US11042395B2
A system and method for automatic workload domain deployment in a computing environment uses hardware groups (HGs) formed from hardware specifications (HSs) for a plurality of free host computers in the computing environment to select the free host computers to deploy a workload domain. When a capacity requirement for the workload domain cannot be met with the free host computers belonging to one of the HSs, a particular HG from the HGs is identified that can meet the capacity requirement with the free hosts belonging to the HSs of the particular HG. The workload domain is then deployed to deploy using at least some of the free hosts belonging to the HSs of the particular HG.
US11042392B2
Described herein is a system and method for flow state save/restore of a virtual filtering platform. A first instance of a driver manages policy and flow state for ongoing flows between client device(s) and virtual machine(s). The virtual filtering platform is transitioned from the first instance of a driver to a second instance of the driver by serializing the policy and state for the ongoing flows on the first instance of the driver using a one pass algorithm. The serialized policy and state for the ongoing flows can be de-serialized with the ongoing flows re-established and/or reconciled on the second instance of the driver in accordance with the de-serialized policy and state for the plurality of ongoing flows. In some embodiments, a memory management technique can use a single operating system memory allocation call to allocate memory for the transition, with the technique managing utilization of the allocation memory.
US11042386B2
A method for preloading an application, a terminal device, and a medium are provided. The method for preloading an application includes the following. An application predictive model is obtained by training a simple recurrent unit (SRU) neural network model according to multiple groups of usage timing association records. Usage status information of applications of a terminal of at least two past time points of a next time point is acquired. Probability values of launching the applications are acquired from the application predictive model by processing the usage status information of the applications with the application predictive model. An application to-be-launched at the next time point is determined according to the probability values and the application to-be-launched is preloaded.
US11042378B2
Data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry to selectively apply a vector processing operation to data items at positions within data vectors according to the states of a set of respective predicate flags associated with the positions, the data vectors having a data vector processing order, each data vector comprising a plurality of data items having a data item order, the processing circuitry comprising: instruction decoder circuitry to decode program instructions; and instruction processing circuitry to execute instructions decoded by the instruction decoder circuitry; wherein the instruction decoder circuitry is responsive to a propagation instruction to control the instruction processing circuitry to derive a set of predicate flags applicable to a current data vector in dependence upon a set of predicate flags applicable to a preceding data vector in the data vector processing order, wherein when one or more last-most predicate flags of the set applicable to the preceding data vector are inactive, all of the derived predicate flags in the set applicable to the current data vector are inactive.
US11042376B2
A method of allocating a virtual register stack (10) of a processing unit in a stack machine is provided. The method comprises allocating a given number of topmost elements (11) of the virtual register stack (10) in a physical register file (17) of the stack machine and allocating subsequent elements of the virtual register stack (10) in a hierarchical register cache (13) of the stack machine.
US11042374B2
Embodiments are disclosed for managing a non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) storage system. The techniques include loading an executable to a volatile random access memory. The techniques also include in response to a store operation attempted by the executable, determining that a target address of the store operation is not mapped from an address in the random access memory to an address in an NVDIMM. The techniques further include mapping the target address from the address in the volatile random access memory to the address in the NVDIMM. Additionally, the techniques include performing the store operation in the address in the NVDIMM based on the mapping.
US11042373B2
In an embodiment, a computation engine is configured to perform vector multiplications, producing either vector results or outer product (matrix) results. The instructions provided to the computation engine specify a matrix mode or a vector mode for the instructions. The computation engine performs the specified operation. The computation engine may perform numerous computations in parallel, in an embodiment. In an embodiment, the instructions may also specify an offset with the input memories, providing additional flexibility in the location of operands. More particularly, the computation engine may be configured to perform numerous multiplication operations in parallel and to accumulate results in a result memory, performing multiply-accumulate operations for each matrix/vector element in the targeted locations of the output memory.
US11042370B2
Embodiments described herein provided for an instruction and associated logic to enable GPGPU program code to access special purpose hardware logic to accelerate dot product operations. One embodiment provides for a graphics processing unit comprising a fetch unit to fetch an instruction for execution and a decode unit to decode the instruction into a decoded instruction. The decoded instruction is a matrix instruction to cause the graphics processing unit to perform a parallel dot product operation. The GPGPU also includes a systolic dot product unit to execute the decoded instruction across one or more SIMD lanes using multiple systolic layers, wherein to execute the decoded instruction, a dot product computed at a first systolic layer is to be output to a second systolic layer, wherein each systolic layer includes one or more sets of interconnected multipliers and adders, each set of multipliers and adders to generate a dot product.
US11042356B2
Examples of techniques for tournament tree rollback for payload write exception are described herein. An aspect includes receiving a new record for a tournament sort. Another aspect includes determining a winner node of the tournament sort based on a tournament tree and the new record. Another aspect includes, based on determining the winner node of the tournament sort, writing out a payload of the winner node. Another aspect includes, in parallel with writing out the payload of the winner node, updating the tournament tree.
US11042347B2
A display device has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to make a first determination that an internal display device speaker is disabled. A second determination that an external sound system is unavailable is established. A prompt is provided in response to the first determination and the second determination. The prompt includes an option to enable the internal display device speaker.
US11042334B2
An information processing apparatus includes a collecting unit that, when a predetermined transmission condition is established after a start of an operation of the information processing apparatus, collects information related to an operational environment of the information processing apparatus, and a transmitting unit that transmits the collected information to an image forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network.
US11042331B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first memory, a control circuit controlling the first memory, and a second memory storing a second program. The second program manages management information associated with the first memory, sends the management information conforming to a specific interface to a first program if a command conforming to the specific interface is an output command to output the management information. The second program receives first information conforming to the specific interface and issued by the first program, translates the first information into second information corresponding to the second program, translates the second information into third information corresponding to the control circuit, and executes processing for the first memory in accordance with the third information.
US11042329B2
A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for reordering a sequence of files based on compression rates in data transfer. A host determines predicted compression rates of first files that are to be saved onto a first tape, based on a relationship between compression rates and file attributes of second files that have been saved on a second tape. The host reorders a sequence of the first files stored in host cache storage and generates a new sequence of transferring the first files from the host cache storage to the tape drive hosting the first tape, based on the predicted compression rates of the first files. The host transfers the first files to the tape drive hosting the first tape and writes the first files to the first tape, according to the new sequence.
US11042328B2
Embodiments of the inventive concept improve performance, energy efficiency, and capacity of storage solutions, for example, by reducing the data movement between the CPU and the storage device and increasing the available capacity of the underlying storage devices via in-storage support for data compaction. Embodiments include a storage apparatus and method for autonomous in-storage space compaction initiated by a host-side command and according to metadata specified by a host. A space compact engine can function as an independent module or logic section within a storage device, which can migrate data within the storage device, thereby freeing up capacity and making preexisting data more compact. The space compact engine can cause self compact operations, self compact and trim operations, move and compact operations, and/or merge and compact operations. The space compact engine can notify the host of the completion of the operations.
US11042312B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided herein to manage DRAM bank activation per cycle. A memory controller with embedded scheduling logic is employed to manage the system, method, and computer program product and to restrict the quantity of active banks in a given cycle, resulting in power savings with minimal performance loss, if any. The scheduling logic provides instructions to manage the state of associated DRAM banks. Each bank is either in an idle state or an active state, with the idle state consuming less power than the active state. The scheduling logic restricts the quantity of active banks in any cycle, with all other banks being in an idle state, which provides power savings to the associated system.
US11042309B1
A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for recovery of virtual machine files are described. The method may include creating a backup archive file, the backup archive file including a backup of a first virtual disk corresponding to a virtual machine hosted by a virtualization host device. The method may further include storing the backup archive file including the backup. The method may also include creating a second virtual disk that emulates the first virtual disk using data from the backup archive file. The method may additionally include communicatively attaching the second virtual disk to the virtual machine hosted by the virtualization host device. Moreover, the method may include transferring data from the second virtual disk to the first virtual disk corresponding to the virtual machine hosted by the virtualization host device.
US11042292B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating, rendering, manipulating (e.g., slicing), and communicating stroke objects that form ink data. In a method of generating a stroke object, pen event data indicative of pen down, pen movement, and pen up events are sequentially received to generate point objects that collectively form a stroke object. The point objects serve as control points for interpolating curve segments. Further, a start parameter indicative of a start point within a starting curve segment of the curve segments at which display of the stroke object starts, and an end parameter indicative of an end point within an ending curve segment of at which display of the stroke object ends, are generated for the stroke object. When rendering the stroke object, a system limits display of the stroke object to a range bound by the start and end parameters, as opposed to displaying the entire stroke object.
US11042289B2
An electronic device according to one aspect includes a touch screen including a first key region to which a plurality of first keys are allocated and a second key region to which a plurality of second keys are allocated; and at least one controller configured to execute character input processing based on operations onto the first key detected in the first key region and the second key detected in the second key region of the touch screen, wherein the first key region is a region extending along a first rim of the touch screen, the plurality of the first keys is arranged along the first rim, the second key region is a region extending along a second rim of the touch screen which is different from the first rim, and the plurality of the second keys is arranged along the second rim.
US11042285B2
A system for controlling the operation of a human machine interface (HMI) device located in a vehicle configured to carry a passenger and a driver. The system includes an electrode positioned in a vehicle seat and a signal generating device configured to provide a signal to the electrode. The electrode transmit the signal through the occupant of the seat and the HMI device detects the signal when the occupant contacts the HMI device. The system is configured so that the HMI device operates in a first mode in response to exposure to the signal and in a second mode if the signal is not detected.
US11042283B2
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content navigation system that allows a user to search, browse, and otherwise experience a collection of digital content items. For example, the content navigation system can provide a graphical user interface including a scroll element. One or more embodiments of the scroll element can include various navigational functions that provide a user-friendly interface for browsing and experiencing a collection of digital content items. Furthermore, the content navigation system can provide methods and systems for a user to easily configure the way in which the digital content items are organized within the user interface, thereby customizing the user's browsing experience.
US11042278B2
A process, and corresponding system for performing the process, is described herein for visual identification of label collision for a digital map. The process determines a set of labels to be rendered in a visual map corresponding to a digital map. For each label in the set, a label boundary is created around the label. If any of the label boundaries in the set of labels overlap, the process determines a display priority for each of the first label and the second label in an overlapping label pair. In response to the first label in the pair having a higher display priority than the second label in the pair, the boundary for the first label is rendered in a first visual style and the label boundary for the second label in a second visual style. As priorities or properties are changed, the visual map is updated to reflect the changes.
US11042268B2
A document display device includes a controller. The controller controls a display for displaying document data constituted by plural pages. The controller controls the display to display pieces of content of at least two consecutive pages of the document data side by side and to display one or more of content-displayed pages, which are the pages for which the pieces of content of the pages are displayed side by side, and one or more of pages other than the content-displayed pages among the plural pages so as to overlap.
US11042267B2
A medication delivery module is mounted to a patient care device, and a first graphic representative of the first medication delivery module is displayed on a display screen of the device, wherein the first graphic includes an information display area for display of infusion information associated with the first medication delivery module, and a status indicator for display of status information associated with the medication delivery module. Responsive to the indication, the status indicator is dynamically orienting such that the status indicator is displayed on a side of the first graphic nearest the coupling of the first medication delivery module. Infusion information from the first medication delivery module is displayed within the display area of the first graphic.
US11042265B2
Systems and methods for multitasking using touch-sensitive devices, including: displaying, by a display generation component, a first user interface of a first application; receiving a first input corresponding a request for displaying a second application with the first application in a concurrent-display configuration; displaying a second user interface of the second application and the first user interface of the first application in accordance with the concurrent-display configuration; receiving a second input; in accordance with a determination that the second input meets first criteria, replacing display of the second application with display of a third application to display the third application and the first application in accordance with the respective concurrent-display configuration; and in accordance with a determination that the second input meets second criteria that are distinct from the first criteria: maintaining display of the first application; and ceasing display of the second application without displaying the third application.
US11042257B1
A processing device identifies an application that is in a first language and has a first binary resource file that includes first resource data for a first set of resources of the application in the first language, determines that the application is translated into a second language and has a second binary resource file that includes second resource data for a second set of resources of the application in the second language, determines differences between functionality of the second set of resources of the application in the second language and functionality of the first plurality of resources of the application in the first language based on the first binary resource file and the second binary resource file, and modifies one or more of the second plurality of resources of the application in the second language based on at least one of the differences between the functionality of the second plurality of resources and the functionality of the first plurality of resources of the application.
US11042253B2
A display device includes a display panel, a first printed circuit board (PCB) on the display panel, and a first touch sensor between the display panel and the first PCB. The PCB includes a first connection portion on a surface of the first PCB facing the first touch sensor. The first touch sensor includes a second connection portion on a surface of the first touch sensor facing the first PCB and electrically connected to the first connection portion.
US11042250B2
A computing device having a touch-sensitive surface and a display, detects a stylus input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying a user interface. A first operation is performed in the user interface in accordance with a determination that the stylus input includes movement of the stylus across the touch-sensitive surface while the stylus is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. A second operation different from the first operation is performed in the user interface in accordance with a determination that the stylus input includes rotation of the stylus around an axis of the stylus while the stylus is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. A third operation is performed in the user interface in accordance with a determination that the stylus input includes movement of the stylus across the touch-sensitive surface and rotation of the stylus around an axis of the stylus while the stylus is detected on the touch-sensitive surface.
US11042247B2
The logic of a handheld controller system may use a clustering algorithm to determine which sensors of a touch sensor array, such as capacitive pads, to assign to individual fingers of a user's hand. The clustering algorithm disclosed herein allows for dynamically determining the controller configuration on-the-fly for a given user. An example process includes receiving data generated by a plurality of sensors of a touch sensor array of the handheld controller, generating a covariance matrix that indicates correlations between pairs of sensors, determining a plurality of feature vectors based at least in part on the covariance matrix, each feature vector corresponding to an individual sensor and describing that sensor's correlation(s) with one or more other sensors, clustering the feature vectors using a clustering algorithm, and configuring the touch sensor array according to a controller configuration that assigns sensors to respective fingers of a hand.
US11042246B2
The present invention relates to a display device having a touch detection function, and relates to a touch pad which is capable of detecting a contact touch and a contactless touch, a method of detecting a touch by using the same, and a display device including the same. According to the touch pad, the method of detecting a touch by using the touch pad, and the display device including the touch pad of the present invention, it is possible to simultaneously detect a contact touch and a contactless touch, and increase touch sensitivity by additionally applying a driving back voltage.
US11042243B2
A meta projector includes an edge emitting device configured to emit light through a side surface thereof, a meta-structure layer spaced apart from the upper surface of the edge emitting device that includes a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength shape dimension smaller than a wavelength of the light emitted from the edge emitting device, and a path changing member configured to change a path of the light emitted from the edge emitting device so as to direct the path toward the meta-structure layer. The meta projector may thus be configured to emit a light pattern of structured light, based on directing the light emitted from the edge emitting device through the meta-structure layer, while having a relatively compact device size.
US11042240B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a camera, a touch screen display recognizing a touch input, an input interface receiving an input from a user of the electronic device, an input/output interface connected to an external device, and a processor electrically connected to the camera, the touch screen display, the input interface, and the input/output interface. The processor is configured to determine, if an operation associated with the camera is performed, whether the electronic device is in water, based on an electrical signal sensed from the input/output interface and information obtained from the touch screen display.
US11042233B2
A finger-mounted electronic device may include a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have first and second side body members that leave the finger pad exposed and an upper body member extending between the first and second side body members. Some or all of the body may be covered in fabric or leather. Fabric may wrap around the first and second side body members and may extend across the upper body member. The fabric may cover electronic components. A touch sensor may have electrodes that are formed from conductive material on the fabric or conductive strands in the fabric. Infrared-reflective ink may form visual markers on the fabric for an infrared tracking system. The fabric may have light-transmissive portions that overlap optical components.
US11042231B2
A stylus structure includes a main body module, a control module, a modulation module, and a cover module. The main body module includes a stylus case unit and a movable unit. The control module includes a process unit and a transmission unit. The modulation module includes multiple sensing units. The cover module includes a stylus cover unit and multiple button units. When an outer opening of the movable unit corresponds to an inner opening of the stylus case unit and the transmission unit electrically connects an external power supply terminal, the transmission unit transmits power from the external power supply terminal to the process unit. When the sensing unit is pressed against a corresponding button unit, a sensing signal is generated by the sensing unit and transmitted to the process unit. The process unit according to the sensing signal sends a color signal to an external electronic device.
US11042220B2
A three-dimensional input device is disclosed. The input device comprises a tubular handle body, a pointer that extends from within the tubular handle body and that can be retracted into the tubular handle body, and a haptic feedback mechanism which selectively applies resistance to the extension and retraction of the pointer. The resistance applied by the haptic feedback mechanism simulates a sensation of rigidity for the user. The input device can be used to control simulation software such as surgical procedure simulation software.
US11042216B2
Eye-tracking methods and devices are provided for reducing operating workload. One sub frame of an eye frame and/or a scene frame is used to estimate the eyeball position. Such an approach can reduce operating workload and power consumption.
US11042210B2
Techniques for power savings in communications equipment are provided. The computer-implemented method can comprise identifying, by an electronic device operatively coupled to a processing unit, one or more connectivity requirements of one or more servers associated with a data center. The computer-implemented method can also comprise determining, by the electronic device, a defined graph that satisfies the one or more connectivity requirements. The computer-implemented method can further comprise powering down, by the electronic device, one or more elements of the data center that are not required by the defined graph; and powering up, by the device one or more nodes of the data center, which are in any state other than power up, that are required by the defined graph.
US11042200B2
An apparatus that first and second volumes are fluidly separated by a combination of a first second and a second sections, where the first section is insoluble to a cooling liquid and the second section is soluble to the cooling liquid. In the event of a leak of coolant liquid, the second sections dissolve, forming a fluid path from the first volume to the second volume. The coolant liquid may then escape the first volume in spaces that result from the dissolution of the second sections.
US11042197B2
The present disclosure discloses a composite hinge assembly, comprising a clamping portion and a rotating shaft portion fixed relative to the clamping portion and extending out of the two ends of the clamping portion. An inner surface of the clamping portion defining a slot, and an outer surface of the clamping portion is a damping layer made of an elastic material. The present disclosure also discloses a tablet computer kit and a multi-functional keypad thereof.
US11042189B2
A docking cradle for a handheld computing device, such as a handheld controller, remote control, tablet computer, smartphone or other electronic device. The docking cradle is configured to be mountable to a horizontal mounting surface (e.g., a table or other horizontal surface), or a vertical mounting surface (e.g., a seatback or wall), while in either mounting orientation, the docking cradle holds the computing device in substantially the same orientation for convenient use and access by a user.
US11042184B2
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein integrate a camera with an electronic display. An electronic display includes several layers, such as a cover layer, a color filter layer, a display layer including light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes, a thin film transistor layer, etc. In one embodiment, the layers include a substantially transparent region disposed above the camera. The substantially transparent region allows light from outside to reach the camera, enabling the camera to record an image. In another embodiment, the color filter layer does not include a substantially transparent region, and the camera records the light from the outside colored by the color filter layer. According to another embodiment, while none of the layers include a substantially transparent region, the layers are all substantially transparent, and the camera disposed beneath the layers records light reaching the camera from outside.
US11042179B1
A multidirectional input device includes a frame, a plate-shaped base below the frame, a load detector provided on the frame or the base, and circuitry. The frame stores part of a tiltable operation stick and a tilt detector. The circuitry is configured to output an output signal representing the direction and the magnitude of an operation on the operation stick, based on the angle detection value of the tilt of the operation stick detected by the tilt detector and the load detection value of a load applied to the frame detected by the load detector. The circuitry is configured not to output the output signal or to output the output signal that sets the magnitude of the operation to zero, when the load detection value detected by the load detector is less than a predetermined threshold.
US11042151B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to remotely activating a vehicle. One embodiment receives transaction information regarding an electronic payment; associates the transaction information with a vehicle; determines that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from a business where the electronic payment was transacted; and transmits, to the vehicle, a remote activation command that activates one or more subsystems of the vehicle.
US11042149B2
Monitored control system includes an action device and a monitoring device for monitoring the operation of the action device. The action device includes actuator modules, a sensor module and a control module to command the actuator modules to perform a predefined task using the sensor data. The monitoring device receive monitored data from the action device and compute an action device operation indicator indicative of a correct or abnormal operation of the action device on the basis of the monitored data. The action device operation indicator is computed on the basis of a learned value of an adjustable monitoring parameter. The learned value is determined from a set of labelled data generated from trial datasets recorded by the action device during an iterative learning procedure.
US11042130B2
Embodiments are generally directed to automatic adjustment of head mounted display straps. An embodiment of a head mounted display apparatus includes a display unit; a strap harness including one or more straps; one or more pressure sensors; a microcontroller; and one or more automatic adjustment mechanisms for the one or more straps, wherein the microcontroller is to adjust the one or more straps by controlling operation of the one or more automatic adjustment mechanisms based at least in part on sensor data from the one or more pressure sensors.
US11042122B2
A timepiece which provides a tactile feel in a simple structure and which can suppress inadvertent rotation of a driving crown is to be provided. A wristwatch includes an elastic material winding stem pipe protruding on the outer side of a case and a distal end portion of which is capable of elastic deformation in a radial direction; a shaft member of a driving crown rotatably inserted into the elastic material winding stem pipe; protrusions formed on the peripheral surface of the driving crown; and trough portions formed in the peripheral surface of the elastic material winding stem pipe and configured to be engaged with the protrusions.
US11042121B2
An indication device is provided. The indication device includes an elongated fluid chamber containing at least one electrically conductive liquid driven by a pump for conductive liquids and an immiscible, relatively non-conductive fluid. At least one segment of at least one fluid is used as an indicator. This segment is driven by the pump along adjacent indices of an indicator visible to an observer using a meniscus location sensor and a feedback controller so as to e.g indicate a quantity to the observer.
US11042118B2
A coupling member drum unit for a cartridge includes a cylindrical photosensitive drum having an axis L1 and a coupling member operatively connected to the photosensitive drum. The coupling member includes a drum flange provided at an end of the photosensitive drum, with a part of the drum flange being positioned inside of the photosensitive drum, and a connecting part operatively connected to the drum flange. The connecting part includes a cap positioned adjacent to the drum flange, an arm portion extending from the cap in a direction of the axis L1, and a projection projecting from the arm portion in a direction perpendicular to the axis L1, with the projection being movable between a first position and a second position, and with an end of the projection being closer to the axis L1 in the first position than in the second position.
US11042113B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a first guiding portion, a second guiding portion, a first rotatable member pair provided between the first and second guiding portions, an air discharging portion for discharging air from a feeding passage of the first guiding portion to an outside of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, and a second rotatable member pair provided downstream of the second guiding portion.
US11042112B2
An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a cutting unit including a cutting member, a polarity of the cutting member being opposite to a polarity of the medium in a triboelectric series; an image formation unit that forms an image on the medium cut by the cutting unit; and a pressure contact unit arranged between the cutting unit and the image formation unit, and including a first pressure contact member and a second pressure contact member that are put in pressure contact with each other across the medium cut by the cutting unit, a polarity of the first pressure contact member being opposite to the polarity of the medium in a triboelectric series, a polarity value of the second pressure contact member shifted from a polarity value of the first pressure contact member toward the polarity of the medium in the triboelectric series.
US11042109B2
A heating apparatus includes a cylindrical film, a plurality of heating elements arranged inside the cylindrical film along a longitudinal direction thereof, a plurality of thermometers each configured to measure temperature of one of the heating elements, a power supply, a controller configured to control the power supply to supply electrical power to the heating elements according to the temperature measured by the thermometers, and a plurality of thermostats each configured to measure temperature of one of the heating elements and configured to interrupt the electrical power supplied to the heating element when the measured temperature exceeds a predetermined value. The thermometers and the thermostats are alternately arranged along the longitudinal direction.
US11042095B2
A correction mask for an optical beam homogenizer includes a lens array. The correction mask is configured to provide a shaped initial beam profile. A subset of a plurality of optical paths between the incoming light beam and the illumination plane is at least partially blocked by the correction mask to provide a further homogenized beam profile having a further reduced light intensity variance with respect to an initial homogenized beam profile. The mask includes a plurality of submasks arranged according to a mask grid layout matching the lens grid layout of the lens array. Each one of the submasks is designed with a specific submask pattern to shape the respective subarea of the initial beam profile passing a specific one of the lenslets.
US11042093B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: providing a semiconductor device substrate having a relief image on a surface of the substrate, the relief image having a plurality of gaps to be filled; applying a coating composition to the relief image to provide a coating layer, wherein the coating composition comprises (i) a polyarylene oligomer comprising as polymerized units one or more first monomers having two or more cyclopentadienone moieties and one or more second monomers having an aromatic moiety and two or more alkynyl moieties; wherein the polyarylene oligomer has a Mw of 1000 to 6000 Da, a PDI of 1 to 2, and a molar ratio of total first monomers to total second monomers of 1:>1; and (ii) one or more organic solvents; curing the coating layer to form a polyarylene film; patterning the polyarylene film; and transferring the pattern to the semiconductor device substrate.
US11042091B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising; components a. c. and d; and optional component b. wherein, component a. is a metal compound having the structure (I), optional component b., is a polyol additive, having structure (VI), component c. is a high performance polymer additive, and component d. is a solvent. The present invention further relates to using this compositions in methods for manufacturing electronic devices through either the formation of a patterned films of high K material comprised of a metal oxide on a semiconductor substrate, or through the formation of patterned metal oxide comprised layer overlaying a semiconductor substrate which may be used to selectively etch the semiconductor substrate with a fluorine plasma.
US11042074B2
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided an arrangement comprising, a volitant body comprising at least one actuator; a control unit for controlling said actuator; and a mechanical arrangement for operationally connecting said volitant body to a reference point remote from said volitant body. There is further provided a corresponding method for operating such an arrangement.
US11042070B2
A cover plate structure includes a first light transmitting layer, a second light transmitting layer, and a light shielding layer. The first light transmitting layer includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The second light transmitting layer is on the top surface of the first light transmitting layer. A refractive index of the first light transmitting layer is greater than a refractive index of the second light transmitting layer. The light shielding layer is on the bottom surface of the first light transmitting layer.
US11042069B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base plate, the sub zone common electrode, the compensation electrode, and the sub zone pixel electrode are formed on the base plate in sequence, the projection area of the compensation electrode on the base plate is spaced from the projection area of the sub zone pixel electrode on the base plate.
US11042067B2
An electro-optical device includes a frame including a conduction part and a resin part, an electro-optical panel that is housed in the inner side of the resin part, and an exposure part that is formed by exposing the conduction part from the resin part. The exposure part is disposed to face at least a part of an end face of the electro-optical panel or protrude from a surface of the electro-optical panel over the end face.
US11042066B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a second substrate cell-aligned with the first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being used to provide an electric field, and a dimming layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the dimming layer comprising a two-dimensional material deflected between a direction perpendicular to the first substrate and a direction parallel to the first substrate under the action of the electric field.
US11042063B2
A display device includes a backlight unit configured to emit light, a display panel disposed in front of the backlight unit, and an optical sheet disposed between the backlight unit and the display panel. The optical sheet may include a first prism sheet including a plurality of first prisms arranged in a first direction, a second prism sheet including a plurality of second prisms arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and disposed in front of the first prism sheet; and a third prism sheet including a plurality of third prisms arranged in the first direction, and disposed in front of the second prism sheet.
US11042061B2
A planar illumination device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a substrate, a light source, a first fixing member, and a second fixing member. The light guide plate outputs, from a principal surface, light entering from a side surface. The substrate is disposed substantially in parallel with the principal surface of the light guide plate. The light source is provided on the substrate in a manner facing the side surface of the light guide plate. The light source has a light-emitting surface that outputs the light incident on the side surface. The first fixing member is disposed between the light guide plate and the substrate and fixes the light guide plate to the substrate. The second fixing member is disposed opposite to the first fixing member across the light guide plate and fixes the light guide plate to the light source.
US11042058B2
An image display device includes a wavelength conversion layer containing quantum dots and a light reflecting layer provided on an observer side with respect to the wavelength conversion layer. The light reflecting layer includes, in a reflection wavelength region, a peak wavelength of a light source that emits excitation light to be used for emission of the quantum dots. The light reflecting layer is a polarizing reflective layer.
US11042051B2
A direct-drive region-less polymer modulator includes a waveguide having a first cladding layer, a passive core with a surface abutting the first cladding layer, the passive core extending to an optical input and an optical output. A shaped electro-optic polymer active component with a surface abutting the passive core region, the shaped component being polled to align dipoles and promote modulation of light and having a length that extends only within a modulation area defined by modulation electrodes. A second cladding layer enclosing the shaped component and designed to produce adiabatic transition of light waves traveling in the passive core region into the shaped component to travel the length of the shaped component and return to the passive core region. A portion of the multilayer waveguide defining the polymer modulator as a direct-drive polymer modulator.
US11042047B1
A mobile system includes a self-supporting platform, a tunable reflective skin or film disposed on and secured to the mobile platform, one or more actuators and a controller. The tunable reflective skin or film includes one or more layers that are at least partially reflective to optical energy at one or more optical wavelengths. The skin or film is substantially flexible and/or stretchable and has an optical reflectivity to incident electromagnetic radiation of a given wavelength which is selectively variable when flexed and/or stretched. The actuators are able to flex and/or stretch the skin or film in response to receipt of a control signal. The controller generates the control signal based on a measured value of the optical reflectivity of the skin or film to the incident electromagnetic radiation of the given wavelength.
US11042044B2
A contact lens containing a photonic crystal which is configured to change color depending on a concentration of an analyte in the tears of a subject. The change in color is reversible. The contact lens may be useful for monitoring the concentration of glucose in tears of a diabetic subject or a prediabetic subject.
US11042037B2
An earphone including a base, a cover, a rotating plate, a speaker, a displacement transducer and a follower is provided. The cover is disposed on the base. The rotating plate is rotatably disposed between the base and the cover. The speaker is disposed between the base and the cover. The displacement transducer is fixed to the base and located between the base and the cover. The rotating plate is coupled to the follower, and the follower is coupled to displacement transducer. A head-mounted display is further provided.
US11042036B2
An apparatus includes a first support to fixedly support a wearable device comprising a substantially transparent display screen, a second support physically coupled to the first support, the second support to support a camera lens in a substantially fixed relation to the display screen, and an interface physically coupled to the first support and to the second support, the interface to removably attach the apparatus to a camera support system.
US11042013B2
A projection optical system is for an image projection device. The projection optical system includes a whole lens system of seven to nine lenses and an aperture stop. The seven to nine lenses are all single lenses. One negative lens and one or two positive lenses are located on a magnifying side with respect to the aperture stop. Two negative lenses and three or four positive lenses are located on a reducing side with respect to the aperture stop. A lens adjacent to the magnifying side of the aperture stop and a lens adjacent to the reducing side of the aperture stop are both a negative lens.
US11042008B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and an eighth lens sequentially arranged from a magnifying side to a narrowing side. The second lens and the third lens constitute a first composite lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens constitute a second composite lens, and the sixth lens and the seventh lens constitute a third composite lens. The imaging lens has the advantages of small size and good imaging quality.
US11042002B2
An optical fiber termination system includes an optical fiber termination unit assembly, an enclosure, and a plurality of electronic or optical devices within the enclosure. The assembly includes a housing having an interior surface, a patch panel terminal coupled to the interior surface of the housing, an optical assembly, an input optical fiber, and a plurality of optical fibers. The input optical fiber extends into the housing to the optical signal assembly. The output optical fibers extend out of the housing from the patch panel terminal. The enclosure is separate from the housing. The optical signal assembly divides a light beam emitted from the optical signal assembly into a plurality of light beams that are received by the patch panel terminal. The output optical fibers are configured to convey respective light beams to any one or any combination of the plurality of electronic and optical devices in the enclosure.
US11041998B2
A telecommunication enclosure includes an environmentally sealed housing having an interior volume. The sealed enclosure includes a housing wall defining an opening that extends from the interior to an exterior of the enclosure, the housing wall defining interior threads within the opening. A port-defining element mounts within the opening, the port-defining element defining exterior threads that are threadingly mated with respect to the interior threads to retain the port-defining element within the opening. The port-defining element defines a connector port for receiving a hardened fiber optic connector.
US11041984B2
A viewing angle between a wide viewing angle and a narrow viewing angle is switched, and the viewing angle is suppressed from becoming excessively narrow when the viewing angle is switched to the narrow viewing angle. The ultraviolet light guide plate is superimposed on the display panel. A first main surface of the ultraviolet light guide plate is on a side where the pixels are disposed. The film is disposed on the first main surface of the ultraviolet light guide plate. Openings of the film are disposed on an optical path that passes through the pixels and travels in a first direction. Non-opening portions of the film are disposed on an optical path that passes through the pixels and travels in a second direction. The film is made of a photochromic photosensitive material. The ultraviolet light source irradiates an end surface of the ultraviolet light guide plate with ultraviolet light.
US11041980B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging element, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device capable of further improving quality. A flattening film is formed so as to fill a recessed portion of a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in an array, a recessed region is formed in the flattening film by hollowing out a region corresponding to the pixel region, and a color filter layer is formed in the recessed region. In addition, an on-chip lens layer is formed on a plane including the flattening film and the color filter layer. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.
US11041961B1
A frequency hopping Global Positioning System (GPS) system comprises an on-orbit reprogrammable digital waveform generator configured to generate a GPS signal comprising a resilient frequency-hopping spread spectrum GPS signal that hops at a hop rate between two or more GPS channels. The GPS signal further comprises a legacy direct-sequence spread spectrum signal for at least two of the two or more GPS channels. Further, a receiver is configured to receive the GPS signal, wherein the receiver is further configured to decode the GPS signal.
US11041950B2
Various communication systems may benefit from suitable use of redundancy. For example, surveillance systems in avionics applications may benefit from having functional redundancy. A system can include a collision avoidance or alerting system function in wired connection to a directional antenna. The system can also include a first mode-S transponder function in wired connection to the directional antenna. The system can further include a second mode-S transponder function in wired connection to the directional antenna, wherein the first mode-S transponder function is independent from the second mode-S transponder function.
US11041949B2
The methods and device disclosed herein provide an array such as a Radio Frequency (FR) antenna array for measuring the array movement or displacement of the array relative to a reference location. In some cases the array may be attached to or in communication with the device. The array comprises at least two transducers (e.g. RF antennas), wherein at least one of the at least two transducers is configured to transmit a signal towards the object, and at least one transceiver attached to said at least two transducers, the at least one transceiver is configured to repetitively transmit at least one signal toward an object and receive a plurality of signals affected or reflected while the array is moved in proximity to the object/medium or scene; and at least one processor unit, configured to: process the affected signals to yield a plurality of signal measurements and compare said signal measurements obtained at different locations over time of said second object and calculate a movement of the object relative to a reference location.
US11041948B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing ranging wireless communication in a secure manner. A first wireless device may receive a plurality of independent sequences from a second wireless device. The first wireless device may perform a combined channel estimate using the sequences. The first wireless device may estimate the distance (or angle/direction, among various possibilities) between the two devices based on the combined channel estimate.
US11041932B2
An enhanced LOng RAnge Navigation (eLORAN) system may include a plurality of eLORAN transmitter stations, and at least one eLORAN receiver device. The eLORAN receiver device may include an eLORAN receive antenna, an eLORAN receiver coupled to the eLORAN receive antenna, and a controller coupled to the eLORAN receiver. The controller may be configured to cooperate with the eLORAN transmitter stations to determine an eLORAN receiver position and receiver clock error corrected from additional secondary factor (ASF) data, the ASF data based upon different geographical positions and different times for each different geographical position.
US11041925B2
A processor controls an MRI system with pulse sequence commands to acquire magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting protocol during multiple pulse repetitions. The pulse sequence commands control the magnetic resonance imaging system to cause gradient induced spin rephasing at least twice during each of the multiple pulse repetitions, and to acquire at least two magnetic resonance signals during each of the multiple pulse repetitions. Each of the at least two magnetic resonance signals is measured during a separate one of the gradient induced spin rephasing. The magnetic resonance data includes the at least two magnetic resonance signals acquired during each of the multiple pulse repetitions. The processor further at least partially calculates a B0-off-resonance map using the magnetic resonance data, and generates at least one magnetic resonance parametric map by comparing the magnetic resonance data with a magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary.
US11041917B2
Sensing systems and methods of adjusting sensing systems are disclosed herein. A sensing system includes a sensor, an sensor mount, a retainer, and an orientation selection mechanism. The sensor is configured to provide a signal indicative of an operational characteristic of a sensed component. The sensor mount is sized to receive the sensor and configured for attachment to the sensed component to couple the sensor thereto. The retainer is sized for receipt by the sensor mount and configured to retain the sensor when the sensor is received by the sensor mount. The orientation selection mechanism is configured to permit selection of an orientation of the sensor relative to one or more sensing targets when the sensor is received by the sensor mount.
US11041894B2
A vector network analyzer comprises a first measuring port, a first digital interface, connected to the first measuring port, adapted to be connected to a digital input or output of a device under test, and a second measuring port, adapted to be connected to a radio frequency input or output of the device under test. It also comprises a processor, adapted to determine S-parameters of the device under test based upon measuring signals transmitted to the device under test and receive from the device under test by the first measuring port and the second measuring port.
US11041891B2
A method for measuring a residual DC voltage in a liquid crystal device including an active region having a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors and a plurality of TFTs, and a non-active region positioned outside the active region and having at least one monitoring capacitor, in which the plurality of liquid crystal capacitors and the at least one monitoring capacitor include a liquid crystal layer. The method includes: generating a V-I curve by applying a positive and negative symmetrical triangular wave voltage measuring, in the V-I curve, a voltage Vmax having a maximum absolute value where a current value reaches a positive maximum value or minimum value, and a voltage Vmin having a maximum absolute value where a current value reaches a negative minimum value or maximum value, and measuring one-half of the sum of the voltage Vmax and the voltage Vmin as the residual DC voltage.
US11041885B2
The present invention relates to a measurement or inspection apparatus which can be adjusted depending on a color of a plugged-in cable. In this manner the display of measurement values and the colour of the plugged-in cable can be coordinated to each other such that a simple assignment between measurement values and cable can be performed.
US11041855B2
The disclosure relates to wireless detection of analytes (such as bacteria) labeled by electrically, dielectrically, or magnetically active nanoparticles, for example in quality control monitoring for food supply chain management. The disclosed apparatus includes a detection vessel or vial, a resonant sensor tag, an inductively coupled reader to induce and detect resonance in the sensor tag, and an active nanoparticle for labeling. The disclosed wireless detection apparatus and methods use active nanoparticles for the development of wireless sensor systems which can be designed to be compatible with the existing RFID technology infrastructure. For example, commercial RFID readers (e.g., hand-held) used for tracking and tracing operation can be used with the disclosed apparatus to induce and measure a corresponding resonance frequency.
US11041854B2
According to one embodiment of the present application, a biosensor, the biosensor comprising: a reaction part including a magnetic nanoparticle complex, a first electrode, and a second electrode; and a sample introduction part forming a passage so that a sample can be introduced into the reaction part from an outside of the biosensor; wherein the magnetic nanoparticle complex includes a first capturing substance for capturing a first target substance, a magnetic nanoparticle, and a reaction substance that performs at least one of an oxidation reaction and a reduction reaction, wherein the magnetic nanoparticle complex has is magnetic in the reaction part, and has a property that mobility can be changed according to a change in a condition of the reaction part, wherein the first electrode, a second capturing substance for capturing a second target substance is fixed, wherein the second electrode is an electrode different from the first electrode, and characterized in that at least one of the first target substance and the second target substance is included in the sample, may be provided.
US11041849B2
The present disclosure provides methods, kits and compositions for identifying nucleic acid agents having a desired property, e.g., a property of specifically binding to a target (such as a protein target) with high affinity. More specifically, the present disclosure provides methods, kits and compositions for identifying candidate nucleic acid agents with both high specificity and affinity for a target.
US11041843B2
The invented organic memristor/memcapacitor device comprises arrayed cross-bar donut-shape toroidal matrix self-assembling membrane on an electrode mimicking mitochondria's double membrane surface structure and the direct electron-relay function, that used to mimic functions of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 (FGFR1) and choline acetyltransferase (CHAT), which enables bio-communication signals flowing directly between the endotoxin interacted membrane electrode assembly (MEA) working electrode and a cathodic electrode; and from a biomarker Acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA) interacted the MEA electrode and the cathodic electrode when applied a definite potential, respectively, for detection of a single E. coli cell and detection of a picomolar concentration of AcCoA under nature enzyme-free, antibody-free and reagent-free conditions. The sensor offers multiple functions for monitoring neuronal synapse pulse energy output. The robust analytical performances of the device for monitoring endotoxins in milk are important in the dairy industry.
US11041827B2
Systems and methods are provided that facilitate high-sensitivity, carrier-resolved photo-Hall effect measurements. Majority and minority carrier properties can be measured and determined simultaneously. In one aspect, a system and method determine majority carrier type, density and mobility and, with modulated illumination, minority carrier mobility and photocarrier density. In another aspect, a system and method can determine hole and electron mobility, photocarrier density, absorbed photon density, recombination lifetime and diffusion length for hole, electron and ambipolar transport.
US11041826B2
Provided is a measurement device including an application unit, a detection unit, and a calculation unit. The application unit applies a first magnetic field, which is generated by applying a pulse current to a coil or applying currents with a plurality of frequencies to the coil in order, to an object. The detection unit detects a second magnetic field which is generated by applying the first magnetic field to the object. The calculation unit calculates a distribution of a magnetic field source m in the second magnetic field. The calculation unit may further generate an imaging signal for displaying the calculated distribution of the magnetic field source m, as an image. The display unit displays the image indicating the distribution of the magnetic field source m by using the imaging signal.
US11041825B2
A system and method is provided for depositing nanosensors including directing a plasma stream onto a low energy substrate having a surface energy of from 10 mN/m to 43 mN/m to increase the surface energy of the substrate to from 44 mN/m to 80 mN/m, applying an adhesive layer to the plasma discharge treated substrate; and depositing nanosensors on the adhesive coated substrate of step (b) via electrostatic force assisted deposition using a high strength electrostatic field of from 2 kV/cm to 10 kV/cm to form vertically standing nanosensors.
US11041822B2
A sensing element includes a conductive substrate, a zinc oxide seed layer, a plurality of zinc oxide nanorods, a film with an electrical double layer, and an organic sensing layer. The zinc oxide seed layer is located on the conductive substrate. The zinc oxide nanorods extend from the zinc oxide seed layer. The film with the electrical double layer covers the zinc oxide nanorods. The organic sensing layer is located on the film with the electrical double layer.
US11041821B2
An electronic device and a method for sensing moisture in an electronic device are provided. The method for sensing moisture in an electronic device includes sensing moisture introduced into a connector of the electronic device in a state where one or more functions executable by connection of the connector with an external electronic device are activated. Further, the method includes deactivating the one or more functions based on the sensing; determining whether the introduced moisture is removed in a state where the one or more functions are deactivated; and activating the one or more functions if the moisture is removed.
US11041819B1
A visual test system for a secondary generation or decomposition of a hydrate includes a hydrate conveying device, a computerized tomography (CT) imaging device, a temperature control device, a pressure control device and a flow control device. The hydrate conveying device includes an annular pipeline structure composed of a plurality of straight pipeline sections and a plurality of curved pipeline sections. The straight pipeline section is able to rotate around an axis thereof under the drive of a pipeline driving device. The CT imaging device is used to perform a three-dimensional (3D) detection inside the pipeline, and includes a turntable, a ray source and a detector. The ray source is able to rotate under the drive of the turntable driving device. The temperature control device, the pressure control device and the flow control device are used to control a gas-liquid mixture's temperature, pressure and flow rate, respectively.
US11041817B2
A microwave-based measuring device includes a number n of sensors, each sensor of the number n of sensors being embodied to generate associated sensor data such that, overall, a number n of items of sensor data are generated by way of the number n of sensors. A measurement variable calculation unit is embodied to calculate a number m of measurement variable values depending on the number n of items of sensor data on the basis of values of a number d of parameters. A learning unit is embodied to calculate the values of the number d of parameters on the basis of training data.
US11041812B2
The present disclosure relates to a fluorogenic pH-sensitive dye and a film for detecting pH using the fluorogenic pH-sensitive dye on a polymer film. The fluorogenic pH-sensitive dye includes an aryl compound having a sulfonyl group (—SO2) and an agarose compound covalently bonded to the sulfonyl group (—SO2) of the aryl compound.
US11041805B2
A method (100) and a system for determining pH values of fermented/acidified animal/vegetable milk products from inline optical measurements, the method comprising: emitting light into a fermented/acidified animal/vegetable milk product (101); optically detecting scattering light coming from said fermented/acidified animal/vegetable milk product, generated from said emitted light once received therein, to collect scattered light data (102); calculating by a computing device including one or more processors running an algorithm at least one value of a variable from the collected scattered light data (103); and obtaining, by said computing device a pH value of the fermented/acidified animal/vegetable milk product by using said at least one calculated value of a variable (104), wherein a single wavelength is used for collecting the scattered light data.
US11041804B2
A plurality of light-receiving elements that are arranged in two rows are provided on a light-receiving surface of a detector. A slit image formed on this detector. One group of a plurality of the light-receiving elements are arranged consecutively in a displacement direction of the slit image to form a row (one light-receiving elements row), and another group of a plurality of the light-receiving elements are also arranged consecutively in the displacement direction of the slit image to form a row (another light-receiving elements row). The one light-receiving elements row and the other light-receiving elements row are in contact with each other.
US11041802B2
A system for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing, an asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor, and a method for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing are presented. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor includes three gap areas which highly confine an electric field. The biosensor includes an E-shaped structure facing an inverted E-shaped structure with gaps between the respective legs. Each leg has a specially designed extension on either side which increases the electric field. A terahertz laser interrogates an analyte upon the metamaterial structure with a plurality of frequencies. The amplitude difference is estimated by an amplitude difference referencing technique. The amplitude difference is matched to a database record to identify the biomolecule analyte. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor in combination with the amplitude difference referencing technique detects the type of biomolecule with a high degree of accuracy and requires only small analyte samples with sub-micron thicknesses.
US11041777B2
A method for checking the plausibility of a pressure sensor that, during the measurement of a differential pressure, records measured values, whereby the measured values from the pressure sensor are compared to reference values for the differential pressure calculated on the basis of a model; whereby in order to determine the plausibility, at least one deviation of the measured values from the reference values and a difference between a first slope of the changing measured values and a second slope of the changing reference values over the curve of the measured values are taken into account.
US11041776B2
There is provided a pressure detection device including: a pressure detection element which receives pressure so as to output a detection signal corresponding to the pressure P; and a processing circuit which processes and outputs the detection signal output from the pressure detection element, where the processing circuit includes: a voltage transformation circuit which only transforms a power supply voltage fed from an external power supply so as to obtain a first reference voltage with a predetermined voltage value; an integrator circuit which uses the first reference voltage as an operation reference to perform integral processing on the detection signal so as to convert the detection signal into a voltage waveform; and at least one or more amplifier circuits which use a second reference voltage with a predetermined voltage value as an operation reference to perform amplification processing on an output signal from the integrator circuit.
US11041774B2
A pressure sensor package includes a package lead frame including a molding plastic layer with a top surface and a plurality of lead frame units mounted in the molding plastic layer, a sidewall disposed on the top surface of the molding plastic layer and surrounding a receiving chamber, a pressure sensor module mounted on the top surface of the molding plastic layer and disposed in the receiving chamber, and a packaging silicone mounted in the receiving chamber to encapsulate the pressure sensor module.
US11041770B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection includes an impact indicator having a housing enclosing a detection assembly configured to detect an acceleration event. The indicator also includes switch circuitry and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the switch circuitry. Responsive to detecting the acceleration event, the detection assembly causes a change in the switch circuitry, wherein the change in the switch circuitry causes a change in a value output by the RFID module when activated. The indicator also includes logic configured to blockchain data output by the indicator.
US11041768B2
A pressure-sensitive sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a conductive resin located between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the conductive resin includes a first region, and a second region different from the first region in thickness in a direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged, and the second region surrounds the first region. Further, the thickness of the second region is thicker than the thickness of the first region. Further, a center of the first electrode is located within the first region in a plan view from the direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged.
US11041765B2
A modulation circuit for voltage to duty-cycle conversion is provided. A first input end and a second input end of a comparator are supplied with a first voltage and a second voltage via a first switch and a second switch respectively. An output end of the comparator outputs a comparison result signal. A charging end of a charging capacitor is connected with a charging current source and a grounding reset module, and is connected with the first input end via a third switch, and is connected with the second input end via a fourth switch. When the comparison result signal flips over, a control module controls the grounding reset module to switch an on-off state of a first switch group including the first switch and the fourth switch and a second switch group including the second switch and the third switch.
US11041752B2
A daylight sensor for automated window-shading applications that incorporates at least one (and optionally more than one) of three aspects: an optimized Field-of-View (FOV), angle-diversity sensing (via at least two sub-sensors with different FOVs, whose outputs are processed in a particular way to yield the overall sensor output), and multi-spectral sensing (via at least two sub-sensors with differing spectral responses and, optionally, different FOVs, whose outputs are processed in a particular way to yield the sensor output). These aspects improve the correlation between the sensor output and the subjectively-perceived daylight level (especially under glare-inducing conditions, such as in the presence of low-angle direct sunlight), thereby enabling more effective automatic control of daylight admitted into a room.
US11041748B2
Level sensors having conductive target movement sensing are disclosed. An example level sensor includes a lever operatively coupled to a sensing member, a target operatively coupled to the lever, where the target includes a conductor, an inductive coil to generate a magnetic field and measure feedback signatures associated with the target and the magnetic field, and a processor to calculate a position of the sensing member based on the feedback signatures.
US11041736B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for generating a real-time high-definition (HD) map for an ego vehicle using wireless vehicle data of a remote vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a V2X wireless message which includes remote GPS data and remote road parameter data of the remote vehicle. The method includes retrieving ego GPS data of the ego vehicle. The method includes generating ego road parameter data describing an initial estimate of a geometry of a road on which the ego vehicle is located. The method includes fusing the ego road parameter data and the remote road parameter data to form fused road parameter data which describes an improved estimate of the geometry of the road that is more accurate than the initial estimate. The method includes generating a real-time HD map based on the remote GPS data, the ego GPS data, and the fused road parameter data.
US11041732B2
A computing system is can determine a match between a requesting user of a transport service and a matched driver traveling to a pick-up location of the requesting user. Based on the match, the computing system can transmit a trigger signal to the computing device of the requesting user. The trigger signal can cause the computing device of the requesting user to generate a selectable feature that, when selected, cause the computing device to prominently display a specified color on a graphical user interface of the computing device to facilitate a rendezvous between the requesting user and matched driver.
US11041730B2
The autonomous vehicle generates an overlapped image by overlaying HD map data over sensor data and rendering the overlaid images. The visualization process is repeated as the vehicle drives along the route. The visualization may be displayed on a screen within the vehicle or at a remote device. The system performs reverse rendering of a scene based on map data from a selected point. For each line of sight originating at the selected point, the system identifies the farthest object in the map data. Accordingly, the system eliminates objects obstructing the view of the farthest objects in the HD map as viewed from the selected point. The system further allows filtering of objects using filtering criteria based on semantic labels. The system generates a view from the selected point such that 3D objects matching the filtering criteria are eliminated from the view.
US11041723B2
A sensor unit with high reliability and stable detection accuracy against vibrations of an installation target object is to be provided. A sensor unit includes: a sensor module configured including a substrate with inertial sensors mounted thereon, and an inner case in which the substrate is installed; and an outer case accommodating the sensor module. A recessed part is formed in the inner case. The inertial sensors are arranged in an area overlapping with the recessed part as viewed in a plan view seen from the direction of thickness of the substrate, and a filling member is provided to fill a space formed by the substrate and the recessed part. The sensor module is joined to a bottom wall of the outer case via a joining member.
US11041715B2
An irradiation unit configured to scan and irradiate a sample with pulse waves; a reception unit configured to receive reflected waves of the pulse waves from the sample; a waveform generation unit configured to generate time waveforms of a signal representing the reflected waves at respective scan positions of the pulse waves; and a waveform correction unit configured to detect at least one peak in each of the time waveforms, and correct each of the time waveforms on a basis of each of positions of the at least one peak in the time waveforms are included.
US11041709B1
A laser system and method for inspecting a substrate and/or a laser score formed in a moving web of material during laser processing of the material with a laser processing system having a laser source for generating a laser beam and a lens for focusing the laser beam and reflecting the laser beam onto the advancing web of material where the focal point is directed a selected location on the web to produce the score in the advancing web of material, the score having a depth less than the thickness of the material and measuring the depth at one or more locations on the advancing web of material concurrent with producing the score line and where the material may be a packaging material and the score provided for easy opening of the packaging.
US11041701B1
The present invention is directed to composite munition cases that burn without significant residue, rugged enough to withstand rough handling, and provides for additional burn rate control over current state of the art metal and combustible munition cases. The munition cases disclose herein utilizes combustible composite materials having an inner and outer walls connected by support structures. The support structures can be radial walls or honeycomb shaped cells. In another embodiment wedge elements assembled into a cylindrical munition case is also proposed. Exemplary composite materials include felted fiber, foam celluloid and polystyrene.
US11041700B2
The present invention relates to a counter mass container (2) enclosing a plurality of parallel axially extending channels (1). The invention also relates to an assembly of a plurality of such counter mass containers (2). The invention also relates to a weapon comprising a barrel (5) accommodating such an assembly.
US11041699B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a shooting target with improved portability and safety over existing devices. The target uses a pin system for storing the legs, which are easily removed and used to form a base. In addition, accessories are described for a shooting target system and method such as a wheel base, side targets, a swinging “dueling target” system, and “popper” side targets.
US11041698B2
A unitary cartridge for a conducted electrical weapon (CEW) may include a cartridge body that stores an electrode, a piston, a propulsion module, and a propulsion module contact. To launch the electrode from the cartridge body, a signal may be sent from the CEW through a conductor disposed within the propulsion module. The signal may be configured to heat up the conductor and ignite a pyrotechnic material in the propulsion module to create a rapidly expanding gas. The rapidly expanding gas may move the piston to propel the electrode from the cartridge body and toward a target. A frangible cap may be disposed at one end of the cartridge body to retain the electrode in the cartridge body prior to launch.
US11041696B2
Load carriage systems are described including one or more of a first chest panel, a first back panel, and a self-adjusting cummerbund connecting the first chest panel and the first back panel. The self-adjusting cummerbund may include a tensioning mechanism configured to allow the cummerbund to extend and retract, and may be configured to provide varying resistive force. The tensioning mechanism may include one or more of a sliding portion, a continuous patterned length of material that is folded over itself, and an elastic member that is attached to the sliding member and the length of material. Body armor plates may be held between outer and inner chest panels and/or between outer and inner back panels. A strip of webbing may be used to secure the body armor plate between the outer and inner panels.
US11041688B2
A muzzle brake (i.e., muzzle brake, suppressor, or compensator) directs air through ports in a top of the muzzle brake. Each pair of ports, left and right, has a corresponding baffle to which they are adjacent and form a recess in the rear face of. Each port is between 15 and 30 degrees from top center, and each port angles forward between 15 and 30 degrees. Each port is threaded such that a user may shut the port off with a set screw. Each baffle has a top tooth and a bottom tooth which direct gases from the muzzle of the firearm laterally and into the pair of ports associated with the baffle. The brake may also have lateral vents to disperse the excess gases received from the muzzle.
US11041682B1
A thermal switch having an on-state and an off-state is provided. First and second plates are composed from a thermally conductive material. The first and second plates are connected to form an internal cavity having a channel defining a gap between the first and second plate. The first reservoir is coupled to the channel and contains a thermally conductive liquid. The actuator is coupled to the first reservoir and the channel and is moveable between a first state and a second state corresponding to the on-state and the off-state of the thermal switch, respectively. Thermally conductive liquid is allowed to flow from the first reservoir to the channel when the actuator is in the first state and allowed to flow from the channel to the first reservoir when the actuator is in the second state.
US11041681B2
A clamping system secures to at least one tube in a tube bundle of a heat exchanger in order to reduce vibration damage. The clamping system includes a first clamping component having a J-shape, a second clamping component having an L-shape, a configuration where the first arc around the tube plus the second arc around the tube is equal to at least 100 degrees; and a means for resisting movement of the clamping components. The first clamping component with a J-shape covers a first arc around the tube. The second clamping component with an L-shape covers a second arc opposite the first arc. One of the means for resisting movement includes a stake, a nut, and a bolt.
US11041673B2
A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a cabinet; a door; a shelf supporting arm; a shelf assembly; and a withdrawing mechanism for allowing a shelf to be withdrawn forward when the door is pivoted, wherein the withdrawing mechanism includes a sliding member, a link member, and a connector for selectively connecting the slide member and the shelf. The connector includes: a connecting unit selectively inserted into a receiving groove formed in the sliding member and having a first inclined face formed on one side thereof; and an actuation unit having a second inclined face formed on one end thereof to contact the first inclined face, wherein when the actuation unit moves toward the rear side of the cabinet, the second inclined face moves along the first inclined face so that the connecting unit moves to be separated from the groove.
US11041672B2
An HVAC assembly including a base portion that includes a rib outwardly extending therefrom. The base portion and the rib formed of a first material having a first elongation to yield. The blower housing including a collapsible portion that is formed of a second material and fixed to the rib by a bond between the first and second materials. The second material having an elongation to yield that is greater than the first elongation to yield of the first material and is configured to collapse when a force is applied to the collapsible portion.
US11041670B2
Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.
US11041664B2
A condenser having passages of varying geometry for cooling of fluid. The condenser apparatus includes substantially parallel tubes each defining a channel and having an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, the first end having a greater hydraulic diameter than the second end. Inlet and outlet manifolds are provided. The tubes may be oriented substantially vertically with the inlets above the respective outlets. A heat exchanger core comprises the tubes and substantially horizontally oriented fin material connecting the tubes. The tubes may receive a relatively higher temperature vapor or vapor and liquid mixture into the inlets of the tubes, around the tubes coolant flows substantially horizontally to remove heat from the tubes, and relatively cooler saturated liquid is discharged from the outlets. In one embodiment, the tube's channel splits into multiple channels to reduce the hydraulic diameter and increase the surface area ratio.
US11041653B2
A method for managing failures in multiple nodes of a building management system includes selecting a second building management system node from the building management system nodes to perform a computing job to determine one or more values for the building management system. The method includes sending the computing job to the second building management system node for the second building management system node to determine the one or more values for the building management system, receiving progress messages from the second building management system node, wherein the progress messages indicate the status of the second building management system node for determining the one or more values, and selecting a third building management system node from the plurality of building management system nodes to perform the computing job in response to the progress messages indicating that the second node has failed to determine the one or more values.
US11041652B2
A system including a valve positioned in a conduit, wherein the valve is configured to change fluid flow through the conduit. The system includes an actuator having a motor that is configured to selectively rotate the valve toward a desired valve orientation. The system is configured to receive a request for a desired valve orientation, control the motor to move the valve into the desired valve orientation, and sense a condition corresponding to a current valve orientation following movement by the motor. The system is configured to determine if the sensed condition indicates that the current valve orientation matches the desired valve orientation from the request, and, responsive to determining that the current valve orientation does not match the desired valve orientation from the request, control the motor to selectively rotate the valve in a direction to move the valve towards the desired valve orientation.
US11041649B2
Change of a set room temperature of an air-conditioning apparatus leads to change of electric power consumed by the air-conditioning apparatus, and in a case of cooling, the consumed electric power increases as the set room temperature decreases. Consequently, a user has been unable to freely change the set room temperature. Thus, when the set room temperature is changed by the user, an evaporating temperature (refrigerant temperature) at which the electric power consumed by the air-conditioning apparatus does not change before and after the change is estimated and the air-conditioning apparatus is commanded for the evaporating temperature, which allows the user to pursue indoor comfort without worrying about the electric power consumed by the air-conditioning apparatus.
US11041647B2
A refrigerant leak management system includes a return inlet assembly and a purge exhaust outlet assembly. The system also includes a sensor configured to detect refrigerant proximate an air handling enclosure of a HVAC unit. The system further includes a controller configured to control the system to drive air from a conditioned interior space of a building into an external environment via the purge exhaust outlet assembly when the sensor detects the refrigerant proximate the air handling enclosure by: actuating the return inlet assembly to close the return inlet assembly, actuating the purge exhaust outlet assembly to open the purge exhaust outlet assembly, and activating a reversible supply fan of the HVAC unit in a reverse direction.
US11041639B2
An instant hot water delivery system includes a thermal storage bin that receives hot water from a water heater via a hot water supply conduit and stores the hot water therein. The thermal storage bin is disposed adjacent a point of demand to deliver the hot water instantly to the point of demand responsive to a demand. The thermal storage bin is configured to retain a thermal energy of the hot water for a prolonged period using a phase change material. When the hot water stored in the thermal storage bin cools down below a threshold temperature, the cooled down hot water is recirculated to the water heater via a cold water supply conduit using a crossover valve. The recirculation is based on thermosiphon. Fresh hot water from the water heater replaces the cooled down hot water that is displaced from the thermal storage bin.
US11041627B1
A combustion assembly housing contains primary and secondary combustion chambers and an ash receptacle. The primary combustion chamber has primary and exhaust grates. Fuel pellets fall in downward onto the primary grate; intake air flows in upward through the primary grate; exhaust gas flows out rearward through the exhaust grate. The primary grate supports unburned fuel pellets and permits partially burned pellets to fall through. Multiple vertical passages through the primary grate are each deeper than they are wide. The secondary combustion chamber has a secondary grate. Partially burned pellets fall in downward onto the secondary grate; intake air flows in rearward, through the secondary grate, and out upward into the primary combustion chamber. The secondary grate supports partially burned pellets and permits ash to fall through downward into the ash receptacle. Intake air flows rearward into the ash receptacle and upward into the secondary combustion chamber.
US11041626B2
A combustion chamber system has pilot and main fuel manifolds, and pilot and main fuel nozzles. Each pilot nozzle is connected to the pilot manifold. Each main nozzle is connected to the main manifold. A greater total amount of fuel is supplied to the pilot nozzles than to the main nozzles. A greater amount of fuel is supplied to pilot nozzles at, or in, a first region of the combustion chamber than to pilot fuel nozzles at, or in, a second region. A greater amount of fuel is supplied to the main nozzles at, or in, the first region than to the main nozzles at, or in, the second to improve combustion efficiency, weak extinction and relight of the combustion chamber in a first mode of operation. A greater total amount of fuel is supplied to the main nozzles than to the pilot nozzles in a second mode of operation.
US11041619B2
The present invention is a combustion strategy using a swirl burner tip, which is one of stoichiometric mixture of reactants (2H2+O2→2H2O) with added high quality dry steam (H2O (g)) as a thermal diluent. The amount of dry steam can be determined by the safety requirements of the reactants and the desired temperature of post-flame gases. It can be appreciated that the design of the swirl burner tip is for safe handling of the reactants, and for rapid and thorough mixing of the reactants so combustion occurs in a nearly premixed configuration exterior of the swirl burner tip. The H2/O2 ratio is fixed to consume all H2 and O2 (stoichiometric), with dry steam (H2O (g)) strategically added to the reactants. The burner tip is configured to create counter swirling reactant flows separate from each other.
US11041616B2
A lighting module includes a circuit board, a light emitting diode, a light guide plate and a glue material. The light emitting diode is disposed over the circuit board, and the light emitting diode includes a light emitting side surface and a non-light emitting side surface. The light guide plate is substantially parallel to the circuit board, and a portion of the light guide plate is disposed over the circuit board and adjacent to the light emitting side surface of the light emitting diode. The glue material covers and is in contact with the non-light emitting side surface of the light emitting diode and the portion of the light guide plate.
US11041607B1
Apparatuses and methods for accessing luminaire mounting and/or electrical connection compartments and components are disclosed. Embodiments include a front reflective door pivotally attached to a luminaire housing with a closed position covering an opening to the mounting access compartment and an open position allowing easy user access to the mounting feature(s) in the mounting access compartment. In some embodiments the door forms an exterior surface of the lighting fixture, while in additional embodiments the luminaire's light source is mounted on the luminaire housing and not on the door. In still further embodiments the light source is located externally to the mounting access compartment so that the light source is outside the door when the door is closed. In yet further embodiments the free end of the door is adjacent the light source while the pivoting end of the door is located away from the light source.
US11041600B2
Regarding a light guide lens, in cross section in a direction perpendicular to widthwise direction and a direction parallel to optical axis of the light emitted from the light source, a first reflecting section has a first reflecting surface of which inclined angle with respect to the optical axis of light emitted from a light source gradually reduces from a central section in the widthwise direction toward both end portions, and in cross section in a direction parallel to the widthwise direction and a direction parallel to the optical axis of the light emitted from the light source, a second reflecting section has second reflecting surfaces which are inclined in opposite directions with each other toward one side and other side in the widthwise direction with respect to the optical axis of the light emitted from the light source and in which a plurality of reflecting cuts are periodically arranged.
US11041590B2
An apparatus for filling a cartridge with medical gas, comprising a sealing mechanism designed to removably seal against the open end of an uncapped and empty cartridge, evacuate the cartridge, producing at least a partial vacuum therein, fill the cartridge with medical gas at a predetermined pressure and temperature, and maintain the predetermined pressure and temperature while the cartridge is capped is presented.
US11041587B2
An ultraviolet curing pipeline repair robot is provided. The ultraviolet radiation lamp comprises a lamp panel distributed at the circumference of frame body and ultraviolet LED lamps uniformly distributed on the lamp panel. Each frame body is provided with a spring sleeve circumferentially rotating around frame body. Each driving arm is formed by cross connection of two supporting arms. One end of the first supporting arm is fixedly arranged on frame body, one end of the second supporting arm is connected with a driving arm nut, and the driving arm nut is sleeved the spring sleeve and matched with the screw thread on the outer surface of the spring sleeve. The inside of a tail section of frame body is provided with a network transmission module and a first power carrier module connected with a second aviation plug. A cable is a power cable.
US11041576B2
Actuators having electroactive valves are described herein. The actuators can move from a first position to a second position and lock in the second position using an electroactive valve. The device can include an actuator having a fluid-impermeable membrane. The fluid-impermeable membrane can define a compartment, the compartment having a central region, an edge region extending from and fluidly connected with the central region, an electroactive valve between the central region and the edge region, and a dielectric fluid. When actuated, the actuators can force fluid through the electroactive valves and into the edge region. Once in the edge region, the electroactive valves can prevent return flow until receiving an actuation signal.
US11041567B2
An elastomeric seal for use in semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising an ink on at least a portion of the upper surface thereof, wherein the ink comprises a barrier material, the barrier material being operable to prevent or reduce degradation of the elastomeric seal from ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
US11041564B2
A control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission includes a primary-pulley clamping force acquiring unit that acquires a clamping force of a primary pulley, a secondary-pulley clamping force acquiring unit that acquires a clamping force of a secondary pulley, an input torque acquiring unit that acquires a torque applied to the primary pulley, a transmission ratio acquiring unit that acquires a transmission ratio, a learning value acquiring unit, and a controller. When a learning condition is satisfied, the learning value acquiring unit decreases the clamping force of the secondary pulley while the transmission ratio and the input torque are kept substantially constant, and acquires, as a learning value, the clamping force of the secondary pulley at which a clamping force ratio is maximum. The controller adjusts a target clamping force of the secondary pulley on the basis of the learning value.
US11041556B2
An electronically locking differential assembly constructed in accordance to the present disclosure includes a differential casing, a first and second side gear, a lock actuation assembly and a lock detect mechanism. The first gear defines a first shaft opening configured to provide a first torque transmitting connection with a first output shaft received within the first output shaft opening. The second side gear defines a second output shaft opening configured to provide a second torque transmitting connection with a second output shaft received within the second output shaft opening. The lock actuation mechanism selectively moves between a locked state where the side gears are fixed for concurrent rotation and an unlocked state where the side gears rotate relative to each other. The lock detect mechanism detects whether the lock actuation mechanism is in the locked or unlocked state.
US11041550B2
A toroidal continuously variable transmission including input and output discs disposed to face each other so that a rotational axis of the input disc and a rotational axis of the output disc conform, each of the discs having a concave contact surface; a power roller sandwiched between the contact surfaces of discs so that the power roller is tiltable, the power roller transmitting a rotational driving force of the input disc to the output disc with a transmission ratio corresponding to a tilt motion angle; and a pressing device which presses one of the discs toward the other. When viewed from a direction of a tilt motion axis lof the power roller, the contact surface of at least one of discs has a region with a curvature that is larger than a curvature of a tilt motion trajectory of a contact surface of the power roller.
US11041539B1
A bi-directional damping system generates damping forces in two opposing directions. A shaft has a plurality of bi-directional damping modules fixedly coupled thereto. Each module includes a fluid-filled variable-volume first chamber including at least one port through which fluid can flow based on changes in volume of the first chamber, and a fluid-filled variable-volume second chamber including at least one port through which fluid can flow based on changes in volume of the second chamber. The first chamber and second chamber are fluidically isolated from one another. A fluid-filled spacer chamber is coupled to adjacent ones of the modules. The spacer chamber includes at least one venting port through which fluid can flow based on pressure in the spacer chamber.
US11041528B1
A main bearing cap having a bearing cap body defining a vertical centerline, the bearing cap body having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, a pair of upper protruding parts and a pair of lower protruding parts that extend in a horizontal direction that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of a crankshaft, and a pair of posts that extend between the upper and the lower protruding parts. Each of the posts having a profiled side surface that is recessed to a profiled surface depth to reduce contact pressure and fretting between the bottom surface of the bearing cap and a joint surface of a bulkhead of a cylinder block when the parts are assembled. The profiled side surfaces also reduce the stiffness of the bearing cap to match more closely that of the cylinder block and direct load or force towards a centerline of the bearing cap.
US11041523B2
A universal joint includes a driving portion and a joint head. The driving portion includes a ball nest and a polygonal column disposed within the ball nest. The joint head includes a working end portion and a ball head portion, and the ball head portion is rotatably and swingably disposed within the ball nest. A shaped of the ball head portion corresponds to a shaped of the ball nest, and the polygonal column is co-rotatable with the ball head portion. The ball head portion including a polygonal groove, and the polygonal column is inserted within the polygonal groove.
US11041518B2
The present disclosure provides a method for bonding a structural component to a rail. The method includes (a) positioning a bonding agent in a plurality of blind holes defined in a bottom surface of the rail, (b) positioning a spacer in each of the plurality of blind holes, (c) positioning the structural component into the channel such that the structural component rests on each spacer, wherein a first gap is defined between the structural component and the bottom surface of the rail, a second gap is defined between the structural component and a first sidewall of the rail, and a third gap is defined between the structural component and a second sidewall of the rail, and (d) injecting the bonding agent into the channel such that each of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap includes the bonding agent.
US11041515B1
A hydraulic system includes: a regulator that adjusts a tilting angle of a pump; and a controller that controls the regulator such that a discharge flow rate of the pump is a lower one of an operation-requiring flow rate and a horsepower control flow rate. The controller stores a first horsepower control line and a second horsepower control line lower than the first control line. When an operating point exceeds the first horsepower control line, the controller decreases the tilting angle of the pump; when the operating point falls below the second horsepower control line, the controller increases the tilting angle of the pump. When the operating point exceeds the first control line or falls below the second control line, it is shifted and positioned between the first control line and the second horsepower control line, keeping the tilting angle of the pump as it is.
US11041512B2
An electro-hydraulic linear actuator module comprising a stator having a cylindrical bore therethrough, a linear electric machine translator movable axially within the stator bore, a positive displacement chamber adjacent each end of the translator for holding, in use, an incompressible fluid, first and second fluid pathways, one to each chamber, for the flow of an incompressible fluid, wherein movement of the translator along the stator bore alters the volumes of the chambers.
US11041504B2
A rotor for a centrifugal compressor includes: a rotor main; an impeller; and a contact member. The rotor main body extends in an axis direction and includes a recessed part that is disposed on an outer circumferential surface. The impeller includes: a cylinder part having a cylindrical shape that extends around the axis direction and includes an inner circumferential surface with a fitting region tightly fitted to the outer circumferential surface of the rotor main body; an annular disc that extends from the cylinder part to a radial outer side with respect to the axis direction; a plurality of blades disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction on a surface facing one side in the axis direction of the annular disc; and a cover that covers the plurality of blades from the one side in the axis direction. The contact member is fitted into the recessed part.
US11041502B2
A method of assembling a fan wheel includes forming a first wheel portion including a first plurality of impeller blades and a first connector, forming a second wheel portion including a second plurality of impeller blades and a second connector, affixing an end of each of the first plurality of impeller blades to a first surface of a support ring such that the first connector is affixed to the second connector, and affixing an end of each of the second plurality of impeller blades to a second surface of a support ring.
US11041497B1
A centrifugal rotary machine includes: an impeller which includes a disk, blades, and a cover; and a sealing device which seals the gap, in which the casing includes an end wall surface which defines a radial flow path between the end wall surface and a cover end surface, an inlet-side inner peripheral surface which is connected to a radially inner side of the end wall surface and extends to the one side in the axial direction so as to define an introduction flow path of a fluid to the impeller, and a circulation flow path which is formed in the casing and is open to an end portion on a radially outer side of the end wall surface and the inlet-side inner peripheral surface to cause the radial flow path and the introduction flow path to communicate with each other.
US11041493B2
According to an embodiment, an apparatus for detecting a characteristic of a pump includes: a housing having a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite the first planar surface, a mount structure located on the second planar surface, wherein the mount structure is configured to facilitate attachment of the apparatus on an external surface of the triplex pump, and wherein the mount structure avoids penetrating an inside surface of the triplex pump. Advantageously, apparatus is a non-invasive device and does not involve modifications to the pump nor opening the lid of the pump.
US11041491B2
The invention regards a micro dosage peristaltic pump (2) for micro dosage of a fluid, comprising: a housing (4) with an inner annular surface (5), wherein the annular surface comprises an opening (12), a flexible tube (6), wherein a section of the tube is placed upon the annular surface (5), a compression element (7) configured for peristaltic engagement with the section of the tube placed upon the annular surface (5), at least one counter acting element (11), an arm (10) comprising the compression element (7) and the counter acting element (11), wherein the arm (10) is rotatably mounted with a rotation axis perpendicular to the arm, driving means for rotating the arm (10), and thereby moving the compression element (7) and the counter acting element (11) in a circular motion.
US11041485B2
The present invention relates to a soft actuator moving linearly against external stimuli whose expansion and contraction can be actively controlled, suggesting that the actuator of the invention overcomes the problems of the conventional soft actuators, The soft actuator of the present invention can be repetitively driven quickly and accurately by controlling heating and cooling by using thermoelectric effect and, the soft actuator of the present invention can realize bending, tensioning, compression, and rotational driving of a tubular device containing a driver.
US11041482B2
An impeller locking device for a wind generator is provided. The impeller locking device includes a locking hole formed on an impeller connecting disc, and a locking pin configured to fit into the locking hole. The locking pin is connected with a base of the wind generator; and when the locking pin is locked in the locking hole, a radial clearance is provided between the locking pin and the locking hole. When the axes of the locking pins and the locking holes are deviated radially, the locking pins can also be inserted into the locking holes, so that radial constraints of the locking pins and the locking holes are eliminated. A wind generator adopting the impeller locking device is further provided.
US11041481B2
Wind turbine farms are presented including: a number of steerable wind turbines each having a turbine diameter, where the number of steerable wind turbines is separated into a number of modules each placed in a fixed module placement and oriented in one of a number of fixed module orientations, where each one of the number of fixed module orientations corresponds with one of a number of prevailing wind directions, where the number of modules is separated into a number of sets placed in a number of fixed set positions. In some embodiments, each of the number of modules is positioned no closer than approximately six turbine diameters and no further than approximately fifteen turbine diameters from each another.
US11041480B2
The invention relates to a wind turbine system comprising a support structure with a plurality of wind turbine modules mounted to the support structure. A control system is arranged to enter a service mode wherein service can be performed in the wind turbine system by applying a first control command to a first subset of wind turbine modules for terminating power production. A second control command is applied to a second subset of wind turbine modules for bringing the second subset of wind turbine modules into an damping mode where each of the wind turbine modules of the second subset is operated and/or positioned to damp vibrations, actively and/or passively, of at least one wind turbine module of the first subset of wind turbine modules.
US11041478B2
Provided herein is a spar cap having a profile for guiding and receiving a shear web for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a pultruded spar cap having a bond gap feature to maintain a uniform space for distribution of bonding paste between the spar cap and shear web. Also, the spar cap is formed with locating features which guide and receive placement of the shear web.
US11041474B2
Systems and methods for managing auto start of a vehicle during an auto-stop condition may include determining an operational status of a vehicle climate control system; receiving a target air outlet temperature from the vehicle climate control system; receiving data indicating a state of a heated seat of the vehicle; and inhibiting a start-vehicle command to restart the vehicle because of a cabin heating requirement when the data indicates that the heated seat of the vehicle is activated.
US11041469B2
A discharge control device for a filter system and a filter system for filtering a media flow of a first and a second medium is provided with a collecting chamber that collects the second medium separated from the media flow. A sensor arrangement with a first sensor unit, a second sensor unit, a first shut-off valve having a closure body, and a second shut-off valve is provided. The first sensor unit is operatively connected to the first shut-off valve. The first sensor unit has a float that purely mechanically actuates the closure body of the first shut-off valve. The second shut-off valve is arranged in series in flow communication with the first shut-off valve. The second shut-off valve has an electromagnetically actuatable valve controlled by the second sensor unit as a function of a fill level of second medium in the collecting chamber.
US11041452B2
Methods and systems are provided for conducting vehicle fuel system and/or evaporative emissions system diagnostics, where the diagnostics rely on a positive pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure. In one example, a method comprises activating an electric compressor positioned in an intake of an engine configured to receive purge gasses from the evaporative emissions system under boosted engine operation and natural engine operation, to direct a positive pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure to the fuel system and/or evaporative emission system to conduct said diagnostic. In this way, diagnostics that rely on positive pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure may be conducted in vehicles with a dual-path purge system, without introduction of a pump in the evaporative emissions system.
US11041448B2
A technology that can extend the life of a fuel injection device of an engine while maintaining its good responsiveness is provided. A fuel injection device 100 for an engine includes: a control rack 55 supported to be slidable in an axial direction and capable of adjusting of a fuel pressure-feed amount of a fuel pressure-feed mechanism unit 51, based on its slide-position relative to the axial direction; an actuator 40 capable of reciprocating its operating unit 41; and a link lever 20 swingably supported by a pivot shaft member 25 and configured to swing in association with reciprocation of the operating unit 41 of the actuator 40 thereby causing the control rack 55 to slide, wherein the fuel injection device includes an actuator-side connecting part 20A connecting an operating unit 41 of the actuator 40 to the link lever 20, and the actuator-side connecting part 20A is positioned on the same axis as the operating unit 41 of the actuator 40.
US11041444B2
A gas turbine engine system includes a boost compressor configured to compress air; a combustor in which the compressed air is mixed with fuel and ignited to generate a stream of combustion gases; and a turbine configured to extract energy from the combustion gases, the turbine being drivingly coupled to the boost compressor and to an output shaft via a differential gearbox configured to apportion an input torque from the turbine between a first output torque applied to the output shaft and a second output torque applied to the boost compressor.
US11041437B2
Various systems and methods are provided for a turbocharger system. In one example, a system for use with a power generator having a rotary machine including a combustor comprises: a heat exchanger positioned to receive exhaust gases from the combustor; and a turbocharger system, comprising: a low pressure compressor fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger and adapted to supply gases to the heat exchanger; a low pressure turbine and a high pressure turbine each fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger and adapted to receive gases from the heat exchanger; a high pressure compressor fluidly coupled to the rotary machine and the low pressure compressor, adapted to receive gases from the low pressure compressor and supply compressed air to the rotary machine; and a water injector adapted to inject water into a flow path between the low pressure compressor and the heat exchanger.
US11041420B2
A combined power conversion and carbon capture and recycling subsystem including a fossil fueled oxidation unit, a physical adsorbent CO2 capture medium, rotor, motor, heater, CO2 compressor, diffuser and water storage tank. Exhaust gas from fossil fuel oxidation is scrubbed of CO2 via passage across a physical adsorbent and then released from the adsorbent via fuel oxidation waste heat. High CO2 concentration scrubber exhaust air is then compressed and fed to a diffuser which facilitates dissociation of the CO2 into water where it is temporarily stored for use in watering plants. Carbon from fossil fuel is recycled back into the environment and permanently stored as biomass by natural means of photosynthesis.
US11041415B2
A valve control for an internal combustion engine may include a tilt lever, a cam shaft, two cam groups arranged on the cam shaft, a roller bolt arranged on the tilt lever, and an adjusting assembly including a switching pin that engages through the roller bolt. The roller bolt may include two rotatable rollers. The switching pin may be adjustable into a switching position and into a home position. The switching pin may cooperate with a slotted guide of the cam shaft when in the switching position and may have no contact with the slotted guide when in the home position. When the switching pin is in the switching position, the two rollers may be axially adjustable via the adjusting assembly. The switching pin may be axially movable in the roller bolt and the two rollers may be axially movable on the roller bolt into one of two roller positions.
US11041406B2
An inlet guide vane assembly of gas turbine is disclosed. The inlet guide vane assembly includes: a plurality of inlet guide vanes, each including a fixing shaft disposed at the end away from a fixing part; and a fixing assembly including a support ring, a fixing ring and an abutting member. The fixing ring includes a fixing wall facing towards a support part, the fixing wall forming, in cooperation with a support wall, a plurality of accommodating cavities corresponding to the plurality of inlet guide vanes. The fixing shafts are rotatably inserted into the accommodating cavities, and the abutting member is in interference fit with the inner inlet casing and the fixing ring. The inlet guide vane assembly implements support for the inlet guide vanes without affecting installation of the inlet guide vanes.
US11041403B2
The gas turbine engine part can have a heat sink portion having a surface having a plurality of protrusions distributed over an area of the surface, the protrusions projecting away from the surface and including protrusions being adjacent to one another and collectively forming an identifier. A flow of cooling air can be directed to the protrusions forming the identifier to cool the part.
US11041396B2
An air seal may comprise an annular ring defined by at least a proximal surface, a distal surface, an aft side and a forward side. A channel may be disposed in the forward side of the air seal and/or the aft side of the air seal and may extend between the proximal surface and the distal surface. An additional channel extending from at least one of the forward side or the aft side may be disposed in the distal surface. The channel and the additional channel may be circumferentially in line. The channels may define a flow path for direction cooling air from a proximal side of the air seal to a distal side of the air seal. The radial channel may interface with the axial channel at an edge of the air seal.
US11041393B2
The invention concerns a part of a turbomachine, including an element having a first aerodynamic surface including a counterbore at the bottom of which is provided a mounting hole of a fastening screw of the part, and a washer configured to be accommodate into the counterbore and intended to serve as a support for a head of the fastening screw, wherein the washer has an asymmetry of revolution about a screwing axis and is engaged by shape complementarity in the counterbore, and in that the washer includes a second aerodynamic surface extending in the continuity of the first surface.
US11041375B2
Systems and methods for estimating a hardness of a rock mass during operation of an industrial machine. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive a rock mass model and to receive live drilling data from the industrial machine. The electronic processor is also configured to update the rock mass model based on the live drilling data and to estimate a drilling index for a hole based on the updated rock mass model. After estimating a drilling index for the hole, the electronic processor is also configured to set a blasting parameter for the hole based on the estimated drilling index.
US11041360B2
A pressure actuated inflow control device that includes: a housing having a wall within which a fluid passageway axially extends; a collapsible apparatus coupled to the housing and configured to change from an extended to a retracted configuration when subjected to a predetermined pressure; and an axially extending plug at least partially disposed within the fluid passageway and removable from the fluid passageway; wherein, when the collapsible apparatus is in the extended configuration, the plug is disposed within the fluid passageway at a first position relative to the housing to restrict fluid flow through the fluid passageway; and wherein, when the collapsible apparatus changes to the retracted configuration, the plug is either: moved to a second position relative to the housing to allow fluid flow through the fluid passageway; or capable of moving from the first position to allow fluid flow through the fluid passageway.
US11041342B2
A rotation brake for stopping rotation of a spindle assembly on a horizontal directional drill. The rotation brake comprises a brake lock that is actuated by a cylinder and spring to interact with a non-rotating brake cap and a rotating pinion, thereby stopping rotation of the pinion. The brake lock is removed from the pinion by applying pressurized fluid to a cylinder such that a cylinder rod moves the brake lock out of a cavity between the brake cap and the pinion. Upon removing fluid pressure from the cylinder, a compressed spring moves the brake lock back to into the cavity, preventing rotation.
US11041341B1
A system includes a clamp that includes a first arm, a second arm, and a threaded rod coupled to the first arm and the second arm. The threaded rod is configured to be substantially vertical when the clamp is clamped to the static structure. The clamp is configured to, while the user on a ground surface and in response to the nut being rotated about the threaded rod, a first jaw is urged towards a second jaw such that the static structure is clamped between the first jaw and the second jaw. The system further includes a first bracket configured to be releasably affixed to an upper portion of a first side rail of a base station of an extension ladder, and a second bracket that is configured to be releasably affixed to a lower portion of the first side rail of the base station of the extension ladder.
US11041339B2
In an embodiment, a screen apparatus is provided. The screen apparatus is comprised of a base and a screen case. Disposed within the base are a power inverter, one or more batteries, a fuse panel, and a first screen roller. Disposed within the screen case is a second screen roller. The screen case is further provided with a means for hanging the screen case from a stable structure. The screen case is pulled away from the base to expose a screen.
US11041335B2
A hinge includes a leaf unit, first and second action units and an axle unit. The leaf unit includes first and second leaves that are rotatable relative to each other. The first leaf has a first barrel. The second leaf has a second barrel. The first and second action units are co-rotatable with the first leaf. The axle unit includes a fixing member mounted in the second barrel and co-rotatable with the second leaf, and first and second axle constituents respectively associated with the first and second action units and co-rotatable with the fixing member.
US11041328B2
The object of the invention is a latching device (1) for a motor vehicle having a locking mechanism (3) with a catch (6) and at least one pawl (5), a triggering lever (4) whereby the locking mechanism (5) can be unlocked by means of the triggering lever (4), a means to block (11) a movement of the triggering lever (4) arranged on the latching device (1), whereby a blocking of the triggering lever (4) can be attained by a stress (F) acting externally on the vehicle and a shifting movement of the blocking means (11), and whereby the blocking means can be guided back into a starting position dependent on the amount of external stress.
US11041325B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a tapered bolt receiver for a door lock to accommodate misalignment, between a deadbolt mounted to a door, and an opposing jamb. The tapered bolt receiver can be configured to accommodate misalignment for a deadbolt having a non-tapered bolt, such as for an electromechanical smart lock having a battery stored within a battery compartment that is integrated with an enhanced bolt. Also disclosed are embodiments of a deadbolt plate pivot assembly that is pivotably mountable to a corresponding deadbolt assembly to define a plate pivot system, to accommodate a beveled door edge. An illustrative embodiment of the deadbolt plate pivot assembly includes opposing plate that captures a hinge assembly, which can include plastic plate hinges, which serve to locate the deadbolt plate pivot assembly with respect to a corresponding bolt housing, and can provide a spring force and/or constant torque when mounted to a beveled door.
US11041322B2
A system, device and method for reducing wind-induced vibration using cladding includes one or more movable panels attached to an outer facade of a high-rise building, skyscraper or any other structure subject to wind-induced vibration.
US11041320B2
A liner for a form is provided. The form allows for the creation of a precast concrete wall to be formed. The liner allows a building material, for example, brick veneer, to be placed in the liner in a pattern. The pattern may be a soldier course that can formed over openings in the precast concrete wall. When liquid concrete is poured into the mold and then hardens, the concrete holds the building material in place in the pattern produced by the liner.
US11041319B1
A hand tool is provided for the application of joint compound to drywall board joints, a planar blade affixed to a handle. The blade has a concave arcuate working edge, wherein the concave arcuate curve extends the entire length of the working edge to each corner of the working edge. The concave arcuate working edge may be used to apply a self-featured layer joint compound over drywall tape on planar butt joint or an inside corner joint. The blade is laterally flexible.
US11041318B1
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate and a load transfer plate pocket that co-act to transfer vertical or substantially vertical loads from one concrete slab to an adjacent concrete slab in an enhanced manner by minimizing the air gaps in the concrete slab in which the load transfer plate pocket is positioned.
US11041312B2
A system and method for temporary protection of a damaged roof is provided. The system and method for covering at least a portion of a roof with an impermeable membrane comprises a method that includes placing a strip of the impermeable membrane over the portion of the roof intended to be covered, cutting a length of the strip to accommodate a size of the portion of the roof intended to be covered, draping an end of the strip over a fascia of eaves of the roof, placing elongated construction material on the end of the strip contacting fascia of eaves of the roof, attaching the elongated construction material to the fascia of eaves of the roof using a plurality of fasteners, and repeating the steps above until the portion of the roof is covered in the impermeable membrane.
US11041307B2
In one embodiment, a multiwall sheet can comprise: a first wall; a second wall; an intermediate wall disposed between the first wall and the second wall; a first set of ribs disposed between the first wall and the intermediate wall; a second set of ribs disposed between the second wall and the intermediate wall; a cavity disposed between adjacent ribs; wherein the multiwall sheet is configured to expand and/or collapse when a mechanical force (preferably shear force) is applied to the intermediate wall. Preferably the multiwall sheet has a flexural rigidity of greater than or equal to 10 N/mm.
US11041304B2
Interface strips for structural framing and related framing methods are disclosed. The interface strips comprise at least one thin, elongate pliable and malleable mesh layer, and at least one thin, elongate resilient and compressible outer layer extending over at least one face of the mesh layer. The at least one pliable and malleable mesh is configured to maintain a three-dimensional shape of the interface strip, and at least one face of the interface strip includes a plurality of spaced visual framing location indications. The framing methods include coupling the interface strip over the top and bottom framing plates, and cutting the interface strip along a length of the interface strip that is substantially aligned with an interface of the top and bottom framing plates to form first and second interface strip portions coupled to the top and bottom plates, respectively, each including portions of the visual framing location indications.
US11041287B2
A collection tank for use in a vacuum operated earth reduction system, the collection tank comprising a closed first end, an open second end defining a tank sealing flange and a body extending between the closed first end and the open second end. An internal chamber defined by the body, the closed first end and the open second end has a door coupled to the open second end and is configured to releasably seal the open second end. An automated door closer is coupled to a center of the door, wherein the automated door closer provides a closing force at the center of the door so that the closing force is equally distributed about a periphery of the door to seal the door against the tank sealing flange.
US11041265B2
A level cut loop looper or hook and clip assembly for a tufting machine includes at least one module carrying a series of level cut loop loopers or hooks. Each level cut loop looper or hook generally can include a looper body along which a clip is slidably moved. Each clip will be moved between retracted and extended positions as the level cut loop loopers or hooks are reciprocated toward and away from engagement with their associated needles of the tufting machine. Actuators can be engaged to secure the clips in their extended positions as needed to selectively form cut and loop pile tufts in a backing material.
US11041252B2
Methods for depositing wear resistant NiW plating systems on metallic components are provided. In various embodiments, the method includes the step or process of preparing a NiW plating bath containing a particle suspension. The NiW plating bath is prepared by introducing wear resistant particles into the NiW plating path and adding at least one charged surfactant. The first type of wear resistant particles and the first charged surfactant may be contacted when introduced into the NiW plating bath or prior to introduction into the NiW plating bath. The at least one charged surfactant binds with the wear resistant particles to form a particle-surfactant complex. The wear resistant NiW plating system is then electrodeposited onto a surface of a component at least partially submerged in the NiW plating bath. The resulting wear resistant NiW plating system comprised of a NiW matrix in which the wear resistant particles are embedded.
US11041246B2
A water electrolysis system includes a water electrolysis device; a water circulation circuit section including a water circulation pump; an antifreeze circulation circuit section including an antifreeze circulation pump; and a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between the water circulation circuit section and the antifreeze circulation circuit section. Before water electrolysis is started by the water electrolysis device, a control device of the water electrolysis system circulates water by driving the water circulation pump and sets the antifreeze circulation pump to an operationally stopped state.
US11041238B2
A process of atomic layer deposition for the deposition of silicon oxide on a substrate, performed at room temperature, involving at least three precursors, being silicon tetrachloride, water and one Lewis base agent, being in various instances ammonia. The process comprises the steps of exposing on the substrate during an exposure time (a) the one Lewis base agent, (b) the silicon tetrachloride, and (c) the water. The process is remarkable in that at least one step of purge with nitrogen gas is performed after each of the steps (a), (b) and (c) during a purge time. Additionally, a film of silicon oxide which is remarkable in that it comprises a low level of chlorine contaminant and a significant degree of porosity with pores, the pores being in various instances micropores, mesopores or nanopores.
US11041237B2
There are provided a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both high definition and lightweight in upsizing and forming a vapor deposition pattern with high definition while securing strength, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask and a vapor deposition mask preparation body capable of simply producing the vapor deposition mask, and furthermore, a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition. A metal mask 10 in which a plurality of slits 15 are provided and a resin mask 20 are stacked. Openings 25 required for composing a plurality of screens are provided in the resin mask 20. The openings 25 correspond to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition. Each of the slits 15 is provided at a position of overlapping with an entirety of at least one screen.
US11041229B2
An object of the present invention is to provide metal powder that can be used to form an external electrode, which is excellent in solder wettability and solder leach resistance while having a layer structure with fewer layers than in the related art and, furthermore, is excellent in electrical conductivity. This silver-coated alloy powder comprises a coating layer on a surface of an alloy core particle containing copper, nickel, zinc, and inevitable impurities, the coating layer containing silver.
US11041220B2
Provided is a blast furnace operation method that enables lowering of the reducing agent ratio of a blast furnace. The blast furnace operation method includes injecting pulverized coal through tuyeres of a blast furnace. The method includes adjusting coal containing moisture and volatile matter to form adjusted pulverized coal having a specific surface area within a range of 2 m2/g or more and 1000 m2/g or less, a lower heating value of 27170 kJ/kg or more, and a volatile matter content within a range of 3 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less. The method further includes injecting, through the tuyeres of the blast furnace, pulverized coal in which the adjusted pulverized coal, in a mixing ratio of 10 mass % or more, is mixed.
US11041214B2
Methods and compositions are provided for determining a subtype of lung squamous cell carcinoma (SQ) of an individual by detecting the expression level of at least one classifier biomarker selected from a group of gene signatures for lung squamous cell carcinoma. Also provided herein are methods and compositions for determining the response of an individual with a squamous cell carcinoma subtype to a therapy such as immunotherapy.
US11041205B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for diagnosis, risk assessment, research, and therapy related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ALS-related disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to mutations in the UBQLN2 gene that cause dominantly inherited chromosome X-linked ALS and ALS/dementia.
US11041196B2
Methods and compositions for characterizing a target polynucleotide, including, characterizing the sequence of the target polynucleotide, using the fractional translocation steps of the target polynucleotide's translocation through a pore.
US11041193B2
Methods and devices are provided for simultaneously amplifying a plurality of sample wells for a predetermined amount of amplification, detecting whether amplification has occurred in a first set of the wells, amplifying for an additional amount of amplification and detecting whether amplification has occurred in a second set of the wells. Methods are also provided for analyzing a target nucleic acid sequence using melt curves that were generated in a plurality of amplification cycles.
US11041189B2
Genetic markers are described for discriminating or detecting viruses causing infectious aquatic organism diseases, and a method of discriminating and detecting the viruses using the same is disclosed, in which the method includes selecting and amplifying a DNA nucleotide sequence encoding a gene specific for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) or infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), which is a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease, or Koi herpesvirus (KHV); hybridizing a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) that specifically recognizes the amplification product; controlling the temperature of the hybridization product to obtain a temperature-dependent melting curve; and discriminating the viral type or detecting whether or not fish are infected with the viral type by analyzing the obtained melting curve to determine a melting temperature.
US11041180B2
Provided a complex bacteria for improving the corn steeping effects and usage thereof. The complex bacteria comprises strains capable of producing protease, cellulase and hemicellulase. Using the complex bacteria to steep corn, effects of reducing the addition amount of SO2, shortening the steeping time and improving the starch yield are achieved.
US11041179B2
The disclosure herein relates to a method for preparing branched cyclodextrin and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of synthesis of branched cyclodextrin. The method comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving maltodextrin in a phosphate buffer solution, and adding CGTase for reacting; (2) reducing enzyme activity by a physical method; and (3) adding a saccharifying enzyme to the reaction system of step (2), and performing high-temperature enzyme deactivation to obtain the branched cyclodextrin. The method has mild reaction conditions, and at the same time, cyclodextrin and unreacted substrates can be hydrolyzed via the weak coupling activity of CGTase, thereby realizing effective separation of the branched cyclodextrin.
US11041178B2
Process for the production of sugars from biomass derived from guayule plants comprising: subjecting said biomass to a biological pretreatment in the presence of at least one ligninolytic fungus obtaining a liquid phase comprising sugars and a first solid residue: subjecting said first solid residue to hydrolysis in the presence of at least one diluted inorganic acid obtaining a first hydrolysate comprising sugars and a second solid residue; subjecting said second solid residue to enzymatic hydrolysis obtaining a second hydrolysate comprising sugars and a third solid residue. The sugars thus obtained can be advantageously used as sources of carbon in fermentation processes for producing alcohols (e.g., ethanol, butanol), lipids, diols (e.g., 1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol), or in chemical synthesis processes for producing other intermediates or chemical products (e.g., furfural). Said alcohols and lipids can be advantageously used in turn in the production of biofuels (e.g., biodiesel or “green diesel”), which can be used as such, or mixed with other fuels for transportation, while said diols can be used in the production of products such as bio-butadiene which can in turn be used for manufacturing rubbers (e.g., polybutadiene or copolymers thereof). Said uses are particularly important in the case of a biorefinery.
US11041171B2
Adeno-associated virus rh.20 sequences, vectors containing same, and methods of use are provided.
US11041154B2
Provided herein are tools for understanding and engineering dynamics of synthetic genetic circuits which utilize CRISPR components. More particularly, methods, systems, and compositions for directing Cas9 activity using a fluorescent guide RNA (fgR-NA) which fluoresces in the presence of small molecules (e.g., DFHBI-IT) are described and illustrated in the present provisional application.
US11041152B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide novel miR-143 derivatives described herein that can be used as oligonucleotide therapeutics.
US11041146B2
To convert directly from a somatic cell into a cell having the ability to form stratified epithelial tissue that can act as outer skin of the body, a method for producing a cell having the ability to form stratified epithelial tissue is provided, the method including the step of introducing into a somatic cell at least one gene expressed relatively strongly in a cell having the ability to form stratified epithelial tissue.
US11041143B2
Numerous plant microbes, including the vascular-limited Candidatus spp.—causal agents of citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases—are non-culturable. The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to compositions, methods and systems for culturing such organisms. For example, the present disclosure relates to methods for culturing, propagating, and characterizing fastidious vascular-colonizing microbes using a hairy root system (e.g., in vitro, in planta). The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to methods for cultivating a fastidious plant microbe including: contacting a plant (e.g., a tomato plant, a potato plant, a citrus plant) colonized by a fastidious plant microbe (e.g., Xylella fastidiosa, Candidatus Liberibacter spp.) with a suspension of R. rhizogenes under conditions that permit induction of hairy roots colonized with the fastidious plant microbe, and propagating the colonized microbial hairy roots.
US11041138B2
A composition including a siloxane polymer. A method of treating and/or cleaning a situs using the same.
US11041135B2
The present application relates to metal cutting, and more particularly to a cutting fluid and a preparation method and an application thereof, especially the application in the processing of niobium-tungsten alloy (NB521). The preparation method of the cutting fluid is simple and requires low production cost. In the mechanical processing of niobium-tungsten alloy (NB521), the cutting fluid has good cooling performance, lubricity, load-bearing capacity, friction reduction and vibration absorption, and long service life. It also can effectively avoid built-up edges, thereby improving the service life of cutting tools and the processibility of materials. Therefore, products of good quality are produced to improve the yield, especially in the deep hole machining, and thus the cutting fluid of the present application is suitable for a wide range of applications.
US11041131B2
The present application relates to a process for treating gasoline, comprising the steps of: splitting a gasoline feedstock into a light gasoline fraction and a heavy gasoline fraction; optionally, subjecting the resulting light gasoline fraction to etherification to obtain an etherified oil; contacting the heavy gasoline fraction with a mixed catalyst and subjecting it to desulfurization and aromatization in the presence of hydrogen to obtain a heavy gasoline product; wherein the mixed catalyst comprises an adsorption desulfurization catalyst and an aromatization catalyst. The process of the present application is capable of reducing the sulfur and olefin content of gasoline and at the same time increasing the octane number of the gasoline while maintaining a high yield of gasoline.
US11041129B2
Apparatuses and processes for producing at least one lubricant base oil and at least one hydrocarbon fuel range product. A deasphalted oil and a VGO stream and passed to a first hydroprocessing zone. After the first hydroprocessing zone, the hydrocarbon fuel range product may be recovered. After recovering the hydrocarbon fuel range product, the unconverted material may be separated into one or more lubricant base oil streams, and a recycle stream. The lubricant base oil streams may be upgraded, while the recycle stream may be hydroprocessed in a second hydroprocessing zone. The effluents can be combined to allow for efficient separation and recovery of the desired products.
US11041103B2
The present disclosure provides a silicone free gel that is useful in transferring heat from heat generating electronic devices, such as computer chips, to heat dissipating structures, such as heat spreaders and heat sinks. The thermal interface material includes a polyether polyol, a cross-linker, a coupling agent, an antioxidant, a catalyst, and at least one thermally conductive filler.
US11041099B2
Disclosed are an adhesive composition that includes: a first photopolymerization initiator having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of about 350 nm to about 370 nm and a second photopolymerization initiator having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of about 380 nm to about 390 nm, and a method of manufacturing a display device.
US11041095B2
A process for reducing or removing at least 90% of sulfur in a tall oil composition, e.g., to a level of 15 ppm or less is disclosed. The process employs at least a first desulfurization and a second desulfurization treatment in parallel or in series. The first treatment comprises adsorptive desulfurization, wherein the adsorbent material comprises silica adsorbent having an average pore size between 50-200 Å, BET surface area of at least 300 m2/g, pore volume of 1.20 to 3.00 cc/g, and a silanol [Si—OH] level of 0.5 to 5 unit/nm2. The second desulfurization treatment is selected from adsorptive treatment, heat treatment, distillation, extraction, oxidation, reduction, hydrogenation, and sulfur scavenging for a reduced sulfur content.
US11041090B2
The disclosure relates to an amphiphilic block copolymer comprising a first block consisting of a polymeric hydrophilic domain, wherein the polymeric hydrophilic domain consists of a polyglycerol; an optional second block consisting of a hydrophobic domain and a first linker domain, wherein the second block is covalently bound to the first block via the first linker domain, an optional third block consisting of a catechol domain and a second linker domain, wherein the third block is covalently bound to the first block via the second linker domain; and a fourth block consisting of a crosslinking domain and a third linker domain, wherein the fourth block is covalently bound to the first block via the third linker domain, wherein the crosslinking domain comprises a reactive residue enabling a crosslinking between individual molecules of the amphiphilic block copolymer.
US11041088B2
A method of manufacturing an ink blocking layer for a display device, an ink blocking layer for a display device, and a display device are provided. The method of manufacturing an ink blocking layer for a display device includes: preparing a main material including an epoxy monomer having three or more epoxy groups and a curing agent including an acid and an amine; and mixing the main material with the curing agent to prepare an epoxy resin.
US11041084B2
A finishing method for reactive dye inkjet printing based on a cationic modifier includes: using the inkjet printing method to spray print the cationic modifier ink and the reactive dye ink on the cellulose fiber fabrics' pattern area after being subjected to sizing treatment, then subjecting the fabrics to steaming or baking treatment, and subjecting the fabrics to soaping to get the reactive dye inkjet printing fabrics. The timespan of spray printing the cationic modifier ink and reactive dye ink is 0-2 min. Cationic modifier ink includes 1.0-60.0 wt % cationic modifier. The cationic modifier refers to the molecular whose structure contains reactive group and positive charge group and the number average molecular weight of 100-30000. The reactive group is one or more in the group containing epoxy group, triazine, pyridine, and olefin. The positive charge group is one or more in the group containing quaternary ammonium salt, and ammonium chloride.
US11041064B2
This addition-cure silicone composition comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane that has two or more aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups per molecule and has a kinematic viscosity of 60-100,000 mm2/s at 25° C., (B) an organohydrogen polysiloxane that has two or more silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, and (C) hydrosilylation catalyst particles that have a microcapsule structure in which a platinum group metal catalyst-containing organic compound or polymer compound (C′) serves as a core substance, while a three-dimensional crosslinked polymer compound obtained by polymerizing at least one type of a polyfunctional monomer (C″) serves as a wall substance, wherein [solubility parameter of (C″)]−[solubility parameter of (C′)] is at least 1.0. Since the hydrosilylation catalyst particles having a specific structure are used in this addition-curable silicone composition, it is possible to prevent the silicone composition from being cured prior to the originally intended curing process when the composition is exposed to extremely high temperature exceeding 200° C., and to maintain the activity of the hydrosilylation catalyst.
US11041056B2
The present invention relates to a transparent, biaxially oriented, thermoformable polyester film including at least 85% by weight of a copolyester whose dicarboxylic acid components derive to an extent of 85 to 94 mol % from terephthalic acid-based units and to an extent of 6 to 15 mol % from isophthalic acid-based units. The inventive films exhibit a surface elasticity modulus in the range from 4500 to 6400 N/mm2; a sum total of the strengths (σ5) in longitudinal direction and in transverse direction in the range from 170 to 220 MPa; a density of less than 1390 kg/m3; a haze of less than 2.0%; a clarity of at least 85%; a gloss of at least 120 and a thickness in the range from 50 to 300 μm. The invention further relates to processes for producing such films, and to the use thereof.
US11041051B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel method for dispersion of nanocellulose in melt-processed polymers without the introduction of solvent during melt processing.
US11041048B2
Polyhemiaminal (PHA) and polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) materials are modified by 1,4 conjugate addition chemical reactions to produce a variety of molecular architectures comprising pendant groups and bridging segments. The materials are formed by a method that includes heating a mixture comprising solvent(s), paraformaldehyde, aromatic amine groups, aliphatic amine Michael donors, and Michael acceptors, such as acrylates. The reaction mixtures may be used to prepare polymer pre-impregnated materials and composites containing PHT matrix resin.
US11041039B2
In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a novel approach to the addition of plasticizers for softening TPUs, i.e., lowering the durometer and the melt viscosity. This approach involves incorporating bonded sulfonate groups with quaternary ammonium counterions into the TPU. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the softening of TPU is achieved by incorporating an ionic diol, such as N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethane-sulfonic acid (BES), coupled with various bulky alkyl ammonium cations, during the chain extension step of the TPU synthesis. It is believed that that steric hindrance of the bulky quaternary ammonium groups weakens the dipole-dipole interactions of the sulfonate groups and/or lowers the crystallinity of the hard block, thereby creating additional free volume that softens the polymer and lowers the melt viscosity.
US11041035B2
The present disclosure provides methods for producing an olefin polymer including: i) contacting alpha-olefin with a first catalyst system comprising a first non-metallocene catalyst, a first activator, and a reversible chain transfer agent to form a first polymer; ii) contacting the first polymer with a coupling agent in the presence of a catalyst, an activator; and iii) obtaining a second polymer. The present disclosure further provides polymers having a g′vis value from about 0.4 to about 0.8 and a vinyl unsaturation content of 0.8 or greater vinyls/1000 carbons, and preferably low gel content.
US11041034B2
A process to produce a branched ethylene-α-olefin diene elastomer comprising combining a catalyst precursor and an activator with a feed comprising ethylene, C3 to C12 α-olefins, and a dual-polymerizable diene to obtain a branched ethylene-α-olefin diene elastomer; where the catalyst precursor is selected from pyridyldiamide and quinolinyldiamido transition metal complexes. The branched ethylene-α-olefin diene elastomer may comprise within a range from 40 to 80 wt % of ethylene-derived units by weight of the branched ethylene-α-olefin diene elastomer, and 0.1 to 2 wt % of singly-polymerizable diene derived units, 0.1 to 2 wt % of singly-polymerizable diene derived units, and the remainder comprising C3 to C12 α-olefin derived units, wherein the branched ethylene-α-olefin diene elastomer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) within a range from 100 kg/mole to 300 kg/mole, an average branching index (g′avg) of 0.9 or more, and a branching index at very high Mw (g′1000) of less than 0.9.
US11041031B2
The present disclosure provides borate or aluminate activators comprising cations having branched alkyl groups, catalyst systems comprising, and methods for polymerizing olefins using such activators. Specifically, the present disclosure provides activator compounds represented by Formula: [R1R2R3EH]d+[Mk+Qn]d−, wherein: E is nitrogen or phosphorous; d is 1, 2 or 3; k is 1, 2, or 3; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; n−k=d; each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently C1-C40 branched or linear alkyl or C5-C50-aryl, wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently unsubstituted or substituted with at least one of halide, C5-C50 aryl, C6-C35 arylalkyl, C6-C35 alkylaryl and, in the case of the C5-C50-aryl, C1-C50 alkyl; wherein R1, R2, and R3 together comprise 15 or more carbon atoms; M is an element selected from group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; and each Q is independently a hydride, bridged or unbridged dialkylamido, halide, alkoxide, aryloxide, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, or halosubstituted-hydrocarbyl radical, provided that at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is a branched alkyl.
US11041026B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions, kits, and reagents to prepare compounds (e.g. polymers and small molecules) via radical reactions by utilizing thermoresponsive and photoresponsive gels. This invention discloses the preparation of polymers via controlled radical polymerizations from an iniferter or initiator, one or more reactant monomer, and a thermoresponsive and photoresponsive gel. Embodiments of the invention show that the polymerization is reversibly activated and/or deactivated by controlling one or more of the following external control stimuli: temperature, light, and catalyst presence. This invention also relates the preparation of Gel-PTH, a heterogeneous thermoresponsive and photoresponsive gel.
US11041022B2
The invention provides antibodies specifically binding to c-Kit and methods of using such antibodies in stem cell replacement and treatment of cancer.
US11041017B2
Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 (SSEA-4) are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, biliary cancer, liver cancer, buccal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, oral cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, adrenal cancer, thyroid cancer, bone cancer, skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and/or brain tumor.
US11041014B2
The present invention provides a lactoferrin fusion protein having high clinical utility and a production method therefor. The present invention further provides: a lactoferrin fusion protein that retains the biological activity of native lactoferrin while having a significantly extended in vivo life span, and that has more clinical utility than native lactoferrin and recombinant lactoferrin; and a production method therefor. With this fusion protein or a variant thereof, the ability of lactoferrin to bind iron is retained, and therefore at least the important biological activity of lactoferrin that is based on the iron-binding ability is retained. Additionally, this fusion protein or variant thereof has bioavailability and resistance to protease, and thus can exhibit biological activity in vivo over a long period. Furthermore, this fusion protein is not easily broken down by pepsin in the stomach.
US11041013B2
The invention is related to peptide constructs, i.e., polypeptides obtained by linking together two or more peptides based on or derived from different molecules, which are useful in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune diseases, specifically rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compositions containing same, methods for producing same and methods for using same; wherein the peptide constructs have the formula P1-x-P2 where P1 is a peptide associated with autoimmune disease, allergy, asthma, host-versus-graft rejection, myocarditis, diabetes, and immune-mediated disease, which binds to an antigen receptor on a set or subset of T cells; P2 is a peptide which will cause a Th2 directed immune response by the set or subset of T cells to which the peptide P1 is attached or which will bind to a T cell receptor which will cause the set or subset of T cells to which the peptide P1 is attached to initiate, but not complete, an immune response causing the set or subset of T cells to undergo anergy and apoptosis; and x is a direct bond or linker for covalently bonding P1 and P2.
US11041012B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for adoptive T cell therapy in treating a variety of disorders including cancer, infections, and autoimmune disorders. In one embodiment, the invention provides a universal immune receptor (UnivIR) that comprises an extracellular label binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain or otherwise an intracellular domain.
US11041010B2
The invention pertains to novel hybrid peptidomimetics, pharmaceutical composition comprising thereof and use thereof in the treatment of neuropathic pain. The hybrid peptidomimetics according to the invention are comprised of two components: an opioid receptor agonist (OP) and a MC4 receptor antagonist, connected by a linker. The compounds of such a structure will allow to activate opioid receptors with simultaneous blocking of melanocortin type 4 receptors (MC4), which results in enhancing efficiency of the opioid therapy in neuropathic pain.
US11040978B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (Ib-I) that act as inhibitors of the MAP kinase interacting kinases MNK2a, MNK2b, MNK1a, and MNK1b. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer), inflammatory diseases, Alzheimer's disease), as well as methods of treating these diseases.
US11040975B2
The present invention is directed carbocyclic nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors compounds of Formula I and their use in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the prophylaxis of infection by HIV, the treatment of infection by HIV, and the prophylaxis, treatment, and delay in the onset or progression of AIDS and/or ARC.
US11040964B2
This present disclosure relates to compounds with ferroptosis inducing activity, a method of treating a subject with cancer with the compounds, and combination treatments with a second therapeutic agent.
US11040963B2
The present invention provides piperazine derivatives exhibiting high affinity to the stem region (viral membrane proximal part) of influenza hemagglutinin as determined through competition binding and high virus neutralization activity while having low cytotoxity. Furthermore, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said piperazine derivatives, methods of preparing said piperazine derivatives, as well as said piperazine derivatives for use in medical prevention or treatment, especially for preventing or treating influenza.
US11040961B2
The present invention provides solid forms of SGLT2 inhibitors, to processes for their preparation and their use in the purification of SGLT2 inhibitors and also provided pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use in therapy.
US11040959B2
A diprovocim compound that corresponds in structure to structural Formula V is disclosed, wherein A, W, Z, R1, R2, R3 and R4 (when present) are defined within. A diprovocim compound has immune-adjuvant properties on human and mouse cells in culture and on in vivo immunization of mice. A composition containing a diprovocim and a method of using a compound are also disclosed. The immunostimulatory activity of a diprovocim compound is similar to that of LPS, to which there is no apparent structural similarity. A contemplated compound bears no structural similarity to either the TLR1/TLR2 lipoprotein agonists nor to any other synthetic TLR agonist, and is remarkably easy to prepare and synthetically modify.
US11040956B2
Provided herein is a synthesis for omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride hydrate and various intermediates. (I)
US11040953B2
Disclosed are processes and intermediates for the preparation of compound (X), which is currently being investigated for the treatment of prostate cancer.
US11040949B2
Provided herein are compounds, derivatives thereof, composition comprising one or more of said compounds and derivatives, and methods for prevention and/or treatment of microbial infections and/or related diseases or conditions. The present compounds and/or derivatives thereof can be represented by Formula (II): The present methods include administering to a subject an effective amount of one or more compounds of Formula (II). In one embodiment, said microbial infections are bacterial infections. More specifically, said bacterial infections are staphylococcal infections.
US11040946B2
The present invention provides a large scale paintable formulation of bromonapthalimide derivative compounds of formula (I) that shows phosphorescence in liquid state at 25-30° C. as well as their use as an indicator of temperature change in a visually enabled temperature measuring device.
US11040943B2
Novel amisulpride derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed. The amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may have better membrane permeability compared to amisulpride. The amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for antagonizing dopamine and/or serotonin (e.g., 5-HT2a) and/or α2 receptor in a subject, either individually or in combination with other CNS active agents. The amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for treating one or more conditions responsive to modulation of dopamine and/or serotonin (e.g., 5-HT2a) and/or α2 receptor in a subject, either individually or in combination with other CNS active agents. The amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for treating one or more disorders associated with an abnormality in levels of dopamine and/or serotonin in the brain, either individually or in combination with other CNS active agents.
US11040941B2
An alkanethioic acid derivative capable of imparting a characteristic aroma or flavor to fragrances and cosmetics, and foods and beverages; and a perfume composition comprising the alkanethioic acid derivative as an active ingredient. S-alkyl 5-[(1-alkoxy)ethoxy]alkanethioate represented by formula (1), and a perfume composition comprising the S-alkyl 5-[(1-alkoxy)ethoxy]alkanethioate represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient. In the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group.
US11040934B2
Preparation of 2,5,6-trihydroxy-3-hexenoic acid and 2,5-dihydroxy-3-pentenoic acid and esters thereof from C6 and C5 sugars in the presence of a Lewis Acid material, wherein the yield of the 2,5,6-trihydroxy-3-hexenoic acid or 2,5-dihydroxy-3-pentenoic acid or esters thereof exceeds 15%. The process including the steps of contacting a saccharide composition including one or more C6 and/or C5 saccharide units with a Lewis Acid material; and recovering 2,5,6-trihydroxy-3-hexenoic acid and/or 2,5-dihydroxy-3-pentenoic acid or the esters thereof.
US11040925B2
The invention provides 3-deuterium-enriched 3-(5-substituted-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)-piperidine-2,6-diones, deuterated derivatives thereof, stereoisomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treatment using the same, such as in the treatment of cancer, an immune-related disease, or an inflammatory disease.
US11040924B1
A discrete gradient charge that has a discrete first hollow cylindrical layer of a solid first fuel, which is about 85% by weight fine aluminum powder having a median diameter of about 3.5 microns. There is a discrete second hollow cylindrical layer of a solid second fuel that is about 80% by weight coarse aluminum powder with a median diameter of about 31.0 microns. The fuels have a cured HTPB binder. A pellet of an explosive positioned within the first hollow cylindrical layer provides ignition. The fuel in the charge reacts with the surrounding air or with a hollow cylindrical oxidizer layer, or a combination thereof.
US11040923B2
An explosive composition for use in telescopically expanding non-lethal training ammunition comprises tetrazene and paraffin wax. The explosive composition can be used as a primer and/or as a source of energetic material in a telescopically expanding non-lethal training cartridge; it can be used to propel a projectile from a telescopically expanding non-lethal training cartridge; and/or it can be used to expand telescopically a non-lethal training cartridge within a host gun.
US11040921B1
A method for biopassivating an ordnance magazine containing explosive ordnance includes introducing microorganisms into the ordnance magazine and controlling the environmental conditions in the ordnance magazine to facilitate growth of the microorganisms. In this way, the ordnance magazine can be operated as a bioreactor to passivate the explosive ordnance inside.
US11040918B2
A new slow-release fertilisers is described that is formed by applying graphene oxide (GO) as a carrier for micronutrients such as copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in which the micronutrients are efficiently bonded with the functional groups at the surface and sides of the GO sheets due to their affinity to the unpaired oxygen atoms in the GO. The prepared Cu-graphene oxide (Cu-GO) and Zn-graphene oxide (Zn-GO) fertilizers showed a biphasic dissolution behaviour compared to commercial zinc sulphate (ZnSO4) and copper sulphate (CuSO4) fertilizer granules, displaying both fast- and slow-release micronutrient release.
US11040917B2
A composition including a liquid microbial mixture and a gemstone elixir. The composition is applied to soil of a plant to increase the health of the plant.
US11040905B2
A method of preparing a glass medical container is provided including the steps of providing a glass blank and forming a channel through a part of the glass blank, the channel being substantially free of tungsten or derivatives thereof. In a further aspect of the subject invention, a glass medical container is provided including a glass body having a channel extending through a part of the glass body, the channel being substantially free of tungsten or derivatives thereof. With the subject invention, tungsten or derivatives thereof can be generally or altogether completely avoided in glass medical containers.
US11040896B2
In one aspect, systems and methods for the efficient and cost-effective removal of bromide from wastewater streams are described herein. Briefly, a system for bromide removal comprises pretreatment apparatus operable for at least partial removal of background ionic species from the wastewater stream and/or dilution of the background ionic species in the wastewater stream. The system also comprises bromide capture apparatus operable for removal of bromide from the pretreated wastewater stream, wherein the system removes bromide from the wastewater stream at an efficiency of at least 80 percent. In some embodiments, bromide is recovered from the capture apparatus and reused in flue gas treatment applications.
US11040886B2
Processes for producing beryllium fluoride salt systems containing beryllium fluoride, such as lithium beryllium fluoride salts, are disclosed herein. The processes include mixing ammonium beryllium fluoride with a lithium compound, melting the mixture to form a molten phase, purging the molten phase, and cooling the molten phase. This reduces the number of manufacturing steps needed to obtain the beryllium fluoride containing salt.
US11040884B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing zeolite crystals continuously, comprising the continuous introduction of a composition capable of generating zeolite crystals into at least one crystallization reaction zone subjected to stirring means, giving said composition a flow characterized by a relative Reynolds number Rer of between 40 and 50 000, and the continuous recovery of the crystals formed according to a flow characterized by a net Reynolds number Ren of between 1 and 1500.
US11040879B2
The present invention relates to a reactor system for extracting iodine from an aqueous brine, including: a water heater (2); a tank for storing an oxidizing agent (6); means for carrying out iodine oxidation (8); a desorber (5); an absorption column (15); a crystallizer (19); an iodine melting node (21); and a sublimator (22).
US11040872B2
The method comprises fabricating a semiconductor panel comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices, fabricating a cap panel comprising a plurality of caps, bonding the cap panel onto the semiconductor panel so that each one of the caps covers one or more of the semiconductor devices, and singulating the bonded panels into a plurality of semiconductor modules.
US11040871B2
A device comprising a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) substrate with protrusions of different heights that has been integrated with a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) substrate is presented herein. The MEMS substrate comprises defined protrusions of respective distinct heights from a surface of the MEMS substrate, and the MEMS substrate is bonded to the CMOS substrate. In an aspect, the defined protrusions can be formed from the MEMS substrate. In another aspect, the defined protrusions can be deposited on, or attached to, the MEMS substrate. In yet another aspect, the MEMS substrate comprises monocrystalline silicon and/or polysilicon. In yet even another aspect, the defined protrusions comprise respective electrodes of sensors of the device.
US11040866B2
A method for detecting defective gas flow in a vent line of a device for purging a fuel vapor absorption filter of a vehicle's internal combustion engine during filling the vehicle's tank with fuel from a filler nozzle having a venturi effect duct, so as to stop the filling when the duct is full of fuel. The vent line connecting the fuel tank to the filter. The tank having: a filler pipe, at the end of which is a stopper designed so that, during filling with fuel from the filling nozzle, fuel vapors are evacuated through the vent line. At least one gauge measures fuel volume in the tank. The detection method continuously measuring the volume of fuel in the tank during filling and comparing a volume profile thus measured with respect to time against a predetermined volume profile. A defective flow detected if the two profiles do not match.
US11040865B2
Container of a bag-in-container type, wherein a neck region of the container is provided with at least one opening extending substantially radially there through, into a space between the outer container and an inner container adjacent thereto, wherein the neck region is provided with coupling elements, preferably at opposite sides of the at least one opening, seen in circumferential direction, for coupling of a connecting device to the container for introducing a pressure fluid through the at least one opening into a space between the inner and outer container.
US11040856B2
A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side.
US11040855B2
In one aspect, a clamp for installation onto an elevator car as part of an emergency braking system comprises: a clamp body having an L-shaped profile with a vertical portion for attachment to an elevator car wall of the elevator car and horizontal portion for attachment to an elevator car roof or an elevator car floor of the elevator car; and a pair of opposing brakes disposed on the vertical portion of the clamp body for clamping a mine shaft guide between the brakes for emergency braking. In another aspect, a method of activating an emergency brake of an elevator car comprises: sensing a load of the elevator car; based on the sensed load, dynamically determining a rate at which an emergency brake shall be incrementally engaged; and upon detecting a freefall or overspeed condition of the elevator car, incrementally engaging the emergency brake at the dynamically determined rate.
US11040844B2
The relay conveyance device includes a relay conveyance path, a plurality of conveyance members, at least one detection member and a control device. The control device executes a correction processing such that, in a state where a first sheet and a second sheet positioned at the upstream side from the first sheet are conveyed along the relay conveyance path, a sheet interval from a detection end of the first sheet by the detection member to a detection start of the second sheet by the detection member is compared with a predetermined target value, when the sheet interval is smaller than the target value, the conveyance speed of the conveyance member is decreased so as to widen the sheet interval, and when the sheet interval is larger than the target value, the conveyance speed of the conveyance member is increased so as to shorten the sheet interval.
US11040843B2
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a process unit, a first rotator, a second rotator, a driving force transmission mechanism, and a displacement mechanism. The process unit forms an image. The first rotator is rotatable about a shaft in a first direction and a second direction reverse to the first direction. The second rotator is disposed in parallel to the first rotator. The second rotator is detachably connected to the process unit. The driving force transmission mechanism transmits a driving force of the first rotator to the second rotator to rotate the second rotator about a shaft when the first rotator is rotated in the first direction. The displacement mechanism releases the connection between the second rotator and the process unit by displacing the second rotator in a shaft direction when the first rotator is rotated in the second direction.
US11040831B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a dual conveyor sorting system. An apparatus includes a first conveyor belt assembly that includes a first conveyor belt moving at a first rate in a first direction. An apparatus includes a second conveyor belt assembly that includes a second conveyor belt moving at a second rate in a second direction. The first rate is faster than the second rate and the first direction is the same as the second direction. The first conveyor belt assembly is positioned along a first axis perpendicular to the second conveyor belt assembly positioned along a second axis. A first edge of the first conveyor belt assembly is positioned substantially adjacent to a first edge of the second conveyor belt assembly.
US11040826B1
A portable hazardous spill or waste water, ground containment system adapted for receipt on a ground surface. The containments system can have various geometric configurations, such as a circle shape or an oval shape. The containment system includes a plurality of spaced apart, vertical metal posts and a plurality of horizontal plastic straps. The straps are disposed one on top of each other. The vertical metal posts are used to hold the plastic straps around a circumference of the containment system. A plastic liner is disposed over the ground surface inside the containment system. A top portion of the liner is attached to a top of the vertical metal posts. The liner is adapted for receiving various types of equipment, tanks and containers holding different types of toxic chemicals, waste water, and other liquid materials.
US11040823B2
A capsule (1) for the preparation of infused or soluble beverages comprises a cup (2) suitable to contain the substance (11) to be infused or dissolved, and provided with a bottom (3) with an opening (31) for the outflow of the infused beverage. The base (33) is provided with a plurality of reliefs (310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360) having an upper surface devoid of cutting or puncture elements. The capsule (1) comprises a disc (5) suitable to seal the capsule (1) underneath, partially fixed to the base (33), in a releasable manner so as to be at least partially detached as a result of the increase of pressure inside the capsule (1). The opening of the capsule (1) for the release of the infused beverage occurs as a result of the deformation of the disc (5) by the pressure exerted by the fluid inside the capsule (1).
US11040821B2
A retaining system for a collection of absorbent articles such as tissues, wipes, towels, cloths, napkins, or similar materials or combinations thereof is described. The articles can be packaged or unpackaged, and held together with a coupling component. The retaining system also includes one or more accessory articles attached to the coupling component. The retaining system may also include an optional waste receptacle attached to the coupling component.
US11040818B2
A thermal insulation article includes a thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container. The pad includes a solid compostable panel formed primarily of starch and/or plant fiber pulp that holds together as a single unit, and a water-proof or water-resistant film forming a pocket enclosing the panel. The panel includes a first section, a second section, and a third section connecting the first section to the second section, the first and second section each having a central portion and two flaps that extend from the central portion beyond the third section, and wherein the panel is foldable into an open box.
US11040815B2
A bag in box container having one or more features for lifting the bag in box, deploying the tap dispenser of the bag in box conveniently, storing a dosing cup, or conveniently using the bag in box container.
US11040812B2
A water soluble container comprises a water soluble shell enclosing a volume. The water soluble shell comprises a set of voxels.
US11040798B2
A system and method of at least partially forming reinforced packages. The method comprises moving a construct in a machine direction on a construct conveyor. The construct conveyor can comprise a primary lug belt with a primary lug, the construct can be disposed on the primary lug belt, and the moving the construct can comprise moving the primary lug belt in the machine direction to push the construct in the machine direction. The method further can comprise positioning a liner on the construct conveyor so that the liner at least partially extends over the construct and moving the liner in the machine direction on a secondary lug belt of the construct conveyor. The secondary lug belt can comprise a secondary lug and the moving the liner can comprise moving the secondary lug belt in the machine direction to push the liner in the machine direction.
US11040782B1
A portable platform device is described comprising a central body and a plurality of legs located on the central body near a distal end of the central body and spaced radially around the central body wherein the legs are configured for placement on a surface. A ball joint is mounted at its distil end to a proximal end of the central body and a platform is configured to be fixed to a proximal end of the ball joint and configured to be adjustable to a horizontally level and vertically plumb position.
US11040777B2
Cleanout systems are disclosed. An example environmental control system includes an exhaust plenum to exhaust cooling fluid from a heat exchanger outlet of a heat exchanger, and a cleanout system coupled to the exhaust plenum adjacent the heat exchanger outlet. The cleanout system includes a cleanout passageway to fluidly couple a cleanout inlet accessible from an outer surface of the exhaust plenum and a cleanout outlet in fluid communication with the heat exchanger outlet. The cleanout system is to enable removal of particulate from the heat exchanger without disassembling the heat exchanger from the exhaust plenum or an air intake.
US11040771B2
A rotor hub is presented that uses a low profile and frontal area design that reduces drag and combines the advantages of utilizing a virtual flapping hinge and a soft in-plane rotor hub.
US11040769B2
A leading edge structure (1) for a flow control system of an aircraft, including a double-walled leading edge panel (3) that surrounds a plenum (7), wherein the leading edge panel (3) includes an inner wall element (21) facing the plenum (7) and an outer wall element (23) in contact with the ambient flow (25), wherein between the inner and outer wall elements (21, 23) the leading edge panel (3) includes elongate stiffeners (27) spaced apart from one another, so that between each pair of adjacent stiffeners (27) a hollow chamber (29) is formed between the inner and outer wall elements (21, 23), wherein the outer wall element (23) includes micro pores (31) forming a fluid connection between the hollow chambers (29) and an ambient flow (25), and wherein the inner wall element (21) includes openings (33) forming a fluid connection between the hollow chambers (29) and the plenum (7).
US11040765B2
A composite panel suitable for heating an environment includes a face sheet having a 3D woven structure and abutting the environment, and a first core layer positioned on a side of the face sheet opposite the environment. The 3D woven structure includes at least one z-fiber extending in a first direction, the first direction representing a thickness of the face sheet. The woven structure further includes a plurality of weft layers, each having a weft fiber extending in a second direction, and a warp layer disposed between the plurality of weft layers, the warp layer having a warp fiber extending in a third direction. The z-fiber extends along the plurality of weft layers across a full extent of the 3d woven structure in the first direction.
US11040761B2
A system for operating a boat equipped with an electric drive includes a component controller. The component controller includes a component interface for connecting a system component of the electric drive, and a communication interface for connecting the component controller to a system bus of the drive control.
US11040760B2
An underwater mask includes a frame, a transparent portion supported by the frame, a seal portion mounted on the frame and adapted to be positioned on a user's face, and a ventilation tube. The seal portion has a partition wall resting on the user's nose and forming upper and lower chambers, which communicate through a passage in the partition wall and a one-way valve to enable air to flow only from the upper to the lower chamber. The ventilation tube has separate channels providing communication between the upper and respectively the lower chamber and the outer environment, and a hub between tube and mask, fastened to the mask and connected to the tube by a joint, so that in a coupling position the hub and the tube are fastened, and in a releasing position the hub and the tube remain connected but the tube is free to swing.
US11040759B2
A windshield includes a framework with a bottom trim and a top trim, a windshield panel secured to the framework, and a speaker system secured to the framework adjacent the windshield panel between the bottom trim and the top trim. The windshield integrates speakers just above the deck and closer to passenger head level. The design provides a much more balanced listening experience in a visually pleasing package.
US11040755B2
A bicycle hydraulic brake lever includes a body, a brake lever, and a linkage member. The linkage member includes a pressing portion and a first actuating portion extending toward different directions, a piston is disposed in a hydraulic cylinder of the body, the piston includes a second actuating portion, the brake lever and the linkage member are both pivotally connected to the body by a pivot, the second actuating portion of the piston comes into contact with a first actuating portion of the linkage member, and a point of force application by the first actuating portion on the second actuating portion is collinear with a center line of the hydraulic cylinder.
US11040753B2
The damping device according to the invention includes a pressing member, a shock absorption member and an adjustment member. The shock absorption member is disposed in an accommodation room defined between the pressing member and the handlebar seat. The shock absorption member are arranged in contact with the pressing member and the handlebar seat, so that when a rider is riding a bicycle on an uneven road causing the front fork tube to shake up and down, the invention disclosed herein would absorb the shock force as the pressing member presses against the shock absorbing member. The adjustment member is arranged to extend through the handlebar seat into the pressing member and contact the shock absorption member, so that the strain rate of the damping device can be adjusted by the adjustment member, thereby performing various degrees of shock absorption effects.
US11040748B1
A bicycle headlight is to be coupled to a handlebar of a bicycle. The bicycle headlight also may include an elongate housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and LED devices carried by the elongate housing and being aligned in a pattern extending between the first end and the second end. The bicycle headlight may include a battery carried by the elongate housing and coupled to the devices, and an arm extending from the elongate housing and to be coupled to the handlebar of the bicycle.
US11040746B2
Provided is a moving body capable of transmitting driving force of a drive unit to a spherical wheel without a separation between the spherical wheel and the drive unit even in the case where the moving body receives impact due to the road surface condition or the like. The moving body (10) is a self-sustained mobile robot. The moving body (10) includes a spherical wheel (21), a drive unit (22) which is in contact with the spherical wheel (21) to give a rotational driving force to the spherical wheel (21), a support (31) which supports the drive unit (22), and a biasing mechanism (41) which is suspended from the support (31) and abuts on the spherical wheel (21) to bias the spherical wheel (21) in a direction toward the support (31).
US11040745B2
Disclosed is a vehicle rear wing structure, that includes a rear wing plate and a rear wing. The rear wing plate includes: a buckle portion, formed into an angular structure, and is used to clip and hold along a front end of the rear wing, so that the rear wing plate is fixed securely onto a surface of the rear wing; a main body portion, formed into a planar structure, and is disposed on a surface of the rear wing, and is connected and fixed to the buckle portion, on an inner surface of a rear part of the main body portion is disposed an adhesive portion; and a protrusion portion formed into a tilt-up structure, this tilt-up structure tilts up along a rear end of the rear wing to form a wind resistant plane.
US11040741B2
A vehicle body structure includes a rear pillar assembly, an attachment panel and a reinforcement panel. The rear pillar assembly has an upper end, a lower end and a mid-section and partially defines a rear corner area of a passenger compartment. The rear pillar assembly includes an inner panel that has a first upright edge that at least partially defines one side of a rear window opening and a second upright edge that at least partially defines a door opening. The attachment panel is fixedly attached to the inner panel along the mid-section of the rear pillar assembly. The reinforcement panel overlays the inner panel and the attachment panel and has a curved portion that extends from the attachment panel along the inner panel and curves downward along the inner panel. The curved portion is welded to the mid-section of the inner panel.
US11040738B2
An electric drive device has a motor housing accommodating therein an electric motor; a pair of supporting stems arranged so as to face to each other on an end surface, which is an opposite side to an output shaft portion of a rotation shaft of the electric motor, of the motor housing and extending in a direction of the rotation shaft which is an opposite direction to the output shaft portion; a heat radiation base body arranged between the pair of supporting stems and extending in the same direction as those of the supporting stems; fixing bolts screwed into the heat radiation base body from a radially outer side to a radially inner side through the supporting stems and connecting the supporting stems and the heat radiation base body; one electronic control unit of a redundant system, arranged along a direction in which the heat radiation base body extends and having a board that is fixed to the heat radiation base body with thermal conduction to the heat radiation base body allowed; and the other electronic control unit of the redundant system, arranged along a direction in which the heat radiation base body extends and having a board that is fixed to the heat radiation base body with thermal conduction to the heat radiation base body allowed.
US11040716B2
An automatic stop-start preference retaining circuit for selectively disabling an automatic stop-start circuit in a vehicle is disclosed. The automatic stop-start preference retaining circuit is controlled by an on-vehicle switch that selectively deactivates and activates the automatic stop-start circuit in the vehicle. The automatic stop-start preference retaining circuit includes an energy storage device that obtains power from the automatic stop-start circuit in the vehicle. The preference retaining circuit also includes an electronic control module that is configured to receive power from the energy storage device when power is unavailable from the automatic stop-start circuit of the vehicle. The electronic control module is configured in series in a path between the on-vehicle switch and a wiring harness of the vehicle that includes the automatic stop-start circuit. The control module selectively overrides the on-vehicle switch to deactivate or activate the automatic stop-start circuit.
US11040713B2
A collision mitigation apparatus configured to mitigate a shock to an occupant of a vehicle when a rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle from behind, including a driving unit generating a driving force, and an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform predicting whether the rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle, and controlling the driving unit so that when it is predicted that the rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle, a difference between a vehicle speed of the vehicle and a vehicle speed of the rearward vehicle reduces and a driving force of a rear wheel is greater than a driving force of a front wheel immediately before the rearward vehicle collides into the vehicle.
US11040709B2
There is provided an electrically driven vehicle equipped with a first motor configured to output a torque to one of front wheels and rear wheels and with a second motor configured to output a torque to the other of the front wheels and the rear wheels. When a torque of a negative value is required as a required torque that is required for driving, the second motor is controlled to output the torque with a lower limit torque of a positive value as a lower limit, and the first motor is controlled such that the electrically driven vehicle is driven with the required torque.
US11040692B2
An airbag inflator includes a pressure vessel with a bottom portion, a top portion and a center structure connecting the bottom portion and the top portion. The top portion includes an exit orifice that is closed with a rupturable membrane. An energetics cover attached to the center structure houses a pyrotechnic material, and a diverter is attached to the top portion. The pressure vessel, the energetics cover and the diverter define a gas flow path from inside the energetics cover toward the bottom portion of the pressure vessel, the gas flow path turning at least a first 180 degrees toward the top portion of the pressure vessel and between the energetics cover and the pressure vessel. The longer gas flow path allows time for multi-perforation grain slivers to burn up before exiting the inflator, thereby reducing the amount of particulate exiting the inflator.
US11040688B2
A side airbag assembly includes a housing and an airbag in the housing. The housing has a top surface and a panel. The panel has a top end and a hinge connecting the top end to the top surface. The panel has a bottom end and two side ends extending from the top end to the bottom end. The panel has weakened joints at the bottom end and the side ends. The panel is rotatable relative to the top surface from an undeployed position to a generally upright position and the panel abuts the top surface in the generally upright position.
US11040682B1
A system includes at least one sensor, an electronics module, an energy storage, and an energy harvesting module. The sensor includes a base, at least one core assembly body, a coil, and a fixed magnet. The base is displaced in accordance with an acceleration. A sensor body reacts to the acceleration. The sensor includes a magnetic circuit powered by a fixed or permanent magnet. Magnetic flux flows through the core assembly body and out of the sensor body into the base and back into the sensor body through another core assembly body. The sensor system detects the acceleration and deploys safety systems of a vehicle. Safety systems may include airbags, seatbelts, or other safety systems of the vehicle. The sensor and the system have applications in both military and civilian sectors such as landing and take of planes, protection of buildings and bridges, monitoring machinery, and harvesting energy from vibrating structures such as bridges and vehicles.
US11040663B2
A rearview device attachment assembly includes a mount having a periphery that defines first and second recesses. The mount is configured to engage a windscreen button. An attachment clip is coupled to the mount at a central portion of the attachment clip. The attachment clip includes first and second opposing loading members that abut the first and second recesses. A flex portion extends from each of the first and second opposing loading members. A connection portion extends inwardly from each flex portion. Each of the first and second loading members of the attachment clip is pre-loaded during coupling of the attachment clip to the mount, but prior to rotational engagement of the attachment clip with engagement surfaces of the windscreen button.
US11040662B2
A viewing device for a vehicle including: a supporting body provided at a vehicle body side; a pivoting body that is pivotably supported at the supporting body, with a gap being provided between the pivoting body and the supporting body in a radial direction of pivoting; a viewing instrument that is provided at the pivoting body, that facilitates viewing by a vehicle occupant, and that is folded in or folded out as a result of the pivoting body being pivoted to one side or to another side; and a restricting portion that is provided at one of the supporting body or the pivoting body, and that restricts communication between one side and another side of the gap, with the restriction of communication between the one side and the other side of the gap being released when the viewing instrument is folded in or folded out.
US11040658B2
A vehicle obstacle informing device includes: an obstacle detection section configured to detect an obstacle in surroundings of a vehicle; a gaze detection section configured to detect a gaze direction of an occupant seated in a driving seat; and an informing section configured to make the occupant aware of the obstacle using at least one of display or audio in cases in which the gaze of the occupant as detected by the gaze detection section is directed toward the obstacle during self-driving of the vehicle.
US11040657B2
A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle control device that is mounted on a vehicle a portable device that is carried by a user and performs wireless communication with the vehicle control device; and a living body sensor that detects presence of a living body in a vehicle interior of the vehicle. The vehicle control device includes: an in-vehicle transmission unit that transmits a response request signal to the portable device; an in-vehicle reception unit that receives a response signal returned from the portable device in response to the response request signal; and a notification control unit that does not perform notification to the vehicle interior or an outside of the vehicle when the living body sensor detects that the living body is present in the vehicle interior and the in-vehicle reception unit receives the response signal.
US11040653B2
A track assembly includes a track, a transmitter unit, a support member, and a receiver unit. The transmitter unit may be connected to the track, and/or the support member may be configured for connection with the track. The receiver unit may be connected to the support member and/or may be configured to receive light from the transmitter unit. The track assembly may include a first electronic control unit that may be connected to the transmitter unit. The first electronic control unit may be configured to control the transmitter unit. The transmitter unit may include a light source, and/or the transmitter unit may be configured to transmit light from the light source into the track. The transmitter unit may be configured to transmit visible light and/or non-visible light. The track assembly may include a second electronic control unit.
US11040652B2
Described herein includes embodiments of an illuminating emblem device that is configured to be coupled to a vehicle and/or device. Some implementations of the illuminating emblem device include a light assembly that is configured to provide a uniform (or substantially uniform) distribution of light along a front housing part or front panel of the illuminating emblem. For example, in some implementations, the illuminating emblem device can include a light diffusing filler that diffuses light emitted from the light assembly to assist with uniformly distributing light emitted through the front housing part. Various other embodiments of the illuminating emblem device and associated methods of manufacturing are described.
US11040645B2
A seat back configured to support a back of a seated person includes a back frame that constitutes an internal framework; and an elastic mat that is fitted to the back frame so as to cover the back frame from a front side, the elastic mat having a planar shape and being configured to elastically support the back of the seated person. The back frame includes a frame body and a support wire that protrudes forward from the frame body. The elastic mat includes a plurality of hooks provided on a back surface of a main support portion configured to support the back of the seated person, the hooks being engaged with the support wire to fix the elastic mat to the support wire.
US11040631B2
An electronic device and method for transmitting and receiving a wireless power are provided. An electronic device for transmitting and receiving wireless power may include a resonator configured to operate, based on a plurality of operating modes of the electronic device including a power reception mode, a relay mode, and a power transmission mode, wherein: (i) in the power reception mode, the resonator is configured to receive power from a wireless power transmitter, (ii) in the relay mode, the resonator is configured to relay power received from the wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver, and (iii) in the power transmission mode, the resonator is configured to transmit power to the wireless power receiver; and a path controller configured to control at least one electrical pathway of electronic device based on the operating mode.
US11040629B2
A fuel cell vehicle according to the present disclosure includes, in a front room: a fuel cell stack fixed to an upper part of a stack frame; a high voltage element fixed to an upper part of the fuel cell stack; and an ion exchanger that is arranged in front of the fuel cell stack and the high voltage element. The stack frame is provided with an inclined part, and when the ion exchanger is displaced rearward at the time of a frontal crash of the fuel cell vehicle, a rear part in a lower end of the ion exchanger is slid along an inclined surface of the inclined part and the ion exchanger is displaced in a diagonally upward direction, whereby the cap part of the ion exchanger is positioned on the upper side in the vertical direction with respect to the high voltage element.
US11040628B2
Method and system for controlling discharge ratio between primary and secondary battery in a vehicle
Embodiments of present disclosure discloses method and system for controlling discharge ratio between a primary battery and a secondary battery in a vehicle. Initially, for the controlling, one or more sensor parameters of the vehicle comprising a primary battery and a secondary battery are retrieved. The power parameter required by the vehicle is estimated based on the one or more sensor parameters. A discharge ratio between the primary battery and the secondary battery is identified based on the power parameter and a function of power parameter to control the discharge ratio between the primary battery and the secondary battery in the vehicle. The function of power parameter is associated with input of plurality of power parameters relating to the vehicle and output of corresponding discharge ratio.
US11040616B2
A dual fuel tank system for a machine having a frame and an engine enclosure mounted on a rear portion of the frame includes a pair of support plates located at the rear portion of the frame and welded onto a pair of sides of the frame. Further, the dual fuel system also includes a pair of upper and lower support brackets secured onto each side of the engine enclosure. Furthermore, the dual fuel system also includes a pair of fuel tanks disposed on the pair of sides of the engine enclosure. Each fuel tank is releasably secured onto the support plate and an associated pair of the upper and lower support brackets.
US11040613B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid con-tainer (2) for a motor vehicle, which is assembled from at least two shells (4, 6). Furthermore, the invention relates to a liquid container (2) for a motor vehicle.
US11040612B2
A vehicle includes a compartment, a front room located in front of the compartment, and a drive device unit provided behind the compartment and below a floor panel. The drive device unit includes a drive device accommodating a motor, and a motor controller which controls the motor. The vehicle includes a first cooling device located in the front room and cooling the motor controller, and a second cooling device located below the floor panel and cooling the drive device.
US11040610B2
A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that includes a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The one or more battery units are disposed within the housing. The mounting system is disposed adjacent to a top surface, e.g., on a planar top surface or within an upwardly oriented concavity. The mounting system has a frame member bracket and a housing bracket system. The housing bracket system includes a housing bracket, a load member and a vibration isolator. The housing bracket is configured to be coupled to the frame member bracket. The load member has a first portion disposed adjacent to an upper surface and a second portion disposed along a lateral portion of the housing. The vibration isolator is disposed between the load member and the housing bracket. The vibration isolator is configured to reduce load transmission from the frame member of the vehicle to the housing.
US11040599B2
An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a foot duct main body portion and a protruding portion. The foot duct main body portion extends in the vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel, and is formed in a substantially tubular shape, one length direction end portion of which is connected to an air conditioning device main body. Blowing apertures that open toward the vehicle lower side of a vehicle cabin interior are formed at each of another length direction end portion and a length direction intermediate portion of the foot duct main body portion. The protruding portion provided at a region of a vehicle upper sidewall portion of the foot duct main body portion corresponds with the blowing aperture formed at the length direction intermediate portion. The protruding portion protrudes toward an opening of this blowing aperture formed at the length direction intermediate portion.
US11040586B2
The present invention discloses an automatically retractable automobile towing device, which comprises a hollow housing (1), two coil springs (2), a winding shaft (3) and a towing belt (4). The housing (1) has a mounting chamber (10) and two first through holes (13). The winding shaft (3) is rotatably assembled in the mounting chamber (10) and can maintain the towing belt (4). The towing belt (4) is able to extend and retract with rotation of the winding shaft (3). The present invention further discloses a limiting mechanism. In the present invention, the stability of automobile towing is improved, the deviation of the towing belt during the retraction process is avoided so that the towing belt is allowed to stretch or retract smoothly.
US11040577B2
In a pneumatic tire, a pair of width-oriented sipes that straddle one of circumferential recessed regions are arranged in such fashion as to appear to partially mutually overlap as viewed in a tire width direction, each of the pair of width-oriented sipes comprises a sipe portion at which width is constant, and a notch portion at which width increases toward the exterior in a tire radial direction, the sipe portion is such that at least one end thereof is contiguous with at least one of the circumferential recessed regions in such fashion as to be inclined with respect to the at least one circumferential recessed region; and the notch portion is arranged at a corner at which the sipe portion intersects the at least one circumferential recessed region to form an acute angle therebetween.
US11040553B2
In a method and device for drying a printed recording medium, a printed recording medium is introduced into a heated first chamber in which a temperature suitable for drying the recording medium and a first pressure are set. The printed recording medium is also introduced into a second chamber in which a second temperature that is suitable for cooling the recording medium for a further processing and a second pressure are set. The first pressure can be provided to be lower than the second pressure.
US11040545B2
In one example a fluid level sensing device is described. The device includes a sensing die having a number of fluid level sensors disposed thereon and a number of control devices, each control device corresponding to one of the number of fluid level sensors. A control device includes a comparing device to determine a state of a corresponding fluid level sensor. A state of the fluid level sensor is selected from the group consisting of a fluid state and a no fluid state. Each control device also includes a non-volatile memory device corresponding to the comparing device to indicate whether the corresponding fluid level sensor is at the fluid state or the no fluid state. A control device also includes a locking device to receive a write command and to irreversibly set the non-volatile memory device to the no fluid state based on the write command.
US11040541B2
A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs a recording by ejecting a liquid on a medium; a carriage that includes the recording unit and is movable in a width direction; a casing that has the carriage therein and constitutes an external appearance of the apparatus; an adapter that is mounted on an upper portion of the recording unit and accommodates the liquid to be supplied to the recording unit; at least one liquid accommodating unit that supplies the liquid to the adapter through a tube and includes a filling port into which the liquid can be filled; and a waste liquid receiving unit that receives the liquid discharged as a waste liquid during a maintenance operation of the recording unit, in which the casing has a cover for covering both the liquid accommodating unit and the waste liquid receiving unit.
US11040519B2
A laminated glazing includes a first glass sheet; at least one interlayer sheet made of thermoplastic polymer; optionally a solar-protection sheet or functional metal layer having reflective properties in the infrared region and/or in the solar radiation region; and at least one sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive, in direct contact with a heat-sensitive functional sheet; a second glass sheet; the first glass sheet being in direct contact with the interlayer sheet; the second glass sheet being in direct contact with the sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
US11040516B2
The present invention provides a graphite sheet having a ratio of thermal diffusivity in horizontal and vertical directions of 300 or more. Also, the present invention provides a graphite sheet having a ratio of thermal diffusivity in a vertical direction of 2.0 mm2/s or less. The graphite sheet has excellent thermal conductivity in horizontal and vertical directions and excellent flexibility at the same time and can be produced at low manufacturing cost, thereby holding an economic advantage.
US11040511B2
Folding apparatus (1) for folding sheet packaging elements (2), comprising main conveying means (12), configured to sequentially receive the packaging elements (2) from a feeding station (13) and to advance each packaging element (2) along a first path (A), forming means (15), carried by the main conveying means (12) and configured to cooperate in use with a first face (2b) of each packaging element (2) while the packaging element (2) is advanced along the first path (A), and folding means (18), advanced by auxiliary conveying means (16) along a second path (Q), having a first portion (Q1) distinct from the first path (A) and a second portion (Q2), which is in common with the first path (A) and along which the folding means (18) cooperate with a second face (2a), opposite the first face (2b), of each packaging element (2) to fold the packaging element (2) against the forming means (15).
US11040495B2
A method is described for making a retort container having one or two metal ends. A heat-sealable material is present on one or both of the container side wall and the/each metal end. The/each metal end is seamed onto the container body, and the resulting container assembly is conveyed on a conveyor adjacent to an induction sealing head and then adjacent to a cooling device. A pressure belt engages the upper end of the container assembly to keep the metal end from coming off the container body during the induction heating and cooling processes.
US11040490B2
A printer platen component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for printing onto substrate sheets. The platen solves two problems: 1) holding the sheet down without allowing it to move while printing; and 2) getting rid of excess printing fluid. The platen comprises a plate with a number of air channel openings used for suction to hold the sheet in place, a bed of wire used to suspend the sheet and to keep the sheet straight, a depressed reservoir where printing fluid accumulates, a number of punching holes, a number of screws which serve as release sites for the sheet and cooperate with tips of a gripper to transfer the sheet to the platen, and a rough surface to additionally help hold down the sheet and keep it from moving. The platen is connected to an air plenum resting underneath the main plate to provide the suction.
US11040489B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes an energy beam source adapted to emit an energy beam, and a component building area including a base extendable between and vertically movable relative to opposed walls. The component building area includes a platform supported by the base and extendable between the walls, the platform having a layer onto which powdered material is applied, the powdered material being melted or sintered by the energy beam to form a component. The component building area includes an articulation device for rotating the platform about a horizontal axis, and a powder recovery arrangement. The apparatus includes subsequent to formation of the component, the articulation device rotating the platform about the horizontal axis for collecting loose powder by the powder recovery arrangement by virtue of gravity.
US11040476B2
A stretch-blow-formed polyester container having an average thickness of not more than 280 μm in the body portion thereof, and effectively suppressing the deformation that is caused when the container is filled with a content of a high temperature, wherein in the measurement of dynamic viscoelastic properties in an axial direction at a central portion of said body portion, a tan δ peak value and a tan δ peak temperature at the peak value satisfy either; (i) the tan δ peak value is in a range of 0.23 to 0.29, and the tan δ peak temperature at the peak value is in a range of 111 to 118° C.δ; or (ii) the tan δ peak value is in a range of less than 0.25, and the tan δ peak temperature at the peak value is in a range of not lower than 119° C.
US11040463B2
A method for coating a support with a lightweight insulating shotcrete, includes preparing the shotcrete by mixing, in predetermined proportions, at least a fibrous aggregate, a binder and water; pouring the prepared shotcrete in a tank; having at least one outlet; continuously moving the wet shotcrete in the tank until it reaches the or each outlet; sucking the wet shotcrete along a feeding pipe linking the outlet of the tank to a spraying gun, with a Venturi hose fed with pressurized air, included in the spraying gun; spraying the sucked shotcrete on the support with the spraying gun.
US11040454B2
A robot including a base, a first movable part, and a second movable part supported on the first movable part. The base includes an opening portion through which ends of inner cables disposed within the robot are inserted. The robot includes a number of distributing boxes that are detachably attached to the opening portion or to a portion near the opening portion of the base. The distributing boxes respectively include, robot-side walls through which ends of the inner cables are inserted in order to dispose the ends of the inner cables within the distributing boxes, and relay walls provided with connectors to which outer cables from a control device for the robot are connected.
US11040453B2
A robot system includes an automatic transport device, a robot arm that is installed on the automatic transport device, an object recognition sensor that is disposed on the robot arm, an environment recognition sensor, a placement portion that is disposed on the automatic transport device, and a controller, and in which the controller controls the automatic transport device for moving toward a work stand based on a recognition result of the environment recognition sensor and controls the robot arm for transferring a plurality of component kits from the placement portion to the work stand based on a recognition result of the object recognition sensor after controlling the robot arm for taking out the components from a component storage unit based on the recognition result of the object recognition sensor and creating the plurality of component kits on the placement portion.
US11040450B2
Embodiments of the present invention determine the configuration of a workpiece and whether it is actually being handled by a monitored piece of machinery, such as a robot. The problem solved by the invention is especially challenging in real-world factory environments because many objects, most of which are not workpieces, may be in proximity to the machinery. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention utilize semantic understanding to distinguish between workpieces that may become associated with the robot and other objects (and humans) in the workspace that will not, and detect when the robot is carrying a workpiece.
US11040449B2
A robot control system for controlling a robot including an actuator is provided. The robot control system includes: a collision detector configured to detect a collision occurring between the robot and an external object during movement of the robot, a driving controller configured to control the actuator, a position calculator configured to calculate at least one of collision position coordinate information indicating a collision position where the collision occurs and pushed position coordinate information indicating a pushed position to which the robot is pushed by a collision force generated from the collision, and a restart coordinate setter configured to set the collision position or a position included in a preset moving path of the robot and spaced apart from the collision position as a restart position for restarting a moving operation of the robot, based on a result of the calculation by the position calculator.
US11040447B2
A system and method for automatically moving one or more parts between a bin at a source location and a destination using a robot is provided. The system includes a first vision system to identify a part within the bin and to determine the pick location and pick orientation of the part. A second vision system determines the location and orientation of a destination inside or outside of the bin, which may or may not be in a fixed location. A controller plans the best path for the robot to follow in moving the part between the pick location and the destination. An end effector is attached to the robot for picking the part from the bin, holding the part as the robot moves it, and placing the part at the destination. The system may also check the part for quality by one or both of the vision systems.
US11040442B2
A robot that includes a first shaft unit in which a first motor drives a second member relative to a first member; a second shaft unit in which a second motor drives a fourth member relative to a third member; and a securing member that is provided in a detachable manner between the second member and the third member and that integrally secures the second member and the third member to each other.
US11040436B2
A temporary tightening tool includes a grip part and a socket part into which a bolt head part is inserted. The socket part is formed in a shape of a hexagonal tube surrounded by six side walls, a hook part, which is a leaf spring part, is formed in each of alternate three side walls among the six side walls, and a thick torque transmission part is formed in each of three remaining side walls without the hook part. When the bolt head part is inserted in the socket part, the hook part is elastically deformed, and holds the hold bolt head part with restoring force. Torque input into the grip part is transmitted to the bolt head part from the torque transmission wall.
US11040430B2
The present disclosure relates to abrasives surfaces located on an outer diameter of a grinding wheel to provide grinding characteristics of both coarse and fine abrasive textures. The grinding wheel has a coarse abrasive portion located at one disclosure uses a transition band formed at an interface between the abrasive surfaces, that has an abrasive coating with a gradual change in texture from a coarse surface to a fine surface.
US11040429B2
An abrasive rotary tool includes a tool shank defining an axis of rotation for the rotary tool, and an abrasive external working surface. The abrasive external working surface includes a resin, and a plurality of porous ceramic abrasive composites dispersed in the resin, the porous ceramic abrasive composites including individual abrasive particles dispersed in a porous ceramic matrix. At least a portion of the porous ceramic matrix comprises glassy ceramic material. A ratio of the average porous ceramic abrasive composite size to the average individual abrasive particle size is no greater than 15 to 1.
US11040426B2
A machine tool is provided with a vertically aligned tool spindle, which is equipped for accommodating tools and which is movable in a vertical direction and in a first horizontal direction. The machine tool further comprises at least one jig for clamping workpieces to be machined. The at least one jig is movable in a second horizontal direction. The tool spindle and the at least one jig are arranged on a common machine frame. There is also provided a workpiece transport device, which is arranged on the machine frame, and which is adapted to perform at least one of introducing unmachined workpieces into the at least one jig and removing machined workpieces from the at least one jig. There is also provided a corresponding method of machining workpieces.
US11040413B2
A spot welding apparatus which performs spot welding of a plurality of plate materials which are lapped to each other, comprises a displacement driving unit which displaces lapped portions of the plurality of plate materials and a tool relatively to each other; a rotation driving unit which rotates the tool; and a controller which controls the displacement driving unit and the rotation driving unit so that the tool is plunged into the lapped portions in a state in which the tool is rotated to perform friction stir spot welding. The controller controls the displacement driving unit so that at least one friction stir spot weld is formed in a region of the lapped portions which is between a plurality of resistance spot welds formed by resistance spot welding.
US11040406B1
A saw slide device allows a user to easily and accurately move a saw for proper alignment with a cutting material or workpiece. The saw slide device generally includes a sliding plate configured to support an associated saw, an adjustment or alignment mechanism configured to move the sliding plate, and a base frame which supports the sliding plate and adjustment mechanism.
US11040404B2
A cutting insert has a seating surface, an outer peripheral surface, a top surface, and an attachment hole. The cutting edge includes a curved cutting corner edge portion, a first cutting edge portion, and a second cutting edge portion. The top surface includes a first rake face contiguous to the first cutting edge portion, a second rake face contiguous to the second cutting edge portion, and a third rake face contiguous to the cutting corner edge portion and also contiguous to the first and second rake faces. The third rake face has a first region contiguous to the first rake face and a second region contiguous to the second rake face. The first rake face and the first region each have a rake angle which is a positive angle. The second rake face and the second region each have a rake angle which is a negative angle.
US11040403B2
An insert based on an aspect includes a first face, a second face located opposite to the first face, a third face located between the first face and the second face, and a cutting edge located on an intersection of the first face and the third face. The first face includes a first region inclined so as be close to the second face as being separated away from the cutting edge. A virtual straight line orthogonal to the cutting edge is set as a first virtual straight line in a front view of the first face. A ten-point average of roughness the first region in a direction along the first virtual straight line is expressed by Rz1a and a ten-point average of roughness of the first region in a direction along the cutting edge is expressed by Rz1b, and Rz1a is larger than Rz1b.
US11040396B2
A method for metal powder injection molding includes injecting a first metal powder of a TiAl-based intermetallic compound into a mold, and molding the first metal powder through use of an injection molding machine; injecting a second metal powder of a TiAl-based intermetallic compound having a same constituent as the first metal powder and having a different average particle diameter from the first metal powder into a mold, and molding the second metal powder through use of the injection molding machine; and sintering molded articles obtained by molding the first metal powder and the second metal powder, and producing a mixed sintered compact in which a first sintered compact of the molded article obtained by molding the first metal powder and a second sintered compact of the molded article obtained by molding the second metal powder are integrated.
US11040391B2
A device for coiling an elongated flexible object into a predefined shape includes a length of wire which is formed with a minor winding and a major winding, the minor winding having an axis corresponding to the longitudinal axis of the object and being configured to conform to the cross section of the object, and the major winding being configured to conform to the predefined shape. In use of the device, the minor winding secures the device to the object and the major winding coils the object into the predefined shape.
US11040387B2
A method is disclosed for pressure forming a metal preform including shock annealing of the preform and subsequently preheating the preform prior to pressure forming. Shock annealing may be carried out as differential shock annealing in which different regions of the preform are annealed to different degrees. Preheating may be carried out by differentially preheating, optionally shock preheating, different regions of the preform for preheating at least those regions of the preform which will be subject to elevated expansion during pressure forming. Shock annealing by induction heating can lower energy consumption, reduce processing times and allow for larger expansion of the preform.
US11040382B2
The cleaning device is for cleaning the inner surface of pipes. The cleaning device has two sleeves on a flexible shaft and chains extending between the sleeves. A forward end sleeve is not attached to the shaft and is biased by a spring on the shaft. The cleaning device can be adapted to different pipe sizes by altering rotation speed of the cleaning device. High rotation speed compresses the spring and moves the chains further away from the shaft to enable cleaning of larger diameter pipes with the cleaning device.
US11040380B2
A nozzle for water jet equipment and a method of use thereof. The nozzle has a body including a base with a shaft extending outwardly therefrom. The shaft is inserted through a bore of a sleeve that rotatable about the shaft. The base and shaft define a bore therein. At least one opening is defined in the shaft and one or more grooves are milled into the shaft's exterior surface. Each opening places the body's bore in fluid communication with one of the grooves and the sleeve's bore. Water flowing through the body's bore will flow through each opening, into the associated groove and into a space between the shaft and sleeve. The shaft terminates in a conical section usable as a battering ram to break up blockages in pipes during cleaning operations.
US11040378B2
A dosing apparatus for dosing a powder product inside containers includes a hopper provided with an inner cavity for containing the product, a lower portion provided with a supply duct with a terminal aperture for the outflow of the product, a metering screw rotating inside the supply duct and a washing manifold provided with an inlet opening and containing at least a sonotrode. In a cleaning configuration of the dosing apparatus, the washing manifold is connected to the hopper coupling the inlet opening to the supply duct, so as to receive and contain a washing liquid introduced in the hopper. The sonotrode is activated to produce alternate pressure waves capable of generating in the washing liquid air bubbles adapted to propagate towards the inner cavity through the supply duct, and to implode thus creating shock waves.
US11040374B2
Methods and systems for detecting electronics amongst a plurality of recycling materials.
US11040363B2
Systems and methods for spraying a liquid treatment solution include a syringe attachment device and a handheld device. The syringe attachment device can be configured to secure a syringe containing the liquid treatment solution. The handheld device can have a movable slide configured to dispense the treatment solution from the syringe. The spray deposition system can include a cover' positioned to provide an impervious barrier between at least a portion of the syringe attachment device and the handheld device. The cover can be attached to the syringe attachment device prior to coupling the devices together. In an example, the cover can have a generally tubular shape with a closed end and an open end. The handheld device can be inserted into the cover and the cover can enclose the handheld device in the assembled position. In an example, the cover can be sterile and at least a portion of the syringe attachment device can be sterile.
US11040353B1
A novel device which can ensure safe and effective elimination of collected pathogens and avoid secondary toxins. The device is suitable for installation into various HVAC and air handling equipment to rid the air of dangerous viral agents. The destruction of pathogens is guaranteed by heating collecting surfaces sufficiently. Complete direct line of sight of the lamp to the filter is not required as is with UV light.
US11040342B2
In various implementations, a dropper for a bottle may include a bulb with a flange and an extended leg. The dropper may be used as a cap, in some implementations, with or without a skirt. The dropper may inhibit leaks from a bottle when the dropper is used as a cap for the bottle.
US11040336B2
A catalyst including platinum (Pt) and a composite support. The composite support includes ZrO2/mesoporous silica sieve SBA-15. The platinum accounts for 0.01-0.3 wt. % of the catalyst. ZrO2 accounts for 5-20 wt. % of the composite support.
US11040329B2
In an example, a print system include a component device that is operation in a number of state, a density engine, and a component engine. An example density engine identifies a plane region of a plane where print fluid is to be printed based on data of a print job and determines a density classifier for the plane based on a location of the plane region on the plane. An example component engine causes an adjustment of a component attribute of the component device based on the density classifier.
US11040320B2
Provided are improved steam-drying systems, the systems being configured so as to multiple resin streams into steam streams.
US11040309B2
The present disclosure relates to biocide compositions, formulations and methods for using formulations. In particular the present disclosure relates to biocide compositions and their use in treating reverse osmosis membranes.
US11040293B2
The invention relates to a fluid collection device (8), in particular a support collector unit, for collecting fluid flowing through a packing (4) of a material exchange column (1). The fluid collection device (8) includes a support ring (11), a plurality of support profiles (12-16) secured to the support ring (11) for supporting the at least one packing (4), and a plurality of collection channels (19-21) secured to the support ring (11) for collecting the fluid. The collection channels (19-21) are positioned in parallel to the support profiles (12-16) and the support profiles (12-16) are arranged in such a way that they are each arranged in a no-flow area (40, 41) of one of the collection channels (19-21).
US11040290B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for adjusting a network-controllable physical resource of a sensory service in response to biometric data for a group of users are disclosed. In one example, a processing system including at least one processor may gather biometric data of each user of a group of users of a sensory service. The sensory service may comprise at least one network-controllable physical resource. The processing system may then aggregate the biometric data for the group of users and tailor the sensory service for the group of users based upon the biometric data for the group of users that is aggregated. In one example, the tailoring of the sensory service may include adjusting the at least one network-controllable physical resource in response to the biometric data that is aggregated for the group of users.
US11040286B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems for simulating a multiplayer game environment to allow players of different skill levels to concurrently play the same level of a gaming session, to encourage and incentivize cooperative team behavior, to match players based on subjective variables, such as likeability and a general fun factor, and to tailor gaming content based on the social group itself.
US11040270B1
A billiard cue storage assembly for storing a chalking a plurality of billiard sticks includes a stand that has an upper disk spaced from a lower disk. Each of the upper disk and the lower disk has a plurality of holes therein for insertably receiving a billiard cue. Additionally, each of the holes in the lower disk insertably receives a cube of billiard chalk. A rotation disk is rotatably coupled to the lower disk and the rotation disk has a slot therein. The slot is alignable with a respective one of the holes in the lower disk to facilitate the cube of billiard chalk to be urged downwardly out of the respective hole in the lower disk. A plurality of feet is each coupled to the lower disk to support the lower disk above a support surface.
US11040262B2
A ball training or simulating device is provided. The ball training or simulating device comprises a modified ball coupled to a base by a motion transfer member. The modified ball allows for a lower, more natural, ball position, while the shape, position, and configuration of the motion transfer member provide for a verisimilar kicking experience. The ball training and/or simulating device can be coupled to a computing device to allow input from the modified ball to be used in a simulated or augmented reality game.
US11040260B1
Provided is a customized golf club grip and methods of forming the same. The customized golf grips may include customization based on pronation and supination, a computer aided system for producing customized golf grips, a mold for producing a customized grip, a smart grip and use thereof for a customized grip, and the like.
US11040256B2
The present invention is a golf club head containing a multicomponent weight system comprising a weight member, a cap, and a fastener. The weight member comprises of an upper surface, side surface, one or more splines, one or more slits, an aperture, and one or more bores. The cap comprises an aperture and at least one post. The fastener comprises a head portion and body portion.
US11040246B2
Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data, categorizing the motion data into portions of a minute that indicate activity or a workout, and automatically determining an accurate number of active minutes for an individual. Multiple data streams may be analyzed and de-duplicated, such that an accurate metric may be computed and reported to an individual.
US11040239B2
An exercise device includes a base, a first platform and a second platform. Both platforms move between a forward position and a rearward position along each own path relative to the base. The exercise device includes a flexible member operatively coupled with the first and second platforms. Furthermore, a resistance mechanism is coupled with the flexible member and configured to resist movement of at least one of the first platform and the second platform. The resistance mechanism includes a disc positioned parallel to the base and is configured to allow the disc to rotate relative to a vertical axis of the base. In addition, the flexible member is configured to allow the disc to rotate reciprocally in response to movement of the first platform or second platform.
US11040236B1
An adjustable dumbbell device includes two weights engageable to a receptacle, and a handle mechanism includes a handle bar having two end housings, two tubular members are engaged between the housings and offset from each other and each include a bore for slidably receiving and engaging with a latch, the latches are extendible out of the tubular members for engaging with the weights and for retaining the weights to the housings, and two spring biased knobs are attached to the latches for actuating the latches to engage with the weights respectively. The tubular members each include a groove communicating with the bore of the tubular member for slidably engaging with the spring biased knob.
US11040235B2
A dumbbell assembly includes a base seat having two receiving areas, two weight units respectively received in the receiving areas, and a dumbbell. Each weight unit includes a plurality of weight blocks each having at least one engaging hole. The dumbbell includes a handle, and two weight adjustment modules each including an insertion base, and a plurality of engaging units each including a drive component mounted on the handle, and at least one insertion pin connected to the drive component. The handle is rotatable relative to the weight adjustment modules to drive each engaging unit to move between an engaging state and a disengaging state.
US11040224B2
Provided is a water-in-oil cosmetic composition comprising one or more thickening agents selected from the group consisting of sodium polyacrylate starch, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, xanthan gum and locust bean gum in an inner phase. The water-in-oil cosmetic composition of the present invention brings improvements to time-related changes in preparation stability by means of inner phase thickening controlling the flow properties of an aqueous phase, and controls the size of emulsified particles by means of inner phase thickening, and as a result the invention has outstanding thixotropic characteristics and outstanding initial spreadability and has outstanding durability and, in addition, the invention provides both a fresh-cream-like soft feel in use and a liquid-like light feel in use.
US11040220B2
A method for tracking a target located within a body, whilst scanning the body using X-ray projections, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a first prior image of the body and target indicating their relative position; (b) iteratively performing, for a series of time intervals, the steps of: (i) acquiring a few spatially distributed x-ray projections of the target area; (ii) determining one of a series of motion phases for each x-ray projection; (iii) performing an iterative reconstruction of the image for each of the motion phases; and (iv) outputting a resultant image for a current time interval.
US11040218B2
An oral treatment device that emits electromagnetic radiation onto surfaces of a user's teeth. The oral treatment device may include an intraoral mouthpiece and a handle extending therefrom, the handle containing the control circuitry required for operation of the device. The mouthpiece may include a lamp support structure, a lamp, a lens plate, and a guard component. The lamp may include an electromagnetic radiation source that includes a flexible sheet and a plurality of illumination elements located thereon. The illumination elements may be light emitting diodes printed with an electrically conductive. Additional electronic components such as a processor and a power source may also be included in the device.
US11040213B2
Methods and devices are provided for detecting a magnetic field in a presence of an implantable medical device (IMD). The IMD includes at least one electrode and a magnetic detection sensor configured to detect a magnetic field of an external magnetic source. The IMD includes a notification circuit, and an arrhythmia circuit configured to analyze cardiac signals sensed by the electrode and to deliver a therapy based on the cardiac signals. The IMD includes an electronics circuit that is configured to suspend the delivery of the therapy in response to detection of the magnetic field by the magnetic field sensor. The electronics circuit is configured to trigger the notification circuit to generate a notification output in response to the detection of the magnetic field indicating that the therapy has been suspended.
US11040206B2
A neuromodulation system includes modulation output circuitry and control circuitry. The modulation output circuitry may be configured to deliver therapeutic electrical energy including therapeutic sub-threshold electrical energy and therapeutic a super-threshold electrical energy. The sub-threshold electrical energy is below a patient-perception threshold and the super-threshold electrical energy is above the patient-perception threshold. The patient-perception threshold is a boundary below which a patient does not sense delivery of the electrical energy and above which the patient does sense delivery of the electrical energy. The control circuitry is configured to control the modulation output circuitry to deliver the therapeutic electrical energy using alternating cycles of the sub-threshold electrical energy below the patient-perception threshold and the super-threshold electrical energy above the patient-perception-threshold.
US11040200B2
The present disclose generally relates to a system that controls blood pressure based on feedback-based neural stimulation. The system can include an electrode implantable within a nerve (e.g., an intra-fascicular electrode). The system can also include a hermetically-sealed electronics module connected to the electrode to record data related to neural activity from the nerve. The data related to the neural activity is indicative of the blood pressure. The system can also include an external device to communicate with the hermetically-sealed electronics module to receive and analyze the data related to the neural activity.
US11040190B2
Multilayer electrodes, electrode systems, and stimulation systems are disclosed. An electrode may include a conductive layer with a unitary tail, a connector disposed on a distal end of the tail, and a nonconductive top layer disposed along a top portion of the conductive layer. An electrode may include a magnetic lead connector socket, or a receptacle formed by a depression in the conductive layer configured to receive a male connector. An electrode system may include a plurality of conductive zones and a plurality of connectors. A stimulation system may include an electronics layer in electrical contact with a conductive layer via a puncture connection, and may provide an iontophoretic treatment followed by a TENS treatment. Other electrodes, systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11040187B2
The invention relates to a fluid pump or rotary cutter having at least one first element (9′″, 10′″) which can be brought from a transport slate into an operating state by changing at least one mechanical property. Such a pump can, for example, be a blood pump for the medical, microinvasive area. The object of achieving a transition between the transport state and the operating stale which is as comfortable as possible and in so doing leaving a freedom in the design of the corresponding apparatus, in particular of a pump, which is as large as possible, is achieved using the means of the invention in that the first element at least partly comprises a material (24, 25, 26, 27) or can be filled with a material or material mixture which passes through a chemical reaction, in particular cross-linking, or a crystallization for transition into the operating state.
US11040185B2
A disposable tattoo needle cartridge (14) for connecting to a tattoo machine drive unit comprises a cartridge housing (26) and a needle assembly (28) comprising a needle driver connector (36) and at least one needle (16), the needle driver connector (36) being connectable to a needle driver (38) of the tattoo machine drive unit (12) for receiving a reciprocating motion, the needle assembly (28) being slidingly arranged in the tattoo needle cartridge (26) to allow said reciprocating motion along a reciprocation axis (A), wherein the cartridge housing (26) has a front end portion provided with a needle nozzle for allowing the at least one needle (16) to reciprocatingly protrude from the tattoo needle cartridge (14); and a rear end portion (30) configured to be connected to the tattoo machine drive unit (12), wherein the needle driver connector (36) comprises a needle assembly magnet (44) for connecting to a mating drive magnet (46) of the needle driver (38) in a contact-less manner in a radial, with respect to the reciprocation axis (A), connection direction.
US11040180B2
A method for removing fluid from a patient is provided, the method including: deploying a ureteral stent or ureteral catheter into a ureter of a patient to maintain patency of fluid flow between a kidney and a bladder of the patient; deploying a bladder catheter into the bladder of the patient, wherein the bladder catheter comprises a distal end configured to be positioned in a patient's bladder, a drainage lumen portion having a proximal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween; and applying negative pressure to the proximal end of the bladder catheter to induce negative pressure in a portion of the urinary tract of the patient to remove fluid from the patient. Systems and kits related thereto also are provided.
US11040175B2
Engagement catheter devices, systems, and methods to use the same under suctional tissue engagement. A method of the present disclosure comprises the steps of engaging a targeted tissue under suction/vacuum using an engagement catheter, delivering a substance into or through the targeted tissue using a needle positioned within a first lumen of the engagement catheter, injecting a fluid within the first lumen of the engagement catheter to flush at least part of the first lumen with the fluid, and suctionally removing the injected fluid from within the first lumen of the engagement catheter.
US11040166B2
A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.
US11040162B2
A representative method includes: providing a tracheostomy valve assembly having a housing and a diaphragm, the housing defining an interior airflow path, the housing having an exterior surface, a distal opening extending from the exterior surface to the interior flow path and a proximal opening, the distal opening and the proximal opening communicating with the interior airflow path, the diaphragm being disposed within the housing along the interior airflow path, the diaphragm being biased to a closed position to prevent air from passing the diaphragm along the interior airflow path, the diaphragm being configured to selectively move to an open position to enable air to be drawn into the distal opening, passed the diaphragm, and out of the proximal opening in an inhaling direction in response to a proximal side of the diaphragm being exposed to a predetermined negative air pressure applied at the diaphragm as a suction force; and urging the diaphragm away from the closed position with an actuation surface, movably coupled to the housing, to adjust airflow restriction through the tracheostomy valve assembly.
US11040155B2
Provided is an integrated monitoring and management system for endoscopic surgery, in which the system simultaneously monitors and manages the surgical environment such as pressure, temperature, humidity, smoke, and the like inside the human body, and the type and access of surgical instruments used for surgery throughout the surgical procedure at the time of endoscopic surgery, such that an optimal surgical environment is maintained according to a monitoring result, and when an accident occurrence factor is monitored during the surgical procedure, it is possible to prevent an accident from occurring by informing of the accident occurrence factor, and it is possible to quantify a safe and successful surgical procedure by analyzing accumulated big data.
US11040152B2
Disclosed herein is an injection device with housing that defines a channel and a first injection guide opening. The first injection guide opening enters the channel in a manner that allows a needle to penetrate a vessel in an animal with accuracy and at the same time protect the user from the needle.
US11040142B2
An automatic injection device including a generally cylindrical syringe body having an opening, an outlet and an inner cylindrical surface adapted to contain an injectable liquid to be injected at an injection site via the outlet; a piston disposed in the cylindrical syringe body; a driving assembly, including an elongate plunger element having a forward end adapted to be axially inserted into the generally cylindrical syringe body and an at least partial forward sealing element mounted onto the elongate plunger element adjacent the forward end for creating an at least temporary slidable seal between the elongate plunger element and the inner cylindrical surface, whereby axial insertion of the elongate plunger element and the forward sealing element into the generally cylindrical syringe body creates friction between the forward sealing element and the inner cylindrical surface and also creates an at least temporary air spring between the forward sealing element and the piston, wherein the friction and the air spring dampen motion of the elongate plunger element.
US11040134B2
An introduction of medical tools to this invention that enables the improvement of flushing of sterile solutions, medications and the collection of blood specimen(s). In addition, an introduction of intravenous system whereby the healthcare provider can perform the tasks of flushing the intravenous site efficiently and collecting blood specimen using the combination of medical tools. Most importantly, these tools included in this invention preserve and protect intravenous lines from malfunctioning.
US11040132B2
Disclosed is an artificial heart and lung apparatus (100) that can be connected to a patient (P), and transfers removed blood to a human body via a roller pump (120), the system including: the roller pump (120); a blood removal line (101) which transfers removed blood to the roller pump (120); a first blood transfer line (104) that transfers blood, which is transferred from the roller pump (120), to the human body; a blood removal rate sensor (111) that is provided in the blood removal line (101); and a control unit (140), in which the control unit (140) performs control such that a blood transfer rate of the roller pump (120) is in a specific range with respect to a blood removal rate measured by a blood removal rate sensor (111).
US11040128B1
To enhance diffusive mass transfer of small molecules and convective clearance of middle molecules, the present invention provides a cylindrical hemodialyzer which comprises a blood compartment having a packed bundle of hollow fibers in a doughnut configuration on a radial cross-section, and a motorized dialysate compartment comprising a dialysate inlet motor having an external stator and an internal rotor connected to an axial spiral flow converter slidably inserted in a center of the packed bundle of the hollow fibers. The cylindrical hemodialyzer is configured to recirculate dialysate across the packed bundle of the hollow fibers propelled by the dialysate inlet motor. A dialysate outlet motor of the motorized dialysate compartment having an external stator and an internal rotor is configured to drain the dialysate and to control ultrafiltration by said cylindrical hemodialyzer.
US11040125B2
The present invention relates to a neurotrophic factor carrier, particularly to a neurotrophic factor carrier wherein the neurotrophic factor is contained in a porous nerve conduit having micropores formed in microchannels, a method for preparing the same and a method for regenerating a nerve using the same, wherein the neurotrophic factor carrier prepared according to the present invention is applicable to in-vitro and in-vivo researches on nerves.
US11040118B2
The disclosure features methods that include: administering to a subject a composition that includes particles, where each one of the particles features at least one targeting group that binds to a structural entity in the subject and at least one reacting group that reacts chemically with a reactive oxygen species in the subject, and where the particle emits luminescence when the reaction occurs; detecting the luminescence emission from the particles; and displaying an image of the subject showing locations of at least some reactive oxygen species in the subject based on the detected luminescence.
US11040114B2
The present invention provides new forms of human α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (NAGAL) polypeptide or a functionally active variant or fragment thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, and related products and uses, including use in methods of treating Fabry disease, Schindler disease or Kanzaki disease.
US11040113B2
The present invention relates to a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding for the frataxin (FXN) gene for use in the prevention and treatment of neurological phenotype associated with Friedreich ataxia in a subject in need thereof.
US11040112B2
Compounds are provided having the following structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, G1, G2 and G3 are as defined herein. Use of the compounds as a component of lipid nanoparticle formulations for delivery of a therapeutic agent, compositions comprising the compounds and methods for their use and preparation are also provided.
US11040110B2
Disclosed is a protein complex, comprising a physiologically active polypeptide, a dimeric protein and a non-peptidyl polymer having three functional ends (3-arm), with the linkage of both the physiologically active polypeptide and the dimeric protein to the 3-arm non-peptidyl polymer via respective covalent bonds. The protein complex guarantees the long acting activity and biostability of a physiologically active polypeptide. Having the ability to maintain the bioactivity of physiologically active polypeptides or peptides highly and to significantly improve the serum half life of the polypeptides or peptides, the protein complex can be applied to the development of sustained release formulations of various physiologically active polypeptide drugs. Also, it utilizes raw materials including the physiologically active polypeptides without significant loss, thereby increasing the production yield. Further, it can be easily purified.
US11040108B2
This invention relates to a conjugate of formula (I): (A-Z1-)n-Q-Z2-D (I), wherein Z1, Z2, Q, A, D, and n are as described herein. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a conjugate of formula (I). This invention also relates to a method making a conjugate of formula (I), and the use of the conjugate for treating cancerous conditions, modulating cell membrane microheterogeneity, stimulating an immunoresponse, and forming a network on or near the inner or outer surface of target cells.
US11040098B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods related to mutant viruses, and in particular, mutant influenza viruses. The mutant viruses disclosed herein include a mutant M2 sequence, and are useful in immunogenic compositions, e.g., as vaccines. Also disclosed herein are methods, compositions and cells for propagating the viral mutants, and methods, devices and compositions related to vaccination.
US11040089B2
The present invention concerns new compositions containing hyaluronic acid or the derivatives thereof in association with the proteolytic enzyme collagenase (and relative pharmaceutical formulations) for the preparation of a dressing for topical treatment of various kinds of wounds, burns of varying depth, pressure sores, vascular ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers as well as for the treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars.
US11040079B2
The present invention discloses a cancer treatment method which includes the step of treating a patient having cancer with an extract from Galenia Africana L. plant. The extract may include pinocembrin and/or 2′,4′ dihydroxychalcone and/or 7-hydroxyflavanone. The cancer may be breast cancer or melanoma. The composition may be solubilized with MPG and/or Suganate.
US11040065B2
Disclosed herein are herbo-mineral formulations comprising a combination of various herbs and minerals. The formulation includes Cinnamomum camphora, Acorus calamus, Saussurea lappa, Andrographis paniculate, Tinospora cordifolia, Cedrus deodara, Curcuma longa, Aconitum heterophyllum, Berberis aristata, Piper longum, Plumbago rosea, Coriandrum sativum, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellerica, Piper chaba, Embelia ribes, Piper nigrum, Commiphora mukul, Saccharum officinarum, Zingiber officinalis, shilajit and bhasmas. The formulation, having nephro-protective properties, is useful in treatment of Renal disorders.
US11040047B2
The present invention relates to novel phosphonoamidate prodrugs. The invention also relates to the use of these novel phosphonate-modified nucleosides to treat or prevent viral infections and their use to manufacture a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections, particularly infections with viruses such as the herpes simplex virus 1, herpes simplex virus 2, human cytomegalovirus, varicella zoster virus, vaccinia virus and adenovirus.
US11040044B2
The present disclosure is directed to generally methods and/or compositions for treating mammographic breast density and/or breast stiffness in a patient in need thereof, such as a pre-menopausal, a peri-menopausal or a post-memopausal patient, comprising the administration of an effective amount of androgenic agent and an effective amount of an aromatase inhibitor. The present disclosure is also directed to methods and/or compositions for reducing breast pain. The present disclosure is also directed to method and/or compositions for reducing elasticity and/or decreasing mechano-transduction on the genome of breast cells. The present disclosure is also directed to methods and/or compositions for stabilizing and/or increasing the levels of androgen receptor expression in breast tissue.
US11040036B2
Described herein are compounds that activate pyruvate kinase, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof. These compounds are represented by Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, Ra, Rb, Rj, Rk, and Q are as defined herein.
US11040035B2
The present invention covers 3-oxo-2,6-diphenyl-2,3-dihydropyridazine-4-carboxamide compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of cancer or conditions with 10 dysregulated immune responses or other disorders associated with aberrant AHR signaling, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US11040033B2
Compounds having the following Formula I and/or Formula II and methods of their use and preparation are disclosed:
US11040031B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating of diseases, syndromes, conditions, and disorders that are affected by the modulation of MALT1. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and G, are defined herein.
US11040029B2
Provided are methods of administering a vesicular monoamine transport 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor chosen from valbenazine and (+)-α-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-2H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-ol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or isotopic variant thereof, to a patient in need thereof wherein the patient is also being administered a strong cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) inhibitor.
US11040028B2
Provided are penicinotam derivatives, a tautomer, a stereoisomer, a racemate, a nonequal mixture of enantiomers, a geometric isomer, a solvate, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the derivatives. Also provided herein is use of the derivatives and the pharmaceutical compositions in treating diseases caused by inflammation, immune system disorders.
US11040024B2
Stereomerically pure (+)-2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, substantially free of its (−) isomer, and prodrugs, metabolites, polymorphs, salts, solvates, hydrates, and clathrates thereof are discussed. Also discussed are methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the (+) enantiomer of 2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating and/or preventing disorders ameliorated by the reduction of levels of TNF-α or the inhibition of PDE4.
US11040023B2
Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
US11040016B2
The present invention relates to a use of D-chiro-inositol, pinitol, or analog compounds thereof for preventing or treating female menopausal symptoms. The active ingredient compound of the present invention has an effect of increasing the activity of female hormones by increasing the blood concentration of 17β-estradiol and lowering the blood concentration of sex hormone-binding globulin. Therefore, the active ingredient compound of the present invention can be developed as a drug or a nutraceutical for preventing, alleviating or treating female menopausal symptoms. The active ingredient of the present invention is derived from a natural product, and thus, unlike an agonist of female sex hormones or chemically synthesized sex hormones, has very few side effects when applied to the human body.
US11040015B2
A method of preserving the one or more chemical and/or biological species in a polymer matrix comprising pullulan and trehalose is described. The method includes combining the one or more chemical and/or biological species, an aqueous pullulan and a trehalose solution and drying the resultant mixture to provide a solid polymeric matrix. A polymeric matrix comprising one or more chemical and/or biological species and its use, for example, on surfaces for food preparation, for food preservation and in biological preparations is also described.
US11040011B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to multivesicular liposome formulations encapsulating zinc meloxicam complex microparticles. Methods of making the zinc meloxicam complex microparticles and administering the zinc meloxicam complex microparticles encapsulated in multivesicular liposome formulations and their use as medicaments are also provided.
US11040006B2
The present invention relates generally to topical antiviral compositions, delivery systems, and methods of using the same.
US11040004B2
Disclosed herein are methods for the treatment of otic diseases or conditions with antimicrobial agent compositions and formulations administered locally to an individual afflicted with an otic disease or condition, through direct application of these compositions and formulations onto or via perfusion into the targeted auris structure(s).
US11040001B1
Disclosed herein is a dental tray compound composition demonstrating an in situ formed dental tray with integrated fluoride release and whitening agents. The in situ dental tray forming compound described herein comprises at least one rosin or resin, a solvent, an optional fluoridating agent, a whitening agent, an optional re-mineralizing agent, an optional flavor additive, and optionally a sweetener. Some embodiments further include an anti-cavity agent, and more particularly a silver-based anti-cavity agent.
US11040000B2
For the cosmetic field, omniphobic cosmetic pigments under the form of a core shell structure: the core is or includes of a metal oxide on which is adsorbed poly(β-(1→4)-D-glucosamine) chains; the chains being acetylated, or partially or totally deacetylated. Also, the process for manufacturing the omniphobic cosmetic pigments, including: (i) preparing an acidic aqueous solution including metal oxide particles and a poly (β-(1→4)-D-glucosamine), the poly (β-(1→4)-D-glucosamine) being acetylated, or partially or totally deacetylated; and (ii) increasing the pH until 12, of the solution obtained at step (i) in order to obtain the adsorption of said poly (β-(1→4)-D-glucosamine on the metal oxide particles and the precipitation of the resulting metal oxide particles coated with the poly (β-(1→4)-D-glucosamine.
US11039995B2
The present invention comprises ternary compositions of tamibarotene and/or ammonium lactate in Pemulen for treatment of effects of aging.
US11039994B2
Mixture of at least two esters selected from neopentylglycol dipelargonate, glycerol tripelargonate, pentaerythritol tetrapelargonate, and use thereof in cosmetic compositions for the care, the make-up, the protection from the sun and for the cleansing of the skin and skin appendages.
US11039985B2
Adjustable indicators for containers and methods for using and making the same are provided. In one embodiment, a cap includes a closure body defining a closure space, a dial, an external force interface, a path portion defining a path, and an interaction feature including an extender that is operative to move along the path, wherein application of external force on the external force interface is operative to move the extender in a first direction along a first segment of the path, at least partial termination of the external force on the external force interface is operative to move the extender in a second direction along a second segment of the path, and movement of the extender along the second segment of the path in the second direction is operative to rotate the dial body about an axis within the closure space.
US11039981B2
A portable eye washing station includes a spike that can pierce a fluid source and the spike is hollow to pass fluid therethrough. A feed tube is fluidly coupled to the spike to receive the fluid from the spike. A fitting is fluidly coupled to the second end of the feed tube and the fitting has a pair of outputs to pass the fluid therethrough. A distribution tube is fluidly coupled to each of the outputs on the fitting such that the distribution tube forms a closed loop for wearing around a user's head. A cannula is fluidly coupled to the distribution tube to release the fluid and the cannula has a pair of outlets. Each of the outlets is aligned with a respective one of the user's eyes when the distribution tube is worn around the user's head. Thus, each of the outlets directs the fluid into the user's eyes for flushing the user's eyes.
US11039979B2
A personal therapy device, directed generally to an elongated sexual stimulation device for female use having advanced shape motion control and shape transformation. In one embodiment, the device has a flexible outer body elongated in a longitudinal direction and a shape memory alloy (SMA) thrust actuator disposed within the flexible outer body. In another embodiment, the device includes one or more skeletal segments which are disposed within the flexible outer body and capable of deformation in various directions. In yet another embodiment, the device includes one or more rotational servo motor pair units, where each rotational servo motor of the rotational servo motor pair has an eccentric weight, and the synchronized rotation of the eccentric weight pair generates a net lateral wobbling motion. In yet another embodiment, the device includes an external positioning sensor unit, an inertial measurement unit, one or more pressure sensors, or a combination thereof.
US11039971B2
A dental chair assembly comprises a base, a support, a first pivot mount and a second pivot mount. The support is configured to support a chair seat defined to extend in a forward direction and a chair back positioned rearward of the chair seat. The support has a forward side, an opposite rearward side and a longitudinal axis extending through the forward and rearward sides. The first pivot mount is positioned along the longitudinal axis forward of the rear side of the support and configured to support at least one movable arm. The first pivot mount defines a first upright pivot axis. The second pivot mount is positioned along the longitudinal axis and spaced forwardly from the first pivot mount. The second pivot mount is configured to support at least one movable arm and defines a second upright pivot axis parallel to the first upright pivot axis.
US11039969B2
An overhead lift unit includes a carriage, a first wheel assembly, a second wheel assembly, and an actuator. The first wheel assembly includes a first wheel coupled to the carriage through a first support arm. The second wheel assembly includes a second wheel coupled to the carriage through a second support arm. The actuator is coupled to the second wheel assembly and is configured to shift the second wheel assembly in a lateral direction relative to the first wheel assembly between an expanded position and a retracted position. Lift systems including the overhead lift unit and methods of transporting the overhead lift unit to and from an overhead rail are also described.
US11039956B2
An ophthalmological laser therapy device including a laser system, an x-y scanner, collecting optics and a z-scanner. The invention also relates to a method for processing a tissue of an eye by a therapeutic laser beam of an ophthalmological laser therapy device. The invention provides an ophthalmological laser therapy device and a corresponding method which permit, with minimal engineering complexity, a very quick positioning of the laser spot in a large volume region, in particular in a large x-y region perpendicular to the optical axis. The problem is also solved by a method for processing a tissue of the eye or a material located in an eye using an ophthalmological laser therapy device, wherein each sub-section of the tissue of the eye is processed using a corresponding positioning or the device for the adjustable redirecting of the laser beam in an image field of the collection optics.
US11039941B2
A prosthetic foot, comprising a core, on which a proximal fastening device for fastening the prosthetic foot to a lower-leg tube or to a lower-leg shaft is arranged and which is surrounded by a foot casing. The foot casing forms a cavity, in which the core is inserted. A slot-shaped recess is formed in a front foot region of the foot casing, into which slot-shaped recess a tongue arranged on the core is inserted. The front foot region has a stiffness that deviates in comparison with the rest of the foot casing.
US11039938B2
Implant assemblies, systems, and methods for replacing a knee joint may include a method of revising a knee joint prosthesis implanted in a knee of a patient to provide increased stability to the knee joint prosthesis by replacing a first tibial insert with a second tibial insert that provides more constraint that the first tibial insert. A knee joint prosthesis system and kit are also provided that may include a tibial baseplate component, a femoral component, and a tibial insert that is selectively interchangeable with other tibial inserts to provide varying levels of constraint and stability to the knee joint prosthesis.
US11039932B2
Apparatus and systems relating to spinal implants and instruments for installing such implants. In some embodiments, the system may comprise a spinal implant, an inserter, an intermediary piece, and/or an installation rod. The spinal implant may comprise an at least partially threaded opening configured to receive the installation rod. The opening may be positioned within a fixed wall of the spinal implant, and the opening may comprise a peripheral edge defined by the wall of the spinal implant.
US11039930B2
Hip implant systems described herein can include a distal stem, a proximal body, and a fastener. In some embodiments, the distal stem can include a cavity configured to receive the fastener when a portion of the distal stem is positioned within the proximal body. In some embodiments, the distal stem can include a threaded exterior surface configured to mate with a fastener when a portion of the distal stem is positioned within the proximal body. In some embodiments, a distal end of the distal stem can include an anterior relief configured to conform to interior surface of a femoral canal of a patient.
US11039927B2
The present invention relates generally to minimally invasive, cost-effective, adaptable methods, systems, and devices used to repair anatomical joint conditions. The repair may be necessitated by trauma, disease or other conditions. The anatomical joint may specifically include mammalian joints such as the knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, hip, spine, toe and ankle, for example. The methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein include leveraging the significant (and often unappreciated) role the subchondral bone plays in the health status of the afflicted anatomical joint.
US11039917B2
Described embodiments are directed toward prosthetic heart valve leaflets of particular shapes that control bending character. In accordance with an embodiment, a prosthetic heart valve comprises a leaflet frame having a generally tubular shape with attached film. The leaflet frame defines a plurality of leaflet windows. The film defines at least one leaflet extending from each of the leaflet windows. Each leaflet attachment zone on the leaflet frame has substantially the shape of an isosceles trapezoid having two leaflet sides, a leaflet base and a leaflet free edge opposite the leaflet base. The two leaflet sides diverge from the leaflet base, wherein the leaflet base is substantially flat.
US11039916B2
A radially expandable sheath is provided having a substantially closed distal end with at least two sidewalls extending proximally therefrom and defining a central lumen. Each sidewall can have a substantially concave outer surface adapted to seat a graft member, and each side wall is at least partially separated by a longitudinally oriented slot that extends from a proximal end along a substantial length of each sidewall. The slot preferably terminates at a position just proximal to the distal end. The device can also include a sheath expander that is adapted to be disposed in the central lumen of the radially expandable sheath and that is configured to flex the sidewalls to radially expand the sheath so as to fix a graft member within a bone tunnel.
US11039915B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a tube (20) that defines a flared downstream portion (30) that diverges toward a downstream end (32) of the tube, and a flared upstream portion (26) that diverges toward an upstream end (28) of the tube, such that a central portion (34) of the tube is narrower than at the ends of the tube. The tube defines a plurality of lateral openings (36). A support frame (24) supports the tube within a subject's vena cava, such that the downstream portion is sealed with respect to the wall of the vena cava downstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins, and the upstream portion is sealed with respect to the inner wall of the vena cava upstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins. Other applications are also described.
US11039913B2
A blood filter extraction system for extracting a blood filter from within a blood vessel. The system includes an extraction wire, or plurality of such wires, positioned within an elongated tubular member. A plurality of extraction wires coupled to the distal end of the extraction member each include a hook for engaging filter members. Alternatively, the extraction wires may be one or more wires configured in a helical shape which engage filter members when the extraction member is rotated. The system may also include an elongated tubular member with the distal end having a conical shape. To extract a filter, the extraction wires are then pushed out of the tubular member and into the filter members. The extraction member is then withdrawn or rotated so the wires engage and draw in the filter members, after which the catheter is pushed over the conical portion of the tubular member.
US11039911B2
A medical device including a first layer having an opening formed therein. A second layer is positioned with respect to the first layer to form a pocket therebetween. A support member is at least partially located in the pocket and reconfigurable for removal of the support member from the pocket via the opening. An affixation element located in the pocket between the support member and the second layer, and secured to the second layer. A method of implanting a medical device is also included.
US11039909B2
Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue.
US11039898B2
Improvements for use with tissue expanders are provided. A tissue expander includes: a selectively inflatable and deflatable shell that is configured to be implanted; and an access port for selectively inflating and deflating the shell, the access port comprising a sidewall, a base at a first end, and a membrane at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the sidewall and the base of the access port are constructed of a material that is non-reactive with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. In embodiments, the tissue expander includes a magnet at the access port. In embodiments, the magnet is configured with a physical size and magnetic force such that, when the tissue expander is implanted, the magnet is detectable by an external magnetometer sensor but is not detectable by an external dangle-magnet.
US11039891B2
A system and method for controlling the insertion of a medical tool, such as a needle, into a subject's body based on measurements of an interaction parameter associated with the interaction between the tool and a bodily tissue, such as the forces exerted on the tool during insertion. The system comprises an insertion device, at least one sensor configured to measure the interaction parameter and at least one processor configured to receive sensor measurements, detect one or more predefined patterns in the sensor measurements and control an operation of at least one of the insertion device and an imaging device, upon detecting the predefined patterns. The processor may be configured to compare the actual correlation between the sensor measurements and an insertion parameter, such as insertion depth, with an expected correlation, and determine if the medical tool is following its pre-planned trajectory based on the result of that comparison.
US11039890B2
A system and method for tracking and determining characteristics of an inflatable medical instrument that is configured for interventional deployment. The system includes a guidewire that is positioned within a lumen of the inflatable medical instrument. The guidewire includes an optical fiber for a FORS system. The FORS system is configured to measure a shape of the guidewire during the interventional deployment of the inflatable medical instrument. A shape analysis module is configured to analyze the FORS data from the FORS system and determine characteristics of the inflatable medical instrument, including the diameter of the inflatable instrument, the pressurization of the instrument, whether the instrument has ruptured and the position of the inflatable instrument during an interventional procedure.
US11039887B2
Exemplary methods and devices can be provided for improving the appearance of dermal melasma. This can be done, e.g., focusing electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about 600 nm and 850 nm into a region of the pigmented dermal tissue at a depth between about 150 and 400 microns, using a lens arrangement having a large numerical aperture between about 0.5 and 0.9. The exemplary local dwell time of the focused radiation can be less than a few milliseconds, and a local fluence provided in the focal region can be between about 50 and 500 J/cm2. The focal region can be scanned through the dermal tissue at speeds on the order of a few cm/s. Such parameters can provide sufficient energy absorption by pigmented cells in the dermis to disrupt them while avoiding damage to the overlying tissue and unpigmented dermal tissue.
US11039886B2
A pulsed laser skin treatment device is for laser induced optical breakdown of hair or skin tissue. A feedback system is used for detecting a feedback system based on light and/or sound/and/or contact force or pressure. The feedback signal is used to determine whether a pulse was in the tissue or outside the tissue. With these data an effectiveness of the treatment can be determined which can be provided to a user.
US11039882B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to electrophysiology catheters for cardiac medical procedures. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to an ablation catheter for treating cardiac arrhythmias by ablating tissue, and having one or more subelectrodes internally fixed within the ablation catheter tip to capture electrophysiology characteristics of myocardial tissue in proximity to the one or more subelectrodes.
US11039878B2
A multifunctional medical device, apparatus or system that is capable of perforating a surgical procedure or operation and also capable of attracting, collecting, removing or reducing debris generated by the surgical procedure or operation, on a subject The apparatus comprising a plurality of electrodes, two of which are configured to be in electrical communication with or being electrically connectable to opposite poles of a source of high voltage dc electricity to ionize, attract, collect, and remove or reduce debris. At least one of the electrodes is also configured to be part of a RF circuit to perform a surgical procedure or operation such as tissue cutting, cauterization tissue sealing or coagulating at a surgical site on the subject.
US11039877B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a handle assembly, and a latch assembly. The end effector includes a first jaw, a second jaw pivotably coupled with the first jaw, a knife, and an electrode assembly. The handle assembly includes a housing associated with the first jaw, and an arm associated with the second jaw. The arm can pivot the second jaw between an open position and a closed position. The latch assembly can transition between an unlatched configuration and a latched configuration. The latch assembly can prevent the arm from pivoting the second jaw from the closed position toward the open position in the latched configuration. The latch assembly can allow the arm to pivot the second jaw from the closed position toward the open position in the unlatched configuration.
US11039876B2
An instrument includes a body having an interior conduit. A shaft extends distally out of the body and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A locking mechanism that selectively secures the shaft in the retracted and extended positions includes grooves in the body and a locking nut having pins that travel through the grooves to move the locking nut between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking mechanism also includes compression flanges that flex towards and apply pressure/friction to the shaft when the locking nut is in the locked position and release/reduce the pressure/friction from the shaft when the locking nut is in the unlocked position. The compression flanges restrict the movement of the shaft when the compression flanges are flexed towards, and apply pressure to the shaft.
US11039873B2
Methods for temporarily fixing an orientation of a bone or bones. Methods of correcting a bunion deformity. Bone positioning devices. Methods of using a bone positioning device. Bone preparation guides. Methods of using a bone preparation guide.
US11039859B2
A method for treating a spinal disorder includes the steps of: disposing an expandable spinal construct in a selected configuration; fixing the spinal construct in the selected configuration with a member; attaching a first end of the spinal construct with tissue; attaching a second end of the spinal construct with tissue; and disengaging the member from the spinal construct to release the spinal construct from the selected configuration. Implants, surgical instruments, systems and methods are disclosed.
US11039851B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods suitable for resecting or dissecting large areas of mucosal or submucosal tissue. The system may apply tension to and continuously manipulate mucosal tissue such that large lesions may be resected or dissected by a cutting element disposed at the distal end of an endoscope.
US11039849B2
A clamping mechanism for a surgical instrument and related methods are disclosed. Upper and lower elongated members are configured to engage each other at a first interlock and a second interlock, the first interlock distal of the second interlock. The clamping mechanism is movable between a first configuration, a second configuration, and a third configuration. In the first configuration, the elongated members are approximated towards each other and the first and second interlocks are not engaged. In the second configuration, the distal portion of the elongated members are moved away from each other, the first interlock is engaged, and the second interlock is not engaged. In the third configuration, the distal portions of the elongated members are moved away from each other relatively, the proximal portions of the elongated members are moved away from each other relatively, the first interlock is engaged, and the second interlock is engaged.
US11039846B2
A manipulator, including an elongated chassis containing a U-shaped channel defining a distal direction and a proximal direction. The manipulator also includes an adjuster that is configured to slide in the U-shaped channel. The adjuster includes a first wheel which on rotation translates a guidewire positioned in the adjuster along an axis of the guidewire, and a second wheel which on rotation rotates the guidewire positioned in the adjuster about the axis of the guidewire. The adjuster also includes a port, distal to the first and the second wheel, that is configured to accept a tubular balloon and the guidewire.
US11039844B2
Embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for implanting arthroplasty devices. Some embodiments include designs that allow for use of x-ray images as the only images used to fully and accurately preoperatively and intraoperatively size and align arthroplasty device components and prepare all necessary tissue.
US11039839B2
An apparatus includes a handle portion, an end effector, an anvil, a knob, and a monolithic closure rod. The monolithic closure rod includes a proximal shank portion, a distal trocar portion, and a band portion. The proximal shank portion is located within the handle portion and is configured to linearly actuate in response to rotation of the knob. The distal trocar portion is configured to selectively couple with the anvil in order to actuate the anvil relative to the end effector. The band portion extends between the proximal shank portion and the distal trocar portion and provides a reduced cross-sectional area. The monolithic closure rod consists of a single homogenous continuum of material extending along the lengths of the proximal shank portion, the band portion, and the distal trocar portion.
US11039833B2
A manual retraction tool for use with a surgical tool assembly of a surgical device includes a shaft, a rotation mechanism, and a trigger. The shaft is dimensioned to be inserted into a rotational connector of a surgical tool assembly and to effect rotation of the connector upon rotation of the shaft. The rotation mechanism configured to rotatably support the shaft. The trigger is operably connected to the rotation mechanism such that when the trigger is actuated from a first position to a second position, the rotation mechanism rotates the shaft about a longitudinal axis in a first direction to effect rotation of the rotational connector of the surgical tool assembly.
US11039830B2
Systems, devices, and methods for soft tissue repair are generally provided and they generally involve the use of surgical filaments that are configured in a variety of manners to minimize and/or eliminate the tying of knots during a surgical procedure. Moreover, systems and devices described herein can provide for a reversible locking knot, which allows for additional tension to be applied to the repair if adjustments are required after the construct has been locked. The reversible locking knot can be “flipped” or actuated without requiring the knot to be untied and then retied. Further, systems and devices described herein can additionally be used to associate implantable bodies and suture constructs within a bone to secure soft tissue while not restricting the relative movements of operative sutures once the implantable body has been deployed.
US11039824B1
A surgical retractor for abdominoplasty is disclosed. The retractor has a blade which has a pair of wings disposed below a spine which form a surgical window. The pair of wings form a substantially bell curve shape below the spine of the blade. The pair of wings have outer edges which are curved, and which allow the surgical retractor to be rocked by a user to adjust the surgical window. The retractor has a handle which has a grip portion substantially parallel to the spine of the blade and which provides a more ergonomic grip and greater control.
US11039823B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a minimally-invasive surgical system and methods of use which can mimic a mosquito proboscis to efficiently penetrate tissue. The delivery system can utilize a plurality of modular strut instruments to create a working tissue canopy and apply any number of surgical actions to a target tissue.
US11039814B2
An imaging system includes: a transceiver cell for generating a pressure wave and converting an external pressure wave into an electrical signal; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the transceiver cell. The transceiver cell includes: a substrate; at least one membrane suspending from the substrate; and a plurality of transducer elements mounted on the at least one membrane. Each of the plurality of transducer elements has a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer on bottom electrode, and at least one top electrode on the piezoelectric layer. Each of the plurality of transducer element generates a bending moment in response to applying an electrical potential across the bottom electrode and the at least one top electrode and develops an electrical charge in response to a bending moment due to the external pressure wave.
US11039813B2
Catheter-based devices and methods for continuously monitoring vascular lumen dimensions, in particular in the inferior vena cava (IVC) for determining heart failure and/or fluid status of a patient. Related therapy systems and methods for integrated monitoring and therapy are also disclosed.
US11039807B2
An image processing system (IPS) and a related method. The system comprises an input interface (IN) for receiving two or more input images that include respectively an attenuation signal of an imaged object and a dark-field signal of the object. A combiner (COM) is configured to combine the two or more input images in a linear combination operation to form a combined image. An output (OUT) port configured to output the combined image.
US11039805B2
A method relates to the use of deep learning techniques, which may be implemented using trained neural networks (50), to estimate various types of missing projection or other unreconstructed data. Similarly, the method may also be employed to replace or correct corrupted or erroneous projection data as opposed to estimating missing projection data.
US11039802B2
In a method for producing a microstructure component, which is used in particular as an x-ray phase contrast grating in an x-ray device, a material absorbing x-rays is poured into a mold able at least to be deformed about one bending axis, which is formed by a silicon substrate and which has a plurality of cutouts running in a direction of the thickness of the silicon substrate with dimensions in the micrometer range. The mold into which the material is poured is heated up to a working temperature value lying above the room temperature and below a melting temperature value of the material which is poured into it and is formed into a final contour as per specifications.
US11039800B2
An upright posture assisting device for an X-ray inspection of infants, and more particularly to an upright posture assisting device for an X-ray inspection of infants, by which an infant can be X-ray photographed while being safely fixed. The upright posture assisting device for an X-ray inspection of infants includes: a body disposed on the front side of an X-ray detector and having an empty space in the interior thereof; an insertion hole formed on the upper surface of the body such that the legs of an infant are inserted into the insertion hole; and handgrip parts mounted on opposite sides of the upper surface of the body.
US11039777B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes calculation circuitry, acquisition circuitry, determination circuitry, and scan control circuitry. The calculation circuitry calculates an indicator related to motion of biological tissue in a subject, based on echo data obtained through a pre-scan for the subject. The acquisition circuitry acquires a periodic biological signal of the subject. The determination circuitry specifies at least one tune phase in one cycle of the biological signal acquired during the pre-scan, based on the indicator, and determines a timing of a main scan for the subject, based on the specified time phase and the biological signal acquired after the pre-scan. The scan control circuitry executes the main scan at the timing determined by the determination circuitry.
US11039772B2
A catheter comprising an elongated catheter body, an electrode array distal of the catheter body, the array having a mounting member and at least first and second spine supports. Each spine support includes a base having a planar configuration, and a plurality of spines extending from the base, wherein the first base extends in a first plane and the second base extends in a second plane different from the first plane in the mounting member.
US11039767B2
Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.
US11039760B2
There is provided a method of processing measurements of acceleration to identify steps by a user, the method comprising obtaining measurements of acceleration from a device worn or carried by a user; analysing the measurements of acceleration to determine a value for a threshold that is to be used to identify steps by the user in measurements of acceleration; and using the determined value for the threshold to identify steps by the user in measurements of acceleration.
US11039758B2
A trolley system configured to transport a patient within an MRI environment includes a patient support portion, a base portion configured for movement relative to a floor, a lift coupled to the patient support portion and the base portion, an electric motor coupled to the lift, and an electric blower coupled to the patient transfer device. The lift is configured to change the elevation of the patient support portion relative to the base portion. The motor is mounted such that the elevation of the motor is fixed relative to base portion. The trolley system is positionable adjacent an MRI apparatus within the MRI environment and the magnetic field of the MRI does not interfere with the operation of the motor or blower. The trolley system may further include a patient transfer device having an air bearing. The blower is configured to deliver air to the air bearing.
US11039744B2
A method for establishing the refraction of an eye (9) by means of a refractometer (3) is provided, in which the current visual axis (S) of the eye (9) is established before establishing the refraction, the refractometer (3) is aligned with respect to the visual axis (S) of the eye (9) and the refraction is established after the alignment. The visual axis (S) of the eye (9) is established on the basis of the position of a Purkinje image of at least one light source (41, 50) used to illuminate the eye and a relationship between the position of the Purkinje image and the visual axis (S).
US11039738B2
In one embodiment, a method for a stereo endoscope includes receiving electromagnetic radiation through an inner protective window; focusing the electromagnetic radiation with a left optical component toward a left pixel array of a stereo image sensor along an optical axis of the left optical component parallel with but offset from a center axis of the left pixel array; and focusing the electromagnetic radiation with a right optical component toward a right pixel array of the stereo image sensor along an optical axis of the right optical component parallel with but offset from a center axis of the right pixel array. The left pixel array and the right pixel array are offset from the center optical axis of the stereo endoscope to provide stereo image convergence.
US11039737B2
A video-processing assembly (1), particularly for an endoscope, including a video-processing device (2) and an expansion device (3), which is connected to the video-processing device (2) via an interface (14). The interface (14) transmits at least two video data channels (8, 13), a primary video data channel (8) processed in the video-processing device (2) and the secondary video data channel (13) being led unprocessed into the expansion device (3) and processed there. The two processed video signals are combined in a mixing unit (15) in the expansion device (3) and transmitted to an image display device (11).
US11039736B2
A system for controlling movement of a remotely controlled steerable instrument may comprise a flexible instrument comprising a steerable portion configured to articulate to change a shape of the steerable portion. The system may also comprise a shape sensing device comprising a first resistance-changing flexible sensor. The first resistance-changing flexible sensor may be configured to generate a signal indicative of a first bend change in the steerable portion. The system may also comprise a controller in signal communication with the first resistance-changing flexible sensor. The controller may be logically coupled to the flexible instrument and is configured to output a control signal to articulate the steerable portion of the flexible instrument in response to receiving at least the signal from the first resistance-changing flexible sensor.
US11039726B2
A tool assembly includes an elongated handle and a locking system for attaching a tool head to the handle. The tool head can be a floor care tool or other accessory that can be attached to the handle such that the elongated length of the handle can aid in the use of the tool attached. The locking system includes a keyed locking collar for engaging at least a first portion of the tool head, and a locking cap rotatably positioned on the handle for engaging a second portion of the tool head. The handle can be extendable, such as by telescoping, and can also be overmolded.
US11039719B2
A toilet includes a base, a cover, and a seat. The seat is rotatably coupled to the base, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the seat. The cover and the seat define an angled axis that is oriented upward and forward toward a front end of the base. The cover and the seat are each configured to rotate about the angled axis between a lowered position in which the cover and the seat are located adjacent the base and a stowed position in which the cover and the seat are oriented in an upward direction.
US11039714B2
An automated cooking apparatus includes a computer system configured to store a recipe and a cooking apparatus that includes: a frying pan that can hold food ingredients, a heater that can heat the frying pan under the control of the computer system based on the recipe, an exterior body that can hold the frying pan and the heater, and a lid that can keep food ingredients in the frying pan while the food ingredients are stirred and mixed during cooking. A lid-movement mechanism can open and close the lid under the control of the computer system. A transport mechanism can move the frying pan and the cooking apparatus, under the control of the computer system, to mix, stir, or distribute the food ingredients in the frying pan to produce a cooked food.
US11039708B2
A dispensing assembly (2) for a machine for the preparation of liquid food products comprises a preparation chamber (7, 8) and a hydraulic circuit (20), which is configured for supplying water and/or steam to the preparation chamber (7, 8). The preparation chamber (7, 8) is configured for receiving at least one dose (9) of a precursor of a liquid food product and for dispensing the liquid food product following upon passage of water and/or steam through the preparation chamber (7, 8). The preparation chamber comprises a first chamber part (7), preferably configured for introducing water and/or steam, and a second chamber part (8), preferably configured for dispensing the liquid food product. At least one chamber part (8) is displaceable with respect to the other chamber part (7) between a spaced-apart position, to enable loading of the aforesaid dose (9) into the preparation chamber, and a close position, to enable introduction of water and/or steam into the preparation chamber and dispensing the liquid food product therefrom. The dispensing assembly (2) further comprises a pneumatic circuit (30) configured for supplying compressed air to the preparation chamber, in particular when the first chamber part (7) and the second chamber part (8) are in the close position.
US11039697B2
An ice scoop includes a barrier having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The ice scoop also includes a scoop portion extending away from the first side of the barrier, and a handle portion extending away from the second side of the barrier. The handle portion includes at least one wall extending away from the second side of the barrier. The at least one wall of the handle portion and the barrier define a cavity. The handle portion also includes a handhold attached to a wall of the at least one wall, the barrier, or the wall and the barrier within the cavity.
US11039696B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for restraining a user. An apparatus includes an underlay segment and a barrier panel. The underlay segment is positionable underneath at least one of the shoulders, the head, the back, and the buttocks of the user lying in the supine position. The barrier panel is coupled to the underlay segment and is extendable around the chest of the user to form a partition between an upper body portion and a lower body portion of the user. A proximal edge of the barrier panel is shaped to contour and rest on the chest or abdomen of the user so that engagement between the proximal edge and the user supports a distal edge of the barrier panel to extend outwardly and upwardly from the upper body portion of the user. The barrier panel is foldable.
US11039694B2
A child tray assembly adapted for a child seat includes at least one support portion and a tray. The at least one support portion is slidably disposed on the child seat. The tray is detachably disposed on the at least one support portion. The tray includes a tray body and at least one sliding latch slidably disposed on the tray body. At least one assembling portion is formed on the tray body for insertion of at least one lower tube. The at least one sliding latch includes a first engaging portion and at least one second engaging portion. The first engaging portion is for engaging with the at least one support portion. The at least one second engaging portion is for engaging with the at least one lower tube inserted within the at least one assembling portion at a locking position.
US11039689B1
A shampoo support apparatus and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the shampoo support apparatus, a body is configurable between a reclining configuration and a booster seat configuration. In the reclining configuration, the body provides a neck support and a back support. A support structure that may be placed above the body and may be adjustable is configured to accept and secure a smart device thereat and support the smart device at a smart device working distance from the neck support. In the booster seat configuration, the body folds into a rectangular shape to provide a seat.
US11039687B1
An undermount drawer slide mounting clip releasably attaches a drawer to a drawer rail assembly mounted in a cabinet carcass. The apparatus is capable of effecting positional adjustments of the drawer in three directions without removing the drawer from the cabinet carcass. The apparatus is comprised of a body slidingly engaged with a bonnet. A trigger pivotally connected between the body and the bonnet. A spring loaded catch slidable within the bonnet and acted on by the trigger to releasably attach the apparatus to a drawer rail assembly. A threaded spindle rotates within the base and adjusts the horizontal position of the drawer. A ramp adjustably connected to the base adjusts the vertical position of the drawer by rotation of a threaded barrel. A plunger extends from a housing connected to the body to adjacent the drawer rail assembly and adjusts the depth of the drawer.
US11039681B1
In various embodiments, the device may be used to clean any brush. The brush bristles carry bacteria, food particles, dust, germs, and other similar residue in tightly packed spaces near where the bristles connect with the head of the brush. In multiple embodiments, the device is a container that is filled with cleaning solution (e.g., mouthwash, cleaning solution, alcohol, etc.), a lid that substantially closes the top opening of the container, and an agitator pad that has a plurality of individual prongs. In various embodiments, the lid mirrors the container shape so that the lid and the container can be operatively connected. In various embodiments, the lid has a cover, so that when the device is not being use, the cover may be put in a closed position so that the cover closes the opening in the lid.
US11039669B2
A first bracelet having physical buttons may be touched in a defined sequence and for a length of time to complete a shared activity across a group of bracelets. The first bracelet may communicate a signal that includes information identifying completion of the shared activity. A second bracelet may receive a signal that programs physical buttons such that they may be touched for the length of time to complete the shared activity by repetition of the defined sequence.
US11039666B2
A buckle includes a plug and a socket, the plug and the socket each being attached to a predetermined member and being capable of being connected to and disconnected from each other. The plug includes an attachment portion configured to be attached to the predetermined member and a pair of leg portions extending in the same direction from the attachment portion. An engagement portion is formed at each leg portion. Each leg portion is bent at a plurality of bending points between the attachment portion and the engagement portion in an extending direction of each leg portion. A U-shaped bridge is provided on inner side surfaces of the pair of leg portions, the inner side surfaces facing each other at vicinities of respective distal end portions of the pair of leg portions, the U-shaped bridge connecting vicinities of the respective distal end portions.
US11039665B2
A method for providing pressure feedback is described herein. The method includes receiving, via a processor, pressure sensor data from a plurality of pressure sensors over a period of time. The method also includes receiving, via the processor, movement data from a plurality of sensors over the period of time. The method also further includes sending, via the processor, pressure sensor data and movement data to a data service. The method also includes receiving, via the processor, a feedback from data service.
US11039664B2
A skate includes a boot having a toe portion with a toe portion connector on at least one of its inner and outer surfaces. A tongue is mountable within the boot of the skate. The tongue at its lower end has a pressing member with cooperating first and second segments. The tongue has a tongue connector on at least one of the first and second segments. At least one of the first and second segments is foldable to engage the first segment with the inner surface of the toe portion and the second segment with the outer surface of the toe portion, and to engage the tongue connector with the toe portion connector to removably connect the tongue to the toe portion.
US11039655B2
A breathable shoe, including an outsole arranged below a structural insert that is at least partially breathable, and below an upper. The outsole is at least partially breathable, including at least one sheet-like breathable element defined by a plurality of granules made of expanded material and having a uniform size, arranged in a substantially ordered manner and between which there are voids that form one or more channels through the breathable element that are permeable to air and/or vapor.
US11039654B2
A protective mask includes a main frame body made of magnesium alloy and having an imaginary vertical central line. The main frame body has a plurality of first rods arranged along the central line, a plurality of second rods, and at least one first protrusion. Each of the first rods has spaced-apart first front and rear surfaces, and two opposite first connecting surfaces interconnecting the first front and rear surfaces. A thickness between the first front and rear surfaces is larger than a thickness between the first connecting surfaces. Each of the second rods is connected between two adjacent ones of the first rods. The first protrusion protrudes from the first front surface of one of the first rods.
US11039651B1
The disclosed artificial reality hat may include a crown portion dimensioned to at least partially cover a head of a user, a brim portion that extends from the crown portion in at least a forward direction away from the crown portion, and a display subsystem, coupled to the brim portion, that is configured to present computer-generated images. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11039646B2
An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus includes a housing; the housing having an insertion point at one end through which a consumable article including smokable material can be removably inserted into the apparatus; and at least one heater arranged within the housing for heating the smokable material within the consumable article. The housing includes ventilation around the outside of the consumable article at the insertion point to enable at least one heated volatilized component from the smokable material to exit the apparatus or air to enter the apparatus.
US11039638B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for drying and/or roasting beans for foodstuff, such as cocoa beans, or parts of beans, such as cocoa nibs, comprising a frame, a drum (2) for receiving the beans or parts of beans rotatably mounted in the frame and at least partially closed at one end (3) and open at the other (4), a shell (5) enveloping the drum (2), a door (7) for closing the open end (4) of the drum (2), a heater (19) for heating the drum (2), and a fan and a valve (26) for maintaining an underpressure in the space (20) between the drum (2) and the shell (5). A seal (30) is located in the clearance between the drum (2) and the shell (5).
US11039637B2
A composition comprising probiotic bacteria, the composition comprising: (a) a core composition containing the probiotic bacteria and a stabilizer, wherein the total amount of probiotics in the mixture is from about 10% to about 90% by weight of the core composition; (b) an innermost coating layer, layered on said core composition, comprising at least one hydrophobic solid fat or fatty acid having a melting point lower than 60° C.; (c) an intermediate coating layer layered on said innermost coating layer, which when present in an aqueous solution in the amount of 0.1% weight/weight over the weight of the solution, has a surface tension lower than 60 mN/m, when measured at 25° C.; and (d) an outer coating layer, layered on said intermediate coating layer; wherein the composition is in the form of particles; food products containing the composition and methods of preparation thereof.
US11039628B2
A silage with increased digestibility is produced from a corn hybrid that includes both brown midrib (bmr) and floury traits. A growing ration comprises such silage. A finishing ration comprises such silage. A method of increasing the meat quantity of a silage-fed animal comprises providing a silage produced from a corn hybrid that includes brown midrib (bmr) and floury traits, and feeding the animal with an animal feed composition that comprises the silage.
US11039620B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include as plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase including B2O3, P2O5 and K2O and a durable phase including SiO2. Other embodiments include glasses having a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing conditions and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions. In some embodiments, the glass and articles exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of Murine Norovirus under Modified JIS Z 2801 Test for Viruses testing conditions.
US11039615B2
Advantageously, para-chloroaniline (PCA) is minimal in antimicrobial articles prepared according to the method of the invention. A method of forming an antimicrobial article according to the invention comprises steps of: providing a polymerizable composition; incorporating an antimicrobially effective amount of at least one chlorhexidine-containing antimicrobial agent into the polymerizable composition; and, polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form chlorhexidine-containing polymer of the antimicrobial article, wherein processing temperature during the method is less than about 80° C.
US11039608B2
A battery-free electric mosquito swatter, comprising a flat swatting portion (1), a handle (2), a control circuit board (3), and a mechanical energy-based power generation device (5). The flat swatting portion (1) consists of a swatter frame and a swatter net. The flat swatting portion (1) is connected to the handle (2), the control circuit board (3) and the mechanical energy-based power generation device (5) are disposed within the handle (2), and the swatting net and the mechanical energy-based power generation device (5) are electrically connected to the control circuit board (3). The mechanical energy-based power generation device (5) comprises a hand squeeze member (51), a gear transmission mechanism, and a power generator (57). The hand squeeze member (51) is provided with a curved gear rack (511) meshing with an input gear of the gear transmission mechanism. An output gear of the gear transmission mechanism drives a rotating shaft of a rotor of the power generator (57) to rotate. The power generator (57) is electrically connected to the control circuit board (3). The handle (2) is provided with a discharge button switch (4) used to short a positive and negative electrode of the swatter net. The electric mosquito swatter of the present invention does not require a battery, lowers a use cost, and reduces environmental pollution caused by waste batteries. In addition, the present invention provides a reasonable and reliable overall design and safety during use, has a long service life and a low cost, and is easy to assemble and ready for use immediately after squeezing, thus providing convenience and fun during use.
US11039604B2
This invention relates to laying nest having a rack drive expulsion system. As disclosed herein, the invention preferably comprises a laying nest for hens comprising a box and a rack drive floor expulsion system. The floor pivotably moves between first and second positions by virtue of a gear rack that is fixedly connected to and disposed within the box, and a gear wheel that is rotatably connected to the floor. Accordingly, the expulsion system provides for the selected removal of hens from the laying nests as desired.
US11039603B2
Systems, methods, and computer code products for monitoring the behavior, health, and/or characteristics of an animal are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the animal is positioned inside a waste container placed on a system that is adapted to determine, record and communicate over a network various animal health parameters. These parameters can be processed to determine trends, statistics and changes of animal physiological functions. The results can be used to access animal health conditions and issue warnings, alarms, messages, and other notifications to designated caretakers. These notifications may be displayed using various devices such as computers and/or mobile devices. Data retrieval and review capability can provide improved understanding of an animal's health conditions and facilitate early illness detection.
US11039601B1
A control method for barking prohibition in a barking prohibition piece. This method includes: detecting a dog barking sound; detecting vibration characteristics of the dog barking sound; determining whether the dog barking sound has reached a preset noise level or whether the audio characteristic of dog barking has reached a preset audio characteristic; determining whether the detected vibration characteristics during dog barking include a head shaking characteristic and a dog-larynx vibration characteristic; and when the dog barking sound has reached the preset noise level or the audio characteristic of dog barking has reached the preset audio characteristic and the detected vibration characteristics during dog barking include the head shaking characteristic and the dog-larynx vibration characteristic, determining that the dog wearing the barking prohibition piece is barking and that a predefined barking prohibition trigger condition is satisfied, and sending a barking prohibition action to the dog wearing the barking prohibition piece.
US11039600B2
A pet protection system includes a leg portion having a first end having a first cross-section having a flexible opening to insert a pet foot therethrough; an angled portion coupled to the first end and having a second cross-section greater than the first cross-section; and a second end coupled to the angled portion, wherein the second end has a third cross-section greater than the second cross-section; and a body portion coupled to the leg portion, the body portion forming a loop that fits securely on a body of the pet.
US11039596B2
A pet container for transporting pets, in particular for air shipment of pets, comprising an outer shell having a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the outer shell defines a pet chamber for accommodating a pet, wherein the outer shell has an opening formed therein for providing access to the pet chamber and a door for opening and closing the opening, and a climate compartment for receiving a cooling or heating medium therein, wherein the climate compartment is provided below the pet chamber and has an orifice for horizontally inserting a cooling or heating medium into and removing a cooling or heating medium from the climate compartment.
US11039588B2
The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Dehli Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.
US11039585B1
The modular hydroponic growing system comprises a collection of one or more independent growing units. Each of the independent growing units provides a controlled enclosed environment for growing plants. Each of the independent growing units monitors and controls the temperature and moisture levels in the controlled enclosed environment. Each of the independent growing units monitors and controls the level of nutrients provided to the growing plants. Each of the independent growing units is identical. Each of the independent growing units comprises a container, a lid, and a management system. The management system and the lid attach to the container. The lid provides access into the controlled enclosed environment. The lid encloses the controlled enclosed environment. The management system monitors and controls the temperature and moisture levels in the controlled enclosed environment. The management system monitors and controls the level of nutrients provided to the growing plants.
US11039580B2
An agro-industrial process with minimal environmental impact, of the type having a step of cultivating vegetable and/or mushroom products, includes a step of harvesting the products, at least one step of thermo-mechanical treatment of the products in order to obtain intermediate products, and a step of packaging of a final stage of the intermediate products. The thermo-mechanical treatment step provides for a mechanical process of removing the unnecessary parts from the products so as to define waste. The waste, constituted exclusively by vegetable substances, is separated from the intermediate products, intended for the subsequent treatment and packaging steps, and sent into a biogas production unit. The digestate, constituted by the waste of the biogas production unit, is used as a fertilizer on the respective cultivation soil in a new step of cultivation of vegetable products.
US11039577B2
The LED grow light system includes at least one of a first LED that includes a 4,000K LED having a first light output, at least one of a second LED having a second light output in about an orange spectra, at least one of a third LED having a third light output in about a green/yellow spectra, and at least one of a fourth LED having a fourth light output in about a red spectra. Each of the first light output, the second light output, the third light output, and the fourth light output combine into an aggregate light output that mimics a full spectrum of sunlight at a relatively efficient input power of about 600-650 watts.
US11039567B2
Disclosed herein is a nut planter tool comprising an elongate drop tube fixed to a dig tube. The dig tube is spaced from the drop tube with each having generally parallel central axes. A plunger assembly comprises a plunger at an inferior end that translates within the dig tube. The tool ergonomically removes a soil core that is larger than the diameter of the tree nut, delivers the nut from an ergonomic height to a proper depth for germination; and replaces the soil core, covering the tree nut. The device is utilized standing upright thus eliminating the physical labor of bending over and reducing typical nut planting time.
US11039564B2
An agricultural tillage implement includes a main section including a hitch extending in a travel direction, a plurality of foldable wing sections coupled with the main section, a plurality of ground engaging tilling elements, a plurality of wheel assemblies and a control system. The tilling elements are coupled to the main section and wing sections. Each of the wheel assemblies include an actuator. The wheel assemblies include a first plurality of wheel assemblies associated with the main section and a second plurality of wheel assemblies associated with the plurality of wing sections. The actuators of the first plurality of wheel assemblies being independent of the actuators of the second plurality of wheel assemblies. The control system is configured to actuate the actuators to effect a profile minimizing operation of the foldable wing sections when the implement is being transitioned into a transport mode.
US11039562B2
An implement for clipping weeds in a field, where the weeds are standing taller than the crop. The implement comprises a plurality of rotatable blades on a frame, with variable height adjustment means to elevate the frame and position the blades above the crop but at a level sufficient to clip the upper portions of the weeds, The blades are powered by PTO-driven shaft segments, the segments connected by U-joints, wherein the implement further comprises alignment means for aligning the U-joints so that the frame can be folded for transport without damaging the shafts or U-joints.
US11044841B2
A feeder system includes a feeder configured to receive a component, a pick location configured to present the component from the carrier tape for a subsequent picking process, a camera system configured to view the component at or prior to the pick location. The camera system is configured to measure an offset between one or more topside features of the component and an outline of the component. A pick and place machine that includes the feeder, and a method of inspecting components.
US11044834B1
An apparatus includes a housing having a bottom surface and one or more mounting members that enable the housing to be mounted in a rack. The apparatus includes liquid cooling components mounted within the housing. The liquid cooling components include tubing within which a coolant may be communicated, and a heat exchange component that thermally couples a heat load within the housing to the coolant so that heat from the heat load is transferred to the coolant. The bottom surface of the housing defines a drain path. The heat exchange component is positioned in a downward direction of gravity relative to the heat load when the housing is mounted in the rack. In the event of a coolant leak, the coolant leak will occur beneath the heat load and the coolant will flow away from the heat load and exit the housing by use of the drain path.
US11044813B2
An all-directions embedded module includes a substrate layer, many first embedded pads, many second embedded pads, and many side wall circuits. The substrate layer comprises a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connected to the first surface and the second surface. The first embedded pads is formed on the first surface. The second embedded pads is formed on the second surface. The side wall circuits embedded in the substrate layer and exposed from the side surfaces. The all-directions embedded module further includes a plurality of first connecting circuits formed on the first surface and a plurality of second connecting circuits formed on the second surface. The first embedded pads is connected to the side wall circuits by the first connecting circuits. The second embedded pads is connected to the side wall circuits by the second connecting circuits.
US11044811B2
A high power radiofrequency (RF) capacitor, integrated circuit board/capacitor and methods for manufacture therefor can include a dielectric substrate, and a first metallic layer and a second metallic layer that can be deposited on opposite sides of the dielectric substrate, and a ground plane that can be co-planar with one of the metallic layers. This can establish a broadside coupling capacitance effect between the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer. The first metallic layer and the second metallic layer can have a circular profile when viewed in plan view; alternatively, the first metallic layer and second metallic layer can have a T-shaped profile when viewed in plan view. The desired profile and the desired profile geometry can depend on the design power and operating frequency for the capacitor can depend on whether the capacitor must operate as a series capacitor or a shunt capacitor.
US11044804B2
A connector assembly and a display device are provided. A connector assembly includes a first connector comprising a long-side portion at which a plurality of signal terminals is located and a short-side portion at which a power source voltage terminal is located, and a printed circuit board including a plurality of signal printed lines connected to the plurality of signal terminals and a power source voltage printed line connected to the power source voltage terminal, the first connector being arranged on the printed circuit board.
