US11113458B2
During operation of a program, various different editing actions can be performed on data (e.g., image or video data) in a document. The data includes multiple objects, each of which is a user-selectable element of the data, such as a line, a shape, or a filter applied to the data. A record of actions taken on objects in the data is maintained, and the actions can be undone. A document-based undo operation can be performed, which undoes the last action performed in the document. An object-based undo can also be performed, which undoes the last action performed on a selected one or more objects in the document. A document-based redo operation can be performed, which redoes the last action undone in the document. An object-based redo can also be performed, which redoes the last action undone on a selected one or more objects in the document.
US11113455B2
A method and apparatus is described for rendering web pages by a wireless device in order to reduce an amount of data transmitted over-the-air to the wireless device. In one embodiment, a method is performed by a server, comprising receiving a markup language document from a web server via a network interface, the markup language document corresponding to a web page. Next, the markup language document is parsed into a number of blocks by a processor, each of the blocks comprising code representing original content of the web page. Then, the processor creates one or more replacement blocks, each of the replacement blocks corresponding to a respective one of the blocks, each of the replacement blocks comprising code representing substituted content of the web page. Some of the blocks and at least one of the replacement blocks are then sent to a wireless device for rendering.
US11113450B2
Methods and systems for cognitive font enrichment management for adding system fonts are provided. A system for providing cognitive font enrichment management for adding system fonts includes a monitoring module that monitors web font operations. The system also includes a font conversion module that identifies a web font associated with a new glyph that is not described in a local system font repository and converts the identified web font associated with the new glyph into a default system font format. Further, the system includes a validation module that validates the converted web font associated with the new glyph. Additionally, the system includes an update module that updates the local system font repository with the validated converted web font associated with the new glyph.
US11113445B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology relate to techniques of hotspot detection. Pinching-type hotspot candidates and bridging-type hotspot candidates are first identified in the layout design based on predetermined criteria. Simulation is then performed to derive aerial image intensity values for a plurality of sites on each of the pinching-type and bridging-type hotspot candidates. Pinching-type hotspots are determined from the pinching-type hotspot candidates based on one or more machine learning models for pinching-type hotspots, and bridging-type hotspots are determined from the bridging-type hotspot candidates based on one or more machine learning models for bridging-type hotspots. The input vector for the machine learning models is the aerial image intensity values for the plurality of sites.
US11113442B2
An integrated circuit with programmable logic circuitry is provided. The integrated circuit may include quiet regions, toggling regions, or unused regions. An integrated circuit may also include heavily-used metal routing paths, lightly-used metal routing paths, and unused metal routing paths. Circuit design tools may be used to generate multiple configuration images that replace the quiet regions with toggling or unused regions, that swap the heavily-used metal routing paths with lightly-used or unused metal routing paths, or that use random fitter seeds of improve the usage coverage to statistically reduce the always quiet regions on the integrated circuit. The multiple configuration images implement the same design and can be used to reconfigure the integrated circuit upon startup to reduce aging effects and improve circuit performance.
US11113430B2
A computing device for receiving a design problem statement describing a design problem in a controlled natural language (CNL) that defines permitted lexicons and syntax structures. The design problem statement is processed using the CNL lexicons and syntax structures to produce a job description executable by a design application for generating a design solution for the design problem statement. An improved CNL user interface that assists users to produce valid design problem statements that are CNL-compliant. The CNL user interface receives user-selectable terms that are compliant with the CNL lexicons and generates candidate problem statements that are compliant with CNL syntax structures and receives a selection of a candidate problem statement that is added to the design problem statement. A graphical user interface may display a graphical representation of a design problem statement that can be directly modified. A dialogue-based design process to explore possible design intentions and design solutions.
US11113414B2
A method for configuring mobile online services for use with a transportation vehicle including providing a configuration system which assigns data contents to a data release class, providing a selection possibility for a user by the configuration system by which selection possibility the user allows one or more mobile online services to use the data contents of a data release class, selecting a data release class for the one or more mobile online services, and releasing the data contents of the selected data release class for use by the mobile online service by the configuration system. The method provides for enabling transparent and conveniently usable data protection configuration for the use of mobile online services together with a transportation vehicle which leads to increased trust of customers and potential buyers in the transportation vehicle manufacturer and in the offered mobile online services.
US11113410B2
A technology is presented for controlling the distribution of a data item. A data set is stored at a data storage (16) and comprises a first file identifier and a first encrypted data item generated by an encryption using a first public key. A blockchain comprises the first file identifier paired with a first recipient identifier identifying one or more allowed first recipients, each having the first recipient identifier and a first private key matching the first public key. The method is performed by a second terminal (12) being an allowed first recipient and the method comprises: identifying (102) the first file identifier in the blockchain using the first recipient identifier, sending (106) a request containing the first file identifier to the data storage (16) for downloading of the first encrypted data item, receiving (116) the first encrypted data item from the data storage (16), and decrypting (118) the first encrypted data item using the first private key.
US11113407B2
In an example embodiment, a system analyzes a set of computer routines. The system may perform an analysis including a determination of a likelihood of vulnerability to unexpected behavior for one or more computer routines of the set. Based upon the analysis, the system may identify one or more computer routines of the set having the likelihood of vulnerability. The system may asynchronously and dynamically manipulate at least one of the one or more computer routines through a testing technique. The system may determine unexpected behavior of at least one of the one or more computer routines.
US11113397B2
In one embodiment, a device disassembles an executable file into assembly instructions. The device maps each of the assembly instructions to a fixed length instruction vector using one-hot encoding and an instruction vocabulary and forms vector representations of blocks of a control flow graph for corresponding functions of the executable file by embedding and aggregating bags of the instruction vectors. The device generates, based on the vector representations of the blocks of the control flow graph, a call graph model of the functions in the executable file. The device forms a vector representation of the executable file based in part on the call graph model. The device determines, based on the vector representation of the executable file, whether the executable file is malware.
US11113396B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to electronic computer implemented methods of data communication. Steps include receiving a data payload including an originating node attribute, a security ranking index attribute and at least one data element associated with a computer readable record. In another step, a method includes electronically sampling the data payload including the at least one data element and determining a value of the security ranking index attribute; In yet another step, a method includes electronically processing an injectable tracking attribute into the data payload. In a further step, a method includes electronically routing the digital record data payload including the originating node attribute, the injectable tracking attribute and the at least one data element associated.
US11113395B2
According to some embodiments, a plurality of monitoring nodes each generate a series of current monitoring node values over time that represent a current operation of a wind turbine. An abnormality detection computer platform may receive the series of current monitoring node values and generate a set of current feature vectors. The abnormality detection computer platform may also access an abnormality detection model having a plurality of decision boundaries created using wind information (e.g., wind speed and/or acceleration) along with at least one of a set of normal feature vectors and a set of abnormal feature vectors. The abnormality detection computer platform may then select one of the decision boundaries based on current wind information associated with the wind turbine and execute the abnormality detection model and transmit an abnormality alert signal based on the set of current feature vectors and the selected decision boundary.
US11113390B1
The subject technology receives, in a first computing process, a user defined function, the user defined function including code related to at least one operation to be performed. The subject technology sends a request based at least in part on the at least one operation to a second computing process to perform. The subject technology determines, by a security manager executing within the second computing process, whether performing the at least one operation is permitted, the security manager determines restrictions, based at least in part on a security policy, on operations executing within a sandbox environment provided by the second computing process. The subject technology performs, in the second computing process, the at least one operation, the security manager executing within the second computing process.
US11113382B2
A vehicle network system employing a controller area network protocol includes a bus, a first electronic control unit, and a second electronic control unit. The first electronic control unit transmits, via the bus, at least one data frame including an identifier relating to data used for a calculation for obtaining a message authentication code indicating authenticity of transmission content. The second electronic control unit receives the at least one data frame transmitted via the bus and verifies the message authentication code in accordance with the identifier included in the at least one data frame.
US11113374B2
A method of managing seamless access to locks with person/head detection is provided and includes receiving, at a mobile device, a signal from an access control device that includes a camera sensor. The signal includes an identifier of the access control device and a status of a region of interest of the camera sensor. It is determined that the mobile device includes a credential that is authorized to unlock the access control device. Based on the signal it is determined whether a person is in the region of interest of the camera sensor and moving towards the access control device. A request is transmitted to the access control device to unlock the access control device based at least in part on determining that a person is in the region of interest of the camera sensor and moving towards the access control device.
US11113363B2
An indoor event detection system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a first antenna, and the receiver includes a second antenna, a processor and a memory. The receiver communicates with the transmitter based on a line of sight link between the transmitter and the receiver covering an area to be detected in the indoor space. The processor detects whether an event associated to the indoor space is occurred by obtaining a current CSI from the probe signal, obtaining an amplitude matrix by extracting a plurality amplitudes of a plurality of sub-carriers from the current CSI, applying a statistical operation on the amplitude matrix to obtain a statistical matrix, obtaining a plurality of eigenvalues from the statistical matrix, obtaining a current eigenvalue statistical value according to the plurality of eigenvalues; and determining whether the current eigenvalue statistical value is within the first eigenvalue range.
US11113358B2
An online training system and support tool that overlays browser-based help pages to guide users through page navigation or processes. Each item on the page when selected can bring up an item specific help tool for that item. An administrator function can pop up to allow the administrator to edit items on the page and provide item specific help tools. In addition, the help overlay can be toggled on and off by toggling the button, where the button on the page is in one condition to show the page with no annotations, and is selected to make the tool active, and to automatically detect the user selecting a specific item and toggling that item.
US11113357B2
Onboarding a Virtual Network Function (VNF) package utilized by multiple network services is disclosed. The VNF package is received from a vendor for network services requested by a customer. The VNF package and its contents may be uploaded on an orchestrating manager, and a NFVI admin decides workflows for the VNF package, for validating and certifying the VNF package. The VNF package is validated using multiple checks and then parameters are identified for monitoring and certifying the VNF package. The VNF package is then ready for onboarding and instantiating the network services requested by the customer.
US11113354B2
A method for managing a region tag may comprise acquiring a region identifier information of a geographic region, acquiring an attribute evaluation tag of the geographic region by a user whose geographic position is in the geographic region and a time identifier of the attribute evaluation tag, integrating the region identifier information, the attribute evaluation tag, and the time identifier thereof into a region tag of the geographic region, and clustering region tags of the geographic region in a time domain comprising one or more time periods to generate a region time period tag of the geographic region for each time period.
US11113353B1
Systems and methods are described for graphical user interfaces that enable users to graphically design nodes and interconnections of pipelines for preprocessing data later ingested into an indexing system. The preprocessing can include receiving messages published to a first publish-sub scribe messaging system, the messages containing raw machine data generated by one or more components in an information technology environment, performing one or more processing operations on at least some of the messages to generate preprocessed messages, republishing the preprocessed messages to a second publish-subscribe messaging system, and providing to the indexing system, a subset of the messages from the second publish-subscribe messaging system. Nodes in the pipeline can specify the preprocessing operations, and interconnections in the pipeline can represent data flow through the nodes of the pipeline.
US11113343B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed that transmits a plug-in module to a web browser of a client computer. The web browser displays web content in a main window. The plug-in module, when activated, causes the web browser to display a user interface to a user of the client computer. The user interface is separate from the main window of the web browser, displays at least a portion of the web content, and is configured to enable the user to operate on the displayed at least a portion of the web content.
US11113339B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a system and method is described for enabling federated content management using a federated library and federated metadata propagation. The system can include a plurality of content servers, each including a processor and configured to store content items at a respective content database. The system can also include a federated library configured to store content items received from the plurality of content servers, as federated content items accessible to each content server of the plurality of content servers, and a federated database configured to receive and store metadata associated with the federated content items. The system can also include a federative agent associated with each content server and configured to communicate the metadata between the plurality of content servers and the federated database. In an embodiment, the system can be provided as a reusable, pluggable component for use with existing content management systems.
US11113332B2
Systems, methods and computer readable storage media for collecting and processing progressivistic metadata are described; a structure of composite files comprising a progressivistic metadata layer and implementational aspects of various uses thereof are further described.
US11113325B2
Techniques are provided to allow a user to interact with a computer to automatically analyze a transcript and provide interactive feedback pertaining to interactions between the user and other parties. This may be accomplished by dividing the transcript into text sequences, such as sentences, and matching each text sequence against a set of rules that define patterns that relate text sequences to particular characteristic categories. These matches can be further scored and ranked to allow particular text sequences to be interactively displayed to the user in response to selection of a particular categorization.
US11113324B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for classifying unstructured datasets according to a classification system and generating an enhanced, classified and structured data-set enabling efficient supplemental computer-based processing. The exemplary computer-implemented classification algorithms involve, for each entry in the input dataset, semantically interpreting a text-based occupation description, analyzing the description according to an ontology of interrelated “concepts” and identifying semantically relevant concept(s) and any associated descriptors specific to the classification system. The system is also configured to expand the list of relevant concepts to include concepts that bear a relationship thereto, scoring the various concepts and associated descriptors and identifying the concept(s) and descriptors that most accurately correspond to the input data. Further, the system is configured to generate the new structured and classified occupation dataset by selectively combining certain input data and augmenting each entry with supplemental information inferred through the classification process.
US11113323B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for techniques for identifying textual similarity and performing answer selection. A textual-similarity computing model can use a pre-trained language model to generate vector representations of a question and a candidate answer from a target corpus. The target corpus can be clustered into latent topics (or other latent groupings), and probabilities of a question or candidate answer being in each of the latent topics can be calculated and condensed (e.g., downsampled) to improve performance and focus on the most relevant topics. The condensed probabilities can be aggregated and combined with a downstream vector representation of the question (or answer) so the model can use focused topical and other categorical information as auxiliary information in a similarity computation. In training, transfer learning may be applied from a large-scale corpus, and the conventional list-wise approach can be replaced with point-wise learning.
US11113321B2
In a method and a corresponding device for managing map data of a digital map for a navigation apparatus, the map data include original map data, wherein the original map data are each associated with one or more original map tiles. A validity indicator is assigned to each of the original map tiles. In the event of an update of an update map tile, associated update map data are assigned and permanently stored, wherein the particular update map tile is provided in order to replace the associated original map tile. After the update map data of the particular update map tile have been successfully stored, the validity indicator of the associated original map tile is set to invalid. During operation of the navigation apparatus, the particular original map tile is loaded if the validity indicator assigned thereto is valid, and otherwise the update map tile associated with the particular original map tile is loaded.
US11113319B1
There is a need for more effective and efficient hierarchical database monitoring. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing/executing hierarchical database monitoring in an effective and efficient manner. In one example, a method includes identifying related hierarchical entities for each hierarchical entity; identifying an entity tracking data object for each hierarchical entity; updating the entity tracking data objects; generating a database monitoring data object based at least in part on the updated entity tracking data objects; and performing monitoring of the hierarchical database based at least in part on the database monitoring data object.
US11113310B2
The present invention generally relates to the process of analyzing all systems and sub systems in the construction of a building to identify conflicts or design errors, and correcting the errors at the design stage so the construction can be completed with minimal or no issues. Through the analysis of the framing, walls, windows, HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other systems or sub systems that are typical in the construction of a building, the framing can be designed to anticipate the HVAC and plumbing, and the frame members can be built with the cutouts or contours to accommodate these systems. The present Invention uses the unique feature of conflict check in which the members or elements which has conflict are identified and a list of all conflict members is prepared. The List also shows the condition under which the given conflict occurs.
US11113309B2
A device may receive information for an attribute to include in a shared attribute library. The information may include an attribute identifier, data variables needed to compute a value of the attribute, and source code for computing the value of the attribute. The source code may be written in a first programming language. The device may receive a first request to compute the value of the attribute based on a first set of data variables from a first type of data application and a second request to compute the value of the attribute based on a second set of data variables from a second type of data application that is different than the first type of data application. The device may select a computing server, which may execute the first programming language, to compute the value of the attribute based on the first and second sets of data variables.
US11113297B2
A website server provides a program for a web page of a predetermined website to a user terminal. The program for the web page causes the user terminal to implement a display module and a search module. The display module causes a first article selected by a user to be displayed and causes a search window to be displayed at a position after a position where the first article ends. The search module searches for a second article related to a character string entered in the search window. The display module causes information related to the second article identified by a search using the search module to be displayed near the search window.
US11113293B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for latent summarization of a graph. Structural features can be captured from feature vectors associated with each node of the graph by applying base functions on the feature vectors and iteratively applying relational operators to successive feature matrices to derive deeper inductive relational functions that capture higher-order structural information in different subgraphs of increasing size (node separations). Heterogeneity can be summarized by performing capturing features in appropriate subgraphs (e.g., node-centric neighborhoods associated with each node type, edge direction, and/or edge type). Binning and/or dimensionality reduction can be applied to the resulting feature matrices. The resulting set of relational functions and multi-level feature matrices can form a latent summary that can be used to perform a variety of graph-based tasks, including node classification, node clustering, link prediction, entity resolution, anomaly and event detection, and inductive learning tasks.
US11113290B1
An exemplary embodiment includes a system for an information visualization engine designed to dynamically organize, via associative clustered tiling and tessellation, and then present instantly addressable content via any electronic user interface, but especially via mobile devices such as touch screen cellular phones, and tablets.
US11113286B2
A query directed at a source table organized into a set of batch units is received. The query includes a pattern matching predicate that specifies a search pattern. A set of N-grams are generated based on the search pattern. A pruning index associated with the source table is accessed. The pruning index comprises a set of filters that index distinct N-grams in each column of the source table. The pruning index is used to identify a subset of batch units to scan for matching data based on the set of N-grams generated for the search pattern. The query is processed by scanning the subset of batch units.
US11113281B2
New methods to represent variables as parts of the classical truth table lead to complete evaluation methods that generate a compiled, efficient version of logical expressions. The new methods are suitable for use in, e.g., relational database applications in which both, efficient query times as well as logical completeness and consistency are required in the context of general constraint treatments. Input/output operations remain linear in the length of the input character strings regardless of the complexity of the logical theory. A new processing method of formulas is described as the basis for the efficiency increase. In order to find a specific truth-value, pattern trees are used representing the extension of the logical theory.
US11113278B2
Systems, methods, and devices for generating and updating cross-account materialized views in multiple tenant database systems. A method includes defining a share object in a first account wherein the share object includes data associated with the first account. The method includes granting cross-account access rights to the share object to a second account such that the second account has access to the share object without copying the share object. The method includes generating a materialized view over the share object. The method includes updating the data associated with the first account. The method includes identifying whether the materialized view is stale with respect to the share object by merging the materialized view and the share object.
US11113277B2
Methods and systems for maintaining a materialized view defined on a relation of a relational database include providing a materialized view maintenance system implemented in a computing device having at least a processor and a memory device. It is determined whether an update to a base relation is irrelevant with respect to the materialized view by performing content-based filtering on the base relation using the materialized view maintenance system. An estimate of at least one of an importance and an effect of the update to the base relation is generated. One or both of performing a load shedding operation on the relational database based upon the estimate and quantifying the effect of the update being omitted from the materialized view based on the estimate is performed. The maintained materialized view is displayed so as to exclude determined irrelevant updates.
US11113270B2
The described technology is generally directed towards efficiently organizing data in a single, non-distributed database as an associated array of key-value pairs implemented on top of a storage medium that allows only data appends. A table segment in an append-only storage medium is accessed by table keys. The table keys are hashed into key values used to access information in an attribute index (a search tree) that contains offsets to the table segment entries. Hashing the table keys can result in a series of hash parts, including a primary hash part corresponding to a node in the attribute index, and as needed in the event of hash collisions, secondary hash parts that map to child nodes in the attribute index.
US11113252B2
Systems and methods for performing a recovery operation for a host. A user interface is displayed and a recovery operation is configured. During configuration of the recovery operation, the source of the backup for the recovery operation can be selected by a user. The recovery operation is performed based on the user-selected backup.
US11113234B2
A semantic extraction method based on a natural language is provided. In a character library based on a single-character granularity, a character of an input natural language is queried, to obtain first semantic vectors representing semantic descriptions of the character. Candidate semantic intentions corresponding to second semantic vectors and weight vectors corresponding to the candidate semantic intentions are obtained, wherein the second semantic vectors are obtained by using a neural network and correspond to different permutations and combinations of the first semantic vectors. A candidate semantic intention is selected as a final semantic intention of the natural language based on a preset condition, and key information is obtained corresponding to the final semantic intention according to a weight vector corresponding to the final semantic intention.
US11113230B2
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for predicting user and media-playback device states are provided. Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for representing cached, user-selected, and streaming content are also provided.
US11113227B2
A new long-term memory erasing device, referred to as EasyClean, has been invented. In general, EasyClean is a stand-alone, dedicated function device which is designed for an untrained user, who is tasked with removing data from one or more long-term memory storage devices located in one or more computing devices (targets). EasyClean provides one or more target devices with bootable code. After a target is booted, EasyClean communicates with the target device and monitors the status of the data removal operation. EasyClean may communicate this status to the user. EasyClean may generate an Audit Trail and provide it to the user. EasyClean may accept input from a user, such as what type of data removal to perform. EasyClean may write data to a storage device after the data removal operation is complete.
US11113226B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a burning apparatus and system. The burning apparatus includes: a processor, a wireless communication module, at least one peripheral interface, and a memory; the processor is electrically connected to the wireless communication module, the peripheral interface, and the memory, respectively; the memory is configured to store to-be-burned firmware and a system program required for operating the burning apparatus; the processor is configured to start the system program to control the wireless communication module to be wirelessly connected to a terminal device, and receive, through the wireless communication module, the to-be-burned firmware transmitted by the terminal device; and the processor is also configured to be electrically connected to at least one target board through the at least one peripheral interface, and write the to-be-burned firmware to the at least one target board through the at least one peripheral interface.
US11113224B2
The present invention discloses a display driver board with multiple TYPE-C full-function interfaces, including a first TYPE-C interface and a second TYPE-C interface, where the two TYPE-C interfaces are connected to a first connection device, a second connection device, a PD power control circuit, a protocol chip, a display signal processing circuit, and a USB HUB chip, respectively; the PD power control circuit is connected to a system power supply and the protocol chip; and the protocol chip is connected to forward/reverse insertion control signal ends of the first and second SWITCH chips, respectively.
US11113221B2
A mode switching system including a first electronic device and the second electronic device is provided. The first electronic device includes a main control unit, a USB Type-C interface controller and a USB hub. The interface controller is coupled to the main control unit. The USB hub is coupled to the interface controller. The second electronic device is coupled to the interface controller of the first electronic device. The main control unit is configured to: (1) disable the USB hub in response to a mode switching instruction; (2) switch the mode of the interface controller from a first mode to a second mode; (3) command the interface controller to re-communicate with the second electronic device.
US11113211B2
A memory system may include: a memory controller; a plurality of ranks; and a rank shared bus configured to couple the memory controller and the plurality of ranks. Each of the plurality of ranks may include: a plurality of banks; a rank bus coupled to the plurality of banks and configured to selectively transmit data to the rank shared bus or an intermediate buffer and selectively receive data from the rank shared bus or the intermediate buffer; and an intermediate buffer configured to be selectively coupled to the rank bus or the rank shared bus, according to a first signal from the memory controller.
US11113208B2
A method is provided that includes searching tags in a tag group comprised in a tagged memory system for an available tag line during a clock cycle, wherein the tagged memory system includes a plurality of tag lines having respective tags and wherein the tags are divided into a plurality of non-overlapping tag groups, and searching tags in a next tag group of the plurality of tag groups for an available tag line during a next clock cycle when the searching in the tag group does not find an available tag line.
US11113194B2
The embodiments herein creates DCT mechanisms that initiate a DCT at the time the updated data is being evicted from the producer cache. These DCT mechanisms are applied when the producer is replacing the updated contents in its cache because the producer has either moved on to working on a different data set (e.g., a different task) or moved on to working on a different function, or when the producer-consumer task manager (e.g., a management unit) enforces software coherency by sending Cache Maintenance Operations (CMO). One advantage of the DCT mechanism is that because the direct cache transfer takes place at the time the updated data is being evicted, by the time the consumer begins its task, the updated contents have already been placed in its own cache or another cache within the cache hierarchy.
US11113192B2
A method of dynamically adjusting sizes of cache partitions includes, for each cache partition, estimating a number of hits that would occur on the cache partition for a set of potential size increases of the cache partition and a set of potential size decreases of the cache partition. Based on these estimates, a determination is made for each cache partition, whether to increase the size of the cache partition, maintain a current size of the cache partition, or decrease the size of the cache partition. Cache partition size increases are balanced with cache partition size decreases to allocate the entirety of the cache to the set of cache partitions without over allocating cache resources and while optimizing a sum of total cache hit rates of the set of cache partitions. A set of data structures is used to efficiently determine the estimated hit increases and decreases for each cache partition.
US11113186B1
This disclosure describes techniques for testing and publishing of resource handlers in a cloud environment. For example, a code-development interface may be utilized to generate initial code for the building of resource handlers. The initial code may be verified and the resource handlers may be built and deployed to a test platform. One or more execution tests may be run on the resource handlers in the test platform to determine if the resource handlers execute successfully. The resource type associated with the resource handlers may be published to a registry service and the resource type may be made available for provisioning.
US11113180B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for tracking, encoding and decoding the code-location of runtime events. The system receives an encoded identifier function call as a parameter for a first function included in at least one file in a plurality of files of a source code base. The system returns a compact encoded identifier generated by the encoded identifier function call during compilation of the plurality of files of the source code base. In response to receiving a runtime event's identifier from execution of the source code base, the system decodes the encoded identifier to trace back to a unique location of the first function in the source code base, thereby identifying the filename and line number where the event occurred.
US11113175B1
A system for discovering semantic relationships in computer programs is disclosed. In particular, the system may synergistically identify and validate semantic relationships, concepts, and groupings associated with data elements within a static or dynamic, time varying, source input. The system may utilize feature extractors to extract features from the input and reasoners to develop associations using data from multiple feature set types, and, can thus generate reliable, robust, and complete sets of semantic relationships from the input. The system may generate hypotheses associated with the relationships, concepts, and groupings, and validate the hypotheses by testing an application under evaluation by the system and observing the outputs generated from the testing. Information pertaining to validated or invalidated hypotheses may be provided to a learning engine to maximize reasoning and performance in subsequent discovery processes by adjusting models, vocabularies, dictionaries, parameters utilized by the system in identifying the relationships, concepts, and groupings.
US11113167B1
Inputs to a system under test (SUT) are modeled as a collection of attribute-value pairs. A set of testcases is executed using a set of test vectors that provides complete n-wise coverage of the attribute-value pairs. For each execution of the testcases, updating, for each execution of the set of testcases, for each testcase, a non-binary success rate (ST) based on the binary execution results. In response to a first success rate corresponding to a particular testcase being below a predetermined threshold, a second set of testcases is generated based on the test vectors. For each testcase, a second success rate (ST′) is computed based on a second set of execution results of a second set of testcases. In response to the second success rate corresponding to the particular testcase being substantially same as the first success rate, a user is notified of a defect in modeling the SUT inputs.
US11113164B2
A buffer (72), (74), (76), (60), (78), (20), (82-90) has a number of entries for buffering items associated with data processing operations. Buffer control circuitry (100) has a redundant allocation mode in which, on allocating a given item to the buffer, the item is allocated to two or more redundant entries of the buffer. On reading or draining an item from the buffer, the redundant entries are compared and an error handling response is triggered if a mismatch is detected. By effectively reducing the buffer capacity, this simplifies testing for faults in buffer entries.
US11113159B2
An embodiment of a memory apparatus may include a logger to log memory access data in persistent storage media, a log indexer communicatively coupled to the logger to index the memory access log data in an index table in a system memory, and a key compressor communicatively coupled to the log indexer to compress an index key for the index table. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11113158B2
A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by instructing computing nodes to suppress write requests. An orchestration layer implements a multi-role application that is provisioned with virtualized storage and computation resources. A snapshot of the application may be created and used to rollback or clone the application. Clones snapshots of storage volumes may be thin clones. An application may use multiple orchestration approaches and objects of the multi-role application may be discovered and added to an application definition. The application definition may be used to create snapshots of the application and perform operations using the snapshots. Rolling back may include deleting objects other than PVCs, followed by rolling back storage volumes mounted to the PVCs, followed by recreating objects according to an application snapshot. PVCs created by a custom resource may be deleted along with the custom resource with the PVCs being recreated before recreating the custom resource.
US11113156B2
A method for automated ransomware identification includes receiving a first series of data items for backup from a host system, identifying, using a heuristic, a first characteristic of the first series of data items, receiving a second series of data items for backup from the host system, identifying, using the heuristic, a second characteristic of the second series of data items, detecting that the second characteristic differs from the first characteristic in a manner consistent with a ransomware infection, and invoking a recovery procedure responsive to the detecting.
US11113141B2
In order to enable to output a final state of a message while reducing output of a message, a message input/output method includes: receiving a reception message; and outputting, when a reception time of the reception message falls within a first predetermined time from reception of a related message related to the reception message, the reception message when a next of the related message is not received within a second predetermined time exceeding the first predetermined time from the reception time.
US11113138B2
An exemplary method for analyzing an error log file includes receiving an error log file at a processor, the error log file including a plurality of distinct entries, determining a token pattern of each entry by tokenizing each of the distinct entries, and grouping the plurality of distinct entries into groups having similar token patterns.
US11113127B2
A method including invoking, via an application, a call of a command line utility; providing, via the application, an identifier in the call of the command line utility, where the identifier comprises an operating system controlled memory location; storing output from the command line utility in operating system shared memory at the operating system controlled memory location identified by the identifier; and retrieving, by the application, the command line utility output from the operating system shared memory at the operating system controlled memory location identified by the identifier.
US11113126B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for verified data transfer is provided. The present invention may include determining a first data type of a copy field including a copied data. The present invention may then include determining a second data type of a paste field intended for receiving the copied data. The present invention may further include, in response to identifying a mismatch between the first determined data type of the copy field including the copied data and the second determined data type of the paste field, preventing an input of the copied data into the paste field.
US11113123B2
A computer-implemented method that includes receiving source code for a user interface program, generating, using the source code, the user interface program, generating, using the source code, a faux backend program, and generate, using the source code, a skeleton Application Programing Interface (API) file is disclosed. The user interface program and the faux backend program are capable of operating together as part of a test build. The skeleton API data provides a specification for an interface of production software suitable for replacing the faux backend, the specification including respective specifications for a plurality of API calls.
US11113122B1
A system monitors an event loop executing on a host and determines causes for delays in tasks of the event loop. The system may include circuitry that receives, from an agent of the host, event loop data defining suspend and resume times of the tasks of the event loop executing on the host. The circuitry determines, based on the event loop data, event loop analysis data defining execution times for each of the tasks. The circuitry determines, based on the event loop analysis data, a cause of a delay in a task of the event loop as resulting from at least one of (i) a task delay in execution of the task or (ii) a loop delay in execution of another task of the event loop.
US11113121B2
The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods of provisioning, and using heterogeneous clusters in a cloud-based big data system, the heterogeneous clusters made up of primary instance types and different types of instances, the method including: determining if there are composition requirements of any heterogeneous cluster, the composition requirements defining instance types permitted for use; determining if any of the permitted different types of instances are required or advantageous for use; determining an amount of different types of instances to utilize, this determination based at least in part on an instance weight; provisioning the heterogeneous cluster comprising both primary instances and permitted different types of instances.
US11113120B1
Techniques are described for enabling users to configure the auto scaling of virtual computing resources using various intent-based auto scaling configurations. Intent-based configurations generally provide various indications of how a user intends to use a scalable group of virtual computing resources and what expectations a user might have about how those resources are scaled in response to changes in demand. A service provider network receives first input to create a scalable group of virtualized computing resources, the first input indicating at least one primary scaling configuration used by the hardware virtualization service to scale the scalable group of compute instances over time, and further receives second input indicating at least one secondary, intent-based scaling configuration used to scale the virtualized computing resources, for example, when the service is unable to scale the group of virtualized computing resources according to the at least one primary scaling condition.
US11113118B2
Methods and systems for managing NAC privileges based on communication context awareness are provided. In one aspect, a method includes detecting, by a network server, a collaboration session between at least first and second users and retrieving, by a network server from a directory server, a first role of the first user that corresponds with privileges including a first quality of service level. Further, the network server retrieves a second role of the second user that corresponds with privileges including a second quality of service level. Also, the method includes determining that the first quality of service level is greater than the second quality of service level and assigning the second user at least the privileges corresponding to the first role. The collaboration session is conducted between the first user and the second user based on the privileges assigned to the second user that correspond to the first role.
US11113105B1
A computer implemented system and method for generating a platform agnostic digital worker includes identifying a task to be performed by the digital worker. A specification for the digital worker is generated that comprises at least a predefined standard for configuration of input and output parameters and error handling. A digital worker created by an agent based on the specification is received to deploy the digital worker at an orchestration engine. The digital worker is sequenced into a repository of digital workers in a predefined manner of workflow, where the digital worker is configured to execute sequentially to perform a scheduled task.
US11113096B2
In some examples, a system tests a program that includes code to invoke calls of an application programming interface (API) for managing resources of a cloud environment. As part of the testing of the program, the system determines permissions for the invoked calls of the API, creates a collection of the determined permissions, and associates the collection of the determined permissions with an access policy of the cloud environment, the access policy to control use of the API for managing resources of the cloud environment.
US11113095B2
A robotic process automation system includes a server processor that performs an automation task to process a work item, by initiating a java virtual machine on a second device. A first user session that employs credentials of a first user for managing execution of the automation task is also initiated on the second device. The server processor loads into the java virtual machine, with a platform class loader, one or more modules, such as logging and security, that perform functions common to the sets of task processing instructions. A first class loader a first set of task processing instructions is also loaded. Then each instruction in the first set of task processing instructions is loaded with a separate class loader. The server processor causes execution, under control of the first user session, on the second device, the task processing instructions that correspond to the work item.
US11113091B2
An apparatus, method and computer program are described, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to execute software, and an interface configured to receive, from the processing circuitry, a configuration request from first software requesting configuration of a virtualised device. In response to the configuration request, the interface is configured to forward a mediated request to the processing circuitry, and the mediated request comprises a request that second software having a higher privilege level than the first software determines a response to the configuration request received from the first software.
US11113090B1
A container management utility tool may deploy an object model that may persist one or more container dependencies, relationships, or a collection of containers that may represent a system function. Through a web front-end interface, for example, the containers may be started, stopped, or restarted in a specific order, and the tool automatically determines the additional containers that need to be started in order to maintain the integrity of the environment. Through the web interface, for example, the object model may be managed, and start-up orders, container dependencies, or collection maps of containers that represent a system function may be updated. For containers that may not start under load, the object model may block access to the containers until the containers are fully initialized.
US11113089B2
In an example embodiment, a hypervisor exposes a first guest device to a first virtual machine. The hypervisor exposes a virtual host device and a pass-through device to a second virtual machine. The hypervisor maps a first memory and a second memory into the second virtual machine at a first base address register and a second base address register associated with the virtual host device and pass-through device. The hypervisor sends a mapping from the first virtual machine to the second virtual machine. The hypervisor sends a first address of a first ring of the first guest device and a second address of a second ring of an assigned device to the second virtual machine.
US11113078B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for monitoring a video are provided. For example, the video may be rendered within a canvas overlaying a webpage within a web browser. The video may comprise an opaque portion (e.g., a bike) and a transparent portion (e.g., a transparent background such that the bike appears to be driving across the webpage as the video plays). User input associated with the canvas may be evaluated to determine whether the user input occurs over the opaque portion or the transparent portion. Responsive to the user input occurring over the opaque portion, the web browser may be transitioned from the webpage to a biking website linked to by the video. Responsive to the user input occurring over the transparent portion, the canvas may be closed to terminate the video.
US11113063B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a main-branch target buffer (BTB). The apparatus may include a micro-BTB separate from and smaller than the main-BTB, and configured to produce prediction information associated with a branching instruction. The apparatus may include a micro-BTB confidence counter configured to measure a correctness of the prediction information produced by the micro-BTB. The apparatus may further include a micro-BTB misprediction rate counter configured to measure a rate of mispredictions produced by the micro-BTB. The apparatus may also include a micro-BTB enablement circuit configured to enable a usage of the micro-BTB's prediction information, based, at least in part, upon the values of the micro-BTB confidence counter and the micro-BTB misprediction rate counter.
US11113059B1
An apparatus for executing a software program, comprising processing units and a hardware processor adapted for: in an intermediate representation of the software program, where the intermediate representation comprises blocks, each associated with an execution block of the software program and comprising intermediate instructions, identifying a calling block and a target block, where the calling block comprises a control-flow intermediate instruction to execute a target intermediate instruction of the target block; generating target instructions using the target block; generating calling instructions using the calling block and a computer control instruction for invoking the target instructions, when the calling instructions are executed by a calling processing unit and the target instructions are executed by a target processing unit; configuring the calling processing unit for executing the calling instructions; and configuring the target processing unit for executing the target instructions.
US11113057B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by the central processing unit core in a stream buffer constructed like a cache. The stream buffer cache includes plural cache lines, each includes tag bits, at least one valid bit and data bits. Cache lines are allocated to store newly fetched stream data. Cache lines are deallocated upon consumption of the data by a central processing unit core functional unit. Instructions preferably include operand fields with a first subset of codings corresponding to registers, a stream read only operand coding and a stream read and advance operand coding.
US11113051B2
A processing core and associated methods for the efficient execution of a directed graph are disclosed. A disclosed processing core comprises a memory and a first data tile stored in the memory. The first data tile includes a first set of data elements and metadata stored in association with the first set of data elements. The processing core also comprises a second data tile stored in the memory. The second data tile includes a second set of data elements. The processing core also comprises an arithmetic logic unit configured to conduct an arithmetic logic operation using data from the first set of data elements and the second set of data elements. The processing core also comprises a control unit configured to evaluate the metadata and control the arithmetic logic unit to conditionally execute the arithmetic logic operation based on the evaluation of the metadata.
US11113047B2
Systems and processes of accessing selected backend services throughout a software development lifecycle with a singly deployable mobile application is provided. The method includes deploying a mobile application a single time on a mobile device during a development lifecycle. The method further includes providing the singly deployed mobile application access to different service endpoint destinations during the development lifecycle based on one or more application policies associated with at least the mobile application.
US11113040B2
A system described herein may provide a mechanism for decoupling user interfaces from backend input processing systems by receiving user input that was provided to a user interface, identifying a label (e.g., a label that was defined as being associated with an interactive element via which the user input was received) associated with the user input, and identifying one or more actions to perform based on the received label.
US11113039B2
A computing system comprises, in one example, a display system configured to generate user interface displays, a first application configured to define an entity in the computing system, an interface component configured to control a second application to generate a notebook component corresponding to the entity, and an association component configured to generate and store an association between the entity and the notebook component. The first application is configured to control the display system to generate a first application user interface display that displays data for the entity in the first application and includes a user input mechanism corresponding to the notebook component in the second application based on the association.
US11113033B1
A programming language framework may be enhanced to provide for dynamic validation. Dynamic validation allows the validator function for any variable to be selected at runtime rather than statically declared at programming-time. Instead of annotating a variable with an annotation that refers to a specific validator function or constraint type, programmers can annotate a variable with an annotation that indicates that the validator function will be selected dynamically at runtime. When a runtime instance of the variable is created, the programming language framework may identify the dynamic validation annotation on the variable, and then use the runtime values in the variable to determine which validator function(s) should be used.
US11113032B2
Systems and methods for dynamically generating application programming interfaces and managing functions associated with a data object type. In an aspect, the system accesses an object definition for a type of data object. The system generates an application programming interface associated with the type of data object, based at least partly on the object definition. The system determines a change to the object definition for the type of data object and updates the application programming interface based at least partly on the change to the object definition.
US11113031B2
A method of loading project data comprising identifying project files with a project ID. The method includes determining a secondary project file is referenced in a primary project file. The method includes loading the project ID of the secondary and primary project files into a reference table. The primary project file project ID and the secondary project file project ID referenced in the respective primary project file are associated with one another in the reference table. The method includes receiving a query for the primary project files referencing a queried secondary project file. The method includes determining the project IDs of the primary project files in the reference associated with the project ID of the queried secondary project file. The method includes providing a results table including the primary project file project IDs associated with the queried secondary project file project ID in the reference table.
US11113011B2
An information processing system for providing a service via a service providing server residing on a first network, the service being requested by an information processing apparatus residing on a second network different from the first network based on application information, the information processing system including: first circuitry to obtain state information indicating a state of the service providing server; and second circuitry to transmit the state information of the service providing server to the information processing apparatus in response to reception of a service request to the service providing server from the information processing apparatus, to cause the information processing apparatus to perform a notification operation according to the state information that is received.
US11113004B2
A multi-platform data storage system configured to accessing a plurality of storage platforms that use different storage access and/or storage management protocols. The multi-platform data storage system can, for example, include a storage mobility and management layer providing virtual management of data stored in the plurality of storage platforms, and a storage protocol converter operatively coupled between the storage mobility and management layer and the plurality of storage platforms. During access and/or management communication from the storage mobility and management layer to a particular one of the storage platforms, the storage protocol converter can operate to convert the access and/or management communication from a layer protocol used by the storage mobility and management layer to the storage access protocol used by the particular one of the storage platforms.
US11113000B2
In various embodiments, a memory pool application implements composite arrays via a memory pool that includes a first slab and a second slab. First, the memory pool application assigns the first slab and the second slab to a composite array. The memory pool application then modifies a final data word included in the first slab to store a first portion of a specified value and a leading data word included in the second slab to store a second portion of the specified value. The memory pool application copies the second data word to a duplicate data word included in the first slab. Subsequently, the memory pool application performs an unaligned read operation on the first slab based on a specified offset to retrieve a first word stored in memory and extracts the specified value from the first word based on the specified offset and a specified number of bits.
US11112989B2
Offloading data storage to a decentralized storage network, including: identifying a plurality of decentralized storage networks that the storage system can utilize for storing data; selecting, in dependence upon characteristics of each decentralized storage network and requirements associated with storing the data, one or more decentralized storage networks for storing the data; and initiating storage of the data on the selected one of more decentralized storage networks.
US11112988B2
A method, device and machine-readable storage device for transferring data between identity modules is disclosed. Data is stored in one of a first removable storage module coupled to a donor communication device and a memory of the donor communication device, or both. A first portion of the data is provided to a server. The server provides the first portion of the data to a second removable storage module coupled to a recipient communication device responsive to a determination that a recipient communication device has a right to the data. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US11112985B2
Techniques for processing data may include: receiving a candidate data block; computing a distance using a distance function, wherein the distance denotes a measurement of similarity between the candidate data block and a target data block; and determining, using the distance, whether to perform data deduplication of the candidate data block with respect to the target data block to identify at least one sub-block of the candidate data block that is a duplicate of at least one sub-block of the target data block. The distance may be computed using a bit-wise logical exclusive-or operation of the contents of the candidate data block and the target data block. The distance may be computed using a bit-wise logical exclusive-or operation of digests computed for the candidate and target data blocks using a distance preserving hash function. The target and candidate block may be similar if the distance is less than a threshold.
US11112978B2
The described technology is generally directed towards obtaining data, such as corresponding to a read request, from a geographic zone which may not be the zone that owns the data. When a request for data (e.g., a data segment) is received by a zone that does not own the requested data, the zone evaluates statistical data to determine whether it is more efficient to obtain the requested data directly from the zone that owns the data, or indirectly from one or more zones that contain related data from which the requested data can be reconstructed. If the indirect route is deemed sufficiently more efficient, the reconstruction data (e.g., counterpart segments) are obtained, and processed into the requested data, e.g., by XOR-ing the counterpart data segments into the requested data segment for returning to the client.
US11112977B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying an erasure code storage policy for an unified file and object storage system, determining a plurality of storage disks associated with the erasure code storage policy, retrieving disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks, identifying a number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks, and determining a number of erasure code fragments to be stored for a file within the unified file and object storage system before initiating an objectization process on the file, utilizing the disk health parameters for each of the plurality of storage disks and the number of available outer partition storage blocks for each of the plurality of storage disks.
US11112969B2
A method includes enabling, by a processor, a user to create indication of configuration of a virtual subsystem. The processor enables the user to create, in the indication of configuration of the virtual subsystem, indication of a namespace associated with one of storage devices, indication of a controller, indication of a host, and indication of connectivity between a controller and a namespace or between a host and a namespace. The processor enables the user to select the indicated controller and the indicated namespace, select the indicated host and the indicated controller, and create, in the indication of configuration of virtual subsystem, indication of connectivity between the controller and the namespace and indication of connectivity between the host and the controller. The processor implements the configuration of the virtual subsystem in an appliance to cause the appliance to provide the host with storage access to the namespace via the controller.
US11112962B2
A user can select content on an interface screen and provide an associated directional placement instruction to launch a new application window that displays the selected content or information associated with the selected content. The directional placement instruction may indicate an area of the screen where the user prefers to display the new application window. Responsive to the initiation of the directional placement instruction, a conversion module converts the selected content into a placeable representation of the new application. Responsive to receipt of the directional placement instruction, a window management system presents the new application window in the user interface in a location based on the directional placement instruction.
US11112959B2
A first window generated by a first application is displayed concurrently with a second window generated by a second application. A first window-movement request associated with the second window is received. In response, the second window is displayed adjacent to and touching the first window and a spatial relationship is established between the first window and the second window. While the first window is linked to the second window, a second window-movement request associated with the first window is received. The first window and second window are moved in accordance with the second window-movement request such that the spatial relationship is maintained. A third window-movement request is received. In accordance with a determination that the third window-movement request is associated with the second window, the first window and second window are unlinked and the second window is moved away from the first window such that the spatial relationship changes.
US11112953B2
Disclosed is a method of an electronic device including outputting an image through a display according to running of an application, receiving at least one of information on a state and an external situation of the electronic device while the image is output, determining, based on at least one of the information on the state and the external situation of the electronic device, whether at least one of the state and the external situation of the electronic device corresponds to a designated condition for storing at least part of the output image, and storing at least part of the output image based on the determination.
US11112951B2
A method for displaying content in a notification bar, includes: receiving a display instruction corresponding to a notification bar interface; displaying the notification bar interface according to the display instruction; displaying a first notification entry in the notification bar interface, the first notification entry including related information of media content recently browsed in a first application, and the related information including at least one of identification information or a browsing progress.
US11112950B2
System and methods for personalizing an application include an application server for hosting an application that is executed on a wireless device, the server being configured to monitor usage of a user interface including an interaction between a user of the application and one or more user interface elements and present an updated user interface comprising one or more additional user-interface elements based on the usage.
US11112949B2
A method and apparatus for use with a presentation system including at least first and second display screens, the method comprising the steps of receiving a wireless association request signal from a user device identifying the user device, identifying the presentation system and requesting that the user device be associated with the presentation system, associating the user device with the presentation system, providing first presentation system specifying information to the user device, receiving a selection signal from the user device indicating a subset of the presentation system display screens, associating the user device with the selected subset of display screens, receiving data from the user device and using the received data from the user device to present information via the selected subset of display screens.
US11112948B2
The present technology pertains to a details pane that is displayed in coordination with a file explorer interface. The details pane can display details including activities, comments, and previews for content items displayed in the details pane. In some embodiments the content items displayed in the file explorer interface can be stored in and accessed from different services, and the details in the details pane can also be populated from diverse sources. In some embodiments, edits or navigations can be performed within a preview of the content item. In some embodiments, comments can be shown along with previews that show the comment located within the content item.
US11112941B2
Systems and methods for creating content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options, the set of user options comprising a option to create a content item of a particular type, receiving a user selection of the option to create the content item, and initiating the creation of the content item.
US11112939B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamically generating menu items in response to a user selection of text in a scripting interface based on a context associated with the text and metadata associated with the text. Using the techniques disclosed herein, a computing system generates one or more menu items in a pop-up menu in response to a selection (e.g., right-click) of text. The computer system enables user customization of the menu items 132 aggregated on the pop-up menu 130, such that the user customization includes defining the task executed by a menu item in response to being selected from the pop-up menu and defining conditions in which the menu item may be generated in the pop-up menu. In some embodiments, machine-learning techniques may be implemented by the computing system to dynamically identify selection trends and predict suitable menu items to propagate on the pop-up menu.
US11112937B2
An incident management system with graphical user interface mechanisms for control of the routing of incoming calls and other information regarding a plurality of ongoing incidents. Thumbnail icons, each corresponding to a different defined geographic area, are displayed and, in response to a user input selecting a thumbnail icon, a map is displayed identifying a defined geographic area corresponding to the selected thumbnail icon with a plurality of call icons and at least one incident icon. The call icons each correspond to a different active incoming call from within the defined geographic area and are each positioned on the map accordingly. At least one of the displayed call icons is assigned to an incident group and an incident icon is displayed for each ongoing incident managed by the system to which at least one displayed call icon has been assigned.
US11112933B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first computing device having a controller to present an avatar having characteristics that correlate to a user profile and that conform to operating characteristics of the first computing device, and transmit to a second computing device operational information associated with the avatar for reproducing at least in part the avatar at said second computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11112931B2
Methods and systems for providing an improved graphical user interface. In one embodiment, the method generally comprises: displaying a first item in a first portion of a virtual space, where the first portion is initially visible on a screen, allowing a user to move to a second portion of the virtual space where a second item is displayed, and displaying a map (e.g., on the screen) that includes icons that identify the first and second items (i.e., both displayed and non-displayed items). In one embodiment, the user is allowed to move seamlessly from the first portion of the virtual space (where the first item is displayed) to the second portion (where the second item is displayed). For example, as the first item moves off the screen, the second item may move onto the screen.
US11112929B2
A first example embodiment may involve obtaining, by a mobile device associated with a particular user, representations of: (i) a first set of custom enterprise-related actions that are specific to the particular user, and (ii) a second set of general enterprise-related actions that are applicable to multiple users. The first example embodiment may further involve generating and displaying, on a screen of the mobile device, a scrollable graphical user interface including an ordering of actuatable user interface elements including: actuatable user interface elements for a search text box, followed by actuatable user interface elements for the first set of custom enterprise-related actions, followed by actuatable user interface elements for the second set of general enterprise-related actions.
US11112927B2
Automated digital content layout systems and techniques are described. Interaction of a creative professional with a digital content design system to create a digital content design is monitored. The digital content design is created by the creative professional in accordance with a maximum amount of display area along a primary axis to be used to display the digital content design. The digital content design system then employs a layout system to generate a layout definition for inclusion as part of the digital content design that includes a set of rules to control how the items of digital content are arranged in a user interface in amounts of the display area along the primary axis that are less than this maximum amount.
US11112916B2
A display device is provided and includes display panel including display region; and detection device, wherein detection device includes: detection electrodes arrayed in sensor region of substrate and provided in region overlapping display region; drive circuit wires coupled to detection electrodes, extending in second direction, and disposed side by side in first direction; analog front ends each configured to receive at least one detection signal corresponding to capacitance change in at least one of detection electrodes caused when drive signals are supplied; multiplexer capable of changing number of wires simultaneously coupled to one of analog front ends; and control circuit configured to control multiplexer, and control circuit changes number of detection electrodes simultaneously coupled to one of analog front ends depending on distance between target object and detection electrodes in third direction intersecting first and second directions.
US11112915B2
An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may have display with a capacitive touch sensor. A cover may have a front portion and a rear portion that bend along a bend axis. The front portion may overlap the display when the cover is closed. Conductive structures such as a patterned conductive layer having elongated strips of conductive material separated by gaps or another predetermined pattern may be formed in the front portion of a cover or other portion of a cover that overlaps the display and capacitive touch sensor when the cover is closed. Control circuitry in the device can gather capacitance images with the touch sensor and can detect when the cover has transitioned from open to closed or from closed to open from whether the predetermined pattern becomes present or becomes absent in the capacitance images.
US11112907B2
When a first screen is displayed on a display surface, for a touch operation in which a duration time of a touch on the operation surface is less than a predetermined time, a function corresponding to the touch operation is not performed, and in response to a predetermined touch operation in which the duration time of the touch on the operation surface is at least the predetermined time, a first function corresponding to the predetermined touch operation is performed. When a second screen is displayed on the display surface, a second function is performed in response to a touch operation in which the duration time of the touch on the operation surface is less than the predetermined time.
US11112888B2
In one implementation, a pressure sensitive stylus may receive, at a controller, drawing area coordinates, a stroke pressure from a voltage generated by a piezoelectric crystal, and a stylus coordinate direction from a plurality of fiber optic sensors, determine a drawing area from a wireless signal frequency corresponding to the drawing area coordinates, determine a drawing mode of a stylus stroke, wherein the drawing mode includes a stylus coordinate direction and a stylus stroke type, and transmit the drawing area and the stylus stroke.
US11112881B2
Techniques for obfuscating user selections during user-input sessions in which potentially sensitive information is being identified, involving displaying several targets, such as keys of a virtual keyboard, on a display device, where each target corresponds to one of multiple options. While a current user target is associated with a visual indicator at a first time, a discriminatory signal indicating the visual indication displayed at the first time is for the current user target is provided, where the discriminatory signal includes one of a haptic signal generated by a device in physical contact with the user, an audio signal, and a modified image. Concurrently, the obfuscation system is configured to present another visual indication corresponding to a current distractor target. The current user target is thus obfuscated as two different visual indicators are presented and move through the group of options.
US11112880B1
A monitor's OSD can be selectively controlled with a keyboard, mouse or other human interface device. A microcontroller of a keyboard, mouse or other human interface device can be configured to detect the occurrence of input representing an OSD command. In response, the microcontroller can commence sending input to the monitor rather than to the computing device so that the input can control the OSD. Similarly, a filter driver on the monitor can be configured to detect the occurrence of input representing the OSD command. In response, the filter driver can commence sending input to the monitor's scalar rather than to the computing device.
US11112878B2
In example implementations, an all-in-one (AIO) keyboard is provided. The AIO keyboard may include a plurality of keys, a configurable touch screen display and a movable display. The configurable touch screen display is located adjacent to the plurality of keys on a top side of a housing. The movable display is movably coupled to a bottom side of the housing below the plurality of keys.
US11112876B2
An operation input device includes an operation input unit that is configured to receive a tracing operation performed in a one-dimensional direction. The operation input unit includes a plurality of mechanical switches that are arranged side by side in an operation direction and each include an operation surface subjected to the tracing operation, the operation surface defining a curved surface along the operation direction.
US11112872B2
A method comprising: performing user input detection using at least a first detector; detecting using at least the first detector a predefined first phase of a predefined user gesture; detecting using at least a second detector a predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture; and responsive to detecting both the predefined first phase and the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture, switching between operating in a two-dimensional user interface state and operating in a three-dimensional user interface state.
US11112865B1
The disclosed eye-tracking systems may include a visible light display having visible light pixels, at least one infrared pixel positioned within bounds of the visible light display, and an infrared sensor positioned and configured to detect infrared light originating from the at least one infrared pixel and reflected from an eye of the user. Related head-mounted display systems and methods for eye tracking are also disclosed.
US11112852B2
A system includes storage devices storing data units. Each data unit is stored on one of the storage devices. The system includes a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer-executable code. The processor executes the code to correlate workloads to the data units with respect to which of the workloads access which of the data units, and when the workloads access the data units. The processor executes the code to when the workloads access the data units and/or and on which of the storage devices the data units are stored, so that at given times the data units stored on a subset of the storage devices are not being accessed by any workload. The processor executes the code to, during each given time, power off the subset of the storage devices storing the data units that are not being accessed by any workload to conserve power.
US11112851B2
An apparatus for driving a touchpad of a portable terminal including a second control unit controlling the touchpad in an active mode is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor unit for generating interrupt signals when pressure on the touchpad is sensed, a first control unit for outputting activating signals to activate the second control unit when the interrupt signals are input and a switching unit for transmitting the interrupt signals generated from the sensor unit to the first control unit when the second control unit is in an inactive mode. Accordingly, even though the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal is in an inactive mode, the multimedia processor is activated when a user presses the touchpad, thereby making it possible to process signals input by touching the touchpad, particularly, to keep the user interface. Furthermore, the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal can reduce the consumption of battery power required to maintain the user interface, as compared with multimedia processors maintaining operating in a conventional polling method.
US11112849B2
A communications processor is operative in a plurality of modes including at least a high performance mode, a power savings mode with lower computational capability, and a shutdown mode with a wakeup capability. A memory for the communications processor has a high speed segment and a low speed segment, the high speed segment and low speed segment respectively on a high speed data bus and a low speed data bus, the high speed data bus and low speed data bus coupled by a bidirectional bridge.
US11112848B2
A VR headset and a method for controlling a VR headset are provided. The VR headset comprises a wakeup/sleep control circuit, at least one pressure sensor and at least one distance sensor, the pressure sensor and the distance sensor each being electrically connected with the wakeup/sleep control circuit, wherein the pressure sensor is provided at an upper frame and/or a lower frame of the VR headset, and the distance sensor is provided at an inner side of the VR headset, the inner side of the VR headset referring to a side of the VR headset that is adjacent to a face of a user wearing the VR headset. The VR headset provides a hardware basis for an automatic wakeup/sleep control of the VR headset.
US11112847B2
A communications system has a low power connectivity processor and a high performance applications processor. The low power connectivity processor is coupled to a low power front end for wireless packets and the high performance applications processor is coupled to a high performance front end. A power controller is coupled to the low power front end and enables the applications processor and high performance front end when wireless packets which require greater processing capacity are received, and removes power from the applications processor and high performance front end at other times.
US11112834B2
Example implementations relate to a rotatable keyboard. For example, an input control housing of a computing device according to the present disclosure may include a first segment including a first portion of keyboard keys, the first segment connected to a display housing via a first connection. The input control housing may include a second segment, physically separate from the first segment, including a second portion of the keyboard keys, the second segment connected to the display housing via a second connection. The first portion of keyboard keys may be rotatable three hundred and sixty degrees on a face of the first segment, and the second portion of the keyboard may be rotatable three hundred and sixty degrees on a face of the second segment.
US11112827B2
An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.
US11112821B2
A display device includes a display panel mounted on a curved surface, and driver circuits including circuit elements which are mounted on a plurality of plane surfaces provided on the back of the curved surface in a stepwise shape along the curved surface.
US11112820B1
A signal transmitting circuit providing compatibility and stability in signal transmissions across domains with different clock frequencies includes an edge detection circuit, a flip circuit, a synchronization circuit, and an edge extraction circuit. The edge detection circuit detects an edge of an initial interrupt signal and generates an event trigger signal in a faster clock domain. The flip circuit converts the event trigger signal into an edge signal. The synchronization circuit synchronizes the edge signal under a slower clock domain and generates a synchronization signal. The edge extraction circuit generates a trigger signal based on the synchronization signal in the slower clock domain to a target circuit in the slower clock domain. A method and an electronic apparatus related to the signal transmitting circuit are also disclosed.
US11112819B2
Systems and methods described in this disclosure relate, generally, to analyzing electronic circuitry, and more specifically, to analyzing efficiency of clock gating in electronic circuitry. Analysis may include identifying wasted propagation of clock signals by clock gates and/or for a circuitry as a whole. In some embodiments, modified gating logic may be determined that improves clock gating efficiency, for example, by eliminating at least some wasted propagation of clock signals.
US11112810B2
A circuit for controlling current flow to an associated inductive load is provided. The circuit includes a switching element having an open state and a closed state that intermittently connects an associated power supply to the inductive load when the switching element is in the closed state, a switch driver that generates a switch drive signal provided to a control element of the switch that controls the state of the switch to be the open state or the close state based on a desired load current set point and a feedback signal, a current sensor that measures a current flowing through the switching element and the load and generates a sensed current signal, and a summing circuit that adds a representation of the sensed current signal and a supplemental signal comprising a representation of the switch drive signal to generate the feedback signal.
US11112805B2
A vehicle control system includes a controller that detects a communication loss between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller operationally restricts movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss. The controller obtains or generates a transitional plan that designates operational settings for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle based at least in part on a location of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. The controller selectively changes movement of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle via the transitional plan to reduce a speed of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle responsive to the communication loss being detected.
US11112799B2
Systems and methods can support an autonomous pool skimming system. The pool skimming system may have a body with two or more hulls. Two or more paddlewheels may be coupled to the body. An independent motor may drive each paddlewheel. The motors may be independently controllable to support steering. The pool skimming system may have one or more processing units, two or more distance sensors, one or more solar cells, and a power supply operable to power the processing units and the motors from energy supplied by the solar cells. One or more processing modules may configure the processing units to plan and execute a traversal path across the surface of a body of water, such as a swimming pool, to collect debris into a removable basket. A portion of the traversal path may be established according to signals from distance sensors.
US11112797B2
A method for evaluating safety performance of an autonomous vehicle including comparing first sensor data characterizing a driver-operation of a vehicle to a first threshold to obtain a first driving quality value, comparing second sensor data characterizing an autonomous-vehicle-operation to a second threshold to obtain a second driving quality value, and determining, based at least in part on a comparing of the first and second driving quality values to each other, a safety performance of the autonomous-operated vehicle relative to the driver-operated vehicle, and a corresponding system.
US11112796B2
Systems and methods for predicting object motion and controlling autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining state data indicative of at least a current or a past state of an object that is within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining data associated with a geographic area in which the object is located. The method includes generating a combined data set associated with the object based at least in part on a fusion of the state data and the data associated with the geographic area in which the object is located. The method includes obtaining data indicative of a machine-learned model. The method includes inputting the combined data set into the machine-learned model. The method includes receiving an output from the machine-learned model. The output can be indicative of a plurality of predicted trajectories of the object.
US11112782B2
A process anomalous state diagnostic device configured to diagnose an anomalous state of a process based on deviation indexes for the magnitude of deviation from a reference that is a normal state of the process includes: a color mapping unit configured to configure a two-dimensional matrix that has a first axis as an axis of a temporal factor including time and that has a second axis as an axis of an item of each deviation index, associate each cell of the matrix with data for an item of the deviation index and the temporal factor, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the deviation index to each cell of the matrix; and a color map display unit configured to display a color map produced by the color mapping unit.
US11112767B2
A system determining whether the feed shafts are normal or abnormal, the system including: a command generation unit that moves the feed shafts in a forward direction at a predetermined speed from a lower limit value to an upper limit value of a range of feeding movement by the numerical controller; and a feed shaft abnormality determination unit that monitors a drive torque command during the movement of the feed shafts in the forward direction by the command generation unit, compares a monitoring result during the movement in the forward direction with a normal value of the drive torque command, determines that abnormality occurs when the drive torque command deviates from the normal value, and outputs the determination result.
US11112749B1
Disclosed in the present invention is a process cartridge, which is detachably mounted into an electronic imaging device, wherein the electronic imaging device comprises a separating member. The process cartridge comprises: a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a first housing supporting the developing roller, wherein when the process cartridge is mounted into the electronic imaging device, in a direction of gravity, the photosensitive drum is located on a lower end side of the process cartridge, and an axis of the developing roller is located on an upper side of an axis of the photosensitive drum; and an integrally molded second housing. The second housing supports the photosensitive drum. A first housing is rotatable relative to the second housing. A separating force receiving component movable relative to the second housing is provided on the second housing. The separating force receiving component receives a force from the separating member to move, and the movement of the separating force receiving component drives the first housing to move relative to the second housing, so that the developing roller is separated from the photosensitive drum.
US11112744B2
A post-processing device including a stapler includes a restraint mechanism that restrains the stapler so that the stapler does not deviate from an initial position when a covering part is opened and a restraint release mechanism that, when the covering part is closed, releases restraint of the stapler by the restraint mechanism.
US11112741B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a corrector, and a controller. The image forming device is configured to form an image on a sheet using a rotating body under a predetermined image forming condition. The corrector is configured to correct the image forming condition to adjust image density unevenness corresponding to a rotation cycle of the rotating body. The controller is configured to control the image forming device to form on at least one sheet (i) plural test images that are different in correction amount for the image forming condition and (ii) pointing portions indicating intervals corresponding to the rotation cycle of the rotating body, in a state where the rotating body is continuously rotated.
US11112736B2
In a heater according to the present invention, one of conductive lines is arranged to extend from a temperature detection element toward one end portion of a substrate in a lengthwise direction of the substrate, whereas the other the conductive line is arranged to extend from the temperature detection element toward the other end portion of the substrate in the lengthwise direction of the substrate, and at least one of the two conductive lines has an area that is inclined in both of the lengthwise direction and the widthwise direction of the substrate.
US11112728B2
A printer includes a main body, a development cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body, the development cartridge to supply toner contained in a toner container to an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductor, to form a visible toner image, a mounting portion including a toner inlet portion connected to the toner container, where a toner cartridge usable to refill toner in the toner container is mountable to the mounting portion, an inlet shutter rotatably provided in the mounting portion to be rotatable together with the toner cartridge, the inlet shutter rotatable between a blocking position to block the toner inlet portion from receiving toner and an inlet position to open the toner inlet portion to receive toner, a locking unit to selectively lock and unlock the inlet shutter, and a controller to control the locking unit to selectively lock and unlock the inlet shutter based on whether the toner cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.
US11112726B2
Toner replenishment units include an upper toner container, a lower toner container, a first vertical conveyance pipe, a second vertical conveyance pipe, a third vertical conveyance pipe, a first horizontal conveyance pipe, a second horizontal conveyance pipe, and a confluence section. A first conveyance screw is included in the horizontal conveyance pipe and a second conveyance screw is included in the second horizontal conveyance pipe. A first inter-axis distance between a first horizontal rotation axis of the first conveyance screw and a third vertical pipe axis of the third vertical conveyance pipe, and a second inter-axis distance between a second horizontal rotation axis of the second conveyance screw and the third vertical pipe axis are set to take a different value.
US11112723B1
An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, a memory unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms a toner image on a sheet using a toner replenished from a toner cartridge containing the toner. The waste toner collection container contains a waste toner generated in the image forming unit. The paddle motor rotates a stirring paddle provided in the waste toner collection container. The memory unit stores a coefficient for each type of toner. The control unit acquires a count value, which is a value related to a replenishment amount, corrects the count value with the coefficient corresponding to the type of toner, updates a cumulative count value with the corrected count value, and drives the paddle motor according to the updated cumulative count value.
US11112721B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an exposure portion including surface light emitting element arrays each including light emitting elements, and a clock generating portion. The clock generating portion generates a reference clock signal and a spread spectrum modulation clock signal. The exposure portion exposes the photosensitive member to light by sequentially subjecting a predetermined number of the light emitting elements to light emission control on the basis of a signal obtained by subjecting the modulation clock signal to modulation with image data. A modulation cycle in which a frequency of the modulation clock signal is modulated is n times (n: integer of n>1) an exposure cycle which is a time in which the light emitting elements are subjected to the light emission control on the basis of the reference clock signal.
US11112720B2
An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. A first generation circuit generates, regarding a member involved in image formation in the image forming unit, a first signal relating to a first abnormality. A second generation circuit generates, regarding the member, a second signal that relates to a second abnormality different from the first abnormality, and whose feature in a time axis direction or a frequency axis direction is different from that of the first signal. A control circuit has a single port to which the first signal and the second signal are to be input. The control circuit identifies between the first signal and the second signal based on a feature of a signal input to the port.
US11112716B2
The present invention relates to a carrier core material for electrophotographic developer, having a ferrite composition and having a supernatant transmittance of 85.0% or more, a method for producing the carrier core material, a carrier for electrophotographic developer, containing the carrier core material, and a developer containing the carrier.
US11112712B2
A toner comprising: a toner particle that contains a release agent-containing toner base particle, and an organosilicon polymer on a toner base particle surface, and an external additive A, the organosilicon polymer has a T3 unit structure; the organosilicon polymer forms protruded portions on the toner base particle surface; the number-average value of the protrusion height H is from 30 nm to 300 nm; the ratio of the number-average primary particle diameter R of the external additive A to the number-average value of the protrusion height H is from 1.00 to 4.00; the number-average primary particle diameter R of the external additive A is from 30 nm to 1,200 nm; and, in an image obtained by observing the toner surface with SEM, the area percentage for the bright region area in the image with reference to the total area of the image is from 30.0% to 75.0%.
US11112707B2
The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a support; a charge-generating layer; and a charge-transporting layer, the charge-generating layer and the charge-transporting layer being arranged on the support, wherein a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains: inorganic particles having an average particle diameter (Lα) of primary particles of 5 nm or more and 50 nm or less; and resin particles having an average particle diameter (Lβ) of primary particles of 0.1 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less, and wherein in any cross-section of the surface layer, “(Smα)/(Sα)≥0.3” is satisfied, where a region within (Lβ/2) from a surface of each of the resin particles is defined as a region (M), a sum of cross-sectional areas of the inorganic particles in the any cross-section is represented by (Sα), and a sum of cross-sectional areas of the inorganic particles that are included in the region (M) is represented by (Smα).
US11112706B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member in which the generation of a positive ghost image is suppressed under a low-temperature and low-humidity environment, and the occurrence of cracking is suppressed under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment. Also provided are a process cartridge mounted with the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and an electrophotographic apparatus including the process cartridge. The electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present disclosure is characterized in that an undercoat layer contains aluminum oxide particles and titanium oxide particles at a specific mass ratio.
US11112700B2
A method to improve a lithographic process of imaging a portion of a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic apparatus, the method including computing a multi-variable cost function. The multi-variable cost function represents an interlayer characteristic, the interlayer characteristic being a function of a plurality of design variables that represent one or more characteristics of the lithographic process. The method further includes reconfiguring one or more of the characteristics of the lithographic process by adjusting one or more of the design variables and computing the multi-variable cost function with the adjusted one or more design variables, until a certain termination condition is satisfied.
US11112696B2
A composition for forming protective films against aqueous hydrogen peroxide solutions, including: a compound of the following formula (1a) or formula (1b) or a compound having a substituent of the following formula (2) and having a molecular weight of 300 or more and less than 800 or a weight-average molecular weight of 300 or more and less than 800; and a solvent, the composition containing the compound of the formula (1a) or formula (1b) of 0.1% by mass to 60% by mass or the compound having the substituent of the formula (2) of 10% by mass to 100% by mass, relative to solids excluding the solvent: (wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkylene or alkenylene group or a direct bond, k is 0 or 1, m is an integer of 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 2 to 4.)
US11112694B2
A method for forming a device structure is disclosed. The method of forming the device structure includes forming a variable-depth structure in a device material layer using cyclic-etch process techniques. A plurality of device structures is formed in the variable-depth structure to define vertical or slanted device structures therein. The variable-depth structure and the vertical or slanted device structures are formed using an etch process.
US11112693B2
Provided are a curable coloring composition which is suitable for the production of a cured film in cyan color, having good moisture resistance, a color filter, an image sensor, and a method for producing a cured film. The curable coloring composition includes a coloring agent including a phthalocyanine pigment having Al as a central metal, a basic pigment derivative, and a curable compound, in which the coloring agent includes 80% by mass or more of the phthalocyanine pigments, and the content of the phthalocyanine pigment having Al as a central metal among the phthalocyanine pigments is 30% by mass or more.
US11112687B2
A projector is provided which includes a first light source device configured to emit light in a first wavelength range, a first wheel having formed thereon a plurality of light source segments configured to emit lights in different wavelength ranges upon receiving light in the first wavelength range, a second wheel having formed thereon a plurality of areas configured to dim light emitted from the first wheel, a display device onto which light emitted from the second wheel is shined to thereby form image light, and a processor configured to control the first light source device, the first wheel and the second wheel in a synchronized fashion, wherein the processor performs a masking process on the image light when either or both of a rotation frequency difference and a phase shift between the first and the second wheels are predetermined thresholds or greater.
US11112678B2
Provided is a camera focus adjustment jig (1) fixed to an inspection device and adjusting a focus of a camera (5), the inspection device including the camera (5) configured to photograph an automobile V, and a movable arm (3) to which the camera (5) is fixed via a fixing part (4) and configured to move the camera (5) to a photographing position where the automobile V is photographed. The camera focus adjustment jig (1) includes: a connection arm (6) connected to the fixing part (4); an adjusting unit (7) provided on the connection arm (6) and positioned, with respect to the camera (5), at a position equivalent to a position of the automobile V located at the photographing position; and display parts (9a, 9b) provided on a surface of the adjusting unit (7) facing the camera (5).
US11112676B2
Examples disclosed herein provide a shutter for obscuring a viewing portion of an opening found on a housing of a computing device. As an example, the housing includes a bezel that includes the opening extending through the bezel. The housing includes a slider deployable from within the housing, and the shutter is to selectively obscure the viewing portion when the slider is to deploy from within the housing.
US11112664B2
The present disclosure illustrates an active matrix substrate includes pixel electrodes forming the pixels; first gate lines respectively disposed between the pixel electrodes; first source line respectively disposed between the pixel electrodes and extended in a direction crossing the first gate lines; first capacitor lines respectively disposed between the first gate lines and extended in nonparallel to one another; switch devices respectively disposed on the pixel electrodes; second source lines respectively disposed between the pixel electrodes and extended in parallel to the first source lines; second gate lines respectively disposed between the pixel electrode and extended in parallel to the first gate lines; and second capacitor lines respectively adjacent to the first capacitor lines and extended in nonparallel to the first capacitor lines. The first gate lines, first capacitor lines, first source lines, second gate lines, second capacitor lines and second source lines are isolated from each other.
US11112652B2
In an embodiment, a backlight unit includes a light-emitting device and lower reflector on a substrate. The lower reflector has a hole that accommodates and exposes the light-emitting device. The lower reflector may have a height greater than a height of the light-emitting device. The backlight unit may include a color resin in the holes and on the light-emitting device. The backlight unit may include a light path modulator above the light emitting device and on the color resin. The light path modulator may have a different refractive index than a refractive index of the color resin to reflect the emitted light at a boundary of the light path modulator and the color resin towards the lower reflector.
US11112651B1
A liquid crystal display device provided by the present invention includes a backlight source, a light path modulation box and a liquid crystal display panel. The light path modulation box is disposed on the backlight source. The light path modulation box is configured to modulate light emitted out from the backlight source such that backlight is emitted out along a direction perpendicular to the light path modulation box. The liquid crystal display panel is disposed on the light path modulation box. The backlight emitted by the backlight source passes through the light path modulation box and enters the liquid crystal display panel.
US11112649B1
A backlight module and a display device are provided. A blue laser is emitted by a light emitting unit of the backlight module, and a red laser generator and a green laser generator included in the laser array with an optical echo-wall mode microcavity are disposed on the light-emitting unit, so that the backlight formed by the laser array has a larger viewing angle and higher backlight uniformity.
US11112648B2
A white light emitting device, including a circuit board; a plurality of light sources mounted on the circuit board, each light source of the plurality of light sources configured to emit monochromatic light; a light converter spaced apart from the circuit board, the light converter configured to convert the monochromatic light emitted from the light sources to white light; and a compensator provided between the circuit board and the light converter, the compensator configured to convert the emitted monochromatic light to white light.
US11112633B2
A frame-shaped reinforcement member is bonded and fixed to a rear surface of a cover panel, such as a glass plate. The reinforcement member has a rigidity higher than that of the cover panel. Since the reinforcement member is provided, the flatness of flat portions of the cover panel can be maintained at a high level. The reinforcement member is bonded and fixed to a rear support member after display cell elements are bonded to the flat portions and backlights are fixed to the reinforcement member.
US11112628B2
A charge pull-out period is set after power off, and an all-on control signal is set to a high level in the charge pull-out period. A high-level voltage which is output to a scanning line drive circuit formed on a liquid crystal panel is kept at a high level even after power off until a middle of the charge pull-out period. A common electrode control circuit for connecting a common electrode to a ground when the all-on control signal is at the high level and the high-level voltage is at an operation level is configured using two resistors, a NOT circuit, and two FETs, and is provided to a liquid crystal display device. With this, a liquid crystal display device which can lower a common electrode voltage to a ground level when power off and can prevent burn-in after power on is provided.
US11112621B2
An ophthalmic lens comprises a main body having a toric surface and a spherical surface opposite the toric surface, the main body comprising an eyelid stabilization design structure having a thickness of less than 200 μm, wherein the spherical surface is configured to exhibit a lens spherical power, wherein the toric surface is configured to exhibit a lens cylindrical power that does not fully correct ocular cylindrical power due to astigmatism; and wherein the lens spherical power is configured such that the minimum circle of the ophthalmic lens is on or adjacent the retina of the eye of the wearer at a target angle of alignment.
US11112616B2
A refractive lens array assembly for integrated, adjustable beam spreading and bending, said refractive lens array comprising: (i) a first optical element including a top face having a stepped surface or a generally planar wedge-shaped surface, and a bottom face having a curved surface; and (ii) a second optical element including a top face having a curved surface, and a bottom face having a stepped surface or a generally planar wedge-shaped surface.
US11112613B2
A head-mounted display device for providing augmented reality contents to a wearer includes an eye tracker, a light projector, a beam steerer and a combiner. The eye tracker is configured to determine a position of a pupil of an eye of the wearer. The light projector is configured to project light for rendering images. The beam steerer is configured to change a direction of the light from the light projector based on the position of the pupil. The combiner is configured to combine the light from the light projector and light from an outside of the head-mounted display device for providing an overlap of the rendered image and a real image that corresponds to the light from the outside of the head-mounted display device.
US11112612B2
[Object] To provide a hinge mechanism that allows a head-mounted display to be made more compact, and a head-mounted display including this hinge mechanism. [Solving Means] A hinge mechanism includes: a shaft portion; and a cable passing portion. The shaft portion supports a housing portion and a temple portion of the head-mounted display in such a way that the temple portion is capable of rotating about one axis between a closed position and an open position relative to the housing portion. The cable passing portion is adjacent to the shaft portion in a direction of the one axis, and allows a cable to pass therethrough in a direction orthogonal to the one axis.
US11112610B2
An image display device projecting an image to a user includes: an image generation unit that generates image light; a projection optical unit that projects the image light generated by the image generation unit; an image light duplication unit that duplicates and emits the image light projected by the projection optical unit; and a light-guiding unit that projects the image light duplicated by the image light duplication unit to a user, in which the projection optical unit includes at least one projection lens, and in which an interval at which the image light duplication unit duplicates the image light is smaller than an outer diameter of the projection lens.
US11112608B2
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a plurality of monochromatic emitter arrays, where each of the plurality of monochromatic emitter arrays has a plurality of emitters disposed in a two-dimensional configuration and emits a monochromatic image of a corresponding color, (2) a waveguide configuration that includes (a) a top surface, (b) a bottom surface disposed opposite the top surface, (c) a coupling area that receives the monochromatic images, and (d) a decoupling area that projects a plurality of instances of a polychromatic image including a combination of the monochromatic images toward an eyebox through the bottom surface, and (3) an actuator system that produces lateral shifting of the plurality of instances of the polychromatic image between at least two positions relative to the waveguide configuration. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11112607B2
The disclosed apparatus may include a waveguide configuration that may include (1) a coupling area having at least one coupling element configured to receive a plurality of monochromatic images, where each of the monochromatic images is of a predetermined wavelength of light, (2) a propagation area in which light, received via the at least one coupling element, moves within a length of the waveguide configuration, and (3) a decoupling area that extends along the propagation area and includes decoupling elements that project a polychromatic image toward an eyebox, where the polychromatic image includes the monochromatic images of the predetermined wavelengths of light. Associated systems and devices are also provided herein.
US11112596B1
The device of the current invention is a visual aid that provides for a lens that is attached to a frame that can be connected to a handle. The frame is curved in a way that can allow it to be smaller and be held closer to the eye than existing visual aids. The frame has inner extensions allowing the lens to be attached away from the edges of the frame, making the lens much smaller than the frame itself. This also allows the lens to be placed at a safe and fixed distance close to the eye. When the lens is smaller and when held closer to the eye, the user has the ability to view a wider field of vision than available in the current visual aids. This invention also describes a stick and a ring as examples of handles that can carry the frame with the small lens on it along with inherent utilities more expanded than existing art.
US11112589B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly. The lens assembly sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power, and a convex object-side surface; the second lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, and a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; the third lens has a positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface, and a convex image-side surface; and the fourth lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power. An effective focal length f1 of the first lens and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: 1.2
US11112584B2
The present disclosure discloses an imaging lens assembly having a total effective focal length f. The imaging lens assembly includes sequentially a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens has a positive refractive power, and an object-side surface of the first lens is a convex surface; the second lens has a negative refractive power; and the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens and the sixth lens each have a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power. A distance TTL from the object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane of the imaging lens assembly on the optical axis and the total effective focal length f of the imaging lens assembly satisfy: TTL/f≤1.05.
US11112576B2
One embodiment of the invention provides an optical lens including a first lens group with at least two lenses, a second lens group with at least two lenses, and a parting line located between the first lens group and the second lens group. Each of the lenses of the first and the second lens groups is associated with a respective distance, the respective distance is a distance value measured along an optical axis between two focal points of two end points of an image circle diameter formed at an image plane of the optical lens, under the condition that an optical center of one of the lenses is shifted a distance away from the optical axis. The two lenses with the two largest distance values among all lenses are disposed on the same side of the parting line.
US11112573B2
A module for multiple network pluggable optics is disclosed. The module includes a faceplate, a plurality of cage assemblies, and a plurality of springs. The faceplate includes a front face, a first wall extending from the front face, the first wall including a heat exchanger, and a second wall extending from the front face, the second wall being offset from the first wall. The plurality of cage assemblies is positioned at least partially within a volume defined by the front face and the first and second walls. Each cage assembly is configured to receive a pluggable optical module. The plurality of springs are configured with one or more springs positioned between each cage assembly and the second wall to push the plurality of cage assemblies towards the first wall such that each pluggable optical module received into one of the plurality of cage assemblies is pressed against the heat exchanger.
US11112572B2
In one embodiment, a pluggable module for insertion into a socket of a network cabinet is disclosed, the pluggable module comprising a body having first and second portions arranged along an axis, wherein the module is arranged for insertion of the first portion into said socket in a direction of insertion along the axis, whereupon the second portion protrudes from said socket along the axis and away from the direction of insertion, and wherein the second portion comprises a first heat sink on a surface of the second portion, wherein the first heat sink comprises a plurality of parallel fins aligned with the axis of insertion.
US11112566B2
An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. A plural of optical connectors are ganged together into when insert into an adapter. To remove the connectors together or individually a removal tool is attachable to one or more of the connectors. The removal tool has a plural of release arms that in first position can release the fiber optic connector from the adapter receptacle. Release aim in a second position prevents the fiber optic connector from being released from the adapter receptacle. The removal tool is moved distally to actuate or retain the fiber optic connectors within their corresponding adapter receptacle.
US11112561B2
Provided is a variable wavelength filter having a wide variable wavelength range. In the variable wavelength filter, a slab waveguide that is a component of an arrayed-waveguide grating has a groove into which a resin is inserted. The groove intersects with a plurality of line segments A joining a place of connection between an input light waveguide and the slab waveguide to places of connection between respective array waveguides and the slab waveguide. The groove is formed such that a total length LA of an intersection of the groove and each of the line segments A monotonously increases or decreases between the adjacent line segments A with a difference in the total length LA between the adjacent line segments A being constant.
US11112548B2
An optical film for a display device includes: a first mesh pattern layer in which a plurality of first mesh patterns each including a first inner hole are arranged; and a second mesh pattern layer which faces the first mesh pattern layer, and in which a plurality of second mesh patterns each including a second inner hole are arranged, wherein a center of the first mesh pattern and a center of the second mesh pattern are arranged to be misaligned.
US11112545B2
An optical system for overlaying a first image of a scene and a second image includes a first imaging device providing the first image, a second imaging device with an image display and collimation optics providing the second image, and a waveguide. The waveguide has a first diffraction grating configured to receive the first image, a second diffraction grating configured to receive the second image, and a guide portion disposed between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating configured to convey the second image to the first grating. The first diffraction grating is configured to overlay the first image and the second image.
US11112542B2
A miniature optical lens assembly, which has at least one of optical element, includes the optical element. The optical element includes a low reflection layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical element. The low reflection layer includes a plurality of nanocrystalline grains, and the nanocrystalline grains are located on one surface of the low reflection layer. The optical element is at least one of a light blocking element, an annular spacer element and a barrel element.
US11112532B2
A robotic vehicle may be configured to incorporate multiple sensors to make the robotic vehicle capable of collecting, feeding, and uploading weather data into an aggregation agent to form a geospatial map or weather service. In this regard, in some cases, the robotic vehicle may include an onboard vehicle positioning module and sensor network to give the robotic vehicle a collective understanding of its environment, and enable it to autonomously collect and upload weather data to an aggregation agent for corresponding locations.
US11112524B2
A method and system for determining properties of a pipe string using multi-channel induction measurements. The method may comprise disposing a multi-channel induction tool in a cased hole, obtaining a multi-channel measurement, forming a log from the multi-channel measurement, extracting at least one abnormality that corresponds to known metal thickness, performing a search to find a set of pipe material properties that minimize a mismatch between the abnormality and a simulated response, and inverting the log to estimate the set of pipe material properties at one or more depth points using the set of pipe material properties. The system may comprise a multi-channel induction tool. The multi-channel induction tool may comprise at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, and an information handling system.
US11112520B2
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods implemented to monitor detection of a flood front of a waterflood in a formation. Embodiments can include control of current in a set of three current electrodes to inject current into a formation around a pipe in a wellbore, where the three current electrodes include two of the electrodes to inject current and the third electrode to operatively provide a current return. Response of the formation to the current injections can be communicated by interrogating an optical fiber that extends along a longitudinal axis of the pipe. Determination of progression of the waterflood with respect to the wellbore can be provided from controlling the current and interrogating the optical fiber over time. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US11112516B2
Methods may include normalizing two or more wellbore logs obtained from the output of two or more wellbore tool surveys of a wellbore in a formation of interest; inputting two or more wellbore logs into a correlation matrix; assigning each of the two or more wellbore logs a positive or negative value based on the impact on a selected wellbore quality; performing a principal component analysis of the two or more wellbore logs to obtain one or more loading vectors; computing weighting factors for each of the two or more wellbore logs from the one or more loading vectors; and generating a quality index by linearly combining the two or more wellbore logs using the computed weighting factors.
US11112504B2
An acquisition unit acquires laser measurement data every time a laser measurement is performed. Based on the acquired laser measurement data, a first detection unit detects an attention angle, which is an irradiation angle corresponding to a measurement distance not included in a standard distance range. A second detection unit detects a warning angle, which is an irradiation angle matching the attention angle for a time longer than an allowable time. A warning unit issues a warning when the warning angle is detected.
US11112476B2
According to an aspect of the present inventive concept, there is provided a method of extracting information about a sample, the method comprising: performing a plurality of magnetic resonance measurements on the sample, each measurement including subjecting the sample to an encoding sequence, at least a part of the sequence being adapted to encode a magnetic resonance signal attenuation due to nuclear relaxation and diffusion, wherein at least one parameter of a gradient pulse sequence is varied between at least a subset of said plurality of measurements, and at least one measurement of said subset includes a gradient pulse sequence having a diffusion-encoding tensor representation with more than one non-zero eigenvalue, and wherein at least a subset of said plurality of measurements include encoding for different levels of magnetic resonance signal attenuation due to nuclear relaxation; and extracting information about the sample from signals resulting from said plurality of magnetic resonance measurements, the information including nuclear relaxation and diffusion characteristics for the sample.
US11112475B2
A method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of an object includes: generating MR signals by subjecting the object to a number N of shots of a multi-echo imaging sequence comprising multi-slice RF pulses for simultaneously exciting two or more spatially separate image slices, with a phase offset in the slice direction being imparted to the MR signals; acquiring the MR signals that are received in parallel via a set of at least two RF coils having different spatial sensitivity profiles; and reconstructing a MR image for each image slice from the acquired MR signals using a parallel reconstruction algorithm, wherein the MR signal contributions from the different image slices are separated on the basis of the spatial encodings of the MR signals according to the spatial sensitivity profiles of the RF coils and of the phase offsets attributed to the respective image slices and shots.
US11112470B1
According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes data acquisition circuitry configured to generate magnetic resonance data; a digital encoder connected to receive the magnetic resonance data and configured to digitally encode the magnetic resonance data using an encoding scheme having a spectral null approximately at the Larmor frequency; and an electric data transmission line connected to transmit the digitally encoded magnetic resonance data.
US11112468B2
A sensing device comprises a plurality of magnetoresistive (MR) sensors, at least one fluidic channel, and detection circuitry coupled to the MR sensors. Each MR sensor is configured to detect the presence of molecules (e.g., biologic molecules) labeled by magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The sensors are encapsulated by an insulating material that protects the sensors from the contents of the at least one fluidic channel. The insulating material has a surface within the fluidic channel that provides sites for binding the molecules to be detected. The detection circuitry is configured to detect (a) a characteristic of magnetic noise of each MR sensor, the characteristic being influenced by a presence or absence of one or more MNPs at each site, or (b) a change in resistance, current, and/or voltage drop of each MR sensor, wherein the change is influenced by the presence or absence of one or more MNPs at each site.
US11112467B2
Sensor devices, systems and methods are provided, including a first magnetic sensor configured to measure a first magnetic field in a first frequency range and output a first sensor signal based on the measured first magnetic field, a second magnetic sensor configured to measure a second magnetic field in a second frequency range and output a second sensor signal based on the measured second magnetic field, and a sensor circuit configured to receive the first and the second sensor signals, combine the first and the second sensor signals, and output a combined sensor signal. The first magnetic sensor and the second magnetic sensor are configured to share a cross-over frequency.
US11112466B2
The present disclosure pertains to devices, systems, and methods for monitoring an electric power system. In one embodiment, a system may detect a failure in an electric power system. The system may include a communication interface to receive a first indication related to a condition in the electric power system, and a second indication related to the condition. The system may also include a test subsystem to compare the first indication to the second indication and to determine a discrepancy between the first indication and the second indication. A diagnostic subsystem may identify the failure based on the discrepancy between the first indication and the second indication. An alert subsystem may generate an alert based on the failure.
US11112454B2
Described herein are antenna-coupled radio frequency (RF) probes with replaceable tips. In the described embodiments, test signals are coupled onto a probe tip wafer via an on-tip antenna, thus the probe tip is decoupled from the probe body. This allows for separate fabrication of the probe body and the probe tip. As such, the probe tip can be made available as a “commodity” and the user can simply replace a worn-out or damaged probe tip, providing significant savings in per-unit cost and operation cost of the new contact probes. The decoupling of probe tip and probe body allows for manual replacement of probe tip without the need for extremely accurate alignment which is typically required in extremely high frequency probes. Manual replacement of the tips is only possible due to the much less stringent alignment requirements afforded by the antenna coupling from the probe body to the probe tip.
US11112450B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a tester, related medium and electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a vibration data collector attached on a side wall of the tester to collect vibration data from the tester during operation thereof. The method includes: receiving the vibration data collected by the vibration data collector; comparing the vibration data with a predetermined threshold to generate a comparison result; and controlling an operating state of the tester based on the comparison result. This method may timely identify any instability of the tester and prompt for repair if necessary. It substantially reduces the time and material costs associated with a test, and thus reduces the non-chip-attributable defect rate.
US11112447B1
A system for measuring noise characteristics of a device under test (DUT) includes one or more computers and memory, a first receiver connected to a first port of the DUT, a second receiver connected to a second port of the DUT, the second receiver being synchronized with the first receiver and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions thereon that when read and executed by the one or more computers causes the system to transmit signals to the DUT, receive signals from the DUT, and characterize noise associated with the DUT within the received signals.
US11112439B2
An evaluation circuit, system, and method for evaluating a capacitive or inductive sensor includes first and second measurement connections to which sensors and/or reference elements are connected, first and second charging and discharging circuits that respectively output first and second charging and discharging signals to the first and second measurement connections. A comparator circuit compares the temporal behavior of the first and second charging and discharging signals. An integrator circuit produces an output voltage that changes as a function of the voltage at the output of the comparator circuit. The output voltage of the integrator circuit is connected to the first or second measurement connection to adjust the respective first or second charging and discharging signal. A measurement signal derived from the output voltage of the integrator circuit is a measure of impedance differences between the sensors or reference elements at the first and second measurement connections.
US11112430B2
A probe head may be utilized to test an electronic device. The probe head may include a probe axis extending along a length of the probe head. The probe head may include a probe core including a first metal. The probe core may include a core surface having a first dimension. The first dimension may be perpendicular to the probe axis. The probe core may include a probe tip, for instance extending from the core surface along the probe axis. The probe tip has a second dimension that may be perpendicular to the probe axis. The second dimension may be less than the first dimension of the core surface. The probe head may include a cladding layer that includes a second metal. The cladding layer may be coupled around a perimeter of the probe core. The probe tip may extend beyond the cladding layer.
US11112422B2
An inertial measurement system for a spinning projectile includes: a first, roll gyro to be oriented substantially parallel to the spin axis of the projectile; a second gyro and a third gyro with axes arranged with respect to the roll gyro; a controller, arranged to: compute a current projectile attitude from the outputs of the first, second and third gyros, the computed attitude comprising a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle; calculate a roll angle error; provide the roll angle error as an input to a Kalman filter that outputs a roll angle correction and a roll rate scale factor correction; and apply the calculated roll angle correction and roll rate scale factor correction to the output of the roll gyro.
US11112409B2
The present disclosure relates generally to detection of contamination of a sample or diagnosis of subject based upon detection or quantification of amino acid sequences in a sample, specifically to the identification and use of molecular biomarkers for Candida albicans biofilm infections.
US11112405B1
Assay devices, systems, methods, and kits useful for detection of analytes in a bodily fluid sample, such as saliva, are disclosed herein. Assay devices may include a fluid sample collector and an assessment unit to which the fluid sample collector couples. The fluid sample collector may include a cap with a plunger and absorbent member that collects a bodily fluid sample. Insertion of the plunger into the assessment unit during coupling provides pressure-driven fluid flow through a filter rapidly delivering bodily fluid filtrate to one or more test panels which provide the assay result. In embodiments, an on-board light source enables a user to readily detect changes in a test panel indicative of the presence of an analyte thus providing an opportunity for obtaining rapid results with improved confidence.
US11112403B2
Described herein are methods, compositions, kits, and systems for detecting free and bound PlGF, and using detection of such species to distinguish between pregnant women with or without preeclampsia or related conditions.
US11112393B2
A peracetic acid decontamination chemical indicator including a substrate and an indicator composition disposed thereon, where the indicator composition comprises a colorant that changes color when exposed to a peracetic acid solution but does not change color when exposed to a hydrogen peroxide solution, an acidified hydrogen peroxide solution, or an acetic acid solution, and where the indicator composition does not include a transition metal salt or a halogen source, and methods of using the chemical indicator.
US11112389B1
A headset generates an output audio signal to provide a virtual sound source for an object or virtual object by using a room impulse response generated by a simulation using a model of a room generated from image data. The headset may include processing circuitry that obtains the model of the room determined based on the image data. The image data includes depth image data from a depth camera assembly and color image data from a color camera. The model includes surfaces of the room and acoustic absorptions of the surfaces. The processing circuitry adjusts audio content presented by the headset based on a room impulse response determined based on one or more simulations of sound propagation between a target position of an object and a position of the headset within the room using the surfaces of the room and the acoustic absorptions of the surfaces.
US11112377B2
Disclosed are devices for determining an analyte concentration (e.g., glucose). The devices comprise a sensor configured to generate a signal associated with a concentration of an analyte and a sensing membrane located over the sensor. The sensing membrane comprises an enzyme layer, wherein the enzyme layer comprises an enzyme and a polymer comprising polyurethane and/or polyurea segments and one or more zwitterionic repeating units. The enzyme layer protects the enzyme and prevents it from leaching from the sensing membrane into a host or deactivating.
US11112376B2
A system for the electrochemical detection of triglyceride levels includes a test strip including an electrode and a counter electrode, the electrode and counter electrode located proximate to a sample reception area; and a coating on one of the electrode and counter electrode, the coating including a reagent coating for triglycerides.
US11112373B1
Provided is a local slice selective T2 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) test procedure that includes: (1) identifying a location of a fracture within a core plug; (2) conducting an initial local slice selective T2 NMR test on a slice of the plug that corresponds to the location to generate initial T2 measurements; (3) determining an initial fracture pore volume of the fracture based on the initial T2 measurements; (4) conducting an in-situ local slice selective T2 NMR test on the slice of the plug to generate in-situ T2 measurements and corresponding measures of a volume of fluid expelled from the plug; (5) determining an in-situ fracture pore volume for the fracture based on the in-situ T2 measurements; and (6) comparing the volume of water to a difference between the initial and the in-situ fracture pore volumes to confirm the accuracy of the in-situ pore volume.
US11112372B2
A control system and method are presented for controlling operation of an X-ray Fluorescent (XRF) system for detecting at least one material carried by a sample, for example at least one marker carried by the sample. The control system comprises: data input utility for receiving input data comprising material/marker related data about said at least one material/marker; and data processor and analyzer utility. The data processor and analyzer utility is configured and operable for analyzing the input data and determining optimal geometrical characteristics of the XRF system for optimizing operational conditions of said XRF system to maximize amount of primary X-ray radiation that reaches a predetermined region of the sample and is absorbed by a volume of said region and to maximize a portion of secondary radiation emitted from said region that reaches a detector of the XRF system; and for generating operational data to the XRF system enabling adjustment of the geometrical characteristics of the XRF system.
US11112371B2
An X-ray spectrometer is provided with: an excitation source configured to irradiate excitation rays onto an irradiation area of a sample, a diffraction member provided to face the irradiation area; a slit member provided between the irradiation area and the diffraction member, the slit member having a slit extending parallel to the irradiation area and a prescribed surface of the diffraction member; an X-ray linear sensor having a light-incident surface in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the slit; a first moving mechanism configured to change an angle between the sample surface and the prescribed surface, and/or a distance between the sample surface and the prescribed surface by moving the diffraction member within a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and a second moving mechanism configured to position the X-ray linear sensor on a path of characteristic X-rays passed through the slit and diffracted by the prescribed surface by moving the X-ray linear sensor within a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
US11112367B2
A device and a method of analyzing total cyanide in water samples, including a mixing tube, a stripping tube, a sampling pipe, a reaction pipe, a peristaltic pump, an air pump, a UV digester, a heater, a condenser, a drain pipe and a water sample detector. The mixing tube, the stripping tube, the sampling pipe and the reaction pipe are respectively connected to the peristaltic pump. The mixing tube is connected to the reaction pipe. A bottom of the stripping tube, the air pump, the UV digester, the heater and the condenser and are sequentially connected. The condenser is connected to the mixing tube. An upper portion of the stripping tube, the sampling pipe and the reaction pipe are connected to the drain pipe. An absorbance of the water in the mixing tube is measured by the sample detector, and used to calculate the total cyanide content by spectrophotometry.
US11112358B2
In a measurement requiring a high space resolution using S-BOTDR, a pulse train composed of a plurality of pulses having the interval between the pulses longer than the phonon lifetime is interpulse-code-modulated. A Golay code is used for the interpulse code modulation to eliminate the sidelobes of the correlation in using a technique of correlation. In a technique without using correlation, an Hadamard matrix is used for the interpulse code modulation and the resultant matrix is inverted in the signal processing.
US11112352B2
Provided are an optical sensor device using surface acoustic waves and an optical sensor device package. The optical sensor device includes: a substrate including a first light sensing area and a temperature sensing area and including a piezo electric material; a first input electrode and a first output electrode which are disposed in the first light sensing area and are apart from each other with a first delay gap therebetween; a first sensing film overlapping the first delay gap and configured to cover at least some portions of the first input electrode and the first output electrode; and a second input electrode and a second output electrode which are disposed in the temperature sensing area and are apart from each other with a second delay gap therebetween. The second delay gap is exposed to air.
US11112346B2
A apparatus for detecting cells or particles in a fluid container includes a dispenser configured to dispense at least one cell or at least one particle into a defined sub-volume of a fluid with which the fluid container is at least partially filled, and a detection apparatus configured to, in a time-coordinated manner with dispensing the at least one cell or the at least one particle by the dispenser, perform a detection in the defined sub-volume and/or in one or several sub-volumes underneath the defined sub-volume in order to sense the at least one cell or the at least one particle when entering the fluid or immediately after entering the fluid.
US11112343B2
Provided is a dust measurement apparatus for accurately measuring the dust concentration of two spaces and minimizing the possibility of noise generation, comprising: a dust sensor; a body housing having the dust sensor loaded therein, and having an inner space; a first outer hole and a second outer hole, which are respectively formed at two points of the body housing so as to connect the outside and the inner space; a first fan and a second fan, which are provided at the positions corresponding to each of the first outer hole and the second outer hole and driven so as to form a flow toward the inner space from the outside; and a control part for selectively driving the first fan or the second fan.
US11112337B2
A sample sectioning device including a cutting mechanism that is operable to cut sections from a sample, a sample holder operable to move relative to the cutting mechanism, the sample holder having a first side and a second side, the first side faces the cutting mechanism and is dimensioned to receive a sample, a light source coupled to the sample holder, wherein the light source is operable to emit a light from the first side of the sample holder and through a sample positioned on the first side, and a generator operable to generate an electrical energy for providing power to the light source.
US11112335B2
A fluid quality sensor for measuring a quality of a fluid comprises a measurement section mounted to an output side of a pump for the fluid.
US11112332B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical fiber cable monitoring method and an optical fiber cable monitoring system capable of linking information obtained from a measurement result with information stored in a DB and accurately specifying a loss occurrence location on an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable monitoring method according to the present disclosure uses two types of optical fiber measurement techniques having different sensitivities. Each of closure locations on the optical fiber cable is acquired with a high-sensitivity measurement technique, and geographical location information and the closure locations on the optical fiber are linked in an arrangement order of the closures. Thus, an operator can recognize an actual location (geographical location information) of a closure that is linked to a location of a point of abnormality on the optical fiber cable when an abnormality in the closure is detected with a low-sensitivity measurement technique.
US11112318B2
The present invention relates to a pressure sensor, a pressure-sensor matrix array including the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, the pressure sensor including a first electrode, a conductive layer positioned on the first electrode and including a conductor, an active layer positioned on the conductive layer, being in contact with or being spaced apart from the conductive layer and including a polymer and a semiconductor dispersed in the polymer, and a second electrode positioned on the active layer. The pressure sensor and the pressure-sensor matrix array according to the present invention are capable of eliminating electrical crosstalk between pixels using a rectifying interface in a pressure sensor matrix having high sensitivity to resistance, thereby forming a high-resolution pressure sensor array, and moreover, processing costs and complexity are reduced, which is advantageous for industrial applications.
US11112312B2
A method includes determining a fielded color measurement instrument is not calibrated to measure light emitted by a fielded light emitting device, assembling a calibration matrix, such that a product of the calibration matrix multiplied by a response of the fielded color measurement instrument to the light emitted by the fielded light emitting device is a triplet that corresponds to a Commission Internationale de L'éclairage XYZ color space, wherein the calibration matrix contains measurements made by the fielded color measurement instrument of a first plurality of lights emitted by the fielded light emitting device and measurements made by a spectroradiometer of a second plurality of lights emitted by a reference light emitting device of a same make and model as the fielded light emitting device, wherein the spectroradiometer is located remotely from the fielded color measurement instrument, and storing the calibration matrix on the fielded color measurement instrument.
US11112303B2
In embodiment, a measurement circuit forms a compensation signal that is representative of disturbances that are received while the measurement circuit is not receiving a signal to be measured, then the circuit removes the compensation signal from the measurement signal before measuring the value of the measurement signal.
US11112292B2
The present disclosure provides for an armored sight level gauge field assembly for placement between fittings to show liquid level, including an elongated cylindrical transparent sight tube shield and a sight tube extending through the sight tube shield. First and second receiver plates define passages for the sight tube to extend therethrough, each receiver plate also sealing the shield. A U-shaped guard is removably connected to each receiver plate and provides a structural protective enclosure, substantially enclosing the sight tube shield. First and second connector plates attach to each receiver plate, and each connector plate defines an opening to receive ends of the sight tube for fluid communication between the sight tube and the fittings, each connector plate comprising a nozzle extending therefrom, opposite said opening, in coaxial alignment with the sight tube. Each nozzle is positionable between and removable from the spaced apart fittings.
US11112291B2
In a method for determining a filling level (F) of waste water (8) in a tank (6) of a vehicle (2), wherein a respective flushing quantity (P) of waste water (8) is fed to the tank (6) by means of flushing processes, a binary filling signal (La-e) (waste water (8) present or not) is determined at at least two measuring positions (20a-e) at the tank (6) with known filling quantities (Ma-e), the filling level (F) is determined as a sum of a basic filling quantity (B) and an inflow quantity (Z), wherein the basic filling quantity (B) is selected as zero or as the greatest filling quantities (Ma-e) of active filling signals (La-e) at a starting time (A), and the inflow quantity (Z) is determined as a sum of all the fed-in flushing quantities (P) from the starting time (A). A measuring arrangement (12) for determining the filling level (F) contains an evaluation module (14) with an interface (16) for the flushing signals (S), and at least two sensors (18a-e) for the filling signals (La-e), wherein the evaluation module (14) is designed to determine the filling level (F) according to the method according to the invention. A waste water arrangement (4) with the tank (6) and at least one flushing device (10) contains a measuring arrangement (12) according to the invention.
US11112287B2
A device which measures a physical quantity of a gas flowing through a main passage is described. The device includes a flange for fixing to the main passage; a housing that protrudes toward an inside of the main passage from the flange; and a printed circuit board fixed to the housing on which a measuring element that measures the physical quantity is mounted. Wiring of the printed circuit board has a plurality of irregularities formed along one direction of a surface, and the wiring is arranged such that a formation direction of the irregularities is oriented along a protruding direction of the housing toward an inside of the main passage. The irregularities may be polishing marks formed using a cylindrical polishing wheel or rolling marks of the wiring of the printed circuit board.
US11112273B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to a sensing system. The sensing system includes a pair of sensors, a target, and a pair of magnets. The target is configured to move along an axis of movement with respect to the pair of sensors. The pair of magnets are coupled to the target. Each of the pair of magnets has a first end and a second end. Each of the second ends of the pair of magnets are positioned axially adjacent to one another in a system longitudinal direction. The pair of magnets provide a greater field strength for determining a position of the target.
US11112272B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for management of information, including environmental information, obtained by a variety of sensors associated with one or more distributed mobile sensor platforms. In certain embodiments, the geographically transitory nature of a mobile sensor platform may be leveraged to facilitate collection of environmental information over a larger geographic area than that of a fixed sensor platform. Embodiments disclosed herein provide for information consistency and/or quality checking of information obtained by mobile sensor platforms. Further embodiments may be used to incentivize the collection and/or acquisition of certain data via point and/or credit based compensation.
US11112256B2
A server 402 determines modified flow speed data for each navigable segment of a recommended navigable stretch. The modified flow speed data is determined so as to make the segment more favourable when a route is determined by a navigation device through the navigable network using the flow speed data. The server transmits the modified flow speed data to a set of one or more navigation devices 400 for use by the or each device at least for the purposes of determining a route through the network of navigable segments. Each navigation device then determines a route to a destination using the modified flow speed data.
US11112250B1
A location-based user experience is provided that takes place at pinpoint map locations, along paths, or inside regions. Users (players) physically move through a real world location (such as a neighborhood) to these disparate locations to get the experience. The experience is first defined generically, by using a mobile device to physically walk through a map space, for example, by using a computer to click on a map Inputs may also include map metadata, real-time conditions such as weather, and user experiences such as keeping line-of-sight between locations. A graph drawing algorithm may then instantiate the location-based experience along specific map locations and routes near a given starting point. Time-of-travel distances based on routes may be used instead of as-the-crow-flies distances. Placement of locations and routes may also adapt to prefer or avoid certain map coordinates.
US11112249B1
A navigation system includes a navigation database and a route generator. The route generator receives an avoidance, generates a concave polygon representing the avoidance with respect to four-dimensional data of the navigation database, identifies a displacement vector of the avoidance, shifts the concave polygon using the displacement vector, identifies each gap between vertices of the shifted concave polygon, adds an added edge to the to connect vertices across each identified gap, determines, for each edge of the concave polygon, if the edge includes an internal edge, removes each internal edge from the concave polygon, compares the concave polygon to the plurality of cells, identifies one or more cells in which the concave polygon is located, and outputs a navigation alert based on the identified one or more cells.
US11112248B2
A secondary sense loop for a MEMS gyroscope comprises a secondary element comprising at least one mechanical resonator, an analog front end circuitry, a digital secondary loop circuitry and an analog back end circuitry. The digital secondary loop circuitry comprises a signal path receiving at its input an analog secondary input signal representing a detection motion of a mechanical resonator and providing at its output an output signal indicating an angular velocity said MEMS gyroscope is subject to, said signal path comprising an analog-to-digital converter configured to digitize the analog secondary input signal into a digitized secondary signal, and a digital force feedback circuitry controlling operation of a closed force feedback loop configured to adjust response function of the secondary sense loop.
US11112244B2
An inertia measure unit (IMU) includes a main circuit board, and first and second weight blocks. A first surface of the first weight block contacts the main circuit board. The first weight block includes a recess formed on a second surface thereof opposite to the first surface, and an opening formed on a side surface thereof. The second weight block is coupled to the first weight block on the second surface to cover the recess. The first and second weight blocks jointly form an inner chamber in communication with the opening. The IMU further includes a circuit board disposed in the inner chamber, and a signal line coupled to an edge of the circuit board and extending out of the opening. The signal line bends over an outer surface of the first weight block or the second weight block to connect to the main circuit board.
US11112240B2
A tool, system, and method are disclosed for locating a hidden stud and identifying angles on a finished wall. The tool includes an elongated housing, at least one magnet, and at least one level. The housing has a generally planar contact surface disposed opposite a viewing surface. The at least one magnet is secured to the housing such that a magnetic field from the at least one magnet extends from the contact surface. The level is secured to the housing such that the level is viewable from the viewing surface. The at least one magnet, the level, and the housing are sized relative to each other such that a magnetic attraction between the at least one magnet and a metallic element in the wall is sufficient to maintain the tool on the wall without external support.
US11112239B1
A method for evaluating a plurality of tread depth measurements within a shoulder surface region of a tire to detect or identify the presence of excessive or non-uniform wear on the tire shoulder.
US11112221B2
An oil and gas well shaped charge perforator capable of providing an exothermic reaction after detonation is provided, comprising a housing (2), a high explosive (3), and a reactive liner (6) where the high explosive is positioned between the reactive liner and the housing. The reactive liner (6) is produced from a reactive composition which is capable of sustaining an exothermic reaction during the formation of the cutting jet. The composition is a pressed i.e. compacted particulate composition comprising at least two metals, wherein one of the metals is present as spherical particulate, and the other metal is present as a non-spherical particulate. There may also be at least one further metal, which is not capable of an exothermic reaction with the reactive composition, present in an amount greater than 10% w/w of the liner. To aid consolidation a binder may also be added.
US11112220B2
[The present invention is] a dart game apparatus that provides a dart game in which one player successively throws n number of (n=3 or 4) darts D at a dart board 12, having: light sources LS that are disposed around the dart board 12 and emit lights L along the board face of the dart board 12; a plurality of photo-sensors S that are disposed around the dart board 12 at approximately the same height from the dart board 12 in the board thickness direction, and detect the brightness of the lights L emitted from the light sources LS; and a processor that calculates a hit position of a dart D in the dart board 12 based on the brightness of each light. A number of photo-sensors S is n×2.
US11112217B1
A weapon mountable illumination device configured to mount to existing firearm mounting rails to provide illumination of potential targets while mitigating problems associated with snagging, and shadow casting. It is an aspect of the present invention to provide a rapidly mountable device to provide increased lighting capability while obviating the need to remove back up iron sights.
US11112216B1
A mobile phone holder for guns is disclosed, including: a horizontal support unit with a locking component for locking onto a guide rail mounted on a gun; a vertical support unit being arranged on the horizontal support unit and located on an opposite side of the position where the locking component is located; a position adjustment unit disposed on the vertical support unit and able to adjust the position by moving vertically, the position adjustment unit having a first adjustment component and a second adjustment component, the first adjustment component being used to lock the position adjustment unit in place after being moved along the vertical support unit; a clamping unit for clamping a mobile phone, installed on the position adjustment unit and rotatable; the second adjustment component being used to lock the position of the clamping unit after rotation.
US11112214B2
An assembly comprising a firearm slide and an adaptor plate configured to mate with the firearm slide. The adapter plate includes a first seat in a top surface of the adaptor plate and a second seat in the top surface of the adaptor plate. The assembly also includes a first iron sight configured to mate with the first seat and a second iron sight configured to mate with the second seat.
US11112213B1
An adapter cage is provided for a compressed gas launcher to multiply launch velocity. Kinematics of wheels integral to the adapter cage results in a doubling of the pusher plate velocity as that motion is imparted on a light-weight launch vehicle. The wheels of the adapter cage can press against the launch vehicle and the wheels are pressed against the walls of the launcher for employing friction at the interface of the wheels and the inner surface of the launcher to transfer motion to force out a muzzle cap of the launcher and to enable launch of the launch vehicle.
US11112212B2
A secure storage system may provide secure, portable, and rapidly accessible storage for articles such as firearms. Such a system may have a shell with first and second shell members that can be closed to keep the articles secure, or opened to provide accessibility. A locking mechanism may be used to lock the shell in the closed configuration. The locking mechanism may be controlled by a wireless receiver that receives a signal to unlock the shell. The shell may include a secure-side programming interface to allow a user to set control system parameters when the system is in the unlocked state.
US11112210B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of holders configured to couple to moldable hand grips for firearms and at least partially submerge the hand grips in heated water baths. According to various embodiments, a holder can include a non-moldable body that is configured to couple to a moldable hand grip. The holder can further include a non-moldable user handle extending from the body.
US11112205B1
A projectile launching device includes self-timing without cam lean. The projectile launching device may include a frame, energy storing components, (such as two limbs), two cams, a launch string, and at least two cables. The ends of the launch string are attached to the two cams. Opposing ends of first and second cables are coupled to the first and second cams. A mid-portion of the first and second cables are slide-ably engaged with the first and second cable pulleys, respectively. The two cams are built as mirror images of each other, each cam having a cable payout track, a bowstring track, and a cable take-up track.
US11112202B2
A portable firearm securement system configured to secure a firearm and prevent firing of the firearm while also being configured to be easily moveable is disclosed. The portable firearm securement system may be formed from first and second bodies for securing a firearm and preventing access to a trigger of the firearm, whereby the first and second bodies are positioned on both sides of the firearm adjacent the trigger and magazine well. Three pins extending from the first body to the second body prevent rotation of a firearm relative to the first and second bodies. Additionally, one pin extends thru the second body and includes a securement orifice through which a padlock shackle may be positioned to lock a firearm in place within the securement system. The securement system may be releasably secured to a securement object with a tether wrapped around the securement object and secured to the padlock.
US11112201B2
A barrel porting system for a firearm in one embodiment includes a barrel defining an axially extending barrel bore, a porting device coupled to the barrel and including a plurality of gas portholes in fluid communication with the barrel bore, and an outer shroud encircling at least the porting device. The shroud includes at least one gas discharge port arranged to vent combustion gas from firing the firearm in an outwards direction. An annular gas collection plenum formed between the shroud and porting device is configured to collect gas from the gas portholes and discharge the gas through the at least one discharge port in the shroud. In one implementation, the plenum is formed by a recessed channel in the muzzle device which extends around the entire circumference of the device. Various threaded and unthreaded coupling methods may be used to secure the muzzle device to the barrel.
US11112200B2
A suppressor, an integrally suppressed barrel system, and a method for coupling a suppressor to a firearm barrel are provided. In an embodiment, a suppressor is configured to have two distinct fittings, each of which provides a point of contact for coupling with a firearm barrel. The suppressor or integrally suppressed barrel system may comprise an expansion chamber with an expansion chamber baffle and wire mesh to alter the sonic characteristics of a report associated with the discharging of a firearm. In some embodiments, the expansion chamber baffle may be movable, allowing for modification to the sonic properties of a cold bore shot vis-à-vis subsequent shots. The method for coupling the suppressor to the firearm barrel includes engaging first and second threaded portions of the firearm barrel with corresponding threaded inner surfaces of first and second suppressor fittings.
US11112196B2
A magazine loader comprises a body for receiving an upper portion of the magazine and a cap slidingly engaged with the body for loading cartridges in to the magazine received by the body. The body comprises a plurality of wall portions defining a body cavity configured to receive an upper portion of a magazine. The plurality of cap wall portions may comprise a starboard cap wall portion and an opposing port cap wall portion. An upper portion of the body is slidingly received in the interior volume defined by the cap so that the body and the cap slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The sliding axis may extend in the upward and downward directions and the cap may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis.
US11112195B2
An ammunition box that is intended to equip a magazine of a gun turret. The box is substantially parallelepipedic and comprises a pivoting handle formed by two arms that are articulated on the side walls and are connected by a grip allowing the extraction and transportation of the box. The handle comprises a protuberance disposed in the vicinity of at least one of the articulated arms and in the vicinity of its pivot pin on the walls, which protuberance is intended to engage with at least one guide groove provided on the magazine of the turret. A further aim of the invention is a magazine capable of receiving such a box.
US11112187B2
Certain aspects of natural gas liquid fractionation plant waste heat conversion to simultaneous power and cooling capacities using modified Goswami system can be implemented as a system. The system includes a waste heat recovery heat exchanger configured to heat a buffer fluid stream by exchange with a heat source in a natural gas liquid fractionation plant. The system includes a modified Goswami cycle energy conversion system including one or more first energy conversion system heat exchangers configured to heat a working fluid by exchange with the heated buffer fluid stream, a separator configured to receive the heated working fluid and to output a vapor stream of the working fluid and the liquid stream of the working fluid, a turbine and a generator, wherein the turbine and generator are configured to generate power by expansion of a first portion of the vapor stream of the working fluid, and a cooling subsystem including a cooling element configured to cool a process fluid stream from the natural gas liquid fractionation plant by exchange with a condensed second portion of the vapor stream of the working fluid.
US11112185B2
A secondary heat exchange surface channel portion for a heat exchanger 7 comprises multiple joints between adjacent channel portions 2a, 2b, 101, for redirecting flow of fluid along a tortuous path. One of the channel portions at each joint has a concave profiled edge face 120, thereby providing a gap 110 between adjacent channel portions. The primary use of this arrangement is in heat exchangers which have corrugated secondary heat exchange surfaces.
US11112176B2
A freeze vacuum drying apparatus includes: a spraying unit; a pipe unit; a heating unit; and a collection unit. The spraying unit sprays a raw material liquid into a vacuum chamber. The pipe unit has a non-linear shape, includes a first opening end and a second opening end, and traps frozen particles via the first opening end, the frozen particles being formed by self-freezing of liquid droplets formed by spraying the raw material liquid into the vacuum chamber. The heating unit heats the frozen particles in the pipe unit for sublimation drying, the frozen particles moving in the pipe unit from the first opening end toward the second opening end by kinetic energy produced during spraying. The collection unit collects dried particles that are formed by sublimation drying of the frozen particles in the pipe unit and released from the second opening end of the pipe unit.
US11112169B2
The present invention relates to a smart home controller refrigerator and a control method therefor, the smart home controller refrigerator, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a control unit comprising a control protocol communication unit for receiving control information for controlling a home appliance in a home, an operation protocol communication unit for generating an operation signal calculated from the control information, and a signal transmission unit for transmitting the operation signal to the home appliance; at least one storage space; and at least one door for controlling the opening/closing of the at least one storage space.
US11112168B2
A refrigerating appliance includes a cabinet that defines an interior cavity. A temperature sensing network monitors a temperature stratification of the interior cavity. The temperature stratification includes a plurality of temperature levels that correspond to respective locations of the interior cavity. A controller is configured to receive an input related to an item to be stored. The controller is further configured to compare the input with the temperature stratification. The controller is further configured to identify a primary storage location of the item to be stored based upon a comparison of the input and the plurality of temperature levels of the temperature stratification. A visual indicia is disposed within the interior cavity and coupled to the controller. The visual indicia activates to identify the primary storage location of the item to be stored.
US11112167B2
A refrigerator having an improved structure to maintain the humidity in a drawer. The refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a drawer configured to be inserted to or withdrawn from the storage chamber, a cover configured to cover an upper part of the drawer, and a rail device configured to guide the drawer to slide in a front-rear direction with respect to the cover and to allow the cover to be located in the storage chamber and to be moved upward with respect to the drawer when the drawer is withdrawn.
US11112163B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet and a refrigeration system having an evaporator. An ice-making compartment is positioned within the cabinet and includes a housing defining an inlet aperture on an upper portion of the housing and an outlet aperture. An ice storage bin is positioned in a lower portion of the housing. An ice tray is positioned above the ice storage bin. An inlet duct is in fluid communication with the inlet aperture and is configured to direct air into the housing from the evaporator. The inlet duct includes a first branch having a plurality of first branch channels to direct air to a plurality of first branch locations on a first surface of the ice tray. A second branch of the inlet duct directs air to a second surface of the ice tray. An outlet duct is in fluid communication with the outlet aperture and is configured to direct air from the housing to the evaporator.
US11112157B2
A system includes first and second compressors arranged in parallel, a condenser, expansion device, evaporator, and flow control device fluidly connected. The first compressor includes a first lubricant sump and the second compressor including a second lubricant sump. A lubricant transfer conduit fluidly connects the first lubricant sump and the second lubricant sump. The flow control device is disposed between the evaporator and the first and second compressors, and includes a fluid inlet and two fluid outlets. A first of the two fluid outlets is fluidly connected to the first compressor, a second of the two fluid outlets is fluidly connected to the second compressor. The second fluid outlet includes a nozzle disposed within a flow passage of the flow control device such that a space is maintained between an outer surface of the nozzle and an inner surface of the flow passage.
US11112155B1
A thermal management system includes an open circuit refrigeration circuit that has a refrigerant fluid flow path, with the refrigerant fluid flow path including a receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid, a first control device configured to receive refrigerant from the receiver, a liquid separator, and an evaporator configured to extract heat from a heat load that contacts the evaporator, with the evaporator coupled to the first control device and the liquid separator. The system includes a pump having an inlet and an outlet, with the outlet of the pump coupled to the liquid side outlet of the liquid separator and a second control device that is coupled to an exhaust line, that is coupled to the vapor side outlet of the liquid separator through the second control device. In operation, the evaporator in the open circuit refrigeration circuit would be coupled to a heat load.
US11112149B2
A heat exchanger includes a plate-shaped fin elongated in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of heat transfer tubes passing through the fin, and a distributor that distributes refrigerant to, from among the plurality of heat transfer tubes, two heat transfer tubes. The distributor includes an inflow portion being linear and connected to one of the plurality of heat transfer tubes, a turn-back portion continuous with the inflow portion, a first outflow portion being linear, continuous with the turn-back portion and running in parallel to the inflow portion, a second outflow portion being linear, continuous with the turn-back portion and branching from the first outflow portion, and a connection pipe continuous with the second outflow portion and including a plurality of bent portions. The second outflow portion is connected via the connection pipe to the heat transfer tube not adjacent to the heat transfer tube connected to the first outflow portion.
US11112141B2
An air handling unit includes a rain hood configured to receive an air flow from an external environment surrounding the rain hood, and a sensor disposed within the rain hood and configured to monitor air flow parameters indicative of a flow rate of the air flow.
US11112138B2
An air-conditioning control method includes: acquiring a first sensor value measured by a first sensor device provided at a different position within an identical space to a second sensor device at a first frequency; acquiring a second sensor value measured by the second sensor device at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; generating a first sensor predicted value from the second sensor value based on a correlation between the first sensor value and the second sensor value in a period in which the second sensor value is acquired and the first sensor value is not acquired; and determining an operation of an air-conditioning apparatus based on the first sensor predicted value.
US11112131B2
A heat source unit includes: a corrugated plate-like bottom frame in which ridges and furrows extend across the front and rear direction or across the right and left direction; and mounting feet. The mounting feet include: supports that support, from below, the furrows of supported ends of the bottom frame on sides that the ridges and the furrows can be seen; and walls disposed on outer sides of the supported ends and that extend upward from the supports. Water drainage passages, that drain water sticking to tops of the ridges of the supported ends to the supports, are disposed above the supports.
US11112130B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit through which refrigerant circulates, a control box in which equipment for controlling the refrigeration cycle apparatus is accommodated, and a refrigerator for cooling a heat emitting body exposed from an opening of the control box. The heat emitting body is the equipment accommodated in the control box. The refrigerator includes a cooling body in contact with the heat emitting body, and a refrigerant pipe through which the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit passes to cool the cooling body. The refrigerant pipe is in contact with the cooling body. The pipe contact surface is different from the heating-body contact surface. The cooling body has a recessed portion at which the cooling body and the heat emitting body are not in contact with each other. The recessed portion is formed in the heating-body contact surface and spaced from the control box.
US11112124B2
A cooking appliance includes a cooktop, at least one cooking element mounted to the cooktop, and a grate including a surface portion for supporting a cooking vessel and at least one cup member. The grate is mounted to the cooktop with the at least one cup member being interengaged with locating structure on the cooktop such that the grate can be selectively lifted vertically from the cooktop or pivoted relative to the cooktop. Upon pivoting through a predetermined angle, the grate is prevented from being lifted vertically based on the at least one cup member becoming interlocked with the locating structure.
US11112115B2
A wall assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a support shell with a first inner periphery along an axis and a liner panel with a second inner periphery along the axis. The second inner periphery is smaller than the first inner periphery. Another wall assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an annular grommet mounted between the support shell and the liner panel. The annular grommet defines a contoured inner wall.
US11112114B2
Combustor panels of gas turbine engines and gas turbine engines are described. The combustor panels include a hot side configured to be exposed to combustion within a gas turbine engine, a cold side opposite the hot side of the combustor panel, the cold side configured to receive cooling flow thereon, and a peak-valley gridded pattern formed on the cold side, the peak-valley gridded pattern comprising a plurality of recessed cells arranged in a grid pattern, with each recessed cell having a peak, angled sidewalls, and an effusion hole located at a bottom of the angled sidewalls.
US11112110B2
A radiant burner for treating an effluent gas stream from a manufacturing processing tool includes a plurality of treatment chambers, each treatment chamber having an effluent stream inlet for supplying a respective portion of the effluent gas stream to that treatment chamber for treatment therewithin. In this way, multiple treatment chambers may be provided, each of which treats part of the effluent stream. Accordingly, the number of treatment chambers can be selected to match the flow rate of the effluent gas stream from any particular processing tool. This provides an architecture which is reliably scalable to suit the needs of any effluent gas stream flow rate.
US11112109B1
A plasma heating apparatus including a boiler vessel for holding water to be heated, a cathode housed in the vessel, the cathode defining a watertight cathode chamber isolated from the water in the vessel, and, an anode housed in the cathode chamber, the anode including an internal passage for receiving a gas from outside of the vessel when the passage is connected to a gas supply, and wherein the anode is connectable to a power source for receiving power for generating a plasma in the cathode chamber. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a heat or power generating system or plant including the plasma heating apparatus.
US11112108B2
A superheated steam boiler includes an inner tank system including a wet tank and a dry tank separated by an isolation member, an outer sleeve surrounding the inner tank system, wherein wet tank fluid openings allow the wet tank to be in communication with the outer sleeve, and dry tank steam openings in the dry tank allow the dry tank to be in communication with the outer sleeve, and a burner system within the inner tank system. The burner system includes a combustion/expansion chamber having spherical surfaces located in and fluidly isolated from the wet tank, a distribution chamber located in and fluidly isolated from the dry tank, heat tubes extending through the isolation member between the combustion/expansion chamber and the distribution chamber; and an exhaust tube extending from the distribution chamber and out of the inner tank system to exit the boiler.
US11112106B1
Provided is a cordless lamp including a bottom housing, a cover housing, and a light-emitting module. The bottom housing has an open upper end, which is provided with a clamping groove and a snap ring arranged on an inner wall of the bottom housing. The cover housing has an open lower end, and is interlocked with the bottom housing. The cover housing is provided with a first and a second locking protrusion. The first locking protrusion is snap-fitted with the snap ring so that the open upper end of the bottom housing abuts an open lower end of the cover housing to form a first waterproof structure. The second locking protrusion is fitted with the clamping groove, and an adhesive is filled between the second locking protrusion and the clamping groove to form a second waterproof structure. The light-emitting module is arranged between the bottom housing and the cover housing.
US11112105B1
In some embodiments, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device positioned within a housing is disclosed, wherein the housing is designed to allow an ambient environment to pass into the housing and transfer heat from the at least one light-emitting device. The light-emitting area of the light-emitting device may be sealed from the ambient environment. In some embodiments, the housing may include at least one recess, port, or other opening configured to allow a liquid or gas to promote heat transfer from the light-emitting device. In some embodiments, a vehicle, a marine system, or other systems may include at least one lighting assembly as contemplated herein.
US11112091B2
A lighting fixture is provided in a lighting field. The lighting fixture comprises: a housing assembly and a bottom case assembly. The housing assembly comprises a housing, a light-emitting cover, a reflector and a light source assembly. The housing at least includes a lower end face and a sidewall disposed by extending vertically from the lower end face, to provide a mounting space; and the lower end face is provided with an avoidance section and in communication with the mounting space. The light-emitting cover, the reflector and the light source assembly are sequentially superposed in the mounting space; the light-emitting cover is fixedly connected with the housing; and the light-emitting cover abuts against the lower end face and at least partially closes the avoidance section. The bottom case assembly includes a bottom case; the bottom case is located above the light source assembly, assembled with the housing, and fixedly connected with the housing to be compressed together tightly and collectively accommodate the reflector and the light source assembly as well as the light-emitting cover.
US11112084B1
An optical system for architectural lighting products includes an optical chain including an LED light source, a first optic begin a spherical ball lens and a second optic disposed to intercept and modify at least a portion of a beam projected by the ball lens.
US11112074B2
A mounting arrangement for an LED fixture, said LED fixture having a holding plate and a driver housing, said arrangement comprising slots configured on said holding plate and on said housing for threading a cable therethrough, said cable is connected to a support during mounting said fixture.
US11112071B2
An LED module may include at least one LED and an indicator. The indicator may include one or more diffusing surfaces defining an angular diffusing groove. The diffusing groove may receive the LED such that the LED is at least partially located within a volume space defined by the one or more diffusing surfaces. The diffusing groove may diffuse a light emitted from the LED and incident on the one or more diffusing surface of the diffusing groove such that the light is diffused into an interior of the indicator.
US11112068B2
An LED tube lamp comprises a glass tube, two end caps coupled to a respective end of the glass tube, an LED light strip attached to an inner circumferential surface of the glass tube, a protective layer disposed on a surface of the LED light strip, a plurality of LED light sources mounted on the LED light strip, two first soldering pads arranged at an end of the LED light strip, two notches formed at an edge of the end of the LED light strip, a power supply module configured to drive the plurality of LED light sources. The protective layer comprises two openings to expose the two first soldering pads. The power supply module comprises a printed circuit board comprising two second soldering pads and each of the two first soldering pad soldered to the respective second soldering pad by a solder. The solder is disposed on the first soldering pad, the corresponding second soldering pad and in the corresponding notch. The power supply module comprises a rectifying circuit and a filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit.
US11112066B2
The invention provides a laser light installed inside a bulb lamp and a method of assembling a laser light inside a bulb lamp. The laser light comprises a bulb lamp, wherein a fixing support which further has heat dissipation function is coaxially arranged on an LED light board disposed inside the bulb lamp, a laser module is sleeved inside the fixing support. The laser module consists of a lens module, a laser head base, a laser head and a heat dissipating tube. The lens module consists of a focus base, and further, a transparent piece, a grating piece, a lens base, a lens and a lens fixing base accommodated in the lens base, which are sleeved inside the focus base in sequence. A through hole is provided on a portion of a lamp cover corresponding to the laser module and is enclosed by a transparent cap.
US11112065B2
A HID solid state retrofit lamp includes a circumferential array of solid state light sources mounted on circuit boards, a heat sink located in the lamp's interior volume, and a fan positioned in the interior volume to force airflow across the heat sink. A capper assembly includes at least one aperture to vent the interior volume, and an intermediate circuit board within the capper assembly. The intermediate circuit board distributes electrical power to the circuit boards by tabs and contacts extending from the boards that are mechanically bonded together. An optical transmissive shield is positioned exterior to the circumferential array, and can include prismatic structures to direct light emitted from the LED sources in an off axis direction.
US11112063B2
Sensor for high-pressure line and method for manufacturing thereof. The sensor detects parameters or properties of fluid conducted in a high-pressure line while maintaining the high pressure of the fluid. The sensor includes an inner tube extending concentrically in the outer tube that together form a tube and at least one groove which extends in the inner surface of the outer tube or in the outer surface of the inner tube in a longitudinal direction, at least one signal line arranged in the groove, and at least one pick-up element connected to the signal line and arranged at least in the groove or in at least one recess which is provided at least in the outer surface of the inner tube or in the inner surface of the outer tube in addition to the at least one groove. The outer tube is in frictional connection with the inner tube.
US11112060B2
A mobile work machine which includes a lower protective belly plate and a machine component drawer located above the belly plate. The drawer has a bottom with at least one fluid drain aperture. A fluid drip retention tray is removably positioned below the drawer in a protected space above the belly plate. The machine component drawer and drip retention tray may each have a magnetically attractable bottom and magnets means preferably affixed to the bottom of the drawer to magnetically support the tray below the drawer. A drip retention tray is also provided for a wheel steering cylinder, the tray having a curved retainer portion which extends upwardly around the cylinder for a distance sufficient to retain the tray on said cylinder.
US11112056B2
An elevatable supporting device for bearing a display is provided. The elevatable supporting device comprises an upright, an energy storage element, and a bearing module. The upright includes a first surface and a second surface which is non-parallel to the first surface. The energy storage element abuts against the first surface and the second surface and includes a first arm providing a first resistance and a second arm providing a second resistance. A first included angle is defined between the first arm and the second arm. When the energy storage element moves from the highest position to the lowest position, the first included angle decreases so that one of the first resistance and the second resistance may increase in order to maintain a total effective resistance along the first axis. Accordingly, the display may be able to stop at any position between the highest position and the lowest position.
US11112050B2
One aspect, as provided herein, is directed to a multi-stage fluid control system for a fluid source heat pump system. This embodiment comprises compressors configured to operate as separate, heat exchange stages, condensers each being fluidly coupled to at least one of the compressors by refrigerant tubing and having intake ends coupled together by a fluid intake manifold. This embodiment further includes output conduits coupled to each of the condensers and that are couplable to a distal location. Further included is a modulating valve control system interposed the output conduits. The modulating valve control system is configured to stage a flow of fluid through the condensers based on a number of operating compressors.
US11112048B2
A connector fitting for a fluid hose in a vehicle comprises a first end connectable to the hose, a second end connectable to parts of a fluid system and a cylindrical middle portion positioned between the first end and the second end. The middle portion comprises a shoulder extending in circumferential direction of the middle portion and is adapted to contact a first surface of a fixing plate when inner walls of a through-going recess of the fixing plate circumferentially surround the middle portion of the connector fitting. The connector fitting further comprises at least one snap-in tongue with a nib. The nib is adapted to engage a second surface of the fixing plate positioned parallel to the first surface such that the fixing plate is fixed in the longitudinal direction of the middle portion between shoulder and the nib.
US11112043B2
A gasket for preventing the separation of a pipe joint formed between plastic pipes such as pipes manufactured from PVC. The invention provides an internally restrained pipe joint including a bell with a substantially V-shaped annular groove. The annular groove includes a front radial wall and a rear radial wall and a gasket seated in the annular groove. The gasket includes an inner radial face, an opening defined by the inner radial face and an outer radial face with a front radial section located adjacent to the front radial wall of the annular groove and a rear radial section located adjacent to the rear radial wall of the annular groove. A plurality of toothed, rigid restraining segments is at least partially embedded in the gasket.
US11112039B2
A slip sealing structure comprises a cylindrical sealing body comprising an upper and a lower end surfaces, wherein an outer side and an inner side of at least one end surface of the sealing body are provided with an outer metal retaining ring and an inner metal retaining ring respectively, a fabric covering layer is disposed on the at least one end surface, and the outer and inner metal retaining rings are respectively pressed against an outer and inner edges of the fabric covering layer such that the fabric covering layer provides support for the outer and inner metal retaining rings. Through the outer and inner metal retaining rings, compression resistance of the slip sealing structure can be improved, and rubber extrusion at high temperatures and high pressures can be avoided; the fabric covering layer enhances performances of compression resistance and gas explosion resistance of the slip sealing structure.
US11112032B2
A control valve includes a cage is disposed within a valve body adjacent to a valve seat. The cage includes a first sleeve and a second sleeve. The first sleeve includes a first circumferential wall having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, and a first longitudinal axis. The first sleeve also includes a first plurality of openings disposed in the first circumferential wall. The second sleeve includes a second circumferential wall having a second inner surface and a second outer surface and a second longitudinal axis. The second sleeve also includes a second plurality of openings disposed in the second circumferential wall. The first outer surface of the first circumferential wall is tapered at a first angle relative to the first longitudinal axis, and the second inner surface of the second circumferential wall is tapered at a second angle relative to the first longitudinal axis.
US11112017B2
The invention is directed to a one-way valve for a flexible package which comprises a first film layer having at least one first cut line and a second film layer having at least one second cut line, wherein the lines are offset from one another. An adhesive layer is disposed between the first and second film layer, wherein the first film layer, the second film layer, and the adhesive layer define a valve area in which the first film layer and the second film layer are not permanently adhered to each other. The second cut line fluidly connects the interior of the flexible package to the valve area and the first cut line fluidly connects the valve area to the ambient atmosphere surrounding the flexible package. An adhesive pattern is disposed within the valve area and creates a gas flow channel from the second cut line toward the first cut line. An oil occupies the portions of the valve area which are not adhered via the permanent adhesive.
US11112015B2
A fluid valve includes a valve body and a plug. The body includes a chamber and ports that communicate with the chamber. The plug is rotatably disposed in the chamber, and includes a seal disposed in an annular groove provided on the plug surface. An elastic member is disposed in the groove, and biases the seal against an inner surface of the chamber. The seal includes a seal retaining feature that is configured to retain the seal within the groove.
US11112013B2
A tank valve with a valve seat and a valve disc can be displaced relative to the valve seat along a displacement direction into either a closed position or a through-flow position. The valve seat includes a plate shaped part and a ring-shaped part. The valve disc has a first contact area which contacts the first plate shaped part of the valve seat when the tank valve is in the closed position. The valve disc also has a second contact area which is in contact with a second part of the valve seat when it is in the closed position.
US11112012B2
A dustproof gate valve includes a housing having a first panel, a second panel, and a valve port on each of the first and second panels, a slide including a body and a valve member and drivable to move between a first position and a second position, the slide closing the valve port of the first panel when at the first position, a driver mounted in the housing, a swing arm having one end thereof connected to the driver for moving the slide, and a dust pipe mounted in said body. When the slide is at the second position, the dust pipe is disposed between the valve port of the first panel and the valve port of the second panel, and the pipe wall of the dust pipe separates the valve ports of the first and second panels from the accommodation space.
US11112008B2
A vehicle control device controls a vehicle control system, which includes a shift range switching system configured to switch a shift range by controlling a drive of a shift actuator, and an electric brake system configured to brake a vehicle by controlling a drive of a brake actuator. The vehicle control device includes a shift control unit and a brake control unit. The shift control unit controls a drive of the shift actuator. The brake control units control a drive of a brake actuator. When the start switch of the vehicle is turned off, the power of the brake control units is turned off after the shift range switching system completes switching to the P range.
US11112001B2
An assembly comprising a lubricating wheel and lubricant nozzles for a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, the wheel having a lubricator configured to supply lubricant to the nozzles and the bearings of the planetary carriers of the reducer, the wheel being intended to be mounted coaxially on an annular wall of an axis of rotation X of a planetary carrier of the reducer, the wheel having a bearing and attachment surface on the annular wall of the planetary carrier, the lubricant nozzles being distributed around the axis and each having a generally elongated shape, the nozzles having first longitudinal ends for fluidly connecting to the lubricator of the wheel, wherein the first ends of the nozzles being configured to be attached to the wheel before mounting the wheel on the annular wall of the planetary carrier.
US11111993B1
Continuously variable hydro-mechanical transmission includes an input shaft and an output shaft, a torque converter and an eccentric gear set including at least one main gear, a planet gear, a main eccentric and an auxiliary eccentric of adaptable eccentricity, wherein the input shaft is connected to the turbine rotor and one member of the eccentric gear set, the pump rotor is connected to another member of the eccentric gear set, and the output shaft is connected to yet another member of the eccentric gear set. This arrangement introduces strong positive feedback between the pump rotor and the turbine rotor, which results in large maximum torque ratio and large rate of growth of torque ratio, as well as large ratio spread, which can be adapted by changing eccentricity of the auxiliary eccentric.
US11111970B1
A clutch assembly includes a shaft, a backing plate fixed to the shaft, a plurality of clutch plates, a hydraulic piston, and a balance dam. The hydraulic piston is sealed to the shaft and axially slidable on the shaft to clamp the plurality of clutch plates against the backing plate to close the clutch assembly. The balance dam is fixed to the shaft and disposed axially between the backing plate and the hydraulic piston. The balance dam has a cooling flow orifice and a cooling flow valve for adjusting cooling oil flow through the cooling flow orifice. In some example embodiments, the cooling flow valve is a reed valve with a displaceable steel plate fixed to the balance dam and preloaded against the balance dam to cover the cooling flow orifice.
US11111969B2
A clutch thrust bearing device including a rolling bearing, an axially movable piston having a radial plate, and a resilient biasing member. At least one between the inner and the outer peripheries of the radial plate of the axially movable piston is provided with a bearing sealing element of resilient material having at least one sealing lip in sliding contact with the rotatable ring of rolling bearing.
US11111966B2
A synchronizer for mechanical transmissions having a phasing system configured so as to include a plurality of first cavities on an internal cylindrical surface of a rim of a hub, the hub torsionally connected with a transmission shaft, forming the external teeth of the hub and, for each of the first cavities, either a tooth which radially protrudes from an external cylindrical surface of a synchronizing ring of the synchronizer and is arranged to engage in the first cavity, or a connecting pin arranged to engage on one side the first cavity and on the other a respective second cavity on the external cylindrical surface, wherein the first cavities have an arc- or round-shaped cross-section.
US11111965B2
A clutch unit of an automatic transmission having first and second rotation elements may include a spline gear connected to the first rotation element, a clutch drum having an internal circumference spline-engaged with the spline gear to be movable in an axial direction, a clutch hub fixedly connected to a second rotation element, a plurality of clutch plates spline-engaged with the clutch drum, a plurality of clutch disks alternatingly disposed between the plurality of clutch plates and spline-engaged with the clutch hub, a supporting portion fixed to a transmission housing of the automatic transmission and configured to support the plurality of clutch plates, and a piston disposed in an interior of the transmission housing to form a hydraulic pressure chamber with the transmission housing, configured to have a rolling contact with the clutch drum interposing a bearing, and configured to transmit a pressurizing force to the plurality of clutch plates and the clutch disks through the clutch drum.
US11111959B2
A bearing housing assembly featuring a bearing housing having a bearing housing wall portion with a bearing assembly chamber for receiving a bearing assembly and a shaft to be rotated, an oil sump for receiving and containing oil for lubricating the bearing assembly when the shaft is rotated, an oil path channel formed as an oil path for receiving dirty oil from the bearing assembly chamber for traveling down the oil path, and a filter assembly wall portion forming a filter assembly cavity coupled fluidically between the oil sump and the oil path channel; and a filter assembly arranged in the filter assembly cavity, to couple to the filter assembly wall portion, receive the dirty oil traveling down the oil path, filter the dirty oil and provide filtered oil to the oil sump, so the filtered oil can be recirculated to lubricate the bearing assembly when the shaft is rotated.
US11111942B2
A hook mounting system of a unibody structure with three platforms that face an angled hole. The hook system includes nails adapted to be particularly suitable for mounting the hook and platform deformable inserts to receive the nails. The system is adapted for a rod hanging assembly. The system includes a nail having a non-circular shank portion and a knurled head.
US11111941B2
A concrete anchor capable of resisting large loads while requiring minimal embedment depth. The system includes a concrete structure including a cylindrical opening in the concrete surface thereof. The system also uses an anchor which includes a sleeve and a plug. The sleeve includes at least two legs extending toward a first end of the sleeve. The plug includes an increasing diameter portion disposed toward a first end of the plug. The plug includes a locking opening. After installation, legs of the sleeve extend radially outward past the wall and the increasing diameter portion prevents inward movement of the legs to lock the sleeve and the plug in turn in the concrete cylindrical opening. Furthermore, dynamic loading on the plug via the locking opening when the anchor is in use generates a dynamic radially outward force on the legs to secure the anchor in the concrete hole.
US11111940B2
A leg coupling for a table includes a coupling body for supporting a lower surface of a top plate. The coupling body includes an upper coupling projecting downward. The upper coupling is configured to be inserted into a coupling insertion hole of a leg. A lower coupling with a thread hole is coaxially arranged under the upper coupling. The coupling body includes a bolt insertion hole. A bolt inserted into the bolt insertion hole is screwed into the thread hole of the lower coupling. A peripheral surface of the upper coupling or a peripheral surface of the lower coupling can be press-fitted to an inner surface of the leg. The peripheral surface of the upper coupling has the same diameter as the peripheral surface of the lower coupling. Opposing ends of the upper coupling and the lower coupling have taper surfaces that can be engaged with each other.
US11111938B2
An axial preloading device can include a shell having an inner surface that defines a radially interior channel, the inner channel defining an axial direction, one or more moveable housing members disposed at least partially within the interior channel and configured to move relative to the shell in the axial direction, and a wedge assembly connected to the shell and disposed in contact with the one or more housing members. The wedge assembly can be configured to be moved radially relative to the shell and the one or more housing members to push the one or more housing members axially. The wedge assembly and the one or more housing members define a shaft opening when installed on the shell.
US11111932B2
A modular fluid actuator system is provided for generating a relative motion between a first fluid transfer chamber of a first module unit and a piston rod arrangement in an axial direction. The modular fluid actuator system comprises a fluid supply, a valve device coupled to the fluid supply and to the first fluid transfer chamber, a control unit coupled to the valve device for controlling the relative motion between the first fluid transfer chamber and the piston rod arrangement, the first fluid transfer chamber is coupled to a first sleeve portion exhibiting a first expandable hollow space arranged for fluid communication with the valve device via the first fluid transfer chamber.
US11111931B2
A controller unit is included in a liquid-pressure driving system for use in a working machine configured to supply an operating liquid to an actuator to move a structural body by the actuator. The controller unit includes: a gyro sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to an operation velocity of the structural body; and a controller configured to control a flow rate of the operating liquid supplied to the actuator, based on the signal output from the gyro sensor and corresponding to the operation velocity of the structural body, wherein: the controller is attached to the structural body; and the gyro sensor is incorporated in the controller.
US11111928B2
An inducer includes a hub and a blade which radially protrudes from the hub and is helically provided. The inducer has a thick portion in which a first distance and a second distance coincides with each other in a region outside a position at which a height ratio of the blade is 0.5 while the first distance is shorter than the second distance in a region inside the position at which the height ratio of the blade is 0.5, in which the height ratio is a ratio of a distance from a connection portion between the hub and a root portion of the blade with respect to a height of the blade which is a distance from the connection portion between the hub and the root portion of the blade to a tip portion of the blade in the radial direction of the blade.
US11111927B2
A turbomolecular pump has a housing, a rotor shaft supported by a plurality of bearings for rotation relative to the housing about an axis of rotation, a deflector, a lubricant supply system and a lubricant transfer device provided on the rotor shaft. The bearings include a rolling bearing that receives lubricant from the lubricant supply system to via the lubricant transfer device. The rolling bearing is disposed intermediate the lubricant transfer device and the deflector and the deflector is configured to deflect lubricant that passes through the rolling bearing outwardly with respect to the rotor shaft.
US11111918B2
The present disclosure provides a rotary device and a rotary system, to which a press-actuated gate valve mechanism is applied. In the rotary device and the rotary system, a pressure fluid chamber is disposed on an outside of a gate valve groove so that an action of a gate valve is controlled by means of a fluid pressure. Based on the rotary device and the rotary system, the present disclosure also provides a fluid motor, a compressor, a pump and a compressor corresponding to the rotary device and the rotary system.
US11111916B1
A reciprocating pump assembly that includes a power end, first and second stay rods coupled to the power end, and a fluid end that includes a mounting flange coupled to the first and second stay rods and a packing nut assembly. The packing nut assembly includes a packing nut threadably engaged with the mounting flange and comprising a gear pattern, and a retention assembly that includes a collar, an alignment arm, a pawl, and a biasing assembly. The collar extends around the first stay rod. The alignment arm is coupled to the collar and shaped to contact the second stay rod. The pawl is pivotally coupled to the alignment arm or the collar and positioned to engage the gear pattern to allow the packing nut thread into the mounting flange and prevent the packing nut from unthreading. The biasing assembly biases the pawl into engagement with the gear pattern.
US11111913B2
An oil lubricated compressor having a universal motor, efficient starting and re-starting characteristics, and a long operating life. The oil lubricated compressor can have a brushed or brushless universal motor which can drive a cooling fan and a pump. The universal motor can achieve a high torque to voltage ratio, as well as a high torque to current ratio, upon starting or re-starting of the compressor. Optionally, the oil lubricated compressor can use a single cooling fan disposed in the compressor at a location which is between the universal motor and a cylinder head of the pump.
US11111910B2
Cryogenic pump apparatuses include nanostructure material to achieve an ultra-high vacuum level. The nanostructure material can be mixed with either an adsorbent material or a fixed glue layer which is utilized to fix the adsorbent material. The nanostructure material's good thermal conductivity and adsorption properties help to lower working temperature and extend regeneration cycle of the cryogenic pumps.
US11111908B2
A hydrostatic system has a pressure source and a hydraulic motor or a consumer. An additional hydraulic motor/pump unit is furnished for controlling the volumetric flow for the consumer or the power output of the hydraulic motor.
US11111906B1
The ocean thermal and hydraulic energy conversion system includes a closed loop assembly comprising a pipeline filled with a working fluid, a pump and a turbine. The system includes a first supply line to transport warm water to an evaporator and then to a junction, and a second supply line to transport cold water to a condenser and then to the junction. The evaporator evaporates the working fluid from a liquid into a vapor using the warm water and the vapor powers the turbine. A generator is connected to the turbine and generates electricity by the powered turbine. The condenser condenses the working fluid vapor to a liquid using the cold water. A hydraulic converter receives the warm and cold water from the junction and converts the hydraulic energy into electricity.
US11111893B2
A tappet assembly for use in translating force between a camshaft lobe and a fuel pump assembly via reciprocal movement within a tappet cylinder having a guide slot. The tappet assembly comprises a tappet body having a shelf and defining a pair of apertures, and a follower assembly. The follower assembly has a shaft, a first bearing and a second bearing, each supported on the shaft for engaging the camshaft lobe. A beam is further supported on the shaft between the first and second bearings and has a platform for engaging the fuel pump assembly. The shaft is disposed in the pair of apertures of the tappet body and the beam is arranged in the tappet body and engaged with the shelf.
US11111887B2
A temperature sensor differs from a relative humidity sensor in responsiveness when the temperature of air changes. An absolute humidity acquisition unit acquires absolute humidity of air from outputs from the temperature sensor and the relative humidity sensor. A delay adjustment unit is to delay an output from one of the temperature sensor and the relative humidity sensor, which is a high response sensor having a higher responsiveness, and to reconcile change-behaviors of the output from the temperature sensor and the output from the relative humidity sensor in response to a temperature change in air. The absolute humidity acquisition unit acquires the absolute humidity based on the output from the other of the temperature sensor and the relative humidity sensor, which is a low response sensor having a lower responsiveness, and the sensor signal, which is from the high response sensor and delayed in the delay adjustment unit.
US11111879B2
A thrust reverser pivot door may comprise a support structure configured to pivot between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a pivot door outer skin coupled to the support structure, wherein a forward lip of the pivot door outer skin is configured to extend forward of a torque box and overlap the fan case to advantageously increase the overall size or area of the pivot door.
US11111877B2
A piston in which a solid lubricant resin layer made of a resin containing a solid lubricant is formed at a skirt portion. A guide groove absent area where no guide groove is formed, which is provided in a predetermined range of the solid lubricant resin layer at a center portion in a width direction. The guide grooves directing from the both ends in the width direction of the guide groove absent area to both ends in the width direction of the skirt portion. The end portions of the guide grooves extended to end edges of the solid lubricant resin layer to form open ends. The solid lubricant resin layer and the guide grooves are formed at least at a thrust side skirt portion. The guide grooves are formed in a shape inclined upward from the guide groove absent area toward the end edges of the solid lubricant resin layer.
US11111873B2
A filling of an exhaust gas component storage of a catalytic converter is regulated. An actual fill level of the exhaust gas component storage is ascertained using a first system model, and a base lambda setpoint value for a first control loop is predefined by a second control loop. An initial value for the base lambda setpoint value is converted into a fictitious fill level, the fictitious fill level being compared with a setpoint value for the fill level output, and the base lambda setpoint value being iteratively changed as a function of the comparison result, if a difference between the setpoint value for the fill level and the fictitious fill level is greater than a predefined degree. The base lambda setpoint value is not changed if no difference exists between the setpoint value for the fill level and the fictitious fill level.
US11111872B2
A system and method of inducing an operational response change in an operating direct-injection internal combustion engine is provided such that the engine includes a cylinder into which liquid fuel injection is directly performed. The method starts by operating the direct-injection engine using a start of injection (SOI) protocol. At some point during operation, it is determined that a change is desired for a first parameter of engine operation that is at least partially a function of a charge provided to the cylinder (such as the torque output). In response an operational response in the engine is induced by altering the SOI protocol via a first SOI alteration that alters the volumetric efficiency of the cylinder and changes the first parameter.
US11111869B2
A state detection system for an internal combustion engine includes: a memory configured to store mapping data, the mapping data being data that defines a detection mapping, the detection mapping being a mapping between an input and an output, the input being a first waveform variable and a second waveform variable and the output being a value of a combustion state variable, and the detection mapping including a joint operation of the first waveform variable and the second waveform variable based on a parameter learned by machine learning; and a processor configured to execute an acquisition process and a determination process. The acquisition process acquires a value of the first waveform variable. The determination process determines whether or not the internal combustion engine is in a predetermined operating state.
US11111867B1
Methods and systems are provided for reverse purging in a non-integrated refueling canister only system based on diurnal temperature variation. In one example, a method may include during a vehicle-off condition, in response to an estimated cooling of fuel in a fuel tank, unseal the fuel tank by pulsing a refueling valve (RV) to an open position. The cooling of the fuel may be estimated based on output of a first solar cell.
US11111865B2
A compression ignition engine with a supercharger is provided, which includes one or more valves configured to switch a state between a first state where intake air is boosted by the supercharger and a second state where it is not boosted, a fluid temperature adjuster configured to adjust a temperature of engine coolant to be supplied to a radiator from an engine body, and a controller. When the engine operates in a high-load range, the controller controls the combustion mode to be in a compression ignition combustion mode, and causes the valve(s) to be in the first state, and in a low-load range, the controller causes the valve(s) to be in the second state. In the high-load range, the controller outputs a control signal to the fluid temperature adjuster so that a target temperature of the engine coolant is lowered than that in the low-load range.
US11111863B2
A fuel economizer for an internal combustion engine includes a computer assembly, a battery, an operation setting system, a lead sensing fan, and an air intake fan motor. The lead sensing fan is mounted on the front of the traffic vehicle. The air intake fan motor is connected to an air inlet port of the internal combustion engine. The lead sensing fan is rotated during movement of the traffic vehicle. When the rotation speed of the lead sensing fan reaches a preset value, the lead sensing fan transmits a signal to the computer assembly which regulates the rotation speed of the air intake fan motor according to a speed grade preset by the operation setting system so as to control the air flow rate of the air inlet port of the internal combustion engine.
US11111859B2
A method and control system for controlling compressor output for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The power output of a gas turbine engine can vary and be below desired output levels due to operating conditions such as ambient temperature and elevation. These operating conditions can lead to lower output of the gas compressor of the turbine engine and lower operating temperatures within or proximate to a turbine of the gas turbine engine and lead to less power output. Additional fuel can be added to increase power to the gas producer shaft and increase turbine temperature of the gas turbine engine. A power transfer device can be used to remove or add power to the gas producer shaft to balance the gas producer mechanical limits and turbine thermal limits at maximum levels and lead to higher power output.
US11111858B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section defining a compressor exit temperature, T3. The gas turbine engine also includes a combustion section and a turbine section, with the turbine section defining a turbine inlet temperature, T4. A ratio, T4:T3, of the turbine inlet temperature, T4, to compressor exit temperature, T3, during operation of the gas turbine engine at a rated speed is less than or equal to 1.85.
US11111846B2
In certain embodiments, Lube Oil Controlled Ignition (LOCI) Engine Combustion overcomes the drawbacks of known combustion technologies. First, lubricating oil is already part of any combustion engine; hence, there is no need to carry a secondary fuel and to have to depend on an additional fuel system as in the case of dual-fuel technologies. Second, the ignition and the start of combustion rely on the controlled autoignition of the lubricating oil preventing the occurrence of abnormal combustion as experienced with the Spark Ignition technology. Third, LOCI combustion is characterized by the traveling of a premixed flame; hence, it has a controllable duration resulting in a wide engine load-speed window unlike the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition technology where the engine load-speed window is narrow. Adaptive Intake Valve Closure may be used to control in-cylinder compression temperature to be high enough to realize the consistent auto ignition of the lubricating oil mist.
US11111829B2
An internal combustion engine including a crank chamber housing a crankshaft connected to moving parts able to supply torque to the crankshaft, a lubrication circuit, an oil sump for collecting the lubricating oil, the engine including a separating partition which separates the crank chamber from the oil sump, in which the lubrication circuit includes a first oil pump and a second oil pump, where the first oil pump is fluidically connected in aspiration to the crank chamber and in delivery to the oil sump, the second oil pump being fluidly connected in aspiration to the oil sump and in delivery to the crank chamber by means of the lubrication circuit, to re-introduce pressurised oil in the crank chamber and lubricate the moving parts.
US11111824B2
At least one aspect of the technology provides a self-contained processing facility configured to convert organic, high water-content waste, such as fecal sludge and garbage, into electricity while also generating and collecting potable water.
US11111808B2
A property gradient coating to be applied by additive manufacture to an inner wall of a casing mounted on the periphery of moving blades of a turbomachine rotor, the coating including in superimposed layers from an outer surface of the coating to this inner wall of the casing, on the one hand, a first layer consisting of a three-dimensional scaffolding of filaments of an abradable material forming an ordered network of channels or microchannels whose pore sizes are between 50 and 250 microns and whose porosity is greater than 85%, and, on the other hand, a second layer having a function of dissipating energy from acoustic waves striking the outer surface of the coating and consisting of a three-dimensional scaffolding of filaments of a first thermosetting material forming an ordered network of channels or microchannels whose pore sizes are between 50 and 400 microns and whose porosity is greater than 60%.
US11111801B2
A vane has an airfoil extending between a radially outer platform and a radially inner platform. At least one of the platforms has nominally radially thinner portions, and a pad defining a radially thicker portion. The pad has a radial thickness that is greater than a thickness of the nominal radially thinner portions. The pad surrounds an outer periphery of the airfoil on a side of the radially outer platform. The pad has a varying radial thickness. A mid-turbine frame and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US11111794B2
A seal assembly includes a first feather seal with a first cooling hole extending through the first feather seal. The seal assembly also includes a second feather seal adjacent to the first feather seal. The second feather seal includes a second cooling hole extending through the second feather seal. The first cooling hole is positioned over at least a portion of the second cooling hole.
US11111789B2
The present invention provides a vane-type compressed air motor, comprising a casing, a rotor and vanes, wherein the casing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, a plurality of vanes are inserted into the rotor, and the rotor is disposed inside the casing to form a rotating body. The difference from the prior art is that the present invention further comprises a vane stopper, an inner retainer ring, stop bearings and a kit. Using the technique provided by the present invention, the wear of the vanes can be significantly reduced even under high pressure conditions, such that the service life of the vane is prolonged, air leakage is prevented, and the motor power can be improved. The present invention can also be used in various tools, having a significant effect of saving a lot consumption and cost, thereby having broad market prospects.
US11111788B2
A first rotor configured to rotate adjacent to a second rotor is disclosed. The second rotor includes a circular main body with a first axis of rotation and a vane extending radially from the main body. The first rotor includes a first curved surface that corresponds to a curve swept at a constant radius about a second axis of rotation, a second curved surface that corresponds to a curve swept by a leading edge of the vane when the second rotor is simultaneously rotated about the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation, a third curved surface that corresponds to a curve swept by a trailing edge of the vane when the second rotor is simultaneously rotated about the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation, and a vane-receiving groove disposed between the second curved surface and the third curved surface.
US11111787B2
A method and an apparatus for creating a void, low-density fill or combination of void and low-density fill for underground mining having at least one module of formwork to be positioned in an open slope of an underground mine prior to carrying out a backfilling operation.
US11111786B2
Compositions and methods of using rock dust are disclosed. A mine rock dust may be capable of being applied in a wet form. A moisture tolerant mine rock dust may include a hydrophobic inorganic particulate material. A moisture tolerant mine rock dust may be capable of being dispersed by a light blast of air. A method may include applying a mine rock dust at a concentration having little or no respirable mine rock dust. A method of applying a mine rock dust may include applying a mine rock dust in a wet form. The mine rock dust may be applied at a concentration having little or no respirable mine rock dust. The mine rock dust may include a hydrophobic inorganic particulate material.
US11111785B2
A method and a device for acquiring three-dimensional coordinates of ore based on mining process are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a two-dimensional coordinate of the ore by using a YOLACT algorithm and a NMS algorithm to obtain a prediction mask map, obtaining depth information of the ore based on the color map and the infrared depth map, and combining the two-dimensional coordinate with the depth information to obtain a three-dimensional coordinate of the ore.
US11111783B2
A method for formation property prediction may comprise drilling a borehole into a formation using a drill bit, measuring one or more parameters of drill bit motion, and inputting the one or more parameters of the drill bit motion into a formation property prediction model which outputs one or more properties of the formation. Another method may for forming a formation property model may comprise acquiring one or more formation properties and one or more parameters of drill bit motion, forming one or more data packets, and correlating the one or more data packets in the database to form the formation property prediction model that predicts a formation property based at least in part on drill bit measurements. A system may comprise a drill bit, gyroscope unit coupled to the drill bit in a known positional relationship, a magnetometer unit coupled to the drill bit, and an information handling system.
US11111775B2
A wearable sleeve to protect a sensor coupled to an object. The wearable sleeve having an axial axis, a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the axial axis, a first wearable sleeve end and a second wearable sleeve end opposite the first wearable sleeve end. A first ring coupled to the first end of the first wearable sleeve end and a second ring coupled to the second wearable sleeve end. The first ring and the second ring have the same expansion properties as the object.
US11111766B2
The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).
US11111763B2
Fracturing a well can include disposing within the well a plurality of temperature responsive devices including a trigger circuit. The devices may be configured to establish fluid communication through a casing of the well or isolate a section of the well responsive to a downhole temperature, a number of downhole temperature cycles, and/or a time delay. The devices may operate by triggering an explosive and/or initiating at least one of a thermal, incendiary, or chemical cutting device. The devices can perforating sleeves adapted to be installed over a casing joint, subs adapted to be threaded between two casing joints, perforating devices embedded within a casing joint, isolation mechanisms, or toe valves.
US11111745B2
A well tool can include a downhole anchor with at least one outwardly extendable slip including longitudinally spaced apart grip structures, and a longitudinally extending beam which connects the grip structures to each other. The beam has a radial thickness which is greater than a lateral width of the beam. A slip retainer retains the slip, and a spring inwardly biases the slip relative to the slip retainer. The spring surrounds the slip and the slip retainer. An area moment of inertia of the beam with respect to a lateral axis through a centroid of the beam is greater than an area moment of inertia of the beam with respect to a radial axis through the centroid of the beam.
US11111744B2
A mounting system for zipper manifold that includes rails. Embodiments may include mixing block and injection head modules that are configured to move on a trailer.
US11111736B2
A connector ring comprising a body extending along a longitudinal axis and two sets of sensor connectors. The first set of sensor connectors comprises one or more transmitter sensor connectors coupled with the body and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the one or more transmitter sensor connectors having a first end. The second set of sensor connectors comprises one or more receiver sensor connectors coupled with the body and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the one or more receiver sensor connectors having a first end. The first end of the transmitter sensor connectors and the first end of the receiver sensor connectors are staggered along the longitudinal axis.
US11111720B2
A driver may be used to drive an electrically controllable optically active material in a privacy structure. In some examples, the driver receives power from a power source at a supply voltage and a supply apparent power level and converts the power received from the power source down to a converted voltage and a converted apparent power level. The converted voltage is less than the supply voltage and the converted apparent power level is less than the supply apparent power level. The driver may deliver power at the converted voltage and the converted apparent power level to a voltage convertor, which increase the converted voltage to an operating voltage. The driver can further condition power received from the voltage convertor having the operating voltage and operating apparent power level to provide a drive signal and provide the drive signal the electrically controllable optically active material of the privacy structure.
US11111718B2
Peep hole security systems and methods are provided including a threaded optical shaft having a bezel with a security pin extending from an interior surface of the bezel and a threaded interlocking cylinder including an interior flange. An optical shaft hole in a door receives the threaded optical shaft and a security pin hole in the door receives the security pin. The threaded optical shaft is then engaged with the threaded interlocking cylinder until the interior surface of the bezel contact the exterior surface of the door and the interior flange of the threaded interlocking cylinder contacts the interior surface of the door. Attempts to rotate the threaded optical shaft are prevented by the engagement of the security pin with the door.
US11111708B2
A device for moving a furniture part on an item of furniture, including a guide configured as an articulated lever releasably disposed on an assembly member of the device, which is assembled on the furniture part. The guide includes a securing member movably disposed on the articulated lever and capable of being positioned relative to the articulated lever. In a first position of the securing member a pivoting range of the guide is delimited by the securing member such that the guide in a closing movement is not capable of being moved from the opened position to the closed position. In a second position of the securing member the pivoting range of the guide is released such that the guide, in the closing movement from the opened position, reaches the closed position.
US11111681B2
A power head for a powered concrete roller screed includes a handle and a driver housing at a distal end of the handle. A cordless, battery-operated driver is received in the driver housing. A head actuator includes a translatable link extending along the handle and an eccentric cam. The eccentric cam is operatively connected to the translatable link within the drive housing such that translation of the translation link imparts rotation of the eccentric cam about a rotational axis of the eccentric cam to an actuated position. The eccentric cam is adjacent a trigger of a cordless, battery-operated driver and is configured to depress the trigger when the eccentric cam is rotated about its rotational axis to the actuated position.
US11111678B2
A modular wall overlay system for installation on a support surface includes a frame; a cover that is securely, yet detachably, retained on and along a front face of the frame by a tensioning mechanism that is configured to tension the cover; and elastic corner inserts that are disposed in corners of the frame and include curved outer surfaces that are configured to permit the cover to be stretched over the elastic corner inserts creating radiused corners and preventing tearing of the cover in corners thereof when the cover is tensioned by the tensioning mechanism.
US11111674B1
A roof truss having laterally extended portions compared to standard size roof trusses for supporting a roof over a longer span compared to the span of a standard size truss. The extended portion has a supplemental purlin outside of the outermost web member of a standard size roof truss. The supplemental purlin transmits roof load force through a K truss or half-K truss with the upper portion of the K truss fastened to the supplemental purlin and a lower portion fastened to the roof truss extended bottom chord. Use of the supplemental purlin and K-truss architecture eliminates the need for sloping web members in the truss extended portion thereby saving material in truss construction while utilizing standard size truss templates and assembly jigs.
US11111670B2
A canopy for selectively covering an area, such as a sports field includes at least two beams which span the area, at least two cross beams which are displaceable along the beams, a cloth which is attached to the cross beams, a drive which is configured to displace the cross beams with the cloth attached thereto along the beams, and a substantially flexible tensioning member fastened between the cross beams.
US11111668B2
This panel (1) has a panel body (10) and a leg (20) that supports the panel body (10). The leg (20) has a shaft (22) that is inserted into the panel body (10), and a leg body (21) to which the shaft (22) is fixed and that is disposed outside of the panel body (10). The leg body (21) is provided with a first rotation stopper (31) that is in direct contact with at least either one of the front face (10A) and the back face (10B) of a panel face of the panel body (10) and that stops rotation of the panel body (10) in one direction around the shaft (22), and a second rotation stopper (32) that is configured to stop the rotation of the panel body (10) in the direction opposite to the one direction.
US11111664B2
There is provided a method of prestressing a beam-column joint with an appropriate ratio among the magnitudes of compression in the directions of X, Y, and Z axes. The method introduces prestress in a beam-column joint with a tensile introducing force generated by tensionally anchoring prestressing tendons that are arranged in PC beams extending along two horizontal directions (or X axis and Y axis) and PC columns extending along the vertical direction (or Z axis) and passed through the beam-column joint to bring the beam-column joint in triaxial compression, the prestress being introduced such that a diagonal tensile force T generated by an input shear force due to a seismic load of an extremely great earthquake that may occur very rarely will be cancelled completely or partially so as not to allow diagonal cracks to occur. The ratio of the prestresses introduced in the directions of the respective axes satisfies the following equation (1): σx:σy:σz=1:1:0.3−0.9 (1) where σx, σy, and σz are prestresses introduced in the directions of the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis respectively.
US11111661B2
A method for controlling water spouting of a toilet includes: a target region where a foreign object exists is determined from multiple predetermined regions in the toilet; a target water spout corresponding to the target region is determined according to pre-stored correspondences between the multiple regions in the toilet and water spouts for flushing the multiple regions; and the target water spout is controlled to spout water.
US11111658B2
A flush toilet includes: a water supply channel that allows flush water to be supplied from a flush water storage tank to a rim spout port and a jet spout port; and a switching device that switches a water supply path so as to execute a first flushing process of spouting the flush water in the water supply channel from the rim spout port and after that, execute a second flushing process of spouting the flush water in the water supply channel from at least the jet spout port. The switching device includes a switching valve body that operates by receiving the water pressure of the flush water pressurized by a pressure pump. This switching valve body performs switching to a water supply path that allows the first flushing process or the second flushing process to be executed according to the water pressure generated by the pressure pump.
US11111649B2
A working machine having a base assembly including a ground engaging structure; an undercarriage connected to the ground engaging structure; a superstructure connected to the undercarriage; a working arm mounted to the superstructure; a connector connecting the undercarriage to the superstructure; and a drive arrangement located in the base assembly for moving the ground engaging structure to propel, in use, the working machine.
US11111648B2
The present invention provides a boom system 1 for breaking and manoeuvring oversize material. The boom system 1 is mounted or attached to a vehicle. The boom system 1 comprises a base 2, a column 5 protruding upwardly from the base 2 and a boom arm 3 moveably connectable to the upright column 5 at connection point 16. A moving arrangement 4 is provided to move all or part of the upright column 5 towards and away from the base 2 so that the connection 16 between the boom arm 3 and the upright column is moveable towards and away from the base 2. A mobile crusher comprising a boom system 1 for breaking and manoeuvring oversize material is also provided.
US11111631B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing ultrafine fibrous cellulose, which is capable of efficiently obtaining ultrafine fibrous cellulose having phosphoric acid groups with a high yield. The present invention relates to a method for producing fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, comprising: a (A) of introducing phosphoric acid groups into cellulose fibers to form crosslinked structures via the phosphoric acid groups, thereby obtaining crosslinked phosphorylated cellulose fibers, a (B) of breaking some or all of the crosslinked structures to obtain crosslink-broken phosphorylated cellulose fibers, and a (C) of performing a mechanical treatment on the crosslink-broken phosphorylated cellulose fibers to obtain fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, wherein, in the (A), crosslinked structures in an amount of 0.05 mmol/g or more and 2.0 mmol/g or less are formed, and the (B) is a step of performing the hydrolysis of the crosslinked structures in an aqueous solvent with pH 3 or more.
US11111624B2
A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed, which enables washing, drying, deodorization, sterilization and wrinkle removal. The laundry treating apparatus comprises a cabinet provided with a receiving space in which laundry is received; a supply unit for supplying at least one of the air and water into the receiving space; a presser provided in the receiving space to pressurize the laundry so as to remove a wrinkle of the laundry; and a clamp unit detachably pressurizing and fixing both ends of the laundry before pressurizing the laundry by using the presser.
US11111620B2
A dampening suspension assembly for a washing machine appliance is provided. The washing machine appliance has a cabinet and a tub mounted within the cabinet. The dampening suspension assembly includes a suspension rod extending between the tub and the cabinet. The dampening suspension assembly also includes a foam damper assembly circumferentially surrounding a portion of the suspension rod. The foam damper assembly includes a capsule, a first foam friction element disposed in a first trough of the capsule, and a second foam friction element disposed in a second trough of the capsule radially opposite the first foam friction element. The first foam friction element is compressed between opposing sidewalls of the first trough and is compressed against the suspension rod. The second foam friction element is compressed between opposing sidewalls of the second trough and is compressed against the suspension rod.
US11111619B2
A washing machine appliance, as provided herein may include a cabinet, a tub housed within the cabinet, a basket rotatably mounted within the tub, a measurement device attached to the tub, a motor, and a controller. The motor may be in mechanical communication with the basket. The motor may be configured to selectively rotate the basket within the tub. The controller may be in operative communication with the motor and the measurement device. The controller may be configured to initiate an operation cycle. The operation cycle may include spinning the basket at a set dwell speed during a predetermined dwell period, measuring movement of the tub during the predetermined dwell period, determining an out-of-balance mass within the basket based on the measured movement, and halting the basket in response to determining the out-of-balance mass.
US11111618B2
A laundry treating appliance that has a first clothes mover and a removable basket assembly coupled to the first clothes mover. The removable basket assembly has a second wash basket and a second clothes mover. A first blocker is positioned between the second wash basket and the second clothes mover for stabilizing the second clothes mover relative to the second wash basket. A second blocker is positioned between the first clothes mover and the second wash basket for stabilizing the removable basket assembly relative to the first clothes mover.
US11111617B2
A sewing machine and a method of operating a sewing machine able to gather one or more materials through a variable speed transfer disc or transfer cup. The gathering operation can assist in joining materials of different lengths without causing a warp or other unintended variation in the sewn article. The gathering operation may be used in connection with sewing of an article of footwear upper with an insole portion to form a foot-receiving cavity. During a sewing operation, a tension on the thread may be adjusted and confirmed with a display output. Similarly, an indication of pressure applied to decrease a rotational speed of the transfer disc or the transfer cup may be presented on a display output to achieve repeatability across operators and articles.
US11111609B2
In a woven fabric all warp and weft yarns are elastic, all weft and warp yarns have a stretchable core comprising a first elastic fiber and a second fiber that is less elastic than said first fiber, and the elasticity of the fabric in warp direction is at least 25% and elasticity of the fabric in weft direction (Eweft) is at least 30%, preferably at least 40%.
US11111607B2
The present invention relates to a process for making high-strength polylactic acid elongated object comprising the steps of making a solution of polylactic acid in a solvent at a concentration of 5 to 50 mass %; spinning the solution through a spinplate comprising at least 1 spinhole to form a fluid elongated object; cooling the fluid elongated object with a cooling medium to form a solvent-containing gel elongated object; removing at least partly the solvent from the gel elongated object to form a solid elongated object; and drawing the elongated object while applying a draw ratio of at least 2, to form a high strength PLA elongated object, characterized in that the cooling medium has a temperature Tq of less than 0° C. The present invention also relates to gel-spun elongated objects comprising PLA with an IV in the range of 4-40 dl/g, and having a tenacity in N/tex such that Ten≥0.146*IV, as well as gel-spun elongated object having a tenacity and a filament titer in tex (t) such that Ten≥1.40*t −0.3. The invention also relates to articles containing said gel-spun elongated objects.
US11111596B2
A method for growing a single crystal silicon ingot by the continuous Czochralski method is disclosed. The melt depth and thermal conditions are constant during growth because the silicon melt is continuously replenished as it is consumed, and the crucible location is fixed. The critical v/G is determined by the hot zone configuration, and the continuous replenishment of silicon to the melt during growth enables growth of the ingot at a constant pull rate consistent with the critical v/G during growth of a substantial portion of the main body of the ingot. The continuous replenishment of silicon is accompanied by periodic or continuous nitrogen addition to the melt to result in a nitrogen doped ingot.
US11111581B2
A method for operating a substrate processing system includes delivering precursor gas to a chamber using a showerhead that includes a head portion and a stem portion. The head portion includes an upper surface, a sidewall, a lower planar surface, and a cylindrical cavity and extends radially outwardly from one end of the stem portion towards sidewalls of the chamber. The showerhead is connected, using a collar, to an upper surface of the chamber. The collar is arranged around the stem portion. Process gas is flowed into the cylindrical cavity via the stem portion and through a plurality of holes in the lower planar surface to distribute the process gas into the chamber. A purge gas is supplied through slots of the collar into a cavity defined between the head portion and an upper surface of the chamber.
US11111579B2
A deposition equipment is provided. The deposition equipment includes: a reaction chamber including an upper plate and a container body, the upper plate including a gas supplier for injecting a processing gas; a wafer chuck including an upper surface on which a wafer is loaded, in the reaction chamber, with the upper surface of the wafer chuck facing the upper plate; and a processing gas shielding section which prevents the processing gas from being adsorbed to the upper surface of the wafer chuck and is disposed between the upper plate and the wafer chuck in a state in which the wafer is removed from the wafer chuck. The processing gas shielding section includes a shutter which is plate-like, and the shutter includes a region including a gas discharge section for jetting a purging gas toward the wafer chuck.
US11111575B2
A PVD vacuum plating process for an aluminum alloy surface is provided. The process includes forming a bottom layer: bombarding with an arc power supply, with a bias voltage being controlled at 200-300 V, and the time being controlled at 3-5 minutes; forming an intermediate multi-layer: conducting multilayer transition with an oxide and a nitride, with the number of layers being controlled at 8-10, the time for an individual layer being controlled at 10-20 minutes, and a target current being controlled at 10-20 A. The process also includes forming a transitional engagement layer: conducting mixed sputtering of a transition layer and a color layer for the time of 15-25 minutes; forming the color layer: controlling the time for the color layer at 20-30 minutes; and forming a protective layer: using a high-frequency and large-energy power supply with the time controlled at 40-50 minutes, the process thereby eliminating water plating steps.
US11111571B2
A group of substantially nickel-free beta-titanium alloys have shape memory and super-elastic properties suitable for, e.g., medical device applications. In particular, the present disclosure provides a titanium-based group of alloys including 16-20 at. % of hafnium, zirconium or a mixture thereof, 8-17 at. % niobium, and 0.25-6 at. % tin. This alloy group exhibits recoverable strains of at least 3.5% after axial, bending or torsional deformation. In some instances, the alloys have a capability to recover of more than 5% deformation strain. Niobium and tin are provided in the alloy to control beta phase stability, which enhances the ability of the materials to exhibit shape memory or super-elastic properties at a desired application temperature (e.g., body temperature). Hafnium and/or zirconium may be interchangeably added to increase the radiopacity of the material, and also contribute to the superelasticity of the material.
US11111569B2
A non-heat treated steel bar according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.39 to 0.55%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.50%, P: 0.010 to 0.100%, S: 0.040 to 0.130%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.50%, V: 0.05 to 0.40%, Ti: 0.10% to 0.25%, Al: 0.003 to 0.100%, and N: 0.020% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1). A number density of Al2O3-based inclusions in each of which Al2O3 is contained at 70.0% or more in mass % and √AREA is not less than 3 μm is 0.05 to 1.00/mm2. 0.60≤C+0.2Mn+0.25Cr+0.75V+0.81Mo≤1.00 (1)
US11111568B2
A steel for cold forging has a predetermined chemical composition, satisfies d+3σ≤10.0 and SA/SB<0.30, includes 1200/mm2 or more of sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 to 10.0 μm in a microstructure, and has an average distance between the sulfides of less than 30.0 μm. Here, d is an average value of equivalent circle diameters of sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or more, σ is a standard deviation of the equivalent circle diameters of the sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or more, SA is the number of sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or more and less than 3.0 μm, and SB is the number of the sulfides having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or more.
US11111566B2
The steel pipe of the present invention is a low alloy high strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods including a composition containing, in terms of mass %, C: 0.23 to 0.27%, Si: 0.01 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.45 to 0.70%, P: 0.010% or less, S: 0.001% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, Al: 0.015 to 0.080%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.8 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.0%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.05%, B: 0.0015 to 0.0030%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.020%, and N: 0.005% or less, and having a ratio of the Ti content to the N content (Ti/N) of 3.0 to 4.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the steel pipe having a ratio of a stress at a strain of 0.7% to a stress at a strain of 0.4% in a stress-strain curve of 1.02 or less and a yield strength of 655 MPa or more.
US11111563B2
Composites comprising various fractions of ultra coarse (UC) tungsten carbide (WC) and cast carbide (CC), along with composites comprising fractions of UC-WC and CC having various particle size and showing an improved strength and erosion resistance, and methods for making the inventive composites.
US11111557B2
A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: Si: 2.0 to 3.5%, Al: 0.05 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, In: 0.0002 to 0.003% by wt % and Fe and inevitable impurities as the remainder.
US11111536B2
The present application relates to a detection kit for genotypes capable of confirming cross contamination that may occur in a banking process of a patient-derived xenograft model or cell-derived xenograft model and a method for determining cross contamination using the same. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to determine all of cross contamination of mouse related genes, have high detection sensitivity and specificity to be close to 100%, rapidly examine the contamination, and be very useful in predicting mouse contamination. Therefore, according to the present disclosure, cross contamination of genes related with the human and the mouse is predicted in advance to be applied to evaluation of anticancer drug efficacy using a patient-derived xenograft model or cell-derived xenograft model and contribute to cell banks using the patient-derived xenograft model or cell-derived xenograft model, and as a result, the present disclosure is very useful in a medical industry.
US11111524B2
Described herein, among other things, is a method of sequencing, comprising: concatenating a plurality of fragments of genomic DNA to produce concatenated DNA; sequencing the concatenated DNA to produce a plurality of sequence reads, wherein at least some of the sequence reads comprise: at least the sequence of the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of a fragment that corresponds to the locus of interest and sequence of one or both of the fragments that flank the fragment in the concatenated DNA; and grouping the sequence reads that corresponds to the locus of interest using, for each of the grouped sequence reads: the 3′ and/or 5′ end sequences; and/or the flanking sequence.
US11111523B2
The disclosure relates to novel probes for use in LAMP detection methods. The probes contain a single fluorophore label bound to an internal cytosine residue of the probe. The probes are particularly useful in the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhea infections in a patient.
US11111520B2
This disclosure provides methods and compositions that are useful for enriching a particular population of nucleic acids (a “population of interest”) within a complex mixture of nucleic acids. The population of interest may make up a minor portion of a complex mixture of nucleic acids. The methods and compositions provided herein are useful for detecting, predicting, diagnosing, or monitoring a disease or disorder, particularly a disease or disorder caused by a foreign microbe or pathogen.
US11111509B2
The present invention relates to a two-stage process for production of drop-in fuels/alcohols (methanol, ethanol or butanol) from volatile fatty acids produced either synthetically from fossil resources or as metabolic intermediates in acidification step of anaerobic digestion process from waste biomass and organic materials.
US11111507B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods of scarless genomic engineering in microorganisms, such as Bacillus, and provides for new molecular tools and methods which enable scarless genetic editing using at least one counterselectable marker that has been codon optimized for the microorganism. The disclosure allows for the high-throughput introduction of stable genetic edits to a genome using either plasmid or linear DNA constructs for genetic engineering.
US11111505B2
The present disclosure provides methods for genetically modifying lymphocytes and methods for performing adoptive cellular therapy that include transducing T cells and/or NK cells. The methods can include inhibitory RNA molecule(s) and/or engineered signaling polypeptides that can include a lymphoproliferative element, and/or a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), for example a microenvironment restricted biologic CAR (MRB-CAR). Additional elements of such engineered signaling polypeptides are provided herein, such as those that drive proliferation and regulatory elements therefor, as well as replication incompetent recombinant retroviral particles and packaging cell lines and methods of making the same. Numerous elements and methods for regulating transduced and/or genetically modified T cells and/or NK cells are provided, such as, for example, those including riboswitches, MRB-CARs, recognition domains, and/or pH-modulating agents.
US11111499B2
Provided are isolated polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 757, 456-756, 758-774, 8385-10836, and 10838-14462; and isolated polynucleotide comprising nucleic acid sequences at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 377, 1-376, 378-455, and 775-8384. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs comprising same, isolated polypeptides encoded thereby, transgenic cells and transgenic plants comprising same and methods of using same for increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.
US11111493B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions related to the modification of immune effector cells to increase therapeutic efficacy. In some embodiments, immune effector cells modified to reduce expression of one or more endogenous target genes, or to reduce one or more functions of an endogenous protein to enhance effector functions of the immune cells are provided. In some embodiments, immune effector cells further modified by introduction of transgenes conferring antigen specificity, such as exogenous T cell receptors (TCRs) or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are provided. Methods of treating a cell proliferative disorder, such as a cancer, using the modified immune effector cells described herein are also provided.
US11111491B2
The present invention discloses a method for screening for and identifying a desirable plant improving trait, said method comprises steps of: (a) obtaining genetic material from a sampling of a predefined source and (b) constructing an expression library from said genetic material. The aforementioned method further comprises steps of: (c) producing plants transformed with said expression library at a transformation efficiency of at least 0.05%-30%, representing at least 102-1010 transgenes; (d) screening for transformed plants expressing said desirable trait; and (e) identifying said transgene of said transformed plants expressing said desirable trait.
US11111488B2
The present invention refers to a method for isolating a fraction enriched of small RNA molecules from a fungal or plant sample.
US11111483B2
This disclosure provides various TcBuster transposases and transposons, systems, and methods of use.
US11111482B2
The present invention relates to genetically modified yeasts that can use lactate as a carbon source to produce a fermentation product. In one aspect, the yeasts can consume gluconse and lactate simultaneously to produce ethanol. In one aspect, the genetically modified yeast is transformed to include a monocarboxylic/monocarboxylate transporter. In one aspect, the yeast can include one or more heterologous genes encoding lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome) (EC 1.1.2.3 and/or 1.1.2.4).
US11111479B2
The present disclosure provides methods, and related kits, for directing cell attachment and spreading on a substrate and inducing isotropic spreading of cells; provides methods, and related kits, for cell sorting; and further provides methods, and related kits, for guided induction of stem cell differentiation.
US11111476B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a cell aggregate containing a ciliary marginal zone-like structure, including a step of culturing a cell aggregate containing a retinal tissue in which Chx10 positive cells are present in a proportion of 20% or more and 100% or less of the tissue in a serum-free medium or serum-containing medium each containing a substance acting on the Wnt signal pathway and a substance inhibiting the FGF signal pathway for only a period before the appearance of a RPE65 gene expressing cell, followed by culturing the “cell aggregate in which a RPE65 gene-expressing cell does not appear” thus obtained in a serum-free medium or serum-containing medium each free of a substance acting on the Wnt signal pathway and so on. According to the production method of the present invention, a ciliary marginal zone-like structure can be produced with high efficiency.
US11111473B2
A method for producing products, advantageously solvents, is by fermentation, advantageously multi-stage fermentation. The fermentation is complemented with pervaporation as in situ product recovery technology, combined with a multistage condensation of the permeate. The condensates are separately introduced in the downstream processing to recover the produced products, advantageously solvents. The method for producing products, advantageously solvents, by fermentation is simplified and has an overall improved energy efficiency. A related system uses method for producing products, advantageously solvents, is by fermentation.
US11111461B1
The present disclosure provides a liquid detergent composition with a coconut-based compound for cleaning, cleansing, lubricating, and combinations thereof, that can also be packaged inside a gable-top carton without any leaking or leaching out of the gable-top carton, when other combinations of compositions, as well as certain environmental factors are also present.
US11111459B2
The need for a laundry detergent composition which provides improved removal of stains comprising a combination of mannans and other polysaccharides, is met using a combination of detersive surfactant and a cocktail of enzymes comprising a xanthan endoglucanase, a xanthan lyase, and a mannanase.
US11111456B2
The present invention relates to a lubricant composition, and more particularly to a lubricant composition, which has superior oxidation stability and friction characteristics even under harsh conditions of high temperature and high pressure and is thus suitable for use in hydraulic oil. The lubricant composition of the present invention includes a base oil, a liquid olefin copolymer, a phosphorothioate compound, and phosphonium phosphate.
US11111451B2
Lubricating compositions comprising a mercaptoazole-acrylic adduct formed by contacting a mercaptoazole compound with an acrylic. The adduct formed has at least one sulfur-alkyl group comprising at least one acyl, or compounds having at least one nitrogen-alkyl group comprising at least one acyl, or mixtures thereof. The lubricating composition also comprises an antiwear agent and an antioxidant. Methods of lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising contacting the internal combustion engine with the lubricating composition comprising a mercaptoazole-acrylic adduct formed by contacting a mercaptoazole compound with an acrylic. Methods of reducing corrosion and/or seal deterioration in an internal combustion engine. The use of a mercaptoazole-acrylic adduct in a lubricating composition to reduce corrosion and/or seal deterioration in an internal combustion engine.
US11111449B2
The invention relates to the use of quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel and lubricant additive or kerosene additive, such as in particular as a detergent additive, for decreasing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, in particular in common rail injection systems, for decreasing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, in particular of diesel engines having common rail injection systems, and for minimizing the power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, in particular in diesel engines having common rail injection systems; the invention further relates to the use as an additive for petrol, in particular for operation of DISI engines.
US11111445B2
The invention relates to a method of separating and purifying products from a high pressure processing system adapted for processing a feed stream comprising carbonaceous material at a pressure of at least 150 bar and a temperature of at least 300° C., where the converted feed stream (product mixture) is cooled to a temperature in the range 50 to 250° C., and depressurized to a pressure in the range 1 to 150 bar, the method comprising separating the depressurized product mixture in gas phase, an oil phase (liquid hydrocarbon), and a water phase comprising water soluble organics, dissolved salts and optionally suspended particles in a first phase separator and purifying the oil phase from the first phase separator by mixing it with one or more washing agents, at least one of which comprises water, and separating the oil phase from the one or more washing agents in a further separation step.
US11111441B2
A method for producing ferrocoke in which it is possible to use a cheap and poor-quality coal having a high ash content while suppressing the decrease of the strength in ferrocoke or formed coke and a special coal mixing is not performed with respect to the fusion frequently causing problems in the carbonization with the shaft furnace. In a method for producing ferrocoke by molding and carbonizing a mixture of coal and iron ore, the coal is a single coal or a mixture of plural coals and a non-caking or slight caking coal having a load average value of ash content of not less than 10.7% and a load average value of mean maximum reflectance of not less than 0.81% is used.
US11111437B2
A liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal compound; a photo-alignment compound; and a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer having two or more radically polymerizable double bonds and one or more hydroxyl groups.
US11111434B2
A light emitter is formed from nanoparticles including a compound semiconductor containing an Ag component, In component, and Se component. The peak wavelength of the emission intensity falls within the range of 700 to 1400 nm, and the half-value width ΔH for the peak wavelength is 100 nm or less. The light emitted is configured to emit strong light in the near-infrared region, and which is capable of detecting biological information, and is preferred for bioimaging.
US11111433B2
Provided are a transparent fluorescent sialon ceramic having fluorescence and optical transparency; and a method of producing the same. Such a transparent fluorescent sialon ceramic includes a sialon phosphor which contains a matrix formed of a silicon nitride compound represented by the formula Mx(Si,Al)y(N,O)z (here, M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, alkaline earth metals, and rare earth metals, 0≤x/z<3, and 0
US11111425B2
Methods may include defining operational parameters for an initial composition design; generating an initial composition design from the defined operational parameters; predicting the performance of the initial composition design using a statistical model; comparing the performance of the initial composition design with the operational parameters; optimizing the initial composition design according to the defined operational parameters; and outputting a final composition design. Methods may also include defining operational parameters for an initial composition design for a wellbore fluid; generating an initial composition design from the defined operational parameters; predicting the performance of the initial composition design using a statistical model; comparing the performance of the initial composition design with the operational parameters; optimizing the initial composition design according to the defined operational parameters; and outputting a final composition design.
US11111422B2
Compositions that are resistant to hydraulic fluid and aviation fuel contain sulfur-containing prepolymers and solvent-resistant organic fillers. The compositions are useful in aerospace sealant applications.
US11111418B2
Systems and films for protecting surfaces of various substrates, including electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices, include a liner with a strip liner and a main liner. The strip liner, which covers a small strip of adhesive on the back side of a protective film, is configured to be removed before the main liner. With the small strip of adhesive exposed, the protective film may be aligned with a substrate and, if necessary, removed from the substrates and repositioned thereon. Thereafter, the main liner may be removed to enable complete application of the protective film to the substrate. Methods for securing protective films to substrates are also disclosed.
US11111417B2
The present invention relates to adhesive formulations for bonding materials, comprising 40 to 80 wt.-% of an epoxy monomer, and 15 to 30 wt.-% of an oxetane monomer, and 0.1 to 10 wt.-% of an adhesion promotor, and 0.1 to 5 wt.-% of a sensitizer, and 1 to 10 wt.-% of a radiation and temperature activable photoinitiator or a mixture of a photoinitiator and a thermal initiator. Further, the present invention relates to a method for bonding at least two parts of which one is at least an inert material, comprising the steps applying to one part an adhesive formulation as described, placing another part to be bond on the one part, exposing the parts to UV light radiation and heat treating of the part.
US11111413B2
A chemical-mechanical polishing slurry having high Silicon Nitride removal rate selectivity includes abrasive particles and a compound containing one or more carboxyl groups. The polishing slurry has high SiN removal rate, low TEOS removal rate, and high removal rate selectivity of SiN to TEOS. The polishing slurry can significantly reduce the defects on Oxide surface which has an excellent market application prospect.
US11111410B2
Coatings having a favorable combination of “soft touch” characteristics and durability are obtained by dual curing compositions containing free radical-curable ethylenically unsaturated compound(s), polyol(s) and polyisocyanate(s).
US11111409B2
A coating composition includes: an aqueous dispersion of self-crosslinkable core-shell particles, where the core-shell particles include (1) a polymeric core at least partially encapsulated by (2) a polymeric shell having urethane linkages, keto and/or aldo functional groups, and hydrazide functional groups, where the polymeric core is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric shell, and a hydrophobic additive including a wax and/or a silicon-containing compound, where the hydrophobic additive is non-reactive with the polymeric core and the polymeric shell. A substrate coated with a coating formed from the coating composition and a method for improving stain resistance of a substrate are also disclosed.
US11111407B2
A sealing resin composition contains an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B) having at least one amino group in one molecule, and an inorganic filler (C), wherein the inorganic filler (C) contains a first inorganic filler (C1) having an average particle size from 0.1 μm to 20 μm and a second inorganic filler (C2) having an average particle size from 10 nm to 80 nm, and a value obtained by multiplying a specific surface area of the inorganic filler (C), by a proportion of a mass of the inorganic filler (C) in a solid mass of the sealing resin composition, is 4.0 mm2/g or more.
US11111398B2
Methods and compositions related to subsurface modified silica materials are described. The silica materials include silicon- and carbon-containing groups covalently bonded to the silicon-oxygen matrix. The silica materials have tunable permeability, modulus, hardness, flexibility, and elongation. The silica materials are suitable for use as polymer fillers and as functional coatings.
US11111394B2
The present invention relates to a primer coating composition including an aqueous polyolefin-based resin (A), an aqueous epoxy resin (B), a hydrophilicized-modified carbodiimide compound (C), and an aqueous polyurethane resin (D), in which the aqueous polyolefin-based resin (A) includes an aqueous polypropylene-based resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 to 200,000, and the hydrophilicized-modified carbodiimide compound (C) is a hydrophilicized-modified carbodiimide compound (C) having a prescribed structure.
US11111391B2
Coated magnesium oxide particles having high filling efficiency and high mass-productivity and suitable for a thermal conductive filler are provided, the coated magnesium oxide particles being coated magnesium oxide particles in which the surface of magnesium oxide particles is coated with at least one of a fatty acid and a fatty acid metal salt, and wherein X in relation to particles is defined as X=[a BET specific surface area diameter calculated from a BET specific surface area of the particles]÷[D50 of the particles], provided that D50 is a particle diameter at 50% accumulation in a cumulative particle size distribution of the particles, the magnesium oxide particles having X of less than 0.2 and D50 of 5 to 100 μm, and the coated magnesium oxide particles having X of 0.2 or more, D50 of 5 to 100 μm, and oil absorption of less than 25 mL/100 g.
US11111389B2
The invention relates to composite particles, comprising a carrier particle and an at least partial surface coating, the carrier particle comprising a quartz and a layered silicate and the surface of the composite particle having at least one hydrophilic region and at least one hydrophobic region. The invention also relates to a method for producing composite particles, comprising the steps: a) providing carrier particles, comprising a quartz and a layered silicate, b) introducing the carrier particles into a mixing device, c) charging the carrier particles with a coating composition, d) coating the carrier particles with the coating composition by mixing the carrier particles with the coating composition, with the introduction of shear energy, e) subjecting the coated carrier particles to temperature. In addition, the invention relates to a mineral cast part or to a composite workpiece which comprises the above-described composite particles.
US11111387B2
The present invention relates to a polymer composition which contains (A) a photosensitive side-chain polymer that exhibits liquid crystallinity in a predetermined temperature range and has a repeating unit comprising a vertically aligning group, and (B) an organic solvent. The present invention provides: a liquid crystal alignment film which has excellent tilt angle characteristics, while being provided with alignment controllability with high efficiency; a polymer composition which enables the achievement of this liquid crystal alignment film; a twisted nematic liquid crystal display element; and a vertical field switching mode liquid crystal display element.
US11111386B2
Provided is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including polycarbonate blocks (A-1) each formed of a specific repeating unit and polyorganosiloxane blocks (A-2) each containing a specific repeating unit, wherein the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer satisfies the following expression (F1a): 15≤wM1 (F1a) wherein wM1 represents the average content of the polyorganosiloxane blocks (A-2) in polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymers each having a molecular weight determined by using a polycarbonate as a conversion reference of from 56,000 or more to 200,000 or less among polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymers obtained through the separation of the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer by gel permeation chromatography.
US11111380B2
The invention relates to a composition for production of a thermoplastic moulding compound, wherein the composition comprises or consists of the following constituents, A) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of aromatic polycarbonate, aromatic polyester carbonate and aromatic polyester, B) polymer free of epoxy groups, consisting of B.1) rubber-modified vinyl (co)polymer prepared by the emulsion polymerization method and B.2) optionally, a rubber-free vinyl (co)polymer, C) a block or graft polymer comprising structural elements deriving from styrene and at least one epoxy-comprising vinyl monomer, D) one or more further additives, and to a process for producing a moulding compound from the composition, to the moulding compound itself, to the use of the composition or the moulding compound for production of mouldings, and to the mouldings themselves.
US11111369B2
The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer and an inorganic filler, the use of said polypropylene composition (C) for the production of a foamed article and a foamed article obtained from said polypropylene composition (C).
US11111368B2
A continuous solution polymerization process is disclosed wherein at least two catalyst formulations are employed. A first homogeneous catalyst formulation is employed in a first reactor to produce a first ethylene interpolymer and a first heterogeneous catalyst formulation is employed in a second reactor to produce a second ethylene interpolymer. Optionally a third ethylene interpolymer is formed in a third reactor. The resulting ethylene interpolymer products possess desirable properties in a variety of end use applications, for example in film applications. A means for increasing the molecular weight of the first ethylene interpolymer is disclosed and/or a means for increasing the temperature of the first reactor, relative to a third homogeneous catalyst formulation. A means for reducing the (α-olefin/ethylene) weight ratio in the first reactor is disclosed and/or reducing the density of the first ethylene interpolymer, relative to a third homogeneous catalyst formulation.
US11111343B2
Branched aramid nanofibers (ANFs) can be made by controlled chemical splitting of micro and macroscale aramid fiber by adjusting the reaction media containing aprotic component, protic component and a base. Branched ANFs have uniform size distribution of diameters in the nanoscale regime (below 200 nm) and high yield exceeding 95% of the nanofibers with this diameter. The method affords preparation of branched ANFs with 3-20 branches per one nanofiber and high aspect ratio. Branched ANFs form hydrogel or aerogels with highly porous 3D percolating networks (3DPNs) frameworks that are made into different shapes. Polymers and nanomaterials are impregnated into the 3DPNs through several methods. Gelation of branched ANFs facilitates layer-by-layer deposition in a process described as gelation assisted layer-by-layer deposition (gaLBL). A method of manufacturing battery components including ion conducting membranes, separators, anodes, and cathodes is described. The method of manufacturing of materials with high mechanical performance based on branched ANFs and 3DPNs from them is disclosed.
US11111339B2
The present invention relates to a crosslinked polyacrylate salt, which has been neutralized by two types of amines: (1) amine groups attached to the polymer backbone of an aminosilicone and (2) water soluble organic amines. The compositions of the present invention can readily swell in water, displaying enhanced thickening, emulsifying, dispersing and producing film with water resistance compared to acrylate based thickener alone. The compositions can be used to formulate a wide variety of ingredients, such as, for example, fatty substances, humectants, solid particles, silicones, organic or inorganic sunscreens, without the need of further neutralizing agents, dispersants or emulsifiers.
US11111337B2
Provided is a polyorganosilsesquioxane capable of forming, when cured, a cured product that offers high surface hardness and good heat resistance, is highly flexible, and has excellent processability. The present invention relates to a polyorganosilsesquioxane including a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1). The polyorganosilsesquioxane includes a constitutional unit represented by Formula (I) and a constitutional unit represented by Formula (II) in a mole ratio of the constitutional unit represented by Formula (I) to the constitutional unit represented by Formula (II) of 5 or more. The polyorganosilsesquioxane has a total proportion of the constitutional unit represented by Formula (1) and a constitutional unit represented by Formula (4) of 55% to 100% by mole based on the total amount (100% by mole) of all siloxane constitutional units. The polyorganosilsesquioxane has a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 3,000 and a molecular-weight dispersity (weight-average molecular weight to number-average molecular weight ratio) of 1.0 to 3.0. [R1SiO3/2] (1) [Chem. 2] [RaSiO3/2] (I) [Chem. 3] [RbSiO(ORc)] (II) [Chem. 4] [R1SiO(ORc)] (4).
US11111332B2
An isocyanate polymerization catalyst, a preparation method thereof and a method for preparing polyisocyanates comprising isocyanurate groups by using the same. The catalyst is a carboxylic acid salt containing a di-quaternary ammonium ion. The structure of the catalyst contains hydroxyl-containing aromatic heterocyclic residues. The catalyst is highly active. Only a small quantity of the catalyst is required for the polymerization of isocyanates. The prepared polyisocyanates have color values lower than 25 Hazen, monomer contents of less than 0.5% by weight, high contents of isocyanurates and low viscosities.
US11111326B2
Described herein is a peroxide curable, highly fluorinated elastomer derived from tetrafluoroethylene, a perfluoro ether monomer, and a compound selected from at least one of a highly fluorinated bisolefin ether and an iodine-containing perfluorinated ether.
US11111324B2
The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for withdrawing polymer agglomerates from a fluidised bed polymerisation reactor, the polymerisation reactor comprising a bottom zone having a generally conical shape and no fluidisation grid. The agglomerates are withdrawn by using an agglomerate trap below the bottom zone. A value of a process variable indicative of the content of agglomerates in the agglomerate trap is measured and the opening time of the valves transferring polymer to and from the agglomerate trap is adjusted based on the measured value.
US11111323B2
The present invention relates to homopolypropylene resin for non-woven fabric, and according to the present invention, by optimizing tacticity to 80% to 90%, having narrow molecular weight distribution of 2.4 or less, and fulfilling melt index of 20 g/10 min to 30 g/10 min, melting point of 145° C. or less, and residual stress rate of 0.05% or less, thereby optimizing modulus, high strength non-woven fabric that is softer than the existing products, and is not easily torn due to high tenacity, can be prepared.
US11111319B2
A polyvinyl alcohol has a number-average molecular weight (Mn) from 4,400 to 440,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from 1.05 to 1.70, a degree of saponification from 80 to 99.99 mol %, and a carbon-carbon double bond content (X) of 0.1 mol % or less based on total monomer units, and satisfying a formula (1) below. A polyvinyl alcohol, having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a high number-average molecular weight with good hue, and a method for producing the same are thus provided. X·Mn≤1000 (1)
US11111318B2
Embodiments are directed to a metal complex formed, wherein the metal complexes are used as pro-catalyst in polyolefin polymerization and comprise the following structure (Formula (I)).
US11111316B2
The present invention relates generally to therapeutic compositions comprising chitosan-derived compositions used in connection with methods for treating neoplasms, such as for instance, malignant lung, thyroid and kidney neoplasms, and other types of malignant neoplasms, and other medical disorders.
US11111313B2
The present disclosure provides monoclonal antibodies against Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9), which can block the binding of PCSK9 to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, and therefore lower the level low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The antibodies of disclosure provide very potent agents for the treatment of multiple Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).
US11111310B2
Methods and compositions are provided for reversibly localizing proteins to the exterior part of the cell surface. Compositions provided herein can include nucleic acids that encode polypeptides of interest and the ligand binding domain (LBD) of a nuclear hormone receptor. Medical applications are provided, including controlling the toxicity of CAR T cells.
US11111283B2
The present invention provides new protease resistant polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing conditions related to joint damage, including acute joint injury and arthritis.
US11111282B2
As described herein, the present invention features compositions comprising an HGF/IgG complex and methods of using such compositions to reduce ischemic reperfusion injury.
US11111278B2
The present disclosure describes a new native peptide designated herein as Dwarf Open Reading Frame, or DWORF. This peptide enhances the apparent activity of the SERCA pump, is positively inotropic and lusitropic, and therefore is provided as a therapeutic agent for disorders characterized by cytosolic calcium overload.
US11111277B2
Provided herein are compositions related to vaccines, e.g., influenza vaccines, including, peptide based vaccines, nucleic acid based vaccines, recombinant virus based vaccines, antibody based vaccines, and virus based vaccines. Also provided herein are methods related to vaccines, e.g., influenza vaccines, including methods of identifying epitopes for the vaccines, producing, formulating, and administering the vaccines.
US11111274B2
A flavivirus Envelope Dimer Epitope (EDE) for use in vaccinating an individual against one or more flaviviruses wherein the EDE is a stabilized recombinant flavivirus, optionally dengue virus and/or zika envelope glycoprotein E ectodomain (sE) dimer, wherein the dimer is: covalently stabilized with at least one disulphide inter-chain bond between the two sE monomers, and/or non-covalently stabilized by substituting at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of at least one sE monomer with at least one bulky side chain amino acid, at the dimer interface or in domain 1 (D1)/domain 3 (D3) linker of each monomer, covalently stabilized with at least one sulfhydryl-reactive crosslinker between the two sE monomers, and/or covalently stabilised by being formed as a single polypeptide chain, optionally with a linker region, optionally a Glycine Serine rich linker region, separating the sE sequences, and/or covalently stabilized by linking the two sE monomers through modified sugars; and/or, wherein the dimer is a homodimer or heterodimer of native and/or mutant envelope polypeptides, from any one or two of DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4, Zika or other flavivirus; and wherein the one or more flaviviruses is selected from zika virus; zika virus and dengue virus; zika virus and other flaviviruses; flaviviruses other than dengue. The EDE may be a homodimer or heterodimer of native and/or mutant envelope polypeptides, from any one or two of DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4 and Zika. An isolated neutralizing antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof directed against the EDE as defined in any one of claims 1 to 29, optionally wherein said antibody or fragment thereof binds the five polypeptide segments of the dengue virus glycoprotein E ectodomain (sE) consisting of the residues 67-74, residues 97-106, residues 307-314, residues 148-159 and residues 243-251, or corresponding residues of the flavivirus or Zika virus glycoprotein E ectodomain, or consisting of Zika PF13 residues 67-77, residues 97-106, residues 313-315, residues 243-253, residue K373 or corresponding residues of the flavivirus glycoprotein E ectodomain, optionally wherein binding is unaffected by presence or absence of dengue N153 (Zika N154) glycan or corresponding residue, for use in a method for prevention and/or treatment of infection by one or more flaviviruses, wherein the one or more flaviviruses is selected from zika virus; zika virus and dengue virus; zika virus and other flaviviruses; flaviviruses other than dengue.
US11111264B2
The present disclosure relates to crystalline morphic forms of 4-amino-7-((2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl) tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)-2-methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxamide. The morphic form can be a stable hemihydrate crystalline form.
US11111263B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing (2S,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(((4aR,10aR)-7-hydroxy-1-propyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,10,10a-octahydrobenzo[g]quinolin-6-yl)oxy)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-carboxylic acid with the formula (Id) below and salts thereof The compound of formula (Id) is a prodrug of a catecholamine for use in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and disorders such as Parkinson's Disease. The invention also relates to new intermediates of said process.
US11111261B2
The present invention relates to iron complex compounds for therapeutic use which are low in arsenic, chromium, lead, cadmium, mercury and/or aluminum, compositions thereof and processes for preparing said iron complex compounds.
US11111259B2
Compounds represented by Formula (I) and (II) and salts thereof are described herein. The compounds or salts of Formula (I) and (II) may be used to treat senescence-associated diseases and disorders.
US11111256B2
A composition, comprising: trisilylamine and less than 5 ppmw of halogen. A method of making a silylamine comprising combining ammonia and a compound comprising aminosilane functionality, where the compound comprising aminosilane functionality is according to formula (I) R1 N(R2)a(SiH3)2−a (I), where R1 is an organic polymer, a C-1-20 hydrocarbyl group or —SiR331, where R3 is C1-6 hydrocarbyl, R2 is a C-1-20 hydrocarbyl group, H, or —SiR331, where R3 is as defined above, subscript a is 0 or 1, provided that R1 and R2 may be the same or different except if R1 is phenyl, R2 is not phenyl, under sufficient conditions to cause a reaction to form a silylamine and a byproduct.
US11111245B2
A novel class of inhibitors of protein kinases that are useful in the treatment of cell proliferative diseases and conditions, and especially those characterised by over-expression of one or more CDK enzyme and/or by one or more aberrant CDK activity, including certain cancers of lung, breast, brain, ovary, prostate, colorectal cancer and leukaemias. The inhibitors have the general structure (I).
US11111243B2
The present disclosure provides certain angular tricyclic compounds that are histone methyltransferases G9a and/or GLP inhibitors and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of G9a and/or GLP such as cancers and hemoglobinopathies (e.g., beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
US11111240B2
Provided are a sultam compound having isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) inhibitory activity as represented by formula I or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, solvates or hydrates thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound. The compound or the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, solvates or hydrates thereof, and the pharmaceutical composition containing the compound can be used to treat IDH1 mutation-induced cancers.
US11111229B2
The present invention relates to inhibitors of bromo and extra terminal (BET) bromodomains that are useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases, diabetes, and obesity, having Formula I: wherein W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R5, and R8 are as described herein.
US11111224B2
The invention relates to 1,5-benzothiazepine and 1,2,5-benzothiadiazepine derivatives of formula (I). These compounds are bile acid modulators having apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) and/or liver bile acid transport (LBAT) inhibitory activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders, gastrointestinal diseases and liver diseases.
US11111222B2
12(S)-hydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (12(S)-HETrE) compounds and compositions comprising the same are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds in the prevention and treatment of thrombosis and thrombotic disorders are also disclosed.
US11111216B2
The present invention includes novel polycationic amphiphilic compounds useful as antimicrobial agents. The present invention further includes methods useful for removing microorganisms and/or biofilm-embedded microorganisms from a surface. The present invention further includes compositions and methods useful for preventing or reducing the growth or proliferation of microorganisms and/or biofilm-embedded microorganisms on a surface.
US11111209B2
A process for producing a high-purity acetonitrile product from a low-purity acetonitrile feedstock streams. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a process for producing a sales-grade, high purity acetonitrile by (a) distilling the feedstock stream in a to yield a crude acetonitrile stream, (b) treating the crude acetonitrile stream to produce an intermediate acetonitrile stream, (c) purifying the intermediate acetonitrile stream in a pressure swing distillation system to produce a recycle stream and an acetonitrile product stream, (d) recycling the recycle stream to the first distillation column, and (e) distilling the acetonitrile product stream to yield a purified acetonitrile product stream of at least 98 wt. % acetonitrile.
US11111204B2
A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol; said method comprising contacting a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol and oxygen with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein said support comprises silicon, and wherein said catalyst comprises from 0.1 to 40 mol % titanium and from 0.1 to 10 mol % of at least one noble metal.
US11111203B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for manufacturing an ester-based composition which are characterized in sequentially operating a plurality of batch reactors, and since an ester-based composition is semi-continuously manufactured, the productivity is high and the stability of a batch reactor is secured.
US11111196B2
Provided is a novel compound that is expected to be used as a solvent, a cleaning agent, a blowing agent, an intermediate for a functional material, and so forth, as well as a production method therefor and uses thereof As the novel compound, 1,2-dichoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethylene is provided. This compound can be produced, for example, by allowing an addition reaction between 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and trichloroethylene in the presence of a base.
US11111187B2
The fulvic acid solution production method of the present invention comprises: an apparatus preparation step of preparing a processing apparatus which comprises: a hermetic container internally having a closeable processing space; a steam jetting device operable to jet high-temperature and high-pressure steam into the hermetic container; a supply section having an opening-closing mechanism and operable to supply a raw material into the hermetic container; and a discharge section having an opening-closing mechanism and operable to discharge, to the outside, a processed liquid produced through processing of the raw material by the steam; a raw material input step of inputting a raw material containing chips of wood as a primary raw material, from the supply section into the processing space of the hermetic container of the processing apparatus; a stream introduction step of introducing steam having a temperature of 120 to 250° C. and a pressure of 12 to 35 atm into the processing space in which the raw material is input; a processing step of subjecting the raw material to a subcritical water reaction processing, under stirring, while introducing the steam; a mixed solution obtaining step of cooling the processed raw material after the processing step to obtain a mixed solution containing fulvic acid and humic acid; and a fulvic acid solution taking-out step of separating humic acid and fulvic acid from the obtained mixed solution to take out a fulvic acid solution.
US11111172B2
A method for forming an optical quality glass is provided. The method includes contacting silica soot particles with a basic additive, forming a silica soot compact, and removing the basic additive from the silica soot compact. A method of forming a cladding portion of an optical fiber preform is also provided.
US11111167B2
A system for supplying air to at least one biological water treatment basin, the system includes at least one air production machine; at least one air distribution system of the biological basin, the system comprising: an air distribution means connecting the air production machine to the biological basin; a first control means for controlling the pressure of the air distribution system, the first control means receiving a pressure value from the air distribution means and a time-variable setpoint determined on the basis of a prediction of the air demand of the biological basin and delivering, in response, a pressure value sent to the air distribution means.
US11111157B2
A method for manufacturing unitized formed mineral-based construction materials includes providing starting materials of an aggregate, a cementing agent, a sublimation agent and water. The sublimation agent (between 25% and 50% by weight of the cementing agent) is selected from molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, vanadium disulfide, copper sulfate, and combinations thereof. The method includes mixing the starting materials to achieve a mixture, placing the mixture into a form, and curing the mixture in the form for a time to allow the mixture to become a solidified unit defined by a minimum dimension of thickness, length, width or diameter. The method further includes placing the solidified unit into a kiln, heating the kiln to a temperature of 1115°−1350° C., maintaining the kiln at the temperature for between 10-60 minutes per centimeter of the minimum dimension, and removing the solidified unit from the kiln.
US11111143B2
A reactor configuration is proposed for selectively converting gaseous, liquid or solid fuels to a syngas specification which is flexible in terms of H2/CO ratio. This reactor and system configuration can be used with a specific oxygen carrier to hydro-carbon fuel molar ratio, a specific range of operating temperatures and pressures, and a co-current downward moving bed system. The concept of a CO2 stream injected in-conjunction with the specified operating parameters for a moving bed reducer is claimed, wherein the injection location in the reactor system is flexible for both steam and CO2 such that, carbon efficiency of the system is maximized.
US11111139B2
A method of forming a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a lower electrode on a first insulator layer within a cavity of the MEMS. The method further includes forming an upper electrode over another insulator material on top of the lower electrode which is at least partially in contact with the lower electrode. The forming of the lower electrode and the upper electrode includes adjusting a metal volume of the lower electrode and the upper electrode to modify beam bending.
US11111137B2
A method for manufacturing a micromechanical sensor, including the steps: providing a MEMS wafer that includes a MEMS substrate, a defined number of etching trenches being formed in the MEMS substrate in a diaphragm area, the diaphragm area being formed in a first silicon layer that is situated at a defined distance from the MEMS substrate; providing a cap wafer; bonding the MEMS wafer to the cap wafer; and forming a media access point to the diaphragm area by grinding the MEMS substrate.
US11111131B2
A MEMS microphone, a manufacturing method thereof and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The MEMS microphone comprises: a MEMS microphone device including a MEMS microphone chip and a mesh membrane monolithically integrated with the MEMS microphone chip; and a housing including an acoustic port, wherein the MEMS microphone device is mounted in the housing, and the mesh membrane is arranged between the MEMS microphone chip and the acoustic port as a particle filter for the MEMS microphone chip.
US11111107B2
A drive unit for a rail-guided displacement device comprising: a base part; a housing comprising: a first yoke shaft sleeve and a second yoke shaft sleeve, the first yoke shaft sleeve and the second yoke shaft sleeve being spaced apart and disposed on opposite sides of the base part, and a cross sleeve rigidly connecting the first yoke shaft sleeve and the second yoke shaft sleeve; wherein the housing is pivotally connected to the base part such that the housing can pivot, in use, relative to the base part about a pivot axis; a first yoke and a second yoke, each of the first yoke and the second yoke comprising: a guide wheel assembly, the guide wheel assembly comprising one or more guide wheels arranged to roll, in use, along a running rail; and a yoke shaft; wherein the yoke shaft of the first yoke is received in the first yoke sleeve and the yoke shaft of the second yoke is received in the second yoke sleeve, the yoke shafts being movable longitudinally within their respective yoke sleeve, in use; and a mirror shaft disposed at least partially within the cross sleeve, the mirror shaft providing communication between the yoke shafts in the yoke sleeves and being configured such that when, in use, one of the yoke shafts moves longitudinally in its yoke sleeve the mirror shaft causes the other of the yoke shafts correspondingly to move longitudinally in its yoke sleeve.
US11111101B2
In order to increase the operational safety of an unreeling apparatus and an unreeling method at high working speed, an unreeling apparatus for unreeling a ring of wire along a pull-off direction, having at least two reel crowns, which can each be brought into a pull-off position and into a preparation position and/or loading position by way of a displacement device, includes a safety apparatus having an overload safety device and having a safety guide track, which has a directional component that faces in the pull-off direction and acts independently of the other reel crown, at least for the reel crown situated in the pull-off position, wherein the overload safety device holds the reel crown situated in the pull-off position in the pull-off position and, in the event of an overload, releases the reel crown situated in the pull-off position into the safety guide track.
US11111095B2
An apparatus and method for supporting sheet material, comprising a frame including a first arm and a second arm, the second arm in communication with the first arm to support a roll of the sheet material there-between, and a drive roller for transporting the sheet material from the roll. The first arm and the second arm automatically resize the frame corresponding to the dimensions of the roll of the sheet material to provide constant tension in the roll of sheet material by controlling a position of the roll of the sheet material.
US11111090B2
A load planning platform generates a preliminary packing solution based on loading constraints for a three-dimensional container and parameters for a set of items to be loaded into the three-dimensional container, wherein the preliminary packing solution simulates placing unpacked items into the three-dimensional container according to one or more loading rules based on a sequence in which the set of items are to be unloaded from the three-dimensional container. The load planning platform generates a set of packing solutions by applying one or more available moves changing a simulated placement for one or more items in the set of items. The load planning platform selects a final packing solution from the set of packing solutions based on one or more optimization criteria and provides access to a three-dimensional rendering of the final packing solution and instructions for implementing the final packing solution.
US11111087B1
A transfer system for soft gels is disclosed. It comprises: a blower, having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, and generating an airflow by inhaling air from the first air inlet and discharging air out of the first air outlet; a hopper, having a top opening to catch soft gels manufactured and dropped directly from a soft gel machine and a bottom opening to drop the soft gels; a transfer hose, having a first opening connected to the first air outlet and a second opening, wherein a side-cut opening is formed to connect to the bottom opening, the airflow from the first opening blows the soft gels dropped at the side-cut opening to move the soft gels toward the second opening; a cooling module, having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, cooling down the external air from the second air inlet and discharging the cooled air from the second air outlet; and a connecting hose, connecting the second air outlet and the first air inlet.
US11111084B1
A dispensing system (e.g., in a warehouse or other item-fulfillment environment) can include a tray holder sized for releasably receiving a tray. A rotational actuator may operate to pivot the tray holder between a first position aligned for receipt in the tray holder of a tray in a recumbent orientation and a second position in which the tray is arranged in an upended orientation. When the tray is in the upended orientation, an opening system may engage a door on an end of the tray to move the door from a closed state in which items contained in the tray are prevented from falling out of the tray and to an open state in which the items are allowed to fall out of the tray.
US11111082B2
Disclosed is a detector for detecting a product flow on a conveyor, including a base, to be fixed at a side of the conveyor, a pendulum, fixed to the based with a rotation to an axis, the pendulum rotating when products are pushed against it, a sensor, for detecting the position of the pendulum. The pendulum includes at an end thereof a contact unit having a flat plate shape, with a non-metallic surface for contacting the products.
US11111078B2
A manually or robotically operable load carrier with at least one stacking column for storing material on top of or next to each other on ratchet elements, which are at least partially associated with a clamping ratchet element is disclosed. Embodiments include a first ratchet element connected by way of a strip to a second ratchet element arranged above or next to the first ratchet element. With embodiments, the clamping ratchet element is connected, firstly, to the first ratchet element, by way of a short strip, and secondly, to the second ratchet element, by way of a long strip.
US11111077B2
Disclosed are a logistics movement automation system and method in which transfer means automation and moving path optimization have been implemented in association with the existing logistics automation system for integrated cargo warehousing and delivery. When unit cargoes are piled up from an association system outside or within a warehouse to an association transfer unit, a recognition unit generates recognition information by recognizing the unit cargoes and transfers the recognition information to a control unit. The control unit generates a moving path based on the received recognition information using an optimization algorithm and moves, arranges, distributes or flat keeps the unit cargoes along the generated moving path through at least one of the association transfer unit, the distribution transfer unit and the plate unit for warehousing or delivery.
US11111076B1
With respect to a transfer facility configured to optimize package transfers therethrough, a container housing packages may be delivered to a first floor of the transfer facility. The packages may be transported to consolidation stations based on destinations associated therewith. In some examples, the packages may be bound for a single destination and thus transported to a single consolidation station. In some examples, the packages may be bound for multiple destinations and thus transported to a second floor of the transfer facility for sortation. A destination and mode of transportation associated with the package may be determined at an induction station on the second floor, as well as a consolidation station associated therewith. A drive unit may insert the package into a chute for transit down a slide to the consolidation station, where it may be placed into another container for shipment to the destination via the mode of transportation.
US11111071B2
An apparatus is provided that is configured to be used with a container having contents to permit mixing of the contents of the container. The apparatus includes a main body having a geometrical shape having an open end, a closed end, and a longitudinally extending bore or opening extending from the open end to the closed end. The opening or bore is configured to receive at least a portion of a container. A shaft is generally orthogonally positioned from a portion of the closed end. The shaft is configured to be received by a rotational device. The mixing apparatus can be used to mix various sized containers containing contents having one or more materials to be mixed. The container is not attached to any portion of the main body and the container is configured to rotate freely and independently of the main body during an operation of the rotational device.
US11111070B2
A flow-limiting device for controlling the distribution of products, to be fitted into a neck of a container for such products comprises a flow-limiting part, and a sealing part wherein the flow-limiting part consists of an active material and comprises a dispensing opening. The sealing part is made of a polymer material different to the material of the flow-limiting part. The sealing part is adapted to form a moisture-tight seal with the neck of the container.
US11111068B1
A multiple purpose container assembly may include a lid and a housing having at least one access port. The lid, the housing, or both may include insulating material to help retard heat transfer between the interior of the assembly and the exterior. In one configuration, the assembly provides an insulating sheltering functionality for a small pet, for example. In a second configuration, the access port is blocked and the assembly provides container functionality as an ice chest, cooler, or bulk container for example.
US11111056B2
A mixing bowl with protuberances one the outer surface of the side wall of the bowl. A first mixing bowl has a diameter greater than a second mixing bowl. The two bowls form a mixing bowl assembly wherein the protuberances of the inner bowl contact and abut the inner surface of the outer bowl to define a clearance gap between the two bowls, wherein if the bowls cool at different rates after being washed, the mixing bowls are not jammed together. Each protuberance extends outwardly about one-fourth inch and the gap defined between the bowls has a clearance dimension of about one-fourth inch. The inner bowl has three or four protuberances and the outer bowl has four protuberances. The mixing bowls are made of stainless steel.
US11111052B2
A dual cell, efficient box for conveniently dispensing solid pourable product includes foldably connected front, rear and side panels, top flaps including slides and bottom flaps, all constructed out of a single cardboard blank. The panels are folded together to form the two compartments, each having an opening through which to dispense the product. The slides are movable between a semi-open position permitting product to dispense through the apertures and a downward closed position blocking the apertures. Although the slides are present at the top, advantageously the flaps on either end can be fully opened for filling the box and then sealed. Advantageously, panels of the box also have windows for viewing the contents. The box is ideal packaging for two types of candies or mints, for sales at movie houses or other venues people attend on date nights.
US11111047B2
A packaging machine having at least a pair of independently driven conveyors on which packages are adapted to be carried though the machine for processing, a micro-controller having a memory in which is stored a computer program containing computer readable instructions, a database/look-up table containing data correlating package sizing parameters with optimal speed profiles at which the machine can run effectively, at least one motor that drives each conveyor, and a motor controller that is electronically linked to the micro-controller for purposes of adjusting the speed at which the motor runs based upon the speed profile of the package.
US11111032B2
A method for monitoring the health of a rotating machine mounted on a vehicle is disclosed. The method may include: receiving identifying information of the vehicle, the rotating machine, and a portable vibration sensor mounted on the rotating machine; receiving vibration data from the portable vibration sensor during a test of the rotating machine, the received vibration data being associated with the identifying information of the vehicle, the rotating machine, and the portable vibration sensor; comparing the received vibration data with known vibration data for the rotating machine; generating an alert if the received vibration data exceeds a predetermined threshold value of the known vibration data; generating a health report for the rotating machine based on the received vibration data; and transmitting the health report to a user via a web portal.
US11111022B2
Passenger seat assemblies including thermoelectric devices are described herein. An example passenger seat assembly may include a seat shell configured to receive a passenger seat. The seat shell (20) may include a plurality of surfaces. The passenger seat assembly may also include a thermoelectric device (78) disposed below or within at least one of the surfaces to define a thermal zone. The thermoelectric device may include a first side and a second side. The first side may be adjacent to the at least one surface. The thermoelectric device may be configured such that application of a first current having a first polarity causes a temperature of the thermal zone to increase, and application of a second current having a second polarity causes the temperature of the thermal zone to decrease.
US11111021B2
A temperature regulating system for at least one galley compartment for an in-flight kitchen which is intended for installing in a transport apparatus or vehicle, especially in an aircraft, includes a controllable cooling and heating element, which is designed for selectively cooling or heating a specified section of the cooling and heating element, and a heat-insulating partitioning wall, which at least partially adjoins an encompassing side edge of the cooling and heating element and encloses the specified section of the cooling and heating element. The heat-insulating partitioning wall is designed for separating an interior space of the galley compartment from an interior of a section of a fluid duct which extends in the in-flight kitchen.
US11111015B2
An unmanned aircraft is described. The unmanned aircraft includes a signal output unit and a control unit. The control unit receives at least one signal to be output by the signal output unit. The control unit transmits at least a first signal to the signal output unit, so that the signal output unit outputs the first signal. The unmanned aircraft may be used stand-alone or autonomous as a movable signal output device, but it may also be coupled with a carrier vehicle to meet the function of a signal output device at the carrier vehicle.
US11111011B2
A rotor for an aircraft capable of hovering includes a stationary support structure and a rotative element which is rotatable about an axis with respect to the stationary support structure. The rotor has at least one blade, which is operatively connected with a rotative element. The rotor has a source of a magnetic field, which is either stationary or driven in rotation at a first rotational speed and an electric conductive element, which is operatively connected to the rotative element and can be driven in rotation at a second rotational speed different from first rotational speed. An electric conductive element is electromagnetically coupled so that an electromotive force is magnetically induced in electric conductive element itself Two rings extend radially inward from a tubular body of the rotor hub with the first ring connected to a plurality of thermally conductive rings of a flow deflector at an axial end of the rotor and the second ring supports the electric conductive element.
US11110996B2
Recreational watercraft and methods of operating recreational watercraft are described. Recreational watercraft can include an aluminum hull, a plurality of ballast tanks, a first surface defining a first opening that extends from an interior of a ballast tank of the plurality of ballast tanks to an exterior of the hull, a valve configured to selectively open or close the first opening, and a second surface defining a second opening that is fixed permanently open and extends from an interior of the ballast tank through a bottom portion of the hull to an exterior of the hull.
US11110991B2
A bicycle chainring for engagement with a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth extending from a periphery of the chainring wherein roots of the plurality of teeth are disposed adjacent the periphery of the chainring. The plurality of teeth include a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth.
US11110984B1
A vehicle handlebar heating system and method are provided, including a handlebar assembly having a hollow handlebar member defining an internal cavity, and a fluid heating system for circulating heated fluid through the hollow internal cavity. The handlebar member generally includes a central mounting portion, and first and second end portions extending from the central mounting portion. The handlebar assembly further includes a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port formed through the handlebar member. The fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port are in fluid communication with the first cavity section and the second cavity section of the internal cavity. A fluid passageway is provided from the fluid inlet port to the fluid outlet port via the first and second cavity sections.
US11110975B2
An active hood vent system for a motor vehicle includes a hood vent, having a closure displaceable between a closed position and an opened position, and a control module. That control module is configured to adjust the aero balance of the motor vehicle by opening and closing the closure. Further, the control module may be configured to close the closure and thereby minimize engine compartment air from entering an HVAC inlet of the motor vehicle when the current operating temperature of the motor vehicle is below a predetermined temperature requiring engine cooling, and a current motor vehicle speed is below a predetermined speed where airflow over the hood limits ingestion of engine compartment air by the HVAC inlet.
US11110971B2
A replacement tailgate for the purpose of elongating the pick up truck may be installed on a truck bed wherein the replacement tailgate can be unfolded in order to elongate a length of the truck bed. The replacement tailgate may have front and rear shells that are used to support objects placed in the truck bed as well as act as the new tailgate when the truck bed length is elongated. Various panels may be unfolded in order to trap objects within the truck bed when the replacement tailgate is unfolded in order to elongate the truck bed length.
US11110968B2
A floor structure for a vehicle includes: a center floor panel; a plurality of seat crossmembers extending in a width direction of a vehicle; a rail member disposed to be orthogonal to the plurality of seat crossmembers; a pair of side sills disposed on both sides of the center floor panel; and a pair of battery mounting beams coupled to the pair of side sills, respectively, wherein each battery mounting beam is coupled to an inboard sidewall of each side sill, and cylindrical nuts for mounting a battery assembly are individually disposed on the battery mounting beams and the seat crossmembers.
US11110966B2
A front body structure of the vehicle includes a pair of left and right apron reinforcements, a pair of left and right front side frames, a pair of left and right suspension housings, and a sub-frame. The front body structure of the vehicle further includes a shroud upper that joins the front ends of the apron reinforcements, a pair of left and right shroud members that join the shroud upper and the front ends of the front side frames, and a pair of left and right front joint members that join the front ends of the front side frames and the sub-frame, in which the shroud members are joined to the upper surfaces and the side surfaces of the front side frames.
US11110953B2
A locking device is presented for an adjustable steering column assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising an actuating element and a damping device. The damping device has a first damping element and a second damping element, wherein the first damping element is attached to the actuating element and the second damping element is attached to a frame part, wherein the first and/or second damping element relative to the other damping element are rotatably mounted. The first and the second damping element each have a coupling section, wherein the coupling sections are engaged at least over a partial section of a movement of the actuating element, and wherein a relative rotation between the two damping elements is damped by deformation of the first and/or second damping element and/or by friction, at least over a partial section of a movement of the actuating element.
US11110951B2
A convertible walker and stroller device includes a base having a plurality of wheels affixed thereto and a platform movably connected to the base via a height adjustment mechanism. A pair of openings disposed on the platform are adapted to receive a pair of legs of an occupant therethrough. The platform is configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the platform contacts an upper side of the base when the platform is in the retracted position, and wherein a gap is defined between the base and the platform when the platform is in the extended position. The device can be selectively switched between walker and stroller configurations, providing multiple ways to transport an infant or small child in a single device.
US11110945B2
An intermodal terminal control system determines characteristics of cargo containers scheduled for receipt into and/or travel out of an intermodal terminal connected with both rail routes and automobile routes, determines characteristics of cargo handling equipment within the intermodal terminal, determines characteristics of rail vehicles scheduled for one or more of entry into or travel out of the intermodal terminal, and determines characteristics of automobile vehicles scheduled for entry into or travel out of the intermodal terminal. The system also determines constraints on cargo handling operations and a plan for the cargo handling equipment to transfer the cargo containers between the different modes of transportation within the intermodal terminal. The plan designates a sequence of operations to be performed in moving the cargo containers with the cargo handling equipment. The plan is based on the characteristics of the cargo containers, the cargo handling equipment, the rail vehicles, and the automobile vehicles.
US11110944B2
A travel management device is configured to transmit a reservation request for a block section to be reserved based on track information indicating a plurality of block sections constituting a track on which a vehicle travels and a connection relationship between the block sections, the block section to be reserved being among the block sections included in the track on which the vehicle travels. A resource management device is configured to record the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request as a reserved block section of the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request in case where the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request is not reserved by a vehicle other than the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request at a time at which the reservation request is received.
US11110930B2
A control device for an automatic transmission includes a traveling drive source, an automatic transmission, an AT controller, and a traveling drive source controller. The AT controller is configured to execute shifting by changeover of friction elements upon receiving a shift request. The traveling drive source controller is configured to execute torque limit control of the traveling drive source when a request for limiting a torque by an upper limit torque is input from the AT controller. The AT controller has an upper limit torque change processing unit configured to change the upper limit torque from a low gear upper limit torque to a high gear upper limit torque when auto-upshift is executed. The upper limit torque change processing unit is configured to raise the upper limit torque using a prescribed gradient during an inertia phase when the inertia phase is started with the auto-upshift.
US11110927B2
A system variably controls braking energy regeneration in a vehicle by reflecting a compensation torque depending on a difference in deceleration based on a road gradient when the vehicle travels over a downhill section or an uphill section of a road. The system includes a longitudinal sensor to receive the road gradient and compare the road gradient to a specific grade, and then compensate for the road gradient using a grade resistance value and a deceleration based value depending on a difference between deceleration manually set by a driver using a paddle shift and an actual vehicle deceleration. The system may include a controller to output a coasting torque as a correction torque that is a sum of the grade resistance value and the deceleration based value.
US11110922B2
Techniques for determining to modify a trajectory based on an object are discussed herein. A vehicle can determine a drivable area of an environment, capture sensor data representing an object in the environment, and perform a spot check to determine whether or not to modify a trajectory. Such a spot check may include processing to incorporate an actual or predicted extent of the object into the drivable area to modify the drivable area. A distance between a reference trajectory and the object can be determined at discrete points along the reference trajectory, and based on a cost, distance, or intersection associated with the trajectory and the modified area, the vehicle can modify its trajectory. One trajectory modification includes following, which may include varying a longitudinal control of the vehicle, for example, to maintain a relative distance and velocity between the vehicle and the object.
US11110914B2
The aim of the invention is to be able to easily complete a parking operation following an aborted manual parking procedure. To this end, the invention proposes a method in which a parking assistant of the vehicle (1) is activated in the parking space (2) and data relating to the area surrounding the vehicle (1) is recorded. A starting region (7) outside the parking space (2) for automatically parking the vehicle (1) in the parking space is determined from the said data. The vehicle (1) is then automatically guided or driven out of the parking space (2) into the starting region (7). From there, the vehicle (1) is automatically parked or guided in/into the parking space (2).
US11110905B2
A solenoid valve for brake system includes a valve housing installed in a modulator block, and having an oil flow path; a valve seat installed in the inside of the valve housing, and forming an orifice; an armature configured to move up and down by a magnet core in the valve housing, and to open or close the orifice; a sleeve coupled with the valve housing, and accommodating the armature therein; a restoring spring configured to provide an elastic restoring force to the armature to close the orifice normally; and a damper member interposed between the magnet core and the armature.
US11110902B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle, in which an active manipulation of the yaw angle of the motor vehicle is performed, in that, on a left wheel and on a right wheel of at least one axle of the motor vehicle, an uneven torque distribution is set. In order to give the driver better control of the torque distribution to the wheels of the motor vehicle, an actuation of an operator control unit of the motor vehicle is detected; the uneven torque distribution is set in a manner dependent on the detected actuation; the uneven torque distribution is maintained only as long as the actuation of the operator control unit is detected.
US11110887B2
A seat belt anchorage assembly adapted to be coupled to an interior structure (e.g., a seat) of a vehicle, including: a seat belt attachment point adapted to receive one of a seat belt retention assembly and a seat belt buckle assembly; a translation mechanism coupled to the seat belt attachment point and adapted to translate the seat belt attachment point one or more of forwards and downwards with respect to the interior structure (e.g., the seat) of the vehicle responsive to a seat back of the vehicle being reclined. Optionally, the translation mechanism includes a mechanical linkage coupled between the seat back and the seat belt attachment point. Alternatively, the translation mechanism includes an electronic actuator coupled between the seat back and the seat belt attachment point.
US11110885B2
A gas generator includes an igniter, a cup-shaped member, and a fixing member. The cup-shaped member accommodating an enhancer agent bursts or melts at the time of activation. The fixing member fixing a filter does not burst and melt even at the time of activation. Ra and Ha satisfy a condition of Ra/Ha 1.00 where Ra represents an inner diameter of a sidewall portion of the cup-shaped member and Ha represents a distance between a top wall portion of the cup-shaped member and the igniter. The sidewall portion includes a first region surrounded by a partition wall portion of the fixing member and a second region not surrounded by the partition wall portion. The partition wall portion has an end portion arranged closer to a top plate portion than the igniter. A gas generating agent is arranged to face the top wall portion, the second region, and the partition wall portion.
US11110878B2
Various examples are provided related to tip or rollover protection mechanisms for ground vehicles. In one example, a vehicle includes a vehicle frame and one or more protection mechanism(s) secured to the vehicle frame. The protection mechanism can allow the vehicle to “land” right-side up after tipping or rolling over for continuing operation. This can be beneficial for, but not limited to, autonomous or remotely controlled vehicles. The protection mechanism can include protection mechanisms secured to opposite sides of the vehicle frame. The protection mechanism can be passive, active, actuated or a combination thereof.
US11110872B2
A power control device for a power supply mounted on a vehicle is provided, which includes a generator mounted on the vehicle and configured to regenerate power from kinetic energy of the vehicle, a high-voltage battery configured to accumulate the power regenerated by the generator, a low-voltage battery of which a nominal voltage is lower than the high-voltage battery, a voltage converter configured to lower an output voltage from the high-voltage battery and charge the low-voltage battery at the lower voltage, and a controller configured to control the voltage converter. The controller operates the voltage converter to start the charging of the low-voltage battery after the vehicle is powered ON and before an engine mounted on the vehicle is started.
US11110864B2
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a minor head pivotable about a minor support, which is configured to attach at an interior portion of the vehicle. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector that at least partially reflects light incident thereon and at least partially transmits incident light therethrough. A video display device is disposed behind the minor reflective element and includes a display screen backlit by a backlighting device, with the backlighting device including a plurality of micro-LEDs. With the minor support attached at the interior portion of the vehicle, the video display device is operable to display video images captured by a camera of the vehicle, whereby light emitted by the video display device passes through the mirror reflective element for viewing displayed video images.
US11110860B2
A process includes receiving data indicating position and velocity of a vehicle at time points during a time window; using the data to calculate a path of movement by the vehicle; and determining whether the path indicates a change in a direction of movement of the vehicle. When the calculated path indicates a change in the direction, the location of the vehicle at a future time relative to the time window is estimated using the received position and velocity data at end of the time window, and a classification based on a similarity of the calculated path to at least one vehicle path corresponding to a vehicle preparing to turn and to at least one vehicle path corresponding to a vehicle not preparing to turn, and based on the similarity, classifying the calculated path either as that of a vehicle preparing to turn or a vehicle not preparing to turn.
US11110855B1
An apparatus for marking the location of an object and that includes an elongated and translucent or transparent tubular member having top and bottom ends and a mounting piece secured to the bottom end of the elongated and translucent or transparent tubular member. The mounting piece may be comprised of a mounting coupler that is constructed and arranged for mounting from a mounting surface of the object so that the elongated and translucent or transparent tubular member is disposed in a substantially vertical position. The mounting surface includes a horizontal flange having a hole therein. An elongated light string extends within the elongated and translucent or transparent tubular member between the top and bottom ends of the elongated and translucent or transparent tubular member. The elongated light string is comprised of an elongated and planar support strip and a plurality of LED's that are spaced along the elongated and planar support strip, a source of electrical energy for the elongated light string, and conductor wiring for connecting the source of electrical energy to the elongated light string. A cap is disposed over the top of the elongated tubular member to provide a seal at the top of the elongated and translucent or transparent tubular member.
US11110854B2
A method for determining presence of a person's hand at an exterior door handle assembly for a vehicular door includes providing an exterior door handle assembly having a base portion, a handle portion and a pocket lighting and sensing module, with the pocket lighting and sensing module including at least one light emitting diode and at least one light sensor. With the base portion mounted at the exterior door handle region of the vehicular door, the light emitting diode is energized to emit light to illuminate a pocket surface at the base portion, and the light sensor light senses light emitted by the light emitting diode that is reflected off the pocket surface at the base portion. Responsive to light sensed by the light sensor being below a threshold level, the pocket lighting and sensing module determines a presence of a person's hand at the handle portion.
US11110837B2
A vehicle seat according to the present disclosure includes a pad including a foam, and a volume adjustment mechanism that allows adjustment of a volume of the foam. An adjustment method for a pad vibration characteristic according to the present disclosure adjusts a volume of a foam included in a pad to adjust a vibration characteristic of the pad.
US11110835B2
A stretchable hygienic cover, for utilization with an existing variable geometry vehicle headrest, having an ability to conform itself to dimensions of the existing variable geometry vehicle headrest underlying the stretchable hygienic cover when engaged includes a stretchable, breathable, moisture-absorbent fabric. Further provided in the stretchable hygienic cover is an elastic opening allowing the fabric to stretchably fit over an existing variable geometry vehicle headrest, wherein the elastic opening may stretch and retract in size to grip on to an existing variable geometry vehicle headrest. Also provided is a hygienic kit for a headrest and a method for a hygienic kit for a headrest.
US11110834B1
An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom. An occupant support cushion is coupled to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back.
US11110831B2
A vehicle seat mounting system for mounting a vehicle seat to a vehicle chassis includes a first mounting arrangement with a first chassis attachment portion configured to fixedly connect to the vehicle chassis and a first seat attachment portion configured to fixedly connect to the vehicle seat. The first seat attachment portion is movable relative to the first chassis portion in at least one direction. The first mounting arrangement further includes a compressible member interposed between the first chassis attachment portion and the first seat attachment portion. The compressible member is configured to absorb impact forces between the vehicle chassis and the vehicle seat.
