device, and a cutting tool. The conveyor includes a first roller and a second roller opposite to each other. The flattening device is located aside the first roller and the second roller. The cutting tool is located aside the flattening device. The flattening device is located between the first roller and the second roller of the conveyor and the cutting tool. The first roller and the second roller is configured to press and feed the photovoltaic module to the flattening device for allowing the photovoltaic module to be flattened by the flattening device, and then the flattened photovoltaic module is fed to the cutting tool by the first roller and the second roller for allowing the back sheet to be separated from the glass sheet assembly by the cutting tool.
US11931781B2
A method for treating process material using a plurality of autoclaves. The method includes: introducing steam into a hollow interior of a first autoclave; increasing the temperature within the hollow interior of the first autoclave by adding heat to the hollow interior of the first autoclave using an indirect heat source; reducing the temperature and pressure within the hollow interior of the first autoclave by flashing a portion of the steam within the hollow interior of the first autoclave to a second autoclave; increasing the temperature within the hollow interior of the first autoclave by continuing to add heat to the hollow interior of first autoclave using the indirect heat source; and reducing a moisture content of a process material in the hollow interior of the first autoclave to a predetermined value by venting a remaining portion of the steam from the first autoclave into a third autoclave.
US11931773B1
The systems and methods utilize thermal energy linked to certain colors vehicles may be manufactured in a single color and changed to a specific color at a dealership before customer purchase and/or throughout the lifetime of the vehicle. A system for modulating vehicle paint of a vehicle includes a paint layer disposed on an exterior surface of the vehicle and a color modulator configured to radiate a light such that the paint layer reacts when the paint layer is exposed to the light.
US11931769B2
A method of applying heat shield material to form a heat shield layer on a crown surface of a piston of an engine is provided. The method includes the steps of disposing a dispenser that linearly discharges the heat shield material toward the crown surface, and moving an applied position of the heat shield material with respect to the crown surface in a circumferential direction of the crown surface, while discharging the heat shield material from the dispenser toward the crown surface.
US11931764B2
A kit for a spray gun including a sleeve delimiting an inner volume provided to contain a pressurized fluid, the sleeve being configured to be connected to a main body of a spray gun, the sleeve having a radial periphery delimiting a fluid outlet of the sleeve and at least one orifice emerging on the radial periphery and fluidly connecting the inner volume and the radial periphery, a connector having an intake end connected to the fluid outlet and a connecting end suitable for being connected to a cup so as to fluidly connect the cup to the inner volume of the sleeve, and a ring surrounding the sleeve and covering the fluid outlet outside the intake end of the connector.
US11931763B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for identifying and quantifying chemical components in a high-melting-point liquid. One such method includes: receiving, into a nebulizer assembly, a high-melting-point liquid from a molten liquid conduit; aerosolizing, using the nebulizer assembly, at least a portion of the received high-melting-point liquid; delivering, into one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid from the nebulizer; and chemically analyzing, using the one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid.
US11931761B2
The present invention embodies a spray nozzle for mixing and spraying a mixture of liquid and dry material. The device is comprised of a liquid injector, a torpedo, a spray tip, and a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber is connected to a hose that directs dry material through the apparatus. Dry material is forced around and over the first end of the torpedo within the mixing chamber, slowing the speed of that material and focusing it toward the second end of the torpedo where it mixes with liquid exiting the spray tip at this second end. The torpedo blends the dry and liquid components more uniformly resulting in a more homogenous material.
US11931754B2
The present invention provides an automated system for spraying a wall of a building. The automated system comprises a gondola mounted on the building, the gondola having a linear track disposed thereon, wherein the linear track is disposed horizontally with respect to the height of the building; a robotic mechanism slidably mounted on the linear track of the gondola, the robotic mechanism further having an end effector adapted to support a spray nozzle thereon; a visual monitoring system configured to scan structural characteristics and profiles of the wall; a computing device disposed in communication with the visual monitoring system and the robotic mechanism, wherein the computing device is configured to receive the scanned structural characteristics and profile of the wall from the visual monitoring system; and a controller communicably coupled to the computing device, the controller configured to independently control operation of respective ones of the robotic mechanism, and the spray nozzle according to the scanned structural characteristics and profiles of the wall.
US11931753B2
The invention relates to a printhead (1) for a 3D printer, particularly a metal printer, comprising a housing (3), a device (28) for supplying a metal (14), a reservoir (7, 27), a nozzle device (2) and a piston (5), the nozzle device (2) comprising a guide sleeve (11), a nozzle plate (9) provided with an outlet (10), and a clamping device (4). The nozzle plate (9) and the guide sleeve (11) are mutually elastically braced by means of the clamping device (4), and the guide sleeve (11) and the reservoir (7, 27) are mutually elastically braced by means of the clamping device (4).
US11931752B2
A non-contact precision pneumatic injection valve includes a cylinder, a needle disposed inside the cylinder, and an adjustable stroke limiting component. The adjustable stroke limiting component includes a thread-toothed column threadedly engaging an upper end of the cylinder; a spring-limiting column disposed inside and fixedly attached to the thread-toothed column, the spring-limiting column having a first protrusion ring; a spring column axially movably disposed inside the spring-limiting column and having a second protrusion ring, a lower end of the spring column defining a stroke of the needle; and a spring. One end of the spring fixedly engages the first protrusion ring and the other end of the spring fixedly engages the second protrusion so that the spring keeps the spring column at least partially inside the spring-limiting column. The spring biases the lower end of the spring column toward the needle.
US11931748B2
A magnetic density separator comprising a process channel through which in use magnetic process liquid and particles to be separated flow in a flow direction, a magnetization device that is arranged to extend in flow direction along at least one of the walls of the channel so as to in use apply a magnetic field to the process liquid in a separation zone of the channel to establish a cut density of the magnetic process liquid to separate the particles in the process liquid based on their density, a laminator through which the magnetic process liquid is introduced into the channel to flow laminarized in flow direction along the separation zone, and a feed through which a mixture of process liquid and particles to be separated is introduced into the process channel to join the laminarized process liquid, characterized in that the feed includes an entraining device.
US11931743B2
Methods and apparatus for shredding cooling tower debris are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of preparing debris for disposal includes: receiving debris from a cooling tower; processing the received debris through a low RPM shredder to reduce the size of the debris; depositing the reduced size debris onto a conveyor; and moving the debris along the conveyor and depositing the debris into a receptacle.
US11931733B2
A device and a method for repeatedly modifying the composition of a fluid. The device includes a first module (19) modifying the composition of the fluid, a second module (21) modifying the composition of the fluid and a dwell module (20) with an inlet (8) and an outlet (10). The first module is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the dwell module inlet and the dwell module outlet is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the second module. Either the first or the second module is a filter unit, or the first module is a first filter unit and the second module is a second filter unit. The filter unit(s) include(s) at least one first filter medium (4, 14) delimiting a supply channel (2, 12) and a retentate channel (1, 11) and at least one second filter medium (5, 15) delimiting the retentate channel and a permeate channel (3, 13).
US11931732B2
The present application provides a gas inlet structure for a reagent kit, which includes a gas inlet connecting pipe and a plugging pipe arranged at one end of the gas inlet connecting pipe. The plugging pipe is provided with a gas nozzle plug, and the plugging pipe is in interference fit with the gas nozzle plug. The gas nozzle plug is provided with a gas inlet blind hole that is arranged along an axis direction of the gas nozzle plug, and an opening end of the gas inlet blind hole faces the gas inlet connecting pipe.
US11931729B2
The present disclosure provides a method of forming a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, the method including receiving a first iron-promoted zeolite having a first iron content, and treating the iron-promoted zeolite with additional iron in an ion exchange step to form a second iron-promoted zeolite with a second iron content, the second iron content being higher than the first iron content. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst composition including an ironpromoted zeolite having at least about 6 weight percent iron, based on total weight of the ironpromoted zeolite, wherein the iron content of the zeolite was added to the zeolite in at least two separate steps is also provided herein.
US11931727B2
A catalyst includes a derivative of an iron-containing clay which includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of a nickel-iron bimetallic structure according to XRD and a nickel-iron bimetallic oxide structure according to XRD. The catalyst can be used in various reactions, such as carbon dioxide methanation and dry reforming of methane and carbon dioxide to produce syngas.
US11931725B2
A conditioning process that is employed with a high selectivity catalyst (HSC) during an initial phase (i.e., start-up) of the epoxidation process is provided. The HSC conditioning process of the present disclosure ensures that the heat release from a catalyst bed containing an HSC during a start-up operation is less than 2000 kJ/Kgcat·hr. The HSC containing catalyst bed that has been conditioned by the process of the present disclosure exhibits improved performance (i.e., EO selectivity) and reduced hot spots.
US11931723B2
An activated carbon device for adsorbing solvent from a flow of air is regenerated by feeding heated inert gas to the activated carbon and by applying a reduced pressure to the heated activated carbon.
US11931722B2
Disclosed are a preparation method of a carbon dioxide capture agent and an application thereof. The method includes: mixing a graphite dispersion, an organic acid solution, a metal salt solution and a silica sol to obtain an organic-inorganic composite gel; standing and aging the organic-inorganic composite gel, drying the same and then carbonizing the same by microwave in a mixed atmosphere of inert gas and sulfur dioxide to obtain an intermediate product; and subjecting the intermediate product to acid washing or alkali washing to obtain a defective carrier, then mixing the defective carrier with an amine substance for ultrasonic treatment and drying to obtain the carbon dioxide capture agent.
US11931716B2
A reaction apparatus comprising at least one tubular reaction unit (23), a container (41) configured to accommodate the tubular reaction unit (23) and a temperature control medium (51) used in heat exchange with the tubular reaction unit (23), and a nozzle (31) configured to eject the temperature control medium (51) toward the tubular reaction unit (23) in the container. The reaction apparatus further comprising a movable part (34) configured to adjust an ejection direction of the nozzle (31) is preferred. The reaction apparatus allows for effectively performing the temperature control even when the tubular reaction unit is immersed in a temperature control medium.
US11931712B2
A fuel synthesis device includes: a supplier to supply CO2 and H2 gasses; a fuel synthesis catalyst to chemically react the CO2 and H2 gasses to synthesize fuel; a gas-liquid separator to liquefy the fuel into liquid and separate the liquid from a gas containing unreacted CO2 and H2 gasses, and CH4 gas as a side product; a return path to return the separated gas to a point between the supplier and the fuel synthesis catalyst; a bypass path to bypass, and merge downstream of, the return path, and to include a CH4 separator to separate the CH4 and a CH4 oxidation catalyst to oxidize the CH4; and a switching valve to selectively switch between communication with the return path and communication with the bypass path, wherein whether the switching valve communicates with the return path or bypass path is controlled based on the density of CH4.
US11931709B2
The present invention relates to a mixing apparatus. A production unit produces a working fluid that is in a supercritical state or a subcritical state. A storage unit stores a material. A dissolving unit dissolves the material in the working fluid. A mixer mixes the material together in the presence of the working fluid. A material feed valve opens or closes a flow passage through which the material is to pass to be fed from the storage unit into the dissolving unit. A working fluid inflow valve opens or closes a flow passage through which the working fluid is to pass to flow into the dissolving unit from the production unit. A mixer inflow valve opens or closes a flow passage through which the working fluid and the material are to pass to flow into the mixer from the dissolving unit.
US11931705B2
Provided are a system for manufacturing dispersion liquid of carbon nanotubes and a method of manufacturing a dispersion liquid of carbon nanotubes using the same. The system includes; a mixing device supplied with solvent and carbon nanotubes, and storing a admixture of the solvent and the carbon nanotubes; a first dispersion device connected to the mixing device, performing a primary dispersion of the carbon nanotubes by an operation of a rotor and a stator, and then performing a secondary dispersion to form bent portions in the carbon nanotubes while discharging the carbon nanotubes through penetration holes of the stator; and a second dispersion device performing a tertiary dispersion of the carbon nanotubes to selectively cut the bent portions of the carbon nanotubes by irradiating a laser when the secondarily dispersed admixture recirculates to the mixing device.
US11931703B1
A submersible aeration equipment (10) for wastewater treatment in which partial vacuum is generated by the rotation of the impellers (22) within the water, which results in the formation of micro-bubbles. The submersible aeration equipment (10) includes a spring-based air intake valve (18) that can control the flow of air through a hollow shaft (12), wherein the opening of the spring-based air intake valve (18) is based on the amount of vacuum in the hollow shaft (12).
US11931698B2
A thin film composite gas separation membrane comprising a polyether block amide copolymer coating layer and a nanoporous asymmetric support membrane with nanopores on the skin layer surface of the support membrane and gelatin polymers inside the nanopores on the skin layer surface of the support membrane. A method for making the thin film composite gas separation membrane is provided as well as the use of the membrane for a variety of separations such as separations of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from natural gas, carbon dioxide removal from flue gas, fuel gas conditioning, hydrogen/methane, polar molecules, and ammonia mixtures with methane, nitrogen or hydrogen and other light gases separations, but also for natural gas liquids recovery and hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide removal from natural gas in a single step.
US11931695B2
Described are methods of membrane distillation for processing organic liquids, hydrophobic distillation membranes useful for membrane distillation methods, and methods of preparing the hydrophobic distillation membranes.
US11931690B2
An ionization device may be configured to be portable, and to rest on a surface such as a floor or desk top. The ionization device includes an air-intake port, an ion generator, an ozone catalyst for removing at least some ozone from air, and an air discharge. Air enters the device through the air-intake port, and at least some of the air is ionized to remove particulates. The air is then moved past or through the ozone catalyst to remove at least some of the ozone from the air. A controller may be used to monitor particulates, temperature, humidity, and/or other relevant factors and/or to adjust the ionization level.
US11931689B2
Embodiments of gas concentrating systems and methods are provided. These systems and methods comprise configuration of hardware and software components to monitor various sensors associated the systems and methods of concentrating gas as described herein. These hardware and software components are further configured to utilize information obtained from sensors throughout the system to perform certain data analysis tasks. Through analysis, the system may, for example, calculate a time to failure for one or more system components, generate alarms to warn a user of pending component failure, modify system settings to improve functionality in differing environmental conditions, modify system operation to conserve energy, and/or determine optimal setting configurations based on sensor feedback.
US11931679B2
A filtration system interconnection structure includes a filter manifold and a filter cartridge in magnetic communication produced by two complementary correlated magnets capable of generating a magnetic force when in close proximity to one another. The filter magnet polarity transitions are aligned with the manifold magnet polarity transitions such that a repulsion force is generated between the magnets when the filter cartridge is inserted within the manifold sump. The magnetic repulsion force may be used to move a blocking mechanism or actuate a latch structure in the manifold to secure the filter cartridge within the manifold sump upon insertion, or to provide non-contacting actuation of a downstream valve so as to permit or prevent the flow of fluid. Utilizing correlated magnetism in a filter interconnect further provides enhanced authentication and/or anti-counterfeiting means to ensure that only authorized or OEM filter cartridges can be installed.
US11931674B2
Provided herein are materials and methods relating to cell-free DNA. In particular, the technology relates to methods and materials for the preparation and handling of blood samples for future use in applications involving cell-free DNA.
US11931673B2
Rapid and long lasting defoaming is accomplished by use of a defoamer formulation employing an organopolysiloxane having siloxy groups linked by an alkylene group, a filler, a silicone resin, a silanol-terminated organopolysiloxane, and an inorganic or organic acid.
US11931669B2
The system and method of the present invention provides an automated washing and extraction system and method to removed trichomes from cannabis product to create hash resin. Inconsistency is removed from the hash extraction process by automating the washing and extraction cycles thereof. The system and method records the data and tracks all user functions. Manual labor is removed or significantly reduced and time to create the final product is greatly lessened. Thus, more hash can be produced in a shorter amount of time. Moreover, the present invention allows the end user a controlled and accurate and efficient way of producing large quantities of solvent-free hash in a short amount of time while doing so in a consistent, repeatable and cost-effective manner.
US11931657B2
An information handling system may receive a request from a user for expert assistance associated with a gaming application. The information handling system may determine a recommendation of one or more experts from a plurality of available experts based, at least in part, on the gaming application and one or more gaming characteristics of each of the plurality of available experts. The information handling system may initiate a gaming assistance session between the user and at least one of the determined experts.
US11931652B2
A computer game system including a game screen that has at least one game play element, and at least one human-only readable medium, such that the human-only readable medium displays information about the at least one game play element instructing a player how to successfully accomplish a game task, and a device and non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions to run such a system.
US11931645B2
The invention relates to a cover or case for goods, in particular for use as a cover or case for hobby or sports equipment. In an embodiment, the case has an inner portion, formed of expanded polypropylene (ePP) and defining a cavity for receiving at least part of the item. The case also includes an outer layer, formed of self-reinforcing polypropylene (srPP), arranged to cover an outer surface of at least part of the inner portion. In further embodiments, the cover is formed of two or more sections that may be arranged to at least partially overlap, wherein adjusting the overlap of the at least two sections changes the dimensions of an inner cavity within the cover or case. The case may be telescoping, in order to provide adjustable dimensions for a cavity within the case.
US11931643B1
Mounts (10) for securing a device (12) to an article (14) comprise a housing (16) having an internal volume (18) configured to selectively receive and retain the device (12) in the housing (16); and a coupler (20) attached to the housing (16) and configured to be operatively attached to the article (14).
US11931641B2
Stationary exercise machine with integrated holographic display to simulate depth and motion is disclosed. The disclosure uses an integrated and responsive 3-dimensional (3D) or holographic display attached to and/or integrated with stationary exercise equipment to create a more immersive, engaging and enjoyable stationary exercise experience. The 3D or holographic display provides a more stimulating sensory experience and can better simulate the perception of depth and motion through a 3D virtual environment.
US11931635B1
A ball tossing device for use in playing a ball tossing game includes a rod, which is substantially rigid, a basket, which is attached to a front face of the rod proximate to an upper end of the rod, and a cup, which is positioned in the basket and which is attached to a bottom of the basket. The cup is sized complementarily to a portion of a ball to be used in a ball tossing game, allowing the portion of the ball to be inserted into and retained by the cup when the rod is substantially vertical. A rear sight is attached to and extends from the upper end of the rod. The rod can be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to align the rear sight with a target and to launch the ball at the target by one or both of a flick of a wrist or an extension of a forearm of the user.
US11931630B2
A head includes a face portion, a sole portion, and an internal weight portion provided on an inner surface of the sole portion and located apart from the face portion. The internal weight portion includes a base portion, and a protruding portion protruding from the base portion toward a face side and located apart from the inner surface of the sole portion. The protruding portion is positioned on the face side with respect to the head center of gravity. A thickness of a toe-side part of the protruding portion and/or a thickness of a heel-side part of the protruding portion is greater than a thickness of a middle part of the protruding portion. Alternatively, a middle part of the protruding portion in a toe-heel direction is absent. The internal weight portion may be formed integrally with the sole portion, or may be a different member from the sole portion.
US11931629B2
A golf club head with an improved sole profile is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses various types of irons, including wedges, having a toe portion, a heel portion, and a center portion therebetween, in which a camber radius of a sole as measured from a front to a back of the golf club head changes moving from the toe portion through the center portion to the heel portion. In addition, a bounce angle of the golf club head also changes moving from the toe portion through the center portion to the heel portion. The resulting golf club head improves performance, as this new sole profile allows specific portions of the sole to have a profile that meets the needs at that location.
US11931628B2
A golf club head is formed by joining various parts to a head shell made of metal and having a hollow structure. The head shell has a region where a face and a sole are continuous with each other, thereby forming a leading edge between the face and the sole. The sole of the head shell is provided with a concave slot along the leading edge. The slot is configured to bend in a target direction upon hitting a ball with the face. A reinforcing member made of fiber reinforced plastic configured to apply a resistance to bending of the slot is attached in the slot. The slot has a thickness of, for example, about 0.8 mm to 1.3 mm and has a cross-sectional shape forming a parabola. The reinforcing member has a thickness of, for example, about 10% to 20% of the width of the slot in the target direction.
US11931624B2
A method for monitoring an individual engaged in an athletic activity includes detecting movement of the individual at a first time, using a sensor module coupled to the individual, determining that the movement of the individual corresponds to a predetermined activation movement, entering an active state of the sensor module in response to the determination that the movement of the individual corresponds to the predetermined activation movement, and detecting movement of the individual at a second time, using the sensor module in the active state.
US11931620B2
A self-supporting apparatus of varying dimensions, which occupies the gap between the bracket of a j-hook channel and the adjoining squat rack upright. Spacer body is appropriately sized to encompass the excess space existing between the back channel of an oversized j-hook and the back side of the smaller squat rack upright, thereby providing a generalized means of adapting a larger bracket such that it may be coupled to a rack or rig of smaller size.
US11931609B2
A forest fire spread prevention device as an automatic fire extinguishing device for a forest fire may suppress an occurrence of property loss and loss of lives by blocking the forest fire in the middle so that it does not spread to nearby private houses when a forest fire occurs. The forest fire spread prevention device can include a burlap bag-shaped outer skin member which is woven with a thermoplastic plastic tape having a melting point of 160 to 280° C. as a weft and a warp; and an inner skin member of a cylindrical container which is accommodated in the outer skin member and formed in a film shape prepared by extruding a thermoplastic plastic material having a thickness of 15 to 50 microns and a melting point of 110 to 130° C. in a cylindrical shape, and has an inner space filled with water.
US11931607B2
A face mask uses a neck hanger with axillary oxygen to facilitate the flow of filtered fresh air inside the face mask for inhaling. Neck hanger filters the fresh air from the environment mixes with oxygen that is stored in the neck hanger before releasing inside the face mask for inhaling. The neck hanger is a lightweight tube that houses fans, HEPA or ULPA filters, compressed oxygen, a regulator, and a battery with a control circuit. One fan sucks the air from the environment that after being filtered and mixed with oxygen is blown into the face mask through an air pipe that is attached to both the neck hanger and face mask. The exhaled air from interior of the mask is sucked by a second fan through another air pipe, then filtered and released into the environment.
US11931604B2
A mask apparatus includes a mask body and a mask body cover coupled to the mask body. The mask body includes a front surface, a rear surface, and a pair of air ducts disposed at left and right sides of the front surface. The mask body is configured to mount a pair of fan modules at suction sides of the pair of air ducts. The mask body cover covers the pair of air ducts and the pair of fan modules. The mask body defines a cover coupling groove along an edge of the mask body, and the cover coupling groove is coupled to an edge of the mask body cover.
US11931601B2
An imager includes: an array of imager elements configured to generate image signals based on radiation received by the imager; and circuit configured to perform readout of image signals, wherein the circuit is configured to be radiation hard. An imager includes: an array of imager elements configured to generate image signals based on the radiation received by the imager; and readout and control circuit coupled to the array of imager elements, wherein the readout and control circuit is configured to perform signal readout in synchronization with an operation of a treatment beam source.
US11931593B2
Systems for destroying or inhibiting cancer cells and other rapidly-dividing cells including an alternating polarity (AP) magnetic field generator and at least one AP electromagnetic coil adapted to be coupled to a target body area, and a controller to control the AP magnetic field generator and at least one AP electromagnetic coil and cause the field generator and coil to apply AP magnetic field having a frequency of 0.5-500 kHz and a field strength of 0.5-5 mT to the target body area to achieve a desired inhibiting effect on cancer cells or other rapidly-dividing cells. Treatments provided by the system may be co-administered with an anti-cancer drug such as a chemotherapy drug, a hormone therapy drug, targeted therapy drugs, immunotherapy drugs, or an angiogenesis inhibitor drug.
US11931587B2
A system is provided that includes a first electrode configured to be located within a septal wall, and a second electrode configured to be located outside of the septal wall. The system also includes an impedance circuit configured to measure impedance along an impedance monitoring (IM) vector between the first and second electrodes. One or more processors are also provided that are configured to obtain impedance data indicative of an impedance along the IM vector with the first electrode located at different depths within the septal wall, the impedance data including a set of data values associated with different depths of the first electrode within the septal wall. The one or more processors are also configured to determine when the first electrode is located at a target depth within the septal wall based on the impedance data.
US11931586B2
A cardiac pacing system having a pulse generator for generating therapeutic electric pulses, a lead electrically coupled with the pulse generator having an electrode, a first sensor configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of a patient, a second sensor configured to monitor a second physiological characteristic of a patient and a controller. The controller can determine a pacing vector based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor, and cause the pulse generator to deliver the therapeutic electrical pulses according to the determined pacing vector. The controller can also modify pacing characteristics based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor.
US11931561B2
A controller for an implantable blood pump, includes an accelerometer configured to measure at least one from the group consisting of position and movement of the controller. Processing circuitry is configured to control operation of the implantable blood pump, the processing circuitry being in communication with the accelerometer, the processing circuitry being configured to adjust a speed of the implantable blood pump if the measured at least one from the group consisting of position and movement deviates from a respective predetermined threshold.
US11931560B2
The disclosure relates to devices and methods for the treatment of edema which devices use an intravascular edema pump with an anticoagulant. The invention provides devices and methods for treating edema that use an indwelling catheter to place an impeller in a blood vessel of a patient, near an outlet of a lymphatic duct. Operating the impeller creates a local depression in blood pressure, which promotes drainage of lymph from the lymphatic system. The catheter is also used to release an anticoagulant such as heparin to wash and lubricate the impeller. Specifically, the anticoagulant inhibits clotting, hemolysis, or thrombosis from occurring and interfering with smooth operation of the impeller.
US11931552B2
A drug delivery device includes a compartment sized to receive a cartridge. The compartment includes a cartridge bay that opens so that a cartridge may be inserted into the cartridge bay and that closes when the cartridge is received by the compartment. The drug delivery device also includes a housing including an expanding assembly. The expanding assembly includes a driver supported from a distal end by a linear stabilizer that includes a bearing configured to push against the housing. The driver is rotated by a motor. The expanding assembly also includes two mid screws threadedly connected to the driver, a plunger driver threadedly connected to the two mid screws, and an anti-rotational guide that prevents rotation of the plunger driver.
US11931539B2
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a backflow resistance module configured to prevent fluid from being drawn into the connector when a backflow inducing event occurs. In some embodiments, the backflow resistance module can include a variable-volume chamber configured to change in volume in response to a backflow-inducing event and a check valve configured to resist backflow. In some embodiments, the medical connector can include a fluid diverter configured to direct fluid flowing through the medical connector into the variable volume chamber to prevent fluid stagnation therein. In some embodiments, the medical connector includes a body member, a base member, a seal member, a support member, and a valve member.
US11931538B2
A therapeutic delivery device that provides a controlled release of high doses of a therapeutic agent in a local area, sustains the high dose controlled release with a percutaneous port for refilling the device, and is versatile for use with multiple types of therapeutic agents and/or implant systems. A rate determining/controlled release membrane is used to decrease the molecular mobility of the therapeutic compounds thereby controlling the therapeutic release profile. The therapeutic delivery device includes a body defining an internal reservoir for receiving a therapeutic agent and including a first membrane for providing a controlled release of the therapeutic agent to the surgical site, a port in fluid communication with the reservoir, a sleeve configured to encapsulate the body, and a rigid housing configured to support the body and a portion of the sleeve, the rigid housing configured to release the body and the sleeve after the body and the sleeve are anchored position relative to the surgical site.
US11931536B2
Disclosed are a drug-coated balloon and a method for preparing the same. The drug-coated balloon comprises a surface liquefied drug coating and a balloon, wherein the drug coating comprises a lipophilic excipient and a drug. The balloon can reduce the loss of the drug during delivery and increase efficiency in transferring the drug to a lesion site.
US11931529B2
The present invention provides a steerable medical or surgical device, in particular a steerable catheter having one or more actuators which may be integrated into a catheter without the need for welding the actuator to the catheter, the device comprising a main shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one braided actuator coupled to the main shaft at or adjacent the distal end.
US11931526B2
A medical device is provided that can be held and operated with a single hand to cause a catheter to be placed at a selected location in a patient's body. The user's other hand is free to perform other tasks, such as operating an ultrasound probe, for example. The medical device may also include a valve that can be operated with the same hand that holds the medical device to open a port to cause a fluid, such as a nerve block agent, for example, to be injected into the patient's body at the selected location.
US11931515B2
A method for treating a breathing condition includes providing a face strip having an adhesive layer and a mesh layer disposed on the adhesive layer and applying the adhesive layer to a mouth of a patient diagnosed with a breathing condition including at least one of a dry mouth, a sore throat, nasal congestion, or hypoxia. The method further includes covering the patient's mouth with the face strip and providing resistance from the face strip at the patient's mouth, and increasing nasal respiration with the face strip. The face strip reduces or prevents the incidence of the breathing condition.
US11931513B2
A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.
US11931511B2
A patient interface includes a seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patients face surrounding an entrance to the patients airways. The seal-forming structure comprises a first section and a second section. The first section is constructed from a first material. The first section is configured to sealingly engage against a first region of the patients face. The second section is constructed from a second material that is different than the first material. The second section is configured to sealingly engage against a second region of the patients face. The second material is foam. The patient interface also includes a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold a seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a patient's head.
US11931505B2
An inhaler housing comprising a receiving portion adapted to at least partially receive a container containing a medicament, and a dispensing portion through which the medicament is dispensed, wherein the receiving portion and the dispensing portion are movable relative to one another between a storage condition in which the receiving portion and the dispensing portion at least partially overlie one another and a use condition.
US11931497B2
A peritoneal dialysis system includes first and second concentrate sources in selective fluid communication with a medical fluid pumping cassette, the first and second concentrate sources holding first and second peritoneal dialysis concentrates, respectively; a pump actuator configured to cause the medical fluid pumping cassette to pump the first and second concentrates; and a processor and memory configured to (i) determine a cumulative volume of at least one of the first or second peritoneal dialysis concentrates pumped from the medical fluid pumping cassette by the pump actuator, (ii) compare the cumulative volume to a threshold, and (iii) if the cumulative volume is outside of the threshold, modify a subsequent stroke volume of at least one of the first or second pump chambers actuated by the pump actuator in an attempt to cause an updated cumulative volume for the at least one peritoneal dialysis concentrate to be within the threshold.
US11931486B2
An essential oil diffuser including multiple diffuser channels. Each diffuser channel includes an air pump and a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assemblies are removable receivable within a chassis assembly of the diffuser.
US11931484B2
A bioabsorbable composite stent structure, comprising bioabsorbable polymeric ring structures which retain a molecular weight and mechanical strength of a starting substrate and one or more interconnecting struts which extend between and couple adjacent ring structures. The ring structures can have a formed first diameter and being radially compressible to a smaller second diameter and re-expandable to the first diameter. The ring structures can comprise a base polymeric layer. The interconnecting struts can be formed from a polymer blend or co-polymer of poly-L-lactide (PLLA) and an elastomeric polymer. The interconnecting struts each can have a width that is less than a circumference of one of the ring structures. The adjacent ring structures can be axially and rotationally movable relative to one another via the interconnecting struts. The interconnecting struts can also be bioabsorbable.
US11931476B2
A method for producing a strainer dish for receiving medical objects to be disinfected or sterilized. A base surface is produced from a sheet metal blank in a first machining step. In a second machining step, the sheet metal blank or base surface is provided with holes to obtain a perforated starting shape. In a third machining step which takes place after the first and second machining steps, a perforated plane is produced, which can be divided into a flat inner section and an edge section. In a fourth machining step which takes place after the third machining step, a strainer dish shape is produced. The raw bottom corresponds to the flat inner section of the perforated plane. A fifth machining step, which takes place after the third machining step, at least partially produces a three-dimensionally structured bottom from the flat inner section.
US11931474B2
A disinfectant transmissive material incorporated into a case for a mobile device or a supporting surface of a disinfecting charger to enable disinfection of hard to reach areas. The case can be self-disinfecting. The disinfecting charger can have monitoring and safety systems that detect proximity and provide user feedback on safety, disinfection, and charge status along with automatic interlocks to protect the user from overexposure to disinfectant.
US11931470B2
Visible light disinfection is a healthcare technology wherein violet light is used to inactivate pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. The present invention overcomes the limitations of continuous irradiance in whole-room environments by pulse width modulation of the light sources and increasing the instantaneous irradiance while maintaining average irradiance and hence light power requirements. The invention further discloses the use of multispectral light sources wherein the pulse modulation frequencies are synchronized and the phase of the spectral components are offset in order to maximize synergistic or antagonistic responses to intracellular chromophore excitation.
US11931466B2
Provided is a process for the production of nano- and/or microparticles containing a therapeutically active agent embedded in a polymer matrix or encapsulated by a polymer shell, and nano- and/or microparticles obtainable by the process, said process comprising the steps of: a) providing a solution of a polymer selected from polylactide, polyglycolide, and polyester copolymers comprising copolymerized units of lactic acid and/or glycolic acid in an organic solvent S1 having limited water solubility; b) providing a solution or dispersion of a therapeutically active agent in as solvent or mixture of organic solvents S2 comprising at least 50 vol. % benzyl alcohol, c) combining the solution or the solution and suspension provided in step a) and step b) to provide an organic phase which comprises dissolved polymer and dissolved therapeutically active agent in a mixture of the organic solvents S1 and S2; d) agitating the organic phase provided in step c) in a vessel and adding an aqueous surfactant solution to the agitated organic phase in a volume ratio of at least 2:1 in terms of the total volume of the aqueous surfactant solution to the total volume of the organic phase as provided in step c), thus causing the formation of a dispersion containing a continuous aqueous phase and a discontinuous organic phase; and e) allowing the spontaneous formation of the nano- and/or microparticles via transfer of organic solvent from the discontinuous organic phase into the continuous aqueous phase directly after the dispersion has been formed.
US11931456B2
A pharmaceutical composition containing a mixed polymeric micelle and a drug enclosed in the micelle, in which the mixed polymeric micelle, 1 to 1000 nm in size, includes an amphiphilic block copolymer and a lipopolymer. Also disclosed are preparation of the pharmaceutical composition and use thereof for treating cancer.
US11931454B2
The invention is generally related to a soft hydrogel ocular insert that is composed of at least one hydrogel material in fully hydrated state and can be comfortable for wearing. The hydrogel material comprises polymer chains, which are derived from at least one arylborono-containing hydrophilic copolymer and at least one mucoadhesive polymer, and cyclic boronic ester crosslinks for crosslinking those mucoadhesive polymer chains and arylborono-containing hydrophilic copolymer chains to form a 3-dimensional polymer network. Those cyclic boronic ester crosslinks can be hydrolyzed slowly in the tear of the eyes of a patient, resulting in the disintegration (dissolution) of the 3-dimensional polymer network and thereby providing mucoadhesisve polymers and optionally drugs impregnated in the hydrogel ocular insert in a controlled manner.
US11931449B2
The subject of the present invention is a process for treating keratin fibers using a) at least one silicone comprising at least one carboxylic acid anhydride group, b) at least one amino silicone, and c) at least one coloring agent chosen from pigments, direct dyes and mixtures thereof, the compounds a), b) and c) being applied together or separately, in one or more compositions.
US11931447B2
A polymer/hydrophilic silica blend is provided comprising (a) a thickening polymer powder, comprising (i) structural units of C4-8 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; (ii) structural units of (meth)acrylic acid monomer, and (iii) structural units of a specialized associative monomer of formula (I) wherein R1 is a linear saturated C10-20 alkyl group; and n is an average of 20 to 28; and (b) a hydrophilic silica powder; wherein the weight ratio of hydrophilic silica powder to thickening polymer powder in the polymer/hydrophilic silica blend is 1:9 to 9:1. Also provided are personal care compositions containing same and methods of using same.
US11931437B2
This invention relates to dentifrice compositions comprising stannous fluoride and a silica abrasive having a N2 BET surface area of less than 50 m2/g and an Einlehner hardness of from 4 to 11, as well as to methods of using these compositions.
US11931431B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, capable of targeting PSMA, and a compound provided by one aspect of the present invention has a glutamine-urea-lysine compound to which a radioactive metal-coupled chelator is structurally coupled and to which an aryl group that can additionally bind to PSMA protein is coupled. Coupling between the glutamine-urea-lysine compound and the chelator includes a polar spacer so as to serve the role of reducing in vivo nonspecific coupling and exhibit an effect of being rapidly removed from vital organs, but not from prostate cancer. These characteristics lower the radiation exposure, which is caused by a therapeutic radioisotope-coupled compound, to normal tissue and organs, and thus reduce side effects. In addition, a compound that contains a phenyl group having a coupling force with albumin has an increased residence time in the blood, thereby becoming more accumulated in prostate cancer.
US11931430B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).
US11931428B2
Provided herein is a compound of formula I: and the use thereof for detecting the presence of hydrogen sulfide in cells or tissues in vitro or in vivo. The detecting may be useful, for example, in diagnosing cancer or other diseases related to imbalanced hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production such as neurodegenerative diseases.
US11931426B2
The invention relates to retrieving or modifying target nucleic acids, such as host cell chromosomal DNA, by homologous recombination with vectors that have been cut to provide recombinogenic nucleic acid strands in situ. In some aspects, a marker sequence is created by the method of the invention, wherein the marker sequence is in the product of the method but not present in the starting nucleic acid strands of the method.
US11931423B2
Bioconjugates and methods of making bioconjugates are provided, wherein the bioconjugates comprise glucose oxidase and nanoparticles that can kill tumor cells. For example, glucose oxidase-iron oxide bioconjugates can produce reactive oxygen species from blood glucose, causing cell death. The use of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles can provide magnetic resonance imaging guidance to facilitate imaging-guided drug delivery and combine diagnostics with therapy.
US11931416B2
There are provided herein, inter alia, cationic amphipathic polymers, complexes, and compositions comprising same, and methods for their use including for the delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging agents, including nucleic acids, into a cell. The complexes, compositions and methods may facilitate delivery and targeted release of the therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging agents to particular cell types and tissues.
US11931415B2
A composition comprises: a base oil; an additive; and a drug. The additive has segments which are conjugated, e.g. covalently linked, together. A first segment facilitates solubility in the base oil, whereas a second segment facilitates drug solubility and/or modifies drug release or other behaviour. The first segment may for example comprise a poly(dimethylsiloxane)-containing moiety. The second segment may for example resemble a drug molecule. The composition may for example be used as a tamponade or as a component for a tamponade administered to the eye.
US11931398B2
Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising terlipressin and therapeutic methods for using them.
US11931394B2
In one embodiment, the present application provides an herbal supplement and method for treating bloating, constipation and/or weight gain in a human subject comprising orally administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of the herbal supplement comprising a red quebracho extract. In other embodiments, the supplement may additionally include a triterpenoid saponin, an anti-spasmodic agent, or both.
US11931386B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for increasing butyrate production in a subject. In particular, provided herein are compositions, probiotic compositions, and combinations thereof that promote butyrate production in a subject.
US11931384B2
Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
US11931383B2
The present invention concerns methods of using bioactive renal cell populations to provide regenerative effects to a native kidney for the treatment of chronic kidney disease.
US11931378B2
Strontium oxide (SrO) nanoparticle and various concentrations of chitosan (CS)-doped SrO nanocomposite were synthesized via co-precipitation method. A variety of characterization techniques including were done for characterizing and qualifying the nanocomposite. X-ray powder diffraction affirmed cubic and tetragonal structure of SrO nanoparticle and CS-doped SrO nanocomposite with a decrease in crystallinity upon doping. Fourier transform infrared spectrum endorsed existing functional groups on CS/SrO surfaces while d-spacing was estimated using high resolution Transmission electron microscopes images. UV-Visible and Photoluminescence spectroscopy spectra showed an increase in band gap energies with an increase in doping concentration. Elemental composition of CS-doped SrO nanocomposite deposited with different doping concentrations was studied using Energy dispersive Spectroscopy. Addition of chitosan resulted in the formation of nanocomposite and rod-like structures that led to enhanced catalytic activity during methylene blue ciprofloxacin degradation in the presence of reducing agent sodium borohydrate at various pH conditions.
US11931372B2
This invention refers to pharmaceutical compositions containing synergistic combinations of pentacyclic triterpenoids as active principles and denotes that some specific combinations between these types of drugs exhibit effects for the prevention or inhibition of viral infections. The compositions are found in specific quantities and proportions that enhance the pharmacological properties of the compounds, improving their bioavailability and pharmacokinetic properties, while reducing their toxicological and irritability effects, especially in the respiratory tract and the lungs.
US11931368B2
Disclosed herein are particles of at least 95% by weight of a glucocorticoid that have a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g, methods for making, such particles, and methods for their use as therapeutics. Also disclosed herein are particles of at least 95% by weight of an indolinone that have a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g, methods for making such particles, and methods for-their use as therapeutics.
US11931367B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage forms including capsules containing (17-β)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl tridecanoate, and related methods. The capsule fill can include an additive and about 14 wt % to about 42 wt % for androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one esters that comprise (17-β)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl tridecanoate or a combination of (17-β)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl undecanoate, (17-β)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-dodecanoate, and (17-β)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl tridecanoate. A single oral administration to a male subject of one or more dosage forms with a total androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one equivalent dose of about 150 mg to about 895 mg is provided. In another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one within a target PK performance for a male subject is provided. In a further embodiment, the pharmaceutical compositions and methods comprising androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one ester loading of 14 wt % to 42 wt % achieve androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one PK performance targets and require titration(s) to show therapeutic effectiveness for treatment of hypogonadism.
US11931359B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing the bioavailability and/or prolonging ophthalmic action of a drug, the method comprising instilling into the eye an aqueous suspension comprising reversible clusters of drug loaded nano-resin particles, said clusters having a D50 value of at least 2 micrometer and said drug loaded nano-resin particles have a particle size distribution characterized in that the D90 value is 70 nanometer to 900 nanometer. The present invention further relates to an aqueous suspension comprising reversible clusters of drug loaded nano-resin particles, said clusters have a D50 value of at least 2 micrometers and said drug loaded nano-resin particles have a particle size distribution characterized in that the D90 value is 70 nanometers to 900 nanometers.
US11931353B2
A method of preventing or treating a subject suffering from a flavivirus infection by administering an effective amount of berbamine or its analogue to the subject, berbamine has a structure of Formula (I), wherein the flavivirus infection is caused by Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus or Dengue virus. A method of inhibiting the entry of a flavivirus, an enterovirus and/or a lentivirus into host cells includes contacting the host cells with an effective amount of berbamine of its analogue, berbamine has a structure of Formula (I), wherein the flavivirus is Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus or Dengue virus.
US11931349B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutically compatible iron chelator or a prodrug thereof for use in treating and/or preventing cancer in a subject suspected or known to comprise hypoxic cancer cells, and use in treatment and/or prevention of a human papillomavirus (HPV) related lesion. The present invention further relates to a use of an iron chelator or prodrug thereof for inducing senescence in a cancer cell, preferably a hypoxic cancer cell; and to a method for inducing an irreversible proliferation arrest in cancer cells comprising a) contacting said cancer cells with an iron chelator or prodrug thereof and, thereby, b) inducing an irreversible proliferation arrest in said cancer cells.
US11931345B2
Provided herein are thiazolidinedione analogues that are useful for treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), diabetes, and other metabolic inflammation-mediated disease and disorders.
US11931344B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating a coronavirus infection using sphingosine kinase-1 inhibitors, such as SK1-I, and selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonists, such as ozanimod.
US11931343B2
Compounds, such as compounds having Formula (I): wherein each variable is as described herein, that modulate the conversion of AMP to adenosine by 5′-nucleotidase, ecto, and compositions containing the compounds and methods for synthesizing the compounds, are described herein. The use of such compounds and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of a diverse array of diseases, disorders and conditions, including cancer- and immune-related disorders, that are mediated by 5′-nucleotidase, ecto is also provided.
US11931342B2
The present application relates to magnesium biotinate compositions and methods of use. The methods and compositions disclosed herein are particularly useful for providing bioavailable biotin to mammals and treating or preventing symptoms of biotin deficiency.
US11931340B2
The present invention discloses a method of treating agitation or the signs of agitation in a subject comprising the sublingual administration of an effective amount of an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist, more particularly Dexmedetomidine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The method is particularly suitable for the treatment of agitation associated with neurodegenerative and/or neuropsychiatric diseases. The present invention also discloses the sublingual administration of an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist, more particularly Dexmedetomidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a dose that is effective to treat agitation or the signs of agitation in a subject, but does not cause significant sedation.
US11931338B2
Disclosed are novel nitrilated psilocybin derivative compounds and pharmaceutical and recreational drug formulations containing the same. The compounds may be produced by reacting a reactant psilocybin derivative with a nitrile-group containing compound.
US11931335B2
Disclosed are methods, compounds, and compositions useful for increasing autophagy and promoting longevity. The methods, compounds, and compositions relate to urolithins and urolithin precursors and use thereof. Certain urolithins are represented by Formula I, while certain urolithin precursors are represented by Formula IV. The urolithin may be urolithin A, urolithin B, urolithin C, or urolithin D. The urolithin precursor may be ellagic acid or an ellagitannin. The methods include in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro uses of the compounds and compositions.
US11931331B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising one or more extracts and/or compounds having retinol-like activity and properties and methods of using the compositions to treat the eye.
US11931328B2
Pharmaceutical compositions including an active ingredient and a stabilizer, as well as methods of manufacture of the compositions, and methods of their use. The composition may include the active ingredient dispersed throughout a matrix of the stabilizer. In some embodiments, the active ingredient and the stabilizer are intimately mixed in a matrix formulation. In some embodiments, the active ingredient is selected from 4 amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid) (“baclofen”) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
US11931325B2
Novel compositions that promote hair growth or hair restoration, and compositions that prevent hair loss. Compositions including an iNOS inhibitor as an active ingredient are provided. Advantageous affects for hair growth or hair restoration are obtained when a composition including an iNOS inhibitor as an active ingredient is administered to a mammal. For the iNOS inhibitor, a low-molecular compound, an antibody, or a nucleic acid drug such as an antisense oligonucleotide or siRNA may be used. A method of screening for effective substances for promotion of hair growth or hair restoration or prevention of hair loss is also provided.
US11931314B2
A capsule for dosing a substance to be administered orally, comprising:—a dosing chamber (2) for the substance;—an access route (6) for access of the substance into the chamber (2);—a valve (3) which permits/prevents the supply of the substance to the dosing chamber (2) through the access route (6);—a connection means (4) for connecting to a mouth of a container.
US11931309B2
An actuator unit of the present invention includes upper and lower frames respectively connectable to a thigh frame and a lower leg frame, an actuator-side rotational connecting part connecting both frames in a rotatable manner around a pivot axis, a driver producing driving force for rotating the lower frame around the pivot axis, upper and lower connecting bodies respectively connecting the upper frame to the thigh frame and the lower frame to the lower leg frame, and an intermediate connecting body connecting the vicinity of the actuator-side rotational connecting part to the vicinity of a brace-side rotational connecting part, the intermediate connecting body having a ball stud and an accommodation depression respectively provided on one and the other of the knee-ankle-foot orthosis and the actuator unit.
US11931306B2
An inversion table includes a supporting stand having a first interlocking member, and a tilt inversion mechanism. The tilt inversion mechanism includes an inversion unit pivoted on the supporting stand, a feet holding unit, and a locking unit having a second interlocking member disposed on the inversion unit. The tilt inversion mechanism is operable relative to the supporting stand such that the feet holding unit is disengaged from the locking unit in a non-reversible state, and that the feet holding unit is engaged with the locking unit in a reversible state.
US11931301B2
A litter lift system includes a winch and a lifting strap. The winch includes a rotatable spool. The lifting strap has one end coupled to the rotatable spool and is movable due to rotation of the rotatable spool. The lifting strap has a first lifting segment and a second lifting segment positioned away from the end of the lifting strap coupled to the rotatable spool. The first lifting segment and the second lifting segment are each forked to interface with a frame of a litter at first lifting segment and second lifting segment distal ends, wherein a coupling is attached to the first lifting segment. Rotation of the rotatable spool in a first direction raises the first lifting segment and the second lifting segment. Rotation of the rotatable spool in a second direction different from the first direction lowers the first lifting segment and the second lifting segment.
US11931297B2
Certain embodiments describe an endoilluminator having a tube that includes an interior compartment between a proximal end and a distal end of the tube, wherein the distal end of the tube is configured to be inserted into an eye. The endoilluminator also includes a handpiece coupled to a light source and the proximal end of the tube, wherein the endoilluminator is configured to filter an incident component of light transmitted by the light source and emit a polarized component of the transmitted light through the distal end of the tube.
US11931289B2
A system and method for providing a universal wrap that can apply a thermal pack to many different regions of a patient's body. The universal wrap is provided in a standardized form. The medical provider is provided with options to modify the standardized form in order to adapt the wrap to many different applications.
US11931286B2
A method of monitoring pressure applied to adhere an ostomy appliance to skin is disclosed. The method includes providing an ostomy wafer having a backing layer, an adhesive layer attached to a proximal side of the backing layer, and a sensor configured to be placed on a distal side of the backing layer. The sensor has a proximal film attached to a distal film and a coating on at least one of the proximal film and the distal film. The method includes placing the adhesive layer onto skin and applying pressure to the sensor and observing visible feedback from the coating recording a location of the pressure applied to the sensor and the ostomy wafer.
US11931283B2
A portable spinal decompression device includes a top (thoracic) adjustable belt and bottom (lumbar) adjustable belt with a plurality of traction devices attached at set anchor points for applying traction forces to a body to facilitate spinal disc decompression and alleviate pain of users with spinal disorders. The portable device that fits various shapes and body sizes can be operated by a user without additional assistance and can be used while the individual is in numerous positions during his or her daily routine.
US11931278B2
The reconstrainment band includes a hollow generally tubular shaped band having proximal and distal ends and having an exterior surface for engaging a stent and an interior surface for engaging a delivery tube. The exterior surface has at least one fin projecting therefrom along the longitudinal axis of the band. The fin has at least one obtusely shaped surface relative to the longitudinal axis and facing one of the ends. The reconstrainment band is included in a delivery device for intraluminally positioning and deploying a radially distensible stent. Reconstrainment of a partially deployed stent is provided by the delivery device.
US11931276B2
A catheter delivery device for a self-expanding stent is described. The delivery device includes a distal catheter component and a distal sheath that releases the stent by moving proximally relative to the distal catheter component and the stent. A proximal catheter shaft including a tube and a pull wire within a lumen of the tube may be provided, the pull wire being attached to the distal sheath such that pulling the pull wire proximally relative to the tube pulls the distal sheath proximally to release the stent progressively. A casing tube may be provided to surround the catheter shaft, the casing tube having a distal end that receives telescopically a proximal end of the distal sheath. A method of making a delivery device for implantation of a self-expanding stent is also described.
US11931273B2
A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.
US11931266B2
The biocompatible lattice structures and implants disclosed herein have an increased or optimized lucency, even when constructed from a metallic material. The lattice structures can also provide an increased or optimized lucency in a material that is not generally considered to be radiolucent. Lucency can include disparity, maximum variation in lucency properties across a structure, or dispersion, minimum variation in lucency properties across a structure. The implants and lattice structures disclosed herein may be optimized for disparity or dispersion in any desired direction. A desired direction with respect to lucency can include the anticipated x-ray viewing direction of an implant in the expected implantation orientation.
US11931262B2
Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium, through the mitral valve, and into the left ventricle. A ventricular anchor is deployed from the catheter and into a wall of the left ventricle, leaving a ventricular suture attached to the ventricular anchor and extending proximally through the catheter. A leaflet anchor is deployed to secure a mitral valve leaflet to a leaflet suture, with the leaflet suture extending proximally through the catheter. The leaflet suture is secured to the ventricular suture to limit a range of travel of the leaflet in the direction of the left atrium. Also disclosed is an assembled in situ mitral valve leaflet restraint, having a neo papillary muscle and a neo chordae tendinea.
US11931257B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to devices and methods for preparing an existing, implanted prosthetic aortic valve for subsequent prosthetic aortic valve implantation. To prepare the existing valve, a valve preparation device is delivered to the valve and valve leaflets are severed either via mechanical cutting or electrodes so that the leaflets cannot obstruct a blood flow path once a prosthetic valve is subsequently implanted within the valve. Similarly, in alternate embodiments, devices and methods of the disclosure can be used for preparing a native aortic valve for delivery and implantation of a prosthetic valve.
US11931256B1
Disclosed is a prosthetic heart valve, wherein the prosthetic heart valve comprises: a ring-shaped stent, comprising: a mesh structure which allows the stent to be contracted or expanded in a radial direction; and a leaflet structure, comprising a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet is attached to the stent and has a first portion disposed within the stent and a second portion being wrapped to an outer circumferential side of the proximal end of the stent. With a growth of the heart, the stent can be expanded after the prosthetic heart valve is anchored, to allow the prosthetic heart valve to operate in different states, and under at least one of the different states, each leaflet has an excessive portion freely sagging to a position away from the stent along a direction from the distal end to the proximal end, to allow the stent to form a more functional valve.
US11931244B2
The invention relates to an artificial ophthalmic lens (20) containing an anterior optical surface (21) and a posterior optical surface (22), at least one of which contains a multifocal optical diffractive profile (25). A cross apodized profile part (25′) is formed on the diffractive profile (25) wherein phase shifting elements (27) are provided alternately forming the elements of a decreasingly apodized series (40) and an increasingly apodized series (41) in such a way that the decreasing and increasing elements of the two series (40, 41) form envelope curves that meet at a common intersection point (45). The invention further relates to a method for the production of such an artificial ophthalmic lens (20).
US11931221B2
A disposable, self-inflatable, matrix (tooth dam) used to form a temporary, removeable side wall for the placement of a tooth filling material. It has an array of three concavities (distal, central and proximal) formed in a polymer wrap that has a planar substrate sheet affixed across the front face of the wrap. The distal air chamber has a volume that equals or exceeds the combined volume of the central and proximal air chambers. Directly below the distal concavity on the inner face of the planar substrate is an adhesive region. When the distal air chamber is depressed, the air within inflates the other air chambers and it is retained in its compressed state by the adhesive region. The remaining air chambers press against one tooth and exert enough force to elastically secure the planar panel around the adjacent tooth. It prevents the tooth filling material from leaving the prepared tooth and entering the space between.
US11931213B2
A method and system provide segmenting a digital tooth in a 3D digital model of dentition.
US11931212B1
A washing appliance for efficient and through cleaning of medical devices and methods of using the appliance are disclosed. The appliance can clean exteriors of medical devices, and lumens of devices comprising a lumen such as cathlab devices.
US11931209B2
Battery-powered ultrasound scanner for veterinary applications, and operating method. Ultrasound measurements are processed to determine if an ultrasound probe is not being moved and, if it is not being moved, the average rate at which ultrasound pulses is generated, thereby reducing power consumption. The average rate at which ultrasound pulses are generated is reduced step-wise if non-movement persist but increase rapidly when movement recommences.
US11931204B2
A catheter includes a hollow body which extends longitudinally and has at least one first side window and a probe emitting a wave beam, the first side window allowing the radiation of the beam in a region next to the catheter for generating imaging, the catheter also including a longitudinal guiding device allowing a transmission of a movement to an intervention element, the intervention element moving in at least an area of the beam, the intervention angle between the first intervention element and the axis of the catheter being controlled by a remote control system.
US11931202B2
An ultrasound automatic scanning system according to an embodiment includes an ultrasound probe, a mechanical mechanism, and processing circuitry. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasonic wave. The mechanical mechanism holds and moves the ultrasound probe while an ultrasonic-wave transmission-reception surface of the ultrasound probe is pointed to a subject. The processing circuitry acquires a distance between a body surface of the subject and the ultrasonic-wave transmission-reception surface of the ultrasound probe based on reflected wave data collected while the ultrasound probe is moved by the mechanical mechanism. The processing circuitry generates, based on information of the distance, locus information of movement of the ultrasound probe when ultrasound scanning is executed on the subject. The mechanical mechanism executes ultrasound scanning on the subject by moving the ultrasound probe based on the locus information generated by the processing circuitry.
US11931194B2
A body fluid analysis device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to set one or more subregions in a region of interest in a medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to set a reference direction for each of the subregions set. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a flow direction of a body fluid for each subregion. The processing circuitry is configured to determine the state of a flow of the body fluid in the region of interest on the basis of the reference direction for each subregion set and the flow direction of the body fluid for each subregion determined.
US11931193B2
Methods and systems for X-ray and fluoroscopic image capture and, in particular, to a versatile, multimode imaging system incorporating a handheld X-ray emitter operative to capture non-invasive images of a target; a stage operative to capture static X-ray and dynamic fluoroscopic images of the target; a system for the tracking and positioning of the X-ray emission to improve safety of obtaining X-ray images as well as improve the quality of X-ray images. Where the devices can automatically limit the field of the X-ray emission.
US11931192B2
A diagnostic support suitable to be attached to a patient includes a band suitable to be wrapped around and tightened onto a portion of the patient corresponding to an area of interest of the patient and an air space incorporated in the band and suitable to expand so that, when the band is tightened onto the portion of the patient, the air space compresses and stiffens the portion of the patient.
