US11313737B2
An optical fiber grating sensing method applied to small-scale fire source monitoring are provided, distinguishing two concepts of a spatial resolution and a perception resolution, under the premise of ensuring the spatial resolution of a traditional fiber Bragg grating sensing system, only increase the number of fiber Bragg gratings covered by a single pulsed optical signal without changing a pulse width of a pulsed optical signal, so as to improve the perception resolution of the system without increasing the requirements for a hardware circuit, and truly shorten an interval between adjacent fiber Bragg gratings. Improving the perception resolution of the system, which not only ensures the spatial resolution of the system, but also realizes the monitoring of small-scale fire sources; by adopting a simple feature extraction algorithm to obtain fire temperature information in different areas, the temperature detection speed of the system is fast.
US11313733B2
The invention is directed to embodiments of a temperature sensor for use with a temperature measuring device, for example a digital thermometer. The temperature sensor includes at least two and preferably three wires joined at a thermocouple. The temperature sensor is designed to be mounted on terminals of the digital thermometer sensor to allow precise temperature measurements for a thermal device, for example a soldering tool or de-soldering tool.
US11313732B2
A Ti—Ni-based alloy, which has a torsion angle for Interface I that is a junction plane between habit plane variants of a martensitic phase, of less than 1.00°; a wire, an electrically conductive actuator, and a temperature sensor, each of which uses that alloy; and a method of producing the Ti—Ni-based alloy.
US11313730B2
An ascending/descending indicator can include a sealed housing that contains a deep eutectic solvent (DES) within the housing. The DES can include two or more components and is configured to exhibit a first characteristic when at a first temperature and to assume a second characteristic when exposed to a second temperature and to substantially maintain the second characteristic even when again exposed to the first temperature.
US11313722B2
An infrared spectrometer for operation in the mid-infrared spectral range is disclosed, where the spectrometer includes a Bragg-mirror-based spectral filter that is operative for providing an output optical signal whose spectral content is spatially dispersed along a first direction, where the Bragg mirrors include low-refractive-index layers comprising a polymer material that is transmissive across the mid-infrared spectral range and is characterized by less than ten absorption peaks with the operating spectral range of the spectrometer.
US11313720B2
This invention relates to a system and method to improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of optical spectrometers that are limited by nonrandom or fixed pattern noise. A signal from a sample is collected using a short test exposure, a total observation time to maximize SNR is calculated, and the total observation time is achieved by averaging multiple exposures whose time is selected based on the time dependent noise structure of the detector. Moreover, with a priori knowledge of the time dependent noise structure of the spectrometer, this method is easily automatable and can maximize SNR for a spectrum of an unknown compound without any user input.
US11313717B2
A micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT). The MUT includes: a substrate; a membrane suspending from the substrate; a bottom electrode disposed on the membrane; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom electrode and an asymmetric top electrode is disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The areal density distribution of the asymmetric electrode along an axis has a plurality of local maxima, wherein locations of the plurality of local maxima coincide with locations where a plurality of anti-nodal points at a vibrational resonance frequency is located.
US11313712B2
A method for determining whether a testing specimen is supplied to a testing system, which includes a reaction tank in which the testing specimen reacts; a light source for emitting testing light into the reaction tank from one side of the reaction tank; and a photoelectric sensor that is placed on the side of the reaction tank opposite to the light source for receiving the testing light traveled through the reaction tank and that converts the received testing light into an electrical signal. The amount of the testing specimen to be added into the reaction tank is set so that the level of the testing specimen is above the light path of the testing light while the reaction tank is cleaned. Whether the testing specimen is supplied is determined based on the presence of change of the electrical signal output from the photoelectric sensor.
US11313705B2
A vehicle body front structure has: an object detection device disposed in a vehicle front end section of a vehicle to detect an object ahead of the vehicle; and a pair of bracket members which are spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and which support the object detection device. Each of the pair of bracket members includes: a forwardly extending portion that extends forward from a vehicle body member; and a downwardly extending portion that extends downward from the forwardly extending portion and supports the object detection device. The vehicle body front structure further has a bracket member locking member which couples the forwardly extending portions to each other in the vehicle width direction and to which an exterior member of the vehicle is attached.
US11313704B2
The present teaching relates to method and system for an assembly for protecting a sensor. The assembly includes a first structure having a rectangular prism and connected with a truncated tube, wherein the rectangular prism and the truncated tube have parallel longitudinal axes and the tube is truncated to yield a cross section having a norm that forms an angle with the longitudinal axis of the truncated tube and a second structure of a trapezoid prism having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axes and with the first structure embedded therein. The second structure has a slanted surface in the front that meets the cross section of the truncated tube and has the norm of the cross section.
US11313700B2
A system for reducing stray field effects comprises a magnetic target producing a changing magnetic field; a first set of magnetic field sensing elements placed in spaced relation to the magnetic target and comprising at least a first magnetic field sensing element and a second magnetic field sensing element, each magnetic field sensing element having an axis of maximum sensitivity; a second set of magnetic field sensing elements placed in spaced relation to the magnetic target and comprising at least a third magnetic field sensing element and a fourth magnetic field sensing element, each magnetic field sensing element having an axis of maximum sensitivity; and wherein the first set of magnetic field sensing elements is positioned closer to a center point of the magnetic field than the second set of magnetic field sensing elements.
US11313698B2
The invention provides a method for initial alignment of radar assisted airborne strapdown inertial navigation system. By calculating the slant distance and angular position between the radar and the airborne inertial navigation equipment, a nonlinear measurement equation for the initial alignment of the radar assisted inertial navigation system is obtained. The unscented Kalman filter algorithm is used to estimate and compensate the error amount of strapdown inertial navigation system to complete the initial alignment task. The significance of the present invention is to provide an in-flight initial alignment solution when the global positioning system is limited, which has fast convergence speed and high estimation accuracy and has high engineering application value.
US11313691B2
An information processing apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a skill level acquiring unit, a vehicle position information acquiring unit, and a map acquiring generating unit. The skill level acquiring unit is configured to acquire driving skill levels of respective drivers of a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle position information acquiring unit is configured to acquire pieces of position information of the vehicles. The map acquiring generating unit is configured to acquire map information on the basis of the driving skill levels acquired by the skill level acquiring unit and the pieces of position information acquired by the vehicle position information acquiring unit. The map information indicates presence of the vehicles on a road map in accordance with the respective driving skill levels of the drivers of the vehicles.
US11313685B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for generating a driving path. The method includes acquiring a two-dimensional image of a driving site obtained by a camera provided on an unmanned aerial vehicle through aerial photography, and a two-dimensional image of a site in front of a vehicle photographed by a camera provided on the vehicle; generating a global map based on the two-dimensional image of the driving site, and generating a local map based on the two-dimensional image of the site in front of the vehicle; and performing path planning based on the global map and the local map, to generate a global path and a local path, the local path following a direction of the global path.
US11313677B2
A method for automatic surveying of a real word object by a surveying or metrology instrument. It comprises an acquiring of a picture by the surveying or metrology instrument, which picture is comprising the real world object to be surveyed, and an automatic detecting and classifying of the detected real world object to be surveyed in the picture, and also an automatic surveying of the detected real world object by the surveying or metrology instrument for determining a location and/or a geometrical property of the real world object. The automatic detecting and classifying is done with a classifier based on data acquired by machine learning, which machine learning is based on machine learning training data derived from a virtual digital 3d-model which is representing the real world object and which comprises meta information of this 3d-model.
US11313670B2
An inspection method for a multilayer semiconductor device is provided. The inspection method can investigate multilayered ensembles of a multilayer semiconductor device and obtain stratigraphic thickness (ST) maps of each layer in the multilayer semiconductor device by utilizing absorption edges of materials of interests and obtaining calibration quality curves.
US11313668B2
The present disclosure provides a compressed ultrafast imaging velocity interferometer system for any reflector, comprising a light source and target system, an etalon interference system, a compressed ultrafast imaging system, a timing control system and a data processing system. An imaging device in the traditional imaging velocity interferometer system for any reflector is replaced by a compressed ultrafast imaging system, a compressed ultrafast Photography (CUP) is introduced in an imaging process, multi-frame images, i.e. three-dimensional images for two-dimensional space and one-dimensional time, are reconstructed via a single measurement by a CUP-VISAR two-dimensional ultrafast dynamic image imaging, a complete dynamic process of a two-dimensional interference fringes image is restored, and spatiotemporal evolution information of a shock wave is effectively acquired, improving an imaging performance of the imaging velocity interferometer system for any reflector in dimension, and achieving a goal that could not be achieved before.
US11313651B2
A deployable ballistic shield is disclosed. The deployable ballistic shield includes a plurality of layers formed of a high impact anti-ballistic Aramid material. The shield is selectively configured between a stowed condition, in which the plurality of layers are in contact with an adjacent layer, and a deployed condition in which the plurality of layers are suspended in a spaced apart relation with a gap formed between the adjacent layer. A handhold is defined at a top end of the shield. Aa foothold may be defined at a bottom end of the shield. The deployable ballistic shield may be used by law enforcement, military, and other personnel as a protective ballistic barrier. Gaps between the plurality of layers serve to absorb the kinetic energy of a ballistic round.
US11313641B2
In aspects of the invention, an arrow slide is provided with a body having a first opening with a plurality of first edges arranged in a generally triangular configuration within which a first diameter can be received, a second opening with a plurality of second edges arranged in the generally triangular configuration within which the first diameter can be received; sidewalls linking corresponding ones of the first plurality of edges to the plurality of second edges to create a passageway extending from the first opening to the second opening through which an arrow can slide; and a string mount to which a bowfishing line can be joined.
US11313637B1
Various examples of a detachable trigger guard for firearms are described. The trigger guard as a monolithic piece has components including a main body, a first connection portion at a first distal end of the main body, and a second connection portion at a second distal end of the main body opposite the first distal end thereof. At least one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion of the detachable trigger guard is elastically deformable to allow the detachable trigger guard to be removably coupled to a receiver portion of the firearm below a trigger of the firearm with the first connection portion coupled to either or both of a first pair of through holes on the receiver portion of the firearm and with the second connection portion coupled to either or both of a second pair of through holes on the receiver portion of the firearm.
US11313634B1
Disclosed is a magazine loader having a base, a groove of the base, a cartridge loader slide, a channel in the cartridge loader slide, a mating portion of the cartridge loader slide sized in relative proportions to mate with the groove in the base, a magazine guide, a pin connecting the magazine guide to the cartridge loader slide; and a housing partially covering the magazine guide.
US11313625B2
An intensified cassette-type heat dissipation module includes a heat sink, an amplifying loop heat pipe, a condensing block and an object of application. The heat sink is provided with an embedding space for disposing plural refrigeration chips and the condensing block. The heat sink utilizes the amplifying loop heat pipe to dissipate heat. A cold-surface loop heat pipe affixes itself to the condensing block to transmit a cold source to the object of application. The refrigeration chips transmit energy to the condensing block, and the cold-surface loop heat pipe supplies energy required by the object of application.
US11313624B2
An evaporative cooling system includes an indirect cooling coil containing a cooling fluid to be circulated and a blower assembly configured to generate an inlet air stream through the indirect cooling coil. The cooling fluid in the indirect cooling coil is a slurry of water and phase change material.
US11313618B2
An expander and motor-compressor unit is disclosed. The unit includes a casing and an electric motor arranged in the casing. A compressor is arranged in the casing and drivingly coupled to the electric motor through a central shaft. Furthermore, a turbo-expander is arranged for rotation in the casing and is drivingly coupled to the electric motor and to the compressor through the central shaft.
US11313615B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator having an improved rear structure of a door. The refrigerator includes a main body including a storage compartment, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the storage compartment, a dispenser provided on a front surface of the door, a case mounted on a rear surface of the door and accommodating a water tank disposed adjacent to the dispenser to store water supplied to the dispenser, and a filter including a filter body disposed below the water tank in a transverse direction, and a filter handle configured to allow the filter body to be inserted or withdrawn through an inner side surface of the door from the inside of the case.
US11313596B2
Disclosed is an evaporator, comprising: a heating tube left as an empty space between first and second case sheets, which form an evaporator case, so as not to be overlapped with a cooling tube, and forming a heating passage in which a working liquid for defrosting flows; and a heater attached to the outer surface, which corresponds to the heating tube, of the evaporator case so as to heat the working liquid inside the heating tube. The heating tube can have a structure which an inlet and an outlet are respectively formed at both sides of a heater attachment part in the longitudinal direction and both end portions of a passage part are respectively connected to the inlet and the outlet, or can have a structure in which an opening is formed at one side of the heater attachment part, the working liquid heated by the heater is discharged through the opening, and the cooled working liquid is returned. The structures can form the heating passage, enabling the working liquid to circulate therethrough, without forming the inlet and the outlet, which are respectively connected to both end portions of the passage part, to be parallel at one side of the heater attachment part.
US11313593B2
A compressor 12 for use in a refrigerant circuit 11 using a refrigerating machine oil 60 being free of phosphoric ester and a refrigerant mixture inclusive of 1,1,2-trifluoroetylene includes a rolling piston 32 and a vane 33 in contact with the rolling piston 32 in a slidable manner. The rolling piston 32 and the vane 33 are formed of a base metal, the base metal being steel, and the base metal is exposed at a contact portion between the rolling piston 32 and the vane 33.
US11313591B1
A universal clamp apparatus for use to secure a solar panel frame to a rail coupled to a building roof is provided. The clamp apparatus includes an upper clamp member slidably mounted to a lower clamp member, a bolt disposed through the upper clamp member, and a grounding nut coupled to the lower clamp member and engaged with the bolt. The grounding nut has a base plate and a tubular portion extending through the lower clamp member to engage the bolt. The base plate of the grounding nut has a first pair of opposing edges having pointed pins configured to penetrate the frame of the solar panel to facilitate grounding of the solar panel. The grounding nut rotatably adjusts relative to the bolt to vary the separation distance between the lower clamp member and upper clamp member to permit the solar panel frames with different thicknesses to be secured therein.
US11313580B2
A duct includes: a tube that is formed to extend from an indoor of a building or a movable body and that allows an outside and the indoor to communicate with each other; an electromagnetic wave inhibiting sloped surface that is formed on an inner surface of the tube and extends to be sloped to approach an axial line of the tube from the outside toward the indoor in an axial direction of the tube and that reflects an electromagnetic wave; and an electromagnetic wave selecting inner peripheral member that has a tubular shape covering the electromagnetic wave inhibiting sloped surface from an inner peripheral side and is capable of selectively transmitting only an electromagnetic wave of a specific frequency incident on the tube.
US11313577B2
An air-conditioning system includes an outside air conditioning device, an air conditioning device, and a machine learning apparatus, and includes a state variable acquiring unit configured to acquire state variables, a learning unit configured to perform learning by associating the state variables with at least either an operating capacity of the outside air conditioning device or an operating capacity of the air conditioning device, and a reward calculating unit configured to calculate a reward that correlates with a total of energy consumption of the outside air conditioning device and energy consumption of the air conditioning device. The learning unit performs the learning by using the reward calculated in a period determined in accordance with a time duration until the total of the energy consumption changes after at least either the operating capacity of the outside air conditioning device or the operating capacity of the air conditioning device has changed.
US11313575B2
The present disclosure discloses a networking method device and terminal for an air conditioning unit. The networking method includes: detecting an outside ambient temperature after a target networking indoor unit is started; determining a target operating mode of the target networking indoor unit according to the outside ambient temperature; detecting a system pressure value of a multi-split air conditioning system after an operating duration of the target networking indoor unit in the target operating mode is greater than a preset operating duration; and determining whether the target networking indoor unit belongs to a target networking system according to the system pressure value.
US11313572B2
A configuration management system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a controller having a memory storing a baseline configuration of the HVAC system. The baseline configuration of the HVAC system indicates that the HVAC system is an air conditioning system or a heat pump system. Additionally, the controller is configured to determine a current configuration of the HVAC system based on detecting whether a reversing valve is present in the HVAC system. The current configuration of the HVAC system includes an air conditioning system configuration or a heat pump system configuration. The controller is also configured to perform a control action in response to determining that the current configuration is different than the baseline configuration.
US11313571B2
A refrigerated air conditioning unit partitioned into an inside plenum and an outside plenum and having a single refrigeration loop, a single evaporator, and a recirculated air stream, the unit also having a dynamic intelligent air management system (DIAMS) internal to the unit that is cooperatively configured and operable to continuously introduce preconditioned fresh air directly into the recirculated air stream whenever the unit is operating and to exercise control over a mixed air flow discharged from the unit into an identified space to achieve a desired air temperature and humidity within the identified space.
US11313563B2
A heating cooker to manage surface and inside temperatures of food. A heating portion heats inside of a heating space where the food material is placed. At least one processor controls the heating portion to perform driving for high-temperature heating after performing driving for low-temperature heating. During the driving for low-temperature heating, the heating portion may heat the inside of the heating space such that an average increase velocity of a reference temperature of the food material is lower than an average increase velocity of the reference temperature of the food material during the driving for high-temperature heating. During the driving for high-temperature heating, the heating portion may heat the inside of the heating space such that an average increase velocity of the reference temperature of the food material is higher than the average increase velocity of the reference temperature of the food material during the driving for low-temperature heating.
US11313562B2
A method for operating a burner arrangement of a heat engine, particularly a gas turbine, having a plurality of burners, each having at least one pilot burner and main burner, in which method, on the basis of a preset operation of the heat engine, the total quantity of fuel supplied to the burners is maintained substantially constant in a load-controlled manner: in a first group of burners, for each burner, both the pilot burner as well as the main burner are supplied with fuel; in a second group of burners, the fuel supply to the main burners is interrupted, while the pilot burners continue to be operated; and the fuel quantity remaining as a result of the interruption of the fuel supply to the main burners of the second group is redistributed to the still active main burners of the first group. CO emissions are reduced as a result.
US11313561B2
A combustor has an axial fuel staging system to allow a fuel-air mixture to be injected from two axially spaced stages using an injector for injection of a secondary fuel-air mixture. The combustor includes a liner defining a combustion chamber; a transition piece coupled to a rear end of the liner; a flow sleeve defining an annular channel by surrounding the liner and the transition piece; and at least one injector disposed on a circumferential position of the flow sleeve to inject a mixture of fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the at least one injector includes an injection pipe extending radially and passing through both the flow sleeve and either of the liner and the transition piece; a plate coupled to the injection pipe; and a plurality of mixing passages formed through the plate. The combustor improves fuel-air mixing and prevents flash back.
US11313553B2
A combustion system includes a fuel and oxidant source that outputs fuel and oxidant, a first perforated flame holder, and a second perforated flame holder separated from the first perforated flame holder by a gap. The first and second perforated flame holders sustain a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the first and second perforated flame holders.
US11313545B1
The application discloses a direct-type panel lamp with adjustable light emitting function, which comprises a frame, a diffusion plate, a back plate and at least one light bar; a central area of the back plate is arched to form a chamber for accommodating the light bar; the diffusion plate has a light-transmitting function, which is disposed opposite to the back plate to close the chamber; the frame is formed by connecting a plurality of frame bars, with each frame bar being connected to corresponding edges of the diffusion plate and the back plate; for the same light bar, the LED beads comprise a plurality of first LED beads and a plurality of second LED beads, and wherein the first LED beads and the second LED beads are alternately arranged, and the brightness or color temperature of the first and second LED beads are different.
US11313541B2
A luminaire includes an elongated first housing, an elongated second housing, and a bracket. The elongated first housing supports a first light emitting device and includes a pair of sides and a first channel defined between the sides. The first housing includes a first aperture. The elongated second housing includes a pair of sides and a second channel defined between the sides. An end of the second housing is positioned adjacent an end of the first housing and includes a second aperture disposed proximate the first aperture. The bracket is disposed between the elongated first housing and the first light emitting element. The bracket includes a first projection engageable with the first aperture and a second projection engageable with the second aperture. The bracket is positioned partially within the first channel and partially within the second channel. The bracket is coupled to the first housing by snap-fit engagement and the bracket is coupled to the second housing by snap-fit engagement.
US11313540B1
A sterilization device for improving a disinfection effect includes: a main body, including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an accommodating hole, two sides of the main body respectively configured with a through hole, and the through holes in communication with the accommodating hole; a sanitizing lamp, configured on the second surface of the main body, the sanitizing lamp including a lighting element, sensor element, control element and power element; and a fixing member, passed through the through holes and accommodating hole of the main body. Taking a door handle as an example, the main body is passed through with the door handle through the accommodation hole, and the fixing member is then inserted through the through holes and accommodating hole, thereby fixing the main body on the door handle. Thus, the sanitizing lamp emits light to disinfect the door handle.
US11313539B2
A personalized lighting device includes a base, a first column, a second column, and a translucent colored panel. The first column includes a first end coupled to the base. The second column is spaced apart from the first column. The second column includes a first end coupled to the base. The translucent colored panel spans a space between the first column and the second column.
US11313533B2
Light flux controlling member, light emitting device, surface light source device and display device
A light flux controlling member includes an incidence surface, a reflection surface, an annular groove and an emission surface. The annular groove is disposed so as not to intersect an optical path of light incident on the incidence surface, reflected by the reflection surface, and reaching the emission surface. The first annular surface is formed so that its distance from the central axis increases, from the back side to the front side, and refracts, toward the front surface, light emitted from the light emitting center of the light emitting element, and directly reaching the first annular surface. The second annular surface is formed so that its distance from the central axis increases, from the back side to the front side, and refracts, toward the front side, light emitted from the light emitting element, incident on the incidence surface, and directly reaching the second annular surface.
US11313531B1
A searchlight assembly includes a mount structure adapted to be mounted to an external surface of a vehicle; a lens coupled to an extending from the mount structure and having an inner surface defining a cavity; a spherical motor disposed within the cavity and coupled to the mount structure to independently rotate about two perpendicular axes relative to the mount structure and the lens; and a light source disposed within the cavity and coupled to the spherical motor to be rotatable therewith about the two perpendicular axes.
US11313522B2
A lightbar assembly connector for use in a modular lightbar system to connect two or more lightbar assemblies together and having a design and configuration that enables the lightbar assembly connector and lightbar assemblies to be connected by moving the lightbar assembly connector in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar assembly (or by moving the lightbar assembly in a direction generally transverse to the major surface of the lightbar assembly connector). It is thus possible to assemble a modular lightbar system comprised of a plurality of lightbar assemblies and lightbar assembly connectors, any of which are easily removable, replaceable, or serviceable without having to remove or move lightbar assemblies that do not need to be replaced or serviced.
US11313515B1
A process for collection, storage and transport of boil off-gas from a liquefied natural gas storage tank. An ultra-low temperature, composite gas tank is provided to accept the boil-off gas and saturated vapor at ultra-low-temperatures in a range of about −80° C. to −45° C. (about −112° F. to −229° F.) and at high pressure of about 150 bar (about 2,175.5 psi). Boil off gas collected from liquefied natural gas storage at a pressure in a range of about 15 to 18 bar (217.5 psi to 261 psi) and at a temperature in of about −150° C. (about −238° F.). The ultra-low temperature, composite gas tank can hold the gas as it warms to ambient temperature. The process includes a liner step; a filament step; a wrap step; and a filling step. Optional steps include an insulation step; a fiber step; a layering step; a nozzle step; and a gas step.
US11313514B2
A plurality of sensors detect a plurality of fuel temperatures at a filling station, and a controller communicates with the sensors to identify the fuel temperatures, uses the fuel temperatures to determine a plurality of candidate fill times, and compares the candidate fill times to identify a control value for controlling a delivery of fuel. The fuel temperatures include a first fuel temperature corresponding to a first location at the filling station and a second fuel temperature corresponding to a second location at the filling station, and the candidate fill times include a first candidate fill time corresponding to the first fuel temperature and a second candidate fill time corresponding to the second fuel temperature.
US11313508B2
A radial positioning device is disclosed. The radial positioning device can include a body. The body can include a circumferential surface having a spring location and at least one interface portion operable to interface with a mating component. The body can also have a recess with a depth that varies relative to the circumferential surface about the body. The radial positioning device can also include a spring disposed in the recess. The spring can have a radial dimension greater than the depth of the recess at the spring location. The spring can be operable to contact the mating component at the spring location and compress in the radial dimension to provide a spring force that biases the at least one interface portion and the mating component against one another.
US11313507B2
A pipeline having a series of interconnected pipe sections forming Field Joints, each pipe section having a coating with a thermal insulation layer which extends over a substantial portion of a length of the pipe section, and an anti-corrosion layer situated underneath the thermal insulation layer. The pipeline has a Field Joint Coating (FJC) at connection regions where ends of the adjacent pipe sections are interconnected. Each FJC has an anti-corrosion coating layer, an intermediate coating layer of a thermoplastic material which covers the anti-corrosion coating layer, and a FJC thermal insulation layer which covers the intermediate coating layer.
US11313506B2
A snap fitting for use in plumbing is provided. The snap fitting includes a main body formed of plastic and shaped to extend partially around a cylindrical pipe to snap over the pipe and an inset for extending from an interior side of the main body into a hole in the cylindrical pipe.
US11313503B2
A thread protector that has an external sleeve having threads disposed on an inner side to engage with pin threads disposed on a pin end of a tubular member. The thread protector also has a flange disposed on a first end of the external sleeve to engage with the pin end of the tubular member, the threads on the inner side of the external sleeve are disposed axially adjacent to the flange and radially adjacent to the end of the pin end of the tubular member. A method of protecting the pin threads of the pin ends of the tubular members. The method includes screwing the thread protector on the pin threads of the pin end of the tubular member.
US11313502B2
A pipe coupling includes a pipe branch, a hose, and a retainer. The pipe branch forms a proximal branch section, a distal branch section, and an expanded section with an increased diameter therebetween. The hose includes an opening that receives the proximal branch section and includes a proximal fold, a distal fold, and a gasket therebetween. The gasket is arranged to seal between the hose and the proximal branch section. The retainer is configured to enclose the pipe branch and the hose and forms a proximal flange and a distal flange. The proximal flange and the distal flange both extend inwardly and define a passage for the pipe branch, the passage having a diameter which is smaller than the increased diameter. The proximal flange engages the proximal fold and the distal flange engages the distal branch section. The pipe coupling provides an easy and reliable connection between vibrating machine components.
US11313485B2
Provided is an electric valve and a manufacturing method thereof. The electric valve includes a valve body member, a valve seat member, a transmission member, a valve core member and a nut. The valve core member includes an upper tubular body including a first cavity, a valve core body and a connecting member. The valve core body is roughly in a round tubular shape and includes an annular thin wall portion and a second cavity. The connecting member includes a first axial through hole, and the upper end portion of the connecting member includes a lower stop portion. The annular thin wall portion is capable of abutting against a sealing portion of the valve seat member. A lower end portion of the nut is engageable with the lower stop portion to limit downward movement of the nut.
US11313480B2
Disclosed is a valve mechanical linkage system. A valve comprises a main valve and a secondary valve; the system comprises a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism; the first transmission mechanism is connected with the main valve and used for converting the up-and-down reciprocating motion of the main valve into a rotational reciprocating motion; the first transmission mechanism and the second transmission mechanism are connected by means of a coupling (4), and the rotational force of the rotational reciprocating motion is transferred to the second transmission mechanism by means of the coupling (4); the second transmission mechanism is connected with the secondary valve, and achieves on-off control on the secondary valve by converting the rotational reciprocating motion into the up-and-down reciprocating motion.
US11313479B2
A non-pressure relieving ball valve that includes: a stem connected to a handle regulating flow of pressurized fluid entering in the ball valve, a ball coupled to the stem and configured to control flow of the pressurized fluid through the ball valve, a seat abutting the ball to retain the in place, a sealing gasket provided in the ball valve and configured to restrict the flow of the pressurized fluid through the ball valve when the ball valve is in a closed position, and a slotted ring configured to be fitted in the ball valve between the seat and the sealing gasket. The slotted ring is adapted to permit ingress of pressurized fluid in slots defined on the slotted ring to enable balancing of fluid pressures on either side of the seat.
US11313477B2
The present disclosure relates to a DBB forced sealing valve and an operating mechanism, including a valve body, a valve seat, a valve core arranged in the valve body, upper sealing member driving part and lower sealing member driving part arranged in the valve body and located on either side of the valve core, and the sealing members arranged between the valve seats and the upper sealing member driving part and the lower sealing member driving part. Wherein, the upper sealing member driving part and the lower sealing member driving part can move along the rotation axis of the valve core, and the upper sealing member driving part and the lower sealing member driving part drive the sealing members to press against or to retract from the valve seats.
US11313472B2
An integrated protection component for a sealing ring and associated sealing system for a vehicle transmission component, including a plug that can be inserted inside the sealing ring and an annular element for protecting the sealing ring during insertion of a rotating shaft is provided. The annular element includes a flange-shaped end and a tubular side wall that directly comes into engaging contact with the sealing ring and receives inside it the rotating shaft. The first end being provided with a handle, the plug engaging in a removable manner with the annular element and the tubular side wall being provided with a first weakened zone formed longitudinally alongside a second, radially formed, weakened zone of the first end so as to break following a pulling force exerted manually on the handle.
US11313471B2
A seal configuration for an aircraft engine includes a ring shaped sealing component defining an axis. A carrier is disposed radially outward of the ring shaped sealing component and supports the ring shaped sealing component. A housing includes a shroud portion. The shroud portion fully surrounds the carrier and is maintained in a static position relative to the carrier via a bellows spring and a plurality of rotation inhibiting features. Each rotation inhibiting feature in the plurality of rotation inhibiting features includes a tab protruding radially outward from the carrier and received in a slot intruding into the shroud portion.
US11313461B2
A torque converter is provided with a stator having adjustable fluid flow holes for changing the K-factor of the torque converter, as needed. The stator includes a base plate with fluid flow openings and an adjustable plate with fluid flow openings. The plates matingly engage, such that the fluid openings are adjacent one another. The degree of overlap of the openings can be varied from fully aligned to substantially misaligned by rotating the adjustable plate relative to the base plate, and thereby controlling the fluid flow through the openings. In alternative embodiments the stator holes can be automatically opened and closed in response to changes in fluid pressure in the torque converter, via reed values or spring biased balls.
US11313459B2
A gear shifting assembly of a transmission, a transmission, and an automobile. The present disclosure aims to address the problem of complicated structure existing in a gear shifting assembly or the like. To this end, the gear shifting assembly of a transmission according to the present disclosure includes a P-gear mechanism and a forward-gear mechanism, wherein the gear shifting assembly further includes a drive mechanism and a shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism is configured to be capable of switching the drive mechanism so that the P-gear mechanism or the forward-gear mechanism is in an operational state. By employing the common drive mechanism, the gear-shifting function of forward gears and the function of parking at the P-gear can be realized without interference, and on the basis of function integration, elements are saved so that the gear shifting assembly is made more compact in structure.
US11313456B2
A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift control circuit operates a shift actuator using a first opposing pulse command and a first actuating pulse command, and releases pressure with shift actuating and opposing volumes of the shift actuator upon determining a shift completion event.
US11313455B2
In some examples, an aircraft gearbox comprises a housing, a barrier, a rotatable drive system component, a set of gears, and a lubrication system. The barrier separates a first compartment and a second compartment within the housing. Each of the rotatable drive system component and the set of gears operable to rotate based on torque received from an engine. The rotatable drive system component is located in the first compartment. The set of gears is located in the second compartment. The lubrication system comprises a first lubrication subsystem and a second lubrication subsystem, which are, at least in part, independent from one another. The first lubrication subsystem is operable to lubricate the rotatable drive system component in the first compartment. The second lubrication subsystem is operable to lubricate the set of gears in the second compartment. The barrier inhibits lubricant from passing between the first compartment and the second compartment.
US11313449B2
A pulley device for a tensioner roller or winding roller of a transmission element, providing a pulley, and a bearing. The bearing includes a rotating outer ring mounted to the pulley, a fixed inner ring, and at least one row of rolling elements arranged between the rings. The inner ring of the bearing has at least one end portion protruding axially with respect to the outer ring. The pulley is provided with at least one pulley element that is C-shaped in axial section. One of the at least one pulley elements is provided with a lateral portion extending substantially radially to pass into the immediate vicinity of an outer surface of the axially protruding end portion of the inner ring.
US11313444B2
A threaded nut of a ball-screw for a brake booster is constructed as a hydraulic piston and is produced from the group of martensitically hardening steels which are non-corroding with respect to brake fluid and which has in percent by weight: between 0.4% and 1.3% carbon (C), up to 2% silicon (Si), up to 2% manganese (Mn), between 12% and 20% chromium (Cr), and phosphorus (P) and sulphur (S) together at less than 0.015%, the balance being iron and, where applicable, melting-related impurities. Addition of the following materials to the above-described steel may be advantageous: up to 2% molybdenum (Mo), up to 0.2% vanadium (V), and up to 3% nickel (Ni).
US11313441B2
A planetary gear box, which has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, a plurality of planet pins an axially front carrier plate and an axially rear carrier plate, wherein the planet pins are connected to the carrier plates. Provision is made whereby the planet pins, at their axial ends, have in each case one platform, radially oriented slots are formed on the carrier plates, and the platforms are pushed via guide grooves into the radially oriented slots. The invention furthermore relates to a method for the assembly of a planetary gear box.
US11313439B2
A speed reducer includes a case with internal teeth, where the case has a cylindrical shape and an outer diameter D, an inner cylinder centered around an central axis of the case and having an inner diameter R, where R/D falls within a range of 20% to 45%, crank shafts arranged on a circumference of an imaginary circle centered around the central axis of the case, where the crank shafts are spaced away from each other in a circumferential direction of the imaginary circle, and each crank shaft has first external teeth, an external tooth member having second external teeth meshing with the internal teeth, where the external tooth member is eccentrically movable by the crank shafts, and a carrier supporting the crank shafts in a rotatable manner, where the carrier is rotatable by the crank shafts relative to the case.
US11313438B2
A gas turbine engine includes an engine core, a fan and a gearbox interconnecting the engine core and the fan. The engine core is configured to drive rotation of at least one shaft. The power gearbox is configured to transfer torque from the at least one shaft to an output shaft at a reduced rate. The output shaft is coupled to the fan to drive the fan at the reduced rate and provide trust for the gas turbine engine.
US11313437B1
A dual-sided ratchet strap apparatus has a strap cam configured on the ratchet base configured to lock a cam strap against a cam lock interface to secure the cam strap in position. The dual-sided ratchet strap apparatus has the cam strap extension, extending in a first direction from the ratchet buckle and a ratchet strap extension, extending in an opposing direction from the ratchet buckle. The ratchet buckle is actuated by the ratchet handle that can be rotated about the ratchet shaft. The strap cam is self-locking wherein tension from the extended end of the strap cam pulls the cam surface into engagement with the cam lock interface. The cam strap can however be pulled out of the cam interface toward the ratchet buckle to enable quick and easy positioning of the ratchet. The cam handle may be configured to rotate in a ratchet base aperture.
US11313427B2
A securing device secures at least one signal cable to a pad retainer bracket of a disc brake, wherein the disc brake has a pad retainer bracket that is secured to a brake caliper of the disc brake spanning a brake disc. The securing device has a retainer that can be arranged on the pad retainer bracket. The signal cable is retained in the retainer, wherein the retainer is also interlockingly and/or frictionally retained on one side in a lateral region of the pad retainer bracket. The signal cable is guided between the retainer and the associated side of the pad retainer bracket.
US11313420B2
A control system in a four-wheel-drive motor vehicle for the distribution of drive forces at least from a drive of the motor vehicle to wheels of the first and second axles of the motor vehicle, at least including: a distribution device for distributing the drive forces to the first and second axles; rotation rate sensors for detecting the rotation rate of the two axles and/or the wheels of the motor vehicle, a central control device that is connected to a distribution controller and the sensors and a vehicle communication system, wherein the distribution controller is attached to the distribution unit and performs control both to a setpoint torque and to a setpoint rotation rate, and thus—in a drive-dependent and switchable manner—determines a distribution ratio of the drive forces to be distributed to the first and second axles on the basis of the ratio between the torque and the setpoint torque or between the setpoint rotation rate and the setpoint rotation rate.
US11313417B2
The disclosure relates to a quick-release device for a tractor PTO shaft, including a first body having a first outer surface and a second outer surface and a first thickness disposed therebetween; a plurality of slots defined on the first body; a second body having a third outer surface and a fourth outer surface and a second thickness disposed therebetween; and a plurality of extensions extending from the second body, wherein the plurality of extensions are configured to removably engage with the plurality of slots.
US11313409B1
A crankshaft has a main journal surrounded by a main bearing defining a groove provided with oil from an oil gallery and at least one oil inlet formed in the main journal providing oil from the groove into the main journal. A first crankpin journal is connected to a first side of the main journal by way of a first web. A second crankpin journal is connected to a second side of the main journal by way of a second web. Pairs of crankpin bearings are provided around each of the first and second crankpin journals. Each crankpin bearing supports a piston rod thereon. Each of the first and second crankpin journals has a pair of oil outlets providing oil to a respective crankpin bearing. Oil passageways in the crankshaft provide the pairs of oil outlets in both the first and second crankpin journals with oil from the main journal.
US11313398B2
The present disclosure provides a blind tack fastener. The blind tack fastener includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The blind tack fastener also includes a collar surrounding a portion of the elongated body. The blind tack fastener also includes a sleeve surrounding the elongated body and positioned between the second end of the elongated body and the collar. A region of the sleeve is band annealed.
US11313385B1
An adjustable sub-base mounting assembly for installing a pump onto a concrete base includes a track assembly having at least one upper track member, wherein one or more cradles supporting the pump are mounted to a portion of the upper track member. The track assembly includes at least one lower track member disposed in sliding engagement with the upper track member(s) to allow the pump to be movable via the track assembly. A sub-base assembly has a sub-base and at least one track support member, the lower track member(s) secured to the track support member. The adjustable sub-base mounting assembly includes one or more one jacking bolts to adjustably secure the track support member(s) to the sub-base, allowing for adjustable positioning of the track support member(s) relative to the sub-base, thereby permitting precise alignment of the rotating unit with the volute of the pump.
US11313374B2
An industrial ceiling fan structure utilizes a coupling structure between the fan blades and the motor main unit and the design of a pressing member attached to the mounting segment of the root of each fan blade to enhance the fan blade mounting strength. Furthermore, the ceiling fan motor provides an outer race and an inner race to secure the permanent magnets without an adhesive, thereby preventing the permanent magnets from loosening and improving the service life of the ceiling fan motor. In addition, through the heat dissipation structure of the outer casing of the motor main unit and the structure of the lamp, the heat dissipation of both the lamp and the motor main unit of the ceiling fan can be achieved.
US11313355B2
A method for monitoring a wind turbine comprises monitoring an acoustic signal and/or a vibrational signal within a tower of the wind turbine, analyzing the signal to identify one or more predetermined characteristic indicative of an event within the tower, recognizing the event has occurred based on the predetermined characteristic and generating an output based on the recognized event. The one or more predetermined characteristic being at least one of: an amplitude of the signal, a duration of the signal, a shape of the signal, one or more frequencies present in the signal and an energy of the signal.
US11313352B2
A yaw control device for a wind turbine, including: a vertical shaft; and, a vertical wing having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first wing surface and a second wing surface, wherein the first wing surface extends between a first edge of the leading edge to a first edge of the trailing edge and wherein the second wing surface extends between a second edge of the leading edge to a second edge of the trailing edge; wherein the vertical wing is configured to receive the vertical shaft, and wherein the vertical shaft is biased toward the leading edge of the vertical wing; and wherein the vertical wing rotates about a longitudinal axis of vertical shaft and is configured such that the leading edge faces in the direction of an approaching wing.
US11313342B2
A wave-activated power generation device is disclosed. The device includes a float configured to be capable of floating in the sea; a rotor configured to generate a rotational inertial mass effect; a power generator configured to generate power based on rotation of the rotor; a first elastic body; and a drive part configured to connect the rotor with the float via the first elastic body so as to rotate the rotor along with movement of the float.
US11313334B2
A force transfer arrangement for transferring a force from a rotating camshaft to an output device, that is able to reduce the transversal force on the camshaft. The proposed connection device force transfer arrangement is configured to cause forces to act on the camshaft from substantially opposite directions which effectively produces a resultant force on the camshaft to be close to zero, or at least be reduced compared to prior art force transfer solutions. Thus, the transverse forces on the camshaft and therefore on e.g. bearings supporting the camshaft are reduced thereby the lifetime of the bearings is prolonged.
US11313331B2
In an intake device for an internal combustion engine, a first resonator chamber (61) is defined between a clean side chamber (56) and a peripheral wall (8) of a case (2), and a first communication passage (61B) communicating a dust side chamber (55) with the first resonator chamber is extending along the peripheral wall of the case.
US11313327B2
An axial flow turbomachine (102) for producing thrust to propel an aircraft is shown. The turbomachine has an inner duct (202) and an outer duct (204), both of which are annular and concentric with one another. An inner fan (206) is located in the inner duct, and is configured to produce a primary pressurised flow (P). An outer fan (207) is located in an outer duct, and is configured to produce a secondary pressurised flow (S). The outer fan has a hollow hub (208) through which the inner duct passes. The outer fan has a diameter of from 2.5 to 3.5 times a diameter of the inner fan.
US11313323B2
A propulsion unit for an aircraft including a nacelle with a D-shaped structure housing a thrust-reversing device with movable vanes, the nacelle containing two D-shaped half-structures each including an external reverser half-cowl. The propulsion unit contains an assembly box-type structure, attached in downstream cantilevered fashion to the turbojet engine fan casing, the box-type structure including two guide rails guiding the deflection vanes, a locking device between the assembly box-type structure and the half-beams in the six o'clock position of the D-shaped half-structures, the assembly box-type structure being arranged in the propulsion unit such that the guide rails guiding the vanes of the assembly box-type structure are situated in the continuation of the guide rails in the six o'clock position guiding the vanes attached to the fan casing, to provide continuity between the rails.
US11313322B2
An exhaust nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine. The assembly includes concentrically arranged inner mixer and outer exhaust nozzles, the exhaust nozzle extending axially downstream of said mixer nozzle. A centre-body is axially mounted within and extends axially downstream from the mixer nozzle. A core flow duct is defined by the mixer nozzle and the centre-body, the core flow duct having a core exit area. An exhaust duct is defined at least in part by the exhaust nozzle downstream of the mixer nozzle, the exhaust duct having an exhaust exit area. The mixer nozzle includes a mixer cowl which is axially-translatable along the centre axis and the exhaust nozzle includes an exhaust cowl which is either axially-translatable along or angularly-adjustable relative to the centre axis. The assembly further includes an actuation mechanism and the mixer cowl and exhaust cowl are movable by the actuation mechanism.
US11313318B2
The present disclosure provides an open-faced piston with a circumferential groove into which a piston ring assembly is arranged. Openings at the bottom of the circumferential groove and between a front land of the open-faced piston and the piston face are provided. The openings are arranged to allow for a combustion reaction to propagate through the volume defined between the bottom of the piston ring assembly and the piston face such that at least a portion of an air and fuel mixture located in that volume is reacted.
US11313313B2
When a rotational speed of an engine is higher than a predetermined rotational speed, a low-pressure fuel injection valve is controlled through the use of a fuel injection time based on an estimated fuel pressure in a low pressure supply pipe and a target fuel injection amount. When the rotational speed of the engine is equal to or lower than the predetermined rotational speed, the low-pressure fuel injection valve is controlled through the use of a fuel injection time based on a detected fuel pressure input from the fuel pressure sensor from the issuance of a command to activate energization of a solenoid to the start of energization of the solenoid and a target fuel injection amount.
US11313312B2
A control unit performs a vehicle attitude control to reduce a torque generated by an engine when an increase in a steering angle exceeds a standard increase, and a spark ignition controlled compression ignition combustion in a predetermined operating range. In the spark ignition controlled compression ignition combustion, switching of an air-fuel ratio mode is performed between a first air-fuel ratio mode (λ>1) is formed and a second air-fuel ratio mode (in which a mixed gas of λ≤1) is formed. If the switching of the air-fuel ratio mode is requested without the vehicle attitude control, the control unit allows performing the requested switching of the air-fuel ratio mode. In contrast, if the mode switching is requested in a state where the vehicle attitude control is requested, the control unit disallows switching of the air-fuel ratio mode even when the switching of the air-fuel ratio mode is requested.
US11313309B2
A vehicle control device includes a memory configured to store relationship definition data that defines a relationship between a state of a vehicle and an action variable, which is a variable relating to an operation of electronic equipment in the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute acquisition processing of acquiring a detection value of a sensor and driving preference information, operation processing of operating the electronic equipment, reward calculation processing of providing a greater reward when a characteristic of the vehicle satisfies a criterion than when the characteristic of the vehicle does not satisfy the criterion, and update processing of updating the relationship definition data. The processor is configured to, based on update mapping, output the relationship definition data updated to increase an expected return on the reward when the electronic equipment is operated in compliance with the relationship definition data.
US11313303B1
Methods and systems are provided for adapting a target impedance of an oxygen sensor. In one example, a method may include updating a target impedance of an oxygen sensor based on a difference between an estimated voltage across a sensing element of the oxygen sensor and a reference RMS voltage of the sensing element. The temperature of the oxygen sensor may be adjusted based on the updated target impedance.
US11313302B1
Methods and systems are described for engine idle speed optimization. A system may include determining whether a fuel intake rate indicative of an amount of fuel consumed by an idling engine over time satisfies a threshold in comparison to a reference fuel intake rate. The reference fuel intake rate may be indicative of a predetermined amount of fuel consumed by the idling engine over time. The system may adjust a predetermined minimum speed at which the engine idles in response to determining that the fuel intake rate satisfies the threshold.
US11313290B2
A method of controlling a turbocharged engine system including customized and selective operation of a turbocharger bypass valve to modulate air pressure through an intake system of the engine to achieve certain desirable auditory feedback, which are deliberately generated through control of engine systems. Additionally, the method may include receiving a user input corresponding to one of a plurality of turbocharger modes. Further, the method may include, in response to receiving the user input, determining an intake air pressure of an intake manifold of the turbocharged engine system. Still further, the method may include comparing the intake air pressure of the intake manifold with a predetermined threshold. Even further, the method may include adjusting a position of a bypass valve based on the turbocharger mode corresponding to the user input and the intake air pressure in comparison to the predetermined threshold. Related apparatuses, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11313289B2
A position sensor of the present invention includes: a magnet that moves together with a moving body; a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic flux generated by the magnet; and a detector that detects an anomaly of the magnetic sensor based on a detection value detected by the magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor is set so as to detect the detection value taking a value on a locus preset in accordance with a position of the moving body, and the locus is set so that a change rate of the detection value corresponding to change of the position of the moving body differs for each of a plurality of sections set within a movement range of the moving body. The detector detects the anomaly of the magnetic sensor based on a relation between the detection value and a comparison value that is a value corresponding to the locus.
US11313288B2
A method of two-step variable valve lift (VVL) malfunction avoidance learning control may include: in a two-step VVL system which is operated with a main lift and a secondary lift, verifying, by an electronic control unit (ECU), an operation avoidance area based on locking of a lock pin of a cam follower ; performing VVL operation learning, in which a failure of occurrence of the second lift is determined on the basis of a locking failure of the cam follower due to an initially set value of the operation avoidance area; and reflecting the operation avoidance area to the two-step VVL system with a corrected set value which is obtained through the VVL operation learning.
US11313287B2
Methods and systems for unsticking a stuck gaspath actuator are disclosed. In one embodiment, an engine operating method includes adjusting exhaust valve timing of one or more cylinders of an engine in response to an indication that a gaspath actuator is stuck in position. In this way, pressure waves in an exhaust manifold and/or an intake manifold may be generated, which may act to unstick the gaspath actuator.
US11313280B2
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of this disclosure includes, among other things, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and at least one rotatable shaft. The gas turbine engine further includes a seal assembly including a static structure and a rotatable structure configured to meet to form a contact area. The seal assembly includes an abradable coating on one of the static structure and the rotatable structure, and the seal assembly further includes a cutter on the other of the static structure and the rotatable structure.
US11313267B2
A particulate matter sensor includes a sensor element that includes a measurement member and a heater. An anomaly determiner performs determination that there is a break fault in a signal path of the measurement signal in response to both: (1) A first determiner, which determines whether a first measurement value of the measurement signal is higher than or equal to a predetermined normal determination threshold while the measurement voltage is applied between the measurement electrodes and the temperature of the measurement member is controlled at a first determination temperature, making a negative determination; and (2) A second determiner, which performs negative determination while the measurement voltage is applied between the measurement electrodes and the temperature of the measurement member is controlled within a predetermined temperature range that is higher than the first determination temperature and lower than a second determination temperature, making a negative determination.
US11313262B2
A centrifugal separator for cleaning gas containing contaminants includes a stationary casing enclosing a separation space through which a gas flow is permitted, a gas inlet extending through the stationary casing and permitting supply of the gas to be cleaned, a rotating member including a plurality of separation members arranged in said separation space and being arranged to rotate around an axis of rotation, a gas outlet configured to permit discharge of cleaned gas and including an outlet opening through a wall of the stationary casing, a drainage outlet configured to permit discharge of liquid impurities separated from the gas to be cleaned and an electrical motor for rotating the rotating member. The centrifugal separator further includes a control unit configured to control the operation of the electrical motor and to drive the electrical motor in at least two different operational modes and to further switch between operational modes depending at least on information of at least one measured internal parameter of the electrical motor.
US11313259B2
In an internal combustion engine, a linkage is provided between an auxiliary motion source and a main motion load path, such that motions received by the linkage from the auxiliary motion source result in provision of a first force to at least one engine valve and a second force to the main motion load path in a direction toward a main motion source. Where an automatic lash adjuster is associated with the main motion load path, the second force may be selected to aid in the control of lash adjustments made by the automatic lash adjuster. In various embodiments, the linkage may be embodied in an mechanical linkage, whereas in other embodiments, an hydraulic linkage may be employed. The linkage may be incorporated into, or otherwise cooperate, a valve bridge or a rocker arm.
US11313255B2
A marine outboard motor having an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes an engine block having at least one cylinder and a valve train comprising a cam, a valve assembly including a valve spring, a roller finger follower, and a pivot post. The pivot post extends from a fixed body of the engine block and defines a contact surface about which the roller finger follower pivots when deflected by the cam during use. The pivot post is moveable relative to the fixed body in a first longitudinal direction (A) against the action of the valve spring. A removable shim is disposed between the fixed body and a portion (182) of the pivot post to space the pivot post from the fixed body in the first longitudinal direction (A) and thereby reduce an amount of lash between the cam and the roller finger follower. The removable shim is dimensioned to fit at least partly around a shaft portion of the pivot post.
US11313249B2
A rotor blade attached to a rotor shaft rotatable around an axis includes: a blade body extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis and having a blade-shaped cross section orthogonal to the radial direction; a shroud provided at an end of the blade body on a radial outer side, and a seal fin protruding from the shroud toward an outer circumferential side, and the seal fin includes: a seal fin body extending in a plate shape in a circumferential direction; and a reinforcing portion provided on at least one plate surface of the seal fin body to increase a thickness of the seal fin, the reinforcing portion gradually increasing in dimension in the radial direction toward the center in the circumferential direction.
US11313243B2
In some examples, a component includes a substrate and a non-continuous abradable coating on the substrate. The abradable coating includes a first portion defining a first plurality of coating blocks, a second portion defining a second plurality of coating blocks, and a blade rub portion extending between the first portion and the second portion and defining a third plurality of coating blocks. At least one of the first plurality of coating blocks or the second plurality of coating blocks is different than the third plurality of coating blocks in at least one coating block parameter.
US11313242B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a seal configured to interface with at least a first component and a second component of a gas turbine engine. A method for forming the seal includes obtaining an ingot of a fine grained, or a coarse grained, or a columnar grained or a single crystal material from a precipitation hardened nickel base superalloy containing at least 40% by volume of the precipitate of the form Ni3(Al, X), where X is a metallic or refractory element, and processing the ingot to generate a sheet of the material, where the sheet has a thickness within a range of 0.010 inches and 0.050 inches inclusive.
US11313232B2
A turbine blade includes a blade main body that includes a cooling flow path formed inside, through which a cooling medium flows; and a plurality of turbulators that are aligned in a flow direction of the cooling medium, project into the cooling flow path from an inner surface of the blade main body, and extend in a direction intersecting with the flow direction. At least one of the turbulators is a first turbulator. The first turbulator includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the first portion and has a projecting height from the inner surface that changes at a first change ratio along a direction intersecting with the flow direction. The second portion has a projecting height from the inner surface that changes at a second change ratio higher than the first change ratio along the direction intersecting with the flow direction.
US11313221B2
In one aspect, an electromagnetic (EM) telemetry device is disclosed including an EM telemetry circuit capable of transmitting a pulsed high power EM telemetry signal, wherein the high power EM telemetry signal has a peak or average pulse power of about 20 W to about 2000 W.
US11313220B1
A method for identifying a drill string washout during wellbore drilling includes operating a drill bit in a wellbore. The drill bit is disposed at a downhole end of a drill string. The method further includes circulating a washout detection composition through the drill string and back to a surface of the wellbore. The washout detection composition includes a carrier fluid and a detecting material that includes strings, wires, fibers, or combinations of these. The method further includes removing the drill string from the wellbore, and determining a location of the drill string washout by inspecting the drill string. The drill string washout is characterized by at least one washout opening in the drill string. The location of the at least one washout opening is identified by at least a portion of the detecting material extending through the at least one washout opening in the drill string so that the detecting material is visible from an exterior of the drill string.
US11313214B2
Provided are methods and system for propping a fracture. An example method includes introducing a first fracturing fluid into the fracture; wherein the first fracturing fluid comprises a first amount of high crush strength proppant and a first aqueous base fluid; wherein the high crush strength proppant has a crush strength equal to or exceeding 4000 psi. The method further includes introducing a second fracturing fluid into the fracture; wherein the second fracturing fluid comprises a first amount of low crush strength proppant and a second aqueous base fluid; wherein the low crush strength proppant has a crush strength less than 4000 psi. The method also includes introducing a third fracturing fluid into the fracture; wherein the third fracturing fluid comprises a second amount of high crush strength proppant and a third aqueous base fluid.
US11313211B2
A system and method of hydraulic fracturing a geological formation in the Earth crust, including providing fracing fluid through a wellbore into the geological formation, wherein the hydraulic fracturing includes complex shear fracturing.
US11313206B2
A completion system and a method for powering a downhole component of a wellbore are provided. In one example, in the completion system comprises at least three different types of power sources for powering a downhole component in a wellbore and a power distribution circuit including a power distribution node and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to select at least one power source of the at least three different types of power sources to connect to the power distribution node based on a selection priority of the power sources, and the power distribution node is configured to provide power from the at least one power source to the downhole component.
US11313189B2
Valve systems and methods for inserting into a casing used in a downhole environment are provided. The valve system includes a tool mandrel, a check valve assembly, and a setting system. The setting system includes inner and outer setting mandrels and a slip collar. The inner setting mandrel is located around at least a portion of the tool mandrel and includes a frustoconical outer surface. The outer setting mandrel is located around at least a portion of the inner setting mandrel and includes a frustoconical inner surface. The slip collar is located around at least a portion of the outer setting mandrel and includes a plurality of tabs and each tab includes gripping elements.
US11313185B2
A differential iron roughneck for making or breaking a pipe connection includes: at least one first gripping cylinder for delivering torque to a first pipe; at least one second gripping cylinder for delivering and receiving torque to and from a second pipe; and a differential gearbox including: a primary shaft delivering torque to the at least one first gripping cylinder; and a secondary shaft receiving torque from the at least one second gripping cylinder, where the primary shaft and the secondary shaft rotate at different speeds.
US11313184B2
A system for performing a subterranean operation that can include a plurality of tools, and a gripper conveying means configured to connect with any one of the plurality of tools and perform a first operation on a rig. The system can also include tools with an encapsulated chamber having electronic components contained therein with the tools in compliance with an explosion-exposed (EX) certification.
US11313182B2
A centralizing perforating gun for perforating a tubular in a wellbore include a gun housing, perforating charges positioned within the gun housing and detonatable to perforate the tubular, and a centralizing system. The centralizing system includes an extendable member configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position. The extendable member is configured to engage a surface of the tubular in the extended position, thereby biasing the centralizing perforating gun away from the surface of the tubular.
US11313177B2
A drill bit is provided that includes a bit body having one or more blades extending therefrom, a plurality of cutters secured to the one or more blades, and a rolling element assembly positioned within a cavity defined on the bit body. The rolling element assembly includes a rolling element rotatable within the cavity about a rotational axis, and a compliant retainer extendable within a retainer slot defined in the cavity to secure the rolling element within the cavity. The compliant retainer and the cavity cooperatively encircle more than 180° but less than 360° of a circumference of the rolling element while leaving a full axial width of the rolling element exposed. The compliant retainer is compressible responsive to forces from the rolling element to absorb vibrations and/or automatically adjust depth of cut.
US11313174B2
A fall arrest system includes a ladder configured to provide access to an elevated structure and a fall arrest device configured to be secured to the elevated structure, the fall arrest device including an upper anchor, the upper anchor including a first end configured to be secured to the elevated structure and a second end distal from the first end.
US11313159B2
A gesture access system includes at least one ultra wide band transceiver to be mounted to a motor vehicle, and a processor to operate in either of (i) a gesture access mode to control an actuator associated with an access closure of the motor vehicle to lock, unlock, open or close the access closure in response to an object within a sensing region of the at least one UWB transceiver exhibiting a predefined gesture, and (ii) an inactive mode in which the at least one processor does not receive or does not act on UWB radiation detection signals, the at least one processor to operate in the gesture access mode in response to known mobile communication device being within a perimeter defined about the motor vehicle, and to otherwise operate in the inactive mode.
US11313158B2
A door handle includes a handle body with an external surface, an internal portion, and a mounting feature configured to couple the handle body to a door. The door handle also includes a force sensing element disposed in the internal portion of the handle body. The first force sensing element is configured to measure a force applied to the external surface of the door handle. The door handle further includes a communication element coupled to the force sensing element. The force measured by the force sensing element is used to determine an output function.
US11313153B2
A security apparatus for a portable electronic device comprises at least one support member comprising opposing side surfaces and a plurality of support member surface features. At least one of the opposing side surfaces comprises a first engagement structure. One of the at least two arms comprises a second engagement structure configured to slidably engage the first engagement structure allowing movement in a first direction and opposing second direction. At least one locking assembly is positioned on at least one of the at least two arms and comprises a plurality of lock surface features configured to couple to the plurality of support member surface features. In a locked position, the at least one of the at least two arms is enabled to slide in the first direction. In an unlocked position, the at least one of the at least two arms is enabled to slide in the second direction.
US11313152B2
A lock can include a motor assembly, a gear assembly, and an unlocking assembly. The motor assembly can include a motor and a drive shaft. The gear assembly can include a cam, a pinion gear, and a pinion. The pinion gear can include a plurality of teeth disposed along only a portion of a perimeter of the pinion gear. The pinion gear can be configured to engage the pinion. The pinion can be configured to translate laterally to release a biasing member to unlock a door of a container.
US11313150B1
An electrical lock monitoring device which can be retrofitted onto an existing electrical lock control system. The device can be powered by the existing power mains for the electrical lock control system. In the event of a power failure, an indicator is activated to advise users of a power failure. The device can be electrically connected to trigger an alarm, camera, siren, or other devices. Once the power has been restored, the device is automatically reset.
US11313148B2
A stake insertion and removal tool including a vertically extending pole portion having an upper end for grasping and a lower end comprising a fixed clamping surface, a clamping portion connected to the pole portion approximate the lower end by linkage, movable relative to the pole portion through the linkage, and having a step and a movable clamping surface. A downward force on the step forces the movable clamping portion toward the fixed clamping portion through the linkage, thereby forcing the movable clamping surface toward the fixed clamping surface, to grasp a stake placed therebetween as the downward force urges the stake into ground there-below.
US11313147B1
A modular fence unit integrates a base, a pair of end posts extending through slots formed in the base, and a fence panel design resting above the base between the pair of end posts. A tongue and groove combination provides the joint used to situate the fence panel design between the posts. The joint enables the fence panels to be releasably attachable to the end posts. The fence unit can incorporate a single panel, multiple vertically-oriented panels arranged horizontally, or multiple horizontally-oriented panels arranged vertically. The base includes an interior compartment space capable of holding fluid, such as liquid, to enable the base to serve as stabilizing ballast.
US11313132B2
A covering element support arrangement for attaching covering elements to a building or building component. The covering element support arrangement has a carrier means for receiving covering elements thereon. The covering element support arrangement further has an attachment means for attaching covering elements to the carrier means. The attachment means involves mechanical fastening means that can be fastened to the carrier means and that are engageable with covering elements to fix the covering elements to the carrier means. The carrier means is formed at least partially from a perforated sheet and the mechanical fastening means is engageable with the perforations. The frequency of the perforations is such that a covering element can be attached to the carrier means without requiring the covering element to be initially aligned relative to any single perforation. This thereby reduces the time required to fit covering elements.
US11313131B2
An openable sunscreen device with adjustable slats (3) moved by at least one distance adjustment member (21) between opened (O) and closed (C) conditions. Each slat (3) has an axle (9) whose ends (11) slide along a first site for sliding (15) of a side guide (17). Each slat (3) has an inclined arm (23) provided with a slider (25). A rotation member (27) provides for rotation of the slat (3) around its axle (9) and includes a longitudinal track element (31) parallel to the site for sliding (15) and a corresponding transversal track element (33). Each transversal track element (33) intersects the longitudinal track element (31) at a respective switch element (35) rotatable between a rotating condition in which it (37) is aligned with the respective transversal track element (33) and a sliding condition in which it (37) is aligned with the longitudinal track element (31).
US11313129B1
A roof vent assembly may include a vent tube, a vent cap, an air plate and one or more airflow extension members. The airflow extension members may extend outward beyond the periphery of the air plate to create external air plenums. The roof vent assembly may be operable to draw air from the external air plenums under a roof membrane, into an internal air plenum defined by the air plate, through the vent tube and out of the vent cap to remove moisture from the roof.
US11313119B2
An interior insulation system with moisture control for an exterior building wall has a first insulation element adapted for abutting the interior surface of the external wall; a second insulation element abutting said first insulation element; a vapour barrier covering the interior surface of the second insulation element; and a support structure below the first and second insulation elements and supporting said first and second insulation elements The support structure has a gutter profile having a cavity with an upper opening and at least one ventilation opening, and a third insulation element is provided in at least a portion of said cavity.
US11313113B1
A connector apparatus featuring a main pipe with first and second opposed ends. Each has a corresponding male-threaded fastening section for mating with the complimentary female-threaded fastening section on a respective conventional pipe-locking ring or collar. A valve-housing for supporting a one-way flow valve assembly interiorly, and a riser mounted on and supported by the valve housing for ultimate connection to the output or exhaust nozzle of a medical scavenger device.
US11313109B2
A water flow valve positioned within a waterline preferably just past a building's water meter. The valve compresses air bubbles into the water at the point where the water enters the meter, thus improving the accuracy of the meter reading. The internal passageway of the valve is non-linear and causing the water traveling therethrough to go through a plurality of turns. A blocking disk and spring are used to close off communication between a first portion of the internal passageway and a second portion of the passageway in a valve closed position. With enough water flow pressure the spring is compressed which causes the blocking disk to retract and allow water to travel through the passageway, while creating the backpressure in the waterline to collapse the air bubbles prior to the bubbles being read by the water meter. A laminar flow for the water can also be created which can reduce the wear and tear on the water meter possibly extending the useful life for the water meter.
US11313107B2
A controller outputs a first velocity (first limiting velocity) as a limiting velocity for a boom cylinder when a boom lowering operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, and outputs a second velocity when the boom lowering operation amount is equal to or larger than the first operation amount. The first velocity is set to decrease according to a decrease in a target surface distance. The second velocity is defined by a weighted average of the first velocity and a third velocity (second limiting velocity) set to change according to one of the target surface distance and the boom lowering operation amount of the operation device, and is set such that an increase in the boom lowering operation amount reduces a weight for the first velocity while increasing a weight for the third velocity.
US11313101B2
A cover mounting bracket (16) is provided on an upper side of a left weight part (11) and a right weight part (12) constituting a counterweight (10). The cover mounting bracket (16) is formed as a U-shaped frame with the counterweight (10) side open by a left extending member (17) extending forward from the upper side of the left weight part (11), a right extending member (18) extending forward from the upper side of the right weight part (12), and a connecting member (19) connecting the front side of the left extending member (17) and the front side of the right extending member (18). A prime mover cover (28) is supported on the connecting member (19) of the cover mounting bracket (16) rotatably in a vertical direction through a hinge (31). The prime mover cover (28) is moved between an open position where an inspection opening (15) of the counterweight (10) is opened and a closed position where the inspection opening (15) is closed around the hinge (31).
US11313100B2
Hydraulic system (120) for a vehicle comprising a vehicle hydraulic circuit (122) among others for the hydraulic supply of connecting means of an automatic coupling means, wherein the connecting means is designed to connect a coupling means (31) of the vehicle with a correspondingly designed coupling means (32) of an add-on unit and an operating hydraulic circuit (121) for supplying at least one Power-Beyond coupling, wherein the vehicle hydraulic circuit and the operating hydraulic circuit are designed independent of one another and each having a hydraulic pump.
US11313099B2
The present disclosure relates to: a flexible joint connecting device used for sequentially coupling precast concrete segments so as to construct an underwater tunnel; an underwater tunnel construction method using the flexible joint connecting device so as to join, in a watertight manner, tunnel modules and integrally connect same, thereby constructing the underwater tunnel; and the underwater tunnel constructed by the construction method.
US11313094B2
The present invention discloses an end plate system for joining spun piles together comprises a top end plate (100) mounted at a bottom end of a first spun pile: and a bottom end plate (200) mounted at a top end of a second spun pile; wherein the end plates (100, 200) respectively have an interlocking surface that is formed with a plurality of segmental protrusions (110, 210) and segmental recesses (120, 220) arranged in an alternate configuration; characterized in that each segmental protrusion (110, 210) has a first radial interlocking profile (111, 211) and a second radial interlocking profile (112, 212) that extend towards the central portion of the end plates (100, 200); wherein the top end plate (100) and the bottom end plate (200) are mated by registering the segmental protrusion (110, 210) of one end plate to the segmental recess (120, 220) of another end plate and through a rotating movement about the central axis of the mated end plates (100, 200), a first interlocking joint (300) is formed by two adjacent first radial interlocking profiles (111, 211) in full surface contact, and a second interlocking joint (400) is created by inserting a pin (402) into a passageway (401) formed between two adjacent second radial interlocking profiles (112, 212).
US11313078B2
An accumulating unit that discharges fibers by rotating a drum unit in which a plurality of openings are formed, a second web forming unit that forms a second web by operating a mesh belt, a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet from the second web, and a control unit that performs a start control for operating the accumulating unit and the second web forming unit from the stop state are included. In a case where the start control is performed from a state where the fibers are present in the drum unit, the control unit adjusts a thickness of the second web by controlling at least one of a timing at which rotation of the drum unit is initiated, a rotational speed of the drum unit, a timing at which movement of the mesh belt is initiated, and a movement speed of the mesh belt.
US11313077B2
A system comprising: (a) housing; (b) support arm; and (c) rotary actuator that rotates a steam box between a working position and a rotated position.
US11313072B2
An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
US11313067B2
A centrifugal dispenser comprises a first container that has a first wall with a lower end defining at least a portion of a first reservoir. The first wall also has an upper end extending above the lower end. A first centrifugal chamber that is at least partially defined by the upper end of the first wall is fluidly coupled to the first reservoir and located centrifugally downstream of the first reservoir. A second centrifugal chamber is located centrifugally downstream of the first centrifugal chamber. A second container defining a second reservoir is fluidly coupled with the second centrifugal chamber and an orifice is located in the upper end of the first wall and has a valve that fluidly couples the first and second centrifugal chambers.
US11313064B2
A method and an apparatus for treating laundry are disclosed. The method for treating laundry according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes generating fusion sensing data on laundry by using a plurality of heterogeneous sensors, acquiring information about the laundry using the fusion sensing data, and controlling a washing cycle of the laundry based on the information about the laundry. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to collect accurate information about the laundry by using the fusion sensing data based on the heterogeneous sensors, and to control the washing cycle in a manner suitable for the laundry based on the collected information.
US11313063B2
A needle punched carpet for use in a car is disclosed. The needle punched carpet comprises at least a needle punched facing layer defining a top layer and made of staple fibers. The staple fibers comprise hollow fibers having a hollow fiber content that is at least more than 45 weight % of the total staple fibers.
US11313054B2
A carbon fiber bundle from which a carbon fiber composite material having high tensile strength can be obtained has the following configuration. Specifically, the carbon fiber bundle has a strand elastic modulus of 265-300 GPa, strand strength of at least 6.0 GPa, and knot strength of at least 820 N/mm2, and includes at least 30,000 filaments.
US11313028B2
A coated cutting tool and a process for the production thereof is provided. The coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a hard material coating, the substrate being selected from cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride, polycrystalline diamond or high-speed steel. The hard material coating includes a (Ti,Al)N layer stack of alternately stacked (Ti,Al)N sub-layers. The layer stack has an overall atomic ratio of Ti:Al within the (Ti,Al)N layer stack within the range from 0.33:0.67 to 0.67:0.33, a total thickness of the (Ti,Al)N layer stack within the range from 1 μm to 20 μm, each of the individual (Ti,Al)N sub-layers within the (Ti,Al)N layer stack of alternately stacked (Ti,Al)N sub-layers having a thickness within the range from 0.5 nm to 50 nm, each of the individual (Ti,Al)N sub-layers within the (Ti,Al)N layer stack of alternately stacked (Ti,Al)N sub-layers being different in respect of the atomic ratio Ti:Al than an immediately adjacent (Ti,Al)N sub-layer, and other characteristics.
US11313024B2
A vapor deposition metal mask includes a mask region including a plurality of mask holes. A connection portion of each mask hole located at a position other than the center of the mask region has a shape protruding inward of the mask hole along the entire circumference of the mask hole and is configured by a first section, which is a section closer to the center of the mask region and a second section, which is a section closer to one of the ends of the mask region. The distance between the first section and the reverse surface of the mask region is a first step height. The first step height in the end region is smaller than the first step height in the central region.
US11313020B2
A method for manufacturing a hot-dip metal plated steel strip having a plated layer formed on the outer surface thereof includes continuously immersing a steel strip in a bath tub that accommodates a molten metal plating bath, causing a sink roll disposed in the bath tub to change the traveling direction of the steel strip, then causing the steel strip to pass through two support rolls formed of a stabilizing roll and a correcting roll disposed above the sink roll but below the surface of the plating bath, and extracting the steel strip out of the bath. A flow regulation plate is disposed so as to cover at least the upper side of a roll body of the stabilizing roll out of the support rolls with a gap between the flow regulation plate and the stabilizing roll, and the flow of the molten metal plating bath directed toward a portion of the steel strip located from the exit of the support rolls to the surface of the plating bath is led toward the lower side of the stabilizing roll via the gap.
US11313016B2
An aluminum alloy material suitable for the manufacture of automotive body panels comprising: Si 0.6 to 1.2 wt %, Mg 0.7 to 1.3 wt %, Zn 0.25 to 0.8 wt %, Cu 0.02 to 0.20 wt %, Mn 0.01 to 0.25 wt %, Zr 0.01 to 0.20 wt %, with the balance being Al and incidental elements, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy material. The aluminum alloy material satisfies the inequation of: 2.30 wt %≤(Si+Mg+Zn+2Cu) wt %≤3.20 wt %.
US11313011B2
A method for refining magnetic domains of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a step of preparing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet; and a step of forming a groove by irradiating a quasi-continuous laser beam of which a duty is from 98.0 to 99.9% on a surface of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.
US11312994B2
Compositions, polynucleotides, probes, kits, methods, computer systems, treatment methods and genetic markers useful for assessing the risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), Ventricular Arrhythmia (VA), or Heart Failure (HF) are provided herein. The compositions, polynucleotides, probes, kits, methods, computer systems, treatment methods and genetic markers of the invention can provide patients selection for those that can be treated with an ICD or CRT-D based on assessing the presence of one or more Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with any one of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), Ventricular Arrhythmia (VA), or Heart Failure (HF), and can indicate treatment with certain drugs such as beta-blockers.
US11312990B2
The methods described herein, referred to as PCR-Activated Sorting (PAS), allow nucleic acids contained in biological systems to be sorted based on their sequence as detected with nucleic acid amplification techniques, e.g., PCR. The nucleic acids can be free floating or contained within living or nonliving structures, including particles, viruses, and cells. The nucleic acids can include, e.g., DNA or RNA. Systems and devices for use in practicing methods of the invention are also provided.
US11312989B1
Provided are materials and methods for age-at-death estimation for identification of human remains in forensic contexts. In preferred embodiments, the methods and materials comprise methylation analysis of human tooth pulp tissue and selected genes wherein the methylation analysis of selected CpG dinucleotides within the selected genes provides a surprising accuracy of age determination from small amount of tooth pulp DNA.
US11312984B2
Methods of preparing highly purified steviol glycosides, particularly rebaudiosides A, D and M are described. The methods include utilizing recombinant microorganisms for converting various staring compositions to target steviol glycosides. In addition, novel steviol glycosides reb D2 and reb M2 are disclosed, as are methods of preparing the same. The highly purified rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweetener in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectioneries, bakery products, cookies, and chewing gums.
US11312981B2
The present invention provides a method of producing astaxanthin and lysine in recombinant gram-positive bacteria comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding for a crtZ-protein from F. pelagi and comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding for a crtW-protein.
US11312978B2
The present invention relates to methods of upgrading biomass to provide useful chemical intermediates, fuels, amino acids, nutrients, etc. In particular examples, the biomass is a by-product of ethanol production and is mainly used as high-protein feed. Described herein are methods for upgrading such biomass, such as by implementing pre-treatment conditions and by employing fermentation conditions including modified organisms.
US11312976B2
A method for recovering one or more water immiscible compounds comprising acidifying and disrupting the microbial biomass; heating the acidified, disrupted microbial biomass to form a heated, acidified disrupted microbial biomass; and contacting the heated, acidified, disrupted microbial biomass with a disulfonated surfactant in an amount sufficient to release at least 30% of the one or more water immiscible compounds from the microbial biomass.
US11312969B2
Compositions and methods are provided for stacking multiple independent transgenic loci into the genome of a plant. Compositions include plants, seeds or plant cells comprising at least one transgenic target site and at least one genomic locus of interest integrated at different genomic sites within a genomic window. Plant breeding techniques can be employed such that the transgenic target site and the genomic locus of interest can be bred together. In this way, multiple independent transgene integrations can be generated within a genomic window to create a complex trait locus. The complex trait locus is designed such that the transgenic target sites and/or genomic loci of interest can segregate independently of each other, thus providing the benefit of altering a complex trait locus by breeding-in and breeding-away specific elements. Various methods can also be employed to modify the target sites such that they contain a variety of polynucleotides of interest.
US11312968B2
Strains of yeast genetically engineered to produce increased amounts of non-hydroxylated collagen or hydroxylated collagen are described. An all-in-one vector including the DNA necessary to produce collagen, promotors, and hydroxylating enzymes is also described. Methods for producing non-hydroxylated or hydroxylated collagen are also provided.
US11312967B2
Hybrid cereals are described which are obtained by restoring the pollen fertility for the Pampa cytoplasmic male sterility (P-CMS) and which are characterized by a reduced linkage drag. Plants are provided, in particular rye, which, as the male pollen parent, are capable of restoring the pollen fertility for the P-CMS. Furthermore, the nucleic acid molecule which carries the necessary information for restoring the P-CMS, DNA and vectors which contain such a nucleic acid molecule, corresponding host cells as well as a protein which can be encoded by the nucleic acid molecule and antibodies directed against it are also described. Furthermore, methods for the production of corresponding hybrid plants and transgenic plants are provided.
US11312963B2
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for decreasing TIGIT mRNA and protein expression. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate TIGIT associated diseases, disorders, and conditions.
US11312962B2
The present embodiments provide methods, compounds, and compositions useful for inhibiting DGAT2 expression, which may be useful for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease associated with DGAT2.
US11312947B2
Disclosed are a recombinant poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase (PETase) expression vector, a recombinant mono(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate hydrolase (MHETase) expression vector, a strain for producing each of the recombinant PETase and MHETase containing each of the vectors, and a method for degrading a plastics using each of the recombinant PETase and MHETase expressed therefrom. When the recombinant hydrolases, that is, PETase and MHETase are used together, high enzymatic activity may be sustained for a long time to completely degrade the PET.
US11312946B2
The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a variant of a parent lipase which variant has lipase activity, has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, and comprises substitutions at positions corresponding to T231R+N233R and at least one or more (e.g., several) of D96E, D111A, D254S, G163K, P256T, G91T, and G38A of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention also relates to use of the compositions, methods of producing the compositions, and methods of cleaning. The present invention furthermore relates to variants and polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides.
US11312945B2
This disclosure relates to Cas9-nucleic acid complexes and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates transgenic plants and animals genetically engineered to express Cas9-nucleic acid complexes disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing, diseases, conditions, cancer, viral infections or other pathogenic infection using vectors configured to express a Cas9-nucleic acid complex disclosed herein.
US11312940B2
Provided are methods for isolating subpopulations of stem cells. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed methods include selecting subsets of cells that are positive for CD34 or Sca-1, are further positive for one or more of FSHR, LHCGR, PRLR, AR, ESRα, ESRβ, and PGR; and are negative for each of CD45R/B220, Gr-1, TCRαβ, TCRγδ, CD11b, and Ter-119. In some embodiments, the subpopulations are further fractioning into CD45− and CD45+ fractions. Also provided are populations of stem cells isolated by the presently disclosed methods, compositions that include the presently disclosed subpopulations in pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, methods for expanding stem cells, methods for stimulating proliferation of MSCs, methods for treating subjects suffering from exposure to radiation, and methods for producing gametes in vitro.
US11312933B2
A culture container transportation set suitable for cultured state-maintaining transportation is provided. A culture container transportation set A1 includes: a culture container 13 including a vessel 13 made up of a bottom wall 11 and a tubular side wall 12 rising from the bottom wall 11; a flexible cover 2 covering an upper edge portion 121 of the side wall 12; a hard pressing member 3 provided on the cover 2; a cushioning material 4 of shape restorability; and a housing container 6 that houses the culture container 1, the cover 2, the pressing member 3 and the cushioning material 4 in an assembled state in which these components are stacked while pressing these components from above and below. The cushioning material 4 is provided between the housing container 6 and the culture container 1 or between the pressing member 3 and the housing container 6.
US11312927B2
A hard surface cleaning composition is provided, including: carbon dioxide; an ionic acrylic based rheology modifier comprising at least one of an alkali swellable emulsion polymer and a hydrophobically-modified alkali swellable emulsion polymer; a pH adjuster; a surfactant; at least one of an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid and an alkyl benzene sulfonate; water; a cosolvent; and, optionally, a pH color indicator; wherein the pH of the hard surface cleaning composition is 3.5 to 6.0. Also provided is a method of cleaning a hard surface.
US11312926B2
The invention relates to novel concentrates containing polysiloxanes having improved stability and improved performance properties and to the use thereof in laundry and cleaning formulations, preferably in fabric care compositions.
US11312925B2
Solid rinse aid compositions and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. Solid rinse aid compositions include in a single concentrate composition a pyrithione preservative system to replace conventional preservatives in the isothiazolinone family, such as chloromethylisothiazolinone. Beneficially, the pyrithione preservative systems eliminate the need for any personal protective equipment to handle the solid rinse aid compositions. Methods of making and use using the rinse aids are also disclosed.
US11312905B2
This disclosure pertains to the field of nanotechnology. The disclosure provides methods of preparing nanostructures with fluoride passivation. The disclosure also provides methods of preparing nanostructures with fluoride and amine passivation. The nanostructures have high quantum yield, narrow emission peak width, tunable emission wavelength, and colloidal stability. Also provided are nanostructures prepared using the methods. And, nanostructure films and molded articles comprising the nanostructures are also provided.
US11312903B2
A green phosphor including: (i) an inorganic phosphor particle; and (ii) neodymium-containing particles attached on a surface of the inorganic phosphor particle, wherein the green phosphor has a light-emission local maximum wavelength in a range of from 500 nm to 570 nm.
US11312888B2
A solventless adhesive is disclosed, the adhesive comprising an isocyanate component comprising at least one isocyanate prepolymer that is the reaction product of reactants comprising at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol, and a branched alkane diol, and a polyol component comprising at least one polyol and a branched alkane diol. The branched alkane diol can comprise a single side alkyl chain, such as 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, and combinations thereof. Further, a method for forming a laminate is disclosed, the method comprising forming a solventless adhesive composition comprising a branched alkane diol, applying a layer of the adhesive composition to a surface of a film, bringing the layer into contact with a surface of another film to form a laminate, and curing the adhesive composition. Still further, a laminate formed by the method is disclosed.
US11312883B2
The present invention relates to a conductive paste composition for manufacturing a conductive film formed by dispersing conductive particles in a polymer resin, the conductive paste composition including: conductive metal particles, a polymer fiber, a polymer resin, and an auxiliary additive, wherein the polymer fiber is coated with a first graphene on a surface thereof.
US11312881B2
The present invention provides an allophanate polymer system made by a method comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of a reactive reducer comprising a reducing agent and a tertiary amine catalyst to produce a clear-coat, and contacting the clear-coat with a basecoat comprising a tertiary amine catalyst. The reaction between the polyol and the polyuretdione will proceed after the reactive reducer reduces the viscosity of the one component clear-coat formulation to appropriate levels. The inventive allophanate polymer system is particularly applicable in providing coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance.
US11312874B2
The present invention relates to an antireflection film including a low refractive index layer and a hard coating layer, the low refractive index layer including: a binder resin containing a crosslinked polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups; and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein a 10-point average roughness (Rz) of the shape of irregularities on the surface of the low refractive index layer is 0.05 μm to 0.2 μm.
US11312870B2
The present inventive concept relates to a copper based conductive paste and its preparation method. The copper based conductive paste comprises a copolymer-copper composite comprising an imidazole-silane copolymer with partially cross-linked structure and a copper powder, a solvent, a binder and an additive. The imidazole-silane copolymer with partially cross-linked structure is introduced into the copper powder whose surface is treated by a hydrochloric acid aqueous solution and a phosphoric acid aqueous solution. The imidazole-silane copolymer is polymerized by using an imidazole monomer represented by following formula 1, a silane monomer represented by following formula 2 and a cross-linking agent. In Formula 1, X represents a hydrogen atom (H) or a methyl group (—CH3), and R1 represents a vinyl group or an allyl group. In Formula 2, Y represents a methoxy group, a 2-methoxy ethoxy group or an acetoxy group, and R2 represents a vinyl group.
US11312869B2
Articles including durable and icephobic and/or biocidal polymeric coatings are disclosed. The polymeric coatings can include a bonding layer which may contain a substantially fully cured polymeric resin providing excellent adhesion to metallic or polymer substrates. The polymeric coating further includes an outer surface layer which is smooth, hydrophobic, biocidal and icephobic and, in addition to a substantially fully cured resin, contains silicone comprising additives near the exposed outer surface. The anisotropic polymeric coatings are particularly suited for strong and lightweight parts required in aerospace, automotive and sporting goods applications. A process for making the articles is disclosed as well.
US11312863B2
A method for preparing a composition including mineral particles functionalized by at least one organic group and having a specific surface defined according to the BET method greater than 500 m2/g, involves: —choosing a phyllosilicate composition, including mineral particles having a thickness of less than 100 nm, a largest dimension of less than 10 μm and belonging to the family of lamellar silicates; —choosing at least one functionalizing agent, from the group formed from the oxysilanes and oxygermanes having at least one organic group, —bringing the phyllosilicate composition into contact with a functionalizing solution including the functionalizing agent, so as to obtain a phyllosilicate composition including mineral particles functionalized by the organic group, while choosing the organic group from the group formed from the cationic heteroaryl groups, the quaternary ammonium groups and the salts of same. The phyllosilicate composition obtained by the method is also described.
US11312840B2
An organic-inorganic hybrid composition including a polymer having a triazine ring structure in a main chain of the polymer (A); an inorganic particulate (B); and a surface-treating agent having a triazine ring structure represented by Formula (1)(C): wherein, in Formula (1), R1 is a carboxyl group, a phosphoric acid group, a sulfo group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, wherein a number median diameter (Dn50) of the inorganic particulate (B) is greater than or equal to about 1 nm and less than or equal to about 20 nm.
US11312837B2
Methods for recycling post-consume polyester-based fabric materials such as hospital linens. The methods include decontaminating a post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) product and polymerizing the decontaminated PET product via solid state polymerization to generate a polymerized PET product. The post-consumer PET product may include a polyester-based fabric. The post-consumer PET product may retain essentially the same shape and form during and after recycling and decontamination as before recycling.
US11312832B2
Thermoplastic resin composition for laser direct structuring process and article comprising the same
A thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article including the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes: about 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin; about 1 to about 30 parts by weight of an additive for laser direct structuring (LDS additive); about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight of a hindered phenol-based compound; about 0.01 to about 10 parts by weight of a sodium phosphate salt; about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight of a phosphite compound; about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight of a sulfonate compound; and about 0.01 to about 10 parts by weight of a metal oxide, wherein a weight ratio of the hindered phenol-based compound, the sodium phosphate salt, the phosphite compound and the sulfonate compound to the metal oxide may range from about 2:1 to about 10:1. The thermoplastic resin composition has good properties in terms of plating reliability and thermal stability (discoloration resistance) and can secure good injection molding stability by suppressing gas generation upon injection molding.
US11312822B2
A method of preparing a polycarbonate composition, including: melt polymerizing in a polymerization unit a dihydroxy compound with a diaryl carbonate and removing a stream of color inducing species containing an isopropenyl phenyl-containing group from the polymerization unit, to form a polycarbonate composition, wherein the polycarbonate has a color inducing species containing an isopropenyl phenyl-containing group level below 170 ppm is provided.
US11312820B2
In an embodiment, a composition is provided that includes an indenofluorene moiety; an alkyl radical, an aryl radical, or a heteroaryl radical chemically bound to the indenofluorene moiety; and an electron donor moiety bound to the indenofluorene moiety. In another embodiment, a device is provided that includes compositions described herein. In another embodiment, a method of forming a donor-acceptor small molecule or a donor-acceptor copolymer is provided that includes forming an indenofluorene moiety; forming an electron donor moiety; and reacting the indenofluorene moiety with the electron donor moiety in a cross-coupling reaction.
US11312818B2
This is to provide a non-halogen containing compound excellent in proton conductivity and capable of suitably being used for a polymer electrolytic fuel cell The compound of the present invention has a structure represented by the following general formula (I). (In the above-mentioned general formula (I), “l” and “n” are molar fractions when l+n=1.0, and 0≤l<1.0 and 0
US11312815B2
A polyurethane resin is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate component containing a bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane with a macropolyol component having a number average molecular weight of above 400 and 5000 or less. The shore A hardness thereof is 80 or less, a temperature at which a storage elastic modulus E′ thereof shows 1×106 Pa is 200° C. or more, and a ratio (E′150/E′50) of a storage elastic modulus E′150 at 150° C. with respect to a storage elastic modulus E′50 at 50° C. is 0.1 or more and 1.4 or less.
US11312810B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane matrix resin composition, comprising at least one C3-8 alkane diol, at least one alkoxylated aromatic diol and at least one polyisocyanate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced composite comprising a cured thermoplastic polyurethane polymer matrix according to the present invention and a fiber material. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of the fiber-reinforced composite according to the present invention and use of the composition or the fiber-reinforced composite in railway vehicles, automotive vehicles, aircraft vehicles, boats, space vehicles, motorbikes, bicycles, sporting goods, helmets, functional clothing, shoes, construction parts in bridges and buildings or wind turbine blades are described.
US11312807B2
Provided is a copolymer exhibiting self-healing properties. The copolymer comprises first units comprising first pendant groups wherein the first pendant groups are alkyls having at least 1 to no more than 6 carbons. Second units comprising second pendant groups are alkyls having at least 2 to no more than 8 carbons. The first units and second units are in a molar ratio of 45/55 to 55/45 and the pendant groups form an inter-pendant space having a volume of at least 80 Ang.3 to no more than 140 Ang.3. The copolymer comprises no more than 3 adjacent first units and no more than 3 adjacent second units.
US11312805B2
The present invention relates to a hydrocarbon resin production method comprising thermal polymerization under non-catalytic conditions, thereby enabling a narrow molecular weight distribution and the realization of uniform physical properties. Specifically, the present invention relates to a hydrocarbon resin production method and a hydrocarbon resin produced thereby, the method comprising thermal polymerization without a catalyst and an initiator, thereby enabling, by a low polydispersity index, a narrow molecular weight distribution, and thus a hydrocarbon resin having uniform physical properties.
US11312801B2
Compositions obtained by mixing at least one oligomer A1 which is obtained by the copolymerization of at least two monomers functionalized by diol functions with at least one second monomer, and at least one compound A2 comprising at least two boronic ester functions. They have rheological properties which vary significantly depending on the proportion of the compounds A1 and A2 used. Composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating oil with such a composition of associative and exchangeable polymers, and use of this composition to lubricate a mechanical part.
US11312798B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer by continuous polymerization using two or more reactors, and relates to a method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer which is capable of providing a conjugated diene-based polymer having improved Mooney viscosity and excellent cis 1,4 bond content and linearity, by controlling the injection amount of a conjugated diene-based monomer to each reactor in a specific ratio and resolving the deterioration phenomenon of physical properties, which might be generated in continuous reaction.
US11312780B2
Antibodies directed against the endothelin receptor sub-type B, in particular monoclonal antibodies, a fragment or derivative thereof. The present disclosure also relates to the therapeutic, diagnostic use or as a research tool of such an antibody in the field of cancers and in particular glioblastoma.
US11312779B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating patients suffering from Contact dermatitis, Drug induced delayed type cutaneous allergic reactions, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma, Bullous pemphigoid, Alopecia aereata, Vitiligo, Acne Rosacea, Prurigo nodularis, Scleroderma, Herpes simplex virus, or combination by administering an IL-31RA antagonist.
US11312777B2
The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to CXCR4 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting CXCR4, as well as methods for treating various cancers, inflammatory disorders and HIV infection using an anti-CXCR4 antibody of this disclosure.
US11312776B2
This application provides: an antibody which specifically binds to an ALK2 protein and has an activity of inhibiting BMP signal transduction mediated by ALK2; a method for producing the antibody; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, for treating and/or preventing ectopic ossification and/or bone dysplasia, anemia, or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
US11312757B2
The invention is concerned with a fusion protein comprising interleukin 13 and a regulatory cytokine, for example, an interleukin chosen from interleukin 4, interleukin 10, interleukin 27, interleukin 33, transforming growth factor beta 1, transforming growth factor beta 2, and interleukin 13, a nucleic acid molecule encoding such fusion protein, a vector comprising such nucleic acid molecule, and a host cell comprising such nucleic acid molecule or such vector. The invention further pertains to a method for producing such fusion protein. The fusion protein or a gene therapy vector encoding the fusion protein may be used in the prevention or treatment of a condition characterized by pathological pain, chronic pain, neuro-inflammation and/or or neurodegeneration.
US11312748B2
Provided are peptide analogs, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating cancer with such compounds.
US11312747B2
A method for producing an active-form mutant enzyme, by specifying a protein of which a native form exhibits an enzyme activity but which has 10% or less enzyme activity of the native form when a gene of the protein is expressed to provide an inactive-form enzyme; determining a sequence conservation of amino acid residues in an amino acid sequence of the inactive-form enzyme and specifying amino acid residue(s) for which sequence conservation in the inactive-form enzyme is lower than sequence conservation of other amino acid(s) of the same residue; preparing a gene having a base sequence that codes for the amino acid sequence of the inactive-form enzyme in which at least one said specified amino acid residue is substituted by another amino acid with a higher sequence conservation; and expressing the gene to obtain an enzyme that exhibits an enzyme activity of the native form protein.
US11312746B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system of extracting a protein with high yield from a protein-comprising precipitate, in particular immunoglobulin, from human or non-human origins, such as blood plasma.
US11312730B2
Metal complexes including cyclopentadienyl ligands and methods of using such metal complexes to prepare metal-containing films are provided.
US11312723B2
Pyranoyrazoles and pyrazolopyridines of formula I or formula II are disclosed: These compounds inhibit Coagulation Factor XIIa in the presence of thrombin and other coagulation factors. They are useful to treat autoimmune diseases.
US11312718B2
Polymorphs of chemical compounds that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including P13 kinase activity, are described herein. Also provided herein are processes for preparing compounds, polymorphs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US11312711B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula and to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof with a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1, for the treatment of certain CNS diseases.
US11312705B2
A heteroaryl[4,3-c]pyrimidin-5-amine derivative, a preparation method therefor, and medical uses thereof are provided. Specifically, a heteroaryl[4,3-c]pyrimidin-5-amine derivative of formula (I), a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative, and uses thereof as therapeutic agents are provided. In particular, the provided compounds can be used as A2a receptor antagonists and for treatment of conditions or symptoms that are ameliorated by inhibiting the A2a receptor. The various substituent groups in the formula (I) have the meanings as described in the specification.
US11312702B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and their use in prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases and conditions. In some embodiments, the compounds disclosed herein exhibit androgen receptor degradation activity.
US11312698B2
Fosnetupitant chloride hydrochloride having improved stability, characterized by the following chemical structure:
US11312695B2
Methods and compositions are provided for increasing muscle hypertrophy, e.g., through the administration of novel combinations of natural products that inhibit SIRT1.
US11312690B2
Some embodiments of the invention include inventive compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)). Other embodiments include compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising the inventive compound. Still other embodiments of the invention include compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) for treating, for example, certain diseases using the inventive compounds. Some embodiments include methods of using the inventive compound (e.g., in compositions or in pharmaceutical compositions) for administering and treating (e.g., diseases such as cancer). Further embodiments include methods for making the inventive compounds. Additional embodiments of the invention are also discussed herein.
US11312687B2
A 7H-azulene [1,2,3-i,j] isoquinolin-7-one compound, a single crystal and a use thereof are provided. The compound has a structure as shown in a formula (I). The present invention obtains a crude extract of Acorus calamus L., then extracts with different polar solvents in sequence and separates column chromatography to obtain a novel alkaloid compound, which is expected to be developed into a novel class of drug exerting neuroprotective effects, so as to prevent and treat senile dementia, stroke and epilepsy diseases.
US11312685B2
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a plurality of liposomes having an average diameter of less than 400 nanometers, wherein the plurality of liposomes comprise: a first lipid or phospholipid; a second lipid or phospholipid which is derivatized with a polymer; and a sterically bulky excipient capable of stabilizing the liposomes; a third lipid or phospholipid derivatized with a polymer terminated with an integrin targeting component; DSPE or a fourth lipid or phospholipid derivatized with a group binding a contrast enhancing agent wherein the plurality of liposomes optionally encapsulates a payload component consisting of one or more bioactive agents.
US11312683B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (3Z,5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1-[(2′-methyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4-yl)carbonyl]pyrrolidin-3-one O-meth19243yloxime, and/or an active metabolite thereof having antagonist action at the oxytocin receptor and/or vasopressin V1a receptor, to processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use.
US11312675B2
Described herein are polymorphic forms of 1,6-dibromo-1,6-dideoxy-dulcitol (dibromo dulcitol or DBD), which is a known antitumor agent. Also described are methods of making these new crystalline polymorphic forms as well as methods of using these polymorphic forms to treat cancer.
US11312653B2
A glass-ceramic includes a silicate-containing glass and crystals within the silicate-containing glass. The crystals include non-stoichiometric tungsten and/or molybdenum sub-oxides, and the crystals are intercalated with dopant cations.
US11312649B2
A method for producing thing glass strips is provided that avoids camber defects. The method includes using a glass strip forming device that has a drawing device; drawing, using the drawing device, the thin glass strip away from the glass strip forming device; measuring, using a measuring device, variables that are dependent on a differing length of edges of the thin glass strip at at least two measurement locations spaced apart transversely to a longitudinal extension of the thin glass strip; determining a difference or a quotient of the variables. The difference or the quotient is used to determine a control variable by which the glass strip forming device is controlled so as to counteract a difference in velocities of the thin glass strip between the two opposite edges.
US11312648B2
There is provided a control system for a furnace. The control system comprises a thermal imaging camera and a control unit. The thermal imaging camera is configured to receive thermal radiation from a plurality of positions in a furnace and to generate an image which includes temperature information for the plurality of positions in the furnace. The control unit is configured to receive the image from the thermal imaging camera and to generate control signals for the furnace using the image.
US11312647B1
A stormwater collection, treatment, and aquifer replenishment installation includes a stormwater drain for receiving surface stormwater, a dry well downwardly extending underground to an outlet proximate to a water table over an aquifer, a tank structure at least partially disposed underground and coupled with the stormwater drain and the dry well in stormwater communication, a stormwater treatment system enclosed within the tank structure between the stormwater drain and the dry well for converting surface stormwater into treated stormwater, the tank structure for conducting surface stormwater to the stormwater treatment system between the stormwater drain and the dry well, and the dry well for receiving and gravity feeding treated stormwater from stormwater treatment system to the outlet.
US11312642B2
A fluid sterilizing device includes a first reaction chamber, a second reaction chamber, a communication chamber and a light source. The first reaction chamber is connected to a fluid inlet. The second reaction chamber is connected to a fluid outlet. The communication chamber is connected the first reaction chamber with the second reaction chamber. The light source is configured to emit sterilization light to enter the first reaction chamber and the second reaction chamber. The fluid inlet allows a fluid to enter the first reaction chamber, the communication chamber allows the fluid to pass through and enter the second reaction chamber, and a flow velocity distribution of the fluid in the second reaction chamber is different from that of the fluid in the first reaction chamber.
US11312633B2
A silicon-carbon composite powder having Si and C distributed throughout each particle is provided. The weight ratio of carbon to silicon on the surface of a particle (C/Si)surface is greater than the weight ratio of carbon to silicon within the total particle (C/Si)total. The silicon-carbon composite powder is produced by simultaneously feeding into a reactor a gaseous stream of a SiH4, Si2H6, Si3H8 and/or organosilane and a gaseous stream of at least one hydrocarbon of ethylene, ethane, propane and acetylene and reacting the streams using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.
US11312631B2
An aligned film having first and second faces opposed to each other, the aligned film having (a) a plurality of layers aligned non-parallel to the first and second faces between the faces of the aligned film, each layer having a crystal lattice represented by: Mn+1Xn (wherein M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7; X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof; and n is 1, 2, or 3), each X is positioned within an octahedral array of M, and at least one of two opposing surfaces of each said layer have at least one modifier or terminal T selected from a hydroxy group, a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, and a hydrogen atom; and (b) magnetic nanoparticles carried on a layer surface and/or between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers.
US11312629B2
A process for producing an integrated layer (10 nm to 500 μm) of highly oriented halogenated graphene sheets, comprising: (a) preparing a graphene oxide (GO) dispersion having GO sheets dispersed in a fluid medium; (b) dispensing and depositing a layer of GO dispersion onto a surface of a supporting substrate under a shear stress condition that induces orientation of GO sheets to form a wet layer of GO on the supporting substrate; (c) introducing a halogenating agent into the wet layer of graphene oxide and effecting a chemical reaction between the halogenating agent and GO sheets to form a wet layer of halogenated graphene, C6ZxOy, wherein Z is a halogen element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, or a combination thereof, x=0.01 to 6.0, y=0 to 5.0, and x+y≤6.0; and (d) removing the fluid medium.
US11312625B2
To provide a hydrogen sulfide mixture hardly corroding metals. The hydrogen sulfide mixture contains hydrogen sulfide and water. The hydrogen sulfide mixture is filled into a filling container so that at least one part of the hydrogen sulfide mixture is liquid and the moisture concentration of a gaseous phase is 0.001 mol ppm or more and less than 75 mol ppm.
US11312622B1
A semiconductor device includes first and second exposed electrical contacts and a cavity having a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure therein. A conductive path extends from the first exposed electrical contact to the cavity and an over-voltage protection element electrically is coupled between the first and second exposed electrical contacts.
US11312619B1
MEMS-based sensors can experience undesirable signal frequencies caused by vibrations, shocks, and accelerations, among other phenomena. A microisolation system can isolate individual MEMS-based sensors from undesirable signal frequencies and shocks. An embodiment of a system for microisolation of a MEMS-based sensor can include an isolation platform connected to one or more folded springs. Another embodiment of a system for microisolation can include an isolation platform and/or a frame connected to a mesh damping mechanism. In at least one embodiment, a mesh damping mechanism can be a microfibrous metal mesh damper. In one or more embodiments, a system for microisolation can include an isolation platform connected to one or more L-shaped springs, and a thickness of the one or more L-shaped springs can be less than a thickness of the isolation platform.
US11312618B2
A microdevice (100) comprising a movable element (111) capable of moving relative to a fixed part (115), produced in first and second layers of material (104, 106) arranged one above the other such that the movable element comprises a portion (112) of the first layer and a portion (118) of the second layer secured to each other, and wherein the movable element is suspended from the fixed part by a suspension structure (121) formed in the first and/or second layer of material.
US11312616B1
A structure of micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) microphone includes a substrate, having a first opening. A dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate, wherein the dielectric layer has a second opening aligned to the first opening. A membrane is disposed within the second opening of the dielectric layer. A peripheral region of the membrane is embedded into the dielectric layer at sidewall of the second opening. A backplate layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. The backplate layer includes a protection layer, having a peripheral region disposed on the dielectric layer and a central region with venting holes over the second opening. The central region of the protection layer further has anti-sticky structures at a side of the protection layer toward the membrane. An electrode layer is disposed on the side of the protection layer, surrounding the anti-sticky structures.
US11312609B2
A kit for dispensing a beverage through a dispense tube comprising a dispense valve, the kit comprising: •—an assembly of a keg (1) and a closure (2), the keg (1) and closure (2) assembly comprising: •a. an inner vent mechanism incorporated in the closure or at the interface of keg and closure, the inner vent mechanism configured to fluidly connect the inner space and intermediate space when an overpressure of predetermined value Poo occurs in the flexible bag; and •b. a safety relief mechanism (8a, 8b, 27) incorporated in the closure (2) or at an interface of closure (2) and keg (1), the safety relief mechanism designed to relief pressure when an overpressure h of predetermined value P01 occurs in the keg, wherein Po1 is larger than Poo; •—a keg connector (38) comprising a base body and: •a) coupling means (40) for connecting the keg connector (31) to the neck portion (5) of the keg (1) or to the closure (2) of said keg; •b) a dispense connector (38a) comprising a dispense tip (38b); •c) a gas connector (39a), comprising a gas tip (39b); characterized in that said connector comprises an overpressure relief vent (41) and an overpressure relief valve (42) to relief pressure when an overpressure in the gas tip (39b) reaches a predetermined overpressure value P02 and in that at least one of following conditions are fulfilled: •i The predetermined overpressure P02 at which the relief valve opens is smaller than Po1; •ii the coupling of the keg connector to the keg or closure increases the overpressure Po1 needed to activate the overpressure mechanism in the closure or at the interface of keg and closure to an overpressure Po1′ larger than Po1, with Po1′ being larger than P02.
US11312608B2
A dispenser is configured to dispense food products at varying nutritive levels by dispensing a combination of sweeteners in a predetermined ratio from a plurality of sweetener sources. Using a predetermined combination of sweeteners in a predetermined ratio for a selected nutritive level for a given product ensures that the dispensed product will have a desirable flavor profile while at the same time providing increased consumer choice. A combination of caloric, mid-calorie, low calorie, and/or non-caloric sweeteners may be dispensed to produce a food product with a specified caloric level or nutritive level. For a given nutritive level selected, the product dispenser may dispense different combinations of sweeteners and/or different ratios of sweeteners for different brands or products to be dispensed. Likewise, for a given brand or product, the product dispenser may dispense different combinations of sweeteners and/or different ratios of sweeteners for different selected nutritive levels.
US11312602B2
A horizontal conveying carriage includes: a carriage body including: a base part; a drive wheel; and a steering wheel; a forklift attached to the carriage body, and configured to pick up a conveyed object and unload the conveyed object; an extending and shrinking mechanism configured to extend and shrink the forklift in a front-and-rear direction; a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to lift and lower the forklift in a vertical direction; a supporting mechanism configured to support the forklift from a lower side; an own position estimation unit configured to estimate an own position of the carriage body; a positional relation recognition unit configured to recognize a positional relation between the own position and the conveyed object; and a control unit configured to control movement of the carriage body and to control an operation of the forklift based on the own position and the positional relation.
US11312595B2
A lifting device for a wind turbine component includes a yoke for connecting the wind turbine component to a crane, the yoke including at least one sensor for measuring the position and/or the speed and/or the acceleration of the wind turbine component at least during a lifting operation of the component is provided. The yoke further includes a pitching device for rotating the wind turbine component around a pitching axis when the wind turbine component is connected to the yoke. The lifting device further includes a controller for controlling the rotation of the pitching device around the pitching axis as a function of the measurement of the at least one sensor.
US11312592B2
Provided is a sheet stacking apparatus including an aligning member lifting-lowering device configured to lift and lower aligning members between an aligning position where the aligning members abut to and align the sheets and a retreating position where the aligning members are lifted from an upper surface of the sheets, an aligning member moving device configured to move the aligning members in a sheet width direction, and a stack tray lifting-lowering device configured to lift and lower a stack tray based on a detection result of a sheet surface detecting device. A controller lifts the aligning members to the retreating position with the aligning member lifting-lowering device after the sheets stacked on the stack tray is aligned at the aligning position, and stops lifting-lowering operation of the stack tray lifting-lowering device while the aligning members are moved in the sheet width direction with the aligning member moving device.
US11312590B2
An auto-adjusting separation mechanism, comprising: a bracket with at least one side arm, a sensor module arranged on the side arm, a rotary shaft arranged at the front end of the bracket; a separation roller set pivotally arranged on the rotary shaft, a sensor wheel arranged to couple with the sensor module, and a torque limiter arranged at the front end of the bracket; wherein, by monitoring the rotation of the sensor wheel with the sensor module, the separating force of the separation roller set is adjustable via a microcontrollers which is capable to adjust the transmission gear set.
US11312585B1
A method of managing removable mechanical modifications to one or more printing devices, including receiving, by one or more computer processors, an input related to a removable mechanical modification of a printing device of the one or more printing devices, and determining, by the one or more computer processors, a location of the removable mechanical modification.
US11312578B2
An article transport facility includes article transport vehicles that travel along a specified travelable path, and a control device that controls the article transport vehicles. The travelable path includes nodes and links each connecting a pair of the nodes. The control device sets a setting path based on a link cost that is set for each of the links. The link cost includes a reference cost and a variable cost. The reference cost is a value that is set based on a reference passage time that is required for a target vehicle to pass through a target link in a state in which another vehicle is not present in the target link. The variable cost is a value that is set based on a vehicle count-related increased time by which an actual passage time is increased relative to the reference passage time according to the number of the other vehicles present in the target link, the actual passage time being a time required for the target vehicle to pass through the target link.
US11312577B2
A conveyor system is described for use with a scanning apparatus (49) for the scanning of objects (43), such as bottles. The system comprises a transverse conveyor having a conveyor surface (45); a plurality of object support modules (41), each object support module (41) comprising a lower surface that sits upon the conveyor surface (45) of the conveyor and an upper part in which an object receiving recessed portion is defined, wherein the object receiving recessed portion defines an elongate recess having a constant transverse profile. A scanning system comprising the conveyor system in combination with an object scanner and a method of scanning embodying the principles of such a scanner are also described.
US11312573B2
In a method and arrangement for distributing articles, an order management system acquires an order for delivering articles, the articles to be delivered are transferred from an article store and the articles included in an order are order-picked into at least one mobile shelf unit shelf compartment. The mobile shelf unit is subsequently transported to a dispensing station including a first article storage region separated by a first separating wall and a customer access region and is brought into a handover position, in which the at least one shelf compartment is accessible via a closeable opening in the first separating wall. When an article dispensing system receives a request for picking up the articles by a person or a machine associated therewith, it uncovers the closeable opening if authorization exists for picking up the articles. Alternatively a loadings robot can load the articles to be delivered into the machine.
US11312572B2
The present disclosure provides a warehousing control system and a computer device. The warehousing control system includes: a communication module configured to transmit and receive information; and a warehousing server configured to: plan, upon receiving a container warehousing task via the communication module, a target warehousing area and a target warehousing space corresponding to each container in the container warehousing task, and assign a warehouse hoisting apparatus to hoist a target container carried by a transportation vehicle to a corresponding target warehousing space; and/or assign, upon receiving a container distribution task via the communication module, a warehouse hoisting apparatus to load a target container in the container distribution task onto an assigned transportation vehicle. In this way, intelligent unmanned warehousing can be achieved, such that the operation efficiency of warehousing can be improved and the cost of warehousing management can be reduced.
US11312571B2
In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segments offset from the first segment along a vertical direction, a first vertical lift at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift at a second end of the module, which together define a movement path that is elongate along a longitudinal direction between the first and second ends. The storage module can translate inventory storage containers around the movement path until a desired one of the inventory storage containers is presented at one of the first end and the second end. In another embodiment, a plurality of instances of the storage module are arranged in a vertical stack of independently controllable storage modules.
US11312566B2
A package for a size-in-store window covering comprises a box having a first portion that extends for the width of the window covering and a second portion that extends for less than the width of the window covering. The window covering extends beyond an end of a bottom wall a first distance and the head rail extends beyond an end of a first side wall a second distance. A method of cutting a window covering comprises providing a window covering in a box as described above and positioning the box with the exposed portion of the window covering facing down and the exposed portion of the head rail facing a clamp. Methods of packaging a window covering comprise reducing the total number of loops in the window covering, and positioning inserts between adjacent components.
US11312565B2
Bag-on-valve for a pressurized container, in particular pressurized cans (40), for dispensing viscous to pasty products, comprising a valve disk (3), a valve body (6) arranged on the valve disk (3), a stem (5) guided in a central cutout of the valve body (6), with at least one inlet opening (9) for the product contained in the bag (30), said opening being opened by actuating the stem, at least one outlet opening (10), an elastic element (8) acting on the stem (5), sealing elements (12) acting between valve disk (3) and valve body (6) and between valve body (6) and stem (5) as well as a bag (30) arranged on valve (1) for the product to be discharged through the valve (1), wherein the bag (30) is fixed to a retaining element (2) which has a central passage (23), said retaining element (2) having a laterally extending retaining plate (22) which is connected in a tightly sealing manner to a collar (7) of the valve body, said collar extending vertically on the can side.
US11312557B2
A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.
US11312555B2
A spout for a pouch that includes a rigid spout body and a soft cover externally coating a tube of the spout body is provided. The tube is threaded internally. A cap includes a tang with an external thread for screwing onto the spout.
US11312541B2
A sealing clip comprises: a body part provided such that an inner space is formed by a pair of members mutually connected by a coupling means; a handle part formed at one end of the body part; and an elastic part provided on inner circumferential surfaces of the pair of members of the body part. The elastic part comprises: first and second elastic portions respectively provided on upper and lower parts of an inner circumferential surface of a first member of the body part; third and fourth elastic portions respectively provided on upper and lower parts of an inner circumferential surface of a second member of the body part. The first and third elastic portions provide an upper engagement structure, the second and fourth elastic portions provide a lower engagement structure, and engagement interfaces of the upper and lower engagement structures do not coincide with each other.
US11312540B2
A reusable mailer bag includes front, rear, first side, second side, and bottom panels which include interior surfaces that define a carrying volume that has an opening which is opposite the bottom panel. The mailer bag also includes a flap and a first side extension. The flap is configured to extend across the opening to close the carrying volume during shipping. The flap includes a first end portion that is attached to the rear panel and a second end portion that is configured to secure to the front panel. The first side extension extends from a first edge of the second end portion of the flap that is adjacent the first side panel. The first side extension is configured to extend around the first side panel and to secure to the rear panel when the second end portion is secured to the front panel.
US11312531B1
A dual-action carton separation system helps keep a carton secure while in storage or transit. When it is to be opened a lock tab is removed that then allows a top panel to be pulled back along perforations. The lock tab could have a release tab attached to it that allows for it to be better pulled or otherwise removed from the carton.
US11312528B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for controlling scent delivery by a scented article for beverage containers such as box cartons. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a cap removably attachable to a carton container at an opening of the carton container, the cap being moveable between an open position that allows a fluid beverage within the carton container to flow outward and a closed position that prevents the beverage to flow outward; and a scented article that couples to the carton container or the cap and operable to generate a scent capable of stimulating an olfactory sensation of a user including during consumption of the beverage when the cap is in the open position, and when the cap is in closed position, a seal is created by the cap and a base region of the carton container to enclose the scented article and lock in the scent.
US11312521B2
A container packaging apparatus includes a retainer for retaining the container; a container supplier for supplying a container to the retainer; a filler for filling contents into the container; and a cleaner for removing deposits on a flange portion of the container filled with the contents from the filler. The cleaner includes a covering member for covering an outer periphery of the flange portion of the container; a lifting device for relatively moving the covering member up and down with respect to the container so that the covering member covers the outer periphery of the flange portion of the container; an ejector for ejecting gas toward the flange portion of the container to blow off deposited matter; and a suction device for removing the deposited matter from inside the covering member after being blown off by the ejector.
US11312519B2
The present disclosure relates to a strapping head of a strapping device for strapping packaged goods with a strap. The strapping head includes an advancing apparatus and tensioning apparatus having at most three rollers for transferring an advancing motion, a retracting motion, and a tensioning motion to the strap. A least one of the wheels is operatively connected to a driving apparatus to cause the at least one of the wheels to rotate about a rotational axis for the advancing, retracting, and tensioning motions. The rollers can be brought in contact with the strap in pairs on both sides of the strap in different combinations with each other.
US11312516B2
An entity positioning and supporting mechanism for closing side tongues of a box of a full-automatic packaging machine for flexible materials, comprising retractable positioning baffle mechanisms and retractable pressing head mechanisms respectively installed symmetrically on both sides of a box conveying passage of the main body of the packaging machine, a lifting entity supporting insertion plate mechanism provided on an upper portion of the main body of the packaging machine, a lifting oblique pushing mechanism located at the bottom of the box conveying passage; wherein said retractable positioning baffle mechanism is composed of a retractable positioning baffle having guide rods and a linear moving unit of the retractable positioning baffle.
US11312503B1
This invention pertains to reliable, lightweight and efficient hybrid electric powertrain and components thereof to power hybrid electric aircraft from one or more sources of electrical energy. In particular, a novel architecture is proposed for power panels that receive, condition and distribute high levels of electrical power to and from the propulsion electric motors and the one or several sources of electrical energy. Systems and methods for architecting the power panels using efficient, reusable and modular power electronics building blocks (PEBBs) is described, along with additional systems and methods for the optimal control of the power panels and components thereof. In addition, novel systems and methods are described for the efficient and lightweight thermal management for hybrid electric powertrain components, ranging from distribution manifolds for the powertrain or power panels, to micro fluid channels for cooling electronics with extreme heat flux. Additional disclosures are made pertaining to fail-safe architectures for plug-in series hybrid-to-electric powertrain, to the efficient in-ground charging of the stored electric energy sources, to the efficient control of permanent magnet generators, and to novel inverter technologies for the hybrid electric powertrain.
US11312499B2
A fluid diverting air inlet includes an intake opening through an outer surface of an enclosure for receiving air flowing outside the outer surface. The intake opening ramps downwardly below the outer surface to define an intake passageway. An air diversion device is formed by lateral sidewalls of the intake opening that extend vertically above the outer surface. The lateral sidewalls converge together at an upstream end of the air inlet, and the lateral sidewalls diverge apart towards a downstream end of the air inlet. Flanges extend outwardly from the tops of the lateral sidewalls such that divided air passageways for boundary layer fluids are formed on each side of the air diversion device. The sidewalls and flanges are integrated with the air inlet such that fluid moving immediately adjacent the outer surface of the enclosure is diverted around the air inlet to avoid ingestion into the intake opening.
US11312496B2
A seat assembly is configured to be positioned within an interior cabin of a vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat support structure that is configured to connect to a floor structure within the interior cabin of the vehicle. The seat support structure includes a seat base and a front end opposite from a rear end. Arm rests are pivotally coupled to the seat support structure. A seat back is pivotally coupled to the seat support structure proximate to pivotal coupling of the arm rests to the seat support structure. In at least one other embodiment, a seat back coupling upwardly and rearwardly extends from a middle portion of the rear cross beam. A seat back includes a narrowed mounting portion that pivotally couples to the seat back coupling without interfering with knee space formed in a back side of the seat back.
US11312491B2
An autonomous cargo delivery aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft includes a fuselage having an aerodynamic shape with a leading edge, a trailing edge and first and second sides. First and second wings are coupled to the fuselage proximate the first and second sides, respectively. A distributed thrust array includes a first pair of propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and a second pair of propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing. A flight control system is operably associated with the distributed thrust array and configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. The first side of the fuselage includes a door configured to provide access to a cargo bay disposed within the fuselage from an exterior of the aircraft with a predetermined clearance relative to the first pair of propulsion assemblies.
US11312480B2
In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: a flight control computer configured to: receive a first sensor signal from a first aircraft sensor of the rotorcraft; receive a second sensor signal from a second aircraft sensor of the rotorcraft, the second aircraft sensor being different from the first aircraft sensor; combine the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal with a complementary filter to determine an estimated vertical speed of the rotorcraft; adjust flight control devices of the rotorcraft according to the estimated vertical speed of the rotorcraft, thereby changing flight characteristics of the rotorcraft; and reset the complementary filter in response to detecting the rotorcraft is grounded.
US11312474B2
A flap actuation system employed in an aircraft wing with a flap having an internal structure employs a drive link pivotally attached at a top end with a drive axle to a forward lug on the internal structure and pivotally attached at a bottom end with a first pivot axle to a flap support element. An actuator is operably coupled to the drive link intermediate the top end and bottom end. A trailing link is pivotally attached at a leading end with a second pivot axle to the flap support element and pivotally attached at a trailing end with a reaction axle to an aft fitting on the internal structure. A catcher link is pivotally attached at a bottom end to the flap support element and at a top end to an intermediate fitting engaged to the internal structure. The catcher link is unloaded in a typical operating condition and upon a failure in the drive link, first pivot axle, drive axle, forward lug, trailing link, second pivot axle, reaction axle or aft fitting a load is induced on the catcher link to accommodate the failure condition.
US11312473B2
A seal is provided. The seal includes a seal panel having lateral sides. The seal also includes a seal locking mechanism coupled to the seal panel. The seal locking mechanism is configured to resiliently move, under impetus of an actuator, between an unbowed position of the seal locking mechanism and a bowed position of the seal locking mechanism.
US11312469B2
An aircraft fuselage includes a structure, considered in respect of all or part of the fuselage, with fuselage upper sub-structure constituting an upper part of the fuselage and a fuselage bottom sub-structure constituting a lower part of the fuselage. Openings in the structure of the fuselage are intended for the installation of windows or doors for exiting the fuselage. Furthermore, the fuselage upper sub-structure and the fuselage bottom sub-structure form fuselage sub-structures that are assembled with one another via at least one lintel in which all or some of the openings intended for installing the exit doors or windows are formed.
US11312468B2
A structural assembly includes a support structure and an elongate structure intersecting the support structure. The elongate structure has a length and a mass. The mass of the elongate structure varies along the length of the elongate structure. A localized mass of the elongate structure decreases toward the support structure and increases away from the support structure.
US11312457B2
A diving mask having a rigid frame with a front perimeter edge and a rear perimeter edge. The frame provides an upper portion and a lower portion connected by first and second lateral portions. The mask also includes a visor of a transparent material and fixed to the frame, and an inhalation duct, or snorkel. Inside the frame a face member made of a soft and flexible material is arranged in contact with the user's face. A partition member divides the volume between the visor and the face member in an upper chamber pneumatically connected to the inhalation duct, or snorkel, through an opening, and in a lower chamber arranged to house the nose and the mouth of the user. A discharge duct pneumatically connects the lower chamber with an exit mouth.
US11312450B1
A floatation system for a marine vessel with a starboard pontoon, a port pontoon, and a center pontoon positioned therebetween. Outer strakes each extending along an outer length between forward and aft ends, each having an outer surface at an outer angle from a horizontal plane and an inner surface at an inner angle from the horizontal plane, and each being coupled to one of the starboard pontoon and the port pontoon. Inner strakes each extending along an inner length between forward and aft ends, each having an outer surface at an outer angle from a horizontal plane and an inner surface at an inner angle from the horizontal plane, and each being coupled to the center pontoon. The outer angles of the inner strakes are greater than the outer angles of the outer strakes and the inner angles of the inner strakes are less than 90°.
US11312446B2
A damper device for a bicycle having a housing extending in the axial direction and disposed therein, a chamber which forms a chamber volume that is sealed outwardly. The chamber volume extends in the axial direction from a first end to a second end. In the axial direction, at least one adjustment member is rotatably disposed between the ends of the chamber volume. The adjustment member is configured as an annular member and is rotatably received at the housing and surrounds at least part of the housing. By way of movement of the adjustment member, at least one operational setting of the damper device is changeable by means of a mechanical transmitting device.
US11312443B2
The invention relates to a chassis, suitable for use in electric vehicles, characterized in that it comprises: a substantially planar loading bed, suitable for receiving a load on top of same, which is located between at least two front wheels and at least one rear wheel of an electric vehicle; wherein said loading bed comprises a channel the chassis also comprises a central shaft housed in said channel; wherein the loading bed is connected so as to pivot relative to said central shaft; wherein the loading bed comprises a plurality of battery housings distributed symmetrically; and the chassis comprises a rear traction and steering assembly and a front suspension and inclination assembly. The invention likewise relates to an electric vehicle comprising said chassis.
US11312433B2
A track hinge joint includes a first track link, a second track link, a track pin disposed in a bore of the first track link, an inner bushing that is disposed in a bore of the second track link and that is rotatable relative to the track pin, an outer bushing that is disposed about the inner bushing that is rotatable relative to the inner bushing and that includes an outer bushing end face, and a first fluid seal assembly contacting the outer bushing end face and the second track link.
US11312422B2
A control station for a soil-processing machine includes a control station floor region and at least one floor window provided in the control station floor region. The floor window in the control station floor region is supported so that it can swivel between an open position and a closed position.
US11312416B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to aiding a user navigating a vehicle by displaying on a display device, a view of a front or rear of the vehicle with three-dimensional guideline walls overlaying the view. In one embodiment, a method includes, acquiring data that specifies a steering angle for the vehicle. The method includes determining, based on the steering angle data, a left three-dimensional guideline wall and a right three-dimensional guideline wall that together identify a potential path of travel for the vehicle. Each three-dimensional guideline wall has a height based at least on a height of a portion of the vehicle, and wherein the left and right three-dimensional guideline walls have a distance therebetween based at least on a width of the vehicle.
US11312404B2
Disclosed a dual-function electric stair-climbing vehicle. A bicycle-like saddle is mounted at an upper part of a frame of the vehicle; and a worm gear reducer is mounted at a middle part of the vehicle for driving two rotating legs to climb up or downstairs. The vehicle is mainly used for fire rescue in high-rise buildings, equipment maintenance of high-rise buildings when no elevator is available, and fast transportation of equipment, materials and firefighters or maintenance men upstairs. When the width of a corridor is greater than 1.1 m, the vehicle can be rode upstairs directly with people and goods; when the width is less than 1.1 m and greater than 0.9 m, people need to get off and make a turn; and when the width is less than 0.9 m, the vehicle is not available. The dimension of the frame is about 1200×550×380 mm.
US11312403B2
Control architecture for use with transport systems, such as linear drive systems, rotary drive systems, or a combination thereof, comprising a computer system having a controller for operating control system software for receiving input commands and protocols for creating a motion profile for each transport element, and a gateway for receiving the motion profile from the control system software and for operating gateway drive software that functions to select the appropriate drives to move each transport element along one or more tracks in accordance with their motion profiles.
US11312401B2
An electromagnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle having at least one brake magnet which has a magnet coil body and at least one magnetic core, and wherein the magnet coil body carries at least one magnet coil winding, and having an electric connector device, by way of which the at least one magnet coil winding is supplied with current, wherein the electric connector device has at least one pin-shaped electric connector body which is connected via a releasable electric connection to at least one current-conducting electric cable which is guided from the outside to the at least one pin-shaped connector body in relation to the brake magnet. The at least one pin-shaped electric connector body may be arranged on a free and outer surface of the magnet coil body or an element which is connected to the magnet coil body.
US11312397B2
A vehicle includes: a capturer to capture a driver of the vehicle driving in an autonomous driving mode to obtain driver position information; a driver state detector to detect a state of the driver; and a controller to determine a time required to change from the autonomous driving mode to a manual operation mode based on the obtained driver position information and the detected driver state. In particular, the controller controls the change to driving mode of the vehicle based on the determined time to change from the autonomous driving mode to the manual operation mode.
US11312393B2
Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle. The system includes a localization system, a memory storing a digital map, at least one sensor, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the localization system, a current location of the vehicle and determine a future driving segment of the vehicle based on the current location of the vehicle. The electronic processor is further configured to determine at least one performance limitation based on the future driving segment of the vehicle and artificially falsify data of the at least one sensor to initiate a safety action for the vehicle.
US11312387B2
An integrated control apparatus and method for a vehicle are provided. The integrated control apparatus for the vehicle includes: a sensor unit comprising one or more sensing devices provided in the vehicle, wherein each of the one or more sensing devices provides driving environment information by sensing driving environments of the vehicle; an integrated control unit configured to generate one or more control commands for driving control of the vehicle based on one or more pieces of driving condition information of the vehicle received from a network of the vehicle and each driving environment information received from the sensor unit, mediate the generated control commands according to priorities determined based on driving safety of the vehicle and assigned to the respective control commands, and generate a final control command in which output response characteristic of the driving control according to the control command having higher priority is optimized.
US11312384B2
A personalized device for monitoring a motor vehicle driver is disclosed. The personalized device includes a device for measuring a driver monitoring parameter and a control unit that is programmed to estimate a state of alertness of the driver in accordance with an estimation rule and the measured value of said monitoring parameter, and determine said estimation rule in a personalized manner for said driver in accordance with a set of driver-specific data comprising at least said measured value of the monitoring parameter and multiple sets of predefined data, each of which corresponds to a predefined group of drivers.
US11312382B2
A method for ascertaining features in an environment of at least one mobile unit for implementation of a localization and/or mapping by a control unit. In the course of the method, sensor measurement data of the environment are received, the sensor measurement data received are transformed by an alignment algorithm into a cost function and a cost map is generated with the aid of the cost function, a convergence map is generated based on the alignment algorithm. At least one feature is extracted from the cost map and/or the convergence map and stored, the at least one feature being provided in order to optimize a localization and/or mapping. A control unit, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.
US11312373B2
A computer is programmed to identify a target vehicle to be monitored and to identify first and second virtual boundaries on a roadway based on a position of the target vehicle. The computer is further programmed to determine a first constraint value based on (1) a first boundary approach velocity and (2) a first boundary approach acceleration and a second constraint value based on (1) a second boundary approach velocity and (2) a second boundary approach acceleration. The computer is further programmed to identify a maneuver of the target vehicle based on whether the first and second constraint values violate respective thresholds or a position of the target vehicle relative to the first and second virtual boundaries violates a threshold and to adjust a path of a host vehicle according to the identified maneuver.
US11312358B2
A hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a first rotating electric machine generating electricity by a power of the internal combustion engine; an electric capacitor; a second rotating electric machine connected to a drive wheel and driven by power supply from at least one of the electric capacitor and the first rotating electric machine; a geographical information acquisition unit acquiring geographical information; and a control unit controlling a charging operation for charging the electric capacitor with power generated during a regenerative operation of the second rotating electric machine or an electricity waste operation for consuming the power by the hybrid vehicle. The control unit starts the electricity waste operation when the remaining capacity of the electric capacitor becomes equal to or greater than a threshold value during the regenerative operation of the second rotating electric machine and sets the threshold value based on the geographical information.
US11312351B2
A hovercraft including imaginary longitudinal, transverse and vertical axes; a propulsion system (12), configured to generate airflow; a base (50) and, a skirt (13) wherein the skirt (13) further including air permeable regions (130) and at least two set of outflow nozzles (220); wherein the air permeable regions (130) and the set of outflow nozzles (20, 21) are in fluid communication; wherein each set of nozzles (20, 21) comprises, at least, one outflow nozzle (22), said outflow nozzle (22) including two opposing ends, a first end (221) and a second end (222); the hovercraft further including actuating means (30) suitable to control the opening of at least one end (221 or 222) of the nozzles (22) managing the passage of airflow through the end (221 or 222). The technical features and functionalities described herein are applicable to the field of hovercrafts. More particularly, to controllable outflow nozzles and controlling systems for hovercrafts.
US11312347B2
A system and method for generating a pressure-volume curve for a hydraulic system in a vehicle. The system includes a plunger coupled to the hydraulic system, a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the hydraulic system, and an electronic controller configured to access a prior pressure-volume curve from a memory, generate a signal to move the plunger, receive a pressure from the pressure sensor, generate a new pressure-volume curve based upon the received pressure and a position of the plunger, compare the new pressure-volume curve to the prior pressure-volume curve, in response to the new pressure-volume curve and the prior pressure-volume curve differing by at least a threshold value, replace the prior pressure-volume curve with the new pressure-volume curve in the memory, and actuating the hydraulic system based upon the stored pressure-volume curve.
US11312341B2
A controllable hydrodynamic retarder system for a transmission including an electronic controller unit (ECU) for selecting and controlling brake torque by adjusting a retarder outlet pressure is described. The system can include an algorithm to calculate a retarder outlet pressure set point or tables or brake torque curves or profiles to allow the ECU to calculate or look up the functional relationships between the retarder RT outlet pressure, a vehicle or rotor speed, and a brake torque curve selected by the operator to provide the selected RT outlet pressure. The systems disclosed can also include a cooling system or utilize a vehicles engine cooling system. In one embodiment, the cooler can be shared between a transmission and the controllable retarder and can be adjusted to accommodate cooling requirements. The ECU can also make adjustments to the RT outlet pressure to address short term and long term RT overheating protection independent of the cooling system.
US11312335B2
A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a slip clutch mechanism, a locking mechanism, and a cylindrical body including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can be configured to rotate about the second portion. The locking mechanism can be configured to engage based on rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion in a first direction, and disengage based on a rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion in a second direction. The slip clutch mechanism can be configured to prevent the locking mechanism from further engaging from rotation in the first direction relative to the second portion based on a magnitude of force applied.
US11312323B2
The present disclosure provides a lighting assembly configured to mount to the front-end of a vehicle without removal of an existing vehicle grille or fascia. The lighting assembly of the present disclosure further provides for lighting on the side-facing edge of the front-end of the vehicle to provide for improved visibility resulting in safer operation of the lighted vehicle.
US11312311B1
A convertible roof rack is provided that is generally comprised of a light bar and a roof rack that is spaced from the roof of a vehicle. The roof rack is also rotatably interconnected to a support structure associated with the rear of the vehicle such that it is capable of moving from a first position of use adjacent to the roof to a second position of use away from the roof where the light bar remains interconnected to the vehicle adjacent to the windshield. As such, electrical connections associated with the light bar remain intact when the roof rack is rotated away from the roof.
US11312310B2
A vehicle workbench assembly for the exterior side of a truck bed is provided. The vehicle workbench assembly includes an integral workbench pivotably connected to the exterior side of the truck bed so as to move between a latched position nested in a sidewall cavity of the exterior side of the truck bed and an operable position perpendicularly extending therefrom. The integral workbench provides a wheel gap for accommodating the trucks wheel or wheel well in the latched position. A wheel gap plate is provided to fill the void of the wheel gap in the operable position.
US11312303B2
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting assembly having a base portion and a mounting arm extending from the base portion. A mirror head is pivotally adjustable relative to the mounting assembly via a pivot joint having first and second pivot elements. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element, with the first pivot element disposed at the rear side of the mirror reflective element and fixed thereat. The mounting arm includes a proximal end proximate the base portion and a distal end distal from the base portion, with the second pivot element being at the distal end of the mounting arm. The second pivot element is disposed at a damping element that is received at the distal end of the mounting arm. The damping element and the second pivot element are biased toward the distal end of the mounting arm and away from the base portion.
US11312295B1
Examples provide a siren device having a plurality of lockable functions, such as amplifier strength and siren tone functions. At production, one or more of the available functions are placed in a locked state in which the locked function is inoperable. One or more of the functions may be initially unlocked at manufacture or purchase. The user can obtain an unlock code to unlock one or more of the functions, if desired, after purchase. Thus, if a user wants to increase the amplifier strength from one-hundred watts to two-hundred watts, the user can obtain one or more unlock codes to unlock that selected function for a licensed time-period. When unlocked, the selected function operates normally. A data storage device on the multifunction siren device stores an assigned UID, a set of available lockable functions, and a lock status of each function in the set of available functions.
US11312294B1
Light bar assemblies configured to be mounted to a rim of a steering wheel of a vehicle are disclosed. The light bar assemblies can include components of a driver monitoring system. The light bar assembly includes two shells defining or surrounding the rim and a wrapping surrounding the two shells. A portion of the wrapping is tucked into a slot disposed between the two shells forming a slit. A lens comprises a visible light transmissive portion and an IR light transmissive portion.
US11312290B2
An apparatus and a method for an automotive lamp are provided. The apparatus includes a housing made of plastic having an impact groove formed on a surface of the housing, wherein the impact groove is designed as a function of a depth, a width, a desired force, a cross section, and a profile to cause a designed rupture upon application of an applied force.
US11312282B2
A holder for holding, for example, a beverage can, in a tilt-proof manner, in a motor vehicle is designed with two rings that are disposed concentrically inside one another, serving as supports (7), which can be consecutively raised and lowered by rotating a control sleeve comprising radial cams. By raising only the larger ring, the holder is suitable for a beverage can having a larger diameter, and by raising both rings, it is suitable for a beverage can having a smaller diameter.
US11312270B2
A seat harness system having a harness plate lockable to a seat to form a five-point harness system for the seat. The harness plate is operatively associated with harness strapping, which is associated with a harness positioning system, which in turn is associated with an actuator to form a singular system that requires only a single action to release all five-points harness system by way of the actuator and the harness positioning system.
US11312267B2
Provided is a seat frame for a saddled vehicle capable of increasing the coupling rigidity at the separable rear end and having aesthetic aspect. A seat frame of a vehicle body frame includes a front part fixed to the vehicle body frame and a rear part that can be disconnected from the front part, the front part and the rear part being separated at a rear part of the vehicle body. The front part and the rear part are fixed with a fastening member that engages from the inside of the vehicle width direction. The front part has a hollow rear end, and the rear part includes a solid engagement part at the front end. The fastening member as a bolt penetrates through the lateral wall at the rear end to be screwed with the engagement part inserted into the rear end. The rear part includes the engagement part and a pipe member to be connected to a rear part of the engagement part.
US11312266B2
An electric seat and an angle adjustment device thereof are provided. The angle adjustment device includes an inner toothed plate and an outer toothed plate engaging with each other, and an eccentric cavity formed therebetween. An eccentric ring completely occupying a positive eccentric region of the eccentric cavity is provided in the eccentric cavity. The eccentric ring has a first accommodating region and a second accommodating region along a circumferential direction. The angle adjustment device further comprises a driving component for driving rotation of the eccentric ring. A damping component is provided in the first accommodating region and/or the second accommodating region, and the damping component is in a compressed state during operation of the driving component. The damping component eliminates a useless stroke in the above operation, thereby eliminating an adjustment lag experienced by a passenger during reverse adjustment of a seat and backrest.
US11312265B2
A seating arrangement for a vehicle having a cabin space is provided. The seating arrangement includes a vehicle, at least one front seat within the vehicle, and at least one rear seat arranged behind the at least one front seat of the vehicle. The at least one front seat is rigidly fixed to and suspended from a portion of the vehicle, thereby providing a free space underneath the at least one front seat, such that an occupant of the vehicle seated in the at least one rear seat is able to position at least a lower portion of one or both legs thereof in the free space underneath the at least one front seat. A flexible covering, such as bristles may be attached to the periphery of the vehicle floor opening, so that a driver's foot can pass from inside the vehicle cabin, to the ground outside the vehicle.
US11312260B1
A method for controlling charging capacity of an electric vehicle charging terminal capable of charging an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes steps of: an electric vehicle charging station, (a) while the electric vehicle charging terminal is connected to the electric vehicle via a charging connector, wherein the electric vehicle charging station manages unit charging sources and includes the electric vehicle charging terminal connected with a grouped charging source created by combining part of the unit charging sources, and wherein capacity of the grouped charging source is dependent on the combined part, selecting unit charging sources to be combined as a grouped charging source by referring to required charging capacity information of the electric vehicle; and (b) (i) controlling switches for connecting the unit charging sources to create the grouped charging source and (ii) allowing the grouped charging source to charge the electric vehicle through the charging connector.
US11312258B2
An electric generator motor system for powering a vehicle and generating power includes a plurality of batteries and an electric converter in operational communication with the plurality of batteries. An electric drive motor is in operational communication with the electric converter. The electric drive motor propels a vehicle. A compressor is in operational communication with the electric converter. A plurality of air tanks is in operational communication with the compressor. An air motor is in operational communication with the plurality of air tanks. An alternator is in operational communication with the air motor and is in operational communication with the plurality of batteries to charge each battery.
US11312255B2
A method of controlling a low voltage DC-DC converter of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether cold cranking of the hybrid vehicle occurs based on a size and a rate of change of a detection value obtained by detecting a voltage of the auxiliary battery, a first adjusting operation of setting an output voltage command of the low voltage DC-DC converter to substantially the same value as the detection value and adjusting an output voltage of the low voltage DC-DC converter when determining that cold cranking occurs in the determining, and a second adjusting operation of adjusting the output voltage command and adjusting an output voltage of the low voltage DC-DC converter based on whether the detection value is increased or reduced and a comparison result between the detection value and a size of the output voltage command.
US11312243B2
A method for optimizing the traveling of an electric vehicle may include setting an ultra power saving mode for controlling the traveling of an electric vehicle by minimizing consumed energy when a State Of Charge (SOC) of a high voltage battery is equal to or smaller than a predetermined SOC, calculating traveling energy required for traveling from a current location to a destination by a control unit of the electric vehicle, determining whether or not to reach the destination with the energy of the high voltage battery, and calculating a destination reachable vehicle speed zone that calculates a maximum speed and a minimum speed that can reach the destination.
US11312242B2
An electric rolling stock control device includes a voltage controlling unit for controlling an output voltage of an inverter and a speed estimating unit for calculating a rotation speed estimation value of an electric motor. The speed estimating unit includes an initial speed estimating unit for outputting an initial speed estimation value, a steady speed estimating unit for outputting a steady speed estimation value, a correction coefficient calculating unit for calculating a correction coefficient based on the steady speed estimation value and a backup speed, and a correction speed calculating unit for storing the correction coefficient in a storage unit and calculating a correction speed by multiplying the correction coefficient by the backup speed.
US11312228B2
A tank adapter has a body with first and second ends and an axial hole. A hollow cylinder of the body has an external tapered thread from the first end toward the second end of the body. A flange between the first and second ends has a flat face extending radially outward from the hollow cylinder to a flange outer diameter. A gage mount portion has a gage mount outer diameter that is less than the flange outer diameter and extends from the second end toward the first end and has gage mounting features for securing a level gage. A gasket mates with the flat face. In a first configuration, the external tapered thread engages an internal tapered thread of a first tank opening. In a second configuration, a collar nut compresses the gasket between the flange and a top rim of a second tank opening.
US11312227B2
To suppress cooling performance from being degraded by bubbles in a coolant in a cooling system for an electric drive vehicle, the cooling system includes: a first coolant circuit through which the coolant for cooling an electric motor and electrical equipment circulates; a first pump that is connected to the first coolant circuit and feeds the coolant; and a first degas tank that is connected to the first coolant circuit and separates the bubbles from the coolant. The first coolant circuit connects the electric motor, the electrical equipment, the first pump, and the first degas tank in series. The first pump and the electric motor are connected in a manner to be sequentially aligned in the first coolant circuit. The coolant flows from the first pump to the electric motor.
US11312223B2
A vehicle controller is configured to execute a duty cycle control process of alternately repeating an electric power generation execution period and an electric power generation stop period of an electric generator and controlling a duty cycle, which is a ratio of the electric power generation execution period to a single cycle of repeated cycles, when determining that an anomaly has occurred in a driving circuit. The duty cycle control process includes at least one of two processes, a process of setting the duty cycle to be larger when a member in an overheatable region, in which overheating is possibly performed by the heater, has a low temperature than when the member has a high temperature and a process of setting the duty cycle to be larger when an internal combustion engine has a large intake air amount than when the engine has a small intake air amount.
US11312214B2
A system for assembling a door to a vehicle container having first and second pillars includes a first base adapted for connection to a top portion of the first pillar, a second base adapted for connection to a top portion of the second pillar, and a hinge assembly adapted for pivotally connecting the door to the vehicle container. The hinge assembly is adapted to be removably connected to the first and second bases and to the door. The hinge assembly is selected from first and second hinge assemblies. When the first hinge assembly pivotally connects the door to the vehicle container, the door has a first pivoting configuration. When the second hinge assembly pivotally connects the door to the vehicle container, the door has a second pivoting configuration being different from the first pivoting configuration. A vehicle container and a door for a vehicle container are also encompassed.
US11312209B2
A vehicle heater includes a burner area, a circumferential wall providing a combustion chamber, a flame tube with a first end forming or adjacent to a part of the combustion chamber circumferential wall and a second flame tube end. A heat exchanger housing has a circumferential wall enclosing the flame tube. A waste gas backflow space is formed, between an outer side of the flame tube and an inner side of the heat exchanger housing circumferential wall, with an inlet area at the second flame tube end and with an outlet area in the area of the first flame tube end. An inner dimension of the circumferential wall increases in the direction from an inlet area of the waste gas backflow space to an outlet area. An outer dimension of the flame tube increases in the direction from the second flame tube end to the first flame tube end.
US11312208B2
Systems and methods are provided for management of a thermal system. A system for thermal management includes a thermal system with fluid conduits. A sensor is disposed to monitor an input parameter state of the thermal system. An actuator is configured to vary a flow in the fluid conduits. A controller is configured to receive a signal representative of the input parameter state; process an actuator state through a flow model of the thermal system to obtain an existing flow in the fluid conduits; process the existing flow through a thermal model of the thermal system to determine an input that reduces an error between a desired parameter state and the input parameter state; process the input through an inverse flow model to convert the input to a desired actuator state; and position the actuator in the desired actuator state.
US11312204B2
An apparatus and method for controlling an air suspension of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a compressor configured to supply compressed air, a reservoir configured to store compressed air supplied from the compressor and to supply the stored compressed air to the air suspension during vehicle height control, a road information provider configured to provide road state information of a road in front of the vehicle during travel of the vehicle, and a controller configured to determine a vehicle height control position of the air suspension based on the road state information and to operate the compressor before the vehicle arrives at the determined vehicle height control position, thereby filling the reservoir with the compressed air such that an internal pressure of the reservoir reaches at least a predetermined reference pressure.
US11312200B2
A method for actuating an actuator device of a roll stabilizer for a vehicle. The actuator device has a supply line connection for supplying a supply voltage, a converter for supplying an alternating voltage using the supply voltage, and at least two phase lines for supplying the alternating voltage to actuator connections of an actuator which can be operated using the alternating voltage. The method has a step of reading an interruption signal, which indicates an interruption in the supply of the supply voltage or a deviation from the supply voltage at the supply line connection and a step of providing a protection signal at an interface with a protection device using the interruption signal in order to at least partly prevent a generator voltage which is or can be fed into the phase lines via the actuator connections from being forwarded in response to the protection signal.
US11312187B2
A tread pattern of a heavy duty pneumatic tire includes: a linear shaped center lug groove; a pair of circumferential main grooves formed in a wave shape in a tire circumferential direction; a center block; and a central narrow groove that does not have a linear shape, having an opening end that opens in the adjacent center lug grooves in a tire lateral direction position excluding on a tire equator line, and having a groove width that is narrower than the groove width of the shoulder lug groove. The groove width of the center lug groove and the circumferential main groove is narrower than the groove width of the shoulder lug groove. The central narrow groove has a portion that extends outwards in a tire lateral direction from the opening end in the half tread region where the opening end is positioned.
US11312186B2
A pneumatic tire includes a lateral groove that includes a groove bottom surface extending in a direction crossing a tire circumferential direction, and a protrusion provided on the groove bottom surface and extending in an extension direction of the groove bottom surface. The protrusion includes a main body, and an end portion provided on at least one side in a longitudinal direction of the main body and shaped such that a height of the protrusion from the groove bottom surface decreases from an inside to an outside in the longitudinal direction of the main body. The end portion includes an upper surface that forms a circular arc recessed inward in a tire radial direction in a cross section crossing a width direction of the protrusion.
US11312185B2
Provided is a tire capable of efficiently discharging water, which is additionally absorbed through a plurality of flow tubes, through the flow tubes and a drain tube, thereby improving wet grip performance. The tire with enhanced wet grip includes a kerf formed on a block to discharge water introduced thereinto to a groove, a drain tube formed in the kerf in its longitudinal direction and connected to the groove to discharge the water to the groove, and a flow tube formed in the kerf toward the drain tube from an inlet of the kerf, into which the water is introduced, and connected to the groove or the drain tube.
US11312182B2
A first land region is defined between a first main groove and a second main groove extending in a tyre circumferential direction. The first land region is provided with a first oblique groove and a second oblique groove. The first oblique groove extends obliquely with respect to a tyre axial direction from the first main groove to have an end portion terminating within the first land region. The second oblique groove extends obliquely with respect to the tyre axial direction from the second main groove to intersect with a middle groove portion of the first oblique groove and terminate there.
US11312180B2
A pneumatic tire includes a lug grooves extending in a shoulder region of a tread portion in a width direction up to a sidewall portion, a shoulder block and a side block defined by the lug grooves, in which the side block located outward of the shoulder block in the width direction is ridged higher than the shoulder block, at least a part of the lug grooves being each a closed lug groove closed by a ridge portion provided therein, the ridge portion being continuous to the side block located on both sides of the closed lug groove in the circumferential direction, the ridge portion including a first narrow groove with a smaller groove width and a smaller groove depth than the lug groove, extending in the width direction, and at least one end of the first narrow groove penetrating toward the closed lug groove or the sidewall portion.
US11312179B2
A non-pneumatic wheel (100) including a hub (300) and a non-pneumatic tire (102), as well as a method for mounting the non-pneumatic tire (102) onto the hub (300). The hub (300) is formed, with grooves (318) that receive the radially-inner ends (110) of spokes (106) of the non-pneumatic tire (102). To secure the tire (102) onto the hub (300) during assembly, the grooves (318) with the radially inner ends (110) of the spokes (106) received therein are pulled radially inward to decrease the diameter of the hub (300) and increase tension in the spokes (106).
US11312178B2
The present invention includes: an elastically deformable tire part (7) which includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder (4) configured to surround the inner cylinder from the outside in a tire radial direction, and a linking member (3) configured to link the inner cylinder to the outer cylinder (4) and a tread member (5) externally fitted onto the outer cylinder (4), wherein an elastic modulus of a material forming the tread member (5) is smaller than an elastic modulus of a material forming a tire part (7), an outer circumferential surface of the tread member (5) is formed in a curved shape in which the outer circumferential surface thereof protrudes outward in the tire radial direction when viewed in a vertical cross-sectional view in both a tire width direction and the tire radial direction, the outer cylinder (4) includes an outer circumferential section (41) positioned on a tire equatorial section, side sections (42) positioned on both sides in the tire width direction with respect to the outer circumferential section (41), and a shoulder section (43) configured to connect the outer circumferential section (41) to the side sections (42), the outer circumferential section (41) is formed in a straight line shape in which the outer circumferential section (41) extends in the tire width direction when viewed in the vertical cross-sectional view, and the shoulder section (43) gradually extends inward in the tire radial direction as it goes outward in the tire width direction.
US11312169B2
The present invention relates to heat transfers that include silicone based heat transfer inks and digitally printed toner images, particularly for use on fabrics, apparel items, garments and accessories. The present subject matter is especially suitable for use in heat-transferable labeling or creating embellishments on polyester fabrics and garments.
US11312168B2
A printing system is disclosed for thermal transfer printing onto a surface of a substrate. The system comprises a transfer member having opposite front and rear sides with an imaging surface on the front side, a coating station at which a monolayer of particles made of, or coated with, a thermoplastic polymer is applied to the imaging surface, an imaging station at which energy is applied by a thermal print head via the rear side of the transfer member to selected regions of the imaging surface to render particles coating the selected regions tacky, and a transfer station at which the imaging surface of the transfer member and the substrate surface are pressed against each other to cause transfer to the surface of the substrate of the particles that have been rendered tacky.
US11312167B2
A method of forming an image on a print media including releasably securing a fabric layer to a carrier layer, the carrier layer including a first surface including a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first rigidity, the fabric layer including a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface and including a second area, and a second rigidity less than the first rigidity, and a first adhesive, wherein the fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by the first adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface, applying a first liquid marking material to a first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer, and drying the first liquid marking material to the first portion of the third surface with a first dryer.
US11312163B2
To provide a printing apparatus of high printing quality for decreasing a transport amount of a film-shaped medium used in the printing apparatus, and suppressing skew of the film-shaped medium, a control section 100 that controls a transport section 49 for transporting a film-shaped medium 46 controls a transport amount of the film-shaped medium 46, corresponding to information on whether or not to print on only one side of a recording medium in detecting a type and/or Empty of the film-shaped medium 46, based on a mark detection result in initializing operation of the film-shaped medium 46.
US11312161B2
A contacting member is provided that contacts a region of a contacted member to which a liquid composition has been applied. The contacting member has a fluororesin fiber layer containing a fluororesin fiber, which is disposed on a surface which contacts the contacted member. The fluororesin fiber layer has an average deformation amount of from 5.0 to 18.0 μm/N, which is calculated from a displacement amount obtained when a circular indenter having a diameter of 5 mm is pushed into the fluororesin fiber layer.
US11312160B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge a liquid onto a medium being transported in a transport direction, a platen disposed facing the recording head, and supporting the medium at a front face side, and a reinforcing member of a plate-like shape supporting the platen, in which the reinforcing member includes a first plate portion having a first face facing a back face of the platen, and a second plate portion bent, with respect to the first plate portion, in a direction intersecting the transport direction and opposite to the platen, in which a convex portion protruding from a side of the first face toward the platen is provided at an edge portion of a bent section between the first plate portion and the second plate portion, and the platen is supported at a top portion of the convex portion.
US11312157B2
Power allocation in printing devices is disclosed. Independent load requests are received from printing device heater systems. Power grants are allocated based on a general power arbitration of a power source in response to the independent load requests. A power grant is adjusted based on a contextual printing condition to provide an adjusted grant from the power source to a printing device heater system of the printing device heater systems.
US11312153B2
The present invention is directed to obtaining an object having an anisotropic reflection characteristic without using a lenticular lens. A print product including a print medium on which a repetitive structure of projected portions and recessed portions is formed out of image forming materials including a color material includes a first layer formed on surfaces of the projected portions out of a first color material among the image forming materials, and a second layer formed on the recessed portions out of a second color material different from the first color material, wherein the projected portions have a height to occlude part of the second layer when observed at an angle different from an angle formed by a normal to a surface of the print medium.
US11312148B2
In some examples, an apparatus can include a print substance gauge to indicate a quantity of print particles an imaging device is capable of receiving at a particular time, and an authentication mechanism coupled to a locking mechanism, the authentication mechanism includes instructions to: determine a quantity of print particles within a print particle container, and unlock the locking mechanism when the print substance gauge indicates that the imagining device is capable of receiving the quantity of print particles within the print particle container.
US11312144B2
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head that discharges ink, and a housing that contains the discharge head, wherein the housing contains a first ink storage member and a second ink storage member that each store ink, and the ink is supplied from each of the first ink storage member and the second ink storage member to the discharge head, wherein the first ink storage member is an ink cartridge not having an ink refilling port for enabling ink refilling by opening a stopper member, and detachable from the inkjet printing apparatus, and wherein the second ink storage member has the ink refilling port.
US11312140B2
There is provided a liquid ejection apparatus including: a liquid ejection head that includes nozzles; a signal output circuit that outputs a signal that varies depending on whether at least part of the nozzles includes a discharge-defective nozzle; and a controller. The controller is configured to discharge a liquid on a medium by using a partial discharge mode; perform determination, for at least one nozzle included in the nozzles based on the signal from the signal output circuit, about whether the discharge-defective nozzle is included therein; and set, based on the signal from the signal output circuit, the part of the nozzles not to include the discharge-defective nozzle when the liquid is discharged from the liquid ejection head on the medium by using the partial discharge mode and when the controller has determined that the discharge-defective nozzle is included in the nozzles.
US11312133B2
A drive waveform acquisition unit that acquires a drive waveform; a drive voltage generation unit that generates a drive voltage; and a drive voltage supply unit that supplies the drive voltage are included. The drive waveform acquisition unit acquires an overflow waveform used to generate an overflow drive voltage. The drive voltage generation unit generates the overflow drive voltage including one or more overflow pulses corresponding to a period of 0.2 seconds or more and 90 seconds or less. The overflow pulses have a pulse width of 1.2 times or more and 1.8 times or less and an amplitude of 0.3 times or more and 0.8 times or less, and at least one of a rising period or a falling period of 0.3 times or less with respect to a jetting pulse.
US11312123B2
A vacuum lamination system includes a film supply assembly, a film collection assembly, a lower lamination body, an upper lamination body, an air extractor, a moving assembly and a cutting assembly. The lower lamination body includes a first casing base and a lower heating assembly vertically movable and disposed in the first casing base. The lower heating assembly carries and moves the substrate so that the substrate is substantially flush with a top surface of the first casing base or retracted into the first casing base. The upper lamination body is vertically movable and disposed above the lower lamination body and includes an upper casing and an upper heating assembly disposed on the upper casing. The air extractor is connected to the lower lamination body. The moving assembly changes a height of a portion of the film. The cutting assembly cuts a portion of the film laminated onto the substrate.
US11312121B2
Disclosed is a buffer component and a pressing device, the buffer component is applied to the pressing device. The pressing device includes an anisotropic conductive film pressure knife, the buffer component includes an inserting part, which is made of a first elastic material, and the inserting part is configured to insert into a lower end of the anisotropic conductive film pressure knife; and a buffering part, which is made of a second elastic material, the buffering part is configured to closely attach to a lower end surface of the lower end of the anisotropic conductive film pressure knife.
US11312120B2
A multilayer shrink film comprising at least one core layer positioned between a first skin layer and a second skin layer, wherein the multilayer shrink film comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition and a low density polyethylene.
US11312117B2
This invention generally relates to phase-change materials (“PCM” or “PCM materials”) made from colloidally-protected wax-based microstructures. This invention also relates to such PCM materials configured in various physical forms. This invention further relates to a process of configuring such PCM materials for a variety of end-use applications in which dampening of temperature fluctuations by absorption and desorption of heat is desired. This invention further relates to preparing colloidally-protected wax-based microstructures in particulate form that function as PCM materials.
US11312116B2
Boride particles represented by a general formula XB, (where X is at least one kind of metal element selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr, Ca, and m is a number indicating an amount of boron in the general formula) are provided, wherein an amount of carbon included in the boride particles is 0.2% by mass or less, as measured by a combustion-infrared absorption method.
US11312113B2
A multilayer laminate film assembly is provided, which includes at least two multilayer substrate films, each substrate film having at least a first outer layer and a second outer layer, and wherein the at least two multilayer substrate films each include at least two layers of a different class of material. In the laminate film assembly, the at least two substrate films are laminated together, preferably wherein the class of material of the first outer layer differs from the class of material of the second outer layer. The multilayer substrate films are from the same type of substrate. A standing pouch is further provided which includes a front panel, a back panel, and a bottom panel, wherein all panels are from the multilayer laminate film.
US11312107B2
This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a metal substrate and a dehydrated anodized layer overlaying the metal substrate. The dehydrated anodized layer includes pores having openings that extend from an external surface of the dehydrated anodized layer and towards the metal substrate, and a metal oxide material that plugs the openings of the pores, where a concentration of the metal oxide material is between about 3 wt % to about 10 wt %.
US11312106B2
Proposed is a CFRP surface coating method and a hydraulic cylinder including a component coated by the method. The CFRP surface coating method can prevent damage to a CFRP surface due to thermal spray coating and increase the bonding strength between a CFRP surface and a metal coating layer formed by the thermal spray coating. To this end, the method includes: forming a mesh layer on a CFRP surface; fixing the mesh layer on the CFRP surface by impregnating a heat-resistant resin therein; and forming a metal coating layer by thermal spray coating on the fixed mesh layer in which the heat-resistant resin is impregnated.
US11312105B2
An aluminum matrix composite is provided. The aluminum matrix composite comprises at least one reinforcement layer and an aluminum layer. The at least one reinforcement layer comprises a plurality of reinforcement sheets. The plurality of reinforcement sheets are uniformly dispersed in at least a portion of the aluminum layer.
US11312101B2
A composite material is described. The composite material comprises a first cover sheet, a second cover sheet, and a core layer arranged between the first cover sheet and the second cover sheet, said core layer comprising a first adhesive layer in contact with the first cover sheet, a second adhesive layer in contact with the second cover sheet, and fibres which extend from the first adhesive layer to the second adhesive layer. The first cover sheet has a larger extension than the core layer and comprises at least a first edge region which is free from the core layer, wherein the first edge region extends from the outer edge of the first cover sheet to the core layer.
US11312094B2
An assembly of a pneumatic tire and of a wheel, the pneumatic tire (10) being fitted to the wheel. The assembly comprises first and second self-sealing products housed in the internal volume (V) of the pneumatic tire (10). The first self-sealing product, referred to as solid self-sealing product (OS), covers a predetermined part of the internal surface of the pneumatic tire (10). The relative position of this predetermined part in the pneumatic tire (10) does not substantially vary under the effect of gravity. The second self-sealing product, referred to as liquid self-sealing product (OL), is in the liquid form.
US11312092B2
Methods of making tiled articles and molds used to make retroreflective articles. The methods include forming a prism array on a master substrate and forming a replica of the master. A reference edge is formed on the replica, thereby reducing the size of the prism array, yet maintaining a lateral dimension of the replica to maintain ease of handling of the replica. The replica is copied and the reference edge on the copied tiles are exposed, such that the reference edge can be mated and secured face-to-face with a reference edge on other tiles in order to form a tiled article. The tiled article is used as a mold to produce retroreflective articles or can be further duplicated and mated to form larger tiled articles to be used as molds. Tiled articles used as molds and retroreflective articles produced from the molds are also disclosed.
US11312083B2
An additive manufacturing system is disclosed for use in fabricating a structure. The additive manufacturing system may include a print head, and a support configured to move the print head. The support may include a first link, a second link rotationally connected to the first link at a joint, and an encoder-less motor rigidly mounted to the first link and configured to drive rotation of the second link relative to the first link. The support may also include a sole encoder associated with the joint and configured to generate a signal indicative of an angular position of the first link relative to the second link. The additive manufacturing system may further include a controller in communication with the sole encoder and the encoder-less motor. The controller may be configured to selectively trim operation of the encoder-less motor based only on the signal.
US11312082B2
A hybrid additive manufacturing system a build chamber, a polymer additive manufacturing system housed within the build chamber and a physical vapor deposition (PVD) system housed within the build chamber. A controller is configured to issue control signals to the polymer additive manufacturing system and PVD system for layered deposition of polymer and PVD layers in a multilayer part.
US11312081B2
A shaping system for shaping a stereoscopic shaped object, the shaping system including a shaping device serving as a shaping portion and a control PC serving as a shaping controller. At a time of shaping a shaped object, the shaping device further forms a support layer that supports at least a part of the shaped object being shaped, and the control PC predicts a support layer removal time which is a time required for removing the support layer after formation of the shaped object and the support layer in the shaping device is completed.
US11312079B2
In some examples, a build material recycling device of a three-dimensional (3D) printer can include an upper chamber including an inlet and a material separator coupled to the inlet, a classifier coupled to the upper chamber, and a lower chamber coupled to the classifier, where the classifier is located between the upper chamber and the lower chamber.
US11312077B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a 3D printing apparatus, a production line using the apparatus, and a cyclical printing method thereof. The 3D printing apparatus includes a frame assembly, and a powder spreading unit, a powder spreading movement system, a powder supply device, an inkjet unit, an inkjet movement system, a working box, a transfer unit, an inner lifting mechanism, an outer lifting mechanism, an accessory unit and an auxiliary unit that are mounted on the frame assembly. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality of 3D printing apparatuses are arranged in a centralized manner to form a production line system with high printing efficiency, wherein the plurality of 3D printing apparatuses and baking devices are planned and arranged in a centralized manner, and form a closed-loop production system by means of a plurality of conveying and transferring routes, which reduces the idle time of some of the apparatuses during production and improves the use efficiency of the apparatuses, thereby realizing 3D printing of high efficiency.
US11312066B2
Provided is a method of making a three-dimensional object, which method may include the steps of: (a) producing an intermediate object (21) from a dual cure polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing, the intermediate object having the shape of the three-dimensional object in warped or distorted form; (b) optionally washing the intermediate object; then (c) contacting the intermediate to a form (22), which form has a shape corresponding to the three-dimensional object, and with the intermediate conformed to the shape of the form; then (d) further curing the intermediate object in contact with the form to produce the three-dimensional object (24) under conditions in which the three-dimensional object retains a shape conformed to the form after separating therefrom; and then (e) separating the three-dimensional object from the form.
US11312057B2
A blown film line and process for making blown film, including an annular extrusion or coextrusion die, a plurality of nip rollers at a location remote from the annular die, a blown film bubble extruding from the annular die and traveling toward the nip rollers along a traveling path, an air cooling apparatus in the vicinity of the annular die, and a water cooling apparatus located downstream from the air cooling apparatus along the traveling path. The water cooling apparatus includes a wet porous material in direct contact with the blown film bubble and surrounding an outer circumference of the blown film bubble. The wet porous material continuously wipes the blown film bubble with water as the blown film bubble moves along the traveling path.
US11312048B2
A surface treatment method of a material, comprising: respectively immersing a material to be treated into a first inorganic acid solution and a fluoride acidic solution to perform surface etching, so that nano-sized holes are formed in the surface of the material to be treated. Further disclosed are a material product and a composite material.
US11312039B1
A system for a concrete mixer having a drum receiving fresh concrete therein. The system generally has: a sensor measuring a set of measurand values indicative of a measurand associated with at least one of the fresh concrete, the drum and components of the concrete mixer; and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller performing the steps of: accessing the set of measurand values generated by the sensor; using a trained data processing engine stored on the non-transitory memory, at least one of determining a property value indicative of a property of the fresh concrete, determining a parameter value indicative of a parameter of the drum, and determining that the set of measurand values are indicative of some operating conditions of the concrete mixer; and outputting a signal based on said determining.
US11312031B2
A robot has an electronic surveillance system embedded within a chassis disposed between two wheels. The wheels include a main body and a plurality of treads. The treads are generally disposed radially around the main body and extend distally from outer portion of the main body. The main body generally defines a plurality of compression cells and may present a substantially frustoconical outer surface.
US11312030B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include automated guided vehicles (AGVs) having a steerable camera for target-tracking. In one embodiment, the AGV includes a body having one or more motorized wheels, the body having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, a console coupled in an upright position to the first end of the body, and a first camera coupled to the console, the first camera providing one or more axes of rotation and is operable to follow an object.
US11312024B2
An assembly apparatus assembles a first component and a second component. The assembly apparatus includes a gripping section, a correcting section, and a driving section. The gripping section grips the first component. The correcting section corrects positional shift of the first component relative to the second component. The driving section drives the correcting section. The correcting section includes a first mechanism connected to the gripping section and a second mechanism connected to the driving section. The first mechanism has a first tapered portion on a surface opposite to the gripping section. The second mechanism has a second tapered portion on a surface opposite to the driving section. The second tapered portion has a substantially identical shape to the first tapered portion. The first tapered portion is placed on the second tapered portion.
US11312022B2
A gripper tooling including a gripper, at least one slider, and at least one tooling member configured for gripping a workpiece. Each tooling member including a base slideably mounted to the at least one slider, at least one middle segment pivotally connected to the base, a distal segment pivotally connected to the at least one middle segment, an adducting tendon having a proximal end attached to the at least one slider and a distal end attached to the distal segment, and an abducting tendon having a proximal end attached to the base and a distal end attached to the distal segment. The at least one tooling member is configured for autonomously gripping the workpiece as the at least one jaw moves toward the workpiece and the at least one tooling member autonomously returns to an ungripped position as the at least one jaw moves away from the workpiece.
US11312021B2
When a predetermined stop condition is satisfied when a movable unit is in contact with an object in force control, a control apparatus stops the movable unit, and, when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied after stoppage of the movable unit, the control apparatus executes separation control to separate the movable unit from the object, and then, executes resetting of the force detection unit and restarts the force control after execution of the resetting. In another aspect, when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied when the movable unit is in contact with an object in the force control, the control apparatus performs separation control to separate the movable unit from the object, and then, stops the movable unit, and, when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied after stoppage of the movable unit, the control apparatus executes resetting of the force control, and then, restarts the force control.
US11312013B2
In a robot system, a control device includes a power supplier and a main controller; a robot includes a first controller releasing the braking of a first drive portion by a first braker through a supply of a current from the power supplier and a second controller releasing the braking of a second drive portion by the second braker through a supply of a current from the power supplier; the main controller causes the first controller and the second controllers to release the braking by the first braker and the second braker; a power line coupling the power supplier, the first controller, and the second controller to each other is in a daisy chain coupling; and a first release timing at which the first controller releases the braking by the first braker is different from a second release timing at which the second controller releases the braking by the second braker.
US11312012B2
A software compensated robotic system makes use of recurrent neural networks and image processing to control operation and/or movement of an end effector. Images are used to compensate for variations in the response of the robotic system to command signals. This compensation allows for the use of components having lower reproducibility, precision and/or accuracy that would otherwise be practical.
US11311984B2
A ratchet wrench includes a box, a button, a switch and an engagement element. The box includes an upper opening, a channel, a switch chamber in communication with the upper opening via the channel, and a button aperture in communication with the switch chamber. The button is inserted in the switch chamber via the button aperture. The button includes an abutment portion to keep the button in the box. The switch includes an arched portion extending in the switch chamber around the button. The switch is operable to rotate the button by the abutment portion without hindering movement of the button into and from the button aperture of the box. The engagement element is inserted in the channel of the box. The abutment portion is operable to move the engagement element in the channel to extend a front edge from the upper opening of the box.
US11311983B2
A tool, for opening a variety of valves associated with gas cylinders, includes an elongated body. One end of the body defines a hook. The body has a generally square cut-out extending through the thickness of the body. The body also includes two or three threaded holes which enable a set of threaded pins to be screwed into the holes. The body also includes an opening defining regions of distinct widths. The tool can be used to remove or insert a cap or cover on a gas cylinder, to operate a valve of a welding gas cylinder, to open or close a nut or fitting associated with a gas cylinder, and to open or close a valve wheel associated with a gas cylinder. The tool thus simplifies the management of gas cylinders, by reducing or eliminating the need for auxiliary tools such as wrenches and hammers.
US11311975B2
A tilt adjusting mechanism provided in a processing apparatus including a chuck table having a holding surface for holding a workpiece thereon and a processing unit having a processing surface for processing the workpiece held on the chuck table, for adjusting parallelism between the holding surface and the processing surface. The tilt adjusting mechanism includes at least three support posts supporting the chuck table, the support posts including at least one expansible and contractible support post that is provided with a piezoelectric actuator including layered piezoelectric elements, a direct current power supply electrically connected to the piezoelectric actuator, and a voltage controller for controlling a direct current voltage value of direct current electric power supplied to the piezoelectric actuator.
US11311969B2
Provided is a laser-weld manufacturing method. The method includes: providing a first component and a second component that are separated from one another by a gap, the gap having a depth and a width and at least one of the first component and the second component having a sacrificial edge-tab; exposing the sacrificial edge-tab to laser energy, the laser energy being sufficient to melt at least a portion of the sacrificial edge-tab; forming a melt-pool in the gap between the first component and the second component, the melt-pool including material from the melted portion of the sacrificial edge-tab; and solidifying the melt-pool to form a weld that joins the first component and the second component together.
US11311952B2
A reciprocating saw includes a housing defining a motor housing portion, and a motor positioned in the motor housing portion, the motor having a motor output shaft defining a rotational axis, and a motor activation switch within the motor housing portion and adjacent the motor. The reciprocating saw also includes a transmission is positioned downstream of the motor and has a sawbar connectable to a saw blade. The transmission converts a rotational input provided by the motor shaft to a reciprocating output of the sawbar along a reciprocating axis that is either coaxial or parallel with the rotational axis.
US11311941B2
Methods for making a plurality of microparticles from a reaction solution that includes an organic acid in a solvent are provided. The method may include adding a chromium salt and a palladium salt to the reaction solution; bringing the reaction solution to a reaction temperature of 0° C. to 150° C. to form palladium cations and chromium cations within the reaction solution such that the palladium cations and chromium cations combine to form the plurality of microparticles that precipitate from the reaction solution; and collecting the microparticles from the reaction mixture. The plurality of microparticles comprises a palladium-chromium alloy. The palladium-chromium alloy may comprise chromium in a weight percentage of 1% to 20% of the total weight of the palladium-chromium alloy.
US11311932B2
A core manufacturing apparatus using an inorganic binder includes a mulling sand feeder that supplies mulling sand comprising sand and the inorganic binder, a mold that receives the mulling sand from the mulling sand feeder and molds the mulling sand into a core, and a mold heating device that heats the mold. The mold includes an upper mold and a lower mold and has a plurality of cavities formed therein in which the mulling sand is deposited. The mold further includes an inner fluid channel through which fluid flows.
US11311929B2
A device for lightening the weight of vehicle components includes a tooling provided with a seat wherein the component is formed and a plurality of moveable bodies, which are moveable between an initial position and a final position, such that in the final position one end of each moveable body penetrates the seat of the tooling to form a cavity to lighten the weight of a component of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the moveable bodies can move laterally. Such device allows lightening the weight in a more simple and productive way than in currently known systems. This is achieved because the moveable bodies do not interfere with each other during the movement thereof, such that the lightening process can be done in a single blow during a forging procedure.
US11311927B2
The present invention discloses a cutting auxiliary device integrated with clamping and blanking functions includes a positioning and loading unit, a clamping unit and a supporting unit. The supporting unit and the clamping unit can slide left and right on the platform of the positioning and loading unit through the slide block and slide groove structure. The supporting unit and the clamping unit are connected through an adjustable push rod with a scale bar; The board is placed on the positioning platform, and the adjustable push rod is pushed to move the supporting unit and the clamping unit to fix the board again for cutting. After completion, the handwheel is turned to make the clamping platform rotate such that the material is transferred into the material receiving container.
US11311921B2
A dissolved air floatation apparatus including an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid production device and a dissolved air floatation tank. The ultrafine bubble-containing liquid production device includes a gas-liquid mixing unit and a bubble-containing liquid separation device. The bubble-containing liquid separation device swirls a liquid containing ultrafine bubbles and larger bubbles in a storage tank to concentrate the liquid that contains the ultrafine bubbles and the liquid that contains the larger bubbles to a central part of the swirling flow followed by discharge. A pressurized ultrafine bubble-containing liquid is mixed in a raw liquid containing a subject to be cleansed and is poured into the dissolved air floatation tank to cause a suspended substance and a dissolved component in the raw liquid to be adsorbed on an interface of fine bubbles and be floated in the dissolved air floatation tank to be extracted.
US11311919B2
A method cleans surfaces in an internal volume of an aircraft component through which a medium flows. The method includes: connecting the internal volume to be cleaned to a steam generator; generating a cleaning steam having a predetermined vapour pressure and temperature by the steam generator; applying the cleaning steam to the surfaces to be cleaned in the internal volume; maintaining the vapour pressure and the temperature within the internal volume for the duration of a predetermined condensation time; generating a pressure drop in the internal volume of the aircraft component, in order to vaporise the portion of the cleaning steam that condensed during the condensation time; and removing the cleaning steam from the internal volume via a discharge device.
US11311903B2
The invention relates to a coating method for coating a component surface (4) with a coating agent, in particular for painting a motor vehicle body component with a paint, having the following steps: ⋅ emitting a spray jet (1) of the coating agent onto the component surface (4) of the component to be coated by means of an atomizer (2), said spray jet (1) having a main axis (5) and having an asymmetry with respect to the main axis (5) such that the spray jet (1) generates a spray pattern with a corresponding asymmetry on the component surface (4), and ⋅ at least partially compensating for the asymmetry of the spray jet (1) such that the asymmetry of the resulting spray pattern on the component surface (4) is reduced. The invention further relates to a corresponding coating device.
US11311893B2
A jet former, including an impeller wheel rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, having a blade arrangement, a control device, and at least one movably mounted nozzle. The control device is arranged and constructed to convert a rotation of the axis of rotation into a movement of the at least one nozzle. At least one blade of the blade arrangement is arranged and formed to divide the water flow directed towards the at least one blade in a direction of flow into at least a first partial flow and a further partial flow, to deviate the first partial flow in a first partial flow direction, and to deviate the other partial flow in a further partial flow direction. The direction of flow, the first partial flow direction and the further partial flow direction in each case differ from each other.
US11311886B2
The invention relates to a holding apparatus (100) for sample carriers (200) for use in cryomicroscopy, encompassing: a body having at least one sample carrier receptacle that comprises at least one sample carrier support surface against which at least one sample carrier (200) is abuttable; at least one first sample carrier holding means (121); and at least one second sample carrier holding means (131) that is configured to impinge upon the sample carrier (200) with force against the first sample carrier holding means (121); and to an arrangement having a manipulation container and such a holding apparatus (100), and to methods for introducing and withdrawing a sample carrier (200).
US11311880B2
A microchip controlling system comprises a microchip which is configured by adhesion of an elastic sheet and a plate/sheet member, and on which a flow path is provided as an inadhesive section between the elastic sheet and the plate/sheet member; and a microchip controlling apparatus comprising a valve mechanism which is inflated or deflated so as to control the flow path to be opened or closed.
US11311872B2
The invention relates to a pipetting device having tube with an opening at one end for suctioning or discharging a sample fluid, and can be operatively connected to a pressure generation device at the other end. A first electrode is formed on the pipetting device that forms a measuring capacitor together with a second electrode formed by at least one part of the sample fluid and that can be received in the tube and the measuring capacitor is operatively connected to a measuring unit, and the measuring unit is designed to determine a volume of the suctioned or discharged sample fluid according to the capacity of the measuring capacitor. The invention also relates to a fluid processing system having a pipetting device of this type, as well as a method for determining a processed fluid volume during pipetting with a pipetting device of this type.
US11311871B2
Misalignment of intersecting devices on a diagnostic instrument may be detected and remediated using a system comprising components such as an accelerometer, a plurality of strain gauges and a device comprising a processor and a memory (e.g., a computer). In such a system, the accelerometer may be adapted to detect movement of the diagnostic instrument. The device comprising the processor and the memory may be configured to, for each of the structural elements of the diagnostic instrument, determine whether an alignment change has taken place in that structural element based on analyzing measurements made by the plurality of strain gauges. The device comprising the processor and the memory may also be configured to, for each structural element where an alignment change is determined to have taken place, trigger a remediation for each device from a set of devices impacted by the alignment change of that structural element.
US11311865B2
An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat layer comprising a Pt component and a Pd component, and a second washcoat layer including a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a zeolite, and a platinum component is described.
US11311858B2
A catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides, and the catalyst for removing the nitrogen oxides includes a first catalyst having a component including Pt, Ba, and Ce supported on a first support, and a second catalyst physically mixed with the first catalyst and having a component including Cu and Ce supported on a second support.
US11311854B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing biodegradable microspheres having improved safety and storage stability, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a method for preparing said biodegradable microspheres while minimizing the morphological changes of microspheres and significantly reducing residual solvents.
US11311851B2
The invention relates to an injection device (10) for atomizing a liquid into droplets using a gas, comprising a hollow tubular body (12) having a longitudinal direction (X). An inner wall (13) defines a first region, referred to as contact region (Z1), and a second region (Z2). The body includes: —at least two inlet ports (14; 16) for injecting liquid and an inlet port for injecting gas, all of said ports extending to the first region (Z1); —at least one outlet port (18), located downstream of the first and second regions, for discharging the atomized liquid. The body (12) has an inner cross-section that varies continuously or constantly over the entire length thereof. Between regions (Z1) and (Z2), the inner wall (13) includes at least one baffle (261) which is shaped such that in each plane running perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the body containing said baffle, the baffle reduces an inner cross-section of the body over the entire periphery of the inner wall (13).
US11311837B2
A method of separating gas and a method of making a gas separation membrane. The method of separating gas includes flowing a gas stream through a membrane, in which the membrane comprises a crosslinked mixture of a poly(ether-b-amide) copolymer and an acrylate-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) according to formula (I) or formula (II); and separating the gas stream via the membrane. In formulas (I) and (II), each n is of from 2 to 30; and each R is independently —H or —CH3.
US11311831B1
This invention is directed to an air purification method capable of removing small aerosols and a wide size range of aerosols, with minimum aerosol radius smaller than 0.01 micron. The method humidifies the air in an enclosed space and produces supersaturation at a level of at least 12 percent in at least a portion of the enclosed space so that water vapor condenses on aerosols to form water droplets. The method also coalesces the water droplets formed by supersaturation using coalescence devices that can coalesce droplets with minimum radius smaller than 0.01 micron, thereby lowering the equilibrium supersaturation, enabling water droplets to grow faster, be more stable and easier to be removed compared to when coalescence is absent. The method dehumidifies the air so that the water droplets with captured aerosols are removed. Coalescence enables droplets to grow under a lower ambient supersaturation level, thus saving a considerable amount of energy.
US11311822B2
A bubble separator used in a fluid circuit for an automobile and that separates bubbles in a refrigerant may include a swirl flow formation part extending in a substantially horizontal direction, and including an internal space having a columnar shape. The bubble separator may also include a flow inlet disposed at one end of the swirl flow formation part, and being open so as to cause the refrigerant to flow in the flow inlet in a tangential direction of an inner peripheral surface of the swirl flow formation part and so as to form a swirl flow on the inner peripheral surface. The bubble separator may also include a flow outlet disposed at another end of the swirl flow formation part, and being open so as to cause the refrigerant to flow out of the flow outlet in a tangential direction from the inner peripheral surface. The bubble separator may further include a gas discharge port to discharge gas separated from the refrigerant in the swirl flow formation part outside of the swirl flow formation part, and at least one liquid drop nozzle provided on a wall surface of the swirl flow formation part.
US11311816B2
A balloon inflator for simultaneously filling two balloons to substantially identical sizes includes an air pump having a first air chamber communicating with a first inflation nozzle and second air chamber communicating with a second inflation nozzle. A reciprocating piston causes an alternating increase and decrease in the first and second air chambers to advance air to fill balloons on the first and second inflation nozzles. The volume of inflation gas advanced to the first balloon inflation nozzle is substantially identical to the volume of inflation gas advanced to the second balloon inflation nozzle, thus permitting a virtually identical inflation of a first balloon at said first balloon inflation nozzle and a second balloon at said second balloon inflation nozzle upon repeated reciprocation of the piston.
US11311813B2
In a rollercoaster trigger system to output a data signal to a control unit for triggering and controlling an event at a predetermined track position, a beacon plate with a certain aperture pattern and a sensor set is provided to send a trigger signal and a data signal to the control unit. The sensor set includes a first and a second trigger sensor which provide together the trigger signal to readout the data of the beacon plate when together simultaneously detecting a first and second trigger aperture of the aperture pattern. A read sensor is provided for reading data from the aperture pattern by detecting a presence or absence of a read aperture. The data signal is obtained by the control unit when the trigger signal is generated.
US11311811B1
One aspect of the disclosure relates to determining prices for a protection extension in an online game. The protection extension may be implemented, for example, after a user's beginning protection and/or any other in-game protection period has ceased. The protection extension may be dynamically priced for individual users. The protection extension may be priced, for example, based on the user's power and/or strength in a game, and/or based on other factors. For example, the stronger the user is in the game, the more expensive the extension of protection, and the weaker the user is in the game, the cheaper the extension of protection. This may provide an opportunity for a less experienced player to build up their strength in a game, thus promoting further player engagement. Individualizing the price of protection extensions may provide other enhancements.
US11311808B2
In an embodiment, a process to predict an outcome of a competition includes receiving time-stamped position information of participant(s), the time-stamped position information captured by a telemetry tracking system during the competition. The process includes calculating while the competition is ongoing a covariate parameter for each of one or more participants at a point in time, where each respective covariate parameter is derived from the time-stamped position information of a corresponding participant at the point in time. The process includes predicting the outcome of the competition, as of the point in time, based at least in part on (i) a difference between a calculated competitor strength of the first competitor the second competitor based on historical data associated with the competitors, and (ii) the calculated first covariate parameter(s).
US11311804B2
Techniques to synchronize changes in physical and virtual environments. An environmental change that will occur during a specified playback event within an interactive game is determined. An amount of time sufficient to permit an environmental device to effect a desired change in the physical environment before the specified playback event occurs is determined. The environmental device is controlled based on the amount of time, to effect the desired change synchronously with the environmental change.
US11311803B2
There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to control a communication partner without losing a sense of immersion and without impairing a VR world view in communication between players in (virtual reality) VR. A range in which another player capable of recognizing a content spoken by a player is present is determined as an utterance range on the basis of context information. In the following, since the spoken information is transmitted only to the player who is confirmed as the utterance range, it is possible to control the partner at the time of utterance by the context information. The present disclosure is able to be applied to an information processing device.
US11311799B2
A system for synchronising role-play amongst two or more role-players; said system comprising: A portable digital device closely associated with each role-player; each portable digital device including at least a processor in communication with a memory thereby to execute commands of an application stored in the memory; the processor in communication with input/output apparatus as directed by the commands of the application stored in the memory; each portable digital device in communication with a local network thereby to place each portable digital device in communication with each other portable digital device participating in the role-play; a downloadable role-play and synchronisation application which is downloaded and stored on and executing on each portable digital device; a suite of audio files for each portable digital device participating in the role-play; each suite of audio files containing a file specific to each character in the role play which incorporates: a) The characters' internal dialogue; b) Dialogue between the character and other characters within the role play; c) Directions for the individualised, co-ordinated choreographed movement of the player; d) Sound effects, and; e) Musical score, and wherein content of the role-play, experienced through listening to the audio files, requires the player and their co-players, to physically enact a series of pre-determined, choreographed and co-ordinated movements which are a key component of the roleplay experience.
US11311797B2
The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
US11311796B2
A toy battle arena game and method for manufacturing an asymmetrical battling stadium providing unique arena having four inclined battling surface curved regions collectively creating an asymmetrical concave bowl-shaped battling stadium for generating unpredictable top action about and around an asymmetrical battling surface for exciting and dynamic game play in a relatively small arena. Four semi-circular or curved inclined surfaces each includes a banked corner and are each defined by arc segment with a radius prescribing a midpoint of each arc segment. Connecting midpoints of each arc segment or partial sphere delineates an irregular quadrilateral in a central area of stadium to collectively create an asymmetrical battling surface which enhances game play by maximizes random and dynamic interactions between actively spinning tops about and around the asymmetrical battling surface.
US11311794B2
Presented herein is an electronic gaming device comprising a first axle with a first center cubelet rotatably coupled to the first axle, a first sensor operatively coupled to the first axle to detect rotation of the first cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the first cubelet, transmit a first signal, a second axle with a second center cubelet rotatably coupled to the second axle, a second sensor operatively coupled to the second axle to detect rotation of the second cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the second cubelet, transmit a second signal, a third axle with a third center cubelet rotatably coupled to the third axle, a third sensor operatively coupled to the third axle to detect rotation of the third cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the third cubelet, transmit a third signal, a plurality of interchangeable cubelets positioned about the first, second, and third axle such that mechanical rotation of a set of the interchangeable cubelets having a common plane causes one of the first, second, and third sensors to transmit one of the first, second, and third signals, storage for storing a position of each of the plurality of interchangeable cubelets, and a processor configured to receive signals from one of the first, second, and third sensors, determine changes in the position of the some of the cubelets, and write the changed positions for the some of the cubelets in the storage.
US11311791B2
An exercise machine includes a processor, a display, a deck, and a belt rotatable about the deck. The machine also includes a sensor operably connected to the processor and configured to detect a performance parameter associated with a belt of the exercise machine. In implementations described herein, the performance parameter may be disregarded when it is determined that a user is not on the belt.
US11311783B1
A golf club head comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic and connects unsupported portions of the golf club head to improve the acoustics of the golf club head upon impact with a golf ball. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners.
US11311781B2
Examples of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a body portion of a golf club head may include a cavity having an opening and an internal structure defined by a wall portion and a base portion. A hosel portion may include an insert portion and a neck portion extending therefrom. The hosel portion may be attached to the body portion by an interference fit between the neck portion and the opening of the cavity. The insert portion may be received inside the cavity and may be spaced apart from the internal structure of the cavity. A space between the insert portion and the internal structure of the cavity may be partially or entirely filled with an adhesive to hold the hosel portion in place. Other examples may be described and claimed.
US11311780B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a golf ball providing improve play characteristics. The disclosed golf ball includes an outer cover comprising a plurality of divots. The disclosed golf ball further includes a central core comprising one or more lightweight materials, such as aerogel. The combination of the lightweight core and the unique divots enable the golf ball to go farther and straighter when hit by the golfer, thereby providing increased performance.
US11311779B2
A climbing apparatus includes a mast having a plurality of mast segments operable to vertically stack one after another. Each segment includes a stand-off to abut against a climbing object and form a space for receiving a strap to secure the mast to the climbing object. The apparatus includes a platform assembly having a (i) a platform, (ii) a seat spaced apart from the platform, and (iii) a frame connecting the seat to the platform. An upper trolley is provided for independent mobility up and down along the mast. The upper trolley includes a first brake connected to a handle operable to actuate movement of the trolley. A lower trolley is provided and is operable for independent mobility up and down along the mast relative to the upper trolley. The lower trolley includes a second brake and is connected to the frame of the platform assembly.
US11311775B2
Enables a fitting system for sporting equipment using an application that executes on a mobile phone for example to prompt and accept motion inputs from a given motion capture sensor to measure a user's size, range of motion, speed and then utilizes that same sensor to capture motion data from a piece of equipment, for example to further optimize the fit of, or suggest purchase of a particular piece of sporting equipment. Utilizes correlation or other data mining of motion data for size, range of motion, speed of other users to maximize the fit of a piece of equipment for the user based on other user's performance with particular equipment. For example, this enables a user of a similar size, range of motion and speed to data mine for the best performance equipment, e.g., longest drive, lowest putt scores, highest winning percentage, etc., associated with other users having similar characteristics.
US11311771B2
A training apparatus with swivel step plates and programmable music built in for a dance lesson and workout on the training apparatus. The step plate has a movement mechanism that reciprocates with a vertical component and a longitudinal component. The step plate is attached to the movement mechanism such that the step plate has a pivoting action about a vertical axis that is orthogonal to the orientation of a top surface of the step plate.
US11311764B2
An exercise assist device transitively moves a sacroiliac joint in a lateral decubitus position. The following description is provided in the context of a left lateral decubitus position. The upper right leg is placed on a stand in the lateral decubitus position, and the upper right leg is then extended transitively backward with a sacral area supported by a sacrum support pad. Since a posterior side of a lower left sacroiliac joint is slightly opened, a sacrum slides backward via a right hip joint. This improves mobility of the lower left sacroiliac joint.
US11311762B2
A modular play set including a support beam for supporting one or more play equipments therealong, two or more support assemblies each supporting an end of the support beam above a support surface, the support assemblies each including one or more upright poles having a lower end for engagement with the support surface and an upper end remote from the lower end, a lateral support structure engaging the upper end of each pole, the lateral support structure having a support beam connection for connecting to one end of one or more of the support beams and extending by a predetermined distance transverse to the or at least one of the support beams connected thereto. A play equipment may be a swing having a pivot assembly mounted to the frame for pivoting about a substantially horizontal fixed axis; a swivel assembly operatively associated with the pivot assembly for pivoting about a swivel axis substantially orthogonal to the said fixed axis to pivot about the fixed axis; and a frame mounted to said swivel assembly for supporting a user, the frame having a platform spaced from the fixed axis a distance sufficient for a user to stand on the platform through which the swivel axis passes and a hanger portion operatively interposed between the platform and the swivel assembly and spaced from the swivel axis.
US11311758B2
The invention is a device for extinguishing a fire, the device comprises a pad adapted to be configured in various shapes and sizes and having a body or core filled with free-flowing expanded glass granulate having fire extinguishing properties, the body or core is compartmentalized to separately contain the free flowing granulate within defined regions, the body or core is formed from a sacrificial material that disintegrates upon exposure to heat whereby the free-flowing expanded glass granulate contained in the body or core is released onto the fire or source of heat to extinguish it. In one embodiment the device includes a fire resistant cover member. In another embodiment one side or face of the device is provided with a fire resistant layer or barrier so that only the opposite side or face of the device will disintegrate.
US11311756B1
A rooftop safety system for protecting persons from falling off a rooftop environment by employing fall protection which may include a ballasted fall prevention apparatus, and a fall protection anchor coupled to the ballasted fall prevention apparatus. A fall protection anchor may include an attachment device adapted to couple the fall protection anchor to a structure, an anchorage connector adapted to connect personal fall protection equipment to the fall protection anchor to deploy fall restraint. In one embodiment, an integral strain indicator made of a degradable material is placed within the fall protection anchor, and after a certain amount of force indicative of a fall impact is reached, deforms giving a visual indication to safety inspectors that a fall event has occurred. In an alternative embodiment the strain indicator can be formed into a housing which covers an attachment device as well as the post the attachment device is attached to.
US11311754B2
The invention relates to an avalanche airbag system (10) comprising an airbag (14) and a filling device (20) for introducing ambient air into the airbag (14). The filling device (20) comprises a fan (16) with an electric motor (18), a first electric energy storage (22, 40) for providing electric energy to the electric motor (18), a second electric energy storage (24) and a control device (26) for actuating the electric motor (18). By means of the control device (26) depending on at least one parameter both a supplying of the electric motor (18) with electric energy originating from both energy storages (22, 40, 24) as well as with electric energy originating from only one of the two energy storages (22, 40, 24) can be effected. Moreover, the invention relates to a backpack comprising such an avalanche airbag system (10) and a method for operating such an avalanche airbag system (10).
US11311752B2
The present description provides a filter element that includes an end or side portion attached breather tube. One exemplary filter element described herein includes filter media having front and rear walls each including a proximal end and a distal end, a side portion at the proximal ends of the front and rear walls, and an outlet. The filter element further includes a breather tube attached to the filter media in fluid communication with the outlet. The outlet is positioned at least partially on the side portion, and the front and rear walls of the filter media are joined together at least partially along a perimeter.
US11311747B2
The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for isocenter calibration. The method includes providing a phantom including a first member and a second member with a fixed position relationship. The method includes acquiring, using a first device, at least one first image of the first member of the phantom. The method includes determining, based on the at least one first image, a first position relationship between a first isocenter of the first device and the first member. The method includes acquiring, using a second device, at least one second image of the second member of the phantom. The method includes determining, based on the at least one second image and the fixed position relationship, a second position relationship between a second isocenter of the second device and the first member. The method includes determining, based on the first position relationship and the second position relationship, a third position relationship between the first isocenter and the second isocenter.
US11311741B2
Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for treatment of anxiety. Described are methods and devices to treat anxiety that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect symptoms of anxiety.
US11311739B2
A therapeutic method of reducing or eliminating viral infections in vivo includes subjecting a virally infected patient to one of a variety of strong magnetic fields. A static magnetic field has a magnetic field intensity of at least about 5 nanoTesla sufficient to be effective to disrupt viral metabolism. An alternating magnetic field has a magnetic field intensity of at least 0.1 nanoTesla sufficient to be effective to disrupt viral metabolism. A method of disrupting viral metabolism includes subjecting an infected patient or a mixture of live host cells and virus to the alternating magnetic field. A virus disruption apparatus includes a magnetic field generator of static or alternating magnetic fields. The magnetic field generator is selected from a Magnetic Resonance Imaging device, at least one permanent magnet, at least one superconducting magnet, at least one solenoid, and any combination thereof.
US11311738B2
The devices and methods of stimulating the immune system to treat damaged and abnormal tissue using compressed static magnetic fields provides for noninvasive treatment of damages tissue and removal of abnormal tissue. At least two magnets are positioned to have their static magnetic fields compressed at the damaged or abnormal tissue and at the immediately surrounding healthy tissue. The compressed static magnetic fields stimulate the immune system in the immediately surrounding healthy tissue which treats the damaged or abnormal tissue. The treated tissue fully regenerates without additional medical intervention. The devices provide for efficient exposure to compressed magnetic fields and ease of use at different locations on a body and different types of animal species.
US11311731B2
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to determine a response curve between received cardiac electrical information from a subject, such as a time of a P wave, and received cardiac acceleration information of the subject, such as a time of a first heart sound (S1) or a second heart sound (S2), to a set of stimulation signals provided to the subject at different AVD intervals. In certain examples, one or more cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) parameters can be determined for the subject using the determined response curve.
US11311719B2
Stimulation lead includes an elongated lead body having distal and proximal ends and wire conductors extending therebetween. The stimulation lead also includes a lead paddle having a multi-dimensional array of electrodes positioned along a contact side of the lead paddle. The electrodes are electrically coupled to the wire conductors. The lead paddle includes a paddle body and a conductor organizer disposed within the paddle body. The conductor organizer has multiple channels extending along the lead paddle. The channels receive the wire conductors and retain the wire conductors in a designated arrangement with respect to the lead paddle. The conductor organizer has openings to the channels. The wire conductors extend through the openings and are terminated to the respective electrodes.
US11311705B2
The present invention provides a medical pressurization control device, comprising an outer tube and a threaded push rod inside the outer tube. A movable caliper comprising two arms, a caliper control member connected to the movable caliper, and an operating member connected to the caliper control member are provided in the outer tube; when the operating member moves from a second position to a first position, the operating member drives the caliper control member to move to a locking position, so as to push the two arms of the movable caliper to hold the threaded push rod for locking the threaded push rod; when the operating member moves from the first position to the second position, the operating member drives the caliper control member to move to a release position, so as to push the two arms of the movable caliper to release the threaded push rod for unlocking the threaded push rod.
US11311703B2
A device that can be placed within or near the cranial vault that fluctuates in size in response to changes in CSF pressure is disclosed. The device diminishes in size when CSF pressures rise and increases in size as CSF pressures diminish. The device has the effect of reducing the flow of CSF occurring in the foramen magnum and provides an alternative to craniovertebral decompression in Chiari I patients. The device may have applications in other neurologic illnesses associated with abnormal CSF flow, such as Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, and CSF dural leaks.
US11311701B2
A tube stabilising device (10, 20, 30) for a tube attached to a patient, comprising a base member (110, 210, 310) fixable to a surface, the base member having a support surface (112, 212, 312) for supporting the base member on a surface of the patient. The tube stabilising device further comprising a tube retaining member (120, 220, 320). The base member includes a cavity (114, 214, 314) configured to receive a flange (122, 222, 322) of the tube retaining member such that, when received, the cavity at least partially overlaps the flange so that the flange is retained by the base member, the tube retaining member is moveably attached to the base member and the flange is moveable within the cavity in any direction parallel to the support surface. The tube retaining member is configured to retain a tube extending from the patient such that, when retained, the tube is moveable relative to the base member.
US11311692B2
The present invention discloses a negative-pressure oral apparatus capable of relieving discomfort of soft tissues in the oral cavity and improving fixation of the oral apparatus to prevent the oral apparatus from falling off due to mouth opening. The oral apparatus is compact and elastic so that it fits various shapes and sizes of the oral cavity and is easy to be put on and taken off to provide convenience and safety to the user. In another embodiment, a method for maintaining a negative oral pressure and collecting liquid by coupling the oral apparatus to a liquid collecting apparatus capable of effectively providing the oral cavity with a negative pressure to expel liquid in the oral apparatus and deliver the liquid to an absorbing element in the liquid collecting apparatus so as to prevent liquid leakage or contamination.
US11311691B2
A device (100) for facilitating the positioning of a catheter for the delivery of liquid medicament to spontaneously breathing patient, including: —an elongated main body (101) shaped to follow the internal shape of the patient's upper airways, the elongated main body (101) being provided with guiding means (107) adapted to house a catheter; —a substantially ring-shaped terminal element (103) adapted to engage the internal wall of the patient's retro-pharynx, the substantially ring-shaped terminal element (103) being connected to the elongated main body (101) by means of at least one spoke (105), the substantially ring-shaped element (103) and the at least one spoke (105) creating a chamber where the medicament can be delivered through the catheter.
US11311690B2
An airway status evaluation apparatus includes a respiration monitoring unit, a data processing unit, an inflation/deflation unit, and an inflation/deflation control unit. The data processing unit is electrically connected to the respiration monitoring unit, collects a respiration parameter of a patient from the respiration monitoring unit when a cuff meets an evaluation state, and evaluates an airway status of the patient according to the respiration parameter. The inflation/deflation control unit is connected to the inflation/deflation unit and controls the inflation/deflation unit to inflate and deflate the cuff so as to enable the cuff to meet an evaluation state. In the present disclosure, inflation and deflation of the cuff are implemented in a full-automatic or semi-automatic control manner, the respiration parameter can be automatically monitored, and the evaluation result is automatically calculated, thereby achieving the automatic evaluation for the airway status of a patient.
US11311685B2
Various implementations include a tissue lifting device that is operable using one hand. The device includes a housing, an actuator that is slidably moveable through a channel within the housing, and a lifting mechanism adjacent a distal end of the housing. The actuator causes the lifting mechanism to lift a tissue. In some implementations, the housing includes a needle adjacent the distal end of the housing that punctures the tissue and allows for injection of a composition behind the tissue. The lifting mechanism according to some implementations is a suction-based (or aspiration) system. And, in other implementations, the lifting mechanism is a grasping system.
US11311675B2
The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes a needle for delivering a medicament and an insertion mechanism configured to urge the needle in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the needle. The insertion mechanism includes a driving mechanism and a cam. The driving mechanism is configured to exert a force in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The cam is coupled to the needle and is configured to receive a force from the driving mechanism and move in the first direction in response to the received force.
US11311667B2
An insulin delivery device (10) includes a cannula (40) for delivering insulin to a patient at an infusion site, a pump assembly (30), and a valve (36) for controlling the flow of insulin. A removable leak detector unit (28) is coupled to the delivery device for sensing and detecting leakage of insulin at the infusion site. The leak detector unit (28) has electrodes (56) positioned for contacting the insulin leaking from the infusion site, a sensing electrical circuit (54) and a power source (58) for operating the leak detector unit. The removable leak detector unit (28) has an electrical contact (62) for mating with an electrical contact (64) of the delivery device for electrically and operatively connecting the leak detector unit (28) to the delivery device. The leak detector unit (28) sends a signal to the pump assembly (30) and/or valve (36) to stop the flow of insulin when leakage is detected at the infusion site.
US11311664B1
An intravenous (IV) line set includes a tubing defining a fluid lumen, and first and second connectors attached at opposite ends of the tubing. The tubing is adapted to be formed into a shape and retain the formed shape. In an embodiment, the shape is retained via one or more malleable filaments extending along a length of the tubing. In another embodiment, the shape is retained via magnets.
US11311661B2
The invention relates to an ophthalmic pressure control system, comprising: a pressure regulator having an input port and an output port, and an infusion line having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the output port of the pressure regulator, and the distal end being detachably connected to an ophthalmic irrigation module. Further, the system includes a control unit driving the pressure regulator for controlling an infusion fluid pressure at a distal end of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The control unit is arranged for performing a fluid calibration process including a step of determining a fluid impedance of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The infusion line is associated with a kit of parts including a first and a second ophthalmic irrigation device, or the ophthalmic irrigation module is an ophthalmic irrigation device for surgical use.
US11311654B2
The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
US11311650B2
The invention provides devices for supporting regeneration of body tissue and of tubular structures, such as the esophagus or intestine, and methods for making and for using the devices.
US11311638B2
Disclosed is a portable sterilization case for personal protective equipment and small articles, such as a mobile phone. The portable sterilization case includes a box body having an opening and inner volume for receiving the articles. The portable sterilization case further includes a cover coupled to the box body forming an enclosed case. The cover is coupled through a hinge joint allowing the cover to pivot in an open position and close position. The inner sides of each the box body and the cover can have an integrated ultraviolet (UV) lamp having a UV-C spectrum configuration. The portable sterilization case further includes a lock member for securing the cover to the box body. In one case, the lock member can be a magnet/magnet pair or magnet/iron pair.
US11311636B2
The present invention relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals for in vivo imaging, in particular to radiotracer compositions which comprises 18F-labelled c-Met binding peptides. The invention provides said compositions, as well as associated automated methods of preparation and cassettes.
US11311633B2
The present application provides methods and compositions for AAV-mediated delivery of PYY and Glucagon-like Peptide 1 or an analog thereof (e.g., Exendin-4) to a subject (e.g., the saliva of a subject). In some embodiments, compositions and methods for topical delivery of Ex-4 and PYY peptides also are provided. Methods and compositions are useful to promote weight loss and/or altered lipid taste sensitivity, as well as for the treatment of diabetes.
US11311617B2
Methods and devices are provided for treating a food allergy in a subject in need thereof. The method entails delivering an effective amount of an allergen associated with the food allergy into the subject's cutis skin layer. Delivering the allergen is carried out by inserting one or more allergen-coated solid microneedles into the subject's skin. The one or more solid microneedles each has a base, shaft and tip, and when inserted in the subject, do not extend beyond the cutis. The allergen is allowed to dissociate from the one or more microneedles while inserted in the subject's cutis. Once the allergen disassociates, the one or more microneedles is removed from the subject's skin.
US11311616B2
The present invention provides a vaccine for feline leukemia virus and methods of making and using the vaccine alone, or in combinations with other protective agents.
US11311606B2
Provided herein is a method of treating medulloblastoma or glioblastoma in a subject by administering to the subject a PI3K activator (e.g., thymosin β-4 or a derivative thereof) and one or more chemotherapeutic agents and/or radiation. The combination therapy is effective in the treatment of medulloblastoma or glioblastoma characterized by cells with elevated p53 levels.
US11311600B2
Methods for treating obesity are provided and include administering a polypeptide antagonist of a Na/K ATPase/Src receptor complex to a subject in need thereof. Methods for reducing adiposity and adipogenesis are also provided and make use of a polypeptide antagonist of a Na/K ATPase/Src receptor complex to a subject.
US11311593B2
Disclosed is a root extract from plants of the Morus genus (in particular Morus albaet, Morus nigra) that is rich in prenylated polyphenols chosen from: moracenin A, moracenin B, kuwanon C, wittiorumin F and mulberrofuran T, a method for preparing such an extract and a cosmetic composition and a pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition, the compositions including, as the active ingredient, at least one root extract from plants of the Morus genus according to the invention.
US11311592B2
Disclosed herein is the novel use of use of a Bauhinia spp. extract, which may upregulate neprilysin, induce autophagy, protect neuron from amyloidopathy or tauopathy, and/or promote neurite outgrowth, thus the Bauhinia spp. extract of the present disclosure may be used as a dietary supplement for the prophylaxis or treatment of amyloid related neurodegenerative diseases so as to ameliorate or alleviate symptoms associated with the amyloid related neurodegenerative diseases.
US11311584B2
Provided herein are methods for the treatment of GI tract diseases and conditions and/or symptoms associated with such diseases and conditions in a mammal. Also provided are preparations and compositions for use in the methods. Also provided are methods of growing and preparing Chlamydomonas biomass for administration to a mammal in need of treatment of GI tract diseases and conditions and/or symptoms associated with such diseases and conditions.
US11311582B2
The present application provides bacteriophage compositions, and methods of treating or preventing bacterial infections using the bacteriophage compositions. The bacteriophage compositions can inhibit bacterial adhesion, invasion, and/or colonization in epithelial cells. The compositions and methods described herein are useful for treating or preventing mastitis in dairy cows.
US11311578B2
The present disclosure provides methods for re-stimulating TIL populations that lead to improved phenotype and increased metabolic health of the TILs and provides methods of assaying for TIL populations to determine suitability for more efficacious infusion after re-stimulation.
US11311567B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for balancing electron reduction potentials of formulations in a manner that reduces susceptibility to changes from xenobiotics. The present invention also provides novel compositions of matter based on structuring from a mobile nucleotide integral to its architecture.
US11311564B2
A dry formulation may include one or more active agents including one or more anti-infective agents such as an anti-bacterial agent, anti-fungal agent, or other anti-active agent. The dry formulation may be prepared for administration by mixing the dry formulation with a diluent. In one example, the diluent is a hydrocortisone and acetic acid solution or a sodium chloride solution. The combined preparation may be administered to the ear or skin to treat or prevent an infection.
US11311560B2
Provided herein are cyclic plasmenylethanolamines and plasmalogen precursors of formula A, wherein R1 and R2 are each, independently, a saturated, unsaturated, or polyunsaturated hydrocarbon group. Methods and uses thereof in the treatment of plasmalogen deficiency are also described. Cyclic plasmenylethanolamines described herein may act as plasmalogen precursors which, following administration, may be converted to at least one plasmalogen species, thereby elevating the plasmalogen level in a subject.
US11311554B2
The present invention provides stable pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of testosterone or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable oil vehicle, and a stabilizing amount of benzyl alcohol, for example, about 1% to 3% weight/volume of benzyl alcohol. The present invention also provides a process for stabilizing testosterone-containing pharmaceutical compositions by ageing them at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 60° C. for at least 48 hours, e.g., prior to secondary packing and labeling. These compositions were stable over the shelf life of the product, without exhibiting crystal formation, even upon storing at temperatures of about 2° C. to about 8° C. Other aspects of the invention relate to methods for making such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such pharmaceutical compositions for hormone replacement therapy, e.g., in a male patient having a condition associated with symptoms of deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone.
US11311546B2
Provided is a composition for wound healing, which includes adenine and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided is a method for enhancing wound healing in a subject in need thereof including administering to the subject the composition.
US11311536B2
The disclosure provides new, stable, pharmaceutically acceptable amorphous solid dispersions of 1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-((6bR,10aS)-3-methyl-2,3,6b,9,10,10a-hexahydro-1H,7H-pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]quinoxalin-8-yl)-butan-1-one, together with methods of making and using them, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US11311534B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11311528B2
The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are STING inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of STING-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.
US11311508B2
A medicinal composition for preventing or treating secondary hyperparathyroidism under maintenance dialysis, said medicinal composition comprising 3-{[(2S)-2-amino-2-carboxyethyl]carmaboylamino}-5-chloro-4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate of the same which is to be administered by a predefined route in a predefined dosage. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for secondary hyperparathyroidism under maintenance dialysis, said agent showing reduced side effects or no significant accumulation. This medicinal agent allows easy administration management and has a high safety compared with conventional products.
US11311506B2
Compositions and methods for using cyclopropanated structural analogs of fatty acid biofilm dispersal agents are characterized by superior biofilm dispersion. When used in combination with antimicrobials, these analogs decrease the minimum inhibitory concentration of antimicrobial agents required for eradication of the biofilm and/or treatment of infection. Methods for using these analogs include direct application to a surface, blending with lipid based carriers, or covalent anchoring the molecule to a surface. Typically, the cyclopropanated structural analog has the structure according to formula (I): wherein R1 is a C1-C24 linear or branched alkyl group; or an acid halide or acid anhydride thereof.
US11311504B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a first pharmacologically active ingredient selected from (1r,4r)-6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and a second pharmacologically active ingredient selected from paracetamol and propacetamol.
US11311500B2
The present invention is directed to methods and dosing regimens for the treatment of depression (preferably, treatment resistant depression), for the treatment of depression in a suicidal patient, and/or for the treatment and/or prevention of suicidality (e.g. suicidal ideations).
US11311494B2
A formulation of a discrete liquid patch for the treatment of cold sores or viral lesions, including a combination of the adhesive layer and an active compound/ingredient such as antiviral agents, and/or amino acids, and/or minerals/vitamins. The adhesive layer of the discrete patch is substantially free of hydrocolloid particles. The adhesive layer does not include any backing layer to maintain the compliance of the patch with a thickness ranging from 5 microns to 1,300 microns. Wherein, the discrete patch of the invention is configured to apply to a viral lesion to maintain in contact therewith for a time effective to substantially complete re-epithelialization of the lesion.
US11311490B2
A pharmaceutical pellet is disclosed, comprising a spherical core containing active ingredient with a smooth surface and a coating on the core which controls the release of the active ingredient in a pH-independent manner. With such a pellet the release of the active ingredient can follow a profile with a lag phase of 60 minutes to 840 minutes, a proportion of 5 wt. % or less of the active ingredient being released during the lag phase. The active ingredient can furthermore be released from the pellet with a profile such that after the lag phase the release of the active ingredient amounts to between 3 and 25 wt. % per hour.
US11311486B1
Embodiments of the present application relate to commercial manufacturing processes for making bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules.
US11311484B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating skin afflictions in a subject comprising a step of administering said subject with a therapeutically effective amount of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) comprising CD98hc. Inventors have demonstrated that healthy dermal fibroblasts produced and secreted EVs bearing characteristic of exosome-like small EVs (sEVs). They have shown that CD98hc was present at the surface of sEVs, transferred and stabilized at the plasma membrane of recipient cells. They observed that the transferred protein was functional both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, injection of sEVs in epidermal CD98hc KO mice exhibiting wound healing defect rescued wound closure in vivo. Thus, their findings reveal that CD98hc contained in EVs could potentially be used in vivo to treat and improve multiple skin afflictions by allowing protein rescue.
US11311482B2
Topical pharmaceutical compositions include tazarotene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tazarotenic acid and an oil-in-water emulsion vehicle that forms a lotion. The compositions are used to treat skin diseases, such as acne vulgaris.
US11311475B2
Skin care compositions comprising Aphanothece sacrum exopolysaccharide extract help the skin penetration of peptide compounds contained therein.
US11311474B2
A transparent personal cleansing composition for skin and hair care comprises non-ionic and anionic surfactants with hydrophobe of lauryl group in the vegetable oil which exhibit enhanced foaming and lather capacity in comparison to the marketed products. The personal care composition of the present invention avoids harsh or toxic anionic ether sulphate type surfactants, eco-toxic non-ionic fatty alcohol ethoxylates, fatty alkanol amides and a host of other ingredients that are not derived from renewable sources.
US11311471B2
A method of treating a material, the method comprising the steps of: (1) contacting the material with a composition comprising an electrophilic species selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, and mixtures thereof; (2) contacting the material with a composition comprising a chelating agent and/or a salt of an amine and/or a carboxylic acid.
US11311470B2
Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G′ of at least about 25 Pa and/or is not a ringing gel.
US11311455B2
A multi-direction operable massage chair includes a seat positioning device; a seat sensor of a limit member; a neck massaging device; a shoulder massaging device, and an arm massaging device together configured to move along a main rail in the y-axis direction; a back massaging device; a leg positioning device; a vibrational massaging seat including an adjustment member and two adjustment cylinders; a plurality of roller members configured to roll in different directions; first, second, third, and fourth infrared temperature sensors configured to sense temperatures of the arms, the neck, the back, and the legs of the user respectively; a board adjustment member of the leg massaging device configured to extend or retract; a board of the leg massaging device configured to rotate; and a pivotal armrest link.
US11311449B1
A single incapacitated leg crutch for use by a person with a single incapacitated leg is provided with features for user friendly attachment and release of the crutch. The single incapacitated leg crutch includes features for controlled limitation of lateral and forward gait movement and gait walking stabilization that occurs in natural lateral and forward walking gait motion without a crutch.
US11311447B2
An agility trainer apparatus that provides a robotic system that applies forces laterally to a harness worn by a person during walking so as to provide highly controllable interventions targeting locomotor stability.
US11311444B2
An assistive stretching device worn by a user to reduce physical stress while lifting to aid another individual in stretching and method is disclosed. The device includes a belt sized to fit around the torso of the user, first and second pulleys supported on the belt, first and second wrist attachments; first and second ankle attachments; first and second cords threaded through corresponding pulleys with one end attached to corresponding ankle attachments and the opposite end attached to corresponding wrist attachments. The pulleys operate to change the direction of the lifting force, making it easier to lift and stretch the anterior aspects of the musculature of the individual rather than lifting dead weight. An attachment including a dual pulley system may replace the first and second pulleys and includes an arm supporting a pulley at each end and openings to provide leverage adjustments when attaching the arm to the belt.
US11311432B2
A wheelchair lift for mounting to a vehicle includes a platform assembly configured to support a wheelchair. The wheelchair lift includes a roll stop to be moved between an entry position to allow a wheelchair to be loaded to or unloaded from the platform assembly, and a barrier position to prevent the wheelchair from falling off the platform assembly. The wheelchair lift includes a mechanical actuator mechanism for moving the roll stop between the entry position and the barrier position. The mechanical actuator mechanism is configured to keep the roll stop in the entry position, when the platform assembly is in a ground level position, and to block the roll stop from moving from the barrier position to the entry level position, when the platform assembly is in the horizontal position.
US11311421B2
Customizable garments and kits, including uses thereof, having adaptations for ease of positioning for providing therapeutic compression such as compression therapy for the treatment of circulatory disorders such as Lymphedema and Venous Disease.
US11311420B1
A wound healing device and method that greatly reduces the risk of infection of an incision or wound by removing fluid from the subcutaneous skin layers. The wound healing device includes a first portion that is positioned external of, and on top of, the wound. At least one strip, cord, finger, member is in fluid communication at one end with the first portion while the second free end of the at least one strip, cord, finger, member is pushed down into the wound, in between the sutures or staples of a closed incision. Both the first portion and the at least one strip comprise fluid absorbable material for absorbing the wound fluid. The device remains in place for approximately 1-3 days after which it is removed. Upon removal, natural temporary “type of fistulae” are formed in the subcutaneous skin layers to continue draining wound fluids upward for another 1-2 days.
US11311415B2
A lens manipulator that includes an over-sleeve with a suction cup and lumen therethrough that forms a pore in the suction cup and a rod opening at the opposite end for receiving an adjustment rod. Adjustment of the length of the adjustment rod in the lumen controls the amount of suction force generated under the suction cup against a contact lens. Removal of the adjustment rod from the lumen eliminates the suction force and acts as a safety release against excessive pull force on an eye when removing a contact lens.
US11311402B2
A brace comprises a belt and removably attachable vertical strut(s). Each vertical strut can comprise one or more of a strut(s), thoracic pad(s), hip pad(s), lumbar support pad(s), chest support pad(s), de-rotation pad(s), or any other component suitable to assist or restrict movement of a wearer's body, reduce or apply a force to a wearer's body, correct the shape of a wearer's body, reduce pain, or provide support to a wearer's body. It is contemplated that each component can be removable or adjustable from a vertical strut or belt.
US11311401B2
A gastric tube for use in a bariatric surgical procedure includes an elongate tube and a movable component supported on an outer surface of the elongate tube. The elongate tube has a non-circular cross section along at least a portion of a length of the elongate tube. The movable component is movable between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. In the unexpanded configuration, the movable component is disposed in abutting engagement with the outer surface of the elongate tube. In the expanded configuration, the movable component bows outwardly from the outer surface of the elongate tube.
US11311396B2
Systems and methods are provided for removing air from a medical device, such as a stent-graft and/or its delivery device. In an exemplary embodiment, the stent-graft or its delivery system or both are exposed to perfluorocarbon, by immersing the stent-graft or flushing the delivery device to remove air from the stent-graft. Optionally, the stent-graft and/or delivery system may be flushed multiple times, e.g., with perfluorocarbon before or after flushing with carbon dioxide, saline, a bio-inert gas, and the like. Thereafter, the stent-graft may be introduced into a patient's body and deployed at a target location, such as the site of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
US11311388B2
A system and method for providing a spinal implant having a main body, a proximal anchor, a distal anchor, and an internal plunger. The proximal anchor comprises a nut having an internal bore. The distal anchor comprises a plurality of wings having a first closed configuration and a second open configuration. The internal plunger is housed within a central bore of the main body. The distal end of the internal plunger is operatively connected to the first wing and the second wing to selectively move the wings between the first closed configuration and the second open configuration, and vice versa.
US11311386B2
A talar implant system comprises a body. The body includes a bone contact surface and an articulation surface located opposite the bone contact surface. The body defines at least one angled fastener hole extending therethrough from the articulation surface to the bone contact surface along a longitudinal axis. The articulation surface is configured to mimic articulation of the talar dome. A fastener is sized and configured to be received within the at least one fastener hole at a first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fastener hole. A fastener cap is sized and configured to be received within a proximal end of the at least one fastener hole. The fastener cap couples the body to the fastener.
US11311385B2
A joint prosthesis system includes a femoral component that has an articular side, a bone facing side, and medial and lateral condylar portions. The medial and lateral condylar portions at least partially define an intercondylar recess located therebetween and have a first concave surface extending in a mediolateral direction across the medial and lateral condylar portions. A first modular component has a second concave surface and is connectable to the femoral component such that, when the first modular component is connected to the femoral component, the first and second concave surfaces come together to form a transverse opening extending in the mediolateral direction. A first tibial assembly has a baseplate component and a head extending therefrom. The head defines an axle opening that extends therethrough. An axle is configured to be received within the transverse opening and axle opening so as to connect the tibial assembly to the femoral component.
US11311384B2
A method for performing a cranioplasty includes the steps of prefabricating a sonolucent craniofacial implant based upon information generated by preoperative scans, creating a cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect, and attaching the craniofacial implant to the cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect. The craniofacial implant is composed of a material that is sonolucent and exhibits attenuation of less than 6 dB/cm.
US11311373B2
Ophthalmic systems and methods of changing an optical power of an ophthalmic system are described. In an example, the ophthalmic system includes an accommodating intraocular device shaped to be implantable in an eye and an extraocular device separate from the accommodating intraocular device shaped to be removably mountable to a portion of the eye outside a bulb of the eye, such as an underlid portion of the eye. In an example, the method includes wirelessly transmitting power from a power source of an extraocular device removably mounted outside a bulb of an eye to an accommodating intraocular device implanted in the eye. In an example, the method includes sensing with an accommodation sensor biological accommodation signals of the eye; generating accommodation control signals representative of the biological accommodation signals; and driving an accommodation actuator disposed in the accommodating intraocular device based on the accommodation control signals to change an optical power of the ophthalmic system.
US11311369B2
An implant-delivery sleeve may comprise an enclosure having at least one opening and at least one vent conduit. The vent conduit may extend along a surface of the enclosure to assist in removing fluids (e.g., blood and air) from the tissue pocket to facilitate implantation of the implant.
US11311368B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for printing a lumen tissue construct, a method for using the same, and a 3D bioprinter. The device includes a spray head assembly for printing a biological construct; and a bioprinting platform for supporting a lumen tissue, and for carrying a biological construct printed by the spray head assembly, and for applying the biological construct to an inner surface of the lumen tissue. The device for printing a lumen tissue construct of the present disclosure provides the spray head assembly and the bioprinting platform, and the spray head assembly applies the biological construct onto the inner surface of the lumen tissue by the bioprinting platform, to avoid such problems as recurrence of thrombus and restenosis of a lumen after the lumen tissue has been implanted for a long time, thereby improving the biological reliability of the lumen tissue.
US11311363B2
A toothbrush of the present invention includes: a main body including a head portion having a bristle raising surface on which bristles are provided in a standing manner; a light emission unit configured to emit light through a specific region of the bristle raising surface to a tooth surface; and a light reception unit configured to receive radiated light from the tooth surface resulting from the light through the specific region, the light emission unit and the light reception unit being provided in the main body. The toothbrush also includes a detection unit configured to collectively detect whether or not dental plaque or dental calculus is present on the tooth surface based on an output from the light reception unit. The toothbrush further includes a determination unit configured to determine that dental calculus is present on the tooth surface.
US11311359B1
A removable cosmetic dental structure and a method of fabricating the removable cosmetic dental structure is provided. The removable cosmetic dental structure includes a removable veneer body, having a front side and a rear side, sized to cover at least a portion of a facial surface of a tooth structure. The front side of the removable veneer body is shaped to resemble a tooth surface and the rear side of the removable veneer body covers the facial surface of the tooth structure. The removable cosmetic dental structure further includes one or more magnetic layers integrated on the rear side of the removable veneer body. The magnetic layers are configured to hold the removable veneer body to the facial surface of the tooth structure.
US11311346B1
Disclosed is a system and method for assembling instrument sets that include correct instruments with one or more verified states for different procedures. The system may receive a request for a particular instrument, and may determine instrument states defined for the particular instrument or a procedure involving the particular instrument. The system may scan a first instrument using one or more sensors, may verify that the first instrument matches a make, model, or type of the particular instrument based on the scanning data, and may classify the first instrument states with at least a threshold probability based on the scanning data matching characteristics from a probabilistic model. The system may control the distribution of the first instrument to a first destination or a second destination based on whether or not the first instrument states satisfy the instrument states defined for the particular instrument or the procedure.
US11311343B2
An embodiment of the invention is an endoscopy system with newly designed docking block, brake control, wire tension adjustment, bending angle sensor, memory chip data storage, valve control, imaging lens cleaning, optimized lumen arrangement and distal position sensor. The docking block can have a one-touch retaining mechanism. Braking control can be accessed by the endoscopist at the hand grip or knobs. Wire tension can be relaxed or tightened in response to surgeon or endoscopist control. Bending angle sensors can protect surgical instruments. Memory chip can store usage data of the endoscope. Multiple valves can have priority control. Lenses can be cleaned with one touch of a button. Lumens can be arranged to maximize imaging and lighting angles. Position markers accompanied with sensors can position the distal end of the endoscope automatically in the optimal position.
US11311338B2
An apparatus for fragmenting a stone includes an endoscope, a laser fiber, a sheath and a detection feedback system. The endoscope includes a working channel. The working channel is configured to have a retrieval basket inserted therethrough. The sheath may include a first lumen and a second lumen. A first one of the lumen is connected to the endoscope with a shaft of the endoscope extending through the first lumen. A second one of the lumen is spaced from the shaft of the endoscope providing a channel proximate an exterior side of the shaft. The second lumen has the laser fiber inserted therethrough. The detection feedback system is configured to deliver a low energy check pulse from the laser fiber and detect a response, and configured to at least partially control delivery of a high energy laser pulse from the laser fiber to cause the stone to fragment.
US11311326B2
An electrosurgical instrument is disclosed including an end effector, a shaft assembly, and a link. The end effector includes a first jaw rotatable relative to a second jaw between an open position and a closed position. The shaft assembly includes an outer tube, a jaw tube disposed within the outer tube, an actuation band operably coupled to the jaw tube. The jaw tube is configured to move within the outer tube between a proximal end and a distal end. The link includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the link is pivotably coupled to the actuation band. The second end of the link is pivotably coupled to the first jaw. The jaw tube is configured to rotate the first jaw towards the closed position based on movement of the jaw tube towards the proximal end.
US11311320B2
Systems and methods for a guide assembly for introducing a bone anchor to an operative target site. The guide includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has a distal anchor engaging end, a proximal end, and a central passage extending from the distal end to the proximal end. The inner sleeve may be situated in the central passage of the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is movable being between a first position and a second position. The first position permits insertion of the bone anchor in the central passage. The second position releasably fixes the bone anchor to the guide assembly.
US11311317B2
A spinal fixation device for securing two stabilizing rods to bone has a threaded shaft, a first rod coupling head connected to the threaded shaft and a secondary rod coupling head. The first rod coupling head has a side wall and a cavity with an open top for receiving a rod. In a neutral position of the first rod coupling head, the first rod coupling head extends symmetrically around the longitudinal axis of the threaded shaft. The second rod coupling head is rotatably connected to the first rod coupling head, around an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is disposed at an angle that is not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the threaded shaft when the first rod coupling head is in the neutral position. This allows for two rods to be manipulated independently through different axis planes at any single point of bony fixation.
US11311314B2
An intervertebral spacer may include a superior surface configured to engage a superior vertebral body, an inferior surface configured to engage an inferior vertebral body, and a peripheral wall extending from the superior surface to the inferior surface. A proximal end of the peripheral wall may include with a cam surface that is rotatable against a complementary cam surface of an inserter tool such that a first force causes the intervertebral spacer to pivot, relative to the inserter tool, about a pivot point associated with the cam surface.
US11311313B2
Everting balloon systems and methods for using the same are disclosed herein. The systems can be configured to access and dilate body lumen and cavities. For example, the systems can be used to dilate the cervix and access the uterine cavity. The systems can also be used to occlude the cervix. The systems can also be used to occlude the urethra.
US11311304B2
Devices described herein include an actuated clot retrieval catheter system. The system includes a catheter having a frame disposed proximate the distal end of the catheter. The frame expands to form a seal with the inner wall of a vessel. In some examples, the frame also captures a clot for removal from the vessel. The frame is manufactured from a shape memory material that can be heat set into a predetermined shape. An electrical connection to an electronic circuit causes a current to run through the frame. The electrical resistance of the shape memory material causes the frame to heat and transition from a martensite to an austenite phase. When the frame is heat set into an expanded configuration, the current causes the frame heat and expand. When the frame is heat set into a closed configuration, the current causes the frame heat and collapse upon a clot.
US11311294B2
A powered surgical instrument including an end effector, which includes jaws that are configured to transition between various closure states. The surgical instrument includes a sensor configured to measure the closure state of the jaws and a display configured to display information indicative to the detected closure state. The surgical instrument further includes a firing member movable between a first position and a second position to transition the end effector between the plurality of closure states and a motor configured to drive the firing member between the first position and the second position.
US11311293B2
Surgical stapler systems can include lockout mechanisms to restrict further movement of a jaw assembly and provide different functionality when a jaw assembly is empty and when a partially or fully fired reload cartridge is present in the jaw assembly. When the jaw assembly is empty, the empty jaw assembly lockout mechanism can arrest an open-close stroke of the jaw assembly. When an at least partially fired reload is present in the jaw assembly, a fired reload lockout mechanism can allow operation of the jaw assembly through a substantial portion of an open-close stroke, but restrict actuation of the jaw assembly in a firing stroke. The separate lockout mechanisms can be embodied in a single lockout lever actuatable by lockout actuators to three distinct positions or by two independently-operable lockout levers.
US11311288B2
A suture needle having a bendable region includes an elongated body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a bendable region located between the proximal and distal sections. The bendable region has a reduced cross-section and/or is made of a superelastic material that is more flexible than the proximal and distal sections of the elongated body for enabling the suture needle to transform from a first configuration having a larger dimension to a second configuration having a smaller dimension. When in the first configuration, the suture needle is larger than an inner diameter of an elongated conduit of a trocar. In order to pass the suture needle through the elongated conduit of the trocar, the elongated body is bent at the bendable region so that the suture needle is smaller than the inner diameter of the elongated conduit of the trocar. After passing the suture needle through the trocar, the elongated body is bent back to the first, larger dimension to configure the suture needle for use for suturing tissue.
US11311281B2
An occluder and an occlusion device, including: a mesh occlusion body, which defines a cavity, and a proximal end bolt head; the proximal end bolt head configured with a locking hole which penetrates the cavity; the occluder further having a locking member, a distal end of the locking member being connected to a distal end of the occlusion body; the locking member having a connecting portion which is connected to the occlusion body; the diameter of a circumscribed circle of a projection of the first bending portion on a cross section perpendicular to a length direction thereof being smaller than the diameter of the smallest inscribed circle of a locking hole, and the width of a projection of the first bending portion on a plane perpendicular to longitudinal central axis direction of the locking hole being larger than the diameter of the largest inscribed circle of the locking hole.
US11311278B2
A biopsy device for acquiring a tissue sample is disclosed. The biopsy device comprises a tissue-engaging outer element, a handle and a trocar. Multiple tissue samples may be collected.
US11311276B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image generating unit configured to generate a plurality of different ultrasound image data items from reception signals corresponding to a plurality of different steering angles, on the basis of the reception signals which an ultrasound probe has generated on the basis of reflected ultrasonic waves received from a reflecting surface of a subject body by transmitting ultrasonic waves at the plurality of different steering angles, and a regression estimate generating unit configured to perform regression analysis on the basis of the different steering angles and the ultrasound image data items, and generate regression estimates which are weighting values on the basis of the result of the regression analysis, and an image synthesis unit configured to perform weighting on the plurality of ultrasound image data items on the basis of the regression estimates, and synthesize them, thereby generating synthetic image data.
US11311272B2
Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic probe having improved heat dissipation capability. The ultrasonic probe includes a housing, an acoustic module disposed in the housing, and configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to an object and receive an signal reflected from the object, an electronic circuit disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the acoustic module to drive the acoustic module, and a hole communicating an outside of the housing with the electronic circuit so that the electronic circuit is cooled by air outside the housing.
US11311260B2
In this X-ray phase imaging apparatus, at least one of a plurality of gratings is composed of a plurality of grating portions arranged along a third direction perpendicular to a first direction along which a subject or an imaging system is moved by a moving mechanism and a second direction along which an X-ray source, a detection unit, and a plurality of grating portions are arranged. The plurality of grating portions are arranged such that adjacent grating portions overlap each other when viewed in the first direction.
US11311259B2
The image processing apparatus acquires a first three-dimensional image, generates a second three-dimensional image by applying image processing to the first three-dimensional image having been acquired, and generates a two-dimensional projected image by applying projection processing to the second three-dimensional image having been generated. The image processing apparatus determines a parameter to be used for the image processing of the three-dimensional image on the basis of a parameter for the projection processing.
US11311255B2
Medical detectors and medical imaging devices are provided. In one aspect, a medical detector includes: a photoelectric conversion device, a first crystal array layer disposed over the photoelectric conversion device, and a second crystal array layer disposed over the first crystal layer. The first crystal array layer includes a plurality of first scintillation crystals arranged in a first crystal array, and a first coupling medium being filled between every adjacent two of the first scintillation crystals. The second crystal array layer includes a plurality of second scintillation crystals arranged in a second crystal array, and a second coupling medium being filled between every adjacent two of the second scintillation crystals. A light transmittance of the second coupling medium is different from a light transmittance of the first coupling medium.
US11311253B2
The present disclosure relates to a collimator for radiation generating apparatus, attached to a radiation generating apparatus, the collimator comprising: a frame fixed to the radiation generating apparatus and formed in a ring shape; and a shielding adjustment part provided with a plurality of shielding wings, one end of the shielding wings being hinged to the frame such that, when rotated, the other end of the shielding wings enters into a center of the frame, and the each one end of the shielding wings being disposed to be spaced apart on the frame, wherein the shielding wing is made of a radiation shielding metal. Accordingly, it is possible to easily adjust the diameter of radiation field made in a circular shape.
US11311242B2
A biological information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology is provided with a sphygmographic sensor unit, a plurality of calculation units, and an output unit. The sphygmographic sensor unit outputs a pulse wave signal. The plurality of calculation units respectively calculate heart rate candidate information with a reliability on a basis of the output pulse wave signal. The output unit outputs heart rate information on a basis of the heart rate candidate information and the reliability thereof calculated by each of the plurality of calculation units.
US11311239B2
A vital-signs patch for a patient monitoring system that includes a housing containing a sensor that makes physiological measurements of a patient, a transmitter, a receiver, a memory, and a processor. The processor periodically takes a measurement from the sensor, converts the measurement to a data record, and stores the data record in the memory. Upon receipt of a signal from another device, the processor retrieves at least a portion of the data record, converts the retrieved portion of the data record to a vital-sign signal, and causes the transmitter to transmit the vital-sign signal to the other device.
US11311236B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for determining a location of a blood vessel and a method thereof. The device includes a plurality of sensors, a processor, and an indicating device. The plurality of sensors may detect pressure values at a plurality of skin locations in contact with the plurality of sensors. The processor may determine the location of the blood vessel based on the pressure values. The pressure value at the skin location corresponding to the location of the blood vessel is greater than the pressure values at both sides of the skin location in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the blood vessel. The indicating device may indicate the location of the blood vessel.
US11311234B2
A sensing and treatment device includes an array of metal nanorod electrodes formed on a substrate, the array including first electrodes for sensing, and second electrodes for electrical pulsation. A data processing system is configured to monitor a parameter using the first electrodes and to activate the electrical pulsation in the second electrodes in accordance with a reading of the parameter.
US11311232B2
Some implementations of the present invention relate to systems and methods for managing disruptive sleep disorders. In some cases the described systems and methods may detect an episode of parasomnia, such as sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, night terrors, chronic nightmares, sleep hallucinations, sleeping disorders associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, or a similar sleep disturbance, and provide a stimulus to wake the user from the episode of parasomnia. Accordingly, in some cases, the present invention comprises a sensor to monitor a user's physiological indicators to first determine if the user is asleep and then identify the onset of an episode of parasomnia, and a mechanism for providing a sensory stimulus to wake the user. Other implementations are also described.
US11311227B2
A system for assessing and monitoring a fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart rate in a pregnant mother comprises wearable mechanical-electronic sensors, e.g., embedded in a wrist or arm band, which can measure mechanical pulse signals from the mother, and an abdomen patch which can measure the combined ECG signals of the fetus and mother. In another embodiment, the sensors in the wrist or arm band measure the combined fetal/maternal ECG signals, and the mother's mechanical pulse signals. By signal processing and gating out the maternal ECG signals as correlated with the mechanical maternal pulse signals, the fetal ECG and heart rate can be measured and monitored. These measurements may be displayed on the wrist or arm band device, or wirelessly through a remote device, mobile phone or computer. Sensors in the abdominal patch may also measure uterine electromyogram, uterine contractions, and fetal movements, to be correlated with the fetal ECG.
US11311226B2
A method includes receiving a bipolar signal sensed by a pair of electrodes at a location in a heart of a patient. A unipolar signal is received, which is sensed by an electrode at the location in the heart. A derivative of the received bipolar signal is computed. A derivative of the received unipolar signal is computed. A ratio is evaluated, between the derivative of the bipolar signal and the derivative of the unipolar signal at local minima of the derivative of the unipolar signal. When the ratio is smaller than a preset threshold ratio value, an occurrence of ventricular activity is indicated.
US11311212B2
On-body analyte sensors may be designed for extended wear to provide ongoing measurement of physiological analyte levels. However, on-body analyte sensors may be susceptible to damage or dislodgment during wear due to routine interactions that occur with one's surroundings. Guard rings may be adapted to protect on-body analyte sensors from such interactions. Guard rings may comprise an annular body comprising an inner perimeter face, an outer perimeter face, a top edge, and a bottom face adapted for contacting a tissue surface. The inner perimeter face is shaped to circumferentially surround a sensor housing of an on-body analyte sensor. At least a portion of the outer perimeter face defines a chamfered surface extending between the top face and the bottom face. Adhesive pads or strips may further be engaged with the guard rings and aid in securing the guard rings to a surface, such as skin.
US11311203B2
A microcirculation detection system including a heating device, a photosensitive array and a processing unit is provided. The heating device is used to heat a skin area. The photosensitive array is used to detect outgoing light from the skin area, and output a plurality of brightness variation signals respectively at different time points within a heating period. The processing unit is used to calculate a change of an array energy distribution varied within the heating period according to the plurality of brightness variation signals to accordingly identify a microcirculation state.
US11311201B2
A method of measuring biological signals of a person including obtaining physiological signals; converting the physiological signals to an energy entropy signal, determining one or more statistical features based on the energy entropy signal, and selecting and combining two or more of the features. The features include two or more of: Shannon entropy of power spectral density (PSD) of energy entropy; minimum envelopes of three axis signals; minimum Shannon entropy of PSD of three axis entropies; standard deviation of interbeat intervals (IBIs); differences of median filtered IBIs; determinism of recurrence plot of energy entropy; Kurtosis of energy entropy; minimum peak-to-peak amplitude three axis signals; peak-to-peak amplitude of energy entropy; laminarity of recurrence plot of energy entropy; Shannon entropy of horizontal structures in recurrence plot of energy entropy; standard deviation of time-averaged spectrogram; minimum standard deviation of peak positions in spectrogram; and minimum standard deviation of peak widths in spectrogram.
US11311200B1
In part, the disclosure relates to computer-based methods, and systems suitable for evaluating a subject to determine the appropriate diagnostic tools for assessing coronary arteries. This can include assessing various blood pressure values during a resting state (without inducing hyperemia). These systems and methods can assess a patient and identify coronary dominance on per patient basis. In turn, this assessment can be used to recommend whether a resting index is appropriate or if another index such as FFR or others such be obtained diagnostic metric such as a pressure value-based ratio.
US11311195B2
A method for analyzing face information in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting at least one face region from an image that is being captured by a camera module, zooming in the at least one detected face region, and analyzing the at least one detected and zoomed in face region according to at least one analysis item.
US11311194B2
A physiological sensor for near-infrared spectroscopy at various depths includes elementary modules, each provided with at least one element chosen among transmitters of near infrared beams and receivers that are photosensitive in near-infrared, wherein each elementary module is connected to an adjacent elementary module by means of an articulation coupled to an angle sensor configured to measure the angle of inclination between the two elementary modules, wherein the elementary modules are assembled in order to form an optoelectronic layer that can be configured between a planar configuration in a main plane in which each articulation has an angle of inclination that is zero with respect to the main plane, and a plurality of curved configurations in which at least one of the articulations has an angle of inclination that is not zero with respect to the main plane.
US11311189B2
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus of an exemplary aspect includes a data acquisition device, image constructing circuitry, and composing circuitry. The data acquisition device is configured to sequentially apply optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans to a plurality of regions different from each other of a fundus of a subject's eye in order and under a condition according to a fundus shape, to acquire a plurality of pieces of data corresponding to the plurality of regions. The image constructing circuitry is configured to construct an image from each of the plurality of pieces of data. The composing circuitry is configured to construct a composite image of a plurality of images constructed from the plurality of pieces of data by the image constructing circuitry.
US11311185B2
First illumination light having a first peak wavelength range and second illumination light having a second peak wavelength range different from the first peak wavelength range are automatically switched and emitted. Identification processing for allowing a first object to be observed and a second object to be observed to be identified in a composite display image is performed. The first object to be observed has a first absorption peak in the first peak wavelength range of the first illumination light and the second object to be observed has a second absorption peak in the second peak wavelength range of the second illumination light.
US11311179B2
An endoscope including: a bending portion; a first traction member and a second traction member that causes the bending portion to bend; a first rotary member that pulls the first traction member; a first plate member on which the first rotary member and the first traction member are disposed; a first protrusion; a first positioning part that comes into contact with the first rotary member; a second rotary member that pulls the second traction member; a second plate member; a second protrusion; and a second positioning part that comes into contact with the second rotary member.
US11311174B2
An imaging scope includes an internal surface defining an internal cavity, a window permitting visual inspection of the internal cavity, a fluid in the internal cavity having a pressure different than ambient pressure, and a leak indicator transitionable between nonvisible and visible through the window when the pressure of the fluid changes toward ambient pressure.
US11311169B2
A spray system assembly for a household appliance, such as a dishwasher, wherein the spray system assembly can include a diverter housing with a diverter valve, a sprayer mount, and a rotatable sprayer. The rotatable sprayer can include a hub, a spray head, and a pair of spaced spacers. The sprayer mount can include a collar for receiving the hub of the rotatable sprayer. The pair of spaced spacers can circumscribe the hub.
US11311168B2
A dishwasher includes a dishwashing container, a lower holder for items to be washed arranged in the dishwashing container, and an upper holder for items to be washed which is arranged in the dishwasher container above the lower holder. A control device executes a dishwashing program from a number of dishwashing programs for washing the items to be washed by actuating a hydraulic facility in such a manner that in a first segment of the dishwashing program a washing liquor having a first washing liquor temperature is only sprayed by a lower spray facility onto the lower holder and in a second segment of the dishwashing program following the first segment washing liquor having a second washing liquor temperature that is lower than the first washing liquor temperature is sprayed by an upper spray facility onto the lower holder and the upper holder.
