US11042845B2
An authentication computing device, including a processor in communication with a memory, for authenticating an ACH transaction processed over an ACH network is provided. The processor is programmed to register a payee with the authentication computing device, and to receive an authentication request for an electronic ACH transaction to transfer funds from a payor account to a payee account. The request is received from a first client computing device and includes an account identifier associated with the payor account. The processor is also programmed to transmit an authentication challenge to a second client computing device based on account data associated with the account identifier. The processor is further programmed to receive a response to the authentication challenge, determine whether the account data has been authenticated based on the received challenge response, and transmit an authentication response to the payee based on the determination.
US11042842B2
A system and method in which a device will search for and work collaboratively with an expert to respond to a request that the device is unable to respond to on its own. The expert may be one or more of, or a combination of, a human, a virtual persona, a robot or another device.
US11042837B2
An example method for predicting average inventory with newly added items can include: aggregating sales data of a plurality of items, the items comprising training items and new items; identifying, using a set of predefined rules, a data set of similar items on the training items for each of the new items, the set of predefined rules comprising a first stage similarity module, a second stage similarity module, and a second stage classification module; obtaining target metrics for each of the new items, the target metrics being turn predictions from the data set of the similar items; calculating mean errors of the turn predictions to identify a set of turn predictions with mean errors lower than a dynamic threshold; obtaining an ultimate turn prediction for each new item by averaging the set of turn predictions; and predicting an average inventory for each new item based on the ultimate turn prediction.
US11042814B2
A computer system can perform a semi-supervised machine learning processes to cluster a plurality of entities within a population based on their features and associated labels. The computer system can generate visualization data representing the clusters of entities and associated labels for displaying on a user interface. A user can review the clustering of entities and use the user interface to add or modify the labels associated with a particular entity or set of entities. The computer system can use the user's feedback to update the labels and then re-determine the clustering of entities using the semi-supervised machine learning process with the updated labels as input. As such, the computer system can use the user's feedback to improve the accuracy of the machine learning model without requiring a larger amount of labeled input data.
US11042808B2
Predicting probable activity consequences is provided. Information is collected from data sources to identify various activities. Patterns of how any identified activity is linked with a corresponding event are detected based on analyzing the information. The patterns are indexed with data having a relationship to a particular event. Activity context information associated with a set of identified activities corresponding to the particular event is extracted from the information. A cognitive model of how the set of identified activities corresponding to the particular event are related to a set of activity consequences is generated. Probable activity consequences with degree of severity corresponding to the activity context information is predicted based on the cognitive model. A recommendation to perform a set of action steps to reduce impact of the probable activity consequences on different aspects of the activity context information associated with the set of identified activities is generated.
US11042807B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a target image corresponding to a target specimen, the target specimen comprising a tissue sample of a patient, applying a machine learning model, which may also be known as a machine learning system, to the target image to determine at least one characteristic of the target specimen and/or at least one characteristic of the target image, the machine learning model having been generated by processing a plurality of training images to predict at least one characteristic, the training images comprising images of human tissue and/or images that are algorithmically generated, and outputting the at least one characteristic of the target specimen and/or the at least one characteristic of the target image.
US11042798B2
Certain embodiments involve learning features of content items (e.g., images) based on web data and user behavior data. For example, a system determines latent factors from the content items based on data including a user's text query or keyword query for a content item and the user's interaction with the content items based on the query (e.g., a user's click on a content item resulting from a search using the text query). The system uses the latent factors to learn features of the content items. The system uses a previously learned feature of the content items for iterating the process of learning features of the content items to learn additional features of the content items, which improves the accuracy with which the system is used to learn other features of the content items.
US11042797B2
According to exemplary embodiments, a method, processor, and system for accelerating a recurrent neural network are presented. A method of accelerating a recurrent neural network may include distributing from a first master core to each of a plurality of processing cores a same relative one or more columns of weight matrix data for each of a plurality of gates in the neural network, broadcasting a current input vector from the first master core to each of the processing cores, and processing each column of weight matrix data in parallel, at each of the respective processing cores.
US11042785B2
In various embodiments, training objects are classified by human annotators, psychometric data characterizing the annotation of the training objects is acquired, a human-weighted loss function based at least in part on the classification data and the psychometric data is computationally derived, and one or more features of a query object are computationally classifies based at least in part on the human-weighted loss function.
US11042774B2
The current document is directed to methods and systems for monitoring a dental patient's progress during a course of treatment. A three-dimensional model of the expected positions of the patient's teeth can be projected, in time, from a three-dimensional model of the patient's teeth prepared prior to beginning the treatment. A digital camera is used to take one or more two-dimensional photographs of the patient's teeth, which are input to a monitoring system. The monitoring system determines virtual-camera parameters for each two-dimensional input image with respect to the time-projected three-dimensional model, uses the determined virtual-camera parameters to generate two-dimensional images from the three-dimensional model, and then compares each input photograph to the corresponding generated two-dimensional image in order to determine how closely the three-dimensional arrangement of the patient's teeth corresponds to the time-projected three-dimensional arrangement.
US11042770B2
An image data processing method includes receiving first frame image data at a first resolution, reducing a resolution of the first frame image data to a second resolution, performing image recognition on the first frame image data to determine one or more regions of interest (ROI) and a priority level of each of the ROIs; receiving second frame image data, and extracting portions of the second frame image data corresponding to the one or more ROIs. The method further includes modifying a resolution of the portions of the second frame image data corresponding to the ROIs based on the priority level of the ROIs, reducing a resolution of the received second frame image data to the second resolution, and combining the resolution-modified portions of the second frame image data corresponding to the ROIs with the second frame image data at the second resolution to generate output frame image data.
US11042765B2
In one embodiment, a safety system for playing vehicle monitored content in a vehicle while minimizing driver distraction is provided. When the driver selects a camera, such as a rear view camera, vehicle monitored content stream from the camera is displayed on a display in the vehicle. While the driver drives the vehicle, the eye-gaze of the driver is monitored. When the eye-gaze of the driver shows that the driver is looking at the display, a timer is started. The timer runs when the driver looks at the display. When the eye-gaze of the driver shows that the driver has looked at the road continuously for more than a threshold amount of time, the time associated with the vehicle monitored content is reset back to its initial value. If the timer runs out, indicating that the driver has been watching the vehicle monitored content too much without also looking at the road, the vehicle monitored content is stopped and the driver is prevented from watching the vehicle monitored content for some period of time.
US11042762B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sensor calibration method, a sensor calibration device, a computer device, a storage medium, and a vehicle. The method includes: detecting surrounding objects in a travelling process of a vehicle; recognizing a static object from the surrounding objects; performing feature extraction on the static object by a camera and a lidar, respectively; and calibrating an extrinsic parameter of the camera and the lidar based on the extracted feature.
US11042761B2
Embodiments of a method and system for sensing an obstacle, a computer device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method can include: capturing continuously, by first and second cameras adjacently arranged on a motor vehicle, obstacles around the motor vehicle, to obtain at least a first obstacle image and a second obstacle image respectively; associating the first obstacle image with the second obstacle image; determining whether the first obstacle image and the second obstacle image comprise the same obstacle. By means of some of the disclosed methods and systems, an obstacle can be real-time sensed by a motor vehicle in a large field of view, such as, a range of 360° around the vehicle.
US11042755B2
This invention discloses a system and method for detection of foreign object debris (FOD) on the areas of including but not limited to the airport runways, taxiways, aprons and adjacent areas. The invention makes use of single or multiple passive optical sensors monitoring the areas for signal acquisition, a database and a processing unit to further analyze the captured optical signal in order to detect the presence; and in case of the detection of the foreign debris in various threat levels, creating an alert for the removal thereof; depending on variables such as the estimated area and foreign object size and visual characteristics.
US11042752B2
A system may receive a first video stream from a first source over a network; receive a second video stream from a second source over the network; store a first portion of the first video stream in a first first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer; store a second portion of the second video stream in a second FIFO buffer; compare the first portion of the first video stream to the second portion of the second video stream; detect an advertisement and features in the first video stream based on the comparing; and analyze the advertisement to identify one or more types of anomalies in the advertisement based on the detected features.
US11042741B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for an intelligent protective drone are described. The aeronautical drone comprises an environmental protective shield that provides protection from environmental elements. An image of an environment near the aeronautical drone is captured and processed to identify a target entity. A geographic location of an effective protective area provided by the environmental protective shield is identified and a location for the aeronautical drone is determined that places the target entity within the effective protective area.
US11042737B2
A learning device (10) includes an acquirer (11), a learner (12), and a generator (14). The acquirer (11) acquires a learning signal. The learner (12) performs, in accordance with similarities indicating degrees of similarity between waveforms, clustering of partial signals cut out from the learning signal acquired by the acquirer (11), and learns reference waveforms that each indicate a waveform of a corresponding partial signal of the clustered partial signals. The generator (14) generates, based on at least one of a distribution of the similarities or characteristics of clusters that each include a corresponding partial signal of the clustered partial signals, progress information indicating a progress status of the learning by the learner (12), and outputs the progress information.
US11042735B2
A system and method are capable of ensuring that one or more text strings will be able to be fully rendered in a target area of a user interface or a target area of a graphics file. The system and method determine the number of pixels of first and second reference text that fit in the target area in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, respectively, determine the number of pixels of string text in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and compare the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the first reference text and the vertical direction of the second reference text respectively to the number of pixels in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of the text string that is desired to be rendered in the target area to determine whether the text string will fit in the target area.
US11042734B2
Techniques for document segmentation. In an example, a document processing application segments an electronic document image into strips. A first strip overlaps a second strip. The application generates a first mask indicating one or more elements and element types in the first strip by applying a predictive model network to image content in the first strip and a prior mask generated from image content of the first strip. The application generates a second mask indicating one or more elements and element types in the second strip by applying the predictive model network to image content in the second strip and the first mask. The application computes, from a combined mask derived from the first mask and the second mask, an output electronic document that identifies elements in the electronic document and the respective element types.
US11042729B2
Images of a plurality of users are captured concurrently with the plurality of users evincing a plurality of expressions. The images are captured using one or more eye tracking sensors implemented in one or more head mounted devices (HMDs) worn by the plurality of first users. A machine learnt algorithm is trained to infer labels indicative of expressions of the users in the images. A live image of a user is captured using an eye tracking sensor implemented in an HMD worn by the user. A label of an expression evinced by the user in the live image is inferred using the machine learnt algorithm that has been trained to predict labels indicative of expressions. The images of the users and the live image can be personalized by combining the images with personalization images of the users evincing a subset of the expressions.
US11042721B2
The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor comprising an array of ultrasonic transducers, one microcontroller unit (MCU) configured for obtaining a configuration of the transducers, and a plurality of parallel mixed-signal Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), each configured to be communicatively connected with the MCU and for Analogue-Digital (AD) conversion of analogue signals from the transducers to digital data and comprising a respective data storage for storing said digital data. The sensor also comprises, for each of the mixed-signal ASICs, a plurality of parallel front-end ASICs, each configured to be communicatively connected with said mixed-signal ASIC and for controlling a respective group of the transducers in accordance with the obtained configuration.
US11042717B2
An intelligent tracking system generally includes one or more tracking devices, some of which may be passive tracking devices. Each passive tracking device includes one or more transceivers and is energized by an energizing signal. Some of these passive tracking devices may operate in a first communication mode or a second communication mode based on the energizing signal. Some tracking devices may include encryption modules or authentication modules. Some of these devices may incorporate a bulk acoustic wave oscillator.
US11042711B2
Natural language content can be provided by multiple and various sources. Once in text format, such content may be provided to various systems for further processing to identify one or more propositions. The relationship between each proposition may be identified and ordered according to the identified relationships. A visual display may be generated to illustrate the identified propositions and relationship, as well as identify any propositions that may be missing, unsupported, or other characteristic thereof.
US11042708B1
NLG techniques are disclosed that apply computer technology to sentence data for performing entity referencing. For example, a processor can parse sentence data in a defined window of sentence data into a list of entity terms and a plurality of classifications associated with the listed entity terms. A processor can also compute a plurality of context saliency scores for a plurality of the listed entity terms based on the classifications associated with the listed entity terms. For new sentence data that refers to an entity term from the entity term list, a processor can select a referring term for referencing that entity term from a list of candidate referring terms based on the context saliency scores for the entity terms. A processor can then form the new sentence data such that the new sentence data includes the selected referring term to refer to the at least one entity term.
US11042704B1
A system, method and program product that provides user specific text suggestions across a set of hosted applications. A disclosed method includes: initiating a session with an application hosting platform for a user using a client device, wherein the platform includes a plurality of applications; accessing a dictionary associated with the user, wherein the dictionary provides text suggestions in response to inputted keyboard data and the dictionary is applicable for the user across each of the plurality of applications; deploying a selected application from the to the user at the client device; intercepting keyboard data entered by the user within the selected application; analyzing intercepted keyboard data and generating text suggestions specific to the user using the dictionary associated with the user; and outputting text suggestions within the selected application. The text suggestions are generated independently of capabilities of deployed application and operating systems running on the client device.
US11042702B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for solving a textual logic problem. A logic problem solution engine in the data processing system receives an input text containing a logic problem. A parser executing in the data processing system parses the input text to identify entities in the input text. The logic problem solution engine performs cognitive processing on the input text to discover relationships between the entities. A statistical analysis component executing in the data processing system determines statistical relationships between pairs of entities in the input text to form a set of statistical relationships. The logic problem solution engine determines whether a given statistical relationship within the set of statistical relationships fits as a solution to the logic problem. Responsive to determining that the given statistical relationship within the set of statistical relationships fits as a solution to the logic problem, the mechanism presents the given statistical relationship to the user.
US11042697B2
The technology disclosed relates to formulating and refining field extraction rules that are used at query time on raw data with a late-binding schema. The field extraction rules identify portions of the raw data, as well as their data types and hierarchical relationships. These extraction rules are executed against very large data sets not organized into relational structures that have not been processed by standard extraction or transformation methods. By using sample events, a focus on primary and secondary example events help formulate either a single extraction rule spanning multiple data formats, or multiple rules directed to distinct formats. Selection tools mark up the example events to indicate positive examples for the extraction rules, and to identify negative examples to avoid mistaken value selection. The extraction rules can be saved for query-time use, and can be incorporated into a data model for sets and subsets of event data.
US11042693B2
Method, system, and programs for identifying and delivering content. In one example, a request for content is first received from a user, via the communication platform. One or more parameters are obtained which are associated with the platform on which the requested content is to be presented. When the requested page is retrieved, it is determined whether the page was created with respect to a second platform that is more restrictive than the first platform. If so, additional content is generated, the selection of which is based on the parameters associated with the platform on which the requested content is to be presented as well as the content of the requested content page. The additional content is integrated with the requested content page and then transmitted to the user as a response to the request.
US11042689B2
A system and computer implemented method for managing a workload in an environment is disclosed. The method may include establishing a set of criteria for providing a document preview, wherein the set of criteria includes a predetermined qualitative user-input feature. The method may also include detecting a first criterion of the set of criteria using a content recognition system configured to analyze user-generated data associated with the document. The first criterion may be correlated with a portion of the document. The method may also include generating, based on the first criterion, a document preview for the portion of the document. The method may also include presenting, in response to a triggering event for a display preview, the document preview.
US11042687B2
The present disclosure relates to lithographic apparatuses and processes, and more particularly to tools for optimizing illumination sources and masks for use in lithographic apparatuses and processes. According to certain aspects, the present disclosure significantly speeds up the convergence of the optimization by allowing direct computation of gradient of the cost function. According to other aspects, the present disclosure allows for simultaneous optimization of both source and mask, thereby significantly speeding the overall convergence. According to still further aspects, the present disclosure allows for free-form optimization, without the constraints required by conventional optimization techniques.
US11042685B2
A method for developing a method for compiling a quantum circuit on a quantum processor, comprising: a selection step: of a quantum circuit, of a quantum processor whereupon to compile the quantum circuit, of a set of quantum gates that can be executed on the selected quantum processor, of a metric, a meta-heuristic, a step of division of the selected quantum circuit into quantum sub-circuits, a first step of re-writing of the quantum sub-circuits comprising quantum gates that cannot be executed by the selected quantum processor to comprise only quantum gates that can be executed by the selected quantum processor, a second step of re-writing of the quantum sub-circuits, by the selected meta-heuristic, to obtain quantum sub-circuits comprising quantum gates that can be executed by the selected quantum processor, improving the selected metric, a step of regrouping of the quantum sub-circuits in a quantum circuit compilable by the selected quantum processor.
US11042683B2
A system may include an input engine and a void avoidance engine. The input engine may access an electronic circuit design of an electronic design automation (EDA) tool as well as identify a first net and a second net in the electronic circuit design. The void avoidance engine may perform a void avoidance verification scan to determine whether the first net, the second net, or both, are within a threshold distance from any voids in the electronic circuit design. The void avoidance engine may also generate a double violation alert responsive to a determination that the first net and the second net are both within the threshold distance from a particular void in the electronic circuit design and that the first net and the second net are located on different sides of the same plane of the electronic circuit design.
US11042674B2
The description describes one or more processing devices and one or more hardware storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processing devices, to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations including modeling the porous material as a two-dimensional interface, in a simulation space, in which fluid flows and sound waves travel through the porous material and experience pressure and acoustic losses. The operations also include simulating, in the simulation space, fluid flow and propagation of sound waves, the activity of the fluid being simulated so as to simulate movement of elements within the simulation space and across the interface, where the simulation of the movement of the elements across the interface is governed by the model.
US11042670B2
A method of pillow customization includes analyzing shapes associated with people through the use of sensors to create analytical data; receiving photos from a subject user through a first computing device and a server; determining a firmness of a mattress of the subject user based on the photos; determining body measurements of the subject based on the photos through one or more algorithms and a second computing device; providing the subject user with a pillow diagram, the pillow diagram having one or more zones, each of the one or more zones being customizable in firmness; receiving one or more subject user inputted selections through the first computing device; and designing a pillow based on the firmness of the mattress, the body measurements, and the one or more subject user inputted characteristics, the pillow being customized to the subject user.
US11042669B2
A cryptographic ASIC and method for autonomously storing a unique internal identifier into a one-time programmable memory in isolation by a foundry. The identifier may be determined by calculating a transformed hash of a predetermined input, and may serve as a cryptographically defined and verifiable CpuID for a particular ASIC instance. The CpuID may be derived from an input based on a manufacture date, a wafer lot number, a wafer number, row and column coordinates for a die on a wafer, or other foundry-defined data. The CpuID enables a given ASIC instance to be securely and remotely identified across an untrusted network, and to serve as a specified processor that originates an information stream or a message. The ASIC need not always perform high-speed calculations and so may be relatively simple and inexpensive, and in one embodiment serves as a secure data administrator that manages subscriptions and software updates.
US11042657B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to de determine a secure memory region for a transaction, the secure memory region associated with a security association context to perform one or more of an encryption/decryption operation and an authentication operation for the transaction, perform one or more of the encryption/decryption operation and the authentication operation for the transaction based on the security association context, and cause communication of the transaction.
US11042656B2
Examples relate to throttling data access using a data porch. In some examples, an analysis engine is used to access memory and prepare a data response for a data request that is obtained from the data porch via a throttled data buffer. The data response is sent to the data porch via the throttled data buffer, where the throttled data buffer has a throttled data bandwidth that limits a data flow of data requests and data responses between the analysis engine and the data porch. In response to receiving the data response from the analysis engine via the throttled data buffer, the data porch is used to provide the data response to a networked device.
US11042654B2
Metadata describing access control capabilities of a database technology resource is received from an access control system. Access restrictions for accessing data of the database resource by users of an application that have a role are received from an application developer. A role maintenance user interface is generated, using the metadata, for assigning the role to users of the application. Attribute values for creating an instance of the role for a user are received, using the role maintenance user interface. The instance of the role is created for the user based on the received attribute values and the access restrictions. A request from the application for the user to access the database resource is received by the access control system when the user is logged into the application. The access restrictions are applied by the access control system in the database resource when the database resource is accessed.
US11042650B2
A database-management system provides sargable evaluation for query predicates that compare an “LHS” encrypted database-column operand to an “RHS” expression operand. The system directly compares the two operands if all their attributes match. If the operands are encrypted string-type values differing only in length, the system truncates the RHS or pads it with encrypted blanks and, if a truncation loses meaningful data, evaluates the predicate as never satisfying an equality condition. In all other cases, if all attributes of a plaintext RHS don't match those of the plaintext data encoded into the LHS column, the system attempts to cast the RHS to match the plaintext LHS data. An error condition or data loss at this step allows the system to sargably evaluate the predicate without further analysis, but if the casting is successful and error-free, the system encrypts the resulting RHS and performs a sargable predicate evaluation.
US11042644B2
The disclosure is related to a method and a system for security verification in a booting process of a computer system. A multi-core processor of the computer system is utilized to perform a security verification operation initiated by a UEFI BIOS. The security verification operation is configured to test if the computer system is qualified as a secure system for a specific use. In one aspect, the multi-core processor architecture has the benefit of providing a more efficient way to allow each of the multiple cores to perform one verification task for one of the peripherals of the system. An embodiment shows that the multiple cores can be individually assigned to perform different tasks such as verifying security of various medium in parallel processes when the computer system is in the booting process.
US11042641B2
A trusted deployment and communications gateway for deployment, trusted execution, and secure communications system includes a trusted platform for deployment of trusted applications. The trusted platform may include a secure user profile comprising user data specifications that is stored in a secure storage location of the trusted platform, a kernel development engine configured to receive various application program instructions within a trusted environment, a testing and signing module configured to generate signed application program instructions in response to determining that the application program instructions do not violate one or more of the data specifications, a compiler configured to compile the signed application program instructions to generate a signed application kernel, and a kernel store configured to store the signed application kernels that are executable in the trusted platform.
US11042639B2
Some embodiments provide a method for an end machine, that implements a distributed application, to redirect new network connection requests to other end machines that also implement the distributed application. The method receives a set of measurement data from a set of resources of the end machine and determines whether a measurement data received from a particular resource has exceeded a threshold. When the measurement data has exceeded the threshold, the method notifies a load balancer that balances new requests for connection to the distributed application between the end machines. The notification causes the load balancer not to send any new connection request to the end machine and redirect them to other end machines.
US11042637B1
A method includes obtaining assembly code of a first software module, the assembly code comprising one or more assembly functions each comprising at least one basic block. The method also includes computing fingerprints of the basic blocks of the first software module by application of a fuzzy hash function, generating a representation of the first software module as a set of assembly functions each represented as a sequence of fingerprints of its associated basic blocks, and determining a similarity score between the first software module and at least a second software module classified as a given software module type. The similarity score is based on distances between the fingerprints of the basic blocks of the assembly functions of the first software module and corresponding fingerprints of the second software module. The method further includes determining a measure of code sharing between the first and second software modules based on the similarity score.
US11042633B2
A computing apparatus for protecting software hooks from interference may include a processing device and a memory access monitoring device configured to monitor access to the memory addresses of one or more hooks. When a task T1 attempts to write to a memory address of a monitored hook, the monitoring device may generate a notification (e.g., an interrupt), and the processing device may pause execution of the task T1 and initiate execution of a hook protection task T2. The hook protection task T2 may determine whether to allow task T1 to modify the monitored hook. If task T1 is not a trusted task (e.g., if task T1 is or may be malware), the processing device blocks T1 from modifying the monitored hook. In this manner, some attempts to unhook critical software hooks may be thwarted.
US11042632B2
An image capture system and methods for auto-recording media data are herein disclosed. A method includes selecting an activity-specific monitor based on an activity type and capturing data. The activity-specific monitor defines one or more auto-recording conditions that, when satisfied, cause the image capture system to record data. The method includes executing the activity-specific monitor. The activity-specific monitor may receive sensor data, determine whether the one or more auto-recording conditions defined by the activity-specific monitor are met, and output a notification indicating that the one or more auto-recording conditions are met. The method further includes writing a portion of the data captured to the persistent storage of the image capture system.
US11042631B2
According to some illustrative embodiments, a method for blending the data of an execution environment and the data of the protected application includes modifying the data values of the protected application using the values of the execution environment in a semantically-neutral manner or modifying the data values of the execution environment using the values of the protected application in a semantically-neutral manner. In some other embodiments, a computer implemented method for binding an execution environment and a protected application includes: selecting at least one instruction from an instruction set of the protected application; selecting at least one context from within the protected application; assigning a new meaning to the selected at least one instruction for the selected at least one context; transforming a program to use the new meaning for the selected at least one instruction and the selected at least one context; and executing the program with the execution environment that knows the newly assigned selected at least one instruction and selected at least one context. In the preferred embodiments, the execution environment comprises any combination of a process-level virtual machine, a system-level virtual machine, a hypervisor, a simulator, an emulator, or a just-in-time compilation system.
US11042625B2
A system for visual password input. The system for visual password input includes an electronic device having a display, wherein the electronic device further includes a camera. A processor disposed within the electronic device includes a non-transitory computer readable memory having a logic thereon, wherein the logic provides a login screen to the display, wherein the login screen prevents access to the electronic device until an authentication signal is verified. The authentication signal comprises an image capture received by the camera, wherein the image capture is compared to an image data of a password object stored on the non-transitory computer readable memory and analyzed to determine whether the image capture matches the image data of the password object within a confidence interval. Access is then provided to the electronic device if the image capture matches the image data of the password object.
US11042624B2
The disclosure is directed to wirelessly injecting passwords from a password vault application on a mobile device into a computing device. A method according to embodiments includes: sending a password using a wireless protocol from a mobile computing device to a universal serial bus human interface device (USB HID device) coupled with a computing device; receiving the password at the USB HID device; and injecting, by the USB HID device, the password as a series of keystrokes into a password field on the computing device.
US11042620B2
A system and methods for authenticating an electronic signature using a biometric fingerprint includes registering a subscriber to the service. The subscriber asks document signers enter their fingerprint(s) by a fingerprint reader. The fingerprint data is applied to a fingerprint matcher which generates a gallery pair table of fingerprint minutiae for each signer. A secret user ID or operation number is generated. A sharing module splits the fingerprint information into N shares and generates a threshold number S. The secret is applied to the sharing module and N shares of the secret are generated. The N shares of fingerprint data are each combined with one share the secret to form N combined shares. The N combined shares are each stored in different cloud storage locations. Retrieval of the secret to authenticate the signers requires S signers to enter their fingerprints and S combined shares to be downloaded from the clouds.
US11042618B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods, apparatus and systems for biometric processes. The methods include updating stored ear model data for a user following successful authentication of the user. The ear model data may be acquired using a personal audio device that generates an acoustic stimulus and detects a measured response. The acquisition of the ear model data may be responsive to a determination that the personal audio device is inserted into or placed adjacent to the user's ear. The acquisition of the ear model data may also be responsive to the determination that the personal audio device has not been removed from or moved away from the user's ear.
US11042614B2
An authentication device that uses biometric authentication includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first biometric information of a user, a storage unit configured to store second biometric information which is preregistered, a processing unit configured to obtain an authentication determination value based on similarity between the first biometric information acquired by the acquisition unit and the second biometric information stored in the storage unit, and a decision unit configured to decide a service providable to the user based on the authentication determination value and a plurality of thresholds to which different services are respectively assigned.
US11042604B2
The example embodiments of the invention notably are directed to a computer-implemented method for assessing distances between pairs of histograms. Each of the histograms is a representation of a digital object; said representation comprises bins associating weights to respective vectors. Such vectors represent respective features of said digital object. This method basically revolves around computing distances between pairs of histograms. That is, for each pair {p, q} of histograms p and q of said pairs of histograms, the method computes a distance between p and q of said each pair {p, q}. In more detail, said distance is computed according to a cost of moving p into q, so as to obtain a flow matrix F, whose matrix elements Fi,j indicate, for each pair {i,j} of bins of p and q, how much weight of a bin i of p has to flow to a bin j of q to move p into q. This is achieved by minimizing a quantity Σi,jFi,j·Ci,j, where Ci,j is a matrix element of a cost matrix C representing said cost. Said quantity Σi,jFi,j·Ci,j is minimized under two flow constraints, which, interestingly, include a relaxed flow constraint Fi,j≤ri,j, in addition to a complementary flow constraint. The relaxed flow constraint Fi,j≤ri,j is applied for at least some of the pairs {i,j}, with ri,j equal to pi or qj, where pi and qj are weights associated to bins i and j of p and q, respectively, and the complementary flow constraint is either an out-flow constraint ΣiFi,j=pi if ri,j=qj or an in-flow constraint ΣiFi,j=qj if ri,j=pi. The invention is further directed to related computer program products.
US11042602B2
A method, systems and apparatuses for preventing a user abandonment from a browser window are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, abandonment prevent on a user mobile device comprises pushing a placeholder variable onto a history object of the browser window while the user is on a first website. The user may be directed to the first website from a referrer. User may navigate backwards using a device interface element, such as a back button. When user navigation triggers a popstate, and the history for the browser is null, the user is directed to a preferred website.
US11042601B2
A method for attracting users to a web page is disclosed. A list of keywords relevant to the web page is defined at an operator interface. Each keyword of the list of keywords is independently submitted to a search engine. A result page is received for each keyword. A plurality of information elements is extracted from each result page. A score is calculated for each keyword based on the plurality of information elements extracted from each result page. At least one most attractive keyword is selected from the list of keywords, the selection being based on at least one best score among the scores for the keywords of the list. The at least one most attractive keyword is output on the operator interface as a recommendation for updating the web page to include the at least one most attractive keyword. A server implementing the method is also disclosed.
US11042599B1
According to an aspect, a method for identifying relevant messages in a conversation graph on a messaging platform includes transmitting, over a network, messages between a plurality of users on the messaging platform, generating a conversation graph based on relationships between the messages, where the conversation graph includes a plurality of messages related to a conversation, and the plurality of messages of the conversation graph include a root message and one or more reply messages connected to the root message. The method includes marking a subset of the plurality of messages of the conversation graph as relevant to the conversation, including marking a message from a user account having a credibility rating over a threshold level, and transmitting, over the network, digital information to render the subset of the plurality of messages on a user interface of a computing device.
US11042597B2
In providing visual cues in a document, a server captures search term(s) input by a user and detects a user selection of a document returned based on the search term(s). The server determines a dataset describing the user, where the dataset includes the search term(s), the document, and a set of demographic data of the user. The server maps the dataset to a user group, where the user group is associated with an expertise level for a domain associated with the document. The server assigns the expertise level associated with the user group to the user and maps the expertise level of a risk model for the domain. The risk model is applied to the document to identify the content segments that may pose a risk of harm to a reader with the user's expertise level. The document with the visual cues can then be displayed to the user.
US11042596B2
Devices often receive content items to be saved for later presentation to a user. In some instances, the content of the message is analyzed to retrieve supplemental information from external data sources, such as a map to a location discussed in a message. However, such supplementing often fails to reflect the personal context of the content item to the user, who may not easily recall the associated personal context when the content item is later presented. Instead, for a content item to be saved, a device may evaluate personal data sources to identify the personal context of the content item to the user, and add personal context annotations to a content item record of the saved content item. Later, during a presentation of the content item to the user, the personal context annotations may be included as a reflection of the personal context of the content item to the user.
US11042595B2
A search engine is configured to return increased diversity results based on past user interactions with search results. For a given query, historical data is analyzed to generate an item score describing a past quantity of users that navigated to a given page of an item. The historical data can further be used to generate a category score describing a past quantity of users that navigated to a given category of items. The category of items can be analyzed to generate a diversity score describing their diversity with respect to each other. Results for the given query can be arranged using items scores, category scores, and diversity scores.
US11042588B2
Mechanisms are described for enhancing a user's photo browsing experience by presenting one or more video clips associated with an area of the photo that the user is viewing. For example, a pre-recorded still image may be presented on a display, and the still image may be associated with a pre-recorded video. One or more video clips of interest may be defined from the pre-recorded video and associated with a viewable area of the pre-recorded still image, e.g., a zoomed-in portion of the pre-recorded video. Receipt of a user input via the zoomed-in portion may cause presentation of a video clip of interest that is associated with the zoomed-in portion. The video clip of interest may, for example be a portion of the pre-recorded video in which an evens occurs, such as a gesture or a laugh or a smile of one of the participants in the scene being captured.
US11042584B2
A server computing device receives user input from a presenter to initiate a live webinar presentation comprising a plurality of slides. Responsive to receiving the user input to initiate the live webinar presentation, the server computing device monitors slide transitions triggered by the presenter and logs time stamp data for each slide transition, generates attendee participation data, and stores the live webinar presentation as a webinar presentation video, the time stamp data, and the attendee participation data. The server computing device obtains a request from a client device to view the stored webinar presentation video and partitions the webinar presentation video into slides based on the time stamp data. The server computing device causes a user interface to be displayed at the client device, the user interface displaying, for each slide, thumbnail graphical representations of each slide for playback of the stored webinar presentation based on a thumbnail graphical representation selected by the user.
US11042581B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products relating to clustering unstructured data. A set of unstructured documents is tokenized to produce a plurality of tokens. A frequency at which terms appear in the plurality of tokens is analyzed, to generate a vocabulary of terms. A vocabulary indices matrix is generated based on the generated vocabulary of terms. The matrix relates to the set of unstructured documents. A plurality of rows in the vocabulary indices matrix are matched to generate a plurality of clusters for the set of unstructured documents.
US11042580B2
A method may include determining that input text data includes a first keyword from a first set of keywords. The method also includes determining a similarity between the input text data and a first stored text string that has previously been identified as a false positive match for the first keyword, and based on the similarity, generating a first false positive score corresponding to the input text data. Further, the method includes determining a number of keywords, from a second set of keywords, that are included in the input text data, and based on the number of keywords, generating a second false positive score corresponding to the input text data. The method also includes calculating a final false positive score corresponding to the input text data based on the first false positive score and the second false positive score.
US11042576B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for identifying candidate answer gaps within a corpus of a question and answer system. An original question posed to the question and answer system is analyzed to identify an object and a semantic type for the question. Concepts having a same or similar semantic type are retrieved from an ontology or dictionary. For at least one retrieved concept, one or more altered questions are created by replacing the object of the original question with a preferred term of the retrieved concept. The one or more altered questions are submitted to the question and answer system. The answers to the altered questions are analyzed to identify gaps within the corpus of the question and answer system.
US11042571B2
Methods and systems for maximizing data utility efficiency to maximize dynamic application of content in a database as applied to a validation are disclosed herein. A system for maximizing data utility efficiency to maximize dynamic application of content in a database as applied to a validation can include a memory having a first database containing information identifying a plurality of topics and a second database containing a plurality of content items. The system can further include a server that can maximize data utility efficiency by identifying multipurpose content items.
US11042567B1
A system and method for managing data storage and data access with querying data in a distributed system without buffering the results on intermediate operations in disk storage.
US11042566B2
Example systems and methods for cloning catalog objects are described. In one implementation, a method identifies an original catalog object associated with data and creates a duplicate copy of the original catalog object without copying the data itself. The method allows access to the data using the duplicate catalog object and supports modifying the data associated with the original catalog object independently of the duplicate catalog object. The duplicate catalog object can be deleted upon completion of modifying the data associated with the original catalog object.
US11042560B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to interface among repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities configured to access datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform configured to provide one or more computerized tools that facilitate development and management of data projects, including implementation of extended computerized query language syntax to analyze, for example, multiple tabular data arrangements in data-driven collaborative projects. For example, a method may include generating data to present a query editor in a data project interface, receiving data representing a first query command to select one or more subsets of data, identifying in the data representing a second query command a subset of datasets from which to extract the data, and applying a query based on a first query command and a second query command.
US11042550B2
A method for managing data in an enterprise by identifying data of interest from among a multiplicity of data elements in an enterprise, the method including characterizing data of interest at least by at least one non-content based data identifier thereof and at least one access metric thereof, the at least one access metric being selected from data access permissions and actual data access history and selecting data of interest by considering only data elements from among the multiplicity of data elements which have the at least one non-content based data identifier thereof and the at least one access metric thereof.
US11042546B2
Extracting data from traffic logs using regular expressions. A traffic log is received from a network device. A characterization of an extraction of data from the traffic log is determined. The traffic log is parsed by applying a first regular expression to the traffic log according to the characterization of the extraction of data from the traffic log to generate parsed data. Data is extracted from the traffic log by applying a second regular expression to the parsed data according to the characterization of the extraction of data from the traffic log to generate extracted data.
US11042538B2
A system for generating queries accesses a query history for a user. The query history includes a plurality of queries having defined query parameters. The query parameters are extracted from the plurality of queries and input into a neural network. The neural network generates an output corresponding to a predicted query the output is used to generate a predicted query and run the predicted query to generate a query result. By running the predicted query prior to a user requesting the query, results are thereby provided without lengthy processing delays when the user requests the predicted query.
US11042536B1
Systems and methods for automated data visualization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for automatically analyzing data from a plurality of data files and producing a visual output may include (1) receiving a plurality of data files from at least one data file source, each data file comprising a plurality of data columns; (2) identifying a number of columns in each of the data files; (3) using column-value matching to identify two matching columns from two different data files; (4) executing one or more machine learning algorithms on data in the data files to enrich the data; and (5) generating a first visualization for the enriched data and outputting the first visualization on a display.
US11042532B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for backing up data from a plurality of source data sets to a backup storage. Event messages are received. Each event message indicates an update to a changed data object in one of the source data sets. The event messages are added to at least one message queue. The event messages are read in the at least one message queue. A record is added to a database for each of the read event messages. Records added to the database include information on changed data objects. The database is queried to determine records for changed data objects that satisfy a backup criteria. The changed data objects in at least one of the source data sets that satisfy the backup criteria are copied to the backup storage.
US11042530B2
A computer-implemented method for improving performance of data processing with nullable schema information by using a data processing framework is presented. The method includes reading, by the processor, data from one or more blocks forming a column, where the data is stored in a database including the one or more blocks and determining, by the processor, whether any row in each block of the one or more blocks includes null data. The computer-implemented method further includes executing, by the data processing framework, optimized code if the block does not include null data and executing, by the data processing framework, non-optimized code if the block includes null data.
US11042528B2
Techniques for flexibly controlling data uniqueness which are applicable to different types of data that require different data uniqueness control. Control information mapped by a data storage space of a database is determined. The control information and data to be written into the data storage space is combined to obtain a combination result. The techniques of the present disclosure determine whether there is another combination result that is the same as the combination result. The techniques of the present disclosure, in response to determining that there is another combination result that is the same as the combination result, reject to write into the data storage space the data to be written into the data storage space of the database; or modify the another data in the database.
US11042520B2
[Problem to be Solved] Provided is a computer system that can accurately evaluate data to be analyzed without adding training data. [Solution] The computer system forms, from a matrix based on a co-occurrence frequency of first data elements forming at least one piece of data out of a plurality of data and second data elements appearing in vicinity of the first data elements, vectors for a plurality of data elements as the first data elements, calculates similarities for the first data elements on the basis of the vectors, and sets evaluation values for the first data elements on the basis of evaluation values corrected in accordance with the similarities.
US11042519B2
Systems and methods provide for optimizing data deduplication. A physical storage node can determine a cost of performing each exclusive action of a set of exclusive actions associated with data deduplication for a predetermined number of epochs to populate an exclusive action cost matrix. The node can select an optimal exclusive action from among the set of exclusive actions based on the cost of performing each exclusive action. In response to a random number being below a threshold value, the node can determine a first cost of performing a randomly selected exclusive action from the set of exclusive actions and update the exclusive action cost matrix with the first cost. In response to the random number exceeding the threshold value, the node can determine a second cost of performing the optimal exclusive action and update the exclusive action cost matrix with the second cost.
US11042518B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based hierarchical data storage. One of the methods includes: determining, based on a blockchain stored in a database that includes multiple levels of storage, a block number interval that includes one or more block numbers associated with data nodes to be migrated to a lower level of storage in response to the data nodes meeting a data migration condition, wherein each of the data nodes is included in a state Merkle tree and is associated with a block number of a block of the blockchain where the corresponding data node was last updated, and the lower level of storage corresponds to a storage media with lower storage cost.
US11042506B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for scanning of data for policy compliance. In one example, network data is evaluated to generate one or more groupings. A grouping may be based on file type of the network data. Data identification rules are applied to identify one or more data schemas from file data of a grouping. One or more policy rules that apply to content of the data schema may be determined. At least one file of the file data may be scanned to determine compliance with the one or more policy rules. A report of compliance with the one or more policy rules may be generated based on a result of a file scan. Other examples are also described.
US11042498B2
Systems and methods for selective communication through a DIMM socket via a multiplexer. A system comprises a computer interface board that includes at least two DIMM sockets, a communication bus circuitry and a control circuitry coupled to the at least two DIMM sockets. The communication bus circuitry includes a first portion of a first bus configured to receive a first set of data, and a second portion of the first bus configured to receive a second set of the data. The control circuitry includes a multiplexer coupled to a first DIMM socket and the first portion of the first bus, the first multiplexer configured to enable the control circuitry to selectively communicate through the first DIMM socket, via the first portion of the first bus, using one of the number of communication protocols.
US11042496B1
Provided are systems and methods for enabling peer-to-peer communications between peripheral devices. In various implementations, a computing system can include a PCI switch device. The first PCI switch device can include a first port and be communicatively coupled to a first root complex port. The first PCI switch device can have access to a first PCI endpoint address range. The computing system can further include a second PCI switch device. The second PCI switch device can include a second port, connected to the first port. The second PCI switch device can be communicatively coupled to a second root complex port that is different from the first root complex port. The second PCI switch device can receive a transaction addressed to the first PCI endpoint address range, and identify the transaction as associated with the second port. The second PCI switch device can subsequently transmit the transaction using the second port.
US11042484B2
A processing system includes one or more first caches and one or more first lock tables associated with the one or more first caches. The processing system also includes one or more processing units that each include a plurality of compute units for concurrently executing work-groups of work items, a plurality of second caches associated with the plurality of compute units and configured in a hierarchy with the one or more first caches, and a plurality of second lock tables associated with the plurality of second caches. The first and second lock tables indicate locking states of addresses of cache lines in the corresponding first and second caches on a per-line basis.
US11042475B2
Systems and methods are provided for validating customer use of application programming interfaces (APIs). An exemplary method includes selecting an API defining at least one service to be used by a customer and a standard associated with the API for data payloads directed to the API, and identifying the customer. The method also includes selecting at least one test case for the API and the customer, bundling the test case(s) into a test project for the customer, and transmitting the test project to the customer whereby the customer is able to execute the test project. The method further includes monitoring data payloads between the API and the customer and compiling a report indicative of a result of the test case(s) where the report indicates whether the data payloads are compliant with the standard associated with the API and whether the customer is certified to use the API, or not.
US11042455B1
The present disclosure provides a system and method for online brand continuity. Online brand continuity can include a number of Internet or intranet access points via which one or more network addresses can be advertised. A client can be provided with availability of a business image application via at least one of the Internet or intranet access points.
US11042454B1
Restoring data to a data store that suffered corrupted data over a time period is disclosed. A system may provide an interface to specify a time window and filter conditions for identifying corrupted data in an object in a data store, such as, but not limited to, a corrupted NoSQL table. Corrupted data is identified by applying the filter conditions to change logs for the data object (e.g., the No SQL table) in the data store. Repair operations are determined for individual items identified via the filter conditions. Identified corrupted data for items may be corrected, from change logs or backup data in some instances (e.g., data may be deleted, or updated or replaced with data from a backup of the data store when necessary).
US11042445B1
In some embodiments, a computer system may buffer, in a local storage buffer, data to be stored at the cloud and upload the data to the cloud storage from the local storage buffer. Upon receipt of an acknowledgement, from the cloud storage, that the data was successfully uploaded, the computer system may delete the data from the local storage buffer. The computer system may provide a ghost file representation of the uploaded data through the computer system, through which the data uploaded to the cloud storage may be accessed. In some embodiments, the computer system may access multiple cloud storage accounts, each corresponding to a file folder on the computer system, allowing the user to easily access different cloud storage accounts. The computer system may recover data that was deleted from either local persistent storage or the cloud storage.
US11042442B2
A system and method for providing erasure code protection across multiple storage devices. A data switch in a storage system connects a plurality of storage devices to a remote host. Each storage device is also connected to a controller, e.g., a baseboard management controller. During normal operation, read and write commands from the remote host are sent to respective storage devices through the data switch. When a write command is executed, the storage device executing the command sends a copy of the data to the controller, which generates and stores erasure codes, e.g., on a storage device that is dedicated to the storage of erasure codes, and invisible to the remote host. When a device fails or is removed, the controller reconfigures the data switch to redirect all traffic addressed to the failed or absent storage device to the controller, and the controller responds to host commands in its stead.
US11042439B1
An apparatus may include a circuit configured to initialize a read operation to read one or more requested data segments of a respective data unit having a plurality of data segments. Based on a number of failed data segments of the requested data segments and an erasure capability of an outer code error correction scheme, the circuit may perform erasure recovery to recover the failed data segments. Based on the number of failed data segments, the erasure capability of the outer code error correction scheme, and a threshold value, the circuit may perform iterative outer code recovery to recover the failed data segments.
US11042436B2
Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which a host device may access a group of memory cells (e.g., portion of an array configurable to store ECC parity bits) otherwise reserved for ECC functionality of a memory device. The memory device may include a register to indicate whether its ECC functionality is enabled or disabled. When the register indicates the ECC functionality is disabled, the memory device may increase a storage capacity available to the host device by making the group of memory cells available for user-accessible data. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may store metadata associated with various operational aspects of the memory device in the group of memory cells. Moreover, the memory device may modify a burst length to accommodate additional information to be stored in or read from the group of memory cells.
US11042433B2
Methods and systems for analyzing data are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a first data signal, decoding the first data signal, determining a second data signal based on the decoded first data signal, and determining a modulation error ratio based on a difference between the first data signal and the second data signal.
US11042432B1
A memory controller includes, in one embodiment, a memory interface and a dynamic stripe length manager circuit configured to receive a first weighted health factor associated with a first memory block of the memory, determine a first collective stripe length of the first memory block based on the first weighted health factor, set a first number of zones in the first memory block based on the first collective stripe length, monitor the memory to detect a trigger event that triggers a calculation of a second collective stripe length of the first memory block, the second collective stripe length being larger than the first collective stripe length, receive a second weighted health factor associated with the first memory block, determine the second collective stripe length based on the second weighted health factor, and set a second number of zones in the first memory block based on the second collective stripe length.
US11042425B2
A bridge is created between the process cloud services (PCS) and a target intelligence system that is outside of the PCS at least by: publishing Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for use in a user interface of the target intelligence system that a user interacts with, wherein the user is a customer of the PCS; providing intelligence cloud service (ICS) tables for designing customer dash boards; and creating converted PCS analytics data that the target intelligence system is capable of processing by converting PCS analytics data from the PCS into a target intelligence system format. The bridge is used for communications between the PCS and the target intelligence system at least by: retrieving the converted PCS analytics data using the published REST APIs of the user interface of the target intelligence system; and creating the customer dash boards based on the ICS tables and the converted PCS analytics data.
US11042422B1
A hybrid binary executable under both native processes and compatibility (e.g., emulated) processes. When the hybrid binary is loaded by a native process, the process executes a native code stream contained in the binary directly on a processor. When the hybrid binary is loaded by a compatibility process, the process executes an emulation-compatible (EC) code stream directly on a processor. When executing in a compatibility process, the EC code stream can interact with a foreign code stream that executes in an emulator. The foreign code stream can be included in the hybrid binary itself, or can be external to the hybrid binary. The hybrid binary format supports folding of code between the native code stream and the EC code stream. The hybrid binary comprises a set of memory transformations which are applied to image data obtained from the binary when the hybrid binary executes under the compatibility process.
US11042417B2
A method for managing computational resources of a data center is useable for making one or more management decisions (MD). One or more computational resources of the data center are assigned to one or more physical and/or virtual functions by MD of a decision making entity (DME). The MD are based on collected performance information of the one or more computational resources. The collected performance information is analysed considering one or more predefined performance parameters. A single performance metric (SPM) is computed representing performance and efficiency of the DME using a result of the analysis. The SPM is used by the DME for making the MD.
US11042416B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for generating clusters of building blocks of compute nodes using an optical network. In one aspect, a method includes receiving request data specifying requested compute nodes for a computing workload. The request data specifies a target n-dimensional arrangement of the compute nodes. A selection is made, from a superpod that includes a set of building blocks that each include an m-dimensional arrangement of compute nodes, a subset of the building blocks that, when combined, match the target n-dimensional arrangement specified by the request data. The set of building blocks are connected to an optical network that includes one or more optical circuit switches. A workload cluster of compute nodes that includes the subset of the building blocks is generated. The generating includes configuring, for each dimension of the workload cluster, respective routing data for the one or more optical circuit switches.
US11042415B2
Concepts for sharing processing resource of a multi-tenant extract transform load, ETL, system are presented. In such concepts, a total workload of the multi-tenant ETL system is considered along with the queued workload of tenant in order control deliver of the queued workload to the system. Such control is undertaken, for example, by delaying the work of the tenant. Proposed embodiments therefore seek to devise a policy to achieve fairness amongst tenants.
US11042414B1
A request to perform a compute task is received. A service to perform at least a portion of the compute task is identified, wherein the identified service is associated with a field-programmable gate array that has been programmed to perform at least the portion of the compute task. The identified service to perform at least the portion of the compute task of the request is invoked. At least the portion of the compute task is executed using the field-programmable gate array.
US11042411B2
A resource management system in a data center one or more data storage resource providers and a transaction server. The transaction server is configured to receive, from a client, a request for read and/or write access for a data storage resource, the request comprising one or more specifications, to provide, to the one or more data storage resource providers, at least a portion of the request, and to receive, from the one or more data storage resource providers, respective responses to the request, the responses respectively comprising one or more allocation options. The transaction server is further configured to select one of the one or more allocation options for registration, and register the selected allocation option with a data manager. At least one of the one or more data storage providers is configured to provide the data storage resource in accordance with the registered allocation option.
US11042408B2
This application proposes a method, which includes: determining resource configuration information of a first application based on a first request sent by a client and global resource information of the ADN, where the first request includes information used to determine a resource requirement of the first application, the resource configuration information of the first application includes resource configuration of the first application in at least one subdomain in the ADN, and the global resource information includes resource utilization information of the first application in each subdomain and available resource information in each subdomain; and sending the resource configuration information of the first application to the client, where the resource configuration information of the first application is used by the client to request a C plane controller of the at least one subdomain to configure a resource of the first application in a subdomain to which the C plane controller belongs.
US11042405B2
Techniques for scheduling and executing functions across a plurality of different Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) infrastructures are provided. In one set of embodiments, a computer system can determine that a function has been invoked, where the computer system implements a spanning FaaS service platform that is communicatively coupled with the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures. In response, the computer system can retrieve metadata associated with the function, where the metadata includes criteria or policies indicating how the function should be scheduled for execution, and can retrieve information associated with each of the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures, where the information includes capabilities or characteristics of each FaaS infrastructure. The computer system can then select a FaaS infrastructure in the plurality of different FaaS infrastructures based on the retrieved metadata and the retrieved information and can schedule the function for execution on the selected FaaS infrastructure.
US11042402B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for resource allocation and management. One example method includes tracking assignments by a dispatcher of tasks to servers in a data structure. The data structure includes at least one entry for each server, with a number of entries per server being based on a capacity of the server. Servers with greater capacity have more entries than servers with lesser capacity. An entry represents either an assignment of a task to a server or an available slot indicating an availability of a server to execute a task. A first server has a lesser capacity than a second server. The tracking of assignment of tasks to servers in the data structure results in more tasks being assigned to the second server than the first server, due to faster task completion by the second server.
US11042396B2
Information Security and privacy are the most critical aspects of the internet. The majority of the individuals that have access to the Internet have great difficulty understanding the basics of computers and how they work. This limits the ability of Internet users to protect themselves and their information while browsing the internet. With the creation and testing of SADD (Scalable Anonymous Disposable Desktops), Internet users no longer have to worry about protecting their computer or privacy.
US11042385B2
A multiprocessor system used in a car, home, or office environment includes multiple processors that run different real-time applications. A dynamic configuration system runs on the multiple processors and includes a device manager, configuration manager, and data manager. The device manager automatically detects and adds new devices to the multiprocessor system, and the configuration manager automatically reconfigures which processors run the real-time applications. The data manager identifies the type of data generated by the new devices and identifies which devices in the multiprocessor system are able to process the data. A communication system for a mobile vehicle, home, or office environment includes multiple processors. The multiple processors each run an Open Communication system that controls how data is transferred between processors based on data content as opposed to the links that connect the processors together. The open communication system enables data or messages to be effectively transferred and processed for real-time applications or other server based applications that may be running on the multiple processors in a secure environment regardless of processors, locations, or data links.
US11042384B2
Disclosed is a method of customizing an appliance. The method includes steps of pre-storing a public key in the appliance; connecting the appliance to an external storage device; and booting up the appliance to automatically proceed with the following customization process: obtaining a customization file from the external storage device; authenticating the customization file with the public key; and executing customization with the customization file if the authentication succeeds.
US11042362B2
An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) includes a training component that improves the IDE's automated design tools over time based on analysis of aggregated project data submitted by developers over time. The industrial IDE can apply analytics (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.) to project data submitted by developers across multiple industrial enterprises to identify commonly used control code, visualizations, device configurations, or control system architectures that are frequently used for a given industrial function, machine, or application. This learned information can be encoded in a training module, which can be leveraged by the IDE to generate programming, visualization, or configuration recommendations. The IDE can automatically add suitable control code, visualizations, or configuration data to new control projects being developed based on an inference of the developer's design goals and knowledge of how these goals have been implemented by other developers.
US11042359B2
According to the embodiments, a semiconductor device includes: an adder configured to generate positive multiple data of the multiplicand which is used for a plurality of the multiplication in plurality and does not include a value of 2n (n is a positive integer) of the multiplicand; a Wallace tree circuit provided in each of the multiplier circuits and configured to operate a sum of a plurality of partial products by using a plurality of adders; and a selection circuit provided in each of the multiplier circuits and configured to select, according to a plurality of bits selected from the multiplier, data falling in a multiple of one of the multiplicand, data of 2n of the multiplicand, and the positive multiple data from the adder in order to output as one partial product of the plurality of partial products to the Wallace tree circuit.
US11042353B2
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) determining, by a playback device, a first loudness level of a first portion of first media content from a first source while the playback device presents the first media content, with the first portion having a first length; (ii) switching, by the playback device, from presenting the first media content from the first source to presenting second media content from a second source; (iii) based on the switching, determining, by the playback device, second loudness levels of second portions of the first media content while the playback device presents the second media content, with the second portions having a second length that is shorter than the first length; and (iv) while the playback device presents the second media content, adjusting, by the playback device, a volume of the playback device based on one or more of the second loudness levels.
US11042349B2
An electronic device that coordinates a playback operation is described. In particular, an interface circuit in the electronic device may calculate, based on differences between transmit times when packets were transmitted by a second electronic device and receive times of the packets, relative drift as a function of time between a clock in the interface circuit and a second clock in the second electronic device. Then, the interface circuit may adjust, based on the relative drift, a clock circuit that provides the clock to eliminate the relative drift, and may determine a remaining time offset between the clock and the second clock. Next, the interface circuit may modify a future time when the second electronic device is to perform the playback operation based on the remaining time offset to determine a corrected future time, and may transmit information to the second electronic device specifying the corrected future time.
US11042348B2
An audio device for vehicles includes two audio sources; three audio sinks formed of two headphone connections and a speaker system; and a touch-sensitive display. The audio device is configured to simultaneously play back the two audio sources; display one representation each for the audio sources and the audio sinks on the display; and detect a touch input, wherein the touch input includes a motion of a finger of the user on the display. The motion begins on the representation of an origin audio source and proceeds toward a destination audio sink. In response to the detection, the origin audio source is output on the destination audio sink.
US11042346B2
An artificial cochlea device for processing audio signals by electro-mechanical amplitude changes may be provided. The device comprises a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone comprising a membrane, an electro-mechanical feedback loop embedded in the MEMS microphone. Thereby, the electro-mechanical feedback loop comprises a piezo-electric actuator acting on the MEMS microphone by influencing the membrane's way to swing, such that an electro-mechanical amplitude change of an output signal is achieved.
US11042340B2
In some implementations, a mobile device can generate graphical user interfaces (GUIs) on behalf of third-party applications for presentation by vehicle infotainment systems. The mobile device can obtain configuration information for the vehicle system. The mobile device (e.g., operating system) can be configured with various GUI templates that define the layout of various user input controls. The third-party application can provide a template identifier and map data to the operating system. The mobile device can generate a GUI for the third-party application specifically for display by the vehicle system based on the identified template, the map data, and the configuration information for the vehicle system. The mobile device can then send the generated GUI to the vehicle system and the vehicle system can present the GUI on a display of the vehicle system.
US11042338B2
Techniques are described for enabling printer redirection in virtual desktop environments that provides a font processing system including a session-based font cache subsystem. The system resolves any font mismatching issues that might arise in the context of printing on a virtual desktop from virtual desktop client devices in an optimized manner that reduces latency and generally improves performance during printer redirection. The session-based font cache is used to accelerate the font processing and to reduce the transmitted font data between the virtual desktop agent and the virtual desktop client in the context printer redirection.
US11042326B2
A data storage device may include: a nonvolatile memory; and a controller configured to control an operation of the nonvolatile memory. When a command is received from a host, the controller transfers first state information as a response to the command to the host, the first state information including first time information indicating time difference from when the command is received to when a task corresponding to the command is generated and stored. When a task execution command is received from the host, the controller transfers second state information as a response to the task execution command to the host, the second state information including second time information indicating time difference from when the task execution command is received to when the task is completed.
US11042322B2
A method of managing writing data to a Solid State Drive (SSD). The method includes determining a remaining capacity of an event queue for queuing write commands for execution by the SSD. Dynamically setting an ingress throttle rate of write commands, transferred from a host interface to the event queue based on the remaining capacity of the event queue, during the operation of then SSD and transferring the write commands to the event queue at ingress throttle rate. The method also includes inputting write data associated with the write commands into a write data buffer.
US11042320B2
A method to more effectively and efficiently diagnose problems in a storage network is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes generating, for a storage network, a resource map that identifies components therein. For each component in the resource map, the method identifies an importance factor that indicates the component's importance in the storage network. When a problem is detected in the storage network, the method identifies, for each component in the resource map, a potential cause factor that indicates how likely the component is to have caused the problem. The method also calculates, for each component in the resource map, a problem responsibility factor to indicate to what extent the component is held responsible for the problem. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11042319B2
A method is used in detecting slow storage device operations in a storage system. Information regarding a set of storage device operations performed on a storage device in the storage system is monitored in real time. The information is analyzed in real time. A determination is made from the analysis whether the storage device can be identified as a slow storage device. At least one action is performed on the storage system, while the storage system continues to operate, to isolate the slow storage device.
US11042318B2
Certain embodiments described herein relate to an improved block-level replication system. One or more components in an information management system may receive a request to perform a block-level replication between a source storage device and a destination storage device, and depending on the specific replication mode requested, (i) store block-level changes directly to the destination storage device or (ii) first to a recovery point store and then later to the destination storage device.
US11042317B2
A memory system includes a memory device including a first memory block and a second memory block; and a controller suitable for controlling the memory device, wherein the controller includes a sequential index calculator suitable for calculating a sequential index based on first logical block address (LBA) information and second LBA information that are written in the first memory block; an internal operation determining component suitable for determining whether an internal operation is to be performed on the first memory block, by comparing the sequential index of the first memory block with a threshold value; and an internal operation performing component suitable for migrating pieces of LBA information stored in the first memory block to the second memory block to rearrange the pieces of LBA information, when it is determined that the internal operation is to be performed on the first memory block.
US11042316B1
A device may include a SSD having multiple storage units and a deduplication control circuit configured to determine whether selected data content to be stored is a duplicate of previous data content already in a first buffer of data buffered to be stored in a set of storage units. The deduplication circuit may be further configured to, based on a determination that the selected data content is a duplicate of first previous data content already buffered in the first buffer, instead of buffering another copy of the selected data content, buffer a first header including a first pointer that associates the first header with the first previous data content already buffered in the first buffer. The deduplication circuit may also be configured to reorder the first buffer such that individual data contents in the first buffer are grouped near headers associated with the individual data contents.
US11042315B2
In a computer system, a multilevel memory includes a near memory device and a far memory device, which are byte addressable. The multilevel memory includes a controller that receives a data request including original tag information. The controller includes routing hardware to selectively provide alternate tag information for the data request to cause a cache hit or a cache miss to selectively direct the request to the near memory device or to the far memory device, respectively. The controller can include selection circuitry to select between the original tag information and the alternate tag information to control where the data request is sent.
US11042314B2
A data storage management layer comprises computing device(s), operatively connected to storage resources, which comprise data storage units and control units. The data storage management layer is operatively connected to the storage resources. They are operatively connected to host computers. A sub-set of the storage resources are assigned to each host, in order to provide storage services according to performance requirements predefined for the host, thereby generating Virtual Private Arrays (VPA). The computing device(s) are configured to perform a method of managing the data storage system comprising: (a) implement storage management strategies, comprising rules. The rules comprise conditions and actions. The actions are capable of improving VPA performance in a dynamic manner; (b) repetitively performing: (i) monitor VPA performance for detection of compliance of VPA with the condition(s); and (ii) responsive to detection of compliance of VPA with the condition(s), performing the action(s).
US11042311B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a cluster system with calculation and storage converged, including: a resource server group, where the resource server group includes at least two resource servers, each resource server in the resource server group has at least one of: a calculation resource and a storage resource, at least one resource server in the resource server group has a calculation resource and a storage resource, and the storage resource includes a persistent disk and a cache that corresponds to the persistent disk; and a storage resource control module, configured to construct a shared storage resource pool by using storage resources in the resource server group, so as to provide a storage service, where storage resources included in each storage resource pool are from at least two resource servers in the resource server group.
US11042310B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory including a first memory region for storing start-up information and a second memory region for storing a copy of the start-up information, a volatile semiconductor memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether or not an address of the second memory region is stored in the volatile semiconductor memory, issue a first start-up read command, which designates no read address, to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory to read the start-up information from the first memory region if the address of the second memory region is not stored in the volatile semiconductor memory, and issue a second start-up read command, which designates the address of the second memory region as a read address, to read the start-up information from the second memory region if the address of the second memory region is stored in the volatile semiconductor memory.
US11042308B2
A memory management method includes: performing a bloom filtering operation on a plurality of logic block addresses to determine a read and written frequency of each of the logic block addresses; setting a first program/erase (P/E) cycle threshold and a second P/E cycle threshold value, wherein the first P/E cycle threshold value is smaller than the second P/E cycle threshold value; dividing each of physical memory blocks into a first type memory block, a second type memory block or a third type memory block according to the first P/E cycle threshold value and the second P/E cycle threshold value; and, allocating each of the logic block addresses to the first type memory block, the second type memory block or the third type memory block according to the read and written frequency of corresponding logic block addresses.
US11042304B2
A memory system includes first and second non-volatile memories and a memory controller respectively connected to the first and second non-volatile memories via first and second channels. The memory controller executes a first read operation of reading first data from the first non-volatile memory and a second read operation of reading second data from the second non-volatile memory in parallel in response to a first read request received from the outside, and sets a first transfer rate of the first channel to be lower than a second transfer rate of the second channel when a first time at which the first read operation is scheduled to be completed is earlier than a second time at which the second read operation is scheduled to be completed.
US11042298B2
A system includes a read/write controller removably coupled to a storage drive. Responsive to detection of a coupling between the read/write controller and the storage drive, the read/write controller retrieves key information from the storage drive, uses the key information to locate adaptives associated with the primary storage medium, and loads the adaptives into volatile memory to configure read/write settings for access to the primary storage medium.
US11042295B2
The disclosure discloses a control method. The control method comprises: determining that a practical operation event is triggered; determining that whether the practical operation event conforms to one of predetermined operation events to generate a determining result; defining predetermined operation event corresponding to the practical operation event as an instant operation interface, and defining an operation interface corresponding to the predetermined operation event as an instant operation interface when the determining result is yes; and displaying the instant operation interface on a touch operation display.
US11042293B2
A display method includes acquiring continuous input data input on an input apparatus of an electronic device and, in response to an input position of initial input data of the continuous input data satisfies a position condition during a process of continuously acquiring the continuous input data, adjusting a range of a target region on the input apparatus to keep an input position of the continuous input data within the range of the target region after being adjusted. The target region is configured to at least control a position of an indicator on a display apparatus of the electronic device.
US11042266B2
The present disclosure generally relates to navigating a collection of media items. In accordance with one embodiment, in response to receiving an input, a device displays a first view of a collection of media items, including concurrently displaying a representation of a first time period and a representation of a second time period. In accordance with a determination that a current time is associated with a first recurring temporal event: the representation of the first time period includes a first representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a second representative media item. In accordance with a determination that the current time is associated with a second recurring temporal event, the representation of the first time period includes a third representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a fourth representative media item.
US11042263B1
As disclosed, a graphical user interface has selectable graphical components displayed in a first section that displays maturity bond dates and is displayed graphically on a bar where the height of the bar indicates the value of the maturity bond, wherein the bar comprises a line where a height of the bar above the line indicates a total number of dollars that are available in a par amount for the maturity bond and an area above the line indicates an amount that the maturity bond is oversubscribed; a list of recent orders (including a maturity date, order size, and purchaser identification) presented in real time is displayed in a second section of the graphical user interface; and a summary comprising a total monetary value of all the orders, a time remaining, and a graphical indicator of a short/mid/long fill percentage displayed in a third section of the graphical user interface.
US11042259B2
An approach is provided in which the approach the approach deconstructs a user interface into user interface elements that each are assigned an importance score. The approach compares a user eye gaze pattern of a user viewing the user interface against an expected eye gaze pattern corresponding to the user interface, and determines that the user requires assistance navigating the user interface. The approach selects one of the user interface elements based on its importance score, generates an augmented reality overlay of the selected user interface element, and displays the augmented reality overlay on the user interface using an augmented reality device.
US11042256B2
Systems and methods described herein are directed to implementations that facilitate individuals to collect, store, and automatically extract procedural knowledge from their messaging interactions with collaborative groups. Example implementations involve chat interfaces to communicate and add the capability to tag text and media to organize content. Example implementations also add a new thread-like structure to the previously only linear time-line of a chat. Knowledge from the chat can then be extracted automatically into a high-quality multimedia document.
US11042245B2
A mutual capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrode series and a plurality of second electrode series. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of electrode strips, and each electrode strip crosses the first electrode series and the second electrode series. Each first electrode series includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes electrically connected with each other, and each first electrode and a corresponding one of the second electrodes are disposed abreast and form an electrode set. Each second electrode series includes a plurality of third electrodes electrically connected with each other, and each electrode set and each third electrode are arranged alternately along a direction.
US11042238B1
A display panel, having a display area where display units, touch electrodes, and fingerprint identification units are arranged, and a non-display area including first to third bonding areas, the second and third bonding areas being located on two sides of the first bonding area, respectively. First pads, second pads, and third pads are arranged in the bonding areas, and the number of the first pads is greater than the number of the third pads, and the number of the second pads is greater than the number of the third pads. One or more first pads, one or more second pads, and one or more third pads are arranged in the first bonding area alternately. Each of the second bonding area and the third bonding area is provided with one or more first pads and one or more second pads. A display device includes the display panel.
US11042237B2
A display device that includes a substrate and a bank layer disposed on the substrate. The bank layer defines an emission area and a non-emission area of a pixel. A spacer is disposed on a portion of the bank layer. A touch member is disposed above the spacer. At least one overcoat layer is disposed on the touch member. A dielectric constant of the at least one overcoat layer in a region overlapping the spacer in a thickness direction of the substrate is larger than a dielectric constant of the overcoat layer in a region that does not overlap the spacer in the thickness direction of the substrate.
US11042235B2
An ATM device may include an external frame, a touch screen component coupled to the external frame, and a heating element. The heating element may be positioned such that heat generated by the heating element is directed at the touch screen component. The ATM device may include a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of an environment of the ATM device, and may receive temperature measurement data from the temperature sensor, process the temperature measurement data after receiving the temperature measurement data, determine whether the temperature measurement data indicates that a current temperature of the environment satisfies a threshold based on processing the temperature measurement data, and perform an action to control an operating state of the heating element based on determining whether the temperature measurement data indicates that the current temperature of the environment satisfies the threshold.
US11042232B2
A method of controlling a vehicle uses a detachable knob. The method includes detecting whether the detachable knob is attached to a first display of an audio video navigation (AVN) system. The first display includes a number of regions. Information on a controlled function corresponding to one of the regions to which the detachable knob is attached is transmitted from the AVN system to the detachable knob. A first user interface corresponding to the information the controlled function is output on a second display of the detachable knob. Result information according to an operation of the detachable knob is transmitted from the detachable knob to the AVN system. The controlled function is controlled based on the result information in the AVN system.
US11042230B2
A stylus device includes a body, a processor connected to the body, a memory unit connected to the body and communicatively connected to the processor, and a rotational sensor connected to the body and communicatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to send rotational data to a stylus application, and the stylus application uses the rotational data to select a destination for information in a computing device.
US11042223B2
According to an embodiment disclosed in the present document, a gesture-based command execution method may comprise the operations of: acquiring a command from a user by using a sensor; in response to acquisition of the command, controlling an actuator so that the user can be included in a FoV of a camera module, and thus changing a capturing direction of the camera module; acquiring first gesture information on the user's moving gesture through the camera module at a first time point and a second time point; at the second time point, controlling the actuator so that the FoV can be changed, on the basis of a direction determined by the first gesture information; acquiring space information corresponding to the changed FoV through the camera module; controlling the actuator so that the user can be included in a FoV of the camera module, at a third time point after the second time point; acquiring second gesture information on the user's moving gesture through the camera module after the third time point; and when all the pieces of gesture information are acquired as an input, executing the command on the basis of a designated area determined by the acquired gesture information and the acquired space information.
US11042221B2
Methods, devices, and systems for displaying a user interface on a user and detecting touch gestures
An example method of identifying a touch gesture on a user is provided. The method includes receiving, by one or more transducers of a wearable device attached to an appendage of the user, a set of signals that propagate through the user's appendage and establish a signal pathway to the wearable device. The method also includes, while receiving the set of signals, determining baseline characteristics for the signal pathway, and sensing a change in the baseline characteristics caused by user interaction with an affordance of a user interface projected or perceived on the user's appendage. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the sensed change in the baseline characteristics satisfies a contact criterion, reporting a candidate touch event on the user's appendage to a separate electronic device that creates the user interface or is in communication with another electronic device that creates the user interface.
US11042218B2
A handheld controller and a system for modeling movement of fingers about the handheld controller is disclosed. In an embodiment, the handheld controller generates signals for, and acquires touch and infusion data. In an embodiment, a processor creates a heatmap and an infusion map, and combines the information in the maps to determine boundaries between finger positions. In an embodiment, movement of a particular digit on a handheld controller is identified through such boundary constraints. In an embodiment, movement of fingers about a handheld controller is efficiently modeled based on the boundary constraints.
US11042214B2
A movement platform connected to a virtual reality system may have a plurality of movement units. A movement unit may have a sphere with one or more motors and one or more sensors. The one or more motors may rotate the sphere to move a user. The one or more sensors may detect movement or force from the user.
US11042212B2
Within a communication system that includes multiple communication channels, a low-power mode of operation and a higher-power mode of operation are provided. Each channel is allocated to one of several groups, based on criteria such as whether power is allocated to that channel in low power mode, and whether power was allocated to that channel in a previous high power mode. Initial power levels for each channel for each mode are approximated using an interpolation rule known to both the receive and the transmitter. The system switches between modes according to a PMD pre-defined schedule. When a new power mode begins, the receiver measures signal power received on each channel and then transmits corrective information sufficient to allow adaptation of power levels to achieve PMD pre-defined levels of received power.
US11042201B2
The disclosure provides a head-mounted display device, including a body and a fan. The body is used for wearing on a user's face. The body has an airflow channel, a first tuyere, and a second tuyere. The airflow channel is connected to the outside via the first tuyere and the airflow channel is connected to a space between the body and the user's face via the second tuyere. The fan is configured in the airflow channel and is used for driving the airflow in the airflow channel.
US11042191B2
A portable information handling system may attach to and support multiple detachable displays in a variety of configurations. A base of a portable information handling system may include a means for attaching to and supporting multiple displays, such as a channel for magnetically attaching to one or more bars of one or more displays. A user may operate the information handling system in a presentation configuration with one display facing towards the user and another display facing towards an audience. If the both displays are facing toward a user, the system can provide a user with an extended display area with more space to view and manipulate information. The second display may be detached from a top side and attached to a bottom side of a laptop for storage during transport.
US11042190B1
A smart mobile device is disclosed. The proposed smart mobile device includes a foldable screen having a front and a back, and at least one lens configured on the back, wherein the foldable screen has a surrounding perimeter, and the surrounding perimeter has at least one cut area such that when the foldable screen is folded in a specific way, the at least one lens is revealed from the at least one cut area or surrounded by a plurality of the cut areas.
US11042188B2
Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device that provides a cable management system. As an example, the computing device includes a tray and a port disposed along an interior perimeter of the tray. As an example, a groove in the tray is to receive a cable that is connectable to the port at a first end of the cable, wherein the cable is to be routed through the groove and a second end of the cable is to emerge external to the computing device. As an example, a lid is to conceal the interior perimeter of the tray, wherein the lid is to secure a connection of the first end of the cable to the port.
US11042186B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. The disclosed electronic device may include: a first sensor and a second sensor; a display configured to display a user interface; and a processor electrically connected with the first sensor, the second sensor, and the display, in which the processor is configured to change a first user interface displayed on the display to a second user interface displayed adjacent to a position of the second sensor and to display the second user interface, based on a result of detection by the first sensor.
US11042178B2
Devices, methods, and systems for providing demand response are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive an indication of a demand response event, determine, based on a configuration made using a user interface, an action to be taken by a load of a facility in response to the demand response event, communicate the determined action to a controller associated with the load, and monitor a status of the action as the action is taken.
US11042171B2
A building management system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The building management system includes a valve assembly, an actuator device, and a network sensor device. The actuator device includes a motor, a drive device driven by the motor and coupled to the valve assembly, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller includes a microprocessor and a control application configured to enable closed loop control of the valve assembly. The network sensor device is communicably coupled to the actuator device and configured to measure an environmental property. The control application is configured to perform the closed loop control of the valve assembly based on an input control signal from a mobile device and the measured environmental property from the network sensor device.
US11042170B2
A process and apparatus for reducing pressure of a flue gas stream including passing a pressurized flue gas stream to a vessel and through a bed of particulates in the vessel to reduce the pressure of the flue gas stream. The flue gas passes from the vessel at a lower pressure than at which it entered. The bed of particulates is disposed in the vessel between the outlet end of the inlet conduit and the inlet end of the outlet conduit. If deposits develop in the bed of particulates, the particulates can be replaced with fresh particulates to avoid excessive pressure drop. Data may be received from a stream in fluid communication with the foregoing process and apparatus.
US11042169B2
A method and apparatus for use in controlling a dispensing rate of medication or other substance via a syringe, including, without limitation, into a patient, intravenous line port or heparin lock. A fluid flow rate control apparatus has a housing defining an inner chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port. Sealing seats are formed at or near both the inlet and outlet ports, and a moveable sealing element, such as a ball, can move within the inner chamber between the sealing seats. A spring biases the ball toward the inlet port sealing seat.
US11042165B2
A mobile delivery robot has at least one memory component containing at least map data; at least two cameras adapted to take visual images; and at least one processing component. The at least one processing component is adapted to at least extract straight lines from the visual images taken by the at least two cameras and compare them to the map data to at least localize the robot. The mobile robot employs a localization method which involves taking visual images with at least two cameras; extracting straight lines from the individual visual images with at least one processing component; comparing the extracted features with existing map data; and outputting a location hypothesis based on said comparison.
US11042161B2
A control method in a mobile automation apparatus includes: storing a plurality of parametric path definition identifiers and respective corresponding sub-region identifiers identifying sub-regions in a facility; receiving a task command containing (i) a task identifier, and (ii) a target one of the sub-region identifiers identifying a target one of the sub-regions; retrieving a selected one of the parametric path definition identifiers corresponding to the target sub-region identifier; obtaining a selected one of a plurality of parametric path definitions—including a shape parameter and a reference parameter name—corresponding to the selected parametric path definition identifier; obtaining a reference parameter value, and generating a sequence of mobile automation apparatus poses according to the parametric path definition; each pose corresponding to a location in the facility; and controlling a locomotive assembly of the mobile automation apparatus to traverse the target sub-region according to the sequence of poses.
US11042155B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of a global model update center. At least one model is established at the model update center for detecting objects surrounding each of autonomous driving vehicles of a fleet. A plurality of labeled data items are received, from the fleet of autonomous driving vehicles, where each of the labeled data items is detected, based on the at least one model, from sensor data characterizing surroundings of the autonomous driving vehicles. The labeled data items are generated automatically on-the-fly by the autonomous driving vehicles. Based on the received labeled data items, at least some of the models are updated and model update information is accordingly generated. Such generated model update information is then distributed to the fleet of autonomous driving vehicles.
US11042144B2
A system for managing communication between building management system (BMS) devices includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes instructions stored thereon. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to implement an agent manager, a zone manager, and a channel manager. The agent manager is configured to generate an agent for each of the BMS devices. The zone manager is configured to define at least one zone relating to a physical location zone or a building control zone. The channel manager is configured to generate a communication channel associated with the at least one zone. The channel manager is further configured to manage registration of an agent to the communication channel, wherein an agent is configured to communicate over a communication channel in response to being registered to the communication channel.
US11042142B2
An intelligent multifunctional storage cabinet device includes a smart cabinet and a backend control terminal, wherein the smart cabinet is connected to and communicates with the backend control terminal via a network connection. The smart cabinet includes a cabinet and a monitoring device. The monitoring device is installed on the top of the cabinet, and the monitoring device is connected to and communicates with the backend control terminal via a network connection. The cabinet includes a parcel storage component comprising a plurality of parcel storage compartments, a food storage component comprising a plurality of food storage compartments, and a key storage component comprising a plurality of key storage compartments. The key storage compartment is located between the parcel storage compartment and the food storage compartment. The parcel storage compartment is located at one side of the food storage compartment.
US11042140B2
A power supply control system includes a power generator for providing a signal to a load. The power generator includes a power controller controlling a power amplifier. The power generator includes an adaptive controller for varying the output signal controlling the power amplifier. The adaptive controller compares an error between a measured output and a predicted output to determine adaptive values applied to the power controller. The power generator also includes a sensor that generates an output signal that is digitized and processed. The sensor signal is mixed with a constant K. The constant K is varied to vary the processing of the sensor output signal. The value K may be commutated based on the phase, frequency, or both phase and frequency, and the bandwidth of K is determined by coupled power in the sensor output signal.
US11042137B1
Methods and systems for managing the operation of devices within a property, and processing insurance policies associated therewith. A property is populated with a plurality of smart devices, smart appliances, and/or other devices that are connected to, and/or in wired or wireless communication with a central controller, such as a smart home controller or insurance provider remote processor, whereby the plurality of devices and/or property are covered by an insurance policy. The central controller may collect sensor data from the plurality of devices and/or determine whether the property is occupied or not. The central controller may also identify a desired operating state of a device, generate a command according to the desired operating state, and/or transmit the command the device to facilitate prevention or reduction of risk or damage to the property. The central controller may also generate and/or process insurance claims associated with damage to the devices and/or property.
US11042136B2
A computer device configured to monitor control signals from more than one adjustment system indicating a need to adjust operation of at least one energy storage; convert the control signals into current values; compare the control signals and select the one with the smallest current value; and control operation of at least one control device configured to regulate the current of the energy storage based on the selection by dispatching an adjustment signal by internet based communication.
US11042135B1
This disclosure describes computer-implemented techniques that enable users to control and coordinate a set of network-enabled home automation devices. Users may generate, customize, and share home automation device dashboards. These dashboards may include user interface elements, such as tiles, that users may use to determine that status of home automation devices and send commands to the home automation devices. In some examples, users may use timeline-based user interfaces to schedule actions to be performed by home automation devices.
US11042132B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable transformative Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) analyses and methodologies for a bulk electric power system, including methods of designing, reviewing, revising, testing, implementing, verifying, or validating a RAS. An improved RAS improves operation of the power system, including performance, reliability, control, and asset utilization. The example methodologies discussed—also referred to as a transformative Remedial Action Scheme tool (TRAST)—provide an end-to-end solution for adaptively setting RAS parameters based on realistic and near real-time operation conditions to improve power grid reliability and grid asset utilization, by leveraging utility data analysis and employing dynamic simulations and machine learning to significantly simplify and shorten the entire RAS process.
US11042128B2
A method for predicting equipment failure includes receiving parameter sample values associated with parameters of benchmark equipment and operational status information associated with the benchmark equipment. The parameter sample values and operational status information are periodically acquired. A model is generated for relating one or more of the parameters to benchmark equipment failure. For each parameter, a threshold value at which an output of the model indicates benchmark equipment failure is determined. Next, parameters of an equipment under test having parameter sample values that match the determined threshold values are determined. For each determined parameter, benchmark equipment having parameter sample values that match the parameter sample values of the equipment under test that match the determine threshold values are determined. Survivability data for the equipment under test is generated based on survivability data associated with the determined benchmark equipment. The generated survivability data is communicated to a user interface.
US11042127B2
A watch-type mobile terminal comprises: a main body having a display unit mounted on the front side thereof; a band connected to the main body and wound around a wrist of a user; a battery mounted in the main body; and a wireless charging coil which is positioned in at least one of a side surface and the front surface of the main body and the band and has electric current flow according to a change in a surrounding magnetic field to charge the battery. The watch-type mobile terminal can be charged on the wrist of the user, without the need to be separated from the wrist, and can improve the charging efficiency by minimizing an electromagnetic wave which is influenced by the human body, since the watch-type mobile terminal is at a certain distance away from the wrist.
US11042126B2
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) is disclosed, which comprises a ring oscillator module and a digital error correction module. The ring oscillator module is configured to receive a sampling signal, an addressing signal, and a preset signal, and includes: a ring oscillator arranged with a plurality of inverters; a phase sampler configured to sample phase signals generated by the inverters for generating a first output signal; a counter clock generator configured to generate first and second clock signals; first and second counters configured to respectively generate first and second counter output signals; and a data sampler configured to sample the first and second counter output signals to respectively generate second and third output signals. The digital error correction module is arranged to process the first, second and third output signals for generating a digital signal.
US11042124B2
By configuring a timepiece component to include an intermediate film provided on at least a portion of a surface of a base material formed by using a nonconductive first material as a main component and to include a buffer film stacked on the intermediate film and mainly composed of a second material having a tenacity higher than that of the first material, the timepiece component may be manufactured with high precision, the weight thereof may be reduced, and even when the base material is formed by using a brittle material such as silicon, the timepiece component becomes resistant to breakage and capable of exhibiting high strength when an impact is externally applied.
US11042114B2
An image forming system includes a shelf portion, a post, and an image forming apparatus. An article is placeable on the shelf portion. The post is configured to support the shelf portion. The image forming apparatus is configured to form an image and includes a support portion on an upper surface of the image forming apparatus. The support portion is configured to support the post.
US11042111B2
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication device and a processor. The processor collects information from a plurality of apparatuses via the communication device. The processor derives a formula on a basis of the collected information, the formula defining a relationship between a value about use of the component or the consumable item and a value about physical property of the component or the consumable item.
US11042108B2
An air blowing cooling mechanism includes a duct provided with an air blowing port, a fan configured to blow air toward the air blowing port, a first louver portion provided inside the duct, a shutter member, and a second louver portion provided downstream of the shutter member with respect to an air blowing direction of the fan. With respect to the air blowing direction, the fan, the first louver portion, the shutter member, the second louver portion and the rotatable heating member are disposed in a named order.
US11042106B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit for which, when inclined, leakage of a liquid developer can be suppressed. The transfer unit includes an intermediary transfer belt onto which the liquid developer is transferred and which rotates. A supporting unit is capable of holding the transfer unit at a first position. A rotation holding portion is capable of holding the transfer unit at a second position inclined from the first position relative to the supporting unit. A cleaning roller is capable of removing the liquid developer on the intermediary transfer belt. A cleaning container is supported by the supporting unit irrespective of rotation of the transfer unit and is capable of collecting the liquid developer removed by the cleaning roller.
US11042100B2
The disclosure relates to measuring a target. In one arrangement, a measurement apparatus is provided that has an optical system configured to illuminate a target with radiation and direct reflected radiation from the target to a sensor. A programmable spatial light modulator in a pupil plane of the optical system is programmed to redirect light in each of a plurality of pupil plane zones in such a way as to form a corresponding plurality of images at different locations on the sensor. Each image is formed by radiation passing through a different respective one of the pupil plane zones.
US11042099B2
The lithography apparatus includes at least two exposure devices and one substrate device. The substrate device includes a substrate stage and a substrate supported by the substrate stage. The at least two exposure devices are disposed in symmetry to each other above the substrate with respect to a direction for scanning exposure and configured to simultaneously create two exposure fields onto the substrate to expose the portions of the substrate within the exposure fields.
US11042097B1
An optical lithography system is provided, comprising: a polygonal structure having a central region and a central axis; an UV light source detachably disposed in the central region or at an end of the polygonal structure; a light parallelizer positioned in the polygonal structure for creating substantially parallel light rays from the UV light source exiting the polygonal structure before reaching a lithography target adjacent to an exit of the polygonal structure, which includes at least three mirrors arranged such that the first mirror receives incident light from the UV light source and reflects thereof from the first mirror towards the second mirror, the second mirror receiving the reflected light as a second incident light and reflecting thereof from the second mirror towards the third mirror to create a spiral light path from the UV light source to the lithography target with substantially parallel light incident on the lithography target.
US11042094B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid for patterning a resist film and a pattern forming method, each of which can simultaneously suppress the occurrence of pattern collapse in a resist L/S pattern and the occurrence of omission failure in a resist C/H pattern. The treatment liquid of the present invention is a treatment liquid for patterning a resist film, which is used for subjecting a resist film obtained from an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition to at least one of development or washing, and contains an organic solvent, in which the treatment liquid contains a first organic solvent having a relative dielectric constant of 4.0 or less and a second organic solvent having a relative dielectric constant of 6.0 or more.
US11042092B2
The present application provides a flexible substrate and a manufacturing method of the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a first flexible layer, a barrier layer, a second flexible layer, and a buffer layer. The barrier layer is disposed on a surface of the first flexible layer, the barrier layer includes a first bending resistant structure disposed therein, the second flexible layer is disposed on a surface of the barrier layer, the buffer layer is disposed on a surface of the second flexible layer, and the buffer layer includes a second bending resistant structure disposed therein.
US11042089B2
The present invention relates to a chemically amplified photoresist composition including an alkali-soluble resin and a polymeric photo-acid generator having a predetermined structure, a photoresist pattern produced from the chemically amplified photoresist composition, and a method for preparing the chemically amplified photoresist pattern.
US11042087B2
The present invention discloses a digital photolithography method for a fiber optic device (FOD) based on a DMD combination. In this method, reflected light modulated by two DMDs is simultaneously projected onto a same position on an optical fiber end surface through one reduction projection lens. The two DMDs form a primary and secondary digital mask for joint control of an exposure dose distribution formed when patterns are shrunk and projected onto the optical fiber end surface. After the optical fiber end surface coated with photoresist is subject to this dose of exposure, developing, fixing, and etching are conducted, to form a micro-optic device on the optical fiber end surface. In the present invention, distribution of the exposure dose jointly modulated by a digital mask combination formed by the primary and secondary DMD exceeds an order of modulation of an exposure dose by a single DMD.
US11042078B2
A payload stabilizer and methods for stabilizing a payload suitable for use with video camera payloads. The stabilizer has a feedback system providing supplemental torques to the payload through a gimbal.
US11042072B2
A light beam direction control element includes: a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate which is disposed facing the first transparent substrate; light shielding elements which are disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate; light transmission regions which are disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and whose sidewalls are surrounded by any of the light shielding elements; a resin layer which is disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, surrounds an outer circumference of a light transmission region pattern formed by the light transmission regions, and includes a sealed first opening unit; and a first buffer region which is sandwiched between a surface including the first opening unit of the resin layer and the light transmission region pattern, and in which the light shielding elements are injected.
US11042071B2
A waterproof display apparatus includes a bottom waterproof structure, a plurality of driving substrates, a panel laminate (FPL) and a top waterproof structure. The bottom waterproof structure has a first edge. The driving substrates are disposed on the bottom waterproof structure and defining a gap between adjacent driving substrates. The gap has opposite top and bottom portions. The FPL covers the driving substrates and includes a display medium layer therein. The top waterproof structure covers the FPL and has a second edge. The first and second edges are joined in a waterproof manner. The bottom portion of the gap is sealed by the bottom waterproof structure, and the top portion of the gap is sealed by the FPL or the top waterproof structure such that the gap is empty.
US11042064B2
A method of wafer level manufacturing, separating and electrical connection of liquid crystal optical devices is disclosed. An electro-optic device having at least one liquid crystal cell for providing spatially variable control of light is also described. The electro-optic device includes: a pair of opposed substrates, each substrate having a lateral extent; a pair of electrodes for applying an electric field therebetween, each electrode having a pattern and being deposited on a corresponding substrate, each electrode having an electrical contact area extending to at least one side of the corresponding substrate; a pair of alignment layers sandwiching a liquid crystal layer therebetween, the alignment layers defining a predominant orientation direction for liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer; and a liquid crystal reservoir wall defining a lateral extent of the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal reservoir wall being spaced from at least one side of each substrate such that each electrode electrical contact area is exposed to air in an air gap between the substrates.
US11042062B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate; a plurality of first light-emitting elements disposed in a first area of the substrate; a plurality of second light-emitting elements disposed in a second area of the substrate; a first power line disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of first light-emitting elements; a second power line disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of second light-emitting elements; a first circuit connecting element electrically connected to the first power line; and a first power supply element electrically connected to the first circuit connecting element. A projection of the first area on the substrate does not overlap a projection of the second area on the substrate, and the first area is closer to the first circuit connecting element than the second area.
US11042054B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a first substrate, the first substrate defines a photoresist layer; a second substrate, the second substrate defines an identification region, a surface of the first substrate having the photoresist layer faces a surface of the second substrate having the identification region; and a frame glue, the frame glue is defined between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the frame glue encloses a space between the first substrate and the second substrate to form a filling area, and the identification region is defined at the outside of the frame glue; the photoresist layer defines an anti-overflow groove located at an area between the identification region and the frame glue.
US11042046B2
Features are disclosed relating to an article such as eyewear customized to individual wearer parameters (e.g., measurements, preferences, etc.), and to systems and methods for customizing eyewear to individual wearer parameters. The system includes an input for receiving data representative of a three dimensional configuration of a portion of a wearer's face and an input for receiving data representative of a desired position where the wearer would like an eyewear frame to reside on the wearer's face. One system also includes a processor for determining a change in configuration of an eyewear component blank to allow the eyewear frame to reside in the desired position, and an eyewear component modifier for modifying the eyewear component blank so that the frame will reside in the desired position.
US11042040B2
The disclosure relates to an augmented reality apparatus and an optical system therefor. The optical system comprises an image source; a beam splitter component having a beam splitting side adjacent to the image source and a transmission side facing away from the image source; a wave plate adjacent to the beam splitting side, the beam splitter component being arranged in such a way that light emitted from the image source is able to be non-perpendicularly incident on the beam splitting side and at least partially reflected toward the wave plate; and a semi-reflector located downstream of the wave plate in an optical path of the reflected light, wherein the beam splitter component is configured in such a way that when the light emitted from the image source is incident on the beam splitting side, a polarized light component, whose polarization is in a first direction, passes through the beam splitter component to be transmitted through the transmission side, and a polarized light component, whose polarization is in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, is reflected by the beam splitting side toward the wave plate, and wherein the beam splitter component is also configured in such a way that when light is incident on the transmission side, a polarized light component of the light polarized in the first direction is able to pass through the beam splitter component to be transmitted through the beam splitting side, and a polarized light component of the light polarized in the second direction is able to be absorbed in the beam splitter component, wherein the wave plate is preferably a quarter-wave plate. Using the inventive technical means, influence of unwanted light on the image quality can be eliminated and in the meanwhile influence of stray light can be eliminated.
US11042038B2
A display control apparatus includes a display control section that generates a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and displays the image on a head-mounted display. The display control section can specify a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions and can change the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display, and when the viewpoint position is changed, the display control section specifies, as a direction of line of sight, the direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the changed viewpoint position.
US11042035B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with adjustable-zoom cameras positioned such that their respective capture fields-of-view at least partially overlap at a target distance.
US11042032B2
Architectures are provided for selectively outputting light for forming images, the light having different wavelengths and being outputted with low levels of crosstalk. In some embodiments, light is incoupled into a waveguide and deflected to propagate in different directions, depending on wavelength. The incoupled light then outcoupled by outcoupling optical elements that outcouple light based on the direction of propagation of the light. In some other embodiments, color filters are between a waveguide and outcoupling elements. The color filters limit the wavelengths of light that interact with and are outcoupled by the outcoupling elements. In yet other embodiments, a different waveguide is provided for each range of wavelengths to be outputted. Incoupling optical elements selectively incouple light of the appropriate range of wavelengths into a corresponding waveguide, from which the light is outcoupled.
US11042009B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
US11042006B2
A zoom lens (ZL) comprises, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having negative refractive power; an aperture stop (S); a second lens group (G2) having positive refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group (G4) having positive refractive power. In this zoom lens (ZL), upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the aperture stop (S) and the first lens group (G1), a distance between the aperture stop (S) and the second lens group (G2), and a distance between the aperture stop (S) and the third lens group (G3) are changed and the aperture stop (S) is moved in an optical axis direction.
US11042005B2
An actuator including two or more detection targets disposed on a surface and another surface of a lens barrel, respectively, an oscillating unit including a first oscillation circuit unit including two or more oscillation circuits disposed to face the surface and a second oscillation circuit unit including two or more oscillation circuits disposed to face the other surface to output oscillation signals, and a determining unit to calculate a position of the lens barrel from the oscillation signals output from the oscillating unit. A frequency range of an oscillation signal output from any one of the two or more oscillation circuits of the first oscillation circuit unit is different from that of an oscillation signal output from any one of the two or more oscillation circuits of the second oscillation circuit unit.
US11041993B2
An adapter based connector polarity changer is described. A hook insert is placed into an adapter receptacle at a first end or second, and is removable with a removal tool. A hook insert may be permanently placed into an adapter receptacle. The hook insert oriented in the receptacle in a first position and with a first mating structure interconnects with corresponding connector second mating structure to configure the connector in a first polarity, and the hook insert removed and oriented in a second position with the first mating structure interconnects with corresponding connector second mating structure to configure the connector in a second polarity.
US11041988B2
Multiview backlighting employs a plasmonic multibeam element having a color-tailored emission pattern to provide directional light beams corresponding to a plurality of different views of a multiview image. A multiview backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light as guided light and a plasmonic multibeam element. The plasmonic multibeam element includes a plasmonic material and is configured to provide emitted light having a color-tailored emission pattern from the guided light. The emitted light includes a plurality of directional light beams having different principal angular directions corresponding to respective different view directions of a multiview display and the color-tailored emission pattern corresponds to an arrangement of color sub-pixels of a view pixel in the multiview display.
US11041985B2
A lightguide defines an optical axis and has an optical absorption coefficient of at least 0.02 cm−1 at a wavelength of 500 nm. The light guide includes a plurality of discrete light extracting structures, each with a first surface configured to extract light propagating in a first direction along the light guide, a second surface configured to extract light propagating in a second direction along the light guide, and a light extraction efficiency of less than 2%. The first surface and the second surface in each of the light extracting structures making an angle with each other larger than 90 degrees; the angle between the first and second surfaces of at least one of the light extracting structures being different from the angle between the first and second surfaces of at least another one of the light extracting structures.
US11041981B2
An optical filter includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas spaced apart from each other and a light-blocking area between the plurality of pixel areas, a plurality of color filters arranged on a first surface of the substrate and corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, and a plurality of conversion layers arranged on the first surface of the substrate and corresponding to the plurality of color filters. Each of the conversion layers includes inclined side surfaces. The optical filter further includes a reflective layer on the inclined side surfaces of each of the plurality of conversion layers. The reflective layer extends to the light-blocking area and is arranged consecutively on two adjacent inclined side surfaces from among the inclined side surfaces of the plurality of conversion layers and the light-blocking area between the two adjacent inclined side surfaces.
US11041979B2
A lens assembly according to an embodiment includes a holder including a first sidewall having a first opening and a second sidewall having a second opening, a liquid lens unit including at least a portion disposed in the first opening and the second opening, and an adhesive member coupling the holder and the liquid lens unit, wherein the second opening faces the first opening in a direction perpendicular to an optical-axis of the liquid lens unit.
US11041977B2
An optical printing positioning system is set forth. The system includes a cavity for retaining an optical surface having an inner surface dimensioned and configured to maintain and to constrain an optical surface disposed therein when the optical surface undergoes a printing process.
US11041972B2
Methods and systems for generating an image of a subterranean formation from recorded seismic data obtained in a marine seismic survey of a subterranean formation are described. Methods and systems compute a volume of migrated seismic data obtained from the recorded seismic data. Spectrally enhanced traces of the migrated seismic data are computed in overlapping windows of the volume of migrated seismic data. The spectrally enhanced traces of the volume of migrated seismic data are used to generate a spectrally enhanced image of the subterranean formation.
US11041967B2
A radiation detector includes a substrate having a plurality of charge collection electrodes, a radiation absorption layer disposed on one side with respect to the substrate and formed of a perovskite material, a voltage application electrode disposed on the one side with respect to the radiation absorption layer, a bias voltage being applied to the voltage application electrode so that a potential difference is generated between the voltage application electrode and each of the plurality of charge collection electrodes, and a protective member disposed on the one side with respect to the substrate and being in contact with at least portions opposite to each other in a side surface of the radiation absorption layer.
US11041963B2
A device for measuring a radiation dose according to the present invention includes a radiation exposure unit which exposes radiation, a frame unit which supports the radiation exposure unit, a measurement housing unit which is mounted on the frame unit, a scintillation unit which is mounted on the measurement housing unit and emits light due to the radiation exposed by the radiation exposure unit, an image capturing unit which captures an image of the scintillation unit, and a dose measuring unit which measures, on the basis of the captured image obtained by the image capturing unit, a dose of radiation to which the scintillation unit is exposed.
US11041962B2
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) device for adaptive multi-rate navigation includes detection of a first set of signal measurements and a second set of signal measurements from a plurality of received and acquired GNSS baseband signals. The detected second set of measurements corresponding to a plurality of measurements associated with signal blockage of the baseband signals, are eliminated. A plurality of tracking loop values are computed only from for the detected first set of signal measurements, at a defined tracking loop rate based on the received baseband signals. A motion-path of the device computed based on at least the computed plurality of tracking loop values for the detected first set of signal measurements.
US11041958B2
An autonomous driving assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of lidar units configured to be supported by a vehicle body. The lidar units are collectively configured to detect a periphery region in proximity to the vehicle body to aid in autonomous driving upon coupling the driving assembly to the vehicle body. Each of the plurality of lidar units has a field of view of less than about 180 degrees.
US11041956B2
A lidar module configured for mounting on a vehicle is provided. The lidar module may include a module housing structured to be securable to a vehicle. The module housing may define a cavity configured for receiving a lidar scanner unit therein. The lidar module may include a lidar scanner unit configured to be received within the module housing cavity. The lidar scanner unit may be configured to be removable from the module housing cavity whenever the lidar scanner unit is not in use.
US11041955B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an antenna formed by a silicon photonic two-dimensional grating. In one embodiment, a phased-array light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device includes a phase shifting array that separately shifts a phase of a source light wave to produce separate light waves with distinct phases. The LIDAR device includes optical inputs operably connected with the phase shifting array to receive the separate light waves. The LIDAR device includes a photonic grating operably connected with the optical inputs to receive the separate light waves and having a body that is disposed within a substrate with a face of the body exposed within the substrate. The photonic grating including grating structures exposed within the face. The grating structures redirect the separate light waves to emit the light waves from the photonic grating to form the beam of light.
US11041947B2
A method and system for identifying an object in one space monitored by at least one radar transceiver. The method comprises storing intervals of critical distance values (10) associated with the position of a fixed object upon which a time-varying radio signal shadow may be generated, which may be confused with a moving object. Through successive radar detections, the signals are processed and generate a measurement range profile (40), from which a background range profile (41) is extracted to obtain an object range profile (50). The distance of a possible detected object (60) is determined from the analysis of the object range profile. If the distance of the object (4) is external to the critical intervals (51), the object is classified as valid (55). If the distance is internal to the intervals, the detected object may be a shadow and unless further checks are performed, its presence is not indicated.
US11041946B2
Disclosed is a method of forming a transmission beam with a transducer array comprising a plurality of transducers, the method comprising: receiving at least one desired property for an intended transmission beam; determining an optimised operation parameter for a transducer of the transducer array based on the received at least one desired property and an array model for modelling a relationship between at least one beam property and at least one transducer protection property whilst taking into account of an acoustic mutual coupling of the plurality of transducers of the transducer array; and generating the transmission beam using the optimised operation parameter on the transducer array.
US11041939B2
A signal demodulation device includes an IQ mixer, a differential element and a signal processor. The IQ mixer is configured to output a first mixed signal and a second mixed signal. The differential element is electrically connected to the IQ mixer for receiving the first and second mixed signals and configured to differentiate the first and second mixed signals and output a first derivative signal and a second derivative signal. The signal processor is electrically connected to the differential element for receiving the first and second derivative signals and configured to demodulate the first and second derivative signals and output a first demodulated signal.
US11041933B2
A wireless node for use in a network of wireless nodes, for performing a localization to determine a location of a mobile device based on respective beacon signals transmitted wirelessly between the mobile device and each of a plurality of the wireless nodes. The first wireless node is configured to: wirelessly transmit or receive the respective beacon signal for use in determining the location of the mobile device; and wirelessly transmit information vouching for one or more others of the wireless nodes as being trusted for use in the localization. This information is transmitted to a device performing the localization (e.g. the mobile device), for use in identifying one or more rogue versions of said wireless nodes.
US11041931B2
A voltage measurement device includes a voltage measurement circuit part, a voltage generation circuit part, and a control unit. In a voltage measurement mode, a measurement result of the input voltage is detected as an output voltage value based on the output signal of the voltage measurement circuit part. In a self-diagnosis mode, it is determined whether the measured output voltage value when the lower limit voltage is applied by the voltage generation circuit part is within a specific lower limit range (first determination). Further, a specific intermediate range is set based on the output voltage value and a specific upper limit range, and it is determined whether the output voltage value when the intermediate voltage is applied by the voltage generation circuit part is within the specific intermediate range (second determination). Self-diagnosis of the voltage measurement circuit part is performed based on the first and second determinations.
US11041928B2
A method tor the preparation of a highly polarized nuclear spins containing sample of an organic or inorganic material, containing H or OH groups or adsorbed water molecules. Such highly polarized nuclear spins containing samples can be subjected to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement and/or can be thawed and immediately administered to an individual undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. The method is based on generating unstable radicals on the surface of the sample in the presence of ionized environment followed by cooling the sample to cryogenic temperatures. A device for carrying out a particular step of said method is also discloses.
US11041926B2
A method of Dixon-type MR imaging includes subjecting the object (10) to a first imaging sequence (31) including a series of refocusing RF pulses. A single echo signal is generated in the time interval between two consecutive refocusing RF pulses. The first echo signals from the object (10) are acquired at a first receive bandwidth using unipolar readout magnetic field gradients. The object (10) is further subject to a second imaging sequence (32), which includes a series of refocusing RF pulses. A pair of second echo signals is generated in each time interval between two consecutive refocusing RF pulses. The pairs of second echo signals from the object (10) are acquired at a second receive bandwidth using bipolar readout magnetic field gradients. The second receive bandwidth is higher than the first receive bandwidth. Signal contributions from water protons and fat protons are separated and an MR image is reconstructed.
US11041921B2
In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes: a scanner that is provided with at least an RF coil and a gradient coil and is configured to acquire a magnetic resonance (MR) signal emitted from an object in response to applications of an RF pulse outputted from the RF coil and a gradient magnetic field generated by the gradient coli; and processing circuitry configured to reconstruct a diagnostic image of the object based on the MR signal, generate distortion correction data for correcting a non-linear characteristic of the gradient magnetic field to a linear characteristic that is defined by gradient magnetic field strength at a correction position away from a magnetic field center of the gradient coil and distance from the magnetic field center to the correction position, and correct the diagnostic image by using the distortion correction data.
US11041918B2
At least one first component is operable in a sleep operating mode avoiding electromagnetic interference signals. A first component in the sleep operating mode is placed at least temporarily into the normal operating mode upon receiving a communication message via a bus system. The first and second components along at least one communication pathway are each arranged such that all first components are provided at an end of the communication pathway distant from a master component as a bus segment connected directly downstream of at least one of the second components and containing exclusively first components. At least the second component of each communication pathway that is provided directly adjacent to the bus segment in the communication pathway has a switch for temporarily blocking the communication forwarding on the communication line of the line connection assigned to the bus segment and a controller for actuating the switch.
US11041911B2
In a sampling circuit, a single cell in a series battery pack is isolated from a voltage divider resistor in a bleeder circuit by using a first isolation sampling switch, so as to prevent a drain current of the single cell. In addition, sampling errors in sampling voltages collected by the sampling circuit may be offset during differential calculation.
US11041910B2
An electronic device includes a battery for supplying electrical power for operation of the electronic device, an acquisition unit configured to connect to a measuring instrument and acquire measurement data from the measuring instrument, a temperature sensor configured to measure a reference temperature, and a controller configured to correct the measurement data on the basis of the reference temperature. The controller acquires the terminal voltage of the battery and sets a lifespan voltage on the basis of the reference temperature. The lifespan voltage is used as a standard for outputting an alarm encouraging replacement of the battery before the terminal voltage of the battery falls below the voltage necessary for the electronic device to operate. The controller outputs the alarm when the terminal voltage is less than the lifespan voltage.
US11041909B2
A fixing device for a secondary battery test having a seating stage on which the secondary battery to be tested is seated and which is provided as a magnetic body, a cover provided as a magnetic body to cover the secondary battery, and a magnetic force generator providing magnetic force to the seating stage and the cover is provided. When the magnetic force is transmitted from the magnetic force generator to the seating stage and the cover, attractive magnetic force is generated between the cover and the seating stage to fix the secondary battery disposed between the cover and the seating stage without moving.
US11041908B2
A sump, ejector, or other pump monitor configured to monitor the amperage of electric current power supplied through the pump monitor to a pump and communicate one or more signals regarding the amperage or variations in amperage to a remote signal receiving device which indicate a predicted failure or actual failure of the pump. In various embodiments, the pump monitor operates with a remote pump failure warning system. The remote signal receiving device or remote pump failure warning system provides suitable warnings to one or more user access devices.
US11041906B2
A system and method for performing scan chain testing is disclosed. Scan cells, in the form of scan chains, are inserted into circuit designs for testing those circuit designs. The integrity of the scan chains is checked for defects before testing the circuit under test. In order to do so, various scan chain patterns, including one or both of U-turn and Z-turn patterns, are used in order to generate scan chain test data. The scan chain test data is analyzed in order to identify one or both of a type of defect (e.g., a timing fault, stuck-at fault, etc.) or a location of the defect. Further, the scan chain testing is performed using chain patterns with adaptive length.
US11041897B2
A method for determining an amount of charge uses a capacitive structure which has an electrode device, a dielectric material with a voltage-dependent permittivity, and a counter-electrode device. The method has an adjusting step, an applying step, and a detecting step. In the adjusting step, an electric reference potential is adjusted between the electrode device and the counter-electrode device in order to adjust a reference capacity. In the applying step, an electrical potential resulting from the amount of charge is applied in addition to the reference potential in order to obtain a resulting capacity. In the detecting step, a capacity change is detected between the reference capacity and the resulting capacity in order to determine the amount of charge.
US11041895B1
A probe antenna, a probing system, and a power density measuring method to measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field are disposed. The probe antenna includes a board, and a conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or in a closed-curve shape. The conductor transmitting line is divided into a first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated from each other, and includes a first receiving port formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line and a second receiving port formed with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting line.
US11041893B2
A system is provided to analyze cross-modulation distortion in audio devices, which may include testing with audio frequencies. One or more distortion signals from the audio device may be measured for an amplitude, phase, and or frequency modulation effect. In another embodiment a musical signal may be used as a test signal. Providing additional test signals to the audio device can induce a time varying cross-modulation distortion signal from an output of the audio device. Also utilizing at least one additional filter, filter bank, demodulator and or frequency converter and or frequency multiplier provides extra examination of distortion. Also frequency and or phase response can be measured with the presence of a de-sensing signal and or another signal that induce near slew rate limiting or near overload condition of the device under test.
US11041892B2
A semiconductor device is provided which can suppress heating while assigning performances to a plurality of modules whose heat generations are controlled while considering usage conditions of the plurality of modules. The semiconductor device includes a load detection unit that detects operation rates of the plurality of modules, a weighting calculation unit that calculates coefficients of the plurality of modules based on the operation rates of the plurality of modules, and a heat generation control unit that controls power consumptions of the plurality of modules based on the coefficients of the plurality of modules.
US11041874B2
The automatic analyzer includes: a member to be washed, such as a probe or a stirrer for contacting and stirring a liquid; a wash station in which the member to be washed is washed with a washing liquid; and a measuring part that measures an optical characteristic of an evaluation reagent contained in a reaction cell. A control unit brings the member to be washed that has been washed in the wash station into contact with the evaluation reagent, causes the measuring part to measure the optical characteristic after contact with the evaluation reagent, and calculates the amount of the washing liquid carried into the reaction cell by the member to be washed, based on the measured optical characteristic.
US11041873B2
Certain configurations described herein are directed to autosamplers. In some instances, the autosampler may include a support comprising a body configured to receive two or more articles at separate sites of the body. The autosampler may also include a first motor coupled to the support and configured to rotate the support in an x-y plane, and a second motor configured to move the support in a z-direction to load one of the at least two articles at the separate sites in the body of the support. An encoder may also be used with the autosampler if desired.
US11041869B2
Disclosed are a method and a reagent for quantifying HDL3 in a test sample without requiring laborious operations. The method for quantifying cholesterol in high-density lipoprotein 3 comprises reacting a test sample with one or more surfactants which react specifically with high-density lipoprotein 3, and quantifying cholesterol. When one surfactant is used, the surfactant is one selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene polycyclic phenyl ethers having an HLB of 12.5 to 15. When two or more surfactants are used, at least one of the surfactants is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene polycyclic phenyl ethers, and the two or more surfactants are combined so as to provide the total HLB of 12.5 to 15 of the combined surfactants.
US11041867B2
The present invention relates to diagnosis, prognosis, risk assessment, and/or risk stratification of an adverse event, particularly mortality, of a subject. The invention relates to a method that comprises determining a level of proadrenomedullin (proADM) in a sample of said subject, and wherein said level of proADM is indicative of said adverse event of said subject, wherein said level of proADM is compared to a reference level of proADM; and wherein said adverse event of said subject is identified based on the comparison. The invention further relates to kits for carrying out the methods of the invention.
US11041864B2
Disclosed is a prediction method for the prognosis of sepsis comprising measuring an sCD14-ST level in a sample. sCD14-ST, to be measured in the present invention, is a marker superior to procalcitonin, known as a marker to predict the prognosis in sepsis patients.
US11041862B2
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease characterized by granulomatous inflammation in affected organs. The present invention discloses kits and a system for a blood test using mycobacterial catalase-peroxidase that has a high positive predictive value for confirming a diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
US11041850B2
Methods are provided for detecting a glycosylated target protein in a sample. Aspects of the methods include: (a) contacting a sample comprising a probe-labeled glycosylated target protein with: (i) a first conjugate comprising a first nucleic acid tag linked to a first capture agent that specifically binds the target protein; (ii) a second conjugate comprising a second nucleic acid tag linked to a second capture agent that specifically binds the probe; and (iii) a bridging nucleic acid that hybridizes to the first and second nucleic acid tags; under conditions sufficient to specifically bind the first and second capture agents to the probe-labeled target protein and to hybridize the bridging nucleic acid to the first and second nucleic acid tags to produce a nucleic acid complex; and (b) detecting the nucleic acid complex. Also provided are compositions and kits useful in practicing various embodiments of the subject methods.
US11041835B2
Systems and methods are described to determine whether a sample transmitted through a transfer line from a remote sampling system contains a suitable sample to analyze by an analysis system. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample receiving line configured to receive a liquid segment a first detector configured to detect the liquid segment at a first location in the sample receiving line; a second detector configured to detect the liquid segment at a second location in the sample receiving line downstream from the first location; and a controller configured to register a continuous liquid segment in the sample receiving line when the first detector and the second detector match detection states prior to the controller registering a change of state of the first detector.
US11041833B2
A flow-through vial includes: a columnar internal space for containing a liquid; a liquid introduction part provided in a lower portion of a side surface for guiding the liquid to the internal space in a direction oblique to a radial direction in a horizontal cross section of the internal space; a liquid discharge part provided in an upper portion of the side surface for guiding the liquid in the internal space to outside; and an upper surface sealing member for sealing an upper surface of the internal space, the upper surface sealing member being made of an elastic material which can be penetrated by a needle descending from above.
US11041830B2
According to one embodiment, a detection system of an embodiment includes a sensor configured to detect elastic waves and a determiner. The determiner determines a region where an elastic wave generation source is positioned on the basis of waveform information if the waveform information including a plurality of peak groups related to one elastic wave is included in a detection result of the sensor.
US11041823B2
A gas sensor (1) including: a sensor element (10) which includes a detection portion (11) and a heater (50); a metal shell (138); and a filled member (153) filled with a filling material between the metal shell and the sensor element, wherein a position at which change in a temperature of the sensor element is smallest when a disturbance is applied is a temperature reference position M, the filled member is positioned rearward of the temperature reference position, an overall axial length LT of the sensor element is not greater than 50 mm, an axial length LE from a rear end of the filled member to a rear end of the sensor element is not smaller than 13.5 mm, and an axial length LA from the temperature reference position to a front end of the filled member is greater than 5.0 mm and not greater than 11.5 mm.
US11041820B1
The present invention relates to a magnetic holder for immunoelectron microscopy grids. The holder comprises a frame, a magnet and a hydrophobic layer. The device can use a magnetic force to simultaneously attach the outer rings of nickel grids to the frame, so that a batch operation (such as rinsing, immunolabeling and dyeing) of the nickel grids can be realized. In addition, due to the hydrophobic effect of the hydrophobic layer, the holder can reduce the amount of the liquid carried by the nickel grids in the process of continuously transferring the nickel grids between different types of liquids to almost zero. Compared with the prior art, the magnetic holder effectively reduces the probability of cross-contamination between reagents.
US11041818B2
A dimensional X-ray computed tomography system configured to obtain projection images by irradiating an object to be measured disposed between an X-ray source and an X-ray detector with X-rays for CT scan, and generate a three-dimensional image of the object to be measured by performing CT reconstruction on the projection images, includes a fixed table on which the object to be measured is placed, and a movable X-ray source and a movable X-ray detector that are capable of moving around the fixed table with the fixed table therebetween.
US11041811B2
Apparatus, sensor chips and techniques for optical sensing of substances by using optical sensors on sensor chips.
US11041809B2
A system and method for detecting dynamic electromagnetic emission of an integrated circuit (IC) chip is provided. One embodiment of the method, includes exciting nitro vacancy (NV) centers of a diamond slide located in close proximity to the IC chip via use of light, resulting in an NV fluorescence; providing an optical readout of the NV fluorescence, wherein the optical readout provides quantum states of the NV centers, thereby providing a spectra of electromagnetic fields of the IC chip. A determination is then made of at least one of the group comprising clock frequencies of the IC chip, referred to herein as determined clock frequencies, and data bandwidth of the IC chip, referred to herein as determined data bandwidth of the IC chip, from the spectra of electromagnetic fields of the IC chip. A comparison is then performed, comparing at least one of the group comprising determined clock frequencies and determined data bandwidth, to at least one of the group comprising expected clock frequencies of the IC chip and expected data bandwidth of the IC chip, thereby determining if a foreign device or software is located on the IC chip.
US11041807B2
Various embodiments of a multi-photon microscopy system that uses sequential excitation of a sample through three or more objective lenses oriented at different axes intersecting the sample are disclosed. Each objective lens is capable of focused sequential excitation of the sample that elicits fluorescence emissions from the excited sample, which is then simultaneously detected by each respective objective lens along a respective longitudinal axis every time the sample is illuminated through only a single objective lens.
US11041803B2
Feed-forward spectral calibration methodology for line-scanned tunable laser absorption spectroscopy
A generalized feed-forward method for accurate tunable laser absorption spectroscopy includes generating a laser beam. The generated laser beam is directed down a reference path and a test/sample path. One or more parameters are extracted from the reference path. The one or more parameters, extracted from the reference path, are used as feed-forward, to adjust spectral analysis of the test/sample path to detect a composition and/or concentration of an analyte gas within the test/sample path. The extraction of the one or more parameters from the reference path and the spectral analysis of the test/sample path are performed substantially concurrently.
US11041799B2
A device for a 3D measurement of object coordinates of a measurement object or parts of the measurement object in a coordinate measuring machine is provided. The device includes at least one illumination device configured to generate at least one illumination light beam and to illuminate the measurement object, at least one lens, wherein the lens has a longitudinal chromatic aberration, at least one color sensor arranged in an image plane of the lens, wherein the color sensor is configured to capture a measurement light beam generated by the measurement object in response to the illumination light beam and to determine at least one spectrally dependent image space content; at least one evaluation unit configured to determine at least one item of depth information from the spectrally dependent image space content.
US11041798B2
In the arrangement for determining the achievable adhesive strength before forming a connection having material continuity to a surface of a joining partner, a plurality of detectors are present and arranged that are configured for a spatially resolved spectral analysis of electromagnetic radiation within a wavelength interval and are connected to an electronic evaluation unit. They can detect radiation emitted from a broadband radiation source of a reflection incident on the surface of one of the joining partners, and/or after passing through joining partners transparent for the electromagnetic radiation on the detectors. A laterally and temporally homogeneous intensity of the electromagnetic radiation should be observed in this respect. The joining partner is formed from a material that does not 100% absorb the respective electromagnetic radiation and thus a transmission and/or reflection is possible. The electronic evaluation unit is configured such that the measured signals of the detectors detected with spatial resolution and wavelength resolution can be detected within a wavelength interval for individual local points that are arranged on a predefinable surface and measured signals detected at a plurality of positions can be associated with a respective part region of the detected surface (hypercube). A data reduction can be carried out for all measurement signals of the part regions. A statement on a corresponding adhesive strength is achievable using these selected features with a regression model stored in the memory.
US11041795B2
A reflective laser-based particle detector for detecting contamination particles moving through a vacuum. Laser light is directed through a vacuum access window in the containment vessel and toward a reflective surface on an inner surface opposite the window. A photonic detector is positioned to monitor reflected laser from the opposite inner surface inside the vessel and is capable of detecting perturbations of the reflected light. The system makes use of optical interferometry techniques embodied as a photonic integrated circuit to detect the particles. The reflective laser-based system can be placed entirely outside the vacuum thereby avoiding the need for breaking the vacuum environment to check for accumulation of contaminant particles.
US11041793B1
A multipurpose device used in fermenting wine as a filter for hydrometer testing, siphoning, and a cap punch is disclosed. The filtering device includes a perforated vessel, tubular in shape, with a flange which floats on the cap of the must or fermenting wine and stabilizes the filtering device within the primary fermenter, while the submersed portion of the vessel, below the flange, fills through perforations with liquids free of debris for testing, siphoning, or sampling; a multi-ringed siphoning attachment inserts into the tubular shaped vessel of the filtering device, snaps into place on the rim of the vessel, and securely holds a siphon hose in place within the primary fermenter for siphoning; and a handle which, when snapped into place on the rim of the filtering device, converts the foot of the filtering device to a cap punch.
US11041791B2
An indenter is made of polycrystalline diamond and has a tip having a spherical surface with a radius of 10 to 2000 μm.
US11041785B2
An apparatus for observing image of living tissue having a first cover slip and a second cover slip; and one or more chambers interposed between the first cover slip and the second cover slip and having a cavity therein; in order to observe a living tissue loaded in the cavity of the chamber above is provided. The apparatus for observing image of living tissue of the present invention can be easily prepared with a simple process and a low cost, and facilitates the observation of images of living tissues on both sides, so that an entire image of a huge living tissue at the level of several hundred micrometers can be obtained by using a tissue transparency technique, which is a distinguished advantage of the apparatus of the invention. In the apparatus of the invention, the outer wall part forming the chamber is strongly bound so that the leakage of the mounting solution and the bubble generation can be prevented, indicating the damage of the living tissue can also be prevented.
US11041778B1
A configurable leak detection system comprising a leak detection device and at least a leak detection covering comprising a leak detection region having a first and second electrode and at least an attachable region is provided. The first and second electrodes are disposed spaced apart and fixed in firm contact with the covering. The system is attached onto liquid cooling systems, bases, and/or fluid conduits. When liquid is leaked onto the covering, the liquid is absorbed therein, until the dampened region extends over some point on each of the first and second electrodes. An electrical current is conducted, providing a low resistance path therebetween. An impedance change is detected, an alert means is generated, and the leak detection device is reset. More than one configurable leak detection system is attached onto systems, bases and/or fluid conduits via the at least an attachable region, and then electrically coupled together.
US11041773B2
A sensor body cell for use in a pressure sensor includes a metal housing and an insulating cell. The metal housing has a first cavity with a first conical inner surface. A portion of the first conical inner surface is concave. The insulating cell includes a first seal portion within the first cavity and forms a seal with the first conical inner surface.
US11041772B2
A pressure sensing glove for measuring a force includes a sensor having a pair of contact layers and a pair of diffusion layers disposed between the pair of contact layers. The pair of contact layers distributes a force received along outer surfaces of the sensor across the pair of diffusion layers. The sensor further includes a sensing layer disposed between the pair of diffusion layers. The pair of diffusion layers normalizes the force received from the pair of contact layers across the sensing layer. The sensing layer receives the force at a plurality of locations across a surface area of the sensing layer to determine a resultant pressure applied to the sensor.
US11041771B2
A method and apparatus for calculating line sag in a span of a conductor is provided. The method includes using a portable smart device having one or more accelerometers and running a line sag application on the processing device. The line sag application enables acceleration data of return waves generated on the conductor to be collected using the smart device and to be plotted as a function of time for display on the smart device. The method further includes placement of time markers on the plotted data displayed on the smart device to determine elapsed time and calculating line sag using the elapsed time.
US11041759B2
A method of performing Raman spectroscopy can include guiding a Raman pump beam with an optical fiber, where the Raman pump beam inducing fluorescence in the optical fiber. The beam and the fluorescence are coupled to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) via the fiber. The beam is used to excite a sample in optical communication with the PIC via evanescent coupling and induces Raman scattering in the sample. The Raman scattering is collected via the PIC, and the Raman pump beam as well as the fluorescence is filtered out from the Raman scattering via the PIC.
US11041757B2
A tunable Fabry-Perot (FP) filter element includes a first FP filter stack arranged at a movable first carrier element, and a second FP filter stack arranged in an opposing configuration to the first FP filter stack at a second carrier element, wherein, upon an actuation, the first carrier element with the first FP filter stack is vertically movable with respect to the second carrier element with the second FP filter stack, for adjusting the distance between the first and second opposing FP filter stack and wherein the movable first carrier element is formed as an SON structure (SON=silicon-on-nothing) in an SON substrate, wherein the SON structure is movable suspended by means of a mechanical spring element to the SON substrate.
US11041755B2
A method of manufacturing a Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a forming step of forming a first mirror layer having a plurality of first mirror portions, a sacrificial layer having a plurality of portions expected to be removed, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of second mirror portions on a first main surface of a wafer which includes parts corresponding to a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged substrates and is expected to be cut into the plurality of substrates along each of a plurality of lines; a removing step of simultaneously removing the plurality of two-dimensionally arranged portions expected to be removed from the sacrificial layer through etching after the Ruining step; and a cutting step of cutting the wafer into the plurality of substrates along each of the plurality of lines after the removing step.
US11041751B2
A scale includes a weigh station for receiving items to be weighed, an operator interface configured to display information associated with scale operations and a controller operably coupled to the operator interface to effect display of information. The operator interface may be in the form of a touch-screen display that is used to facilitate ease of use and scale adjustment.
US11041745B2
A hot melt adhesive system includes an adhesive supply for receiving solid or semi-solid hot melt adhesive, and a heater associated with the adhesive supply for melting the solid or semi-solid hot melt adhesive into liquid hot melt adhesive. An adhesive tracking system monitors an output of the liquid hot melt adhesive, and includes a flow meter having a flow inlet and a flow outlet. The flow meter measures an amount of the adhesive flowing out of the flow outlet. A product detector may be used to sense a presence of a product to which the adhesive is applied. A controller then determines the total amount of the liquid adhesive dispensed and the average amount of liquid adhesive dispensed per product.
US11041741B2
An optical fiber sensor device includes a control section configured to compute a physical quantity in an optical fiber installed at plural measurement locations based on intensity of scattered light received, and to compute an average of the computed physical quantity for the optical fiber. The control section is configured to compute the average of the physical quantity based on the computed physical quantity and on a length of the optical fiber. A length of the optical fiber installed at the measurement location is increased as a distance between a light source and the respective measurement location increases.
US11041740B1
A garment for real time detection of body deformation during an image scan includes a front portion, made of a compression material and having a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). The garment includes a plurality of light emitters, each light emitter configured to pulse light waves through a corresponding FBGs and a plurality of light sensors, each light sensor attached to a corresponding FBG and configured to receive pulsed light waves. A processor obtains data through a data acquisition module configured to receive from the light sensors peak wavelengths reflected by the FBG Based on the effective shifts of the Bragg wavelengths of the FBGs aligned along the cartesian coordinate system, the processor may correct acquired image data or re-direct an external beam treatment to compensate for body deformation during an image scan.
US11041739B2
The rotation sensor includes a plurality of magnetic sensors for outputting a sine wave signal and a cosine wave signal corresponding to an electrical angle of rotation of the rotating body, and the magnetic sensors are arranged at equal intervals and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body apart from the outer periphery of the rotating body, and are fixed in position so as to detect a change in magnetic field caused by the change in the rotational position of the rotating body due to the rotation of the rotating body. The rotation sensor includes an arithmetic unit, which receives sine wave signals and cosine wave signals from a plurality of magnetic sensors, and adds and subtracts sine wave signals and cosine wave signals according to a predetermined rule, thereby cancels out the high-order components contained in sine wave signals and cosine wave signals.
US11041729B2
A method for determining a global position of a first landmark is provided, wherein at least one first and one second measurement data set are recorded. A first reference point and a first recording space are assigned to the first measurement data set, and a second reference point and a second recording space are assigned to the second measurement data set. A spatial correlation of the first and second landmark relative to each other is determined using the first measurement data set. The global position of the first landmark relative to a global reference point is determined by determining a first and second relative position of the first landmark, by determining a first relative position of the second landmark, and by using the determined spatial correlation.
US11041719B1
A flag type warning marker consisting of two parts—a flag supported by a uniquely shaped flagstaff to be inserted into the ground directly above underground utility lines to mark their location. By the unique shape of the flagstaff, the marker also indicates the direction or path of the utility lines. The flagstaff includes one C-shaped offset segment projecting outwardly from the vertical flagstaff in the direction of the associated utility lines path. In another embodiment of the invention, there are two separate offset segments oriented at ninety degrees to one another to designate a ninety degree corner of the utility lines below. Another offset segment of the flagstaff near the lower end of the staff can be added and be partially embedded into the ground to anchor the marker in order to prevent it from rotation after installation, thus maintaining the integrity of the directional indication.
US11041712B2
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for determining dimensions, shapes, and locations of rooms of a building using a mobile device for controlling heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) provided to the rooms and building. A measuring device receives a shape of a room in the building and determines a dimension set of the room based on the shape of the room. The measuring device transmits the shape of the room and the dimension set to a mobile device that determines a layout of the building based on the shapes and the dimension sets corresponding to the rooms of the building. In this manner, the systems and methods provide the layout of the building more efficiently, resulting in an improved HVAC system installation and operation process.
US11041708B2
An angle sensing device including a first object, a second object, a magnetic field source, and a first magnetic sensor is provided. The second object is adapted to be rotated with respect to the first object, so that an inclined angle of the second object with respect to the first object is changed. The magnetic field source is connected to the second object. The first magnetic sensor is connected to the first object, and configured to sense a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field source. When the second object is rotated with respect to the first object, the magnetic field sensed by the first magnetic sensor changes, so that an output signal of the first magnetic sensor corresponding to the magnetic field changes.
US11041706B2
Described is a feed mechanism for a slider which is convenient to use with good durability and low costs by eliminating a rack-and-pinion method. The feed mechanism allows the slider to be fed and moved along a longitudinal main scale. The feed mechanism includes a driving gear that is a gear train pivotally supported by the slider, a driven roller that meshes with the driving gear and rotates by rotation of the driving gear, and an arm that includes a cup portion capable of receiving the driven roller on a distal end. The arm includes the cup portion capable of receiving the driven roller on the distal end and is pivotally supported by the slider on a base end. The cup portion in a state of receiving the driven roller is biased toward the main scale by a pin plunger. Accordingly, the driven roller is kept abutted against the main scale.
US11041694B1
A method of creating a rifle and scope assembly, that begins with selecting and providing a rifle having a caliber and barrel length and providing a selection of rifle scopes, wherein each one is matched to a caliber and barrel length. Then, a rifle scope that matches the caliber and barrel length of the rifle is selected from the selection of rifle scopes. The rifle scope is attached to the rifle. Then, a cartridge type is selected to be used in the rifle. A range to zero the rifle scope is selected, based on caliber, barrel length and cartridge type. The final step is zeroing the rifle scope to the selected range.
US11041692B1
A system and method for acceleration of a flying object, preferably with large take-off mass is described. The system can accelerate an object with a mass of several hundred thousand tons. The system includes the use for object acceleration of free (for the period of direct acceleration) energy of exhaust gases of the system elements' jet engines, pushing-out force of water, force of Earth's gravity, initial movement energy of the compressed spring and vacuum, lifting force of light gases, as well as energy consuming, for the period of acceleration, action of the system elements' jet engines, gunpowder gases and drives. The system and the method include acceleration of an object simultaneously in several systems accelerating one inside the other with the summation and increase of acceleration speed. The main elements of the system: launch barrel, carrier and booster pistons with jet engines, and pushing the pistons support.
US11041686B2
An electronic firing rifle assembly includes a salvo rifle operable through electrical means to efficiently discharge a salvo of projectiles. The assembly includes a firearm receiver body that provides housing for internal action components. The firearm receiver body has an inner surface defined by cam slots. The assembly also includes a barrel subassembly having a barrel and a plurality of barrel guide cams extending radially within the cam slots formed in the firearm receiver body. The assembly also includes a reciprocating bolt defined by has an ammunition placement zone for retaining ammunition, such as a tround. A leaf spring ejects the ammunition after discharge of projectiles. The bolt is defined by a cam track that allows the bolt to rotatably and longitudinally reciprocate along a bolt translation path in a helical path. Data pertaining to the location and direction of projectile discharge is transmitted for identifying discharge locations and tracking.
US11041685B2
Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.
US11041683B2
The present invention, BullCharge, is a device that converts the charging handle of an AR, M4, or SR25 flat top rifle to a side charger. The BullCharger device is conveniently installed on either side of the Picatinny riser rail of the rifle using bolts and cap nuts through the slots on the flange of the BullCharger block. This installation does not require the removal of any existing components. By pulling the BullCharger handle backward, the rod within the block engages and pulls the rifle charging handle till the end. Subsequently, the BullCharger handle is released, causing the rifle charging handle to return. And a round is loaded to the chamber to set the rifle ready for use.
US11041679B2
An energy recovery wheel includes a frame positioned within a passage of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The frame is configured to rotate about an axis of the passage relative to the HVAC system and includes an opening that is configured to transmit an air flow. The energy recovery wheel also includes a heat transfer element coupled to the frame and positioned within the opening, where the heat transfer element is permeable and configured to transition between a closed orientation to occlude the opening and direct the air flow across the heat transfer element and an open orientation to substantially unblock the opening and mitigate interaction between the air flow and the heat transfer element.
US11041678B2
A cooling tower (2) for cooling a liquid (4) with a gas (6), which cooling tower (2) comprises: (i) a vessel (8) for receiving the gas (6) passing upwardly and the liquid (4) passing downwardly, with the liquid (4) being hotter than the gas (6); (ii) a gas outlet (4) which is at a top portion (16) of the vessel (8) and which is for allowing the gas (6) to pass out of the vessel (8), (iii) a support member (20) which is positioned across a bottom portion (22) of the vessel (8): (iv) a plurality of apertures (24) which are in the support member (20) and through which the gas (6) and the liquid (4) are able to pass; (v) a fluidised bed (26) of packing elements (28) on the support member (20); (vi) liquid emitting means (30) which is positioned in the vessel (8) above the fluidised bed (26), and which is for emitting alas liquid (4) to be cooled such the liquid (4) passes downwardly towards the fluidised bed (26); (vii) pump means (32) for pumping the liquid to the liquid emitting means (30); and (viii) a fan (34) for blowing the pas upwardly through the fluidised bed (26), and the cooling tower (2) being such that it includes (ix) control means (31) for controlling (a) the velocity of the gas through die vessel (8), and (b) the liquid to gas ratio in the vessel (8), whereby the fluidised bed (26) is caused to operate at a tumbling rate which when combined with selected pre-fluidised packing height causes an approach temperature of below 10° F. (5.6° C.); (x) wherein the tumbling rate is controlled by a combination of controlled gas velocity and liquid to gas ratio creating turbulent mixing and tumbling of packing elements (28) in the fluidised bed (26); (xi) and wherein the pre-fluidised height of the fluidised bed (26) is from 0.15-1.0 m.
US11041676B2
A heat exchanger may include flat tubes formed of a microchannel type, and first and second fins positioned at a top and bottom of the flat tubes so as to conduct the heat of the flat tubes. The first and second fins may be respectively provided with first and second condensate water discharge fins at a top and bottom. The second condensate water discharge fins of the first fins and the first condensate water discharge fins of the second fins may come into contact, and the second condensate water discharge fins of the first fins and the first condensate water discharge fins of the second fins may be disposed in a line with respect to a vertical direction, thereby having an advantage of quickly transferring condensate water formed at the top to the bottom.
US11041675B2
The present invention relates to an electrode mounting unit comprising: a mounting member comprising a horizontal plate, a vertical plate disposed on a top surface of the horizontal plate, and a shaft which is fixed to the vertical plate and into which an electrode roll is fitted to be mounted; and an unwinding prevention member disposed between the electrode wound around the electrode roll and the horizontal plate to support the electrode wound around the electrode roll so as to prevent the electrode wound around the electrode roll from being unwound.
US11041674B2
Methods and devices for agitating material. In some embodiments, an agitator is positioned in a receptacle to agitate material therein. The agitator may include a shaft, an arm extending from the shaft, and at least one knife extending from the arm. In some embodiments, the agitator may further include one or more agitator elements operably connected to at least one knife.
US11041669B2
The present disclosure relates to a technique capable of being used even in an environment that needs to be maintained at a low temperature. The present disclosure may include a fan configured to generate a flow of air, an absorbing material disposed downstream from the fan and configured to absorb a malodorous substance from air passing therethrough and to desorb the malodorous substance by being heated, an upstream heater disposed downstream from the fan and upstream from the absorbing material and configured to heat air entered the absorbing material, a catalyst configured to decompose the malodorous substance desorbed from the absorbing material, and a cooler configured to cool air passed through the catalyst.
US11041668B2
An ice machine is provided herein that includes a cabinet having a cabinet door coupled thereto through a hinge assembly. A frame is positioned within the cabinet and includes a base portion and a support portion. A hopper is supported by the support portion of the frame. The hopper includes an ice dispensing interface. A housing is operably coupled with the cabinet door and defines an ice harvesting chamber. A chute is coupled with the housing and is in communication with the ice dispensing interface. A container hanging assembly is operably coupled with the chute. An attachment rod is coupled to the housing and is positioned on an opposing side of the chute from the container hanging assembly. A drain is defined by a bottom portion of the housing.
US11041666B2
Provided is a refrigeration apparatus that secures safety while suppressing an increase in cost. A refrigeration apparatus performs a refrigeration cycle in a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a heat source-side heat exchanger, and a usage-side heat exchanger. The refrigeration apparatus comprises a usage-side fan providing an air flow, and a controller. The usage-side fan is disposed in a target space where inside air is cooled. The controller performs a refrigerant leak determination process to determine whether a refrigerant leak occurs, based on a state of a refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit. When the controller performs the refrigerant leak determination process to determine that a refrigerant leak occurs, then the controller performs leakage refrigerant agitation control to operate the usage-side fan so as to suppress local emergence of a region where the refrigerant leaks at a high concentration in the target space.
US11041665B1
Methods and systems are provided for heat transfer from a process fluid, such as humid air, to liquid droplets that are generated by contact of a heat transfer surface with the process fluid. The heat transfer surface rapidly ejects liquid droplets, which may then be coalesced and removed, thereby cooling the process fluid. Enhanced methods of condensate collection are described.
US11041660B2
A heating assembly includes a heater extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. Heat transfer fins are thermally coupled to the heater and extend in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction. An airflow component is positioned proximate one of the first and second end and is configured to generate airflow along the plurality of heat transfer fins toward the other of the first and second end.
US11041658B2
There is provided a method of producing an exterior case for a hot water unit including a pressing process in which press processing is performed on a flat metal plate, and a component part of an exterior case used for accommodating a hot water device for hot water production or hot water storage therein is formed; and a painting process in which any of letters, symbols, figures, and patterns is painted on the component part of the exterior case, wherein the painting process includes an ink jet printing process in which ink jet printing is performed on the flat metal plate and an ink jet printing layer is formed, and wherein the pressing process is performed after the ink jet printing process.
US11041654B2
A wall mounted heat exchanger including a plurality of panels. Individual panels may include a first end, a second end, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first gap disposed along the second end, and a second gap disposed along the second sidewall. A first plurality of panels may be arranged such that first ends of the first plurality of panels are co-planar with second ends of a second plurality of panels and first sidewalls of the first plurality of panels are co-planar with second sidewalls of the second plurality of panels. The first plurality of panels and the second plurality of panels, when arranged, may form a plurality of first inlets from the second gap, a plurality of first outlets from the first gap, a plurality of second inlets from the second gap, and a plurality of second outlets from the first gap.
US11041646B2
Heating and cooling systems at various geographical locations are controlled by a central energy management service unit to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures. In some weather conditions, people may intuitively prefer a slightly warmer or cooler indoor temperature. In systems equipped with environmental learning capabilities, an apparent outdoor temperature is determined based on the geographic location itself, the season at the geographic location, the forecasted actual temperature, and one or more seasonal weather factors such as wind velocity or humidity. The apparent temperature and a trained machine learning system are used to select an automated schedule for the geographic location to be directly transmitted to devices at the location. The automated schedule can vary from typical schedules by causing the heating and cooling systems to maintain a temperature that is slightly warmer or cooler than typical indoor temperatures.
US11041641B2
A conditioned air blower system for ventilating a trailer interior includes a centrifugal blower and a heat exchange unit. The centrifugal blower includes a blower housing, an inlet portion configured to direct air into the blower housing, and a discharge portion configured to direct air from the blower housing into the trailer interior. The heat exchange unit includes an air inlet portion, heat exchange elements, and a conditioned air exit portion coupled to the inlet portion of the centrifugal blower. The heat exchange unit conditions ambient air introduced at the air inlet portion from a first temperature to a second temperature by heat exchange relationship with the heat exchange elements. The conditioned air blower system may include a controller operatively associated with the centrifugal blower. The controller monitors a condition related to the centrifugal blower, and regulates the supply of temperature-conditioned air in response to the condition.
US11041634B2
The present invention relates to a local thermal energy consumer assembly and a local thermal energy generator assembly to be connected to a thermal energy circuit comprising a hot and a cold conduit. The local thermal energy consumer assembly is selectively connected, via a pump or a valve to the hot conduit. The local thermal energy generator assembly is selectively connected, via a pump or a valve to the cold conduit. The use of either the valve or the pump is controlled by determining a local pressure difference between heat transfer liquid of the hot and the cold conduits.
US11041633B2
The present invention relates to a district thermal energy distribution system comprising a thermal energy circuit comprising a hot and a cold conduit for allowing flow of heat transfer liquid therethrough, a thermal energy consumer heat exchanger and a thermal energy generator heat exchanger. The thermal energy consumer heat exchanger is selectively connected to the hot conduit via a thermal energy consumer valve or a thermal energy consumer pump. The thermal energy generator heat exchanger is selectively connected to the cold conduit via a thermal energy generator valve or a thermal energy generator pump.
US11041632B2
A thermostatic device for a pipeline of a sanitary water supply or dispensing system and including a temperature meter which detects the temperature of the sanitary water entering the thermostatic device, a flow regulator which regulates a rate of sanitary water exiting from the device, and a control unit. The flow regulator operates in a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The first operating mode is a steady-state operating mode. The second operating mode is a steady-state setting operating mode in which the flow rate of sanitary water leaving the thermostatic device is a minimum flow rate. The control unit is configured to acquire, receive and/or calculate a reference temperature and arrange the switching of the operating mode when the temperature meter detects a temperature of the sanitary water greater than the reference temperature.
US11041628B2
In a method for controlling a cooking appliance having heating devices and an internal cooking appliance controller by means of an external control device which is arranged outside the cooking appliance and may be a mobile telephone, this external control device provides the cooking appliance controller with control commands. The external control device is classified by the cooking appliance controller either as an automatic control device or as a manual control device, wherein its control commands are implemented by the cooking appliance controller after the classification. A check is carried out continuously or at intervals during operation of the cooking appliance in order to determine whether the classification still applies.
US11041624B2
A fuel spray nozzle comprises a fuel passage (1) having at least one inlet and at least one outlet. The outlet is configured for accelerating fuel exiting the fuel passage into a jet. An air swirler (3) is arranged outboard of the fuel passage and converges to a single outlet chamber (5) adjacent the fuel passage outlet(s). The air swirler (3) can be nominally concentrically arranged but have some freedom to move axially or radially or change its angular position. The fuel passage outlets may be arranged symmetrically in an annular configuration. An air passage may be arranged axially within the annular array of fuel passage outlets.
US11041622B2
A gas cooktop includes one or more gas burners on a top panel. A high output gas burner is also positioned on the top panel. The high output gas burner is separate from each of the one or more gas burners. The high output gas burner has a maximum heat output greater than each of the one or more gas burners. An electronic control valve is coupled to a supply line of the high output gas burner. The electronic control valve is operable to adjust a flow rate of fuel through the supply line of the high output gas burner. A controller is in communication with the electronic control valve and the one or more control valves. The controller is configured for throttling the maximum heat output of the high output gas burner with the electronic control valve.
US11041621B2
An auxiliary burner for an electric furnace capable of increasing and homogenizing the heating effect of iron scrap by suitably and efficiently burning solid fuel along with gas fuel. Auxiliary burner 100 for an electric furnace comprises a solid fuel injection tube 1, a gas fuel injection tube 2, and a combustion-supporting gas injection tube 3 in the stated order from the center side, all arranged coaxially, and is characterized in that: a combustion-supporting gas flow path 30 of the 10 combustion-supporting gas injection tube 3 is provided with a plurality of swirl vanes 4 for swirling the combustion-supporting gas, and the angle θ formed between the swirl vanes 4 and the burner axis is 5° or more and 45° or less.
US11041618B2
An infrared radiation heater includes: a combustion chamber having a combustion space that is open on one side; a combustion device provided in the combustion chamber to combust air-fuel mixture made by mixing fuel with air; and a radiator configured to be heated by heat generated from the combustion device and including a radiation plane configured to emit infrared radiation. The combustion device includes: a nozzle provided in a flow path of the air to inject the fuel; a tubular body including a side surface that faces a direction with a predetermined angle with respect to the radiation plane, and a plurality of voids being formed on the side surface; and an ignition device provided outside of the tubular body and configured to ignite the air-fuel mixture. The air-fuel mixture flows into the tubular body, and the tubular body releases the air-fuel mixture from the voids into the combustion chamber.
US11041615B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system allows for the maintenance and replacement of a light emitting diode-chip on board (LED-COB). Additionally, the LED lighting system allows an LED-COB to be electrified by traversing electrical conductors through a heat sink. The LED lighting system includes at least one illumination system, a plate cover, a substrate, a heat sink, and a direct current (DC) power supply. The at least one illumination system is the light source of the LED lighting system. The substrate combines with the at least one illumination system in order to form a LED-COB. The plate cover is used to fasten the substrate with the at least one illumination system to the heat sink. The heat sink is used to absorb and dissipate heat produced by the at least one illumination system. The DC power supply is used to electrify the at least one illumination system, and an electrical connection between the at least one illumination system and the DC power supply traverses through the heat sink.
US11041611B2
A light fixture mounting assembly includes a surface mount, a lighting unit mount configured to engage the surface mount, and an arm connecting the surface mount to the lighting unit mount. The lighting unit mount is movable in use between a first configuration in which the lighting unit mount is disengaged from the surface mount and supported by the arm and a second configuration in which the lighting unit mount is engaged to the surface mount. Moving the lighting unit mount from the first configuration to the second configuration includes moving the lighting unit mount relative to the surface mount in a first direction to cause the surface mount and the lighting unit mount to draw closer together in a second direction that is nonparallel to the first direction.
US11041603B2
An illumination device and a method for producing an illumination device are disclosed. In an embodiment an illumination device includes a light emitting element and an optical device with a first lens and a second lens, wherein the light emitting element has an emission surface on a side facing the optical device, wherein the optical device is subordinated to the light emitting element in a radiation direction, wherein the first lens is arranged on a side of the optical device facing the light emitting element, wherein a material, which has a refractive index different from a material of the first lens, is arranged between the first lens and the light emitting element, wherein a first surface of the first lens facing the light emitting element has a radius of curvature of at least 200 mm and a second surface of the first lens facing away from the light emitting element has a radius of curvature of at least 200 mm, and wherein the first lens has a thickness of at least twice an edge length of the emission surface.
US11041599B2
A headlight includes a frame defining a beam passage opening, a stationary protective cover, and a cut-off mechanism including a movable assembly and at least one actuating motor, the movable assembly including a cut-off bar provided with a cut-off blade, the cut-off bar being movable by the actuating motor between at least one closure position, in which the cut-off blade partially closes off the opening in the region of the stationary protective cover, and a retracted position, in which the cut-off blade unblocks the opening, the protective cover including at least one closure plate, the closure plate and the cut-off blade being designed to engage together to form a closure surface in the closure position.
US11041595B2
A luminaire includes a light emitting diode module, a driver housing, and a hollow connector that connects the driver housing and the light emitting diode module. The driver housing includes a rotatable cap and a driver that provides power to the light emitting diode module. The rotatable cap permits rotation of the hollow connector and the light emitting diode module in order to direct the light from the light emitting diode module in a desired direction. The light emitting diode module includes a plurality of optics wherein each optic covers at least one light emitting diode and at least one vent adjacent to each optic.
US11041586B2
A snubber includes a head portion, a shank portion, and a threaded portion. The shank portion is attached to the head portion, and the shank portion defines a shank diameter. The threaded portion is attached to the shank portion, and the threaded portion includes an external helical thread wrapped around a central shaft. The external helical thread defines a threaded diameter, and the central shaft defines a central shaft diameter. The shank diameter and the thread diameter are sized such that the shank portion and the threaded portion define at least one fluid flow path when the snubber is installed in a pressure sensor.
US11041583B2
A duct coupling system that is capable of coupling two ducts, such as a clothes dryer exhaust duct and a flexible helical clothes dryer duct that is connected to a wall vent. The duct coupling includes a first duct adapter with a first end to concentrically mate with the first duct, and a second end with a plurality of tines to flexibly bend toward the inner surface of the first duct adapter, such that the first duct that is concentrically mated with the first duct adapter is disposed between an inner surface of the plurality of tines and the inner surface of the first duct adapter toward which the plurality of tines flexibly bend.
US11041581B2
The disclosure pertains to an assembly for use in connecting tubing to a fitting with zero dead volume.
US11041580B2
A fluid control device (111) includes a valve section (12) and a blower section (13). The valve section (12) allows fluid to flow in one direction. The valve section (12) has the shape of a cylindrical container with a valve chamber (40) provided therein. The valve section (12) includes a top plate (21), a side-wall plate (22), a bottom plate (23), and a film (24). A plurality of ejection holes (41) and a plurality of auxiliary holes (49) arranged in a predetermined pattern are formed in a central region of the top plate (21). A plurality of communication holes (43) arranged in a predetermined pattern are formed in a central region of the bottom plate (23). A plurality of film holes (42) arranged in a predetermined pattern are formed in a central region of the film (24).
US11041578B2
A valve controller for controlling a valve and a valve comprising the valve controller are disclosed. The valve has an actuator and a flow controlling unit. The valve controller is configured to execute a setup process and comprises a first pilot valve that can energize the actuator by allowing a first pressurized fluid to enter the actuator and de-energizing the actuator by allowing the fluid to leave the actuator. The valve controller further has an input device by which the setup process can be initiated, and a memory unit for storing setup parameter values. The setup process comprises: determining parameter values indicative of the functionality of at least one of the valve controller, the actuator and the flow controlling unit, and storing the parameter values as setup parameter values in the memory unit.
US11041569B2
A seat plate which maintains constant contact and load against the gate to keep sealing surfaces protected is disclosed. The seat plate has a dynamic seat function ie live-loaded to follow the gate surface during stroking and high temperature changes. The valve maintains a positive barrier between body steam chamber and process fluid through port. The valve uses an extended seat plates to maintain constant contact with gate in all positions such that all process is captured and not allowed to enter body chamber. The seat plate allows for sufficient axial seat travel upstream and downstream to balance sealing load on both sides of gate. In addition, an axial hard stop on each seat allowing upstream seat to maintain sealing contact with gate.
US11041565B2
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to systems, apparatus, and methods for fluid filtration (e.g., water) with a ceramic membrane having a seal. For example, the present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to a cross-flow fluid filtration assembly comprising (a) an elongate ceramic membrane filter having a first filter end, a second filter end, at least one filter side, and at least one interior channel spanning the length of the filter, (b) a first filtration seal gasket fixed to the first filter end forming a fluid-tight seal therebetween, and (c) a second filtration seal gasket fixed to the second filter end forming a fluid-tight seal therebetween. The present disclosure also relates to a cross-flow fluid filtration module comprising a fluid path defined by a contaminated media inlet chamber, a fluid filtration assembly positioned in a permeate chamber, and a concentrate chamber.
US11041562B2
The invention relates to a pivot pin (5) for an epicyclic gear train sliding bearing, the pivot pin having axially opposed, laterally open circumferential grooves (25a), providing flexibility to the pivot pin and which radially separate two axially opposite lateral end portions of a central shank from two lateral cantilevered portions (27a,27b) of the pivot pin. At least one of the cantilevered lateral portions is hollowed out by at least one recess (65a).
US11041561B2
A structure of an engine transmission box is provided. The transmission box includes a transmission box body and a cover arranged on and covering the transmission box body. The transmission box includes at least one airflow entrance opening and an air outlet opening. The cover includes an air inlet port portion, which has an air inlet opening, and a filter member arranged outside of the air inlet opening. An airflow guide hood is arranged to cover the air inlet port portion. The filter member is located between the airflow guide hood and the air inlet port portion. With such an arrangement, a space is guaranteed inside the transmission box, and cleaning or replacement engineering of the filter member is made easy.
US11041553B2
Linear actuators are described herein. In particular embodiments, a linear actuator includes an everted ball screw assembly comprising a hollow screw shaft with internal threads, a ball cylinder concentrically positioned therein and having external threads, and a plurality of bearing balls sized to fit in a substantially contiguous series along a working pathway defined by the space between the internal and external threads. The linear actuator may include a support bearing for rotatably supporting the screw shaft in a housing. The ball cylinder in particular embodiments includes an internal return path along which the balls return to the working pathway. The everted ball screw assembly may include a lash reduction assembly and one or more scoop inserts that are sized and shaped to guide the balls into the internal return path and back onto the working pathway.
US11041544B2
An outer wheel element (16a) formed in an annular shape with a synthetic resin and having a worm wheel tooth part (19a) on an outer circumferential surface thereof embeds a radially outer end part of an inner wheel element (15a) formed in an annular shape with a metal. An outer circumferential surface of the inner wheel element (15a), which is radially superimposed with an engaging part between the worm tooth part (19a) and a the worm wheel tooth part serves as a cylindrical surface part (24). This realizes a structure capable of suppressing manufacturing error of the worm wheel tooth part engaging with the worm tooth part.
US11041526B1
An adjustable wear pad with a wear indicator preferably includes a wear pad, a push plate, at least two pushing fasteners, at least two retention fasteners and at least two threaded inserts. The at least two threaded inserts are retained in the wear pad. Each threaded insert threadably receives one of the retention fasteners. The push plate preferably includes a plate member, a hook extension and at least one wear sensor. The hook extension extends from one end of the plate member and the pair of wear sensors extend from an opposing end thereof. A hook pocket is formed in an end of the wear pad to receive the hook extension. At least two retention clearance holes are formed through the plate member. The adjustable wear pad is retained on a stationary structure and the wear pad is in contact with a moving structure.
US11041511B2
A head end seal assembly for a hydraulic cylinder may include a cylinder seal carrier having a seal carrier bore with a main seal groove and a coating ring groove adjacent the main seal groove. A main seal disposed within the main seal groove is fabricated from a resilient material and engages a rod outer surface of a rod to substantially prevent leakage of pressurized fluid from the hydraulic cylinder. A coating ring disposed within the coating ring groove is fabricated from a thermoplastic polymer such as Teflon and engages the rod outer surface such that portions of the thermoplastic polymer are deposited into indentations on the rod outer surface as the rod slides past the coating ring to smooth the surface and reduce abrasion between the rod and the main seal. A second coating ring on the opposite side of the main seal may coat the rod as it moves in the opposite direction.
US11041506B2
Disclosed are: a blower fan capable of reducing noise and power consumption; and an air conditioner having the same. The present device comprises: a hub connected to a driving member so as to receive rotating power; and a plurality of wings radially arranged along the circumference of the hub, wherein the plurality of wings can comprise: uneven parts formed at trailing edges, which are the rear edge portions of each wing, with respect to the rotational direction thereof; and tail wing parts formed on the outer sides of the uneven parts so as to have convex parts protruding farther than the uneven parts.
US11041505B2
A rotary machine blade (31) equipped with a clearance flow suppression blade section (34), the lean angle of which has one or more inflection points, and which is formed such that when the direction from a positive-pressure surface (31a) to a negative-pressure surface (31b) is taken as the normal direction, an inflection point (P1) of the lean angle positioned farthest toward the blade end (33) changes from the negative to the positive direction in the direction away from the blade end (33).
US11041498B2
A fan motor apparatus is provided, which includes a blade; a rotary shaft; a hub; a rotor integrally molded with the blade, the rotor being fixed to the rotary shaft; and a protection cover including: a lid portion covering a top surface of the rotor; and an intake port configured to take air into the lid portion.
US11041495B2
A positive displacement compressor includes a positive displacement compressor rotor; a shaft operative to support the positive displacement compressor rotor; a bearing operative to support the shaft; a first structure having a first squeeze film compression surface; and a second structure having a second squeeze film compression surface spaced apart radially from the first squeeze film compression surface. The first and second structures are constructed to jointly form a squeeze film damper using the first and second squeeze film compression surfaces. The squeeze film damper is operative to provide squeeze film damping of vibrations. An annular oil discharge groove is disposed adjacent to a first end of the squeeze film damper. A first o-ring gland houses a circumferential-sealing o-ring disposed proximate to the first end of the squeeze film damper. A second o-ring gland houses a second circumferential-sealing o-ring disposed proximate to a second end of the squeeze film damper.
US11041492B2
Embodiments of a compressor cutoff are presented. In an embodiment, the present invention includes apparatus for cutting off the flow of gas/liquid in the event of compressor failure or breakdown. In this embodiment, gas/liquid flows from its source through one or more passageways into a first input chamber, and also through one or more other passageways into a second input chamber, where the first and second input chambers are separated by a stop plunger. During the down-stroke of the compressor's piston, gas/liquid in the first chamber passes (or is drawn) through an inlet valve of the piston bore, and during the up-stroke of the piston that gas/liquid is forced through an outlet valve to a tank or other compressed gas/liquid receptacle. So long as the compressor operates normally, the pressure in the two input chambers (i.e., on each side of the stop plunger) will be substantially equal, thereby keeping the stop plunger in place. If, however, the compressor fails in a manner that exposes gas/liquid in the piston bore to the atmosphere, or otherwise results in a decrease in pressure in the piston bore, the pressure in the first input chamber will fall below the pressure in the second input chamber, thereby causing the stop plunger to move to a position in which it blocks the flow of gas/liquid from entering the inlet valve of the piston bore.
US11041475B2
Disclosed herein is a hydropower electric generator, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the hydropower electric generator may include a closed conduit. Further, the closed conduit may include a reservoir, a downward flow pipe, a horizontal pipe, an upward flow pipe. Further, the downward flow pipe may include a first turbine configured to intercept the downward flow of the water and generate rotational force. Further, the upward flow pipe may include an airlift assembly configured to receive compressed air into the upward flow pipe. Further, the upward flow pipe may include a second turbine configured to intercept an upward flow of the water and generate rotational force. Further, the hydropower electric generator may include an air pump configured to generate the compressed air based on electrical energy. Further, the hydropower electric generator may include an energy storage device.
US11041472B2
A motor driving device is provided. The motor driving device includes a driving unit configured to drive a starter motor/generator that is directly connected to an engine by a rotation shaft, by performing on/off control of switching elements in a bridge circuit for driving a motor; and a driving controller configured to control a driving operation for the starter motor/generator that is performed by the driving unit. The driving unit controls a motor driving voltage for the starter motor/generator by changing ON periods of the switching elements of the bridge circuit, and turns on predetermined switching elements of the bridge circuit at a predetermined timing to perform an active freewheel operation for boosting a regenerative voltage generated by the starter motor/generator. The driving controller instructs the driving unit to control the motor driving voltage and on/off of the active freewheel operation, based on a battery voltage.
US11041471B2
The invention relates to a fuel injection nozzle for use in an internal combustion engine, having a nozzle body (1), in which is formed a pressure chamber (2) fillable with fuel under high pressure and in which a longitudinally displaceable nozzle needle (4) is arranged, wherein the nozzle needle (4) has a sealing face (5) with which it interacts with a conical body seat (7) formed in the nozzle body (1) and thereby opens and closes the connection from the pressure chamber (2) to a blind hole (10). The blind hole (10) forms a cylindrical section (12) directly adjoining the body seat (7) so that an inlet edge (11) is formed at the transition between the body seat (7) and the blind hole (10). In the nozzle body (1) is formed at least one injection opening (14) which opens into the blind hole (10). The cylindrical section of the blind hole (10) has a reduced diameter so that a shoulder (16) is formed in the blind hole (10), wherein the at least one injection opening (14) opens into the blind hole (10) between the shoulder (16) and the inlet edge (11).
US11041468B2
A mixing connector includes an intake passage, an EGR passage that fetches a portion of exhaust gas exhausted from an engine body to use as EGR gas, and that returns the EGR gas to the intake passage, and a merging section that connects the EGR passage to the intake passage so that longitudinal directions of the intake passage and the EGR passage intersect each other. An upstream side region located on an inlet port side of the intake passage from the merging section on an opposite wall surface configuring an inner surface of the intake passage and located on a side opposite to the merging section includes a first wall surface and a second wall surface which are sequentially arranged at an interval from the merging section side toward the inlet port, and a third wall surface projecting inward of the first wall surface between the first and second wall surfaces.
US11041465B2
In at least some implementations, a charge forming device for a combustion engine includes a housing, a throttle valve and a vent valve. The housing has an inlet chamber in which a supply of fuel is received, a vent passage communicating with the inlet chamber and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received. The throttle valve is carried by the housing and has a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore to control fluid flow through the throttle bore. And the vent valve is electrically actuated, carried by the housing and has a valve element that is movable between an open position wherein fluid may flow from the inlet chamber through the vent passage and a closed position where fluid is prevented or inhibited from flowing out of the inlet chamber through the vent passage.
US11041464B1
Apparatus, systems, and methods for enhancing solid propellant performance include seeding combusting energetic material, including solid propellant, with microwave energy at a controlled power and duration.
US11041458B2
A thermoacoustic transducer apparatus is disclosed including at least one thermal converter operable to provide power conversion between acoustic power and thermal power in a pressurized working gas contained within a working volume, a portion of which extends through the thermal converter. The thermoacoustic transducer is operable to cause a periodic flow in the working gas during operation. The apparatus also includes a reservoir volume in fluid communication with the working volume through a conduit having a working volume end in fluid communication with the working volume and a reservoir volume end in fluid communication with the reservoir volume. The conduit has a bore size and length operable to cause pressure oscillations at the working volume end to be converted to flow oscillations at the reservoir volume end such that periodic fluid flow at the reservoir volume end is at least twice as large as periodic fluid flow at the working volume end thereby facilitating a steady fluid flow along the conduit for equalization of working gas static pressures between the working volume and the reservoir volume while providing a sufficiently high acoustic impedance at the working volume end to minimize losses due to periodic flows of working gas within the conduit.
US11041457B2
A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes: a crown surface of a piston; a combustion chamber ceiling surface formed on a cylinder head; and an ignition plug mounted on the combustion chamber ceiling surface, and including an ignition portion disposed in such a way as to face the combustion chamber. The crown surface of the piston includes a cavity which is recessed in a cylinder axis direction in a region including a position below the ignition portion of the ignition plug in a plan view from the cylinder axis direction. A rim portion of the cavity includes a guide portion, raised in the cylinder axis direction with respect to an inner region of the rim portion, interposing the ignition portion when the piston is at a compression top dead center, and configured to guide an air-fuel mixture within the combustion chamber to the ignition portion.
US11041455B2
Systems and methods are provided for a cylinder liner for an engine including a catcher feature on a side surface to provide radial support and improved coolant sealing. In one example, the catcher feature may include a continuous stepped catcher extending from the cylinder liner body and a stepped tab of the engine block, the stepped catcher resting on the stepped tab. Also, a radial flange in the upper portion of the cylinder liner may be coupled to the engine block, the coupling sealed via an O-ring nestled in a groove formed in the radial flange.
US11041450B2
A vehicle control device includes an engine 10 capable of switching between reduced-cylinder operation and all-cylinder operation, an engine control mechanism that controls an engine torque, and a PCM 50 that executes vehicle posture control for generating vehicle deceleration by controlling the engine control mechanism to reduce the engine torque upon satisfaction of a condition that a vehicle is travelling and a steering angle-related value related to a steering angle of a steering device increases. In addition, this PCM 50 permits the execution of the vehicle posture control when an engine rotation speed is more than or equal to a first rotation speed Ne1 and permits the execution of the reduced-cylinder operation of the engine 10 when the engine rotation speed is more than or equal to a second rotation speed Ne2 that is more than the first rotation speed Ne1.
US11041442B2
A sacrificial outer sleeve of a self-eroding single-use gas-turbine-engine igniter contains a main pyrotechnic composition and an initiator embedded therein proximate to a distal portion of the sacrificial outer sleeve. The sacrificial outer sleeve extends within a combustion chamber of the gas-turbine engine when operatively coupled thereto so as to provide for igniting a fuel/air mixture therein. The sacrificial outer sleeve is constructed of a material that is consumable either responsive to combustion of the main pyrotechnic composition responsive to activation of the initiator responsive to an actuation signal communicated via an associated signal conduit, or, responsive to a subsequent operation of said gas-turbine engine to which the igniter is operatively coupled, when operatively coupled thereto.
US11041440B2
A fuel flow valve, for example for use in supplying fuel to a gas turbine engine. Example embodiments disclosed include a staging fuel valve (300), comprising: a valve housing (301) having first and second fuel inlets (306, 307) and first and second fuel outlets (305, 308); a piston (302) slidably mounted within a chamber (303) in the valve housing (301) and being moveable between a first position in which the first inlet (306) is in fluid communication with the first outlet (305) while the second inlet (307) and second outlet (308) are blocked, and a second position in which the second inlet (307) is in fluid communication with the second outlet (308). The piston (302) comprises a magnet assembly (312) and the valve housing (301) comprises a coil (313) arranged to provide, when energised, a magnetic force to actuate the piston (302) between the first and second positions.
US11041439B2
A gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine and a turbo-generator. The gas turbine engine includes a heat exchange system configured to transfer thermal energy from an air flow (i.e., inlet air flow or exhaust gas flow) to a fuel to produce a gaseous fuel. The turbo-generator includes a fuel turbine fluidly coupled to the heat exchange system and a combustor of the gas turbine engine, a fuel pump configured to be driven by the fuel turbine and fluidly coupled to the heat exchange system, and a motor/generator configured to be driven by the fuel turbine. The fuel turbine is configured to extract energy from expansion of the gaseous fuel to produce a gaseous fuel for combustion in the combustor. The motor/generator includes a cooling jacket, which is fluidly coupled to the fuel pump.
US11041438B2
An apparatus and method of biasing a service tube within a turbine rear frame of a gas turbine engine. The engine includes an engine core having a service fitting. A service tube is mounted to the service fitting and at least one support mount secures the service tube to the engine core. A spring element on the support mount can provide a biasing force to the service tube.
US11041435B2
An engine system is provided with a crankshaft gear coupled to a crankshaft of an engine for rotation therewith, and a balance gear coupled to a balance shaft for rotation therewith. The balance gear and crankshaft gear are in meshed engagement. The balance gear is formed by a series of sectors connected by a series of resilient blocks, with each sector defining first and second recesses along opposite radial edges sized to receive adjacent blocks, respectively. Each elastomeric block is configured to deform both normally and in shear thereby providing damping for the gear. A gear such as the balance gear, and a method of forming the gear are also provided.
US11041433B2
There is provided an exhaust casing for a turbocharger that can be reduced in weight and can be easily machined. The exhaust casing (1) for the turbocharger includes an exhaust casing body (2) for the turbocharger that has a hollow structure and is made of a casting of iron-based metal, a light metal layer (3) that serves as an outer shell, and a heat insulating layer (4) that is provided between the exhaust casing body (2) and the light metal layer (3).
US11041431B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to internal combustion engines, combustion systems that include such internal combustion engines, and controls for controlling operation of the combustion engine. The internal combustion engine may include one or more mechanisms for injecting fuel, air, fuel-air mixture, or combinations thereof directly into one or more cylinders, and controls may operate or direct operation of such mechanisms.
US11041418B2
Turbocharged engine water vapor ingestion control techniques determine a dew point of a charge air cooler (CAC) in an induction system of the engine based on measured humidity and temperature of a mixture of (i) air drawn into the induction system and (ii) exhaust gas produced by the engine that is cooled and recirculated by a low pressure cooled exhaust gas recirculation (LPCEGR) system of the engine back into the induction system. When the mixture temperature is less than the CAC dew point, a condensate accumulation in the CAC is determined. When the CAC condensate accumulation does not satisfy a set of one or more thresholds, the mixture temperature is increased. When the CAC condensate accumulation satisfies the set of one or more thresholds, an amount of the exhaust gas that is cooled and recirculated by the LPCEGR system is decreased until the mixture temperature meets the CAC dew point.
US11041417B2
In an internal combustion engine, a breather chamber can be formed without increasing the number of component parts. The internal combustion engine (1) comprises an engine block (30) defining a cylinder (2); a case member (19) fastened to a lower part of the engine block to define a crank chamber (4) jointly with the engine block; and a bearing member (50) fastened to the engine block in the crank chamber to rotatably support a crankshaft; wherein the engine block is provided with a central recess (134) formed in a part thereof to which the bearing member is fastened, a blow-by gas inlet passage (112, 116, 121) communicating the central recess with the crank chamber, and a blow-by gas return passage (122, 118) forming a part of a passage communicating the central recess with an intake device, the central recess and the bearing member jointly defining a central breather chamber.
US11041397B1
A side plate seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of non-metallic side plate seals that are arranged about an axis of the gas turbine engine to form a full hoop seal, each of the multiple of side plate seals comprise a retention surface and a knife edge seal surface that extends at an angle therefrom.
US11041392B2
An airfoil fairing shell for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil section between an outer vane endwall and an inner vane endwall, at least one of the outer vane endwall and the inner vane endwall including a radial attachment face, a suction side tangential attachment face, a pressure side tangential attachment face, and an axial attachment face.
US11041386B2
In order to optimise a compressor, including a compressor housing, a scroll compressor unit that is arranged in the compressor housing and has a first compressor body and a second compressor body that is movable in relation to the first compressor body, an axial guide that supports the movable compressor body to prevent movements in the direction parallel to the centre axis of the stationary compressor body and, in the event of movements, guides it in the direction transverse to the centre axis, parallel to a plane perpendicular to the centre axis, an eccentric drive for the scroll compressor unit, wherein the eccentric drive has an entrainer that is driven by the drive motor, that revolves on a path about the centre axis and that, for its part, cooperates rotatably with an entrainer receptacle in the second compressor body, and a coupling that prevents the second compressor body from rotating freely, it is proposed that the axial guide should have a carrier element, which serves as a base for supporting a compressor body base, which carries the scroll vane, of the second compressor body against an axial support face, that the axial support face should be arranged radially outward of the entrainer, and that the coupling that prevents free rotation should have at least two coupling element sets that, for their part, include at least two coupling elements, and that the coupling element sets should be arranged radially outward of the axial support face.
US11041382B2
A system for downhole wellbore vector strain sensing including a strain sensor positionable between an outer surface of a wellbore casing and a subterranean formation for sensing a plurality of strain tensor elements, the plurality of strain tensor elements comprising multiple components of a strain tensor; a computing device positionable at a surface of a wellbore and communicatively coupled to the strain sensor; and a communication link between the strain sensor and the computing device for communicatively coupling the strain sensor to the computing device to relay strain data, the strain data comprising the plurality of strain tensor elements.
US11041374B2
A gas mitigation system for use in connection with a subsurface pump includes a shroud hanger that has one or more orifices that permit the passage of fluids through the shroud hanger. A canister connected to the shroud hanger has an open upper end. An intake tube connected to the tubing string extends into the canister. The canister is sized and configured to cause fluids passing around the outside of the canister to accelerate, thereby encouraging the separation of gas and liquid components. The open shroud hanger and open upper end of the canister allow heavier liquid components to fall into the canister, where the liquid-enriched fluid can be drawn into the subsurface pump.
US11041371B2
Systems and methods for monitoring health of systems and components of an oil rig are disclosed. Monitoring usage parameters allows for a probabilistic way to determine when rig equipment will fail. A failure probability curve based on past performance of the equipment can be used. Multiple usage metrics allow for increased accuracy and certainty of a time of failure for the equipment. Using a sufficiently high number of usage metrics allows the failure probability range to be very narrow and therefore the certainty of the prediction is high.
US11041362B2
A flow diversion valve comprising: a valve body including an upper housing releasably connected to a lower housing, the upper housing and lower housing being configured to receive a rotating rod therethrough; a shuttle positioned within the valve body, the shuttle being configured to move to cover one or more spill ports of the valve body; and a releasable locking member, wherein the releasable locking member is releasably connected to the valve body and positioned between the upper housing and the lower housing to assist in preventing relative movement therebetween.
US11041354B2
A downhole tool for conveyance within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation. The downhole tool includes a sealing material and a laser apparatus, and is operable to create and fill a void with the sealing material to form a plug during a plug and abandonment operation.
US11041349B2
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for monitoring an electric submersible pump and detecting a shift are disclosed. A leading and a lagging average over a predetermined period of time may be determined for a data stream obtained from an oil and gas production system, and a difference between the leading average and the lagging average may be used to detect a shift.
US11041346B2
A system for conducting subterranean operations is disclosed and can include a support structure, a first tubular handler coupled to the support structure, and a second tubular handler coupled to the support structure and distinct from the first tubular handler. The system can further include a tool system coupled to the support structure and adapted to perform an operation on a first tubular.
US11041345B2
A method for handling and/or testing an in-riser landing string assembly onboard a floating vessel, which method comprises the use of an in-riser landing string assembly cart, e.g. a skiddable in-riser landing string assembly cart, having a cart base, e.g. a cart base configured to be skidded over skid rails on a deck of the vessel, and having a support tower erected on said cart base. The in-riser landing string assembly is arranged and retained in vertical orientation on said cart with the support tower providing lateral support for the in-riser landing string assembly, e.g. the in-riser landing string assembly being temporarily secured to the tower at different elevations along the height of the support tower.
US11041343B2
Connectors may be used for connecting case settings in high temperature wells, such as geothermal or oil wells. The connector is simple in design and is able to take up thermal expansion due to temperature change when high temperature media starts to flow through the casings and when the well needs to be cooled down for maintenance.
US11041340B1
The present gated barrier includes a two step latch apparatus having a pivoting latch release and a slideable latch puller to operate a latch. The latch apparatus housing is engaged over a junction between first and second frame portions to hide the junction from sight, where one frame portion is arched and the other frame portion is straight. The gated barrier further includes vertical tubular frame members with oblong shaped sections, wall cups with front retaining walls, a warning tag engaged between a gate and a nonparallel end frame portion, and a gate frame with interior vertical frame members in a repeating height pattern supporting an upper arch.
US11041329B2
The invention relates to a closing device for a door or flap, in particular for a door or flap of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking mechanism that consists of a rotary latch (1) and at least one pawl (2) for locking the rotary latch (1) and an impact protection element, said impact protection element being moved out of its protecting position when the door or flap is closed at a speed below a threshold value and the impact protection element not being moved out of is protecting position or only being moved out with a certain delay when the door or flap is closed at a speed above a threshold value. In this manner, any damage caused by an impact can be avoided in a technically simple manner.
US11041315B2
A support assembly supports external veneer such as face-brick. A bracket mounts to a load bearing wall support structure. A shelf angle includes a horizontal leg that defines a surface upon which to mount the veneer. The mounting bracket may be a channel having a seat that includes an outwardly protruding toe, an accommodation for the shelf angle, and an overhanging finger. The back of the shelf angle may have apertures to admit the toes of the mounting bracket. The seat includes an oversized slot having a relief angle to permit the shelf angle web to be rotated angularly during assembly. The mounting bracket has an overhanging arm for engaging the part of a cross-wise running beam, such as an I-beam upper flange. The mounting bracket has an abutment for contacting a lower part of the beam, such as a lower flange of an I-beam. There is a fitting to secure the bracket to the beam.
US11041308B2
A structural member comprising a first round flange, a second round flange substantially parallel to the first round flange, an elongate web disposed between the first and second round flange, the web having an upper edge, and a lower edge, wherein the first round flange, the second round flange and the elongate web are secured together to form a structurally integral unit. The structural member may further comprise a third round flange and a fourth round flange substantially parallel to the third round flange, wherein the round flanges and the elongate web are secured together to form a structurally integral unit in which the first face of the web is in contact with the first round flange and the third round flange, and the second face of the web is in contact with the second round flange and the fourth round flange.
US11041305B2
Sound absorbing or attenuating laminate flooring materials are provided, which are directed to be used in the production of floor covering, floor panels, furniture panels, cabinets, counter-tops and wall panels. As well, the methods for producing such products are provided. In particular, abrasion resistant panels, with a laminated structure, created by forming an assembly which consists of laminating a heat-activated resin impregnated paper wear layer, a decorative layer with printed graphics or a wood veneer decorative layer, a medium density (MDF) or high-density (HDF) natural fiber-based core and a resin impregnated paper balancing layer. To achieve sound absorbing and/or attenuating properties, any or all paper layers may be pre coated with an additional flexible elastomeric coating, film or material prior to assembly of the panel, or the natural fiber core panel may be coated with a flexible elastomeric coating, film or material prior to assembly with the papers. The flexible elastomeric coating, film or material acts to absorb, reduce, and/or ameliorate the sound transmissions inherent in laminated panels.
US11041296B2
An improved toilet having a bidet shower includes a head and a hose. The toilet includes a tank and a generally elongated bowl with a bowl opening. The hose passes from a back side of the tank to a front side of the tank via a passage defined between a cover and a reservoir of the tank. A protective panel removably mounted to one of the toilet seat and the bowl, the protective panel extending at least in part downwardly in the bowl opening. Advantageously, the seat cover conceals at least a portion of the head of the bidet shower when the toilet seat and the seat cover are in a closed position and the bidet shower is not in use.
US11041281B1
A method to produce a revetment mat. The method comprises the following steps: (a) positioning a first side of a grid adjacent to a mold; (b) positioning a frame adjacent to the second side of the grid opposite the mold to form a plurality of block casting impressions, wherein each block casting impression contains a portion of the grid; (c) filling the plurality of block casting impressions with a composite fill; (d) curing the composite fill, embedding within it the grid, to form a revetment mat; and (e) removing the revetment mat form the mold and the frame.
US11041279B2
A culvert marker has a pole connected to the wire rope; a wire rope; and a base. A marker has a structural base; a wire rope extending out of the structural base; and a mast supported by the wire rope. A marker has a structural base; and a wire rope extending out of the structural base, with a central axis defined by the wire rope projecting through an area defined between plural ground-or-support-surface contacting points that are defined by the structural base and are spaced angularly about the central axis. Related methods and combinations are also discussed.
US11041275B2
A cold saw module may be a rail saw module that includes a cold saw configured to cut a railway rail along a cutting path, a rail alignment clamp configured to grip the railway rail near the cutting path, a feed actuator to drive the cold saw along the cutting path, and a module coupling element configured to selectively couple to a mating module coupling element of an articulated arm and/or a tool adapter. Cold saw modules may be used to cut metal workpieces such as a railway rail. Cutting a railway rail may include positioning the cold saw module at a cutting site along the railway rail installed in a railway, clamping the cold saw module to the railway rail, and cutting the railway rail at the cutting site with the cold saw module while the cold saw module is clamped to the cutting site.
US11041272B2
A fluff pulp is provided, which comprises softwood fibers; and 3 to 35% by weight of hardwood fibers. A fluff is also provided, which comprises the fiberized or shredded fluff pulp. A core is also provided, which comprises the fluff and at least an SAP. Processes for making and using the fluff pulp, fluff, and core are provided, and products made thereby.
US11041262B2
A shoe includes a knit upper and a sole secured to the knit upper. The knit upper has a first area of a jersey stitch knit and a second area of a pointelle stitch knit, a boundary line between the first and second areas, and a line of broguing adjacent the boundary line.
US11041258B2
The present disclosure provides a linear low density polyethylene composition, tapes, fibers and filaments, artificial turfs, and method of making the same. The linear low density polyethylene composition according to the present disclosure exhibits each of the following properties: (1) a CEF fraction from 70 to 90° C. of equal to or greater than 80% of the total CEF fractions; (2) a melt index, I2, measured according to ASTM D 1238 (2.16 kg @190° C.), in the range of equal to or greater than 2.0 g/10 min and equal to or less than 5.0 g/10 min; and (3) a melt flow ratio, I10/I2, of equal to or less than 6.7.
US11041245B2
A method for preventing adhesion of aluminum onto the surface of a metallic product, which can be performed by a simple treatment, at low cost and within a short time. Tin granules having an average particle diameter of 10 to 100 μm and each having an oxide film formed thereon are sprayed onto the surface of a metallic product under a spraying pressure of 0.5 MPa or more or at a spraying velocity of 200 m/sec or more to form a tin oxide coating film at a thickness of 1 μm or less on a portion of the surface of the metallic product, wherein the portion of the surface of the metallic product is a portion at which the metallic product is in contact with aluminum or an aluminum alloy. By forming the tin oxide coating film, it becomes possible to prevent the adhesion of aluminum onto a metallic product.
US11041242B2
A gas shower head includes a plate, a plurality of central holes disposed in a central region of the plate, and a plurality of peripheral holes disposed in a peripheral region of the plate. The central holes are configured to form a first portion of a material film, and the peripheral holes are configured to form a second portion of the material film. A hole density in the peripheral region is greater than a hole density in the central region. The first portion of the material film includes a first thickness corresponding to the hole density in central region, and the second portion of the material film includes a second thickness corresponding to the hole density in peripheral region and greater than the first thickness.
US11041240B2
There is provided a technique that includes: a process chamber in which a process of forming a film containing a main element on a substrate is performed; a first nozzle configured to supply a precursor containing the main element to the substrate in the process chart; a second nozzle separated from the first nozzle and configured to supply the precursor to the substrate in the process chamber; a third nozzle configured to supply a reactant to the substrate in the process chamber; and a plurality of first exhaust ports configured to exhaust an internal atmosphere of the process chamber, wherein each of the plurality of first exhaust ports is disposed at a position which does not face a first gas ejection hole of the first nozzle and a second gas ejection hole of the second nozzle, in a plan view.
US11041236B2
A method of growing patterns of an atomic layer of metal dichalcogenides, the method including providing a substrate, providing aligned patterns of carbon nanostructures on the substrate, providing a first metal portion in contact with a first portion of the patterns of carbon nanostructures and a second metal portion in contact with a second portion of the patterns of carbon nanostructures, depositing a salt layer on the substrate and the patterns of carbon nanostructures, resistively heating the patterns of carbon nanostructures to remove the patterns of carbon nanostructures and salt deposited thereon from the substrate, wherein removing the patterns of carbon nanostructures and salt deposited thereon from the substrate provides salt patterns on the substrate, and growing an atomic layer of metal dichalcogenides on the salt patterns, wherein the atomic layer of metal dichalcogenides is provided in aligned patterns each having a pre-defined width. Also disclosed are patterns of an atomic layer of metal dichalcogenides prepared according to the method of the disclosure.
US11041234B2
To provide powder for thermal spraying, a method of thermal spraying, and a thermally sprayed coating, which can efficiently work supplying of a dry state powder by using a powder supplying apparatus with a thermal spraying apparatus, and which prevent variation and pulsation or lowering of supplied amount of powder and achieve a required film forming rate, and can obtain a denser coating on the surface of the substrate to be thermally sprayed. [Solution] Powder for thermal spraying 1 is a powder mixture obtained by mixing ceramic powder A whose particle diameter is D1 and ceramic powder B whose particle diameter is D2, wherein D1 is 0.5 to 12μπι as a median diameter, D2 is 0.003 to 0.100μιη as an average particle diameter converted from the BET specific surface area, and when, in the powder mixture, the total weight of the ceramic powder A to be used whose prescribed particle diameter D1 is W1, and the total weight of the ceramic powder B to be added to the ceramic powder A is W2, an addition ratio Y of the ceramic powder B defined by Y=W2/(W1+W2) satisfies: Y≥0.2066×D1−0.751 and Y≤0.505×D1−0.163.
US11041230B2
The present disclosure provides a magnesium alloy and a preparation method thereof. The magnesium alloy comprises: Al: 7.01-9.98 wt %; Zn: 0.1-1.2 wt %; Mn: 0.05-0.2 wt %; Sn: 0.3-2.5 wt %; Sm: 0.1-0.5 wt %; and a balance of Mg.
US11041226B2
A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
US11041222B2
The invention relates to a non-oriented electrical steel strip or sheet, in particular for electrical engineering applications, an electrical engineering component produced from such an electrical steel strip or sheet, a process for producing an electrical steel strip or sheet and the use of such an electrical steel strip or sheet in components for electrical engineering applications.
US11041219B2
A method for tanning animal skin may include: putting the animal skin in contact with a first tanning bath comprising (weight percentages referring to a pelt weight of the animal skin): water, at least one C2-C8 aliphatic dialdehyde in a quantity within a range of 2%-30%, and/or at least one non-ionic surfactant in a quantity within a range of 0.1%-20%, wherein the first tanning bath has a pH within a range of 1-5 and a density within a range of 3°Bé-10°Bé; bringing the pH of the first tanning bath to a pH greater than 5 and less than or equal to 8; and/or washing the animal skin to obtain a tanned animal skin.
US11041215B2
The invention is directed to compositions and methods for isolating, detecting, amplifying, and quantitating pathogen-specific nucleic acids in a biological sample, and in particular PCR ready compositions that contain enzyme and are stable or long periods of time. The invention also provides diagnostic kits containing specific amplification primers, and labeled detection probes that specifically bind to the amplification products obtained therefrom. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for the isolation and characterization of nucleic acids that are specific to one or more pathogens, including for example Influenza virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from a wide variety of samples including those of biological, environmental, clinical and/or veterinary origin.
US11041207B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a disorder, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, by increasing or decreasing proline levels. Further provided are methods of predicting and monitoring the clinical response in a patient, and diagnostic systems for identifying a patient likely to benefit from proline modulation.
US11041206B2
The present invention provides a method of assessing whether an individual is at high risk or low risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) progression by determining the expression level of two or more genes in a whole blood sample. Also provided are methods for treating IBD in an individual who is determined to be at high risk or low risk for IBD progression, and kits for assessing whether an individual is at high risk or low risk for IBD progression. Arrays, and methods of providing arrays, of patient-identified selected gene expression products from a whole blood sample of a patient are also provided.
US11041200B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining an optimized probe set. The method proceeds by obtaining a set of probes, where each probe has a respective concentration. The set of probes is assayed against a sample library, and at least i) a respective recovery rate for each probe in the set of probes, and ii) a median recovery rate for the set of probes are obtained. Modify the respective concentration of each probe that does not satisfy predetermined recovery rate threshold. Reevaluate the set of probes against the sample library. Repeat the modifying and reevaluation until the respective updated recovery rate for each probe in the updated set of probes satisfies the predetermined recovery rate threshold, thereby providing the optimized set of probes for the sample library.
US11041197B2
The invention is directed to methods and apparatus for detecting sequences of optical signals from parallel reactions on an array of nanostructures, such as nanopores, nanowells, or nanoparticles. In accordance with the invention, an array of nanostructures is provided, each nanostructure comprising a reaction site and each capable of confining a reaction that generates a sequence of optical signals, and the nanostructures of the array being arranged in clusters each comprising a number of nanostructures. Each different cluster is disposed within a different resolution limited area and the number of nanostructures in each cluster is either greater than one or a random variable with an average value greater than zero. Optical signals from reactions in the nanostructures are detected by an optical system operatively associated with the array.
US11041194B2
The invention relates to a new method of determining the presence, absence or characteristics of an analyte. The analyte is coupled to a membrane. The invention also relates to nucleic acid sequencing.
US11041183B2
The invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing steviol glycosides, glycosylated ent-kaurenol, and glycosylated ent-kaurenoic acid.
US11041182B2
The invention relates to a method for synthesizing a selectively labeled RNA, and an apparatus for performing the method. Specific segments or discrete residues within the RNA may be selectively labeled, and different segments may include different labels.
US11041162B2
Disclosed are genetically engineered organisms, such as yeast and bacteria, that have the ability to metabolize atypical nitrogen sources, such as melamine and cyanamide. Fermentation methods using the genetically engineered organisms are also described. The methods of the invention are robust processes for the industrial bioproduction of a variety of compounds, including commodities, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.
US11041161B2
Metabolic flux biosensors are provided herein, as are related compositions and methods useful for, inter alia, identifying factors which increase the production of metabolites and/or end products of metabolic pathways, and for the production of inter alia, metabolites and/or end products of metabolic pathways.
US11041160B2
The invention relates to the technical field of industrial biotechnologies, and discloses a keratinase mutant with improved thermal stability and use thereof. The asparagine at position 181, the tyrosine at position 217, and the serine at position 236 in the keratinase derived from Brevibacillus parabrevis (CGMCC No. 10798) are engineered by site-direction mutation, and combined at random to obtain an enzyme with combined mutations. The invention realizes the remarkable improvement of the thermal stability of keratinase, and has good theoretical value and application prospect.
US11041157B2
Provided in the present invention are a Slit2D2-HAS fusion protein and the use thereof against tumours. The fusion protein can significantly inhibit the migration of tumour cells. Also provided in the present invention are a pharmaceutical composition comprising the fusion protein and a method for preparing the fusion protein.
US11041137B2
The present invention relates to a lubricant composition containing a base stock and at least 0.01 wt % of a friction reducing additive which is a compound of the Formula (I): R1[(AO)n—R2]m (I) wherein R1 is the residue of a group having at least 2 active hydrogen atoms; m is at least 2; AO is an alkylene oxide residue; each n is independently from 0 to 100; and each R2 is independently H or R3, where each R3 is independently a residue of a polyhydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkenyl carboxylic acid, a residue of a hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl carboxylic acid and/or a residue of an oligomer of the hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl carboxylic acid; and on average at least 0.5 of R2 groups are R3. The lubricant composition is suitable for use in an engine oil, a hydraulic oil or fluid, a gear oil and/or a metal-working fluid.
US11041125B2
A process for obtaining an oil derivative. The process comprises the following steps: providing a thermochemical oil comprising a compound having a hydroxyl group, wherein the thermochemical oil is crude or refined oil resulting from thermochemical conversion of organic material; additionally providing a compound having an acyl group by feeding the compound having an acyl group, or a carboxylic acid or an ester as starting material for conversion to the compound having an acyl group, to the thermochemical oil; and reacting the compound having a hydroxyl group with the compound having an acyl group, thereby forming an ester between said compounds. A process for obtaining an intermediate composition, the process comprising blending the oil derivative with a refinery feedstock. An oil derivative or an intermediate composition. A process for obtaining a fuel component, the process comprising hydrotreating or hydrocracking the oil derivative or intermediate composition. A process for obtaining a fuel composition, the process comprising blending the fuel component with another component of a refinery fuel component pool. A fuel component or a fuel composition.
US11041123B1
Systems and methods for recycling waste plastics are provided, including a system for recovering styrene monomer from waste polystyrene. The system includes a mixing, heating and compacting apparatus to receive a supply of waste polystyrene and to output a densified polystyrene containing melt; a pyrolysis reactor configured to receive the densified polystyrene containing melt and a supply of recycled oligomers, pyrolyze the densified polystyrene containing melt and the recycled oligomers, and output a hydrocarbon gas stream and a solids residue stream; a quenching apparatus configured to receive the hydrocarbon gas stream output from the pyrolysis reactor and condense out oligomers for routing upstream to the pyrolysis reactor to be combined as the supply of recycled oligomers with the densified polystyrene containing melt, and to discharge an altered hydrocarbon gas stream for further processing; and a condenser configured to receive the altered hydrocarbon gas stream from the quenching apparatus and condense out styrene to form a styrene monomer oil product.
US11041121B2
A method of preparing quantum dots and the quantum dots are provided. The quantum dots are doped with manganese ions and various kinds of halogen ions such that when the quantum dots emit light, they will have a dual luminescence system, one is intrinsic luminescence of perovskite quantum dots and the other is doping luminescence of the manganese ions. The intrinsic luminescence of perovskite is adjustable from 410 nm to 520 nm based on the ratio of the amounts of different substances having various halide ions, which increases the wavelength range of a quantum dot luminescence spectrum so that the application scenario of the quantum dots is wider.
US11041117B2
A polymer-encapsulated mineral acid solution and a method for forming the polymer-encapsulated mineral acid solution. Introducing a strong mineral acid solution to a monomer solution occurs such that a primary emulsion that is a water-in-oil type emulsion forms. Introducing the primary emulsion to a second aqueous solution forms a secondary emulsion that is a water-in-oil-in-water type double emulsion. The monomer in the secondary emulsion is cured such a polymerized shell forms that encapsulates the strong mineral acid solution and forms the capsule. The strong mineral acid solution has up to 30 wt. % strong mineral acid. A method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation using the polymer-encapsulated mineral acid solution includes introducing a capsule suspension into a fissure in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation to be stimulated through a face in a well bore. The capsule is maintained within the fissure until the polymer shell degrades.
US11041107B2
The present invention relates to a method to prepare a rheological agent comprising the polymerization of the following monomers: (a) at least one styrene-based monomer, (b) at least one (meth)acrylate-based monomer or butadiene, and (c) optionally a copolymerisable surfactant containing an optionally substituted vinyl function and moieties derived from propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide, optionally in the presence of a non polymerisable surfactant containing moieties derived from propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide, and optionally in the presence of another surfactant, wherein at least the copolymerisable surfactant or the non polymerisable surfactant is present during the said polymerization, as well as a rheological agent obtainable by said method, an oil-based drilling fluid containing such a rheological agent, the use of such a rheological agent as a thixotropic agent in an oil-based drilling fluid and a method of drilling using an oil-based drilling fluid containing such a rheological agent.
US11041102B2
An alumina sintered body including an inner layer in which alumina crystal grains contained have an average aspect ratio of 1.0 to 2.0 and an outer layer which covers at least a part of the inner layer from outside and in which alumina crystal grains contained have an average aspect ratio of more than 2.0, the alumina sintered body being free from silicon except unavoidable impurities.
US11041100B2
Two-component solventless polyurethane adhesive compositions comprising an isocyanate component and a polyol component comprising at least one highly-reactive amine-initiated polyol are disclosed. The at least one amine-initiated polyol comprises primary hydroxyl groups and a backbone incorporating one or more tertiary amines. The amine-initiated polyol further comprises a functionality of from 2 to 12, a hydroxyl number of from 5 to 1,830, and a viscosity at 40° C. of from 500 to 20,000 mPa-s. The polyol component can further comprise a non-amine-initiated polyol. The adhesive compositions are formulated such that the isocyanate and polyol components can be applied to separate substrates prior to mixing. Still further, a laminate comprising the adhesive compositions is disclosed.
US11041092B2
Disclosed are a surface coating material, a film formed from the surface coating material, a stacked structure the film, and a display device including the film and/or stacked structure. The surface coating material may include a plurality of fluorine-containing silicon compounds, wherein each of fluorine-containing silicon compounds may include a fluorine-containing (poly)ether moiety, a hydrolysable silane moiety, and a linking group between the fluorine-containing (poly)ether moiety and the hydrolysable silane moiety. The linking group may be configured to form a non-covalent interaction between adjacent molecules.
US11041086B2
An object is to provide a hydrophilic treatment method which can firmly bond, while coating the surface of a treatment target with an extremely thin film, the coating to the surface of the treatment target and a surface treatment liquid which can be suitably used in the hydrophilic treatment method. In a hydrophilic treatment method using a surface treatment liquid containing a resin (A) and a solvent (S), the surface treatment liquid which includes, as the resin (A), a constituent unit (a1) derived from an N-substituted (meth) acrylamide having a hydrophilic group, which contains, in at least one of molecular chain terminals, a resin including a reactive silyl group and pH of the liquid is 4 or less is used, and thus a coating is formed on the surface of a treatment target.
US11041082B2
An image forming method comprises applying a white ink containing a metal oxide having a number average particle diameter of from 200 to 700 nm and a polymer to a recording medium and applying a glittery ink containing a glittery pigment to an area on the recording medium where the white ink has been applied, wherein the following relation 1 is satisfied: 0.6≤Vp/(Vp+Ve) Relation 1, where Vp represents a volume of the metal oxide in the white ink and Ve represents a volume of the polymer in the white ink.
US11041078B2
A photosensitive reducible silver ion-containing composition can be used to provide electrically-conductive silver metal in thin films or patterns. This composition comprises: a) a non-hydroxylic-solvent soluble silver complex represented by the following formula (I): (Ag+)a(L)b(P)c (I) wherein L represents an α-oxy carboxylate; P represents an oxime compound; a is 1 or 2; b is 1 or 2; and c is 1, 2, 3, or 4, provided that when a is 1, b is 1, and when a is 2, b is 2; b) a photosensitizer that can either reduce the reducible silver ion or oxidize the α-oxy carboxylate; and c) a solvent medium comprising at least one non-hydroxylic solvent. Electrically-conductive silver can be provided by photochemical conversion of the reducible silver ions in the complex.
US11041077B2
Described herein is a powder coating that includes a plurality of particles. The plurality of particles includes amorphous polyester and iron oxide pigment, wherein the plurality of particles have a size of from 5 microns to 250 microns, and wherein the plurality of particles each have a circularity of from about 0.93 to about 0.999. A method of manufacturing the particles is also disclosed.
US11041075B2
A self-healing composition including, urethane (meth)acrylate having two (meth)acrylate groups, six or more urethane groups, and a substituted or unsubstituted polyhedral silsesquioxane.
US11041072B2
Provided are a one-pack addition curable silicone composition compatible with both a good long-term storage property at room temperature under conditions whereby air is blocked to a constant level and the advance of an addition curing reaction at room temperature by being applied in a thin film of 1500 μm or less and exposed to air, which could not be obtained by conventional curable heat-dissipating grease, and a method for storing the same, and a method for curing this composition. A one-pack addition curable silicone composition having as essential ingredients: (A) organopolysiloxane having silicon-atom-bonded aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups and a specific kinematic viscosity; (B) one or more thermally conductive fillers selected from metals, metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, and allotropes of carbon; (C) organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (D) a platinum group metal complex having an organic phosphorus compound represented by formula (1) R1x—P—(OR1)3-x (1) (R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, x is 0-3) as a ligand.
US11041065B2
A rubber composition is based on at least an elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and a crumb rubber, in which the crumb exhibits a content of sulfur and a content of accelerator such that their sum is less than or equal to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), the said crumb exhibiting a total sulfur content of less than or equal to 4 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr) in the composition of the crumb.
US11041060B2
The invention relates to a ceramic particulate and polymer composite having enhanced viscoelastic and rheological properties.
US11041054B2
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the transparency can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is obtained by mixing a first film material containing a first polyvinyl acetal resin and a second film material containing a second polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, and the absolute value of the difference between the content of the hydroxyl group of the first polyvinyl acetal resin and the content of the hydroxyl group of the second polyvinyl acetal resin contained together with the plasticizer in the second film material is less than or equal to 13% by mole.
US11041045B2
Provided are a resin composition having especially good compatibility and having dielectric properties (low dielectric constant and low dielectric dissipation factor) in a high frequency range, high adhesion to conductor, excellent heat resistance, high glass transition temperature, low thermal expansion coefficient and high flame retardancy, and a prepreg, a laminate and a multilayer printed wiring board using the resin composition. Specifically, the resin composition contains (A) a polyphenylene ether derivative having an N-substituted maleimide structure-containing group and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I) in one molecule, (B) at least one thermosetting resin selected from the group consisting of epoxy resins, cyanate resins and maleimide compounds, and (C) a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer: wherein R1 each independently represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom, and x represents an integer of 0 to 4.
US11041044B2
Filament comprising a polymeric material that includes a diacid component comprising from about 40 to 60 mole % of units derived from terephthalic acid and from about 40 to 60 mole % of units derived from a diacid chosen from isophthalic acid, a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, a stilbenedicarboxylic acid, or a combination thereof; a glycol component comprising at least 75 mole % of units derived from cyclohexanedimethanol; wherein the polymeric material has an inherent viscosity loss of 3% or less after being extruded; and method of using this filament in production of different articles by 3D printing are disclosed.
US11041043B2
Polycarbamide coating compositions and secondary diamine curing agents used to produce the coating compositions are disclosed. Curing agent compositions comprising: (a) the reaction product of bis(4-aminocyclohexyl) methane and ethyl ester of 2-butendioc acid; and (b) the reaction product of bis(4-amino-3-methylcyclohexyl)methane and ethyl ester of 2-butendioic acid; and (c) at least one polyol are also disclosed. One aspect of the disclosure relates to a non-aqueous coating composition comprising the disclosed amine curing agents with a polyisocyanate resin. The coating compositions are suitable for use as direct to metal coatings or top coats. Methods of producing the curing agents and the coating compositions are also disclosed.
US11041042B2
A silicone urethane urea copolymer and methods for preparation and use of the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is crosslinkable. The copolymer is useful in various applications, including personal care compositions, such as hair care compositions and skin care compositions and in health care compositions such as skin contact adhesive compositions and transdermal drug delivery systems.
US11041040B2
Polyurethane encapsulating compounds for the embedding of hollow fibers of filter elements are provided. These are obtainable by mixing a polyol component (A) and an isocyanate component (B) to give a reaction mixture and reacting the mixture to completion to give the polyurethane encapsulating compound, wherein the polyol component (A) comprises (a1) at least one fatty-acid-based polyol, (a2) at least one amine compound having at least one tertiary nitrogen atom and at least one isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atom and (a3) at least one metal compound that functions as a polyurethane catalyst, wherein the polyurethane catalyst (a3) does not comprise any tin, lead and/or mercury and the isocyanate component (B) comprises at least one aromatic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups. Further provided is a method for producing filter elements using the polyurethane encapsulating compounds and the use of the polyurethane encapsulating compounds for the embedding of hollow fibers.
US11041037B2
A method of producing a polymerized product through an inverse emulsion polymerization reaction. The current method includes introducing an ultraviolet (UV) light sensitive initiator into an inverse emulsion monomer formulation comprising monomers and irradiating the monomer formulation with an UV light source. A polymerized product is formed from polymerization of the monomers in the presence of the irradiated UV light sensitive initiator.
US11041036B2
A process including contacting one or more monomers, at least one catalyst system, and a condensing agent including a majority of propane under polymerizable conditions to produce a polyolefin polymer is provided.
US11041033B2
A butene-1 polymer having: a) a Melt Flow Rate value of from 20 to less than 100 g/10 min., measured according to ISO 1133 at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg; b) an intrinsic viscosity (IV) measured in tetrahydronaphthalene (THN) at 135° C. equal to lower than 0.95 dl/g; c) a Mw/Mn value equal to or lower than 3.5 and a lower limit of 1.5; d) a Mz value of 180,000 g/mol or higher; and e) optionally, a comonomer content of up to 10% by weight.
US11041029B2
This invention relates to organoaluminum compounds, organoaluminum activator systems, preferably supported, to polymerization catalyst systems containing these activator systems and to polymerization processes utilizing the same. In particular, this invention relates to catalyst systems comprising a support, an organoaluminum compound and a metallocene.
US11041024B2
A process for the manufacture of an acylated polymer composition including amylose and/or amylopectin, including a pre-treatment step in the presence of an acid and a hydroxycarboxylic acid, subsequent acylation and, preferably, a post-treatment step with an acid. The products obtained are useful as additives in inks, varnishes, lacquers, coatings, thickeners, adhesives or binders.
US11041009B2
An insulin conjugate comprising or consisting of a tri-valent sugar cluster is described. In particular aspects, the insulin conjugate displays a pharmacokinetic (PK) and/or pharmacodynamic (PD) profile that is responsive to the systemic concentrations of a saccharide such as glucose or alpha-methylmannose even when administered to a subject in need thereof in the absence of an exogenous multivalent saccharide-binding molecule such as Con A.
US11041004B2
The invention provides compositions and kits including at least one nucleic acid or polypeptide molecule encoding for a mutant CoChop protein. Methods of the invention include administering a composition comprising a mutant CoChop to a subject to preserve, improve, or restore phototransduction. Preferably, the compositions and methods of the invention are provided to a subject having impaired vision, thereby restoring vision to normal levels.
US11041002B1
The methods and systems disclose enzymes that function to import malonic acid or malonates into a cell. The enzymes increase the output of precursor molecules by enriching certain pathways in the cell. The precursor molecules can be converted to cannabinoids. The enzymes are a family of proteins which have a majority of common alignments.
US11040999B2
Disclosed are improved peptides for inhibiting angiogenesis, Ac-RLYE (SEQ ID NO: 1) and R(D)LYE (SEQ ID NO: 6), and a composition for the prevention and treatment of cancers and diseases related to angiogenesis comprising the peptides as an active ingredient. A peptide for inhibiting angiogenesis is disclosed wherein the L-Arg of an N-terminal is acetylated in a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of Arg-Leu-Tyr-Glu (SEQ ID NO: 1). A peptide for inhibiting angiogenesis is disclosed wherein L-Arg is substituted with D-Arg in a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of Arg-Leu-Tyr-Glu (SEQ ID NO: 6). Methods for using a composition comprising the peptides as active ingredients for the prevention or treatment of diseases (cancer, diabetic retinopathy or senile macular degeneration) caused by excessive angiogenesis are also disclosed. The peptides have a long half-life and are excellent in VEGF-induced angiogenesis inhibitory effect.
US11040996B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) by bioanalysis. The method includes a step of catalytically reacting a plurality of raw materials including nicotinamide, ATP, and ribose in the presence of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), ribose phosphate pyrophosphokinase, and ribokinase, to prepare the NMN.
US11040995B2
The invention relates to a metallocene complex according to formula I or II wherein M is a metal selected from lanthanides or transition metals from group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic System of the Elements, Q is an anionic ligand to M, k is the number of Q groups and equals the valence of M minus 2, R is a divalent bridging group, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen (H); a halogen atom; a silyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group; and R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each independently chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen (H); a halogen atom; a silyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group; or two adjacent radicals R5 and R6, R6 and R7, and R7 and R8 are connected with each other in a hydrocarbon ring system. The invention also relates to a catalyst comprising the metallocene complex, to a process for making polyolefins and to the use of the polyolefins for making articles.
US11040992B2
A compound of formula (I): wherein M is a transition metal; x is at least 1; z is 0 or a positive integer; L1 is a ligand selected from one of ligands (II-A), (II-B); L2 is a ligand selected from another of ligands of formulae (II-A), (II-B) and (II-C); and L3 is a ligand other than a ligand of formulae (II-A), (II-B) or (II-C): (II-A) (II-B) (II-C) in which each of R1-R6 is substituent and Ar1-Ar3 are each an unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl group. The compound of formula (I) may be used as a phosphorescent light-emitting material of an organic light-emitting device.
US11040985B2
The present disclosure relates to novel sulfonylurea and sulfonyl thiourea compounds and related compounds and their use in treating a disease or condition responsive to modulation of cytokines such as IL-1β and IL-18, modulation of NLRP3 or inhibition of the activation of NLRP3 or related components of the inflammatory process.
US11040980B2
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (IA), such as, e.g., (R)-2-(3-(4-amino-3-(2-fluoro-4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidine-1-carbonyl)-4-methyl-4-(4-(oxetan-3-yl)piperazin-1-yl)pent-2-enenitrile having the chemical structure and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are tyrosine kinase inhibitors, in particular BTK inhibitors, and are potentially useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of tyrosine kinases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, and the like. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and processes for preparing such compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US11040970B2
Provided is a compound selected from compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof: (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. Such compounds are inhibitors of the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) and have utility for treating, for example, neurological and psychiatric diseases and disorders. Also disclosed are compositions containing such compounds in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to their use in subjects in need thereof.
US11040968B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a compound as shown in formula (II), a tautomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and also disclosed is the use thereof in preparing a drug for treating an ASK1-associated disease.
US11040952B2
Provided are a phthalazinone compound, method for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical composition thereof, and a use thereof; the structure of said phthalazinone compound is as represented by formula I; the compound of said formula I is targeted to a viral nucleocapsid; it can inhibit the replication of a virus by means of interference of the viral nucleocapsid, has a potent activity for inhibiting HBV DNA replication and a good liver targeting, can stably exist and enrich in the liver, and is a new and effective anti-HBV inhibitor.
US11040942B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a donor compound that releases COS and/or CS2, which can be converted to H2S. The donor compound embodiments described herein can be used to deliver H2S to a subject or a sample and further can be used to administer therapeutic agents. Methods of making and using the donor compound embodiments also are disclosed.
US11040938B2
The present invention provided a continuous flow process for the synthesis of phenylhydrazine salts and substituted phenylhydrazine salts. Diazotization, reduction, acidic hydrolysis and salifying with acids are innovatively integrated together. Using acidic liquids of aniline or substituted aniline, diazotization reagents, reductants and acids as raw materials, phenylhydrazine derivative salts is obtained through the synthesis process, which is a three-step continuous tandem reaction including diazotization, reduction, acidic hydrolysis and salifying. The described synthesis process is a kind of integrated solutions, which is carried out in an integrated reactor. The feed inlets of the integrated reactor are continuously filled with raw materials. In the integrated reactor, diazotization, reduction, acidic hydrolysis and salifying are carried out continuously and orderly, and phenylhydrazine salts or substituted phenylhydrazine salts is obtained in the outlet of the integrated reactor without interruption. The total reaction time is no more than 20 min.
US11040933B2
Disclosed is a preparation method of phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides. The preparation method comprises the following steps. S1: mixing an anhydrous phenol and a basic substance with a chloro-substituted carboxylic acid ester and performing a one-pot condensation reaction in an anhydrous system to obtain a phenoxycarboxylic acid ester. The chloro-substituted carboxylic acid ester is represented by the formula ClR1COOR, in which R1 is a C1-3 alkanediyl or alkylidene group, R is a C1-10 alkyl group or a C3-10 cycloalkyl group; S2: the phenoxycarboxylic acid ester undergoes selective chlorination with a chlorinating agent in the presence of a first catalyst and a second catalyst to obtain a chloro-substituted phenoxycarboxylic acid ester; and S3: the chloro-substituted phenoxycarboxylic acid ester undergoes an acid hydrolysis reaction to obtain a phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicide represented by formula I, in which R3 is H, Cl or CH3.
US11040932B2
Multiple methods of synthesizing cannabigerol are presented. Combining olivetol with geraniol derivatives are provided. Cross-coupling methods of combing functionalized resorcinols are provided. Useful intermediates are formed during such cross-coupling steps.
US11040919B2
A foliar fertilizer composition rich in oligosaccharides and phytohormones obtained from the sequential hydrolysis of a soybean paste, with a proteolytic enzyme with cysteine active site and a cellulase isolated from Trichoderma harzianum.
US11040909B2
The invention relates to a method to increase the strength of a form body of lithium silicate glass ceramic, which after it has a desired end geometry and after the application of a material which influences its surface to form a coating, is subject to a heat treatment. To create a surface compressive stress through the replacement of lithium ions by alkali ions of greater diameter at least that region not covered by the application layer is covered by a melt or paste consisting of or containing a salt of an alkali metal with ions of greater diameter and the form body is in contact with the melt or paste for a period of time t at a temperature T and the melt or paste is subsequently removed from the form body.
US11040906B2
In a method for manufacturing an optical fiber, a dummy rod is connected to a vicinity of an upper end of a glass preform which includes a diameter-reduced portion at an upper portion thereof, and the glass preform is heated to be melt in a drawing furnace to draw an optical fiber. A cap member is provided at a position of the diameter-reduced portion, and an upper end of the cap member is disposed close to a lower end of the dummy rod. When an orthogonal coordinate axis is set, in which an outer diameter ratio of the cap member to the glass preform is set as a horizontal axis x, and an outer diameter ratio of the dummy rod to the glass preform is set as a vertical axis y, the x and the y satisfy an expression y≥0.1527×x−3.103.
US11040901B2
A sulphur denitrification system includes a liquid input fluidly coupled to a source of saltwater that includes nitrate; a liquid output fluidly coupled to the source of saltwater; a plurality of vertically-oriented tanks, at least one of the tanks including a liquid inlet that is fluidly coupled to the liquid input to receive a flow of the saltwater, a volume configured to enclose a plurality of sulphur particles that support denitrification bacteria that biologically transform the nitrate into at least one of nitrous oxide or nitrogen gas, and a liquid outlet fluidly coupled to the liquid output and the liquid inlets of the tanks; and a circulation system configured to circulate a portion of the saltwater though the liquid input to the liquid inlets of the plurality of tanks, through the plurality of tanks, and from the liquid outlets of the tanks to the liquid output and the liquid inlets of the tanks.
US11040900B2
An automated produced water treatment system that injects ozone or an ozone-oxygen mixture upstream of produced water separators, with the dose rate changing dynamically as the produced water quality changes, as determined by continuous monitoring of the produced water quality by a plurality of sensors that detect water quality parameters in real time. The system may operate as a “slipstream” injection system, that draws a portion of produced water from the produced water pipeline and injects ozone or an ozone-oxygen mixture back into the pipeline with disrupting or slowing normal operations. Disinfectants or other additives may also be injected. The treatment system may be wholly or partially contained in mobile containers or trailers, for on-the-fly use in existing produced water treatment facilities.
US11040897B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed toward systems and methods for performing deionization of a fluid. A capacitive deionization (CapDI) module including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet can be placed in a fluid flow system. The CapDI module can include a plurality of CapDI cells arranged in series with one another. A power MOSFET polarity circuit can receive power from a switching regular and provide bidirectional electrical power to the CapDI module for performing deionization and module regeneration processes. A controller can control the providing the electrical power from the switching regulator to the power MOSFET polarity circuit based on a signal received from a conductivity sensor positioned in the fluid flow path.
US11040893B2
The present invention relates to a method for removing pollution from water containing organic micropollutants by adsorption on granular activated carbon in a treatment reactor (1) having rising flow and an expanded bed, so as to reduce a previously set percentage of micropollutants, making it possible to specifically determine the weight or the volume of granular activated carbon which is optimal (necessary and sufficient) in the reactor in order to obtain said previously set reduction percentage of organic micropollutants.
US11040889B2
A waste fluid treatment apparatus removing processing debris from a processing waste fluid discharged from a processing apparatus. The waste fluid treatment apparatus includes a fluid bath storing the processing waste fluid, an inflow port through which the processing waste fluid is introduced to the fluid bath, a collecting area having an inclined surface for depositing the processing debris at a predetermined portion of a bottom of the fluid bath in a concentrated manner, a vacuum pump discharging the processing debris deposited in the collecting area to an outside of the fluid bath, and an outflow port through which a processing waste fluid obtained by removing the processing debris is discharged.
US11040870B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. The MEMS device includes a dielectric structure disposed over a first semiconductor substrate, where the dielectric structure at least partially defines a cavity. A second semiconductor substrate is disposed over the dielectric structure. The second semiconductor substrate includes a movable mass, where opposite sidewalls of the movable mass are disposed between opposite sidewall of the cavity. An anti-stiction structure is disposed between the movable mass and the dielectric structure, where the anti-stiction structure is a first silicon-based semiconductor.
US11040869B2
A handheld fluid meter includes a cartridge valve controlling the flow of fluid through the handheld meter. The cartridge valve includes a valve cartridge and a valve stem disposed within the valve cartridge. The cartridge valve guides the valve stem and provides the only sealing surface for the dynamic seals and control seal disposed on the valve stem. The handheld meter dispenses through a nozzle, which includes an overmolded stem tip that generates a laminar fluid flow as the fluid exits the nozzle. The overmolded stem tip is a compliant material. The handheld fluid meter includes circuitry configured to invert the orientation of a visual output provided by a display of the handheld fluid meter to facilitate installation of the handheld fluid meter for use in an oil bar application.
US11040868B2
The present invention relates broadly to a fluid coupling assembly (10) comprising a fluid nozzle sub-assembly (12) arranged to releasably couple to a fluid receiver sub-assembly (14). The fluid nozzle sub-assembly (12) includes a nozzle assembly body (16) defining a pressurised and upstream fluid passageway (18) having a fluid discharge opening (20), and a sleeve (22) slidably mounted to the nozzle body (16) and arranged on sliding movement for opening of the fluid discharge opening (20). The fluid receiver sub-assembly (14) includes a receiver body (26) defining a downstream fluid passageway (28), a hydraulically-actuated poppet valve (30) mounted within the receiver body (26), and a receiver poppet valve (48) including a receiver poppet (54) mounted within the receiver body (26). On coupling of the nozzle sub-assembly (12) to the receiver sub-assembly (14), the following steps occur: 1. the receiver body (26) abuts the sleeve (22) displacing it axially relative to the nozzle body (16) exposing and thus opening the fluid discharge opening (20) permitting fluid to flow through the upstream fluid passageway (18); 2. the fluid flowing through the upstream fluid passageway (18) enters the downstream fluid passageway (28) hydraulically actuating the hydraulically-actuated poppet valve (30) to open it wherein the fluid flows through the downstream fluid passageway (28) exiting the receiver sub-assembly (14).
US11040860B2
The invention relates to a crane comprising a tower and a jib, wherein the jib rests on the tower and is fixed on the tower when the crane is in an inoperative position.
US11040859B2
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator counterweight includes a frameless stack of a plurality of weights that are connected to maintain a vertical and horizontal alignment of the weights. A plurality of guides are directly supported on at least some of the weights. The plurality of guides are configured to guide movement of the counterweight along elevator guide rails.
US11040847B2
A core chuck system (10) comprising a core chuck (11) and a spindle (12) onto which the core chuck (11) is lockable, which core chuck system (10) comprises a ball locking mechanism, a locking button (15) and a cone connection (C).
US11040845B2
A film dispenser includes a holding member and a rotating member, the holding member including a first end including a handle, the handle including a plurality of lobes and a plurality of web portions, each web portion extending between a pair of adjacent lobes of the plurality of lobes; and a second end defining a brake portion defined by a slot, the holding member defining a longitudinal axis that extends from the first end to the second end, the slot including a first portion extending in a circumferential direction across a full width of the brake portion and two opposing portions extending at an angle from the first portion; each of the plurality of web portions extending outward beyond an outermost edge of the rotating member relative to the longitudinal axis.
US11040842B2
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a cassette body supporting a sheet, a regulation device disposed on the cassette body in a moving direction and regulating a position of an edge of the sheet, and a plurality of engaged portions disposed on the cassette body. The regulation device includes a body portion, an engaging portion moving between an engagement position at which the engaging portion engages with one of the engaged portions and a separation position at which the engaging portion is separated from the engaged portions, an operation member pivotably supported on the body portion and operated between a first posture at which the operation member positions the engaging portion at the engagement position and a second posture at which the operation member positions the engaging portion at the separation position, and a retention portion retaining the operation member at the first posture.
US11040840B1
Disclosed is an apparatus for tilting a container for loading thereof. The apparatus includes a platform and a support frame being pivotally connected to the platform to move between a resting position and a loading position. The apparatus includes a gate operable to move between an open position and a closed position. The apparatus includes a pair of first actuating cylinders, each of the first actuating cylinders being pivotally supported with respect to the platform and fixedly connected to the support frame. The apparatus includes a pair of second actuating cylinders with each of the second actuating cylinders being pivotally connected to the platform and fixedly connected to the support frame. Herein the pair of first actuating cylinders are compressed and the pair of second actuating cylinders are extended to move the support frame from the resting position to the loading position.
US11040839B2
A system for transporting containers using heavy goods vehicles which comprises a separate operating region in which the heavy goods vehicles can be operated, with at least one automated heavy goods vehicle and at least one manually driven heavy goods vehicle being operated together in a mixed traffic situation in the separate operating region.
US11040828B1
Modular transfer units are configured to transport bins or other storage units of standard shapes and sizes between locations. The modular transfer units may be loaded with bins or other storage units having items disposed therein at origins of the items, or at locations where the items are stored, such as fulfillment centers. The modular transfer units may then be mounted to one or more vehicles, such as trailers or rail cars, and transported to another location, where the modular transfer units may be removed from the vehicle, or transferred to another vehicle. The bins or other storage units may be loaded with items that are intended for delivery to a common location. After a bin or storage unit has been unloaded from a modular transfer unit, one or more other bins or storage units may be loaded thereon.
US11040827B1
The garden debris receptacle with dustpan comprises a refuse container and a lip extension. The lip extension attaches to the refuse container. The garden debris receptacle with dustpan is configured for use with agricultural refuse. The lip extension forms a ramp that assists in loading the agricultural refuse into the refuse container.
US11040824B2
A process is provided for making a beverage capsule for use in a beverage preparing machine. The process includes the steps of: sealing a filter to an interior surface of a body for the beverage capsule to define an ingredients chamber; depositing a desired volume of desired ingredients into the ingredients chamber; and sealing a cover to the body to cover the opening. The cover is sealed to the body to define a hinge zone and a peel zone, wherein the hinge zone has a stronger seal than the peel zone.
US11040808B2
A metal child resistant container with a screw lid that comprises a main body, an inner cap that screws on to the main body forming an air tight seal, and an outer cap that is located over the inner cap. The outer cap prevents the user from directly interacting with the inner cap and requires the user to apply pressure to the outer cap. The inner cap has indentions that match with similar indentions stamped in or attached to the outer cap. When pressure is applied to the outer cap the inner cap and outer cap mover as one allowing the container to the open and closed. The container is further sealed by a foil seal and a desiccant material.
US11040805B2
A closure (40) includes a closure body (54) defining a first latch portion (60) and a lid (56) connected to the body (54) movable between (i) a closed position, and (ii) an open position. The lid includes a flexible, recessed press portion (58) defining a second latch portion (64). The closure body (54) and the lid (56) have (i) a latched configuration with the lid (56) in the closed position wherein the first latch portion (60) and the second latch portion (64) are oriented in a confronting relationship to prevent the lid (56) from moving into its open position, and (ii) an unlatched configuration with the lid (56) in the closed position wherein the recessed press portion (58) is deflected inwardly to move the second latch portion (64) out of the confronting relationship with the first latch portion (60) to permit the lid (56) to move from its closed position.
US11040797B2
A tamper evident feature for a container is provided. The tamper evident feature may include a locking tab connected to a wall panel of the container and a receiving slot provided on a cover panel of the container. The locking tab may include a locking end portion with an outer terminal edge and a slit extending laterally across the locking tab. The slit may provide a cut edge extending partially across an intermediate portion of the locking tab and allow for a tab end portion to bend relative to the remainder of the locking tab. The receiving slot may include a receiving slit defined into the cover panel of the container and configured to receive the locking end portion of the locking tab. The receiving slit may provide a receiving edge that engages with the cut edge of the locking tab to secure the cover panel in a closed position.
US11040794B2
A direct gas-fired process air heater assembly that utilizes a premix burner applied to a shrink wrap conveyor oven for uniform dissemination of heated air into the a recirculating air stream of a circulating blower, said air circulating blower directing the heated air into the shrink wrap chamber or tunnel for shrinking polymer film around packaged goods for shipment and/or storage. According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of the direct gas-fired packaged process air heater assembly construction features including the application of premix burner technology.
US11040792B2
Described herein are methods and systems for automated dispensing of individual medicament portions. The systems can include a housing that encloses a receiving space having a bottom surface. A separation device may be provided and arranged on the bottom surface with at least one channel to receive at least one medicament portion. At least one channel may have an opening facing the receiving space and an opening facing the bottom surface. The opening facing the bottom surface may be associated with a contact area on the bottom surface, over which contact area the medicament portions may be guided upon a movement of separation device. At least one recess may be arranged in the bottom surface outside of the contact area to receive contamination particles present in the container.
US11040791B2
The vacuum sealer includes a base, a cover, a vacuuming device, at least a heating device, at least a heat-resistant element wrapping around the heating device, at least a heat insulation element between the base and the heating device, at least a power provision device, and at least a safety breaker device. The safety breaker device includes at least a safety switch, and at least a trigger element. The object to be sealed is placed on the heating device and, as the cover closes the base, the safety switch engages the trigger element to release the safety breaker device and to allow the power provision device to power the heating device. The heat insulation element prevents heat from being conducted to the base. With the dual protection from the safety breaker device and the heat insulation element, safety is enhanced and the power provision device may operate under high voltage.
US11040790B2
A capsule is provided containing a dosing agent and a system and process is provided for making capsules containing a dosing agent. The capsule includes a body defining an interior space and an opening, the capsule having ingredients and a dosing agent disposed in the interior space and a cover to seal the opening. The process and system includes depositing ingredients and the dosing agent in the interior space of the capsule and then covering the opening.
US11040784B2
An adjustment mechanism for a lifting device includes a longitudinal clamp bar and a clamp slidably disposed on the clamp bar. The clamp has a clamp body and at least one clamping member movably connected to the clamp body. The at least one clamping member is operative for (1) acquiring a clamped condition when a lifting force is applied to the clamp body, wherein in the clamped condition, the at least one clamping member is engaged with the longitudinal clamp bar to prevent movement of the clamp along the clamp bar and (2) acquiring an unclamped condition when a lifting force is released from the clamp body, wherein in the unclamped condition, the clamp is free to move along the clamp bar.
US11040783B2
A component manufacturing method includes a step in which a robot for attachment gripping a long frame presses the frame against a tabular skin and a step in which, in a state in which the frame is pressed against the skin, a robot for riveting gripping a first rivet inserts the first rivet into a first through-hole formed in the skin and a second through-hole formed in the frame. In the step, the robot for riveting changes a position in the gripped first rivet in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the first rivet according to a force received by the first rivet from the skin or the frame.
US11040766B2
A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns. Embodiments include one or more rudder elements which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member disposed within the fuselage housing and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements.
US11040750B2
A detection device includes sensor device configured to obtain environmental information about surroundings of a small vehicle, an output unit outputting the environmental information to a control device of the small vehicle, and a mount configured to be attached to a rider of the small vehicle so as to hold the sensor device and the output device.
US11040739B2
A parking assist device according to an embodiment includes: a peripheral image generation unit configured to generate a peripheral image representing conditions around a vehicle based on an imaging result of an imaging unit provided to the vehicle; a parking region acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking region where the vehicle is parkable; a display processing unit configured to display the peripheral image on a display device including a touch panel, and display a first symbol representing the parking region on the peripheral image; and an assist processing unit configured to start, when a position corresponding to the first symbol on the touch panel is touched, parking assist control for assisting parking at the parking region represented by the first symbol.
US11040735B1
The shock-absorbing wheel barrow suspension system is a cart. The shock-absorbing wheel barrow suspension system is a manually powered rolling structure that is controlled by a single person. The shock-absorbing wheel barrow suspension system has a dual wheel structure. The combination of the dual wheel structure and the shock absorbing capability makes the shock-absorbing wheel barrow suspension system easier to control when compared to a traditional wheelbarrow.
US11040732B2
A wireless train control system includes: a device that generates a track circuit state signal indicating whether a track circuit is picked up or dropped and a time-triggered track circuit state signal indicating a drop at a timing delayed by a set time after the track circuit state signal indicates that the track circuit is dropped; and a controller that generates a stop limit point of a wireless-control-compliant train by using presence information if a preceding train is a wireless-control-compliant train, and generates the stop limit point by using the track circuit state signal and the time-triggered track circuit state signal if the preceding train is a non-wireless-control-compliant train. The controller does not update the stop limit point if the track circuit state signal indicates that the track circuit is dropped while the time-triggered track circuit state signal indicates that the track circuit is picked up.
US11040726B2
In one embodiment, an intelligent and prompt alarm system is designed on autonomous driving vehicles to help autonomous driving vehicles to communicate to human drivers more vigilantly and promptly, and to improve human driver's performance to take over when an autonomous driving failure occurs. In one embodiment, an alarm system can be developed several levels: 1) basic warning, 2) risk warning, and 3) emergency/take-over alarming.
US11040717B2
The present invention includes a system for use in a vehicle for determining the terrain type in proximity to a vehicle. The system comprises a processor configured to receive primary output data from at least one vehicle-mounted sensor, and secondary output data from a secondary data source; and a data memory configured to store pre-determined primary data relating primary output data for the at least one vehicle-mounted sensor to a particular terrain type, and store at least one data set relating to one or more terrain types. The processor is configured to compare the primary output data with the pre-determined data to determine an indication of the particular terrain type corresponding to the primary output data, and compare the secondary output data with a data set corresponding to the indication of the particular terrain type.
US11040712B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which are possible to enable the user to reliably avoid a risk. The information processing apparatus includes a presentation control unit that generates a risk avoidance proposal for a user on the basis of a predicted risk, an evaluating unit that evaluates a level of obedience of the user on the basis of response of the user to the risk avoidance proposal, and a risk predicting unit that adjusts a risk prediction parameter on the basis of the evaluated level of obedience. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing system or an information processing apparatus which assists driving of a mobile body, or an information processing system or an information processing apparatus which provides various kinds of insurances.
US11040711B2
A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are provided. In particular, the wheels of the vehicle wheels are controlled based on a possibility of collision between the vehicle and an object located in a peripheral region of the vehicle to minimize influence caused by the collision while simultaneously ensuring driving safety. The method includes estimating whether there is a high possibility of collision between the vehicle and the detected object. When the high possibility of collision between the vehicle and the object is estimated the wheels of the vehicle are operated based on a situation of the estimated collision to ensure driving stability of the vehicle during an actual collision between the vehicle and the object.
US11040708B2
A brake control system for a vehicle, the brake control system including a master cylinder, a brake line for communicating brake fluid between the master cylinder and a brake, a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the brake line during non-braking conditions, and means for selectively moving brake fluid into and/or out of the fluid reservoir. The means for selectively moving brake fluid into and/or out of the fluid reservoir includes means for removing gas from the fluid reservoir, and is configured to move brake fluid into the fluid reservoir, so that brake fluid is moved along the brake line in a direction towards the master cylinder, during non-braking conditions. Upon receiving a signal of an anticipated brake event, brake fluid may also be moved out of the fluid reservoir, so that brake fluid is moved along the brake line in a direction away from the master cylinder.
US11040696B2
The vehicle system includes an output device, a plurality of rear seats, a plurality of belt buckle sensors provided on each of the plurality of rear seats, a plurality of seat belt reminder (SBR) sensors provided on each of the plurality of rear seats, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine one rear seat on which a passenger or an object having a weight equal to or less than a predetermined weight is located based on an output value of the SBR sensor, determine whether a seat belt corresponding to the determined rear seat is worn based on an output value of the belt buckle sensor, and control the output device to output a warning message when the vehicle is turned off and a door of the rear seat is not opened or closed in a state in which the seat belt is worn.
US11040695B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that conducts an automated vision analysis of image data associated with an interior of a vehicle cabin, determines a state of a child restraint system (CRS) based on the automated vision analysis, and generates an alert if the state of the CRS does not satisfy one or more safety constraints. In one example, the technology identifies the safety constraint(s) based on a geographic location of the vehicle cabin.
US11040694B1
A portable restraining passenger safety harness includes a harness body and a pair of shoulder straps. The harness body contains a left shoulder area and a right shoulder area, and the size of the safety harness can be adjusted by adjusting the height of the left and right shoulder areas. The harness is securable to a vehicle by a vehicle seat belt passing behind the child through a back panel located on a rear portion of the harness.
US11040686B2
To improve workability when attaching an airbag module disposed in a side portion of a vehicle seat from a seat back side. A vehicle seat (S) includes: a side frame (13) which constitutes a side portion of a seat back frame (10); a bracket (20) which includes an attachment portion (21) attached to a side surface of the side frame (13) on a seat inner side and a back protrusion portion (22) protruding backward from the attachment portion (21); and an airbag module (30) which includes a retainer (34) fixed to the back protrusion portion (22).
US11040681B2
Vehicle periphery device implemented in a form whose external outline of its projection onto the horizontal plane of the bearing surface has the form of a circle, with this periphery capable of passing between possible points of contact of this periphery located at a distance equal to the diameter of this circle. Technical result: prevention of periphery jamming; ensuring ideal Internet compatibility, optimality for any positioning, optimality for any digital technology; saved space; increased density of the traffic; implementation of the purpose. It should help fundamentally more quickly and efficiently: implement fully automatic control of individual vehicles, combine their operation into a fully automated transport system in which modified vehicles can completely replace motor cars and, where possible, other modes of transport.
US11040680B2
A crash box may include one or more layers arranged to absorb crash energy. In some embodiments, the crash box includes a first layer having an outer skin defining a periphery of the first layer and at least one of: 1) a rib and web structure, and 2) an array of tubes disposed within the outer skin for absorbing crash energy, and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer having an outer skin defining a periphery of the second layer and at least one of: 1) a rib and web structure, and 2) an array of tubes disposed within the outer skin for absorbing crash energy.
US11040677B2
An electrical connector is provided for both power and data transmission. The electrical connector comprises an electrical plug (100) having a plurality of pins (131˜138) and an electrical socket (200) having a plurality of passageways (220) which are arranged corresponding to the plurality of pins (131˜138). The pins (131˜138) of the plug comprise at least one signal pin (131, 136), two or more positive power pins (133, 134) and two or more negative power pins (132, 135). The pins (131˜138) of the plug can be disposed such that the positive power pins (133, 134) and the at least one signal pin (131, 136) are positioned on opposite sides of the negative power pins (132, 135).
US11040673B2
A control apparatus for a motor generator in a vehicle includes a first control unit that determines a target torque using a redundant signal and a non-redundant signal, a monitoring unit that determines a monitoring target torque using the redundant signal, and a fail-safe determining unit. The fail-safe determining unit determines the execution of first fail-safe processing when a difference between the target torque and the monitoring target torque is equal to or more than a predetermined first upper limit threshold value or equal to or less than a first lower limit threshold value, and determines the execution of second fail-safe processing when the difference is equal to or more than a predetermined second upper limit threshold value which is smaller than the first upper limit threshold value or equal to or less than a second lower limit threshold value which is smaller than the first lower limit threshold value.
US11040672B2
A digital license plate supporting both access and analysis of vehicle relevant information is disclosed. The digital license plate includes sensors that provide status data to a processor in the digital license plate. A power path control module can initiate power state changes and adjust power depending on system state as determined by at least one the multiple sensors. In some embodiments a temperature control module is connected to a temperature sensor and configured to modify heat relevant display parameters as critical temperatures are approached.
US11040669B2
A mounting structure for a vehicle accessory comprises a panel including a surface defining a channel with a wall disposed between two sides extending from the surface in a direction toward an interior of the vehicle, the wall defining a ledge, and a tab, attached with the vehicle accessory, that mates with the channel, the tab being confined by the sides and the ledge between the surface and the wall such that the vehicle accessory is slideably and removably attached to the panel.
US11040661B2
An image display apparatus has: a synthesizing device (132) for synthesizing a rear image (111B) and a rear side image (111BL, 111BR) to generate a synthesized image (111C), wherein the rear image is captured by a rear imaging device (11B) for imaging a rear area of a vehicle (1) and the rear side image is captured by a rear side imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging a rear side area of the vehicle; and a displaying device (14) for displaying the synthesized image, the synthesizing device generates the synthesized image so that the synthesized image generated when the vehicle goes in reverse includes a first scene that is below, viewed from the vehicle, a second scene that is included in the synthesized image generated when the vehicle does not go in reverse.
US11040650B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving system. The method for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving system can improve recognition accuracy of an object by outputting light corresponding to a first brightness value changed in correspondence to detection of an object having a recognition error larger than a predetermined range during driving while outputting light corresponding to a first brightness value that is determined of the basis of information about external illumination. An autonomous vehicle of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone ((Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV), a robot, an AR (Augmented Reality) device, a VR (Virtual Reality) device, a device associated with 5G services, etc.
US11040649B2
A vehicle sensor includes a first light source for short-distance irradiation and a first camera for short-distance imaging mounted on one headlamp of a pair of left and right headlamps provided in a vehicle, and a second light source for long-distance irradiation and a second camera for long-distance imaging mounted on the other headlamp of the pair of left and right headlamps.
US11040648B2
A dump body pivot pin, suspension node, and rear frame connection comprises a dump body pivot pin boss, a rear suspension connection boss, outer and inner upper rear frame tube connection bosses, outer and inner lower rear frame tube connection bosses, upper and lower beams, a beam connection web, and a support tube connection boss. The dump pivot pin boss has a pivot bore, a pin bore center axis, and inner and outer flat surfaces. The rear suspension connection boss includes a suspension connection center axis and inner and outer flat surfaces. The upper beam connects the outer and inner upper rear frame tube connection bosses to the dump body pivot pin boss. The lower beam connects the outer lower rear frame connection boss to the rear suspension connection boss and the dump body pivot pin boss and the inner lower rear frame tube connection boss to the dump body pivot pin boss.
US11040642B2
A ventilation sheet is installed between a seat pad and a skin that form a seat of a vehicle. The ventilation sheet includes a ventilation sheet main body formed in a thin plate-shape including an air flow passage through which an air flow flows, a plurality of openings in communication with the air flow passage of the ventilation sheet main body, the plurality of openings formed to open at a surface of the ventilation sheet main body facing the skin, and a connection passage in communication with the air flow passage of the ventilation sheet main body and in communication with a pad hole provided in the seat pad.
US11040635B2
Set forth herein are systems and methods for determining when to heat a battery, and under what conditions to do so, The methods include using input parameters to predict when to heat a battery and how to heat that battery. For example, the methods predict when to heat a battery so that the battery has a specific power output and performance level when used in an electric or hybrid vehicle application.
US11040633B2
A battery pack includes: a plurality of batteries including a first battery and a second battery; a first input/output port including a first input/output positive port and a first input/output negative port; a second input/output port including a second input/output positive port and a second input/output negative port; a first switch electrically connecting the positive terminal of the second battery to the negative terminal of the first battery or to the second input/output positive port; a second switch electrically connecting the negative terminal of the first battery to the first switch or to the first input/output negative port; and a third switch electrically connecting the negative terminal of the second battery to the first input/output negative port or electrically connecting the second switch to the first input/output negative port or to the second input/output negative port.
US11040626B2
An AC electric rolling stock controller includes a comparator that compares an intermediate link voltage VEFC generated at a smoothing capacitor with a setting value A, a comparator that compares the intermediate link voltage VEFC with a setting value B less than the setting value A, and a delayer that delays an output of the comparator in a case in which the output of the comparator is significant. It is determined that the initial charging of the smoothing capacitor is complete in a case in which at least one of an output of the comparator and an output of the delayer is significant.
US11040622B2
An operating device for controlling functions of a motor vehicle, includes an operator control element which can be displaced from a rest position beyond a first actuating position into a second actuating position. The operating device has a control unit which is designed to actuate, in accordance with a function which is assigned to the operator control element, a display device for displaying information associated with the function if the operating element is positioned in the first actuating position. The control unit is configured to trigger the function if the operator control element is positioned in the second actuating position. The operating device is configured to output a tactilely perceptible feedback in at least one of the positions of the operator control element.
US11040617B2
A vehicle transaxle comprising a plurality of mounting flanges fixedly mountable to an axle tube of the vehicle absent any additional structure for mounting the transaxle to the vehicle. The axle tube houses a wheel axle to which the transaxle is operably couplable. The transaxle additionally comprises a transaxle mounting collar that is fixedly mounted to or integrally formed with a housing of the transaxle. The mounting collar is structured and operable to have a prime mover of the vehicle mounted thereto and to support the weight/mass of the prime mover such that the prime mover is mountable to the vehicle via only the mounting collar absent any additional structure for mounting the prime mover to the vehicle such that the prime mover can be cantilevered from (e.g., suspended from) the transaxle, e.g., the prime mover is ‘free floating’.
US11040595B2
An air conditioner for a vehicle which can reduce ventilation resistance and secure a sufficient cross-sectional area of an air outlet to prevent deterioration in air volume. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having an air passageway formed therein and a plurality of air outlets formed at an exit thereof, and at least one heat exchanger disposed in the air passageway of the air-conditioning case to exchange heat with air passing through the air passageway, wherein the air outlet includes a center vent for discharging air-conditioned wind toward the center of a vehicle width and a side vent for discharging the air-conditioned wind toward the side of the vehicle width, and one between the center vent and the side vent is arranged in an upper side of the air-conditioning case, and the other is arranged in one side of the air-conditioning case in a back-and-forth direction of the vehicle.
US11040582B2
Sensor and method for determining operating states associated with one or more tires. The operating state of the tire can be determined based on one or more measures environmental conditions of the tire(s). For example, a controller can be configured to determine a change in one or more environmental conditions, including determining, for example, a rate-of-change value, a variance value, a standard deviation, or the like. The rate-of-change, variance, and/or standard deviation values can be compared to one or more threshold values to determine the operating state(s) associated with the tire(s). The environmental condition can include, for example, acceleration of the tire, pressure of the tire, and/or temperature of the tire. The operating state can be, for example, a filling state indicative of the tire being inflating, and/or a drive state indicative of the tire rotating about its axle.
US11040581B2
In a tire 2, chafers 8 each extend from a position axially outward of a corresponding one of beads 10 to a position radially inward of the corresponding one of the beads 10. Sidewalls 6 extend to positions between the beads 10 and the chafers 8, respectively. The chafers 8 extend to positions outward of ends 38 of turned-up portions 44 of a carcass ply 40 in the radial direction. When a side surface 50 represents a portion, of an outer surface of each chafer 8, which contacts with a flange of a rim, an outline of the side surface 50 has an arc C that extends from a heel of the bead 10 portion and projects inward.
US11040579B2
A stud pin for mounting in a pneumatic tire includes a tip including a tip end surface configured to come into contact with a road surface, and a body portion configured to house the tip. An end surface of the tip configured to come into contact with a road surface comprises an axis of symmetry which defines a line symmetrical shape of the end surface; a centroid of a shape of the end surface offset to a first side in an axial direction from a center position of a range the end surface covers in the axial direction of the axis of symmetry; and a recessed portion recessed inward of the end surface, the recessed portion being provided on, of peripheries of the end surface, a periphery of the end surface running between a first most distal end portion and a second most distal end portion.
US11040573B2
A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes two main grooves extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction and a land region defined between the two main grooves. The two main grooves extend in a zigzag manner with phases thereof aligned with each other. The land region is provided with a longitudinal sipe extending in the tire circumferential direction in a zigzag manner with a phase thereof opposite to the phases of the zigzags of the two main grooves.
US11040572B2
A rubber composition for a tire contains 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber (A) and from 1 to 60 parts by mass of an organic microparticle (B); an average particle size of the organic microparticle (B) being from 0.001 to 100 μm, the organic microparticle (B) having a complex structure composed of a compatible component that is compatible with the diene rubber (A) and an incompatible component that is not compatible with the diene rubber (A), the complex structure having an inner part in which an amount of the incompatible component is greater than an amount of compatible component, and an outer part which covers at least a part of the inner part and in which the amount of the compatible component is greater than an amount of the incompatible component. A pneumatic tire including such rubber composition has a desirable elongation, rigidity, durability, and wear resistance.
US11040571B2
A spacing bar of a wheelchair frame comprising an elongated structural body having a pair of opposite ends, each of the opposite ends having a C-shaped clamp configured for being clamped to respective lateral frame members of the wheelchair frame, wherein the elongated structural body and the C-shaped clamps are integrally made of a monocoque composite construction, and a tightening assembly for each of the C-shaped clamps, the tightening assemblies being arranged in the spacing bar to loosen and tighten the C-shaped clamps to the respective lateral frame members. A wheelchair frame comprising: a pair of lateral frame members configured to support at least a seat, and front and rear wheel units, the lateral frame members each having an elongated frame portion in a seating zone of the wheelchair frame, and a spacing bar having an elongated structural body and a pair of opposite ends, each of the opposite ends having a connector configured for being clamped to a respective one of the lateral frame member of the wheelchair frame, wherein each of the connectors forms a joint with the respective one of the elongated frame portions constraining the spacing bar to movement of the spacing bar axially along the pair of the elongated frame portion, a tightening assembly for each of the connectors, the tightening assemblies being arranged in the spacing bar to loosen and tighten the connectors to block or allow movement of the spacing bar along the pair of the lateral frame members.
US11040570B2
A bicycle disc wheel comprises a first disc panel and a second disc panel. The first disc panel has a first side outer surface and a first side inner surface and the second disc panel has a second side outer surface and a second side inner surface. The first side outer surface radially extends from a first disc panel outer perimeter to a center opening and the second side outer surface radially extends from a second disc panel outer perimeter to the center opening. The second side inner surface faces the first side inner surface. A brace is coupled to the first side inner surface and the second side inner surface that provide radial and axial structural support to the disc panels.
US11040569B1
A paint brush holder has a hinged tray with a plurality of apertures disposed within a base capable of being vertically supported within an interior of a can of paint. The tray is both braced and secured into position by a pair of support arms.
US11040565B2
A method includes using a lenticular image having a lens grid composed of a plurality of microlenses and a metallic motif layer arranged spaced apart from the lens grid; the refractive effect of the microlenses defines a focal plane and the metallic motif layer being arranged substantially in the focal plane; a line width is chosen for the demetalized sub-regions to be produced in the metallic motif layer; a marking laser source having a laser wavelength λ is selected such that the resolving power D(λ) of the microlenses of the lenticular image at the selected laser wavelength λ substantially corresponds to the line width of the demetalized sub-regions to be produced; and the metallic motif layer is impinged on through the microlenses with laser radiation of the marking laser source to produce demetalized sub-regions in the metallic motif layer.
US11040564B2
The invention relates to a method for forming and detecting security elements on the surface of a component and/or in a component, in which at least one layer or at least one region that is preferably formed of a magnetic material or of a material different from the component material is formed on the surface of the component and/or in the component that is formed of a magnetic or of a nonmagnetic material in a locally and geometrically defined manner. At least one ablated track, at least one heat-affected region and/or at least one remelted treatment track are/is formed by a locally and geometrically defined ablation of material or input of energy on/at the surface of a component along a predefined contour corresponding to the respective security feature. In the manufacture of the component, a magnetic material different from the material of the component is introduced into the component at at least one predefined position in a locally and geometrically defined manner by way of a generative production process. To detect the security element, a magnetization unit is used to generate at least one magnetic field penetrating into the component or a magnetic flux is produced inside the magnetization unit that penetrates into the component. To check a security element formed in this way, a detection unit is used to detect the magnetic stray fields occurring on the security element as a result of the at least one magnetic field, and the measurement signals captured by the detection unit are transferred to an evaluation unit having an image-processing or pattern-recognition system. Using the evaluation unit having an image-processing or pattern-recognition system, it is checked, by way of the detected magnetic stray fields, whether or not the detected security element corresponds to a specification.
US11040562B2
An ink for ink jet recording according to an embodiment is an ink for ink jet recording containing pigment, colloidal silica, and amino acid.
US11040555B2
A printing device configured to perform: printing a first body part of a first object on a first portion of a printing medium; after printing the first body part, printing a specific header part which is the same as a first header part of the first object on a second portion positioned upstream of the first portion; after printing the specific header part, acquiring a second object including a second header part and a second body part; determining whether the first header part and the second header part match; when determining that the two header parts do not match, printing the second header part on a third portion positioned upstream of the second portion; and cutting an upstream end of the second portion; and when determining that the two header parts match, printing the second body part on the third portion without printing the second header part.
US11040554B2
A printer includes: a housing; a platen holder; a platen roller; a printing head; an operation member; a first link; a second link; a connection member having a connecting portion connecting the first link to the second link; and a movable member moving the platen holder in response to a pivotal movement of the second link to move the platen roller toward and away from the printing head. When the operation member is moved within a first movable range, the second link is pivotally moved while the first link and the connecting portion are maintained at a first positional relationship. When the operation member is moved within a second movable range different from the first movable range, a positional relationship between the first link and the connecting portion is changed from the first positional relationship to a second positional relationship while the second link is maintained stationary.
US11040551B2
A recording unit which is provided in a recording system includes a heat roller pair which contacts paper and performs drying of the paper after recording by a line head using heating and a control unit which controls operation of the heat roller pair, in which a heating region of the heat roller pair is divided into a plurality of subdivisions in a width direction which intersects the medium transport direction and the heat roller pair is configured to be capable of modifying a heating state for each subdivision region, and in which the control unit controls the heating state of each of the subdivision regions in the heat roller pair according to conditions when performing drying of the paper using the heat roller pair.
US11040549B2
A portable printer includes a casing configured to receive a recording medium; a head configured to perform printing on the recording medium; a platen roller, which is arranged so as to be opposed to the head, and is configured to convey the recording medium while sandwiching the recording medium together with the head; a button, which is provided on the casing, and is configured to perform operation of separating the head and the platen roller from each other; and a stepped portion, which is formed on the casing along a peripheral edge of the button, and protrudes so that an inner side of the casing is higher than an outer side of the casing.
US11040544B2
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of individual supply channels, a plurality of common supply channel branches, a common supply channel mainstream, a plurality of individual collection channels, a plurality of common collection channel branches, a common collection channel mainstream, a supply-side filter, and a bypass channel. The common supply channel mainstream is communicated with the common supply channel branches. The common collection channel mainstream is communicated with the common collection channel branches. The supply-side filter is in the common supply channel mainstream. The bypass channel bypasses the supply-side filter and communicates the common supply channel mainstream with the common collection channel mainstream. The bypass channel is connected to the common supply channel mainstream at a downstream of the supply-side filter in a direction of flow of the liquid along a longitudinal direction of the common supply channel mainstream.
US11040543B2
A tank is configured to be installed in a liquid consuming apparatus having a liquid consuming unit and stores liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming unit. The tank includes a casing that includes: a liquid storage chamber demarcated by a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface, and configured to store the liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid flows out from the liquid storage chamber to the liquid consuming unit. The casing includes: a frame; a first film composing at least a part of the first surface; and a second film composing at least a part of the second surface.
US11040542B2
An inkjet printer includes an endless transporting belt that transports a medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium and rotating, an ejecting unit that ejects ink onto the medium supported by the transporting belt, and a cleaning unit including a first brush for cleaning the transporting belt, a first cleaning liquid tank that stores cleaning liquid with which the first brush is impregnated, a second brush for cleaning the transporting belt, and a second cleaning liquid tank that stores the cleaning liquid with which the second brush is impregnated. The second cleaning liquid tank is disposed at a position lower than the first cleaning liquid tank in the vertical direction, and the cleaning unit is configured so that the cleaning liquid discharged from the first cleaning liquid tank is supplied to the second cleaning liquid tank.
US11040540B2
A printer includes: an inkjet printhead having first and second rows of printhead chips; a platen having first and second spittoon slots corresponding to the first and second rows of printhead chips, each spittoon slot having a length corresponding to a length of the printhead and a width extending between a respective upstream sidewall and a respective downstream sidewall of the platen; first and second rollers positioned in the respective first and second spittoon slots for receiving ink spitted from the first and second rows of printhead chips; a rotation mechanism for rotating the first and second rollers; and first and second scrapers engaged with respective first and second rollers. A diameter of each roller is less than the width of its respective spittoon slot.
