US11487777B1
A data movement system is provided for moving data using a data-to-file-to-data movement path. The data movement system includes a source database, a target database, a configuration database, and a data movement server. The data movement is in communication with the source database, the target database, and the configuration database. The processor is configured to receive a configuration record including source details and target details. The processor is also configured to define an extraction query based on the source details and to apply the extraction query to the source database to obtain an extraction load. The processor is further configured to generate a load file based on the extraction load, to define a load script based on the target details, and to apply the load script to the load file to obtain a load query. The processor is also configured to update the target database with the load query.
US11487768B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating search results based on access control of a requesting user. The method includes one or more processors receiving a search query from a user. The method further includes generating a first candidate list of search results based on the received search query. The method further includes generating a second candidate list of search results based on the received search query. Generating the second candidate list of search results includes filtering out potential search results based on indexed access privilege data. The method further includes determining a subset of search result entries in the first candidate list by analyzing a defined number of search result entries in the first candidate list. Analyzing the defined number of search result entries includes attempting to access entries of the defined number utilizing access credentials of the user.
US11487757B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a query provided by a user and comprising one or more terms. Obtaining context data based on at least a portion of a first resource displayed to the user at a time that the query is received. Obtaining a revised query that is based on the query and the context data. Receiving a plurality of search results responsive to the revised query. Automatically, selecting a search result that represents a second resource from the plurality of search results, and providing the second resource for display to the user.
US11487756B1
In some implementations, a method performed by data processing apparatuses includes receiving configuration data for a preconfigured data connector, including connection parameters, time interval parameters, and data transformation parameters. The connection parameters are used to establish a connection to a bulk data source. In response to determining that an amount of time has elapsed that corresponds to the time interval parameters, bulk data is retrieved from the bulk data source for a given time interval, and the retrieved bulk data is transformed in accordance with the data transformation parameters. Based on transforming the retrieved bulk data, a data metric is generated that condenses the retrieved bulk data. A predetermined predicted metric value is received from a prediction data source for the data metric for a time interval that corresponds to the given time interval, and the predicted metric value is stored with the measured metric value.
US11487750B2
Methods and systems for distributed transaction processing include assigning portions of a logical unit of work to one or more transaction participants. Resource usage information relating to the portions of the logical unit of work is tracked from the respective one or more transaction participants. A last participant is determined based on the tracked resource usage information using a processor. The logical unit of work is resolved. Resolving the logical unit of work includes sending a prepare flow to each of the transaction participants except the last participant to optimize resolution efficiency.
US11487749B2
A Blockchain ecosystem for verifying and maintaining integrity of data transactions based on distributed ledger. The system comprises: 1.) a decay control mechanism; 2.) a remote execution mechanism; and 3.) a security cryptographical key management sub-system.
US11487734B2
A distributed storage system includes non-volatile storage storing portions of a first object. The first object encompasses data having a first range of addresses and each portion includes data for a respective range of addresses that is a proper subset of the first range. A first data structure stores, for each portion, data indicating the respective range of addresses and a pointer to where the portion is stored. The first data structure includes a root tree and a set of trees ordered by creation data such that a last tree is most-recently created. The non-volatile storage stores received write data and a write buffer stores index data pointing to storage locations of the received write data. An index management system stores the index data from the write buffer into the last tree and, if the ordered set is empty, creates a tree in the ordered set before the storing.
US11487722B2
A flexible, scalable, and fast query system for a distributed execution environment is provided. An example method includes receiving a plurality of processor summaries, each including a list of job digests, each job digest including a job identifier for a job running on a job processor and a payload portion. The method can also include, for each job digest, determining a location in a probabilistic payload data structure for the job digest and storing the payload portion and a fingerprint portion generated from a portion of a hash of the job identifier in an entry at the location as a job summary and responding to queries using the probabilistic payload data structure. Responding to a particular query may include identifying job properties corresponding to parameters of the particular query, updating job property statistics, and using the job property statistics to change the job properties represented in the payload portion.
US11487717B2
Systems and methods for providing data beacons are disclosed. In some embodiments the system can include a first node and a second node. Each node includes a read queue, a write queue and a parallel file system. Data is written from the write queue on the first node to the parallel file system on the second node and from the write queue on the second node to the parallel file system on the first node. The read queue on each node receives data from the parallel file system on the node itself.
US11487716B2
Various techniques are disclosed herein for storing and managing master data in hierarchical data systems. Several related concepts, embodiments, and examples are disclosed, including techniques for incremental rationalization in a hierarchical data model, techniques for implementing governance pools in a hierarchical data model, techniques for application materialization in a hierarchical data model, techniques for data intersection mastering in a hierarchical data model, techniques for change request visualization in a hierarchical data model, and techniques for hierarchy preparation in a hierarchical data model.
US11487710B2
A system and method for storage checkpointing to a group of independent computer applications. The system has a storage disk that stores files; a storage access interface to access the storage disk; and a computer. The computer runs the group of independent computer applications and utilizes the files stored on the storage disk. A file system on the server accesses the files stored on the storage disk. An operating system and at least one device driver can be called by the file system, and at least one buffer buffers first data written to the storage disk and second data read from the storage disk.
US11487707B2
Techniques for indexing file paths of items in a content repository may include querying, by at least one processor, a content repository stored on at least one computer readable storage medium for one or more items that qualify for file path indexes, do not have the file path indexes, and have a parent folder that has a file path index, wherein the querying does not depend on results from previous queries, and wherein the file path index indicates an associated item's location in a folder tree, creating, by the at least one processor, the file path indexes for resulting items from the querying, and, if the querying results in at least one resulting item, repeating the querying of the content repository and the creating of the file path indexes until the querying results in zero resulting items.
US11487701B2
A request for one or more files is received. It is determined that the requested one or more files have been archived at an archival storage tier. Access to a first portion of the one or more requested files stored at the archival storage tier is requested. Access is provided to the first portion in response to the request. Based at least in part on a metric associated with a utilization of the first portion, it is determined when to request access to a second portion of the one or more requested files stored at the archival storage tier.
US11487700B1
Systems and methods for data recovery, backup and catalog generation are described. In part, the disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for generating a data catalog includes creating a current backup archive; obtaining access to a Master File Table (MFT), or other index table such as an Inode Table, of the current backup archive and a MFT, or other index table such as an Inode Table, of a previous backup archive; comparing each entry in the MFT, or Inode Table, of the current backup to each entry of the MFT, or Inode Table, of the previous backup to identify one or more differences in the current backup archive; and saving one or more of the differences into the data catalog of the current backup archive.
US11487689B2
Elevator safety and safety related information needs to be sent reliably to safety controlling systems. Existing elevator communication devices may be used for transmitting this information by processing the received safety and safety related information and processing it before sending it over the communication bus from the elevator car or floor equipment to the controlling devices. A separate communication unit may be used for receiving and processing safety and safety related data packets before they are transmitted over a common bus used for safety and safety non-critical submission.
US11487685B2
Techniques in electronic systems, such as in systems comprising a CPU die and one or more external mixed-mode (analog) chips, may provide improvements advantages in one or more of system design, performance, cost, efficiency and programmability. In one embodiment, the CPU die comprises at least one microcontroller CPU and circuitry enabling the at least one CPU to have a full and transparent connectivity to an analog chip as if they are designed as a single chip microcontroller, while the interface design between the two is extremely efficient and with limited in number of wires, yet may provide improved performance without impact to functionality or the software model.
US11487672B1
Aspects of the invention include computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products that access a multi-copy scope directory state of a cache memory that indicates a scope of sharing of a cache line in a cache memory system and determine a scope of sharing of the cache line in the cache memory system based on the multi-copy scope directory state, where the multi-copy scope directory state enumerates a plurality of scopes within the cache memory system. The scope of sharing is used to reduce a number of queries to one or more cache memories having a larger scope than a shared scope identified in the scope of sharing. The multi-copy scope directory state of the cache memory is updated based on detecting a change in shared scope of the cache line within the cache memory system.
US11487671B2
Wavefront loading in a processor is managed and includes monitoring a selected wavefront of a set of wavefronts. Reuse of memory access requests for the selected wavefront is counted. A cache hit rate in one or more caches of the processor is determined based on the counted reuse. Based on the cache hit rate, subsequent memory requests of other wavefronts of the set of wavefronts are modified by including a type of reuse of cache lines in requests to the caches. In the caches, storage of data in the caches is based on the type of reuse indicated by the subsequent memory access requests. Reused cache lines are protected by preventing cache line contents from being replaced by another cache line for a duration of processing the set of wavefronts. Caches are bypassed when streaming access requests are made.
US11487669B2
A memory system includes a storage medium having a plurality of memory regions. A controller is configured to allocate each of a plurality of open memory regions among the memory regions to one or more levels and store, in response to a write request received from a host device that includes data and a level of the data, the data in an open memory region allocated to the level. A level may be a level of a file in a predetermined unit in which the data is included, such as in a log-structured merge (LSM) tree structure.
US11487663B2
In a method of operating a storage device including a plurality of disks, the plurality of disks is divided into a plurality of journal areas and a plurality of data areas, respectively. When a write command for target disks among the plurality of disks is received, a first write operation is performed to store target data to be written into journal areas of the target disks. The target disks are included in a same array. After the first write operation is completed, a second write operation is performed to store the target data into data areas of the target disks.
US11487658B2
A memory system may include a plurality of dies; and a controller coupled to the plurality of dies through a plurality of data paths, the controller being suitable for transmitting first data received from a host and second data obtained through an internal operation in parallel through the plurality of data paths.
US11487648B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for automatically generating fully integrated regression and system testing (FIRST) analytics are disclosed. A processor accesses a production database to obtain production data associated with an application, and accesses a user acceptance testing (UAT) database to obtain UAT data associated with the application. The processor generates gap data on test coverage based on comparing the production data with the UAT data; analyzes the generated gap data; automatically generates, in response to analyzing the generated gap data, executable full coverage of test scenarios for testing the application; and automatically executes testing of the application based on the generated test scenarios.
US11487631B2
Data refresh in a replication environment is provided by: reading, by a data services component of a replication environment as part of a data refresh operation, a data store and identifying refresh data, from a source object of source objects of the data store, that is to be provided to a target system, where the data services component is further configured to read a replication log into which changes to source object(s) of the source objects are recorded, and send the changes as change data records to a capture service; and retrieving, by the data services component, the refresh data from the source object and sending the refresh data as refresh data records to the capture service, where the capture service is configured with data record handling routines for applying to received change data records and to the received refresh data records.
US11487626B2
Some examples relate generally to a data management platform comprising: a storage device configured to store secondary data and one or more processors in communication with the storage device and configured to perform certain operations. The operations may include identifying an aspect of the secondary data stored in the storage device, the secondary data including a backup of respective primary data stored in a primary data source; identifying or receiving an indication of a target to receive data associated with the identified aspect of the secondary data; and transmitting the data associated with the aspect of the secondary data to the target.
US11487622B2
A system for package management includes an interface and a processor. The interface is to receive an indication to install a package. The processor is to determine a configured package using a set local configuration properties and using the package and to launch, using a metascheduler, a set of subschedulers to install a plurality of applications of the configured package.
US11487620B1
A network storage system operates by: sending, to at least one storage unit of a storage network, at least one read request corresponding to at least a read threshold number of a set of encoded data slices to be retrieved, wherein the set of encoded data slices correspond to a data segment, wherein the data segment is codable in accordance with dispersed error coding parameters that include a write threshold number and the read threshold number, wherein the write threshold number is a number of encoded data slices in the set of encoded data slices and wherein the read threshold number is a number of the set of slices that is required to decode the data segment; receiving from the at least one storage unit, a first subset of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices, wherein the first subset of encoded data slices is missing at least one missing encoded data slice from the number of the set of slices that is required to decode the data segment and that was not received from the at least one storage unit in response to the at least one read request; generating at least one rebuilt encoded data slice corresponding to the at least one missing encoded data slice utilizing locally decodable redundancy data, wherein the locally decodable redundancy data includes a plurality of local redundancy slices generated from a second subset of the set of encoded data slices that includes the at least one missing encoded data slice; and recovering the data segment based on the at least one rebuilt encoded data slice and the first subset of encoded data slices.
US11487608B2
Systems and methods are described for matching a corrupted database record with a record of a validated database. The system receives a corrupted record from a first database. The corrupted record is vectorized to create an input data vector. A denoised data vector is generated by applying a denoising autoencoder to the input data vector, where the denoising autoencoder is specific to the first database. The system compares the denoised data vector with each of a plurality of validated data vectors generated based on records of the validated database to determine that a first denoised data vector matches a matching vector. In response, the system trains the denoising autoencoder using a data pair that includes the input data vector and the matching vector. The system also outputs the validated record that was used to generate the first matching vector.
US11487605B2
Techniques are provided herein for pre-emptively reinforcing one or more buses of a computing device against the effects of signal noise that could cause a reduction in signal integrity. The techniques generally include detecting an event (or “trigger”) that would tend to indicate that a reduction in signal integrity will occur, examining a reinforcement action policy and system status to determine what reinforcement action to take, and performing the reinforcement action.
US11487603B2
An embodiment includes a method for use in managing a system comprising one or more computers, each computer comprising at least one hardware processor coupled to at least one memory. The method comprises a computer-implemented manager: detecting that the system is in an unhealthy state; determining a set of one or more possible actions to remedy the unhealthy state of the system; selecting at least one action of the set of one or more possible actions; and constructing a service request implementing the selected at least one action; wherein at least one of the detecting, determining, selecting, and constructing is based at least in part on applying a reinforcement learning algorithm.
US11487601B2
Techniques for persistent crash logging. The techniques may include making, by a monitor, a first determination that an event information file exists in a volatile storage device location in a volatile storage device. The first determination may be made after an agent event occurs. The techniques may also include performing, by the monitor, an action on a portion of the event information file to obtain a uniquely identifiable filename portion and writing, by the monitor, an event information file copy to a non-volatile storage location in a non-volatile storage device. The techniques may also include, after writing the event information file copy to the non-volatile storage location is complete, renaming, by the monitor, the event information file copy to a uniquely identifiable filename comprising the uniquely identifiable filename portion.
US11487599B2
Failure of a processing unit that processes a plurality of information pieces is discovered in a short time. An information processing device 100 including a processing unit 1 that processes a plurality of information pieces includes: an identifier assignment unit 2 that assigns identifiers 60000 to 61023 to the plurality of information pieces 40000 to 41023, respectively; a plurality of input memories 20000 to 21023 that retain the plurality of information pieces 40000 to 41023 and the identifiers 60000 to 61023 assigned to the plurality of information pieces 40000 to 41023, respectively; a plurality of output memories 30000 to 31023 that retain the plurality of information pieces 50000 to 51023 processed by the processing unit 1 and the identifiers 70000 to 71023 assigned to the plurality of processed information pieces 50000 to 51023, respectively; an identifier verification unit 3 that verifies the identifiers 70000 to 71023 by comparing the identifiers 70000 to 71023 with the identifiers 60000 to 61023, respectively; and an error handling unit 4 that performs error handling when identifiers do not match with each other.
US11487596B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations include deploying a trigger function on a computing system for detecting an electronic trigger event associated with a first Application Programming Interface (API) provider. The operations further include deploying a rule function for applying at least one trigger rule on event data and deploying an action function for generating at least one API call to a second API provider based on whether the event data satisfies the at least one trigger rule. The operations further include deploying a set of API gateways for enabling a workflow system to invoke at least one of: the deployed trigger function, the deployed rule function, and the deployed action function. The operations further include generating a workflow template of an API mashup based on information associated with the deployed functions and API gateways and posting the generated workflow template to the workflow system.
US11487595B2
An Application Program Interface (API) adapter creation apparatus is configured to accept, from a developing engineer, a setting of an execution order of a wholesale service API invoked by internal processing of an adapter API provided by an API adapter, a setting of a request parameter of the adapter API serving as an acquisition source of a request parameter of the wholesale service API, and a setting of a response parameter of the adapter API serving as a reflection destination of a response parameter of the wholesale service API. The API adapter creation apparatus generates a source code based on the accepted settings.
US11487594B1
The disclosure describes techniques for interrupt and inter-processor communication (IPC) mechanisms that are shared among computer processors. For example, an artificial reality system includes a plurality of processors and an inter-processor communication (IPC) unit. The IPC unit includes one or more doorbell registers, wherein each doorbell register is associated with a uniquely assigned source processor and a uniquely assigned target processor. Each doorbell register is further configured to store doorbell data indicative of whether an interrupt is a high priority interrupt or a low priority interrupt. The IPC unit may also include one or more FIFO (first-in first-out) memories configured to store data associated with each interrupt.
US11487591B1
Provided is a system for automatically generating a set of parameters that can be used to execute a user application on a cluster of compute instances on behalf of a user, where the set of parameters specifies the one or more container images that need to be executed as part of executing the user application. For example, the user may specify a set of container images that are part of the user application, and the system may automatically determine the parameters that define the computing environment in which the user application is to be executed, such as the resource allocation and networking configuration parameters, without the user having to provide such parameters to the system. These parameters can be packaged into the set of parameters (also referred to herein as a task definition), which can be used in future executions of the user application.
US11487584B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to constructing a resource and attribute tasking solution to complete a user's objective with resource and attribute characteristics defining the tasked objects, in response to receiving a task definition, and satisfying a task definition constraint. An object includes of a set of resource and attribute dimensions each of which have a set of possible values. A tasking solution is the union of all valid solution vectors in the dimension space. The solution identifies all valid values to present to a user or other agent to make further decisions on further constraining resource and attribute characteristics for a final materializable tasking. In an illustrative example, the objective may be mapping resource supply to task demand. The task demand may be, for example, delivering a database-as-a-service platform configured based on rules generated to satisfy task definition capacity constraints. In some examples, the resource supply may include computing and communication resources configurable to provide access to the platform via a network cloud. Exemplary platforms delivered at different times may be configured with different resources and attributes, based on constructing a tasking solution determined from the available resource supply as a function of time. Various examples may advantageously provide optimized on-demand tasking solutions, configuring a user's available resource supply to complete the user's objective while satisfying task definition constraints.
US11487583B2
A method includes a deployment computer receiving a client request message comprising a plurality of established parameters and established values for the established parameters, and inquiry parameters and inquiry values for the inquiry parameters from a client computer. For each model of a plurality of models stored in a database, the deployment computer can determine if a model in the plurality of models is a suitable model based on a likelihood value. The deployment computer can then generate one or more client response messages comprising one or more assets created by one or more suitable models. The deployment computer can then transmit the one or more client response messages comprising the one or more assets to the client computer.
US11487582B2
An information processing apparatus including a plurality of groups, each group including a first memory, a second memory different in process speed from the first memory, and a processor including a memory controller that is connected to the first memory and the second memory and that controls an access from a process to the first memory and the second memory, wherein a first processor among a plurality of the processors of the plurality of groups is configured to determine, based on a characteristic of a plurality of the processes accessing data stored in the first memory or the second memory in each of the plurality of groups, an allocation of the plurality of processes onto the plurality of processors.
US11487580B2
A system and method for allocating computational resources includes a plurality of classifiers, a memory array, and a memory controller to allocate memory from the memory array to each of the plurality of classifier. The system and method also include an optimization processor to determine an optimized bit precision value for at least one of the plurality of classifiers based upon a relative importance of the plurality of classifiers. The memory controller allocates the memory from the memory array to the plurality of classifiers based upon the determined optimized bit precision value.
US11487574B2
This disclosure generally relates to enabling a hypervisor of a host machine to provide virtual interrupts to select virtual processors or a set of virtual processors. More specifically, the present disclosure describes how interrupts may be provided to targeted virtual processors, regardless of where the virtual processors are currently executing. That is, when an interrupt is received, the interrupt may be delivered to a specified virtual processor regardless of which logical processor is currently hosting the virtual processor.
US11487571B2
A method and system for allocating resources to containers includes receiving a plurality of resource allocation requests from a plurality of containers, receiving a preference of a container from each of the plurality of containers, determining a priority-sequence for the plurality of containers, allocating a first associated resource for an associated first time-period to each container of the plurality of containers, determining a current consumption of the first associated resource by each container of the plurality of containers during the associated first time-period, and allocating a second associated resource to each container of the plurality of containers based on the current consumption of the first associated resource by each container of the plurality of containers.
US11487570B1
Described is a system (and method) that provides the ability to create an endpoint to allow cloud-based components to access services directly using network infrastructure of a cloud system. To provide such an ability, access connections from components of a production system to the cloud system may be monitored to derive a storage service and a datastore based on portions of a domain name. The derived storage service and datastore are then used to determine configuration settings required to automatically create a service endpoint. The service endpoint may then be deployed within the cloud system allowing the cloud-based component to access the storage service directly. Accordingly, the system provides the ability to automatically configure and deploy service endpoints by leveraging information derived from monitoring network access connections between a production environment and a cloud environment.
US11487563B2
Multiple anchors may be utilized for robotic process automation (RPA) of a user interface (UI). The multiple anchors may be utilized to determine relationships between elements in the captured image of the UI for RPA. The results of the anchoring may be utilized for training or retraining of a machine learning (ML) component.
US11487558B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device and a screen sharing method using same. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a communication circuit, a touch screen display, an audio processing circuit, memory and a processor which is electrically connected to the communication circuit, the touch screen display, the audio processing circuit and the memory. The processor can be configured so as to display a first screen and a second screen on the touch screen display, recognize an external electronic device connected by means of the communication circuit if an input for performing a screen sharing function is detected by means of the touch screen display, and transmit, to the recognized external electronic device, the first screen and/or the second screen and at least one audio signal among audio signals corresponding to the first screen and the second screen. Other various embodiments other than the various embodiments disclosed in the present invention are possible.
US11487552B2
A blade server with an apparatus for configuring the blade server is disclosed. the blade server includes at least one data processor and the data processor is configured to determine presence of a response file at a remote management module, upon deployment of the blade server, in response to the response file being present, receive the response file from the remote management module, and retrieve an ISO of a desired operating system for the blade server in accordance with data stored in the response file, in order to install the desired operating system for the blade server.
US11487547B2
A method is provided that is executable by a processor of a computer. Note that the processor is communicatively coupled to a memory of the computer, and the memory stores a response block of a call command. In implementing the method, the processor defines a sub-functions field in the response block of the call command. Further the processor indicates that a set of functions of a set of instructions are installed and available at an interface based on a corresponding sub-functions flag within the sub-functions field being set. Note that the interface is also being executed on the computer and that the set of functions being represented by the corresponding sub-functions flag. The processor further indicates that the set of functions of the set of instructions are not installed based on the corresponding sub-functions flag not being set.
US11487545B2
A processor branch prediction circuit employs back-invalidation of prediction cache entries based on decoded branch instructions. The execution information of a previously executed branch instruction is obtained from a prediction cache entry and compared to generated decode information in an instruction decode circuit. Execution information of branch instructions stored in the prediction cache entry is updated in response to a mismatch of the execution information and the decode information of the branch instruction. Existing branch prediction circuits invalidate prediction cache entries of a block of instructions when the block of instructions is invalidated in an instruction cache. As a result, valid branch instruction execution information may be unnecessarily discarded. Updating prediction cache entries in response to a mismatch of the execution information and the decode information of the branch instruction maintains the execution information in the prediction cache.
US11487540B2
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a system that performs steps to transmit, to a client device, a host application for storage on a browser of the client device. The host application is used to facilitate loading of a micro-frontend application onto the browser at runtime of the host application, for integration with and use in conjunction with the host application. The system also receives, from the host application, a request to load the micro-frontend application onto the browser. Based on receiving the request, a manifest file is accessed indicating a version of the micro-frontend application to be loaded onto the browser. The micro-frontend application is retrieved based on the version indicated in the manifest file and transmitted to the host application for loading onto the browser.
US11487539B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for automating and monitoring software development operations. The systems may facilitate a user to submit a request to receive information related to a software application development across a development operations (DevOps) pipeline, and to efficiently receive an accurate response to the request. A natural language processing application may use query parameters from the request to form a query. The query may be sent to an artificial intelligence markup language (AIML) interpreter to retrieve the requested information from a database. Alternatively or additionally, the query may be sent to an application associated with an integration of a plurality of DevOps tools in the DevOps pipeline. The application may develop a dynamic response to the request.
US11487536B2
A computer-implemented method or system is provided to automate actions for one or more applications executed via a platform using at least one virtual machine in a guest system. Each virtual machine includes a guest operating system, a guest agent and an application to be executed on the virtual machine. The method or system stores in a memory user-defined automation actions and causal relationships between the user-defined automation actions from which an automation graph is derived for the application to be executed on the virtual machine on the guest system; launches the guest system and the virtual machine via the platform; and executes the user-defined automation actions via the guest agent of the virtual machine according to the automation graph after the guest system and the virtual machine are launched.
US11487528B1
Techniques are provided for managing system upgrades in a network computing environment. For example, a method includes managing an upgrade of a system within a cluster of systems which communicate in a network computing environment system to implement a distributed application. The system performs an upgrade operation to upgrade a current version of the system to a new software version number which comprises a new feature. The system performs a cluster version update process to communicate with other systems in the cluster to determine a cluster version number of the cluster. The system enables the new feature of the new software version if the new software version number is not greater than the determined cluster version number of the cluster.
US11487525B2
Provided is a method for remotely uploading certified software from a source to a data update module on an asset via a wireless communications link. The method includes encrypting the communications link between the source and the data update module to form a secure tunnel and verifying credentials of the source via the data update module when a software update file is transmitted. A load assurance check is performed on a portion of the transmitted update file to confirm integrity of the transmitted file when the credentials of the source are verified. The uploading of the certified software is immediately activated when the file integrity is verified, the activating occurring automatically and being devoid of human intervention.
US11487515B2
A system and method to assist in repetitively performing a task within an application/system is provided. Tracking information, in terms of how a user interacts with the application/system is stored. The tracking information includes a series of navigation actions the user takes to perform a task, and includes a sequence of user interface layouts presented in the course of performing the task. Based on the stored tracking information, a task-centric user interface layout is determined, and this is presented to the user in response to the user performing one of the navigation actions within the sequence of interface layouts. This saves the user from having to execute the series of navigation actions each time the user is to perform the task.
US11487508B2
A true random number generator (TRNG) device having a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure coupled to a domain wall wire. The MTJ structure is formed of a free layer (FL) and a reference layer (RL) that sandwiches a tunnel barrier layer. The free layer has anisotropy energy sufficiently low to provide stochastic fluctuation in the orientation of the magnetic state of the free layer via thermal energy. The domain wall wire is coupled to the MTJ structure. The domain wall wire has a domain wall. Movement of the domain wall tunes a probability distribution of the fluctuation in the orientation of the magnetic state of the free layer. The domain wall can be moved by application of a suitable current through the wire to tune the probability distribution of 1's and 0's generated by a readout circuit of the TRNG device.
US11487499B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for aggregating active speaker channels, receiving, through an input interface, a selection of a solo speaker channel representing one of the plurality of speaker channels and setting the audio level of any one of the solo speaker channel and at least one non-solo speaker channel, or a combination of both the solo speaker channel and the at least one non-solo speaker channel.
US11487490B2
A method for controlling an image forming system includes a shifting process in which a wireless operation unit from a sleep state to a ready state; a connection process in which the wireless operation unit connects individually to each of a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus via wireless communication without a wireless LAN router in response to the shift of the wireless operation unit to the ready state in the shifting process; and a display process in which the touch panel display displays, side by side, a first return icon to return the first image forming apparatus to a ready state and a second return icon to return the second image forming apparatus to a ready state in response to the execution of wireless communication in the connection process.
US11487489B2
A print instruction device includes: a communicator that communicates with plural printers, each of which has a function as a parent machine storing print data and a function as a child machine acquiring and printing the print data; a print data sending processor that sends the print data to be stored in the parent machine; a print completion reception processor that receives print completion information from the child machine; a print history manager that updates print-related history on the basis of the received print completion information; and a parent machine setting device that specifies a most frequently used printer on the basis of the updated history when sending the print data, switches the parent machine to a specified printer, and causes the switched parent machine to send the print data.
US11487486B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores instructions. The instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations. The operations including: displaying a preview screen that indicates a print media having a certain width in a first direction; receiving a first input for designating a first object, the first object having a first object width in the first direction; disposing the first object in the preview screen; receiving a second input for designating a second object, the second object having a second object width in the first direction; comparing the second object width with a difference between the certain width and the first object width; in response to the comparing, modifying each of the first object and the second object such that sum of the first object width and the second object width corresponds to the certain width.
US11487481B2
A printer according to an embodiment includes: a communication unit configured to perform communication based on a first gateway and a second gateway; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to perform the communication through the first gateway in communication with a first device connected to a mobile communication network and to perform the communication through the second gateway in communication with a second device connected to a LAN. The control unit is configured to control the communication unit such that the communication with the first device and the communication with the second device are performed independently from each other.
US11487472B2
The present disclosure provides a management method and an apparatus for coexisting multi-storage mediums. The method includes: scanning a plurality of storage mediums to identify the storage medium operating in an online mode; configuring the storage medium operating in the online mode as a first storage medium; establishing a doubly linked list by a controller, wherein the doubly linked list records storage mediums operating in the online mode; determining whether the first storage medium is in a register table; turning on a switching mode of the first storage medium upon determining the first storage medium is in the register table; and retrieving a switching command via a storage layer, wherein the switching command is generated by the controller in response to user request.
US11487467B1
Rapid writing to and reading from even very large amounts of data, especially where the data evolves more slowly over time. For each of a sequence of commits of the data, the data is represented by identifying pages of the data that have changed since a prior commit in the sequence of commits. A sparce file is formulate for the commit, and contains each of identified pages, and for each identified page a mapping of the identified to a page address of the identified page in the address range. The sparce file is then stored as associated with the corresponding commit. Thus, an ordered sequence of sparce files can be created and layered on top of a base file that represents the entire page address range. The sparce files may be quite small as there may be relatively few pages (or perhaps even no pages) that changed since the prior commit in the sequence of commits. Reads occur by creating a sparce in-memory object, and checking for each page at each sparce.
US11487461B2
Techniques for preventing recovery of specific data elements based on a recovery prevention configuration defined by a user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer system performs operations comprising: receiving a recovery prevention configuration from a first computing device of a first user, the recovery prevention configuration comprising at least one recovery prevention parameter specified by the first user via one or more user interface elements displayed on the first computing device, the at least one recovery prevention parameter being configured to identify one or more backup data elements stored in a secondary storage system; storing the recovery prevention configuration in a database in association with the secondary storage system; and filtering out the one or more backup data elements stored in the secondary storage system from a data recovery process based on the at least one recovery prevention parameter of the stored recovery prevention configuration.
US11487460B2
In some embodiments, a storage system comprises at least one processor coupled to memory. The processor is configured to obtain a write operation that comprises first data associated with a logical data device and to store the first data in a first entry of a log-structured array (LSA). The at least one processor is configured to invalidate a second entry based at least in part on the storage of the first data in the first entry. The second entry comprises second data associated with the logical data device that was stored in the second entry prior to obtaining the write operation. The at least one processor is configured to determine that a first indication in LSA metadata associated with the LSA indicates that the invalidated second entry comprises data that is awaiting replication and to defer reclamation of the second entry based at least in part on the determination.
US11487459B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: perform mirroring of data with a first information processing apparatus and switches from a standby system to an active system with operation shutdown of the first information processing apparatus to operate as a second information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus; determine whether or not target data is data for which the mirroring is completed before the operation shutdown, the target data being target data of a restoration copy processing performed when the first information processing apparatus is restored to the active system after the information processing apparatus operates as the second information processing apparatus; and copy the target data from the own apparatus to the first information processing apparatus when determining that the target data is data for which the mirroring is completed.
US11487455B2
One or more performance parameters associated with data stored at a storage device of a plurality of storage devices are received by a storage controller. A first number of blocks of the storage device to a high resiliency portion and a second number of blocks of the storage device to a low resiliency portion of the storage device are allocated based on the one or more performance parameters.
US11487452B2
In various embodiments, an electronic device may include a display, a memory including a first space storing no data and a second space storing data, and a processor. The processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: receive an input for inputting a setting value for a fast data storage mode of the memory, to allocate a predetermined size of a free space of a file system of the electronic device as a temporary memory space for the fast data storage mode based on the setting value for the fast data storage mode, to control the memory to allocate a predetermined size of the first space as a borrowed space for the fast data storage mode corresponding to the size of the temporary memory space, to recognize occurrence of an event for starting data storage through the fast data storage mode, and to control the memory to perform the data storage using the borrowed space through the fast data storage mode in response to the occurrence of the event.
US11487436B2
Instructions can be executed to determine a quantity of logical units that are part of a memory device. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a programming time sufficient to provide a required throughput for storage of time based telemetric sensor data received from a host. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a trim that correspond to the programming time.
US11487435B1
A system and method for efficiently storing and accessing large volumes of metadata persistent on Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) storage systems is provided. The system applies log-structured, Copy-on-Write (CoW) B+ tree methods, and supports a core-affine data and resource partitioning approaches on the system's architecture and platform with a high-degree of parallelism within the CPU, NVMe storage, and networking devices. The subject system and method efficiently indexes both in-core (DRAM resident) and out-of-core (NVM resident) metadata, supports a variety of data access patterns, supports CoW features and provides verifiable data safety and integrity capabilities. The present system minimizes latencies over all aspects of the metadata management and access path by leveraging core-affine resource partitioning with runtime environment providing lightweight user-level threads with low-latency context switching that execute within the exclusive context of a dedicated CPU core, and partitioned resources.
US11487429B1
A FTL table processing method for a solid state drive is provided. When the control circuit intends to perform the backup action on a FTL table, the control circuit calculates the size of a remaining space of a used block. Then, the control circuit judges whether the complete content of the FTL table is required to be backed up to the blank block. If the size of the remaining space of the used block is enough, the control circuit backs up the amended contents of the FTL table and a content changed table to the remaining space of the used block. Whereas, if the size of the remaining space of the used block is not enough, the control circuit backs up the complete content of the FTL table to a plurality of blank blocks.
US11487428B2
A storage control apparatus, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive management information for managing data stored in a first storage device, generate, for each processing unit of the data, restoration information for restoring the management information, add the data to the restoration information by processing the data based on the management information on a second storage device, store, in the first storage device, the added restoration information, and reconstruct the management information on the second storage device based on the added restoration information when detecting an abnormality occurrence on the receiving the management information.
US11487426B2
An apparatus and method of editing text in a mobile terminal include a display unit, configured to display a text display area, a touch sensitive keypad display area, at least one text character in the text display area, and a cursor in the text display area; and at least one processor, configured to detect a first gesture in a touch input in the touch sensitive keypad display area, and control moving, upon detecting the first gesture, the cursor in the text display area, according to the touch input in the touch sensitive keypad display area. The first gesture includes a touch of a point in the touch sensitive keypad display area where no key is displayed.
US11487421B2
Systems and methods for identifying on an electronic device an identifier and an associated time, date, or time and date, wherein the identifier is a name of an entity that a user is scheduled to visit at the associated time, date, or time and date. Determining, at around the time, date, or time and date, using a location sensor, a location of the electronic device as an entity address. Associating the identifier with the entity address and storing the identifier and associated entity address. Upon receipt of the identifier as an input: retrieving, using the identifier, the entity address, displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, a selectable user interface element corresponding to the entity address, receiving a selection of the selectable user interface element corresponding to the entity address, and in response to receiving the selection, providing the entity address to an application on the electronic device for use.
US11487420B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to display data in compact spaces. Examples instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least render a view container and a scroll container included in a graphics user interface (GUI); in response to a left edge of the scroll container being closer to a left side of the GUI than a left edge of the view container, render a left scroll toggle actionable to scroll the scroll container left; and in response to a right edge of the view container being closer to the left side of the GUI than a right edge of the scroll container, render a right scroll toggle actionable to scroll the scroll container right.
US11487415B1
An interactive and automated summarized schedule on a digital canvas includes a hierarchy of logic-tied schedule densities generated from source schedule activities and for which there is the ability in real-time to zoom in/out among the hierarchy of logic-tied schedule densities. For example, the hierarchy of logic-tied schedule densities is generated in response to and as the timescale (e.g., grid spacing) is compressed or stretched. This permits users to “zoom in” and “zoom out” on the digital canvas to observe the schedule activities individually or at various levels of summary groups that are summed-up from underlying individual activities, all while maintaining logic-relationships between the summarized groups.
US11487410B2
An electronic device and its operating method according to various embodiments, may detect information related to an electronic card, based on a preset condition, display a graphic user interface to include a first area displaying the electronic card and a second area displaying an icon associated with the information around the first are, detect selection of the icon in the second area, and display the information in the first area.
US11487403B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.
US11487400B1
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for generating an aggregated user interface display. The aggregated user interface display includes a physical display of a computing device and a projected display from an electronic pen. Operator interactions with the aggregated user interface display are saved as historical information. The historical information is used to determine a configuration for the aggregated user interface display. The computing device and the electronic pen are controlled to implement the configuration for the aggregated user interface display.
US11487391B2
The present disclosure provides a touch sensing device reducing the touch driving time and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) by a multi-driving using driving signals that can be distinguished from each other by their frequencies and codes.
US11487389B2
The present disclosure provides a fingerprint recognition module, a driving method thereof, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The fingerprint recognition module includes a receiving electrode layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a driving electrode layer. The receiving electrode layer includes a plurality of receiving electrodes arranged in an array along a first direction and a second direction. The piezoelectric material layer is disposed on a side of the receiving electrode layer. The driving electrode layer is disposed on a side of the piezoelectric material layer remote from the receiving electrode layer and includes a plurality of driving electrodes arranged along the second direction. Each driving electrode is a strip electrode extending along the first direction, and overlaps with multiple receiving electrodes arranged along the first direction.
US11487386B2
A touch screen controller, a touch screen driving circuit and a touch screen system are provided. The touch screen driving circuit configured to drive a touch screen includes an analog driving circuit configured to provide driving signals to a display panel and a touch panel of the touch screen, and generate a touch sensing value based on a touch sensing signal from the touch panel; a display noise table (DNT) comprising display noise information indicating display noise that varies according to a driving state of the touch screen and image data; a feature extractor configured to extract a plurality of feature values from the driving state and the image data; and a touch processor configured to read a display noise value mapped to the plurality of feature values from the DNT, subtract the display noise value from the touch sensing value and generate a touch value.
US11487379B2
A portable object including a case formed of a frame closed by a glass forming a housing, in which an electronic module is placed, the electronic module cooperating with a controller including at least one plurality of touch pads for interacting with the electronic module, each touch pad being located on an inner/outer surface of the case, the electronic module being programmed to operate in a first operating mode in which at least the touch pads are activated and to operate in a second operating mode in which at least the touch pads are deactivated.
US11487377B2
According to various embodiments, disclosed is an electronic device comprising at least one sensor, a display comprising a touch panel, at least one pressure sensor disposed in the upper or lower layer of the touch panel such that pressure applied to at least a part of a region of the display can be sensed, and at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to: sense whether the electronic device is in a submerged state by using the at least one sensor or the display, receive a user input with respect to the at least a part of a region of the display while the electronic device is sensed to be in the submerged state, acquire the pressure and the position of the user input by using the at least one pressure sensor, and process the user input on the basis of the acquired pressure and the acquired position.
US11487370B2
A touch substrate, a driving method of a touch substrate, a preparation method of a touch substrate, and a touch device are disclosed. The touch substrate includes an underlying substrate and a touch layer, and the touch layer is on the underlying substrate. The touch layer includes a plurality of touch electrodes which are electrically separated from each other, each of the touch electrodes overlaps with an edge area of the touch substrate in a direction perpendicular to the underlying substrate, and each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected with a touch signal line on the underlying substrate in the edge area. The touch substrate can improve the pixel aperture ratio of the display area, so that the touch device including the touch substrate can achieve better display effect.
US11487369B2
A touch panel having dummy pattern is provided, including a first metal nanowire layer and a second metal nanowire layer. The first metal nanowire layer includes first electrode wires, first axial wires connected to the first electrode wires, and first dummy patterns. The second metal nanowire layer includes a plurality of second electrode wires and a plurality of second axial wires connected to the second electrode wires. The first dummy patterns are electrically insulated and deposited outside the first electrode wires and the first axial wires, and each of the first dummy patterns comprises a plurality of first etching areas extending along the first and second directions. The first dummy patterns do not expose the first etching areas along the first direction at a vertical projection area of a part where each of the second axial wires alone exists, so that the electrode pattern is difficult to observe.
US11487359B2
With respect to a video display apparatus, a technology capable of improving the operability and usability for a user in relation to a generated image such as AR (Augmented Reality) is provided. An HMD as a video display apparatus displays an AR image on a display screen, configures an ID image including identification information (ID) for supporting an operation of a user to the AR image, detects a sight line direction of the user to set a sight line region, and displays the ID image so as to be associated with the AR image when the AR image falls within a range of the sight line region. The HMD receives an operation to select the ID image from the user, selects the AR image associated with the ID image when receiving the operation to select the ID image, and executes a predetermined process associated with the AR image.
US11487349B2
An attraction capable of incorporating user interactivity. The attraction utilizes a slide for supporting a rider, with a ride vehicle or without. The ride vehicle may support one or multiple riders that allows the riders to manipulate its position or other associated elements while on the attraction. Upon manipulating an element, a signal may be transmitted. This signal may aid in determining whether a rider has successfully manipulated the element, for example, at an appropriate time. Sensors along the attraction may also be configured to track the user and/or ride vehicle via determining vicinity of the user and/or ride vehicle at a known location. Various rewards and/or features may be enabled based upon successful manipulation and/or user position. The attraction may include one or more illuminating features. Statistics or other information may be determined, stored, and/or provided (e.g., using mobile applications and/or scoreboards) relating to user performance.
US11487321B2
The present disclosure relates to a foldable electronic device. The foldable electronic device may include a shaft bracket, a first housing and a second housing, a flexible panel and a guiding member. The shaft bracket may include a base plate, a first side plate and a second side plate. The base plate, the first side plate and the second side plate may define an accommodation space. The flexible panel may include a first region, a middle region and a second region integrated together. The middle region may be arranged corresponding to the base plate of the shaft bracket. The guiding member may be arranged between the middle region of the flexible panel and the shaft bracket, and may be configured to apply a guiding force towards the accommodation space of the shaft bracket to the middle region of the flexible panel.
US11487318B2
In some examples, an apparatus can include an arm, a cam connected to the arm, a first spring located around a first strut, where the first spring is oriented at a first angle relative to a base of the apparatus and the first strut is connected to the cam, a second spring located around a second strut, where the second spring is oriented at a second angle relative to the base of the apparatus and the second strut is connected to the cam, where the first spring and the second spring linearly compress in response to rotation of the arm from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation relative to the base of the apparatus.
US11487313B2
Multi-functional foot controller with treadle for controlling a first function and as an integrated shroud for a switch that controls an additional function.
US11487312B2
A low dropout voltage regulator that in one configuration provides a drive signal to regulate an output voltage in response thereto includes an error amplifier, an intermediate amplifier, a buffer amplifier, and a compensation network. The error amplifier has a first input for receiving a reference voltage, a second input for receiving a feedback signal representative of the output voltage, a first output, and a second output. The intermediate amplifier has a first input coupled to the first output of said error amplifier, a second input coupled to the second output of the error amplifier, and an output. The buffer amplifier has a first input coupled to the output of the intermediate amplifier, and an output for providing the drive signal. The compensation network has a first terminal coupled to the first input of the intermediate amplifier, and a second terminal coupled to the output of the intermediate amplifier.
US11487309B2
The present application discloses a reference voltage generation system and method. The reference voltage generation system includes: a reference voltage generator; and a voltage division circuit coupled to the reference voltage generator. The reference voltage generator is coupled to a reference voltage through the voltage division circuit.
US11487308B2
A system, method and computer program product for operating a low-voltage Internet-of-Things sensor device. The method includes sensing of the temperature dependence at each voltage condition in addition to the actual temperature and voltage. A programmed machine learning model uses the information to decide when it is appropriate to test the device functionality and use the results of different tests to determine when the system should run synchronously or asynchronously through a machine learning predictive algorithm. Based on said one or more sensed operating conditions, the system uses the model to detect a mode of operation of said IoT device indicating IoT device meets an expected level of performance, or a mode indicating said IoT device is not operating according to the expected level of performance. Based on the detected operating condition, the IoT device automatically adapts its operation to ensure a desired level of IoT sensor device performance.
US11487305B2
The thermostatic cartridge includes: a cartridge body, inside which are delimited a chamber, a hot and cold fluid inlet passages and a mixed fluid outlet passage; a slide valve regulating the temperature of the mixed fluid, movable along an axis to close, in inverse proportions, the inlet passages; a thermostatic element, a mechanism for adjusting a thermostatic regulation temperature, which is, in a usage configuration, mechanically connected to the body to set, and by actuation, to modify the position of the piston of the thermostatic element along the axis; and a control member rotationally mounted on the body so as to, in the usage configuration, actuate it when the control member is rotationally driven in between positions associated with extreme low and high values of the thermostatic regulation temperature. When the control member is driven past a first position, the adjustment mechanism is disconnected from the body or control member.
US11487282B2
An apparatus for controlling to enable an autonomous system in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor, an input device configured to receive an input from a driver of the vehicle, an output device configured to output a notification in the vehicle, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor, the input device, and the output device. The control circuit is configured to activate an autonomous control in response to an input of the driver to the input device, detect a critical situation of the vehicle using the sensor, output a notification to transfer a control authority using the output device in response to the detected critical situation, and automatically reactivate the autonomous control when the critical situation is solved after temporarily releasing the autonomous control, when the critical situation corresponds to a critical situation of a specified type.
US11487272B2
A multi-scale data acquiring and processing device and method for an aluminum oxide production process. The device includes a production index and variable configuring module, a data acquiring module, a data storing module, a main control module, a display module, a data processing module and a data transmitting module. The main control module is used for emitting a command, acquiring production indexes and variables generated in the aluminum oxide production process by different process control devices, and is used for performing unified processing, storage and display on the data, and further the data is transmitted through a transmitting module to systems or devices using the data.
US11487257B2
An information processing device includes a processor configured to not operate equipment according to biological information indicating an operation item of the equipment in a case where the biological information not expected to be produced from a user under specific circumstances is measured from the user.
US11487256B2
The invention relates to a method and terminal equipment for planting vegetables on internet rental land, thereby enabling land lessees with idle land to cooperate with urban people seeking to eat green vegetables which are economical and practical, on the one hand, meeting the requirement that urban people eat green vegetables which are practical and reliable, on the other hand, enabling idle land to be reasonably utilized, especially wasting land in rural areas, and bringing considerable benefits to the land lessees; meanwhile, along with the popularization and application of the method and the terminal equipment, a large number of employment posts can be brought to rural areas, and the economic development of the rural areas can be promoted.
US11487253B2
A sequential or cascading predictive control method is provided, including first solving a cost function and then a second cost function for two or more control objectives. The method includes separating the cost function into at least two or more cost functions, depending on the number of defined control objectives. The method additionally includes controlling a first variable with a unitary cost function, a single term or nature of the control objectives. The method also includes determining the possible states that minimize the cost of the first objective to be controlled. Considering only the options given through this determination, a second variable is controlled with a cost function that minimizes the cost function thereof.
US11487248B2
A movement includes a solar panel that has a substrate made of resin, and a support member that is made of resin, has a frame shape, and supports the substrate through bonding through a bonding layer.
US11487244B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for translating optical beams.
US11487226B1
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer that includes an acrylic resin and a fluorine-containing polyether, first and second transfer units, and an intermediate transfer body cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade including a tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer disposed on a surface of a contact portion of the cleaning blade, the contact portion being arranged to contact the intermediate transfer body, and removes a residual toner by bringing the cleaning blade into contact with the intermediate transfer body. Linear velocities of the intermediate transfer body and the photosensitive member are adjusted to satisfy a requirement (1): Requirement (1): 0.3≤|Linear velocity of Intermediate transfer body−Linear velocity of Photosensitive member|/Linear velocity of Intermediate transfer body×100≤1.5.
US11487220B1
A developing device includes a developing container, a developer carrier, a seal member, and a pair of pressing members. The developing container has an opening. The seal member includes a contact end part that makes contact with an entire region of an outer circumferential surface of the developer carrier in its rotary shaft direction and is one of end edges of the seal member in a longitudinal direction thereof on a side near the developer carrier and an interposed end part that is interposed between each of both end parts of the developer carder and a corresponding one of the pressing members and is an end edge of the seal member orthogonal to the contact end part, and a chamfered shape is formed at a corner between the contact end part and the interposed end part.
US11487218B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging device, a developing device, a developing power source, a current measuring device, and a processor. On a surface of the image carrier, an electrostatic latent image is formed. The charging device electrically charges the image carrier. The developing device forms a toner image, by supplying toner to the image carrier and developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier. The developing power source applies a predetermined bias voltage to the developing device. The current measuring device measures a developing current flowing in the developing device. The processor acts, by executing a control program, as a calculator that calculates a surface potential of the image carrier, on a basis of the developing current measured by the measuring device.
US11487208B2
Proposed are a processing solution for reducing the incidence of pattern collapse and the number of defects in a photoresist pattern including polyhydroxystyrene using extreme ultraviolet rays as an exposure source, and a method of forming a pattern using the same. The processing solution for reducing the incidence of photoresist pattern collapse and the number of defects includes 0.0001 to 1 wt % of an alkaline material, 0.0001 to 1 wt % of an anionic surfactant, and 98 to 99.9998 wt % of water.
US11487207B2
The present disclosure provides a method for lithography patterning in accordance with some embodiments. The method includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate; performing an infiltration process to introduce a metallic compound into the photoresist to enhance a sensitivity of the photoresist layer to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation; performing an exposing process to the photoresist layer using the EUV radiation; and performing a developing process to the photoresist layer to form a patterned resist layer.
US11487204B2
To provide a resist material that can form a film with high smoothness and uniformity and has high patterning performance, such as resolution, a resist material is provided that contains a calixarene compound (A) with a molecular structure represented by the following structural formula (1) and a resin component (B); wherein R1 denotes a perfluoroalkyl group or a structural moiety with a perfluoroalkyl group; R2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a polar group, a polymerizable group, or a structural moiety with a polar group or a polymerizable group; R3 denotes a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group that optionally has a substituent, or an aryl group that optionally has a substituent; n denotes an integer in the range of 2 to 10; and * denotes a bonding point with an aromatic ring.
US11487203B2
Monomers and polymers are provided that comprise a carbon alicyclic group or heteroalicyclic group that comprises 1) one or more acid-labile ring substituents and 2) one or more ether or thioether ring substituents. Photoresists that comprise such polymers also are provided.
US11487189B2
A high-place observation device for stably performing a fixed-point observation of a target object from a high place is provided. The high-place observation device provides a long pole which is formed to extend and contract freely and which stands on the installation surface, a rotorcraft for positioning the pole to a desirable height position by extending and contracting the pole by a floating force in a connected state, a winding mechanism which fixes and maintains the height position of the pole to the height position set by the rotorcraft, and a camera attached to the rotorcraft.
US11487185B2
The technology disclosed in this patent document can be used to implement an optical device for generating broadband optical pulses, including an optical waveguide having different waveguide structures at different locations along the optical waveguide and with varying dimensions or pressure gradient that change adiabatically along the different locations to enable non-linear four wave mixing over a broad spectral range.
US11487184B1
According to various embodiments, a tunable optical device comprises a tunable optical metasurface on a substrate with an integrated driver circuit. In some embodiments, the tunable optical device includes a photon shield layer to prevent optical radiation from disrupting operation of the driver circuit. In some embodiments, the tunable optical device includes a diagnostic circuit to detect and disable defective optical structures of the metasurface. In some embodiments, the tunable optical device includes an integrated heater circuit that maintains a liquid crystal of the metasurface above a minimum operating temperature. In some embodiments, the tunable optical device includes an integrated lidar sequencing controller, a steering pattern subcircuit, and a photodetector circuit.
US11487179B2
The present application relates to an optical device. The present application provides an optical device capable of varying transmittance, and such an optical device can be used for various applications such as eyewear, for example, sunglasses or AR (augmented reality) or VR (virtual reality) eyewear, an outer wall of a building or a sunroof for a vehicle.
US11487173B2
The present application discloses a display panel, a repair method for the display panel and a display device, where a repair line includes a first repair point, a second repair point and a third repair point which overlap with a data line, the first repair point is located on a side of a first overlapping area away from the second repair point, the second repair point is located between the first overlapping area and a second overlapping area, and the third repair point is located on a side of the second overlapping area away from the second repair point.
US11487162B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a transfer printing device. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one groove is defined in a transfer printing plate of the transfer printing device, through holes corresponding to blind holes can be formed in an area corresponding to the grooves, thereby preventing blocking effect of an original alignment film on light passing through the blind holes, increasing light transmittance of the blind holes, and improving an overall performance of devices with the blind holes.
US11487156B2
A backlight module includes: a back plate; an optical film disposed on the back plate; and a support module disposed on the back plate and between the back plate and the optical film, wherein the support module includes a base, and an elasticity coefficient of the base is greater than or equal to 0.4 kgf/mm and smaller than or equal to 0.6 kgf/mm.
US11487149B2
Provided is a curved display device capable of preventing or reducing local light leakage while achieving a certain contrast ratio. The curved display device includes a liquid crystal panel in a normally black mode. The liquid crystal panel includes a first polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in a stated order from a viewing surface side. The liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate including a transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate including a transparent substrate in a stated order from the viewing surface side. At least one of the first substrate or the second substrate is provided with a third polarizer on a surface of the transparent substrate closer to the liquid crystal layer.
US11487138B2
An eyewear system including an eyewear frame and an application module. The eyewear frame including a docking station, and an electronic connector including a first set of preconfigured application connection points. The application module adapted to be mounted to the docking station, and including an electronic device configured to perform a function, and a second set of preconfigured application connection points corresponding to at least some of the first set of preconfigured application connection points. The second set of preconfigured application connection points including at least two different sub-function connections used to support the function of the electronic device.
US11487136B2
Methods and systems for manufacturing a wavefront-guided scleral lens prosthetic device customized for an eye of a patient include obtaining a first scleral lens prosthetic device with a central optic zone configured to vault over the eye's cornea and a peripheral haptic zone configured to align with the eye's sclera, collecting measurements of any offset and/or rotation of the first scleral lens prosthetic device relative to the eye's pupil and of any aberrations, particularly higher-order aberrations, generating a wavefront-guided profile from the measurements, and fabricating a second scleral lens prosthetic device with the profile on a surface of a central optic zone configured to vault over the eye's cornea and a peripheral haptic zone customized to align with the eye's sclera.
US11487135B2
The supply systems for providing spectacle ophthalmic lenses have improved efficacy, in particular with respect to lens blank picking performance and/or lens manufacturing performance.
US11487131B2
A device for reducing laser speckle using a micro scanner and a holographic diffuser. The micro scanner includes a first transparent optical substrate with an input surface and an output surface and a second transparent optical substrate with an input surface and an output surface and a variable refractive index medium sandwiched between the output surface of the first substrate and the input surface of the second substrate. Transparent electrodes are applied to the output surface of the first substrate and the input surface of the second substrate. The electrodes are coupled to a voltage generator. The input surface of the first substrate is optically coupled to a laser source. The input surface of the second substrate is configured as an array of prismatic elements. At least one of the input surface of the first substrate or the output surfaces of the second substrate is planar.
US11487124B2
A method, medium and system for auto-aligning displays of a head/helmet mounted display. The method, medium and system may provide for an auto-alignment of components of a headband, headgear, or a helmet. The method, medium and system may provide for a first sensor mounted to the helmet of a user and configured to communicate and transfer align with a vehicle comprising an inertial navigation system (INS). The method, medium and system may provide for display comprising a second sensor configured to communicate with the first sensor and transfer align the second sensor with the first sensor based on the transfer alignment of the first sensor with the vehicle. The method, medium and system may provide for wherein the first sensor and the second sensor comprise an inertial measurement unit (IMU). Further, the method, medium and system may also provide for the aligning of two displays on the head/helmet relative to each other in real time.
US11487120B2
The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of optical systems, such as optical systems for using head-mounted display system. The optical systems of the present disclosure may include polarized catadioptric optics, or “pancake optics,” which utilize a wire grid polarizer as a reflective polarizer. Wire grid polarizers may not perform uniformly over wavelength or over varying angles of incidence. To improve performance, a spatially varying polarizer is provided in the optical system that operates to provide polarization compensation for the wire grid polarizer so that the wire grid polarizer performs more uniformly over wavelength and/or over incidence angles (e.g., on-axis and off-axis). The spatially varying polarizer may be formed of a liquid crystal material, such as a multi-twist retarder.
US11487110B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for imaging, recognizing, and tracking of a user's eye that is wearing a HWC. Aspects further relate to the processing of images reflected from the user's eye and controlling displayed content in accordance therewith.
US11487107B2
An annular optical element includes an outer annular surface, an inner annular surface, a first side surface, a second side surface and a plurality of strip-shaped wedge structures. The outer annular surface surrounds a central axis of the annular optical element and includes at least two shrunk portions. The first side surface connects the outer annular surface and the inner annular surface. The second side surface connects the outer annular surface and the inner annular surface, wherein the second side surface is disposed correspondingly to the first side surface. The strip-shaped wedge structures are disposed on the inner annular surface, wherein each of the strip-shaped wedge structures is disposed along a direction from the first side surface towards the second side surface and includes an acute end and a tapered portion connecting the inner annular surface and the acute end.
US11487105B2
A display device, including a display surface, a laser beam emitter, and a processor. The display device may further include a slow-scan MEMS driver configured to drive a slow-scan mirror and a fast-scan MEMS driver configured to drive a fast-scan mirror. The slow-scan mirror and the fast-scan mirror may reflect the laser beam onto an active region of the display surface. The slow-scan period may include a scanning interval in which the slow-scan mirror is configured to move to a final scanning position at one or more scanning ramp rates and a flyback interval in which the slow-scan mirror is configured to return to the initial scanning position. The processor may generate a modified slow-scan drive signal by modifying one or more of the initial scanning position, the final scanning position, and the scanning ramp rate in a blank region of the display surface.
US11487102B2
A magnifier for use while fishing comprises a bracket for temporary and convenient attachment to a cylindrical fishing rod, a magnifying lens adjustably attached to that bracket, and a rod guide stop that is inserted inside a rod guide to prevent movement of the bracket. The bracket engages a fishing rod and supports a magnifying lens that is conveniently retained in position on the fishing rod thereby enabling use of the magnifying lens by a user in proximity to the fishing rod.
US11487099B2
An imaging system includes a sample mount for holding a sample to be imaged, a light source configured to emit a light beam to be incident on the sample, a translation mechanism coupled to the sample mount and configured to scan the sample to a plurality of sample positions in a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging system, a mask positioned downstream from the sample along the optical axis, and an image sensor positioned downstream from the mask along the optical axis. The image sensor is configured to acquire a plurality of images as the sample is translated to the plurality of sample positions. Each respective image corresponds to a respective sample position. The imaging system further includes a processor configured to process the plurality of images to recover a complex profile of the sample based on positional shifts extracted from the plurality of images.
US11487097B1
A system and method for high resolution multi-fluorescence imaging with synchronized image acquisition amongst sensors can be used to simultaneously capture fluorescence signals from multiple fluorophores over extremely large fields of view. The system can include an array of micro-cameras, along with a particular arrangement of fluorescent filters that can be fixed in one location or moved to new locations.
US11487096B2
The patent discloses a differential phase contrast (DPC) quantitative phase microscopy method based on the optimal illumination pattern design. Firstly, the optimal illumination pattern corresponding to the isotropic phase transfer function of DPC quantitative phase imaging is derived, which is determined as a semi-annular illumination pattern with the illumination numerical aperture NAill equal to the numerical aperture NAobj of the objective lens. The illumination intensity distribution varies with the cosine of the illumination angle, and it can be expressed as S(θ)=cos(θ). This patent effectively compensates for the frequency loss of phase transfer, not only the high-frequency responses of PTF are enhanced, but also the transfer responses of low-frequency phase information is significantly improved. As a result, the optimal illumination scheme ensures the correctness and achieves high resolution phase reconstruction, while the number of illuminations is reduced to a minimum of two, which greatly increases the imaging speed, allowing for real-time dynamic, high-correctness, high-resolution phase imaging results.
US11487078B2
A lens assembly driving apparatus includes a holder, a metal yoke, a carrier, a lens assembly, a magnet set, a coil and at least one elastic element. The metal yoke is coupled with the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the metal yoke. The carrier includes an object-side portion and at least three inner surfaces. The object-side portion has an object-side central hole. The lens assembly has an optical axis. The optical axis is corresponding to the object-side central hole. The lens assembly is coupled in the carrier. A movement of the lens assembly relative to the holder is according to a movement of the carrier. The magnet set includes only two magnets. The coil surrounds and is fixed at an exterior of the carrier. The elastic element is coupled with the carrier and the holder.
US11487072B2
An articulating cable guide system for routing cables includes a plurality of fittings connected together via ball and socket coupling. Each fitting includes a base defining a cable support surface and a pair of opposing sidewalls extending therefrom, the support surface and the sidewalls cooperating to define an open first end, an open second end, and an open access end of the base. Each fitting includes at least one of a ball mount and a socket mount. The ball mount includes a plurality of pins aligned along a first plane and the socket mount defines a plurality of slots configured to receive the pins, wherein the pins and the slots restrict the movement of the coupling to pivotal motion generally along two perpendicular planes, wherein each of the two perpendicular planes is different than the first plane.
US11487071B2
An organizer assembly includes a primary basket extending along a longitudinal axis between a first open end and a second closed end, the primary basket defining an interior. The organizer assembly further includes a bracket assembly extending along a transverse axis at the first open end of the basket, the bracket assembly including a plurality of hinge assemblies. The organizer assembly further includes a plurality of organizer trays, each of the plurality of organizer trays rotatably connectable to the bracket assembly at one of the plurality of hinge assemblies. Each of the plurality of organizer trays is rotatable between a first position wherein the organizer tray is aligned along the longitudinal axis and a second position wherein the organizer tray is aligned along the transverse axis.
US11487070B2
A fiber distribution hub includes an enclosure defining an interior region and a frame body having a longitudinal axis. The frame body is rotatably mounted within the interior region of the enclosure such that the frame body can rotate about the longitudinal axis relative to the enclosure between a first terminal angular position and a second terminal angular position. The frame body is rotatably mounted within the interior region of the enclosure also such that the entire frame body remains within the interior region as the frame body rotates between the first terminal angular position and the second terminal angular position. The fiber distribution hub also includes a splitter coupled to the frame body and having a splitter input and a splitter output.
US11487063B2
An undersea fiber optic cable routing architecture including a branching unit coupled to three trunk cables capable of switching individual fibers in each fiber pair within a cable to either of the other two cables. The branching unit comprises a plurality of optical switches and a controller for receiving remote command signals and configuring the optical switches in accordance with the remote command signals.
US11487060B2
A semiconductor device includes a photonic die and an optical die. The photonic die includes a grating coupler and an optical device. The optical device is connected to the grating coupler to receive radiation of predetermined wavelength incident on the grating coupler. The optical die is disposed over the photonic die and includes a substrate with optical nanostructures. Positions and shapes of the optical nanostructures are such to perform an optical transformation on the incident radiation of predetermined wavelength when the incident radiation passes through an area of the substrate where the optical nanostructures are located. The optical nanostructures overlie the grating coupler so that the incident radiation of predetermined wavelength crosses the optical die where the optical nanostructures are located before reaching the grating coupler.
US11487058B2
Embodiments described herein provide for methods of forming optical device structures. The methods utilize rotation of a substrate, to have the optical device structures formed thereon, and tunability of etch rates of a patterned resist disposed over the substrate and one of a device layer or the substrate to form the optical device structures without multiple lithographic patterning steps and angled etch steps.
US11487051B2
A circular polarization filter of a chiral metasurface structure is disclosed including a substrate having a nanograting pattern extending from the substrate, a dielectric layer formed directly on the nanograting pattern, and a plasmonic structure in direct contact with the dielectric layer, where the plasmonic structure may be oriented at a nonzero angle with respect to the nanograting pattern. An integrated polarization filter array is also disclosed including include a linear polarization filter, and a circular polarization filter. Methods of detecting full-stokes polarization using an integrated polarization filter array having both linear and circular polarization filters made from chiral metasurface structures is disclosed. Methods of using a Mueller matrix to evaluate polarization response of any optical device or system is also disclosed.
US11487048B2
A data processing system is for producing a weather report. The data processing system may include external weather event databases, each external weather event database having a different weather event data set, and a server in communication with the external weather event databases. The server may be configured to import the different weather event data sets from the external weather event databases, perform a filtering process on the different weather event data sets from the external weather event databases, and generate the weather report based upon the filtered different weather event data sets from the external weather event databases and a geolocation.
US11487037B2
A production monitoring system includes a distributed acoustic sensing subsystem that includes a first optical fiber for a distributed acoustic sensing signal and a distributed temperature sensing subsystem that includes a second optical fiber for a distributed temperature sensing signal. The production monitoring system, also includes a cable positioned in a wellbore penetrating through one or more subterranean formations. The distributed acoustic sensing subsystem is communicatively coupled to the cable through the distributed temperature sensing subsystem. The cable includes one or more optical fibers used to obtain optical fiber measurements pertaining to the distributed acoustic sensing signal and the distributed temperature sensing signal. The optical fibers include a sensing fiber that is common between the distributed acoustic sensing subsystem and the distributed temperature sensing subsystem. The distributed acoustic sensing subsystem, receives at least a portion of the optical fiber measurements from the sensing fiber through the distributed temperature sensing subsystem.
US11487036B2
A reflection full waveform inversion method updates separately a density model and a velocity model of a surveyed subsurface formation. The method includes generating a model-based dataset corresponding to the seismic dataset using a velocity model and a density model to calculate an objective function measuring the difference between the seismic dataset and the model-based dataset. A high-wavenumber component of the objective function's gradient is used to update the density model of the surveyed subsurface formation. The model-based dataset is then regenerated using the velocity model and the updated density model, to calculate an updated objective function. The velocity model of the surveyed subsurface formation is then updated using a low-wavenumber component of the updated objective function's gradient. A structural image of the subsurface formation is generated using the updated velocity model.
US11487033B2
Seismic exploration of an underground formation uses seismic excitations to probe the formation's properties such as reflectivity that can be imaged using reverse time migration. Using an equal area spherical binning at reflection points improves and simplifies RTM imaging together with adaptability to the data acquisition geometry, while overcoming drawbacks of conventional cylindrical binning.
US11487018B2
An apparatus for matching probe measurements to a path in a geographic location includes a receiver, a window manager, a location generator, a path calculator, and an output. The receiver is configured to receive a stream of probe measurements. The window manager is configured to fill a window with the measurements, to select an additional measurement from the stream, and to select an oldest measurement in the window. The location generator is configured to generate candidate locations for the measurements in the window and the additional measurement. The path calculator is configured to match the oldest measurement to a candidate location. The output is configured to output a path-matched probe measurement based on the oldest measurement and the candidate location matched to the oldest measurement.
US11487016B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for distributed vehicle processing. For instance, the method may include: in response to determining a first trigger condition of a first set of trigger conditions is satisfied, performing a first process corresponding to the first trigger condition on-board a vehicle; in response to determining a second trigger condition of a second set of trigger conditions is satisfied, prompting a second process corresponding to the second trigger condition by transmitting an edge request to an edge node and receiving an edge response from the edge node; and in response to determining a third trigger condition of a third set of trigger conditions is satisfied, prompting a third process corresponding to the third trigger condition by transmitting a cloud request to a cloud node and receiving a cloud response from the cloud node.
US11487015B2
The present disclosure is of an atmospheric characterization system that has a central processing board that has a first and a second communication interface. Further, the atmospheric characterization system further has a first precision temperature sensor that is communicatively coupled to the central processing board via the first communication interface and positioned a distance from a first side of the processing board, wherein the precision temperature measures a first temperature and transfers data indicative of the first temperature to the central processing board. In addition, the atmospheric characterization system has a second precision temperature sensor that is communicatively coupled to the central processing board via the second communication interface and positioned the distance from a second opposing side of the processing board such that the first precision temperature sensor and the second precision temperature sensor are equidistance from the processing board and a distance between the first precision sensor and the second precision sensor is a predetermined distance, r, and the second precision temperature sensor measures a second temperature and transfers data indicative of the second temperature to the central processing board simultaneously with the transferring of the first temperature. Additionally, the atmospheric characterization system has a processor that receives the first temperature and the second temperature and calculates a value indicative of atmospheric turbulence based upon the first temperature and the second temperature, wherein the value indicative of the atmospheric turbulence is used for designing, modifying, calibrating, or correcting an optical system.
US11487004B2
An ultrasonic wave measuring device including an ultrasonic wave device and a processor. The ultrasonic wave device transmits transmission ultrasonic waves toward an object, receives reflected ultrasonic waves, and outputs reception signals. The processor is configured to: detect a transmission time; detect zero-crossing points of the reception signals; detect zero-crossing times; calculate periods of time between the transmission time and each of the zero-crossing times; compare a reference period of time with each of the calculated periods of time so as to generate difference values therebetween; determine a minimum value among the difference values; and set a corresponding zero-crossing point having the minimum value as a reception zero-crossing point. The ultrasonic wave measuring device is configured to measure a distance toward the object based on the period of time between the zero-crossing time corresponding to the reception zero-crossing point and the transmission time.
US11487002B2
A measurement device (200) includes a measurement unit (202) which performs measurement by emitting electromagnetic waves and scanning an object with the electromagnetic waves, and a control unit (204) which controls the measurement unit (202). The measurement unit (202) is operable in a first scan mode in which the object is scanned in a first direction, or a second scan mode in which the object is scanned in a second direction different from the first direction. The control unit (204) determines a scan mode to be executed by the measurement unit (202).
US11487001B2
An image analysis device that ease association between an SAR image and an object is provided. The image analysis device includes: a stable reflection point identification unit that identifies, based on a plurality of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, stable reflection points at which reflection is stable in the plurality of SAR images; a phase identification unit that identifies a phase at each of the stable reflection points, based on the plurality of SAR images and a location of the stable reflection point in the plurality of SAR images; and a clustering means that clusters the stable reflection points, based on a Euclidian distance between each of the stable reflection points and a correlation of the phases at each of the stable reflection points.
US11486998B2
The invention discloses an ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning system, UWB base stations (BSs), UWB tags and the operation methods thereof. Because the present invention uses a server aware of the positions of all BSs to determine the BSs that performs distance measurement, and the server assigns different time slots to each BS that performs distance measurement, the present invention can avoid collisions between the BSs in the process of distance measurement. Furthermore, because the tag can select a specific time slot to access the UWB positioning system by monitoring the UWB signals in the air, the present invention can reduce collisions between the tags. By carefully planning the system frames and subframes of the time division multiplexing system, and sophisticatedly arranging the operation timings of the BSs and the tags, the present invention provides practical and stable UWB positioning system, BSs, and tags.
US11486995B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to scanning a surrounding environment of a vehicle by radar during automated driving. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an object by using a three-dimensional beam formed by a layered array of end-fire antennas. The method also includes scanning the object by using a fine three-dimensional beam formed by a section of the layered array of end-fire antennas. The method also includes tracking the object by using the fine three-dimensional beam.
US11486990B2
A method for radio measuring applications, wherein at least a first radio node operates as an initiator and at least a second radio node as a transponder, in a first step a first carrier frequency is transmitted by the initiator as an initial signal and received by the transponder. In a second step a response signal with a second carrier frequency is transmitted by the transponder and received by the initiator, during a measurement cycle at least one step sequence of the first and the second step is performed. First the first steps of all sequence of steps and subsequently at least a portion of the second steps of the step sequences are performed in succession, the first carrier frequency assumes a value within a predetermined frequency domain for each repetition, and the initial signals and the response signals are mutually coherent at least within the measurement cycle.
US11486988B2
This disclosure relates, e.g., to a method for calibrating the alignment of a moving object sensor that comprises the steps: Detection of the movement of the object sensor, multiple detection of at least one static object by the moving object sensor at different positions of the object sensor, calculation of the relative positions of the static object with respect to the corresponding positions of the object sensor, calculation of anticipated positions of the static object from the relative positions while assuming an alignment error of the object sensor, calculation of an error parameter from the anticipated positions, and minimization of the error parameter by adapting the alignment error of the object sensor.
US11486985B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receiver in an optical sensing system for receiving a light beam. The receiver includes a first polarizer configured to pass the light beam of a first polarization. The receiver further includes an electro-optical layer coated with patterned transparent electrodes. An electric field is applied to a selected area of the electro-optical layer through the patterned transparent electrodes, and the electro-optical layer changes a portion of the light beam from the first polarization to a second polarization. The receiver also includes a second polarizer configured to selectively pass the portion of the light beam of the second polarization. The receiver additionally includes a detector configured to receive the portion of the light beam output from the second polarizer.
US11486981B2
A light detection and ranging (lidar) receiver may include a first photodiode, a first amplifier connected to the first photodiode, and a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) connected to an output of the first amplifier. The lidar receiver may include a second photodiode, a second amplifier connected to the second photodiode, and a second ADC connected to the second amplifier. The lidar may include a processor connected to an output of the first ADC and an output of the second ADC and a direct-current-to-direct-current converter connected to an output of the processor and to the first photodiode and the second photodiode. The processor may determine, based on the output of the first ADC and the output of the second ADC, a first bias to apply to the first photodiode and a second bias to apply to the second photodiode.
US11486980B2
A light detection and ranging (lidar) receiver may include a first frequency filter to pass a first range of frequencies of an analog signal. The lidar receiver may include a second frequency filter to pass a second range of frequencies of the analog signal that is different from the first range of frequencies of the analog signal. The lidar receiver may include a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to derive a first digital signal based on the first range of frequencies of the analog signal using a first sampling rate. The lidar receiver may include a second ADC to derive a second digital signal based on the second range of frequencies of the analog signal using a second sampling rate that is different from the first sampling rate.
US11486977B2
A lidar system includes a lidar transmitter and a control circuit. The lidar transmitter can controllably fire a plurality of laser pulse shots into a field of view, and the control circuit can (1) detect a target based on a return from a laser pulse shot fired at a first shot angle, and (2) in response to the detected target, (i) schedule a pulse burst to be fired at the target, wherein the pulse burst comprises a second laser pulse shot to be fired at a second shot angle and a third laser pulse shot to be fired at a third shot angle, wherein the first shot angle is between the second and third shot angles, and (ii) control the lidar transmitter to fire the scheduled pulse burst.
US11486959B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to positioning in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method for determining a three dimensional location of a wireless device in a cellular communications network comprises obtaining a plurality of measurements for a wireless device, where the plurality of measurements are Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) related measurements. The method further comprises computing a three dimensional position of the wireless device using the plurality of measurements and a vertical surface model, wherein the vertical surface model is a translated and scaled version of an initial vertical surface model. The new vertical surface model provides translation and scaling of the initial vertical surface model to a suitable range before it is used to determine the three dimensional position of the wireless device such that accuracy is improved, e.g., in large rural cells.
US11486958B2
A method and apparatus for reducing magnetic tracking error in the position and orientation determined in an electromagnetic tracking system is disclosed. In some embodiments, a corrected position and orientation is blended with an uncorrected position and orientation based upon the calculated probability of each. To determine a corrected position and orientation, data from an IMU in the receiver is used to obtain a constraint on the orientation. In other embodiments, the amount of detected error due to electromagnetic distortion is measured. Any error is first assumed to be from “floor distortion,” and a correction is applied. If the error is still deemed too great, a constraint is again obtained from IMU data. Using this constraint, another correction for the distortion is made. The solution from this correction may be blended with a standard solution and the solution from the floor distortion to arrive at a final solution.
US11486951B2
In MRI, upon simultaneously generating computed images of multiple parameters, imaging time is efficiently reduced while preventing decrease in spatial resolution and SN ratio as much as possible. A plurality of original images is reconstructed from nuclear magnetic resonance signals acquired under various imaging conditions, and a computed image is obtained by calculation performed among the plurality of original images. The various imaging conditions include an imaging condition that a repetition time of an imaging sequence is different from one another, and upon imaging, the number of phase encoding steps is made smaller when the repetition time is long. An image is reconstructed in such a manner that a matrix size of the image obtained when the number of phase encoding steps is small is made equal to the matrix size of the image obtained when the number of phase encoding steps is large.
US11486934B2
A method, a device and a system for recovering recoverable faded capacity of a battery. The method includes determining the recoverable faded capacity of the battery, determining a corresponding lower limit of a battery parameter according to the recoverable faded capacity of the battery, and instructing a discharging device to discharge the battery to the corresponding lower limit of the battery parameter.
US11486927B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, which when executed by a processing device of a diagnostic server, cause the processing device to perform certain operations. The operations include receiving, from a processing chamber, (i) measurement values of a combined signal that is based on an injection of an alternating signal wave onto a first output signal of a controller of the processing chamber, and (ii) measurement values of a second output signal of the controller that incorporates feedback from the processing chamber. The operations further include generating, based on the measurement values of the combined signal and the measurement values of the second output signal of the controller, a baseline bode fingerprint pertaining to a state associated with the processing chamber. The operations further include storing, in computer storage, the baseline bode fingerprint to be used in performing diagnostics of the processing chamber.
US11486925B2
A method for diagnosing analog circuit fault based on vector-valued regularized kernel function approximation, includes steps of: step (1) acquiring a fault response voltage signal of an analog circuit; step (2) carrying out wavelet packet transform on the collected signal, and calculating a wavelet packet coefficient energy value as a characteristic parameter; step (3) utilizing a quantum particle swarm optimization algorithm to optimize a regularization parameter and kernel parameter of vector-valued regularized kernel function approximation, and training a fault diagnosis model; and step (4) utilizing the trained diagnosis model to recognize circuit faults.
US11486922B1
An over-the-air (OTA) measurement system is described. The OTA measurement system includes a plurality of measurement antennas, a DUT positioner, and a controller (e.g., control circuit). The DUT positioner is configured to position a device under test at a test location. At least two measurement antennas of the plurality of measurement antennas are arranged at different distances from the test location. The at least two measurement antennas are arranged at different elevation angles and/or at different azimuth angles with respect to the test location. The controller is configured to control the DUT positioner to rotate the device under test at the test location in azimuth and/or elevation. The controller is configured to control the DUT positioner to rotate the device under test into a first orientation for a first OTA power measurement by a first one of the at least two measurement antennas. The controller is configured to control the DUT positioner to rotate the device under test into a second orientation for a second OTA power measurement by a second one of the at least two measurement antennas. A relative orientation between the device under test in the first orientation and the first one of the at least two measurement antennas is the same as a relative orientation between the device under test in the second orientation and the second one of the at least two measurement antennas. Further, an OTA measurement method for performing OTA measurements on a device under test by an OTA measurement system is described.
US11486921B2
Systems and methods for monitoring current anomaly are described. In an example, a device can measure first current flowing along a first liner between an instrument to an equipment. The device can measure second current flowing along a second line between the equipment to the instrument. The device can compare the measurements of the first current and the second current. The device can identify a presence of current anomaly based on the comparison of the measurements of the first and second currents. The device can, in response to the presence of the current anomaly, disconnect the instrument from the equipment.
US11486909B2
A sectioned field effect transistor (“FET”) for implementing a rapidly changing sense range ratio dynamically in response to changing load and main supply conditions. The sectioned FET may have multiple main FET sections, and multiple sense FET sections. These sections can be dynamically connected and disconnected from the sectioned FET. The sections may also be connected by a common gate. There may also be common drain or source connections for the main FET sections, and also common drain or source connections for the sense FET sections. The sectioned FET allows for the sense range to be extended by a multiple of k+1, where k is the size ratio or factor of the additional sense FET sections. This allows the current sense range ratio to be extended to (m+n)/n*(k+1).
US11486908B2
An electronic integrated multi-electrode detection system of a potential determination includes a multi-electrode array, a circuit unit and a total signal output and acquisition unit. The circuit unit includes a multi-electrode array signal input end, a high input impedance voltage follower, a phase shifting filter circuit, an extension module input end, a summing circuit and a total output signal end. The detection system promotes the detection sensitivity and increase the accuracy and precision of detection results. The detection system can be used for monitoring the change in trace ion concentration in a sample, analyzing a constant conventional sample and analyzing a sample with higher error requirement. The detection system can be widely applied to various analysis detection fields, including life sciences, environmental sciences, medicine clinics, and the like.
US11486907B2
A monitoring device for monitoring an impedance of a protective conductor. The monitoring device has a first voltage divider for connection to a voltage source including a series connection to a first resistor and a second resistor. The second resistor has a resistance value which corresponds to a threshold value for the impedance of the protective conductor. A second voltage divider includes a series connection to a third resistor and a bridge diode and a connection to the first resistor at a first end of the third resistor and connectable to a second end of the third resistor and to the protective conductor. A measuring device is provided for the detection of a bridge voltage between a first node and a second node if the impedance of the protective conductor is greater than the value of the second resistor.
US11486904B2
An electronic module has an electronic element 210; a connection body 250 provided on a front face of the electronic element 210; and a detection part 100 having a winding wire part 10 provided so as to surround the connection body 250, and a winding return wire part 50 connected to a terminal end part of the winding wire part 10 and returns from the terminal end part toward a starting end part.
US11486903B2
Controlling a switching element in accordance with a voltage output from a signal amplifying circuit enables adjusting a voltage to be received by a current calculation circuit. Even when a range of a air volume to be used is wide and a range of output of a DC motor is wide, or a current flowing through the DC motor has a wide range, a resistance value of a shunt resistor and an amplification factor of a signal amplifying circuit are not required to be reduced, and thus current detection accuracy of the DC motor can be improved.
US11486902B2
Impedance assembly (120) for use in a voltage divider for sensing an AC elevated voltage of at least 1 kV of a power-carrying conductor (10) distributing electrical energy in a national grid. The impedance assembly comprises a) a PCB (170); b) a high-voltage contact (80) for connection to the power-carrying conductor; c) a first plurality of impedance elements (70) on the PCB, connected to the high-voltage contact and in series with each other such as to be operable in a first voltage divider (20) for sensing the voltage of the power-carrying conductor; and d) a second plurality of impedance elements (71) on the PCB, connected to the high-voltage contact and in series with each other such as to be operable in a second voltage divider (21) for harvesting electrical energy from the power-carrying conductor.
US11486894B2
A calibration apparatus of an inertial sensor, obtains an angular velocity value from the inertial sensor, derives a distribution of a difference between temporally adjacent angular velocity values concerning a plurality of angular velocity values obtained during a given period, and determines, based on the distribution, whether the inertial sensor is in a motionless state during the given period. Then, if it is determined that the inertial sensor is in the motionless state, the calibration apparatus decides a bias value of the inertial sensor based on the plurality of angular velocity values and corrects the obtained angular velocity value based on the bias value.
US11486893B2
an optical sensing system comprising: a processing circuit; a first calibration optical sensor, comprising a first sensor edge and a second sensor edge opposite to the first sensor edge; and a second calibration optical sensor, away from the first calibration optical sensor for a first distance, comprising a third sensor edge and a fourth sensor edge opposite to the third sensor edge. The processing circuit determines a target object has moved for a target distance if an object pattern of the target object moves from a first location in the first calibration sensor to a second location in the second calibration sensor, wherein a first sum of a second distance which is between the first location and the first sensor edge and a third distance between the second location and the third sensor edge equals to a reference distance.
US11486889B2
Automated diagnostic analysis apparatus for analyzing patient specimens may include a probe to aspirate and dispense a bio-liquid. A probe tip on the probe may require replacement after contact with each bio-liquid. The automated diagnostic analysis apparatus may include a probe tip eject device and a waste chute for controlled removal and disposal of the probe tip to mitigate splattering or splashing of any residual bio-liquid in the probe tip as it is removed from the probe. A sloped ramp in the probe tip eject device may engage and remove the probe tip as it rotates through the probe tip eject device. The waste chute may include guides to transfer a removed probe tip directly into a waste bin without any surface contact by the probe tip. Methods of removing and disposing of a probe tip in an automated diagnostic analysis apparatus are described, as are other aspects.
US11486887B2
The present invention is provided with a sample rack insertion unit 12 that is capable of holding one or more sample racks 5 having mounted therein one or more sample containers 6 accommodating a sample to be analyzed, one or more analysis devices 2, 3 for analyzing the sample accommodated in the sample containers 6, a sample rack conveyance unit 14 for conveying the sample racks 5 from the sample rack insertion unit 12 to the analysis devices 2, 3, and a control device 4 for acquiring, for each analysis device 2, 3, load information that is information expressing an operating condition of the analysis device 2, 3, and, if there is an analysis device 2, 3 for which the load information is larger than a predetermined conveyance permission value, carrying out control so as to stop the conveyance of the sample racks 5 from the sample rack insertion unit 12 to the analysis device(s) 2, 3. As a result of this configuration, it is possible to mitigate in-device sample conveyance congestion occurring as a result of the insertion of many samples and keep the sample environment and analysis processing power at high levels.
US11486883B2
The invention provides a method for controlling contaminants in biopharmaceutical purification processes by using light scattering and UV absorbance to establish a determinant. The invention makes use of multi-angle light scattering (MALS) and UV as a continuous monitoring system to provide information about the elution peak fractions in real-time instead of conventional pooling methods that rely on a predetermined percent UV peak max value to initiate the pooling process; regardless of product quality.
US11486878B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for identifying cancer cells. In particular, provided herein are optimized assays for identifying a variety of different cancer cells present in a sample at low concentrations.
US11486872B2
A method for monitoring a texturing process for producing crimped threads is presented, in which a thread tension is measured continuously on the textured thread and in which the thread tension measuring signals are captured and analyzed continuously, at least in one time interval, characterized in that a sequence of the thread tension measuring signals occurring in the time interval is analyzed with a machine learning program for the early diagnosis of one of a plurality of fault sources.
US11486870B2
The present invention relates to a method for spectroscopical in-ovo gender determination of fertilized and incubated bird eggs comprising the steps of: a. providing a number of passages in an egg shell of an egg for allowing entrance into an interior of the egg and/or exit from the interior of the egg of electromagnetic waves suitable for spectroscopy, b. introducing electromagnetic waves into the interior of the egg c. detecting electromagnetic waves exiting the egg; d. analysing, by spectroscopy, of the exiting electromagnetic waves at at least one passage of the number of passages; and e. determining the gender of a chicken embryo.
US11486865B2
Systems are provided for a modular multi-wavelength UV-VIS detector unit, such as an absorbance detector (e.g., spectrophotometer) included in a high-performance liquid chromatography system. In one example, a detector unit includes one or more light emitters and a sliding assembly configured to slidingly move a flow cell relative to the one or more light emitters, the one or more light emitters mounted on a floating rig to facilitate alignment between the one or more light emitters and the flow cell when the sliding assembly is in a closed position.
US11486862B2
This present disclosure describes an ultrasound image display method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes acquiring, by a device, an input signal by performing detection on a to-be-detected object, the input signal comprising a three-dimensional (3D) radio-frequency (RF) signal. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes performing, by the device, a modulus calculation on the 3D RF signal to obtain envelope information in a 3D ultrasound image, the modulus calculation being at least used for directly acquiring a 3D amplitude of the 3D RF signal; and displaying, by the device, the envelope information in the 3D ultrasound image, the envelope information being at least used for indicating the to-be-detected object.
US11486853B2
A gas sensor includes a sensor element, an inner protective cover including a first member and a second member, and an outer protective cover having outer inlets. The inner protective cover has a sensor element chamber inside. The outer protective cover and the inner protective cover form an inlet-side gas flow channel from an outside to the sensor element chamber. The inlet-side gas flow channel has a first flow channel extending in an upward direction from the outer inlets and a second flow channel extending in a downward direction. A ratio W2/W1 between a flow channel width W1 of the first flow channel and a flow channel width W2 of the second flow channel is less than one. A tip end portion of the outer protective cover has a tapered portion that reduces in diameter toward a bottom portion of the tip end portion.
US11486847B1
Methods and apparatus for determining the water cut or the amount of water in fluids. The apparatus is inserted into a production logging tool that is lowered into the well. The apparatus includes a conductive winding which is configured as a first electrode. The winding includes a thin insulation coating or layer. The body of the tool is configured as a ground electrode. The primary electrode and the ground electrode are configured to form a capacitance sensor that generates a signal related to the dielectric permittivity of a fluid flowing between the primary electrode and the ground electrode.
US11486845B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a filter in, for example, an immersion cooled system are described. In one embodiment the application pertains to a process comprising employing a filter media to filter fluid wherein one or more electrical properties change depending upon pH of the filter fluid. The one or more electrical properties may be measured to monitor the filter. If desired, the filter media's electrical properties may be modified based on the configuration of the filter to facilitate the measurements.
US11486843B2
The present invention is to provide a small-sized dryness/wetness responsive sensor that detects a galvanic current with a high sensitivity as a principle of operation. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a dryness/wetness responsive sensor comprises a thin wire made of a first metal and a thin wire made of a second metal, the second metal is different from the first metal, the thin wire of the first metal and the thin wire of the second metal are disposed in juxtaposition with each other on an insulating substrate, and a surface state of a part between the thin wire of the first metal and the thin wire of the second metal is hydrophilic or hydrophobic.
US11486842B2
Sensors having an advantageous design and methods for fabricating such sensors are generally provided. Some sensors described herein comprise pairs of electrodes having radial symmetry, pairs of nested electrodes, and/or nanowires. Some embodiments relate to fabricating electrodes by methods in which nanowires are deposited from a fluid contacted with a substrate in a manner such that it evaporates and is replenished.
US11486841B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring and classifying released gases in an enclosed system having a gas source, by a gas sensor that has been a priori pre-trained to distinguish an off-gas event (OGE) or a thermal run off event (TRE) from non-OGE interfering gases release. The pre-training utilizes one of a machine learning (ML) or a deep learning (DL) algorithm to pre-train the gas sensor to detect a plurality of known gas analyte to generate sensor signals with respective unique characteristics, extracting features from the sensor signals to establish a decision boundary or an estimated probability of a false positive release of the OGE or the TRE from the non-OGE type of interfering gas release. The established decision boundaries or probability distributions are implemented as candidate model for field deployment to classify the released gases to distinguish whether OGE or TRE takes place.
US11486826B2
A method for determining a residual retardance of an LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) panel includes transmitting a light beam to the LCOS panel at an angle of incidence and measuring an intensity of a reflected light beam. The method includes biasing the LCOS panel in a dark state and measuring a dark state intensity of the reflected light beam. The method also includes biasing the LCOS panel in a bright state, and measuring a bright state intensity of the reflected light beam. A residual retardance of the LCOS panel is determined based on a contrast ratio of the bright state intensity and the dark state intensity. The method can also include selecting a compensator for the LCOS panel based on the residual retardance.
US11486821B2
A device that is configured to detect spectrally resolved emission from a material is disclosed. The device includes an optical cavity comprising a pair of substrates separated by a distance defined to restrict a photonic density of states (DOS) of the material to be detected, a detector oriented with respect to the optical cavity to receive emission from the optical cavity and a controller configured to control the distance. The pair of substrates includes facing reflective surfaces.
US11486820B2
Various embodiments may relate a chemical sensor. The chemical sensor may include a substrate including a first sealed (or isolated) cavity and a second sealed (or isolated) cavity separate from the first sealed (or isolated) cavity. The chemical sensor may also include an emitter in the first sealed (or isolated) cavity, the emitter configured to emit infrared light. The chemical sensor may further include a detector in the second sealed (or isolated) cavity. The chemical sensor may also include a waveguide configured to carry the infrared light from the emitter to the detector. The waveguide may include a sensing portion configured such that a property of the infrared light carried through the sensing portion changes in response to a chemical entity in contact with the sensing portion. The detector may be configured to detect the change in the property (of the infrared light).
US11486818B2
A method for coherent multidimensional spectroscopy may comprise illuminating a location in a sample with a set of m coherent light pulses, each coherent light pulse having an initial frequency ωm and an initial wave vector {right arrow over (k)}m, wherein m≥2, to generate a coherent output signal having an initial frequency ωoutput=Σ±ωm and an initial wavevector wave vector {right arrow over (k)}output=Σ±{right arrow over (k)}m; scanning a first coherent light pulse of the set of m coherent light pulses across a set of i frequency values, wherein i≥2, the set of i frequency values including the first coherent light pulse having initial frequency ω1; scanning, simultaneously, a second coherent light pulse of the set of m coherent light pulses across a set of i correlated frequency values, the set of i correlated frequency values including the second coherent light pulse having initial frequency ω2, wherein each correlated frequency value is associated with a corresponding frequency value of the set of i frequency values as a correlated frequency grouping; and detecting the coherent output signal. Each correlated frequency value is selected so that the coherent output signal generated at each correlated frequency grouping equals the initial frequency ωoutput and the coherent output signal generated at each correlated frequency grouping equals the initial wavevector {right arrow over (k)}output.
US11486816B2
Apparatus (200) for detecting corrosion of a coating (250) of an object (216), the apparatus comprising: an electrically conductive body (202) defining a cavity (204) for containing an electrolyte (206), the body (202) arranged to be, in use, in electrically conductive contact with the object (216) and arranged to isolate, in use, the electrolyte (206) from the object; and a first electrode (208) within the cavity (204), the first electrode (208) for electrical connection to a potentiostat (402) or to a galvanostat and arranged to be, in use, in electrical contact with the electrolyte (206) in the cavity (204); wherein the body (202) comprises a first part (222) and a second part (224), the second part (224) being slidably movable relative to the first part (222) between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11486812B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for determining a parameter of a photodetector (e.g., a photodetector in a particle analyzer). Methods according to certain embodiments include irradiating a photodetector positioned in a particle analyzer with a light source (e.g., a continuous wave light source) at a first intensity for a first predetermined time interval, irradiating the photodetector with the light source at a second intensity for a second predetermined time interval, integrating data signals from the photodetector over a period of time that includes the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval and determining one or more parameters of the photodetector based on the integrated data signals. Systems (e.g., particle analyzers) having light source and a photodetector for practicing the subject methods are also described. Non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for determining a parameter of a photodetector according to the subject methods are also provided.
US11486806B2
The present invention pertains to a device, system, and method for evaluating the condition of a wooden structure by automated profiling of the hardness of the structure. More particularly, the present invention is directed towards a probing device comprising a blade coupled to a resistance mechanism and a mechanical sensor for measuring the hardness of wood in a structure; a system comprising such a device, and a computing device coupled to the device that outputs the hardness measurements of the device; and a method for operating such a device and determining the condition of wood by identifying changes in hardness in a wooden structure.
US11486795B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for testing aircraft engine that are not currently associated with a functional aircraft or systems. For testing, systems on the engine being tested are connected with the reciprocating systems (e.g., engine electronic controls, main and motive fuel) on a fully functional aircraft using conduits that have been extended to lengths enabling the connection.
US11486792B2
Systems and methods for alignment and testing of a photonic device include a light source, an interferometer, a detector, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may generate control signal(s) for the light source to project a beam through the interferometer to a device under testing (DUT). The interferometer may receive an interference beam from an optical fiber of the DUT. The processing circuit may align optical fiber(s) for the DUT, determine one or more characteristics for the DUT, and so forth based on the interference beam and a reference beam generated by the interferometer.
US11486791B2
The present invention is to provide a backscattered light amplification device, an optical pulse test apparatus, a backscattered light amplification method, and an optical pulse test method for amplifying a desired propagation mode of Rayleigh backscattered light with a desired gain by stimulated Raman scattering in a fiber under test having the plurality of propagation modes. The backscattered light amplification device according to the present invention is configured to control individually power, incident timing, and pulse width of a pump pulse for each propagation mode when the pump pulse is incident in a plurality of propagation modes after the probe pulse is input to the fiber under test in any propagation mode.
US11486788B2
A test system for a pressure control equipment (PCE) stack includes a pump for directing fluid into the PCE stack, a drive for operating the pump to control fluid flow into the PCE stack, and a controller communicatively coupled to the drive and a sensor that transmits sensor data indicative of pressure within the PCE stack. The controller instructs the drive to cause the pump to direct fluid into the PCE stack until the sensor data indicates that the pressure within the PCE stack has reached a threshold pressure, blocks fluid flow into and out of the PCE stack upon receiving sensor data indicating the pressure within the PCE stack has reached the threshold pressure, monitors the pressure within the PCE stack over a time interval, and determines a condition of the PCE stack based on a change in the pressure within the PCE stack during the time interval.
US11486786B2
Methods and associated system for calibrating a torque device are provided. The method includes (I) providing a master torque tool having an accepted calibration, (II) attaching the torque device to be calibrated to an input shaft of a testing and calibration system, (III) energizing the torque device to a free spin under a no load and zero torque condition, (IV) performing a run down test by activating a torque engagement mechanism to transferred torque from the torque device to the master torque tool, (V) measuring a torque value from the master torque tool, the torque device, and the rotary inline torque transducer to generate a data set, (IX) repeating steps (IV) to generate a plurality of data sets and (V), and (VI) generating new calibration factors for input into a programmable control system of the torque device based on the plurality of data sets with a software package.
US11486785B2
A thermal management system for a sensor module is disclosed that includes a housing enclosing the sensor module and having a bottom wall with a reception port formed therein, and a thermal isolation puck installed within the reception port formed in the bottom wall of the housing for reducing the rate at which thermal energy from a heater located within an adjacent flush static plate is lost to the housing.
US11486782B2
A micromechanical device that includes a carrier substrate; a sensor device that is situated on the carrier substrate and spaced apart from a surface section of the carrier substrate with the aid of spring elements in such a way that the sensor device is oscillatable relative to the surface section; and at least one stopper element, situated on the sensor device and/or on the surface section of the carrier substrate, which limits a deflection of the sensor device in the direction of the surface section.
US11486778B2
A torque-angle sensor includes a torque sensing unit, an angle sensing unit, and a PCB. The torque sensing unit includes a signal input rotor and a signal output rotor. The angle sensing unit includes a driving gear and a driven gear that is fitted round and fixed to one of the signal rotors. The PCB has a torque magnetic field generating unit, an input shaft signal collecting unit, and an output shaft signal collecting unit that sense a rotation angle and torque of the signal rotors. The PCB has an angle magnetic field generating unit and an angle collecting unit that sense a rotation angle of the driving gear and the driven gear. The torque magnetic field generating unit, the input shaft signal collecting unit, the output shaft signal collecting unit, the angle magnetic field generating unit, and the angle collecting unit are configured as coils formed by printed circuits.
US11486774B2
Mechanoluminescent devices and articles, such as wearable articles, that include mechanoluminescent devices. The mechanoluminescent devices may have a lateral type architecture or a vertical type architecture. The mechanoluminescent devices may be sensors, including pressure sensors.
US11486767B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell and a control circuit configured to, upon receipt of a command, acquire a first temperature measured by a temperature sensor, and perform an operation corresponding to the command using a parameter corrected based on temperature. When the first temperature is within a predetermined range with respect to a second temperature measured before the command is received, the parameter is corrected using the second temperature. When the first temperature is outside the predetermined range, the parameter is corrected using the first temperature.
US11486763B2
Systems and methods are disclosed and include a light-emitting diode (LED) array with LEDs associated with respective paint color chip locations of a display assembly. A processor receives a first signal indicating first paint color chip locations and determines whether a second signal is received from a second device within a threshold time, the second signal indicating second paint color chip locations. The processor assigns a first lighting characteristic to the first device and a second lighting characteristic to the second device, identifies a first set of LEDs associated with the first paint color chip locations and a second set of LEDs associated with the second paint color chip locations, and transmits an activation signal to the LED control circuit to activate the first set of LEDs based on the first lighting characteristic and the second set of LEDs based on the second lighting characteristic.
US11486753B2
A toilet for measuring excreta is disclosed. The toilet is adapted to measure the amount of excreta received by the bowl and then the flush water. A pressure sensor is configured to monitor the pressure exerted by the flush water and any excreta contained therein. Data from monitoring the pressure of the flush water and excreta therein is used to determine the weight or volume of the excreta received by the bowl. This toilet can provide data which may be used to analyze how the volume of flush water changed due to excreta deposit. A volume change feature can be associated with a urination event and the data associated with the event can be used to determine a urine characteristic of the event.
US11486746B2
A magnetic-inductive flowmeter with a measuring tube for guiding an electrically conductive medium, a magnetic circuit device running outside the measuring tube for generating and guiding a magnetic field through the measuring tube, and two electrodes for tapping a measuring voltage induced in the medium. The magnetic circuit device has at least a first coil for generating the magnetic field and first and second pole piece plates, the magnetic field being formed between the pole piece plates, wherein the measuring tube is arranged between the two pole piece plates and wherein the electrodes are arranged on opposite sides of the measuring tube, an imaginary connecting line between the two electrodes running perpendicular to the direction of flow and perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field. The magnetic field is fed into the pole piece plates by at least two feed-in regions per pole piece plate.
US11486741B2
The invention relates to a detector device having pixels in a two-dimensional arrangement, the detector device comprising row pixels, a row readout wiring for each row of said row pixels and a column select wiring for each column of said row pixels, as well as column pixels, a column readout wiring for each column of said column pixels and a row select wiring for each row of said column pixels. Analog-to-digital converters adapted for row-parallel and column-parallel operation are connected to the readout wirings, and simultaneously one or more columns of row pixels for row parallel readout and one or more rows of column pixels for column parallel readout can be selected. The invention further relates to a positioning code and to a position detecting method.
US11486739B2
A position detection device includes a magnetic scale and a magnetic sensor. The magnetic scale includes a plurality of magnets arranged along a first reference direction. The magnetic sensor includes a plurality of detectors that detect a composite magnetic field. The plurality of detectors are each arranged to satisfy AG=N(M−W)/(n−1), where n is the number of magnets of the magnetic scale, M is a distance from a first end to a second end, W is the width of each of the plurality of magnets and is greater than 0 and less than or equal to M/n, AG is a gap between each of the plurality of magnets and each of the plurality of detectors in a second reference direction, and N is a number greater than or equal to 0.4 and less than or equal to 2.
US11486738B2
A rotation sensing apparatus includes a detected part, a sensor unit, and a rotation information calculation circuit. The sensor unit includes a first sensor disposed opposite to a first pattern portion, a second sensor disposed opposite to a second pattern portion, a third sensor disposed to be spaced apart from the first sensor in the rotation direction and opposite to the first pattern portion, and a fourth sensor disposed to be spaced apart from the second sensor in the rotation direction and opposite to the second pattern portion. The rotation information calculation circuit is configured to sense the rotation direction, in response to a differential signal, generated based on the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal, and an oscillation signal corresponding to maximum and minimum frequencies, from among the first oscillation signal, the second oscillation signal, the third oscillation signal, and the fourth oscillation signal.
US11486714B2
A matching algorithm and device for data with different scales based on global road network features are provided. The method includes: loading data of different maps, constructing crossroad groups in each map, and extracting information on attributes of the crossroad groups; allocating, according to the importance degree of the attribute information, weights for each attribute of the crossroad groups, and comprehensively evaluating confidence values of matching between two crossroad groups in different maps; and constructing, according to the confidence values, matched road networks, calculating total confidence values of the matched road networks, and selecting a road network with the highest total confidence value as an optimal matching solution, namely a matching result.
US11486712B2
A user can access live or historic video feeds of the location he is in and input a desired destination, and the video feeds show the surroundings and indicate a route to the destination, changing as the user moves toward the destination.
US11486708B2
A method and a device resets an inertial unit of a transport on the basis of information delivered by a viewfinder of the transport. According to one embodiment: a horizontal velocity vector of the transport and coordinates of the transport are obtained from the inertial unit, a horizontal line of sight of the viewfinder is obtained on at least one landmark, coordinates of at least one landmark are obtained, an angle between the horizontal velocity vector and the horizontal line of sight is computed, the drift of the computed angle is computed, an error is computed on the basis of the obtained coordinates, the computed angle and its computed drift, and the computed error is transferred to a Kalman filter for filtering the error and resetting the inertial unit.
US11486707B2
Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
US11486704B2
A stand-alone module for localizing a surveying device installed with a stand above a ground mark. The module has at least one housing attached between the stand and the surveying device, a measuring camera unit, which is arranged and designed in such a way that when the module is mounted on a stand the ground mark can be detected in the field of view of the measuring camera unit, a power supply, an inclination sensor and a communication unit.
US11486701B2
Provided are embodiments for a system and method for performing real-time detection for mapping. The embodiments include one or more processors, a scanner, and a mobile computing device removably coupled to the 2D scanner where the mobile computing device having a display. Embodiments include collecting scan data of an environment to generate a first map and identifying lines from the collected scan data corresponding to a surface of a structure. Embodiments also include grouping the identified lines into buckets based at least in part on a characteristic of the identified lines and combining the identified lines in each bucket. Embodiments also include optimizing the first map to generate a second map and displaying the second map on the display.
US11486695B2
The present invention provides a measurement device for grinding wheel. One or more thickness measurement device is disposed slidably on a platform. A spinning device is disposed on the platform. A grinding wheel is fixed on the spinning device. The spinning shaft spins the grinding wheel. The one or more thickness measurement device measures the flatness condition of the grinding wheel. Furthermore, according to the present invention, a diameter measurement device is disposed inside the platform and measures the roundness of the outer periphery of the grinding wheel. Since the structure can be disassembled easily, the whole measurement device for grinding wheel can be carried conveniently. In addition, measurements can be performed by users on the site where the grinding wheel is located for real-timely understanding the real size and wear condition of grinding wheel.
US11486694B2
A chromatic range sensor (CRS) system is provided that determines a workpiece thickness and includes an optical pen, an illumination source, a wavelength detector and a processing portion. The optical pen includes an optics portion providing axial chromatic dispersion, the illumination source is configured to generate multi-wavelength light and the wavelength detector includes a plurality of pixels distributed along a measurement axis. In operation, the optical pen inputs a spectral profile from the illumination source and outputs corresponding radiation to first and second workpiece surfaces of a workpiece (e.g., which may be transparent) and outputs reflected radiation to the wavelength detector which provides output spectral profile data. The processing portion processes the output spectral profile data to determine a thickness of the workpiece. In various implementations, the processing to determine the thickness may not rely on determining a distance to the workpiece and/or may utilize transform processing, etc.
US11486687B2
A tape measure attachment with a brush and wiper element is shown and described. The tape measure attachment with a brush and wiper element includes a front section, wherein the front section has an aperture therein. The aperture contains a brush and wiper element therein. The aperture and the brush and wiper element are proportioned to accept a tape of a measuring tape therein. The front section is attached to a base at one end of the base. A pair of prongs are attached to the base near one end of the base, wherein the prongs are configured to frictionally engage a tape measure housing. A second pair of prongs are attached to the base near one end of the base, wherein the prongs are configured to frictionally engage a tape measure housing.
US11486684B1
A dispenser for dispensing powder for firearm ammunition and associated methods. The dispenser can include a hopper, a conveyor, a scale, a dispenser controller, and a tangible storage medium storing instructions executable by the dispenser controller. The dispenser controller can execute a powder calibration sequence and/or a dispensing sequence. In the powder calibration sequence and/or the dispensing sequence, the dispenser controller desirably learns the dispense rate of the powder and uses the dispense rate to optimize dispensing of the powder and increase precision in dispensing a target mass of powder. The conveyor can comprise a conveyor tube having a conveyor tube axis oriented to extend at an upward angle with respect to horizontal.
US11486681B2
A shotgun shell has a polymer wad with a forward shot cup portion and a rearward propellant cup, the wad in a casing, shot in the shot cup, propellant in the propellant cup, and a primer in a head of the casing. The propellant cup having a plurality of fins extending rearwardly that open to a deployed position upon firing and the shot cup having a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially aligned linear slit segments that permit air to circulate and permit expansion of the shot cup.
US11486677B2
A grenade launcher, including: a barrel for launching a projectile at a real target and a sight coupled to the barrel, the sight including: a display that displays an aiming indicator and is configured to display a representative target representing the real target: a sensor configured to track motion of the barrel and accordingly the representative target is moved on the display; and wherein when the display of the representative target coincides with the aiming indicator, the launcher is aimed to launch the projectile to hit the real target.
US11486672B2
A handheld measurement, search and safety device that includes a main frame having a handle, an extendable member that slides outwards from the main frame in measured increments, and an interchangeable support brace comprising either a buttstock or arm brace to allow responders to use the extendable member to survey hazardous materials at a distance, or a one-handed configuration used to survey hazard materials in confined areas. The handheld measurement, search and safety device includes a plurality of picatinny rails disposed on both the main frame and extendable member to removably mount a host of different field survey instruments and/or tactical accessories for detecting, locating, identifying, measuring, or sampling hazardous materials including radioactive materials or toxic chemicals.
US11486658B2
A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The stacked plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of elongated stacked plates extending in a longitudinal direction and stacked against one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction in a stacking direction. First hollow spaces and second hollow spaces are disposed between adjacent stacked plates, through which alternatingly a first medium and a second medium flows. At least one stacked plate has a rib structure disposed on a respective plate surface, structured and arranged to provide a plurality of flow passages within the respective hollow space. The rib structure has a guiding region and two distribution regions. The rib structure differs in the guiding region and in the two distribution regions by shape and size of the plurality of flow passages.
US11486653B2
A support structure for a rotary regenerative heat exchanger includes an upper section, a lower section, and a plurality of support members. The upper section includes an upper ring having a first exterior surface, an upper hub and at least three upper spokes each extending between and secured at respective ends thereof to the upper ring and the upper hub. Each of the plurality of support members are fixedly secured, directly or indirectly, to the upper ring and the lower section. An annular space is between the upper ring and the lower ring, which is configured to receive compartments of a rotor assembly. The upper hub, the upper spokes and the support members cooperate to provide rigidity to the support structure by cooperating to support and transmit the weight of the upper spokes, the upper ring and the upper hub to the lower section.
US11486650B2
A total heat exchange element includes a stacked body that is formed by alternately stacking a first layer provided with a first passage through which a first air flow passes and a second layer provided with a second passage through which a second air flow passes. The stacked body includes a partition member between the first layer and the second layer, a spacing member provided in the first layer and the second layer and maintaining a spacing between the partition members facing each other, and a latent heat shielding member provided partly on the partition member and shielding transfer of latent heat between the first air flow and the second air flow through the partition member.
US11486644B1
A microprocessor-based controller for pellet burners is disclosed that provides a level of safety and reliability to any pellet burner by implementing a feed forward control scheme using sensor detected information in a formula to determine proper processing results, utilizing feedback for proper combustion, such that temperature is effectively controlled, thereby greatly reducing the chance of a fire or an explosion.
US11486635B2
A container enclosing a volume. The container having a container floor facing the volume, a release valve, and a container roof positioned opposite the container floor. The container roof having a container roof inlet that penetrates the container roof. A trough is coupled to the container roof inlet. The trough has at least one beverage mount for holding the beverage, a trough outlet, and a water pump coupled to the trough for transferring a fluid through the trough and the trough outlet.
US11486633B2
Embodiments of this disclosure relate to electronic information, and disclose a smart refrigerator based on big data analysis of a server, including a refrigerator body, a collector, and a communication circuit. The collector is disposed in the refrigerator body and is used to collect human body health parameter information. The communication circuit is disposed in the refrigerator body and is connected to the collector, and is used to: upload human body health parameter information to a server, obtain a diet solution that is returned by the server after the server performs big data analysis on the human body health parameter information, and push the diet solution. This disclosure further discloses a health management method based on a smart refrigerator and a health management system. The smart refrigerator based on big data analysis of a server, the health management method based on a smart refrigerator, and the health management system that are provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can help a user properly plan healthy diets.
US11486630B2
Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an intelligent refrigerator, the method including: obtaining registration information of food comprising an expiration date; storing the registration information; and comparing an expiration date of foods stored in the refrigerator with a current date based on the registration information and visually indicating an alarm on the food, if the remaining days to the expiration date are smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
US11486624B2
A method, system, and apparatus for cooling a product comprises a chilling assembly further comprising a liquid flow assembly including a main conduit, at least one delivery conduit attached to the main conduit, and at least one nozzle attached to the delivery conduit wherein liquid is distributed onto a product from the at least one nozzle; and an airflow assembly including an air pump and at least one input conduit wherein the air pump drives airflow through the input conduit; a conveyor assembly conveys the product through the chilling assembly and a drain pan is configured below the conveyor assembly for collecting drainage and waste.
US11486622B2
An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.
US11486620B2
In a refrigeration cycle apparatus, refrigerant circulates successively through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a detection unit, a heating unit, and a controller. The detection unit is configured to detect a temperature of refrigeration oil in the compressor. The heating unit is configured to heat the refrigeration oil. The controller is configured to operate the heating unit when the temperature detected by the detection unit is lower than a pour point of the refrigeration oil, and to stop the heating by the heating unit when the temperature detected by the detection unit reaches the pour point. Preferably, the heating unit includes a heater provided on an outer side of a compressor casing and at a lower portion of a motor unit.
US11486614B2
This present disclosure provides a compressor and a refrigeration device having the compressor. The refrigeration device has a coupling assembly and a frequency converter connected to one end of the coupling assembly. The compressor has a first shell and a permanent magnet motor. The permanent magnet motor is set in the first shell and connected to the other end of the coupling assembly. By designing the relevant parameters of the motor of the compressor, the efficiency of the motor and the compressor can be improved.
US11486612B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a vapor compression system and an absorption heat pump. The vapor compression system includes a compressor configured to circulate refrigerant through the vapor compression system, an evaporator configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a low temperature heat source, and a condenser configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with an intermediate fluid loop. The absorption heat pump includes an absorption evaporator configured to place a working fluid in thermal communication with the intermediate fluid loop, an absorber configured to mix the working fluid in an absorbent to form a mixture, a generator configured to heat the mixture and separate the working fluid from the absorbent, and an absorbent condenser configured to place the working fluid in thermal communication with a heating fluid.
US11486608B2
A heat exchanging device includes a regenerator that heats an absorbent by external energy and generates a vapor refrigerant by evaporating a refrigerant from the absorbent, a condenser that generates a liquid refrigerant by cooling and liquefying the vapor refrigerant, an evaporator that generates a vapor refrigerant by vaporizing the vapor refrigerant, an absorber that absorbs the liquid refrigerant into the absorbent, and first and second cover members arranged opposite to each other. The evaporator absorbs heat from a space on a second cover member side in a space between the first and second cover members through the second cover member. The absorber dissipates the heat from a space on a first cover member side in the space between the first and second cover members through the first cover member, and circulates the refrigerant and the absorbent.
US11486606B2
Method of forecasting heat output of a solar collector. First, heat output for a plurality of solar collectors is simulated, located at respectively different geographic locations but having the same solar collector settings as the solar collector to be forecasted. The simulation is performed by calculating a dataset of theoretical heat outputs for the plurality of solar collectors, based on acquired 802 related weather data. From the calculated dataset a function is adjusted 810, the function defining the theoretical heat output of any solar collector related to its geographic location, e.g. latitude, solar Direct Normal Irradiation, DNI, and collector settings, e.g. operation temperature, and forecasting the heat output of the solar collector based on the adjusted function.
US11486603B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture that is configured for operably releasing condensate received from a condensate-producing unit toward a drain without allowing a substantial quantity of gas to flow through the system, machine, device, and/or manufacture, those embodiments including a float and/or a housing.
US11486602B2
The present invention provides a foldably packed temperature adjustment fan, which comprises a water tank assembly, having a water storage cavity; and a shell assembly, mounted on a top of the water tank assembly, wherein the shell assembly comprises a plurality of side plate assemblies for surrounding and forming an airflow cavity and a top plate assembly, at least a part of the side plate assemblies are respectively utilized as a whole body and are detachably mounted on an edge of the top of the water tank assembly, and at least a part of the side plate assemblies can be completely accommodated in the water storage cavity after being detached. The present invention further provides a folding method of the foldably packed temperature adjustment fan. When the temperature adjustment fan of the present invention is used, its appearance is the same as that of a normal unit; during packing, a rear plate assembly, a left side plate assembly and a right side plate assembly can be completely accommodated in the water tank assembly, a front panel assembly does not need to be detached, and as long as the front panel assembly is turned over, fast folding is completed; and the package size is small, associated components are less, and logistics transportation is convenient.
US11486601B2
An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing, a chassis, and an air duct assembly. The housing includes a face frame including an inner cavity having an opening. The chassis covers a side of the face frame. The air duct assembly includes a mounting bracket movably mounted at the chassis and detachably connected with the face frame. The mounting bracket is configured to move into or out of the inner cavity through the opening of the inner cavity along an insertion direction.
US11486600B2
An air conditioner includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit includes: a DC motor; an inrush-current prevention relay having a coil and a contact provided on a supply line of an AC power supply as a power supply of the outdoor unit, in which the contact is in an electrically-disconnected state when any current does not flow through the coil and is in an electrically-connected state when a current flows through the coil; a PTC connected in parallel to the contact; and a temperature protector provided on a supply line of a relay-driving power supply as a power supply of the inrush-current prevention relay, which is in an electrically-connected state when a temperature of the DC motor is lower than a predetermined temperature, but is in an electrically-disconnected state when the temperature of the DC motor reaches a predetermined temperature or higher.
US11486598B2
The present disclosure discloses a fan driving device, and the fan driving device comprises a sensing unit and a processing unit, wherein the sensing unit at least comprises a microwave sensing module; the sensing unit is at least used for sensing whether any human activity exists within the action range based on microwave sensing according to a certain microwave sensing cycle, and outputting a sensing signal to the processing unit periodically; and the processing unit is used for processing the sensing signal, so that the driving device can adaptively control the turn-on and turn-off of the fan and adaptively regulate the working power of the fan. Based on this, a dynamic intelligent fan driving device without a user's turn-on and turn-off action and based on environmental state sensing is realized.
US11486594B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit and an indoor unit that include devices and a pipe constituting a refrigerant circuit and a remote control connected to the indoor unit. Each of the outdoor unit and the indoor unit includes a sensor configured to detect temperature states of the devices and the pipe. The outdoor unit or the indoor unit includes a memory configured to hold sensor information indicating a result of the detection by the sensor and control information indicating control states of the devices. The remote control includes a microcomputer configured to receive information indicating states of sections based on the sensor information and the control information, output an estimated cause of trouble as output values, and compute a value corresponding to a possibility of being cause of trouble by using a neural network, and a display unit configured to display a result.
US11486585B2
A panel comprising a heat providing layer is presented. The panel includes panel coupling means arranged for coupling the panel to adjacent panels. Longitudinal grooves are arranged in the panel along the whole length of the panel. In order to provide heat, at least one electrical end connector is arranged at one or more end panel coupling means. The electrical end connectors are arranged for being electrically connected to the heat providing layer, for being at least partly electrically conductive, and for at least partly protruding from the one or more end panel coupling means, thereby providing an electrical connection between the heat providing layer of the panel and a corresponding heat providing layer of at least one adjacent panel coupled to the panel. The invention also concerns a heating system comprising such a panel, the electrical end connector, and a method for installing such a heating system.
US11486580B2
A spacer for a fluid nozzle can include a body configured to fit within a sheath of the fluid nozzle such that a fluid tube positioned within the sheath is held bent over its longitudinal dimension by the body thereby altering a natural frequency of the fuel tube compared to if the fuel tube were not held bent.
US11486566B2
Disclosed is a modular housing for drivers used for LED lamps. The housing includes connectors for AC in from a power source, DC out to the lamps, and also has connectors allowing for control lines to be received from a control box. The housing includes an arrangement for creating two opposite stacks of drivers. The fronts of the drivers are cooled by circulating air through the space between the stacks, and heat is also dissipated through the side walls of the housing, which acts as a heat sink. The number and specifications of the drivers in the housing are configured such that every module is able to serve a number of LED lamps.
US11486561B2
The invention relates to an area light decorative element (1) comprising an optically activatable symbol body (2) at least partially formed of a transparent optically activatable first material (9) and configured to emit visible light in response to the optically activatable symbol body (2) being excited with electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined first frequency range, a light element (3) consisting of a transparent material, wherein the optically activatable symbol body (2) is arranged in the light element (3), a touch-sensitive surface (4) disposed in a first area (5) of a surface of the light element (3) above the optically activatable symbol body (2) for detecting a touch of a user in the first area (5), and an illumination unit (6) which is arranged to emit visible light in a predetermined visible frequency range (22) into the light element (3) and, together with the visible light, also to emit electromagnetic radiation in the predetermined first frequency range into the light element (3).
US11486560B2
A display unit including: a plurality of first light emitting regions from which a first color light is to be extracted; a plurality of second light emitting regions from which a color light different from the first color light is to be extracted; a first light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of first light emitting regions and emitting the first color light; a second light emitting device provided in each of the plurality of second light emitting regions and emitting the first color light having a wavelength variation greater than a wavelength variation of the first color light to be emitted from the first light emitting device; and a wavelength converter provided in the second light emitting regions and converting a wavelength of the first color light emitted from the second light emitting device.
US11486558B2
A light-emitting device (20) includes a light-emitting region (140). The light-emitting region (140) includes a plurality of light-emitting units (142) and a plurality of light-transmitting units (144), and each of the plurality of light-transmitting units (144) is located between the light-emitting elements (142) adjacent to each other. The light-emitting region (140) is located on a side of one surface (outer surface (202)) of a base material (200) having light-transmitting properties and has an inclination with respect to the one surface (outer surface (202)). The base material (200) is rear glass of an automobile. The base material (200) partitions a region outside a mobile object (region (RG1)) from a region inside the mobile object (region (RG2)).
US11486557B2
To provide a vehicle lamp that, without providing an additional light blocking member, is capable of blocking light emission that is not routed via a lens or reflector for light distribution control, with a simple and compact configuration. It is provided with a first substrate 61b on which a first light source 61a is mounted that emits first light L1 towards the front of the lamp, a second substrate 62b provided in non-parallel to the first substrate 61b, wherein a second light source 62a for emitting second light L2 in a direction different from the direction of the first light L1 is mounted on the second substrate, and a rotating reflector 8 that rotates a reflective surface about a rotating shaft, the reflective surface reflecting the second light L2, wherein part of the first light L1 is blocked by a protruding portion 62c provided where one end of the second substrate 62b protrudes in the direction of emission of the first light L1 beyond the point of intersection where the extension of the first substrate 61b intersects the second substrate 62b.
US11486556B1
A luminaire bezel attachment assembly with a lens that is defined by a lens body with one or more bezel engagement keyways, and a flange around the lens body. An inner bezel is coupled to the lens and defined by one or more inner bezel keys receivable within the corresponding one of the one or more bezel engagement keyways of the lens. An outer bezel is coupled to the lens and defined by one or more outer bezel keys that are receivable within the corresponding one of the one or more bezel engagement keyways of the lens. The outer bezel keys overlap the corresponding one of the one or more inner bezel keys.
US11486551B2
Wands of the present disclosure have features that increase entertainment value, improve portability, durability, and balance, making the wands especially well-suited for use in creative routines. The wands include a middle section or an end section that at least partially houses a light engine, and at least one pole configured to couple to the middle section or end section in an axially-aligned assembly. The light engine causes the pole to transmit light.
US11486550B2
Provided is a method for producing a wavelength conversion sintered body that emits light under irradiation of excitation light. The method for producing a wavelength conversion sintered body includes: preparing a molded body obtained by molding a mixture containing an α-SiAlON fluorescent material and aluminum oxide particles and having a content of Ga of 15 ppm by mass or less; and primary calcining the molded body at a temperature in a range of 1,370° C. or more and 1,600° C. or less to obtain a first sintered body.
US11486542B2
The invention is a reservoir for the storage of a pressurized fluid such as compressed air notably to the storage and recovery of energy using compressed air. In particular, the reservoir comprises at least one tube formed of an arrangement of concentric layers (C1, C2, C3, C4). This arrangement comprises, working from the inside toward the outside of the tube, an internal layer (C1) formed of concrete, a layer (C2) formed of steel of thickness E, at least one layer (C3) formed by a winding of steel wires (C3″) on a sublayer (C3′) of concrete, and an external layer (C4) which protects the wires against at least one of physical and chemical damage, and in which the wires are subjected to circumferential (hoop) tensile prestress with at least one of the thickness E and the prestress being rated to withstand the pressure of pressurized fluid.
US11486541B2
A bearing lubricator for lubricating a plurality of device bearings in a device includes a solitary monitored bearing and at least one unmonitored bearing. The bearing lubricator includes a reservoir configured to contain lubricant, a plurality of conduits connecting the reservoir to the plurality of bearing, and a mechanism connected to the reservoir for advancing the lubricant from the reservoir to the plurality of device bearings when actuated. The bearing lubricator further includes a solitary sensor for sensing a variable of the monitored bearing and a controller. The controller stores a triggering value of the variable of the monitored bearing. The mechanism advances a substantially identical quantity of the lubricant from the reservoir to each of the plurality of bearings when a signal indicative of the variable is advanced to the controller and when that signal indicates the triggering value of the variable has been met.
US11486539B2
A suspension mounting mechanism is provided. The suspension mounting mechanism is adapted to be mounted on a first ceiling structure. The suspension mounting mechanism includes a suspension bracket, a first holding hook, a second holding hook, a first stopping unit, a second stopping unit, and a locking unit. The first holding hook and the second holding hook are affixed to the suspension bracket. The first stopping unit is moveably disposed on the suspension bracket. The second stopping unit is moveably disposed on the suspension bracket. In a first state of assembly, the first ceiling structure presses and moves the first and second stopping units. In a first mounting state, the first holding hook and the first stopping unit abut one side of the first ceiling structure, and the second holding hook and the second stopping unit abut the other side of the first ceiling structure.
US11486527B2
A method of forming a pipe joint between a pipe section and a pipe fitting includes inserting an end of the pipe section into a socket of the pipe fitting, and attaching a removable clamp to the pipe section and pipe fitting. The socket includes a centering device and a pipe stop that is configured to receive the end of the pipe section. The clamp includes a plurality of arcuate segments and a tightening mechanism, and each arcuate member has a removable/replaceable sealing member. The arcuate members are radially compressed via the tightening mechanism to cause the respective sealing members to seal an open end of the gap. A bonding agent is then injected into the gap via a port that extends through the pipe fitting. Once the bonding agent has been injected, the clamp is removed and can be reused.
US11486522B2
A pipe connector includes a body, a cam ring, a seal element, a push ring, and a gripper. The body has an aperture through an outer surface. The cam ring is configured to be located around the outer surface. The seal element is configured to be seated around an inner surface of the body. The push ring is configured to be slideably located within the body, and to have an aperture configured to be aligned with the aperture of the body. The gripper is configured to be located through the aperture in the body and into a first depth of the cam element. The cam ring is configured to rotate, moving the gripper axially to draw the push ring against the seal element and to move the gripper radially to grip the pipe.
US11486517B2
This gland for a sealed feedthrough of an orifice of a partition using a filiform component such as an electric cable, in particular, of the type including: a gland body for the passage of the filiform component, sealingly fixed to the partition to be passed through opposite the orifice; a seal in the form of a deformable sleeve, placed in a corresponding housing of the gland body, around the component; and a component forming a rammer for compressing the seal in the form of a deformable sleeve and deforming them in the housing of the gland body against the filiform component, so as to provide the seal between the gland body and the filiform component. The seal in the form of a deformable sleeve is in the form of a stack of annular seals.
US11486515B2
For determining the operability of a fluid driven safety valve, a method comprising the following steps is described: A partial stroke test is performed on the safety valve, resulting in a stroke-pressure curve. The stroke pressure curve is extrapolated (330, 340) beyond the measured range (360) up to the safety closing position (350). From the extrapolated stroke-pressure curve, the closing pressure reserve (320) can be determined. In this way, the functionality of the safety valve can be checked during operation.
US11486512B2
An open/closed display handle for rotating a spindle of an open/closed valve mechanism of a valve device includes a handle main body having a handle-side gear that rotates about an axis of the spindle, a rotary display body having an open/closed display portion that displays an open/closed valve state and a display body-side gear, and a rotary fixed body that pivotally supports planetary gears. The planetary gears, the handle-side gear, and the display body-side gear form a differential rotation mechanism, and a visual recognition restricting body that covers the rotary display body and has openings that open to allow a portion to be displayed of the open/closed display portion to be visually recognized from an outside and a transparent cover body that covers an entire outer side of the visual recognition restricting body and is translucent to allow visual recognition from an outer side form the handle main body.
US11486505B2
An automatic plate valve having a valve seat, a valve guard, a longitudinal axis (L) and a valve element arranged between the valve seat and the valve guard and movable along the longitudinal axis (L). The valve seat includes an end face having with valve seat openings oriented towards the valve guard, and a plurality of passages, which have a fluid-conducting connection to the valve seat openings. The valve element includes sealing element interacting with the valve seat openings. Wherein some of the passages have a different distance to the longitudinal axis in a radial direction (R). The end face of the valve seat including a plurality of grooved recesses, forming valve seat openings, with passages open into the same recess, the passages forming a fluid-conducting connection to the valve seat opening. Some of these passages connected to the valve seat opening have different distances to the longitudinal axis.
US11486503B2
An assembly having at least two chambers (1, 2) and at least one transfer valve (3), wherein: a valve housing interior (9) of the transfer valve (3) is separated from each the chamber interiors (4, 5) of the chambers (1, 2) by respective partitions (12, 13) and a transfer opening (14, 15) for the feeding through of objects and/or fluids is formed in each of the partitions (12, 13) and in addition to the transfer opening (14, 15) in question an additional opening (16, 17) is arranged in each of the partitions (12, 13). The additional openings (16, 17) can be closed by respective switching valves (18, 19) of the assembly and, in an open state of the respective switching valves (18, 19), directly fluidically connect the valve housing interior (9) to the respective chamber interiors (4, 5) adjoining the respective partitions (12, 13).
US11486498B1
A compression ring for a shrouded compressor including a radially inner surface having one or more areas configured to mate flush with one or more portions of a radially outward surface of a shroud of the shrouded compressor, a radially outer surface located opposite the radially inner surface, a labyrinth seal located on the radially outer surface, a groove located within the radially inner surface, and a load ring located within the groove.
US11486494B2
A seal for sealing three adjacent structures is provided. The seal has a plurality of sealing legs designed to seal against different parts of the adjacent structures. In addition, the seal may have side sealing structures that seal against a groove in which the seal may be located.
US11486492B2
A shift device includes: a shift switching member that includes a plurality of valley portions corresponding to a shift position; and an actuator that drives the shift switching member. The actuator includes a motor, a driving force transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force of the motor to an output shaft, a control board that includes a rotation angle sensor detecting a rotation angle of the motor and controls the motor based on a detection result obtained by the rotation angle sensor, a housing and an outer lid that form a housing space housing the motor and the control board, the outer lid covering an opening of the housing, and an inner lid that is housed in the housing space and to which the motor is attached, and the housing includes a first positioning portion that positions both the inner lid and the control board with respect to the housing.
US11486487B2
A gear box includes a casing having an interior. A rotating component is arranged in the interior of the casing. A bearing including a rotating element, and a fixed element is connected with the casing in the interior. A submersible pump is arranged in the interior of the casing. The submersible pump includes a first housing portion extending about the rotating component fixedly mounted to the casing at the interior. A second housing portion is fixedly mounted to the casing at the interior and is aligned with the first housing portion. The first and second housing portions form a lubricant reservoir which holds lubricant. An impeller is mounted to the rotating component and arranged in the lubricant reservoir. One of the first and second housing portions includes an outlet through which the pumped lubricant is directed toward the rotating element.
US11486486B2
A transmission includes a bar supporting at least one sensor for measuring an operating parameter of the transmission. The sensor bar is provided with an oil channel for transportation of lubrication oil to at least one component of the transmission.
US11486473B2
A stack of disk springs are placed between a second piston of a dual hydraulic variable force tensioner system and a hydraulic tensioner arm to allow much higher spring rates if desired. The springs may be stacked in multiple configurations to provide different spring rates. Package space can be reduced depending on the number of springs and orientations of said springs within the tensioner arm.
US11486470B2
Methods and systems are provided for an actuation system for a driveline shifting member in a transmission system of a vehicle. In one example, a system may include an actuator coupled to a lever arm via one or more parallel axis gears, and a shaft connecting the lever arm to a driveline shifting member, the lever arm driven via a rolling element housed within a slot in the lever arm aligned with a center of a parallel axis gear of the one or more parallel axis gears.
US11486465B2
A protected synthetic tensile member assembly including one or more fixed terminations used to transmit a tensile load from the tensile member to an external component. The tensile member includes access for inspection of its constituent fibers in at least one selected inspection region. The region is selected on the basis of the area of interest to the tensile member's use—such as the area of greatest stress concentration, the area of greatest abrasion, or an area of likely strand-to strand or overall cable translation. A removable cover is provided for the inspection region. A user may selectively remove this cover in order to gain access to the inspection region.
US11486464B2
Transverse segments (10) for a drive belt (6) for a belt-and-pulley-type continuously variable transmission include a row of these transverse segments (10) mounted on a stack (9) of several, mutually nested rings. The transverse segments (10) are provided with a protrusion (40) that protrudes from a front surface (11) thereof and with a corresponding cavity (41) that is provided in a back surface (12) thereof. An offset is provided between the protrusion (40) and the cavity (41) in the radial direction of the drive belt (6), such that in the row of transverse segments (10) in the drive belt (6) these will be inclined backwards by the forced insertion of the protrusion (40) into the cavity (41).
US11486458B2
A brake-side clutch part includes an outer ring whose rotation is restricted and an output shaft from which rotation is output. The outer ring is provided with a slide gear that meshes with the output shaft when rotational torque is cut off and releases a meshing state with the output shaft when rotational torque is transmitted. The output shaft is provided with an inner gear that meshes with the slide gear so as to be slightly rotatable. An alignment part that aligns a phase of the inner gear with that of the slide gear when rotational torque is cut off, and a centering part that returns the inner gear to a neutral position with respect to the output shaft when rotational torque is transmitted are provided between the inner gear and the output shaft.
US11486453B2
An automatic transmission includes a clutch having a drum section, a hub, a friction plate, a piston that presses the friction plate, a hydraulic chamber to which hydraulic oil is supplied to urge the piston in a direction toward the friction plate, and a cancellation chamber to which hydraulic oil is supplied to cancel a centrifugal hydraulic pressure applied to the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic chamber, and the piston is interposed between the hydraulic chamber and the cancellation chamber. The drum section includes communication passages that extend in a radial direction and respectively communicate with the hydraulic chamber and the cancellation chamber. Of the communication passages, in the communication passage that communicates with the cancellation chamber, an adjustment member is provided at an end portion on a radially inner side, and can adjust an atmospheric air release position of the communication passage in the radial direction.
US11486452B2
A transmission device includes: a shaft member, in the outer circumferential surface of which is formed a male thread centered about a second axis perpendicular to a first axis of a friction clutch; a screw member has a female thread that meshes with the male thread; an arm reciprocates together with the screw member; a first cam member couples to the arm to regulate the rotation of the screw member and rotates around the first axis; a second cam member has a cam surface that is oriented in the direction of the first axis to oppose a cam surface of the first cam member; and a rolling member is disposed between the two cam surfaces to roll on the two cam surfaces; the first cam member or the second cam member subjects the friction clutch to a force oriented in the direction of the first axis.
US11486443B2
An axial-flux generator for fluid turbines has a continuously variable generator that is constructed of a pair of rotors that move radially across a stator resulting in varying torque and varying power output. In one embodiment the rotors are normally held proximal to the center of a stator by spring tension. The stator is larger than the normally held position of the rotors. As the angular velocity of the rotors increases, the rotors move radially toward the perimeter of the stator, thus encountering a greater stator surface area providing increased torque, increased power generation and a higher-rated output speed when used with a fluid turbine.
US11486439B2
A drive shaft body extends between axial ends and has an outer peripheral surface with undulations extending between relatively greater and smaller outer diameters. The undulations extend along a non-zero angle relative to a circumferential direction defined relative to a drive axis of the drive shaft. The undulations extend along a spiral. The drive shaft body is formed of a fiber-reinforced composite material.
US11486436B2
A wrench width adapter for a component that is screwable into a threaded opening is provided, including a base body having a continuous inner recess, extending along a longitudinal axis, for receiving the screw-in component. An inner wall of the base body that delimits the inner recess, in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, has, at least in part, the shape of a regular polygon corresponding to a first wrench width dimension, and an outer wall of the base body has, at least in part, the shape of a regular polygon corresponding to a second wrench width dimension that is greater than the first wrench width dimension.
US11486434B2
A retention apparatus, system and method of attaching items, panels or other devices to a rail formed in longitudinal lengths configured with a cross-sectional profile having multiple cooperating structures between the rail and a channel nut including a recess formed between a tooth and shelf on an interior first channel portion of the rail and a flange of the channel nut, between an anchor latch of the rail and hook flange on the channel nut, and cooperating forces and movement of the biasing element secured to the channel nut.
US11486425B2
The present invention relates to an assembly of a first component (1) and a second component (2) of a wind turbine, the assembly comprises, a paired eccentric cam adjuster (10) adapted for a connection of the first component and the second component of a wind turbine, said components (1,2) each having at least one hole (3,4), the adjuster comprising, a first and second eccentric cam adjuster (7,8), both comprising, a tube (101) with an outer surface and an inner bore (103), with a first central longitudinal axis (321) of the outer surface having an offset (320) from a second central longitudinal axis (322) of the inner bore and a flange (102) arranged at one end of the tube, said cam adjusters (7,8) arranged to be inserted into said holes, and a bolt (5) and a nut (6) arranged to be inserted in the inner bores.
US11486421B2
Hydraulically-amplified, self-healing, electrostatic transducers that harness electrostatic and hydraulic forces to achieve various actuation modes. Electrostatic forces between electrode pairs of the transducers generated upon application of a voltage to the electrode pairs draws the electrodes in each pair towards each other to displace a liquid dielectric contained within an enclosed internal cavity of the transducers to drive actuation in various manners. The electrodes and the liquid dielectric form a self-healing capacitor whereby the liquid dielectric automatically fills breaches in the liquid dielectric resulting from dielectric breakdown. Due to the resting shape of the cavity, a zipping-mechanism allows for selectively actuating the electrodes to a desired extent by controlling the voltage supplied.
US11486417B2
An actuator assembly comprises a housing having a piston at least partially disposed therein. The actuator assembly includes at least one biasing mechanism disposed within the housing to selectively position the piston between a first position, a second position, and a third position located between the first and second positions.
US11486409B2
A system of interlocks for controlling flow of low temperature process streams in a manufacturing process through a cold box to equipment or piping not specified for such temperatures by opening and closing valves and starting and stopping pumps. At least one interlock affects streams heated in the cold box. At least one interlock affects the streams cooled in the cold box. The interlocks are activated by temperatures of process lines to prevent exposure of equipment and piping to low temperatures while preventing the shutdown of the cold box. An override controller including a predictive failure capability is also provided.
US11486403B1
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rotational electric fan including a fan head and a fan holder, wherein the fan head and the fan holder are connected through a rotational structure. The rotational structure includes: a fitting structure, including a circular cover fitting groove disposed on the fan head and a circular fitting head disposed on the fan holder and cooperating with the circular cover fitting groove, so as to fit the fan head and the fan holder together; a circular spacer, fixed on a surface of the circular fitting head facing toward the fan head and being in interference contact with a surface of the circular cover fitting groove facing toward the circular fitting head, so as to support rotational movement of the fan head relative to the fan holder.
US11486397B2
Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor having a shaft balancer capable of attenuating vibration while preventing deformation of the rotary shaft during operation at a high speed.
US11486396B2
A variable capacity screw compressor comprises a suction port, at least two screw rotors and a discharge port being configured in relation to a selected rotational speed that operates at least one screw rotor at an optimum peripheral velocity that is independent of a peripheral velocity of the at least one screw rotor at a synchronous motor rotational speed for a rated screw compressor capacity. A motor is configured to drive the at least one screw rotor at a rotational speed at a full-load capacity that is substantially greater than the synchronous motor rotational speed at the rated screw compressor capacity. A variable speed drive receives a command signal from a controller and generates a control signal that drives the motor at the selected rotational speed.
US11486379B2
A system, method apparatus including a bimetallic mechanical pump diaphragm for fluid handling including two walls forming a chamber divided by a snap-acting bimetallic mechanical diaphragm which uses the rapid, concavity inversing, buckling transition of the diaphragm pump fluid as thermal energy in a first fluid is converted to mechanical energy to push a second fluid as the diaphragm moves from a first position to a second position in the chamber. Two sets of inlet and outlet passageways include one way valves to control the flow of the first and second fluids having different temperatures.
US11486348B2
An optical analysis device for determining particulate matter includes three light sources having different wavelengths, an apparatus for combining the three transmitted light beams on a common optical path, a measurement volume, an optical axis in the forward scattering direction that defines the scattering angle 0°, a light absorption apparatus at 0° that absorbs unscattered light, and six detectors arranged at different specified angles which are as close as possible to 0° directly next to the light absorption apparatus, at a second scattering angle between 7° and 40°, at a third scattering angle between 41° and 70°, at a fourth scattering angle between 71° and 115°, at a fifth scattering angle between 116° and 145°, at a sixth scattering angle between 146° and 180°. A control and evaluation unit controls the light sources such that the scattered light is detected in a wavelength selective manner by the detectors.
US11486343B2
In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve, a plurality of recess parts are provided in an attracted face of a movable core, the recess parts dividing a taper face of the movable core into a plurality of sections along a peripheral direction of the movable core. Accordingly, a fuel oil film present in an engaged part between an annular projection of a fixed core and the taper face is sectioned at a plurality of locations, thereby suppressing a sticking phenomenon of the engaged part caused by the fuel oil film. Therefore, when energization of a coil is cut off, a delay in detachment of the movable core from the fixed core is eliminated, thus contributing to improvement of valve-closing responsiveness.
US11486339B2
The invention relates to an air filter housing for use in an air cleaning arrangement for cleaning air to be provided to an air inlet of an internal combustion engine. The air filter housing comprises: a filter housing inlet for receiving air; and a filter housing outlet for providing filtered air to the air inlet of the internal combustion engine when an air filter is arranged inside the air filter housing between the filter housing inlet and the filter housing outlet. The air filter housing further comprises a closing arrangement controllable to be in each of a first state in which the filter housing outlet is closed by the closing arrangement, and a second state in which the filter housing outlet is open. The closing arrangement may comprise an iris shutter.
US11486337B2
An integrated exhaust system apparatus to be mounted on an engine is provided. The apparatus includes an apparatus housing; an engine interface; an exhaust system interface with a first exhaust apparatus outlet configured to direct a first portion of exhaust through the housing wall; an EGR interface with a second exhaust apparatus outlet configured to direct a second portion of exhaust through the apparatus housing wall; and an exhaust manifold arranged within the apparatus interior. The exhaust manifold includes a first manifold outlet configured to direct the first portion of exhaust out of the manifold interior and a second manifold outlet configured to direct the second portion of exhaust out of the manifold interior. An EGR cooler is arranged within the apparatus interior with passages fluidly coupled such that the second portion of exhaust is directed out of the apparatus housing via the second exhaust apparatus outlet.
US11486336B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a propulsion apparatus of liquid propellant rocket engine. The propulsion apparatus of liquid propellant rocket engine, the propulsion apparatus including: a body in which liquid propellant flows; an injector core located inside the body; at least one outlet connected to the injector core to discharge combustion gas; and an injector for discharging the liquid propellant flowing into the body, wherein the injector is located in an area adjacent to the outlet, wherein the liquid propellant moves between a frame of the body and a frame of the injector core.
US11486323B2
There is provided with an engine control device that can reduce the time it takes to start the monitoring of an output of an engine. The engine control device comprises a monitor unit configured to monitor an output of an engine when engine speed is a threshold or more, and a control unit configured to control the engine based on a result of the monitor unit, wherein the monitor unit includes an output determination unit that determines whether the output of the engine is excessive, and a change unit that changes in accordance with a warm-up state of the engine, the threshold.
US11486322B2
The exhaust purification device of an internal combustion engine comprises a catalyst 20 arranged in an exhaust passage and able to store oxygen; and an air-fuel ratio control device configured to control an air-fuel ratio of inflowing exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst. The air-fuel ratio control device is configured to perform a distribution forming control controlling the air-fuel ratio of the inflowing exhaust gas so that in the catalyst, a first region with an oxygen storage amount of equal to or greater than a predetermined value and a second region with an oxygen storage amount of less than the predetermined value are alternately formed along an axial direction of the catalyst. The total number of the first region and the second region formed by the distribution forming control is equal to or greater than three.
US11486318B2
To control an engine shutdown in an aircraft, a control system includes a fuel supply shut-off member, a control member with a set of switches, a first switch on an electrical power supply link of the fuel supply shut-off member and second switches connected to avionics of the aircraft, the set of switches switching position on an engine shutdown command. An engine shutdown confirmation unit includes a third switch on the electrical power supply link, the third switch in open position by default. The engine shutdown confirmation unit includes electronic circuitry configured to switch the third switch over to closed position when a predefined quantity Q of switches of the control member switches position within a sliding window of predefined duration and, otherwise, keeps the third switch in open position. Thus, it is ensured that the engine shutdown is intentional.
US11486314B2
An environmental control system for an aircraft includes a higher pressure tap associated with a higher compression location in a main compressor section. The higher pressure tap leads into a turbine section of a turbocompressor such that air in the higher pressure tap drives the turbine section to in turn drive a compressor section of the turbocompressor. A combined outlet receives airflow from a turbine outlet and a compressor outlet intermixing airflow and passing the mixed airflow downstream to be delivered to an aircraft system. A buffer air outlet communicates airflow to an engine buffer air system.
US11486312B2
A turbomachine engine can include an unducted fan assembly, an unducted vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and a gearbox efficiency rating. The unducted fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The unducted vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include one or more compressor sections and one or more turbine sections. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to the one or more turbine sections of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output is coupled to the unducted fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 4.1-14.0. The gearbox efficiency rating is 0.10-1.8.
US11486309B2
An embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case, a combustor liner disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle at an upstream end of the combustor liner, a torch igniter at least partially within the combustor case, and a removable surface igniter. The torch igniter includes a combustion chamber, a cap configured to receive a fuel injector, a tip, an annular igniter wall extending from the cap to the tip and defining a radial extent of the combustion chamber, an aperture, a structural wall coaxial with and surrounding the igniter wall, and an outlet passage within the tip which fluidly connects the combustion chamber to the combustor. The torch igniter is configured to receive the removable surface igniter through the aperture. An internal end of the removable surface igniter extends through the aperture into the combustion chamber of the torch igniter.
US11486301B2
To suppress separation of air flows in air holes that are positioned in the outermost circumferential row in an air hole plate, but are far from a turn guide. A gas turbine combustor includes: an inner cylinder forming a combustion chamber; an outer cylinder forming a cylindrical outer circumference flow path through which compressed air flows, between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder; an end cover closing an end portion of the outer cylinder; an air hole plate having air holes introducing the compressed air passed through the outer circumference flow path, into the combustion chamber; a plurality of fuel nozzles injecting a fuel into the combustion chamber via the air holes; a turn guide provided to the inner cylinder or the air hole plate and guiding a turn of the compressed air passed through the outer circumference flow path; and an auxiliary guide provided at an outer circumferential portion of a surface of the air hole plate facing the fuel nozzles, so as to be positioned on an inner circumference side with respect to the turn guide.
US11486299B2
A longitudinally adjustable connecting rod for a piston engine, where the connecting rod includes a first connecting rod end for receiving a piston pin and a second connecting rod end for receiving a crankshaft journal, where the distance between the piston pin and the crankshaft journal is adjustable in the longitudinal direction (A) of the connecting rod by way of a hydraulic control device with a hydraulic control valve. The hydraulic control valve comprises a control cylinder and a control slide which is guided in a slidable manner in the control cylinder and which can be pressurized, and at least one outlet valve which can be actuated by the control slide. The control slide comprises a control piston which is arranged on the end face, with a control pressure surface which can be subjected to the hydraulic control pressure and which defines a control pressure chamber in the control cylinder. The use of such a longitudinally adjustable connecting rod with a hydraulic control device in a piston engine as well as a corresponding piston engine is also provided.
US11486298B1
An engine-generator set with a single-cylinder diesel engine and an electrical generator with a rotor secured to the engine crankshaft. The rotor is cantilevered on an end of the crankshaft. The engine has an electrically activatable fuel injector connected to a continuously pressurized fuel supply, such as in a common rail injection system. The engine exhaust passes through a catalyst bed. In a marine version, the catalyst bed is disposed within an injection elbow.
US11486290B2
An exhaust gas after-treatment mixing device comprises a casing, a mixing pipe located in the casing and a partition plate separating the casing into an upstream space and a downstream space. The mixing pipe comprises a first pipe portion located in the upstream space and a second pipe portion located in the downstream space. The first pipe portion is provided with at least two first openings located on two sides of the first pipe portion, respectively. A shielding plate shields an upstream portion of at least one of the first openings. The shielding plate is shaped and positioned within the casing to urge exhaust gas flowing through the upstream space away from the first end of the mixing pipe and around the shielding plate prior to entering the first openings.
US11486288B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system for treating an exhaust gas stream from an engine, which includes a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) located downstream of the engine and adapted for oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, an injector adapted for the addition of a reductant to the exhaust gas stream located downstream of the DOC, a catalyzed soot filter (CSF) located downstream of the injector, and a selective catalytic reduction component adapted for the oxidation of nitrogen oxides located downstream of the CSF. The CSF is adapted for oxidizing hydrocarbons and includes a selective oxidation catalyst composition on a filter with high selectivity ratio for hydrocarbon oxidation:ammonia oxidation (e.g., at least 0.6).
US11486287B2
A control device is configured to execute a process of calculating an increase amount of deterioration obtained by subtracting from a first degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the three-way catalyst during execution of the oxygen supply process a second degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of a three-way catalyst in a case where an oxygen supply process of supplying oxygen to an exhaust passage is assumed not to be executed, a process of calculating an integrated value of the increase amount of deterioration, and a process of executing a deterioration reduction process of reducing a rate of deterioration of the three-way catalyst in a case where the calculated integrated value is equal to or larger than a first determination value.
US11486284B2
Provided is a heat exchange device 1 in which: a heat exchange path composed of a plurality of heat exchange branch paths ER1 and ER2 and a detour path DR are provided inside a base structure 2 having a fluid introducing portion 21 and a fluid discharging portion 22; a heat exchange portion 4 through which a heating target fluid is arranged in each of the heat exchange branch paths ER1 and ER2; and a switching portion is provided that can switch a flow of heated fluid circulating through the base structure 2 so as to be regulated to either the heat exchange path or the detour path DR. A heat exchange device having excellent heat exchange performance and capable of shortening the length and reducing the size is provided.
US11486282B2
A vacuum clear and an electric motor module (100) therefor are provided. The electric motor module (100) includes an outer casing (1) provided with an air inlet (10) at a front side thereof and an air outlet (11) at a rear side thereof; an electric motor assembly (2) arranged in the outer casing (1), and cooperating with the outer casing (1) to define an air passage in communication with the air inlet (10) and the air outlet (11); and a silencer (3) arranged at the air inlet (10), defining at least one resonant cavity therein, and the at least one resonant cavity having a side wall provided with a throat in communication with the resonant cavity.
US11486281B2
A displacement machine is for acting on a working fluid and is provided with a lubricant and working fluid separator. The fluid separator has a separator volume constrained by a shielding member, a first fluid channel providing fluid communication between a first and second inner volumes and the separator volume, a second fluid channel providing fluid communication between the separator volume and a working fluid return volume. The fluid separator, the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel are fully contained within a full volume of the displacement machine. A method is for separating lubricant and working fluid in a displacement machine.
US11486280B2
A system includes an oil catch compartment, at least one magnetic stud or rod, a motor compartment, and a switch. The oil catch compartment includes a first end configured for coupling to an oil filter. The at least one magnetic stud or rod is positioned along a sidewall of the oil catch compartment. The motor compartment includes a gearbox shaft and a puncturing device. The gearbox shaft is telescopically coupled to a second end of the oil catch compartment. The puncturing device is coupled to the gearbox shaft and positioned at least partially within the housing of the motor compartment or the oil catch compartment. The switch is formed on an outside surface of a battery compartment and communicatively connected to a motor coupled to the gearbox shaft. The switch is actuatable to cause the motor to advance the puncturing device via the gearbox shaft.
US11486277B2
A lubrication system for an internal combustion engine of a work vehicle includes an engine oil sump and a pump unit fluidly connected to the engine oil sump to receive engine oil therefrom. The pump unit, in turn, includes a first oil pump comprising a variable displacement pump, a second oil pump, a drive line mechanically coupled to the first oil pump and the second oil pump that drives each of the pumps, and a manifold that directs engine oil from the engine oil sump to the first and second oil pumps. A first oil circuit is fluidly coupled to the first oil pump to direct a first flow of engine oil to piston spray jets in the engine and a second oil circuit is fluidly coupled to the second oil pump to direct a second flow of engine oil to one or more oiled engine components in the engine.
US11486269B2
A gas turbine engine includes a core housing that includes an inlet case and an intermediate case that respectively provide an inlet case flow path and an intermediate case flow path. A first shaft supports a low pressure compressor section that is arranged axially between the inlet case flow path and the intermediate case flow path. A first bearing supports the first shaft relative to the inlet case. A second bearing supports a second shaft relative to the intermediate case. A low pressure compressor hub is mounted to the first shaft. The low pressure compressor hub extends to the low pressure compressor section between the first bearing and the second bearing.
US11486265B1
A variable guide vane assembly has: variable guide vanes having airfoils extending from inner ends to outer ends, the variable guide vanes pivotable about respective spanwise axes between one or more open positions and a closed position, in the closed position, trailing edge regions of the airfoils sealingly engage leading edge regions of adjacent ones of the airfoils to block an air flow; an outer wall extending around the central axis, the outer ends of the variable guide vanes pivotably engaged to the outer wall; and an inner wall extending around the central axis, the inner ends of the variable guide vanes pivotably engaged to the inner wall, the inner wall defining inner faces distributed about the central axis, a shape of the inner faces complementary to a shape of the inner ends of the airfoils to form a seal when the variable guide vanes are in the closed position.
US11486261B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a compressor including a rotor defining a circumferential direction, wherein the rotor includes a slot, the slot including a first neck portion, a first blade and a second blade disposed circumferentially apart in the slot, and a block disposed in the slot circumferentially between the first blade and the second blade, the block including second neck portion, the first neck portion to at least partially interface the second neck portion.
US11486259B1
An engine component for a turbine engine comprising a wall defining an interior and having an outer surface over which flows the combustion airflow. The outer surface defining a first side and a second side extending between an upstream edge and a downstream edge and extending between a root and a tip. At least one cooling conduit provided in the interior and having conduit sidewalls; a set of cooling passages with at least one of the cooling passages in the set comprising: a first cooling passage portion having a surface outlet opening on the surface; a second cooling passage portion, intersecting the first cooling passage portion, and having an inlet fluidly coupled to the cooling conduit and an intermediate outlet fluidly connecting the second cooling passage portion to the first cooling passage at the intersection. The cooling passage comprising at least one fillet.
US11486256B2
A vane arc segment includes an airfoil piece that defines first and second platforms and a hollow airfoil section that has an internal cavity and extends between the first and second platforms. The first platform defines a gaspath side, a non-gaspath side, and a flange that projects from the non-gaspath side. Support hardware supports the airfoil piece via the flange. There is a conformal thermal insulation blanket disposed on the flange.
US11486255B2
A steam turbine blade includes a blade body (7) including blade surfaces (70) extending in a blade height direction. The blade body (7) includes a first suction port (74) extending in the blade height direction and opening in the blade surface (70), a first drain flow path (75) internally extending in the blade height direction, and first communication passages (76) internally provided away from one another in the blade height direction and independently of one another and making the first drain port (74) and the first drain flow path (75) in communication with each other.
US11486247B2
In an embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes integrating a series of data inputs related to a well. The series of data inputs includes at least one real-time data input and at least one non-real-time data input. The method further includes based, at least in part, on a result of the integrating, facilitating a real-time display of performance data for the well. The real-time display includes information related to at least one of hydraulic surveillance and torque-and-drag surveillance.
US11486246B2
The disclosure is directed to a well system environment communication system comprising of an acoustic communicator capable of communicating encoded data with a first wireless transceiver through a fluid medium and the first wireless transceiver capable of communicating encoded data with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium. In one example, an acoustic communicator is communicatively coupled with a downhole tool allowing the downhole tool to communicate indirectly with a well system controller. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method is described wherein an acoustic communicator located in a wellbore can encode data from a downhole tool and communicate the data through a fluid medium to a first wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver can communicate with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium.
US11486245B2
The invention discloses a micro-rotating drilling method in directional drilling, a computer device and a readable storage medium. Including: acquiring rotation speed and torque and on-site drilling information; taking the rotation speed and the torque as a micro-rotating drilling state learning sample, taking the on-site drilling information as a second learning sample, inputting to a neural network control model for training, outputting a micro-rotating drilling algorithm for controlling the top drive; controlling the top drive with the micro-rotating drilling algorithm to achieve the micro-rotation operation. In the invention, an maximum torque and an maximum speed of the top drive can be continuously controlled during the operations such that the drill string can drive the drill tool to drill forward at a preset speed, static frictional resistance exerted on the drill string can be better eliminated.
US11486232B2
An exploiting method and device of marine facies natural gas hydrate. The exploiting method comprises the following steps: (1) after the construction of a vertical well, a fixed pipe is constructed, the exploiting well is set in the center of the fixed pipe, and the mixture is filled between the inner wall of the fixed pipe and the outer wall of the exploiting well; (2) the self-excited oscillating jet nozzle enters the exploiting well along the vertical well to the designated position through an orifice on the exploiting well and sprays the mixture, so that the mixture is broken evenly to form artificial fractures; (3) under the corresponding temperature, the hydrate decomposes to produce gas by depressurized exploiting; (4) the gas-liquid mixture exploited by the exploiting well is separated into liquid and gas in the gas-liquid separation device to collect liquid and gas.
US11486219B2
A drone conveyance system for deploying drones into an oil or gas wellbore is described. The system includes a platform, a drone magazine, a platform receiver, a conveyance, and a wellhead receiver. A drone magazine contains a plurality of the drones and selectively releases/feeds the drones into the platform receiver. More than one drone magazine, each containing different drone types, may supply drones to the platform receiver such that different drones may be ordered for disposal into the wellbore. The platform receiver prepared the drones to be moved from the platform to the wellhead by the conveyance. The wellhead receiver accepts the drones from the conveyance and prepares each received drone for dropping into the wellbore via the wellhead.
US11486218B1
A system includes a first split riser, a second split riser, and a gasket. The first split riser includes a first half pipe having a first radial extension and a second radial extension. The first radial extension and the second radial extension have a mating surface. The second split riser includes a second half pipe having a third radial extension and a fourth radial extension. The third radial extension and the fourth radial extension have a corresponding mating surface. The gasket is installed on the mating surface of the first radial extension and the second radial extension. The gasket mates with the corresponding mating surface to form a connection between the first split riser and the second split riser.
US11486213B2
Systems and methods for accessing a wellbore of a subterranean well downhole of abandoned subterranean wellbore equipment include a re-entry guide secured to an uphole end of an overshot. The re-entry guide and overshot together form a re-entry tool. The overshot has an inner diameter gripping assembly sized to grip a tubing stub. The re-entry guide has an outer diameter sized to match a drift inner diameter of a casing of the subterranean well.
US11486211B2
A well drilling system is provided that includes a choke manifold and a controller. The choke manifold includes at least one choke valve. The choke valve is actuable between fully open and closed choke positions. The choke valve has a Cv value for each choke position. The controller is in communication with the choke valve and a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The instructions relate Cv values to choke positions for the choke valve. The instructions when executed cause the controller to: a) determine a difference in pressure (ΔP); b) input or determine a density value; c) input or determine a Q value; d) determine a first Cv value using the ΔP, the density value, and the Q value; and e) actuate the choke valve to a first choke position associated with the first Cv value.
US11486208B2
An assembly for supporting one or more cables in coiled tubing deployed in a well is described. The assembly includes a receptacle connected to an upper opening of the coiled tubing. A receptacle clamp is connected to the receptacle to provide a circumferential lateral extension surface. A separate extension column having a base portion is supported on the lateral extension surface. The extension column has an upper platform surface separated vertically from the base portion. A cable clamp is supported on the upper platform surface and configured to reversibly grip the one or more cables. The assembly is useful for any process requiring support of cables in coiled tubing deployed in a well, such as a process for assembling a heater for providing underground heat.
US11486196B2
A curtain hanging assembly that consists of a curtain assembly able to effect horizontal opening and closing of curtains, and includes two elastic motor units provided with elastic feedback. Interactive dynamics between the two elastic motor units, through linear linkage, respectively cause torque forces produced to be in mutual opposition, enabling the let down area of the curtains to be naturally fixed at any height position.
US11486195B2
A limit position safety device for establishing upper and lower limit positions of a rolling door that can be raised when rolled onto a generally horizontal shaft when the shaft rotates in a first direction and lowered when the shaft rotates in an opposing direction. The device includes two electrical limit switches each actuatable to reflect when an associated limit position of the rolling door has been reached. Actuators are movable to selectively actuate one of the limit switches at associated upper or lower limit positions of the rolling door. Drive gear are directly coupled to the shaft for moving the actuators in response to movements of the rolling door horizontal shaft. Accordingly, the direct drive gears always provide a direct physical connection or link between the rolling door shaft and the actuators to provide reliable indications of the position of the rolling door.
US11486193B2
A solar adjustment apparatus includes a control circuit, two optical encoders, two driving modules, and a power circuit. The control circuit is arranged in an upper rail, and the upper rail is fixed on the upper side of a door or window of a building or vehicle. The two driving modules pivot two spools at the same speed. One of the driving modules controls a height of a middle rail in vertical direction of the door or window through one of optical encoders and one of spools. The other driving module controls a height of a lower rail in vertical direction of the door or window through the other optical encoder and the other spool.
US11486192B2
The present invention is directed towards a window sill flashing comprising a base having a substantially rectangular shape. A front flange projects perpendicularly downward from a front edge of the base and at least one side flange extends vertically from a side edge of the base. The side flange includes a front surface. The window sill flashing is made from a rigid homopolymer vinyl film.
US11486186B2
A system for the safe coupling of a re-usable bag to a banknote handling and storing machine includes a bag container, having a rigid upper port and a flexible bag permanently fixed to the rigid port, a lid, designed to be inserted onto the rigid port for closing the bag container when the filling operations are terminated, and a bag-holding frame. The bag-holding frame is suitable for being stably fixed to a safe structure of the machine for supporting and hooking the bag container when placed inside the machine to be filled with the banknotes. The system is provided with first coupling and hooking electro-mechanical components between the bag container and the bag-holding frame and with second coupling and hooking electro-mechanical components between the lid and the bag container. The first and second coupling and hooking electro-mechanical components are interconnected with a control unit to enable the respective functions.
US11486179B1
Window hinge assemblies including a hinge pin support and methods of using the same are described herein. The hinge assemblies include a track assembly, a shoe slidably engaged in a track of the track assembly, a sash arm configured for attachment to a rotating sash, the sash arm being pivotally attached to the shoe, and a connecting arm. The track assembly includes a base extending along a track axis, a shoe track extending along the track axis, a hinge pin attached to the base of the track assembly, and a hinge pin support restraining an upper end of the hinge pin from movement relative to the base.
US11486176B2
A furniture fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movable furniture part, the two fitting portions being pivotally connected by a hinge axis member. The first fitting portion can be inserted into a recess in the furniture carcass, and/or the second fitting portion can be inserted into a recess in the movable furniture part. The first fitting portion and/or the second fitting portion includes a longitudinal housing having two end sections spaced apart. The hinge axis member is arranged on a first end section of the housing, and the first fitting portion and/or the second fitting portion includes a fastening device having a movably-mounted actuating element formed as a rotatable screw. By actuating the actuating element, at least one fitting portion can be fixed within the recess on both end sections of the housing.
US11486164B2
An intelligent lock guard device, including a box body, the box body includes an upper box cover and a lower box body being buckled to form a hollow box body; the protection lock, including a lock catch and a lock body mechanism; the lock catch includes a fixing crossbeam and a locking rod, the fixing crossbeam is fixed on the upper box cover, and the locking rod is provided with a locking hole; the locking body mechanism, including a lock shaft, a toothed belt and a motor; the locking body mechanism is fixed on the lower box body; the lock shaft is provided with a lock cylinder convex bar, and the track of the toothed belt is parallel to the direction in which the lock cylinder convex bar is inserted or removed from the locking hole.
US11486158B2
A shearwall is disclosed for use in lightweight or other constructions to transmit lateral shear forces and dissipate energy on the construction. In examples, the shearwall includes a central panel formed of wood, and side plates formed of steel. The side plates may be affixed at lower corners of first and second opposed surfaces of the central panel. Each side plate may include a fastening plate for affixing the side plate to the central panel, and a restraint plate which fits within a reduced area section of the central panel between the first and second surfaces.
US11486156B2
A stair tread cover suitable for covering at least one step in a staircase. The stair tread cover includes at least a front portion and a back portion. The front and back portion each have a top surface and a bottom surface. At least one friction region is optionally positioned on the bottom surface of the front portion of the stair tread cover, and at least one gripping region is optionally positioned on the top surface of the front portion of the stair tread cover.
US11486155B2
A binding machine includes: a twisting unit configured to twist a binding member which is guided in a loop shape so as to wrap around an object, and thus to bind the object; a twist motor configured to drive the twisting unit; a circuit board having a mounting surface on which a control unit configured to control the twist motor is mounted; a body portion housing the twisting unit, the twist motor and the circuit board; and a handle portion protruding outward from the body portion. The circuit board is arranged between the twist motor and an inner wall surface of the body portion which is located toward the handle portion in such a manner that the mounting surface faces the inner wall surface and the circuit board is closer to the twist motor than the inner wall surface.
US11486153B2
A support structure for a formwork panel having a support structure and a formwork skin positioned on the front of the support structure and attached to the support structure, wherein the support structure has at least one edge girder on a pair of opposite edges and a plurality of transverse girders between these two edge girders which run transversely to these two edge girders, characterized in that at least some of the transverse girders are designed as a profile girder, comprising a flange at its first end arranged at the front of the support structure, a tubular hollow section at its second end away from the front of the support structure, and between them a preferably wall-like member connecting the first end and the second end.
US11486149B2
Waterproof engineered floor and wall planks have a veneer layer bonded with a plastic composite core, and an underlayer, preferably an underlayer of cork.
US11486140B2
A retractable roof structure includes first and second roof support structures separated by a span distance, with first and second roof sections supported on the first and second roof support structures. A load transfer structure is configured to transfer load from a frame of the second roof section downwardly through a frame and truss structure of the first roof section to the first and second roof support structures.
US11486137B2
Described is a construction and parts of the construction for effectively thermally and acoustically insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration utilizing an interior panel module design. In particular, the thermal insulating and sealing system comprises a first element comprising a cavity having an interior wall surface and an opening, positioned substantially in the height of the floor, wherein the cavity is located in the spandrel area of the interior wall surface, and a second element comprised of a thermally resistant and/or air tight material for insulating, positioned at least partially in the cavity of the first element, wherein the second element includes an inner end surface positionable in abutment with respect to the outer edge of the floor for sealing there adjacent, outer end surface positionable in abutment with respect the interior wall surface of the cavity, a lower facing surface extending between the inner end surface and the outer end surface and facing downwardly therebetween, and an upper facing surface extending between the inner end surface and the outer end surface and facing upwardly therebetween.
US11486135B2
External thermal insulation composite systems described herein include a concrete or masonry wall and a thermal insulation board on the concrete or masonry wall. The thermal insulation board includes a polyurethane/polyisocyanurate foam having a density of less than 70 kg/m3 according to ASTM D 1622. Methods of preparing the external thermal insulation composite systems and the thermal insulation boards are also described.
US11486134B2
A mounting device including a base having an internal cavity and an upper portion above the base. The upper portion extends upward from the base and includes a vertical member defining opposed first and second faces above the base. An aperture is formed through the upper portion and extends through the first and second faces. The base extends outward, beyond each of the first and second faces.
US11486133B2
A mounting device including a base having an open bottom, a longitudinal axis, and a linear guide on the base. The linear guide guides support hardware in linear movement along the longitudinal axis. An internal cavity is under the base for containing a sealant against and in cooperation with a roof when the mounting device is secured to the roof. An opening is though the base is for receiving a fastener when the mounting device is secured to the roof. The opening is in communication with the internal cavity. The linear guide extends beyond the internal cavity.
US11486131B2
Shear force anchor for transmitting shear forces transversely to the longitudinal direction of a structural element within structural elements made primarily of concrete, comprising: a connection section for introducing at least one shear force into the shear force anchor which is connected to at least one load introduction section, which can be contacted to the structural element to transmit at least one force component in the direction of the shear force to be transmitted to the structural element. In order to transmit large shear forces while at the same time having a slim design of the structural element, the connection section is additionally spaced in the direction of the shear force to be transmitted from the load introduction section.
US11486130B2
A self-supported PC column joint part. A plurality of accommodation pieces is buried in the upper surface of a lower member to which a PC column is to be joined, has accommodation spaces having open upper parts, and has female threads. A support bar is provided in a pocket formed in the lower end of the PC column, and includes a body coupled to the upper surface of the pocket to protrude and a head at the lower end of the body so as to be accommodated inside the accommodation space. A fixing piece has a through-hole formed in the center thereof such that the body of the support bar passes therethrough, and has threads formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof so as to be screw-coupled to the accommodation piece, thereby fixing the head of the support bar.
US11486129B1
A geodesic frame connector system for a geodesic frame and method are provided comprising a first discontinuous ring having a first discontinuous ring upper and lower faces, the first ring upper face including an opening extending through the first discontinuous ring, and having inner and outer ring perimeters. A second discontinuous ring is provided having second discontinuous ring upper and lower faces, and inner and outer ring perimeters, and a fastener is provided having a cross section smaller than the opening. When one of the first discontinuous ring lower face and upper face is placed adjacent one of the second discontinuous ring lower face and upper face, insertion of the fastener in the opening of the first discontinuous ring causes the fastener to contact the second discontinuous ring, thereby forcing the second discontinuous ring away from the first discontinuous ring.
US11486127B1
Provided is a toilet ventilation system and a method of ventilating a toilet bowl. In one configuration, the toilet ventilation system includes a raised seat assembly including ventilation tubing secured to the undersurface thereof, the seat being removably securable to a toilet pedestal shelf and positionable on top of a rim of the toilet bowl, with a ventilation system coupled therewith. In another embodiment a short elbow pipe is secured with an end within the bowl area, affixed to a ventilation system. The ventilation system includes a pipe tee having a delivery pipe in fluid communication with a suction pump, such as a wet-dry vacuum. By operating the motor of the suction pump, the suction pump draws odorous air out of the toilet bowl, through the ventilation system, and delivers the same into the outside environment.
US11486125B2
Systems and methods of cleaning toilets are described; the system includes a structural frame, a foldable arm extendible from the structural frame and a rotatable brush, accommodated while being folded within and retracted into the foldable arm, at an idle state, while protruded from the foldable arm and being sprawl, during the operation of a cleansing cycle.
US11486121B2
An undermount sink and countertop combination are used with a sink cabinet. The sink cabinet includes a sink-receiving opening and a sink cabinet width and depth. The sink includes a basin that is sized and shaped to be received within the sink-receiving opening. The basin includes side wall portions, an upper outer perimeter surrounding the side wall portions, and a bottom portion. A mounting flange extends from the upper outer perimeter of the basin. The mounting flange is shaped to rest atop the cabinet and underneath the countertop and is sized with a mounting flange width and depth substantially equal to the sink cabinet width and depth.
US11486119B2
A waste and overflow system for a bathtub includes an overflow assembly, a drain assembly, and a plumbing assembly. The overflow assembly or kit includes an elbow pipe attachable to the plumbing assembly, a seal member positioned between an end of the elbow pipe and the bathtub, and a retainer ring that is threadingly connected to the elbow pipe to sandwich the seal member between a portion of the elbow pipe and the outer surface of the bathtub. The overflow assembly or kit further includes a faceplate operatively connected to the retainer ring. The faceplate can be formed as a screwless faceplate directly connected to the retainer ring in a first operative mode or a screwable faceplate attached by a screw to an adapter that is connected to the retainer ring in a second operative mode.
US11486118B2
A drain arrangement for a washstand, comprising a connection unit having a connecting branch for connection to a drain branch of a washstand, an overflow unit connecting to the connection unit and having a valve and an overflow pipe, which bridges the valve, and a siphon unit connecting to the overflow unit and having a siphon element. The connecting branch, seen in the installation position, runs in a first direction, which is oriented at an angle inclined at less than 30° tilting downwards to a mounting plane running in the vertical of the washstand. The overflow unit lies offset to the side of the connecting branch in such a manner that the overflow pipe extends upwards to the side adjacent to the connecting branch and the siphon unit lies beneath the overflow unit.
US11486116B2
A remote operation device includes an image generating section that generates, when an operation determining section determines that an operation by an operator is a fine operation, and a posture determining section determines that a posture of the operator has changed from a reference posture to a watching posture, an enlarged image by enlarging a part of a work image of a construction machine, the part being related to a line-of-sight position acquired by an eye tracking device, and causes a display device to display the enlarged image.
US11486115B2
In one aspect, a method for shared access of a machine for operator training, the machine including a traction device and an implement, includes receiving an authorization from an access device to share access to the machine, and entering a shared control state based on at least the authorization received from the access device. The method also includes receiving commands from a remote operation device during the shared control state and operating at least one of the traction device or the implement of the machine based on at least the commands from the remote operation device while an operator is present in the machine.
US11486108B2
Reinforcing layers each have a cord angle set to 25° or greater and 45° or less when a body is in a neutral state. When the body is loaded with a specified internal pressure, intermediate rubber layers disposed between adjacent sets in which cords of the reinforcing layers extend in an intersecting direction are shear-deformed, the cord angle increases approximately to a stable angle of repose, and the expanded body maintains a predetermined shape. In each of the sets being formed of two reinforcing layers layered adjacently, the cords of the reinforcing layers extend in an identical direction at the predetermined cord angle. Since substantially no shear force acts on the intermediate rubber layers disposed between the reinforcing layers, the resistance when expanding the body decreases. This provides a pneumatic fender that expands more smoothly and ensures a predetermined shape when a body is loaded with a specified internal pressure.
US11486097B2
Creped fibrous structures having pillows and knuckles, wherein the creped fibrous structures may exhibit improved knuckle properties, such as Knuckle Roughness Ra, Knuckle Roughness Rq, and Knuckle Creping Frequency and methods for making same are provided, and/or may comprise elongate knuckles comprising discrete pillows and/or elongate pillows between first and second elongate knuckles.
US11486091B2
A method of forming a fibrous web on a papermaking machine including the steps of depositing a dilute fiber slurry out of a headbox to a forming area comprising a forming surface made up of a structured fabric, wherein the structured fabric is supported by a breast roll and a forming roll, and the forming area is devoid of any additional fabrics or belts other than the structured fabric, draining the dilute fiber slurry through the structured fabric, and drying the fiber slurry.
US11486089B2
A method of pulping wastepaper includes providing a pulping vessel with a rotor and at least one flow sensor adapted to measure slurry flow within the pulping vessel. The pulping vessel is charged with wastepaper and water to form a slurry, the amounts of wastepaper and water being present such that the slurry has consistency in the range of from 10% to 30%. The wastepaper charge in the pulping vessel is pulped at a pre-selected power level while monitoring poloidal slurry flow in the pulping vessel; and from time-to-time, water may be added to the pulping vessel when the poloidal flow falls below a predetermined lower threshold flow value in order to reduce viscosity and thereby restore poloidal flow within the pulping vessel. Doppler velocimetry is a preferred method of monitoring pulp flow. In a particularly preferred construction the rotor has a variable power drive. The inventive method is especially useful for making high quality, high brightness furnishes from wastepaper which varies from batch to batch.
US11486075B2
A washing machine includes: a cabinet having a first opening and a washing space formed therein; and a door assembly provided to open and close the first opening, wherein the door assembly includes: a door body having a second opening and corresponding to the first opening and provided to rotate relative to the cabinet; door glass having a glass hole communicating with the inside of the cabinet and coupled with the rear surface of the door body; a guide duct that connects the second opening and the glass hole; and a sealing member. The sealing member can prevent washing water or internal air from escaping from the door assembly.
US11486071B2
A spray device and a method of using the spray device are provided. The spray device facilitates the application of a liquid such as a pretreatment liquid to an area of a fabric material. The spray device can be positioned on or adjacent portions of the fabric material and/or a substrate supporting the fabric material. The spray device can be activated to spray the pretreatment liquid and move the spray device on portions of the fabric material and/or the substrate supporting the fabric material.
US11486062B2
A luminescent yarn and a manufacturing method thereof. The luminescent yarn is a multilayered structure, a cross-section of the yarn includes a main body and at least one luminescent surface layer having multiple luminescent particles and positioned on at least one surface of the main body. Accordingly, the luminescent surface layer is positioned on the surface of the luminescent yarn to directly absorb energy and emit luminescence, whereby the luminescent yarn has better luminance and longer luminescence-emitting time. The manufacturing method of the luminescent yarn includes steps of: manufacturing a film material, the film material having a substrate material and at least one luminescent layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate material; and cutting the film material to form the luminescent yarn.
US11486059B2
The invention relates to a method and to a device for stabilizing precursor fibers for the production of carbon fibers. In the method, precursor fibers are first heated to a first temperature and held at the temperature for a predefined duration. Subsequently, the precursor fibers are heated to at least one second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, and held at said temperature for a predefined duration. During each heating and between the heating steps, the precursor fibers are in a gas atmosphere having a negative pressure in the range between 12 mbar and 300 mbar and having an oxygen partial pressure of 2.5 to 63 mbar. The device has at least one evacuable, elongate vacuum chamber for feeding the precursor fibers through, at least two lock units and at least one heating unit. At least one lock unit is used for the sealed insertion of precursor fibers into the at least one vacuum chamber, while at least one other lock unit is used for the sealed removal of precursor fibers from the at least one vacuum chamber. The heating unit has at least two individually controllable heating elements, which are suitable for heating the at least one vacuum chamber to at least two different temperatures in heating zones which are adjacent in the longitudinal direction.
US11486056B2
Reduced and low work function materials capable of optimizing electron emission performance in a range of vacuum and nanoscale electronic devices and processes and a method for reducing work function and producing reduced and low work function materials are described. The reduced and low work function materials advantageously may be made from single crystal materials, preferably metals, and from amorphous materials with optimal thicknesses for the materials. A surface geometry is created that may significantly reduce work function and produce a reduced or low work function for the material. It is anticipated that low and ultra-low work function materials may be produced by the present invention and that these materials will have particular utility in the optimization of electron emissions in a wide range of vacuum microelectronics and other nanoscale electronics and processes.
US11486054B2
A method for growing a crystal boule includes the steps of: periodically pulling upwardly a seed crystal dipped into a melt in a crucible to grow a first neck of the crystal boule below the seed crystal; and continuously pulling upwardly the seed crystal and the first neck of the crystal boule to grow a second neck of the crystal boule below the first neck.
US11486050B1
Provided is a liquid mixture for filling blind holes in copper foil, relating to the technical field of electroplating hole filling. The liquid mixture comprises copper sulfate pentahydrate 210-240 g/L, citric acid 40-50 g/L, tartaric acid 10-20 g/L, chloride ion 40-70 ppm, accelerator 0.5-2 g/L, leveling agent 5-15 g/L, inhibitor 5-10 g/L, and sulfonate ion liquid 50-180 g/L. The leveling agent comprises tetranitro blue tetrazolium blue and triazolyl acetyl hydrazide.
US11486048B2
The present invention pertains to a method for electrolytic reduction of feedstock elements, made from feedstock, in a melt. In addition, the present invention relates to an apparatus for electrolytic reduction of feedstock elements, made from feedstock, and can be used for the reduction of oxides of metals belonging to Groups 3-14 of the Periodic Table. The method is implemented using the apparatus that, according to the invention, comprises an electrolyzer bath; an electrolytic cell; an electrolyzer bath insert plate; a cover with evolved gas outlets. Moreover, the electrolytic cell contains at least one cathode chamber and two anode plates, which are vertically arranged relative to each other, at least one current source, independently connected to the cathode chamber and one or two anode plates, and a device for horizontal reciprocating movement of the said electrolytic cell, which is found outside of the electrolyzer cover.
US11486044B2
The invention relates to a method for zinc phosphating components comprising surfaces made of zinc in order to suppress the formation of insoluble phosphation constituents removably adhered to the zinc surfaces and thus further improve the adhesion of dip-paint coatings applied later. In the method, a process is used of activating the zinc surfaces by means of dispersions containing particulate hopeite, phosphophyllite, scholzite, and/or hureaulite, wherein the proportion of particulate phosphates in the activation process must be adapted to the quantity of free fluoride and dissolved silicon in the zinc phosphation.
US11486039B2
Disclosed herein are laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition devices and methods of use thereof.
US11486030B2
An apparatus and process are presented for continuous production of metal-based micro-porous structures of pore sizes from 0.3 nm to 5.0 μm from a green part of characteristic diffusion mass transfer dimension less than 1 mm through chemical reactions in a continuous flow of gas substantially free of oxygen. The produced micro-porous structures include i) thin porous metal sheets of thickness less than 200 μm and pore sizes in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 μm, ii) porous ceramic coating of thickness less than 40 μm and ceramic particle sizes of 200 nm or less on a porous metal-based support structures of pore sizes in the range of 0.1 to 5 μm.
US11486016B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to the manufacture of metallic material with a thermal expansion coefficient in a predetermined range, comprising: deforming, a metallic material comprising a first phase and a first thermal expansion coefficient. In response to the deformation, at least some of the first phase is transformed into a second phase, wherein the second phase comprises martensite, and orienting the metallic material in at least one predetermined orientation, wherein the metallic material, subsequent to deformation, comprises a second thermal expansion coefficient, wherein the second thermal expansion coefficient is within a predetermined range, and wherein the thermal expansion is in at least one predetermined direction. In some embodiments, the metallic material comprises the second phase and is thermo-mechanically deformed to orient the grains in at least one direction.
US11486001B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are substrates, kits, and efficient methods of preparing and sequencing two or more regions of a double-stranded polynucleotide.
US11486000B2
Provided herein are methods and systems for sequencing a single nucleic acid molecule utilizing a polymerase enzyme, a template nucleic acid, and a polymerase reagent solution.
US11485998B2
The present invention relates to extraction of a signal for a target nucleic acid sequence from signals for two target nucleic acid sequences in a sample. The present invention can contribute to dramatic improvement in methods for detecting target nucleic acid sequences using different detection temperatures and reference values. The present invention using an amended reference value as well as an initial reference value can lead to increasing the detection accuracy in methods for detecting target nucleic acid sequences using different detection temperatures and reference values.
US11485986B2
The invention provides microorganisms genetically modified to overexpress biofilm dispersal related polypeptides to enhance the production of lysine and lysine derivatives by the microorganism, method of generating such microorganism, and methods of producing lysine and lysine derivatives using the genetically modified microorganisms.
US11485983B2
The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
US11485975B2
The present invention relates to oligonucleotides that are complementary to and modulate the expression of TMEM106B. The present invention further relates to conjugates of the oligonucleotide and pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of neurological disorders using the oligonucleotide.
US11485971B2
CRISP-seq, an integrated method for massively parallel single cell RNA-seq and CRISPR pooled screens
An expression construct is disclosed which comprises: (i) a DNA sequence which encodes at least one guide RNA (gRNA) operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence so as to allow expression of the gRNA in a target cell; (ii) a barcode sequence for identification of the at least one gRNA operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence so as to allow expression of the barcode sequence in the target cell.
US11485963B2
The present disclosure relates to novel D-psicose 3-epimerase and a method for producing psicose using the same.
US11485956B2
Disclosed herein are methods and exemplary compositions associated with virus purification, antigen purification, and conjugation of virus and proteins (e.g., antigen) to form vaccines for delivery of immunological and other therapeutic agents, exemplary aspects of which may include harvesting viral and antigenic substances from source organisms; a purification platform comprising chemical separation and size-difference separation for the removal of contaminants, debris and impurities from the viral and protein (e.g. antigenic, including influenza hemagglutinin antigens) substances, as well as their concentration and collection; and a conjugation platform providing activation of the virus at a pH that increases binding rate and binding propensity between the virus and the protein, wherein embodiments related to the conjugation platform include controlling the ratio of virus to protein.
US11485952B2
A cell separation apparatus a container for reception of a cell suspension and a conduit connected to the container for the conveyance of cell suspension out of the container. The conduit extends along a notional conduit path passing centrally through the conduit, the conduit path defining in the conduit an axial direction proceeding along the conduit path, a radial direction orthogonal to the conduit path, and a circumferential direction proceeding around the conduit path. A segment of the conduit constitutes a turbulent flow segment including a flow configuration. The flow configuration includes at least two axial configuration segments located axially behind one another to accelerate a cell suspension.
US11485941B2
The invention relates to a bioreactor including: a light source (200); a light sensor (300) facing said light source; a vat (100) that is placed between the light source (200) and the light sensor (300), said vat being intended to receive a culture medium comprising a cellular culture of photosynthetic microorganisms; a controller (400) connected to the light sensor (300) in order to control the vat (100) to obtain a chosen cellular-culture concentration (xi) in the culture medium during a working period, said light source (200) being capable of emitting incident light (L) of an input light intensity (Iin) in the direction of the vat (100), and the light sensor (300) being capable of measuring an output light intensity (Iout) and of transmitting data relating to this intensity (Iout) to the controller for the control of the vat; and a system (500) for controlling the light source (200), this system being arranged to adjust, during a period shorter than or equal to said working period, the input light intensity (Iin) to a setpoint value allowing a cellular stress to be induced in certain at least of said photosynthetic microorganisms.
US11485937B2
The present invention is directed to a cleaning composition for sanitizing or disinfecting hard surfaces containing a cationic biocide, surfactant and low levels of VOC solvents. The cleaning composition is adapted to clean a variety of hard surfaces without leaving behind a visible residue and creates low levels of streaking and filming on the treated surface. The cleaning composition contains less than 5% by weight of VOCs. The cleaning composition may be used alone as a liquid or spray formulation or in combination with a substrate, for example, a pre-loaded cleaning wipe.
US11485935B2
Liquid detergent compositions, single dose packs including the same, and methods of forming single dose packs are provided herein. In an embodiment, a liquid detergent composition includes an ionic surfactant, an alkoxylated linear fatty acid structurant, and, optionally, a particulate component. The structurant is solid at ambient temperature of about 21° C. and ambient pressure of about 100 kPa. The particulate component is different from the structurant. The detergent composition exhibits non-Newtonian fluid behavior at 24 hours following shear mixing cessation.
US11485934B2
Foaming compositions containing one or more gas bubble-stabilizing agents and an effervescent system such that the foaming compositions create stable foams, foaming products containing such foaming compositions, and methods for making such foaming compositions and foaming products are provided.
US11485930B2
The present invention primarily relates to a method for producing an aromatic blend comprising unsaturated dienals. The invention further relates to aromatic blends obtained or obtainable by a method according to the invention and compositions or semi-finished products for producing said compositions, comprising aromatic blends according to the invention. A further aspect of the present invention relates to the use of an aromatic blend according to the invention for aromatizing a composition, preferably a composition serving for food or pleasure, or a semi-finished product for producing such a composition.
US11485926B2
The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a lubricating base oil and at least one selected from the group consisting of an amine salt of phosphonic acid and an amine salt of phosphonic acid monoester, and a method for producing the same.
US11485917B2
According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for processing a heavy oil includes introducing the heavy oil to a hydroprocessing unit, the hydroprocessing unit being operable to hydroprocess the heavy oil to form a hydroprocessed effluent by contacting the heavy oil feed with an HDM catalyst, an HDS catalyst, and an HDA catalyst. The hydroprocessed effluent is passed directly to a HS-FCC unit, the HS-FCC unit being operable to crack the hydroprocessed effluent to form a cracked effluent comprising at least one product. The cracked effluent is passed out of the HS-FCC unit. The heavy oil has an API gravity of from 25 degrees to 50 degrees and at least 20 wt. % of the hydroprocessed effluent passed to the HS-FCC unit has a boiling point less than 225 degrees ° C.
US11485913B2
The disclosure relates to a process for converting lignocellulosic feedstock (10) to renewable product (80), wherein the process comprises the following steps; treating (100) lignocellulosic feedstock (10) with aqueous solution (20) to obtain a mixture (30); heating (110) the mixture (30) of step (a) to a temperature between 290 and 340° C., under a pressure from 90 to 120 bar, to obtain a first product mix (40); separating aqueous phase (53) and oil phase (50), and optionally gas (51) and solids (52), of the first product mix (40) of step (b); and heating (130) the oil phase (50) of step (c) and solvent (60). The heating (130) is optionally followed by fractionation (200) to obtain a light fraction (90) and a heavy fraction (91) and optionally a bottom residue fraction (92) and/or a gaseous fraction.
US11485912B2
Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed, relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus, domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input put material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre-process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water, or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed-in tariff. Thus, a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling, an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed.
US11485907B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of luminescent materials, and more particularly, to a nitride luminescent material and a light emitting device comprising the luminescent material. The nitride luminescent material recited in the present disclosure includes an inorganic compound with the structural composition RwQxSiyNz, the excitation wavelength of the luminescent material is between 300-650 nm, and the emission main peak of the NIR light region is broadband emission between 900-1100 nm; the excitation wavelength of the luminescent material is relatively broad and capable of excellent absorption of ultraviolet visible light, and has more intensive NIR emission as compared with NIR organic luminescent materials and inorganic luminescent materials of other systems, so it is an ideal application material for NIR devices.
US11485901B2
Polymeric systems useful for maintaining particle dispersions for extended periods of time.
US11485896B2
An oil-based drilling fluid composition, includes a base fluid and a treating agent. The base fluid comprises a base oil and an inhibitor; the treating agent comprises an organic soil, a main emulsifier, an auxiliary emulsifier, a plugging agent, a weighting agent, a humectant, an alkaline regulator and a filtrate reducer. 5-25 parts by weight of the inhibitor, 5-12 parts by weight of the organic soil, 1-6 parts by weight of the main emulsifier, 2-8 parts by weight of the auxiliary emulsifier, 3-18 parts by weight of the plugging agent, 5-30 parts by weight of the weighting agent, 2-6 parts by weight of the humectant, 2-7 parts by weight of the alkaline regulator and 2-10 parts by weight of the filtrate reducer are used, based on 100 parts by weight of base oil.
US11485884B2
The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising: (i) at least one butene-1 (co)polymer; (ii) at least one liquid tackifier; (iii) at least one solid tackifier; (iv) at least one styrene copolymer; (v) optionally at least one further (co)polymer, different from (i) and (iv); (vi) optionally at least one additive. Furthermore, the use of the pressure sensitive adhesive composition according to the invention as closing mean for a packaging unit for foods, for packaging units to be heated in a microwave or oven, for a closing mean for packaging unit for drugs, hygienic tissues, cleaning tissues or cosmetic tissues. An article comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive composition according to the invention and a method of obtaining the article.
US11485879B2
Disclosed is a high-dielectric adhesive film, particularly a high-dielectric adhesive film including a substrate layer, a ceramic-mixed layer formed on one surface of the substrate layer and an adhesive layer formed on the surface of the substrate layer on which the ceramic-mixed layer is formed. The high-dielectric adhesive film thus configured is improved in permittivity due to the use of a ceramic component, thus preventing the malfunction of electronic devices, increasing the stability and performance thereof, and exhibiting heat dissipation effects.
US11485873B2
A film: (a) 50 to 85 wt % polymer comprising: (i) 30 to 70 wt % hard polymer with Tg from 40 to 70° C. and 40 to 80 wt % (C1-C10)alkyl (meth)acrylate; 10 to 40 wt % C3-C8 carboxylic acid; and 0 to 25 wt % hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate; and (ii) 30 to 70 wt % soft polymer with Tg from −20 to 20 ° C. and 50 to 90 wt % (C1-C10)alkyl (meth)acrylate; 5 to 30 wt % C3-C8 carboxylic acid; and 0 to 25 wt % hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate; hard Tg minus soft Tg is at least 30° C.; (iii) 0 to 10 wt %, of (C12-C24)alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer containing crystallizable portion with Tm from 0° C. to 37° C.; (b) 10 to 40 wt % of polyethylene oxide having Mw from 250,000 to 4,000,000; and (c) 0 to 10 wt % of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) having Mw from 25,000 to 2,000,000.
US11485862B2
A composite nanomaterial of ZnO impregnated by, e.g., a green copper phthalocyanine compound (CuPc) can be an efficient solar light photocatalyst for water remediation. The composite may include hollow shell microspheres and hollow nanospheres of CuPc-ZnO. CuPc may function as a templating and/or structure modifying agent, e.g., for forming hollow microspheres and/or nanospheres of ZnO particles. The composite can photocatalyze the degradation of organic pollutants such as crystal violet (CV) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid as well as microbes in water under solar light irradiation. The ZnO—CuPc composite can be stable and recyclable under solar irradiation.
US11485860B2
The present invention relates to a polymer alloy comprising a sulphur-containing aromatic polymer and at least one fluoroelastomer, which has improved dispersibility and improved mechanical properties. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said polymer alloy and to an article comprising the same.
US11485858B2
An impact-modified polyamide composition comprising from 5 wt % to 85 wt % of polyamide polymer; from 10 wt % to 60 wt % glass fiber; from 3 wt % to 30 wt % of an impact modifier; and a melt stabilizer at a concentration less than 5 wt %; wherein the weight ratio of the impact modifier to the melt stabilizer ranges from 1.0:1 to 100:1; and wherein the polyamide composition demonstrates an un-notched Charpy impact energy loss at 23° C. that is greater than 80 kJ/m2 and a tensile strength greater than 135 MPa.
US11485857B2
An amino silicone oil-modified elastomer material includes Component A and Component R. Component A includes isocyanate prepolymer obtained through reaction of polyol and isocyanate, and the isocyanate prepolymer has a —NCO content of 22-30%; Component R includes the following components in parts by weight: 45-60 parts of polyether amine, 1-6 parts of liquid amine chain extender, 1-10 parts of polysulfide rubber, 2-8 parts of nano silica, and 3-8 parts of amino silicone oil. The elastomer material of the invention ensures the elasticity of the polymer while improving mechanical properties. Moreover, it can improve elongation, wear resistance and water resistance of the polyurea material.
US11485853B2
The invention relates to compositions based on aromatic polycarbonate comprising metal oxide-coated micas as effect pigment, which do not have any significant increase in molecular weight of the polycarbonate, as can be seen from the MVR, under thermal stress. This is achieved by the addition of small amounts of an anhydride-modified α-olefin polymer, optionally in combination with phosphorus-containing thermal stabilizer.
US11485846B2
Disclosed is a process for preparation of a propylene-based polymer composition involving the steps of: (a) mixing a propylene-based polymer and a peroxydicarbonate in a mixing device, wherein the mixing takes place at a temperature of ≤30° C., wherein the peroxydicarbonate is introduced into the mixing process in a dry form; (b) keeping the mixed composition at a temperature of ≤30° C.; (c) feeding the mixed composition into a melt extruder; (d) homogenizing the mixed composition at a temperature where the propylene-based polymer is in solid state during an average residence time of ≥6.0 and ≤30.0 seconds; (e) further homogenizing the mixed composition at a temperature at which the propylene-based polymer is in the molten state; and (f) extruding the homogenized material from a die outlet of the melt extruder followed by cooling and solidification; wherein the steps (a) through (f) are conducted in that order.
US11485842B2
A composition that includes: (a) from 65 to 85% by weight of polypropylene homopolymer in powder form, the average particle size of which is micrometric, (b) from 14 to 30% by weight, preferably 14 to 25% by weight, of natural fibers less than or equal to 2 mm in length, and (c) from 1 to 3% by weight of compatibilizer, its uses for the preparation of a composite material by extrusion, wherein this composite material is useful for preparing a part by injection, in particular a vehicle part whose rigidity is improved.
US11485840B2
The present invention provides polymer blends that can be used in a multilayer structure and to multilayer structures comprising one or more layers formed from such blends. In one aspect, a polymer blend comprises (a) a copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid having an acid content of 2 to 21 weight percent based on the weight of the copolymer, wherein the amount of copolymer (a) comprises 20-80 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend, and (b) a copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one of methyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate having an acrylate content of 5 to 30 weight percent based on the weight of the copolymer, wherein the amount of copolymer (b) comprises 10 to 50 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend, wherein the amount of copolymer (a) and copolymer (b) is at least 70 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend.
US11485835B2
An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.
US11485834B2
The invention relates to a fatty acid diamide-based rheology additive composition, which is pre-activated and pre-concentrated in fatty acid diamide, comprising: a) from 5% to 30% by weight of at least one fatty acid diamide based on 12 hydroxystearic acid and on a linear, in particular C5, C6 or C7, aliphatic diamine, b) from 70% to 95% by weight of at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylic reactive diluent comprising a cycloaliphatic group or several cycloaliphatic groups, the % being expressed relative to a)+b). It also relates to a process for preparing the composition and to the use thereof as a rheology additive in reactive binder compositions such as coating, moulding, composite material, anchor bolt or sealant compositions or photocrosslinkable compositions for stereolithography or for 3D printing of objects by inkjet.
US11485833B2
Pre-impregnated composite material (prepreg) that can be cured/molded to form aerospace composite parts. The prepreg includes carbon reinforcing fibers and an uncured resin matrix. The resin matrix includes an epoxy resin component, polyethersulfone as a toughening agent, a thermoplastic particle component, a nanoparticle component and a curing agent.
US11485830B2
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate composite having an increased pencil hardness, comprising a polycarbonate substrate prepared from a thermoplastic aromatic (co)polycarbonate having a glass-transition temperature in the range of 160 to 210° C.; and a coating on said substrate, said coating being formed by curing a polysiloxane-based thermosetting coating material at a temperature in the range of 140 to 210° C. for 0.5 to 2 hours. The polycarbonate composite has a pencil hardness higher than H, as measured according to ASTM D3363. The present invention also relates to a method for producing said polycarbonate composite and an article comprising the same.
US11485824B2
A thermosetting silicon-containing compound contains one or more of structural units shown by the following general formulae (Sx-1), (Sx-2), and (Sx-3): where R1 represents a monovalent organic group containing both a phenyl group optionally having a substituent and a non-aromatic ring having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; and R2, R3 each represent the R1 or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms. Thus, the present invention provides a thermosetting silicon-containing compound usable in a silicon-containing resist underlayer film material capable of achieving contradictory properties of having both alkaline developer resistance and improved solubility in an alkaline stripping liquid containing no hydrogen peroxide.
US11485802B2
A spray-dried zirconocene catalyst system comprising a zirconocene catalyst and a hydrophobic fumed silica, which supports the zirconocene catalyst. A spray-drying method of making same. Polyolefins; methods of making and using same; and articles containing same.
US11485796B2
Described herein are, proteins comprising amino acid substitutions in at least one of a first and a second polypeptide chain. Furthermore, is described the uses and methods related to said proteins.
US11485787B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the modulation RGMb-Neogenin-BMP signaling.
US11485782B2
Provided are anti-claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) antibodies and fragments thereof. Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode anti-CLDN18.2 antibodies, vectors comprising such nucleic acid, and host cells comprising such vectors or nucleic acids. Provided are methods of making anti-CLDN18.2. Also provided are related pharmaceutical compositions and methods using such pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of disorders associated with aberrant CLDN18.2 expression, such as cancers.
US11485769B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11485759B2
Synthetic nanostructures, polypeptides that are useful, for example, in making synthetic nanostructures, and methods for using such synthetic nanostructures are disclosed herein.
US11485756B2
A method for preparing a cyclopeptide and a cyclopeptide preparing by the method are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: (A) providing compounds represented by the following formulas (I-1) and (I-2): wherein, G, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, and Re are defined in the specification; (B) performing a reaction between the compounds of formulas (I-1) and (I-2) to obtain a compound represented by the following formula (I-3): and (C) performing a cyclization reaction of the compound of formula (I-3) with a catalyst of formula (II) and deprotection to obtain a compound represented by the following formula (III): wherein, G′, Q, M, L1, L2, m, y, and z are defined in the specification.
US11485752B2
The present disclosure falls within the field of biomedical technology, and in particular relates to modified oligonucleotides and a compound that can be used for synthesizing same and a method for modifying oligonucleotides. The present disclosure also relates to the use of the modified oligonucleotides for preventing and/or treating diseases associated with the liver in a subject.
US11485747B2
An object of the present invention is to develop a protecting group, which can prevent solidification or insolubilization of a compound by protecting a functional group to achieve easy separation and purification after a reaction. A diphenylmethane compound represented by general formula (1): wherein Y represents —OR19 (wherein R19 represents a hydrogen atom or an active ester-type protecting group), —NHR20 (wherein R20 represents, for example, a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 linear or branched alkyl group, or an aralkyl group, at least one of R1 to R10 represents a group represented by formula (2): —O—R11—X-A (2) and the others each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, or a C1-4 alkoxy group; R11 represents a C1-16 linear or branched alkylene group; X represents O or CONR21 (wherein R21 represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-4 alkyl group; and A represents, for example, a group represented by formula (3).
US11485742B2
Provided herein are compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, and R7 are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) as well as the use of such compounds as M4 receptor agonists.
US11485741B2
Compounds having a structure according to formula are modulators of TLR7 activity and can be used to treat conditions amenable to treatment by the modulation of TLR7 activity.
US11485739B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and solid forms of the compounds of this invention. The compounds of this invention have formula I-A or I-B: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US11485738B2
The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) activity. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use, such as methods of treating cancer using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
US11485735B2
The present disclosure discloses a compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate or a stereoisomer thereof, that can be represented by the following structure As a selective inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6), the compounds of the present disclosure may be used for treating or preventing a disease at least partially modulated by CDK4/6.
US11485731B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds suitable for the inhibition of protein arginine methyl-transferase (PRMT), in particular PRMT5. These compounds may be for use as therapeutic agents, in particular, agents for use in the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer.
US11485723B2
The present invention relates to dibenzofuans and dibenzothiophenes thiophenes of formula I in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings as indicated in claim 1, to liquid-crystalline media comprising same and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas.
US11485722B2
The present invention discloses a cyclopenta[c]chromene compound and a preparation method thereof. A chalcone compound as a reactant, A cationic rare earth metal compound Ln(CH3CN)9]3+[(AlCl4)3]3−.CH3CN as a catalyst, and 2-naphthalenethiol as an accelerator, react in an organic solvent to prepare the cyclopenta[c]-chromene compound. Ln represents a positive trivalent rare earth metal ion, which is selected from the group consisting of La, Nd, Sm, Gd, and Yb. The starting materials are easy obtained, the reaction process is simple, and the yield of the target product is high, up to 85%.
US11485719B2
The present invention relates to novel 3-ketocoumarins with improved water compatibility, which are useful as photoinitiators and to compositions comprising said photoinitiators. The invention also relates to compositions comprising said novel 3-ketocoumarins and to a process for photopolymerizing comprising them.
US11485717B2
The invention provides a method for producing an epoxy compound by hydrogen peroxide using an organic compound having a carbon-carbon double bond as a raw material, wherein a by-product is suppressed from being generated and the epoxy compound is produced in a high yield. In particular, the invention provides a method for producing an epoxy compound involving oxidizing a carbon-carbon double bond in an organic compound with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a tungsten compound; a phosphoric acid, a phosphonic acid or salts thereof; and an onium salt having an alkyl sulfate ion represented by formula (I) as an anion: wherein R1 is a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbons, which may be substituted with 1 to 3 phenyl groups.
US11485714B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for using the same to treat parasitic diseases.
US11485699B2
The invention provides (meth)acrylic oligomers prepared from C1-C20 alkyl and C5-C20 cycloalkyl (meth)acrylates, wherein said oligomers have a Mn of about 300 g/mole to about 3,000 g/mole; a Mw of about 700 g/mole to about 6,000 g/mole; a Mz of about 900 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole. The oligomers may have a Yellowness Index, according to ASTM E313 of less than 2. The oligomers of the invention are useful as tackifiers in adhesive compositions, but also are believed to be useful also in general polymer modification as plasticizers, leveling agents, viscosity reducers (i.e., rheology modifiers), and for increasing solids content in solvent-borne applications of all types with little detrimental impact on viscosity. The invention also provides adhesive compositions and laminate articles coated on at least one side with the adhesive compositions of the invention.
US11485692B2
A method for preparing ethylene including: feeding a thermally cracked compressed stream to a first distillation apparatus selectively operating as a first deethanizer or a depropanizer; and feeding an overhead discharge stream of the first distillation apparatus to a second distillation apparatus. When the first distillation apparatus is operated as the first deethanizer, a bottom discharge stream of the second distillation apparatus is fed to a C2 separator. When the first distillation apparatus is operated as the depropanizer, the bottom discharge stream of the second distillation apparatus is passed through a third distillation apparatus and fed to the C2 separator.
US11485688B2
A concrete durability protection method is provided, including following steps: Step one: rinsing the concrete surface; Step two: spraying agent A material or alternately spraying agent B material and agent A material at the wet surface of the concrete; Step three: repeating step two. The beneficial effects of the present invention include: nanoscale active silicate penetrates into the concrete surface layer within a certain depth and reacts with free calcium ions within the concrete to form C—S—H crystalline, thereby improving the compactness of the concrete surface layer within a certain depth, repairing defects in the concrete surface layer within a certain depth, such as the capillary interstices, pores, microcracks, etc., so as to effectively improve the durability of concrete. The unreacted nanoscale active silicate material has permanent activity. It could recover its activity when the concrete absorbs moisture, and continue to react with free calcium ions in the concrete to quickly form C—S—H crystals, realizing the permanent concrete durability protection.
US11485673B2
The disclosure relates to glass compositions having improved thermal tempering capabilities. The disclosed glass compositions have high coefficients of thermal expansion and Young's moduli, and are capable of achieving high surface compressions. A method of making such glasses is also provided.
US11485672B2
A glass bottle cutter based on electric heating comprises a base. A rotary bracket and a heating and cutting seat are disposed at two ends of an upper surface of the base respectively. A motor is disposed in the rotary bracket, and a rotating shaft of the motor is disposed outside the rotary bracket and is provided with a support plate. An adhesive pad allowing the bottom of a glass bottle to cling thereto is disposed on a surface of the support plate. A heating tube is disposed on an upper surface of the heating and cutting seat. The base is provided with a power access port and an internal circuit mainboard. The motor, the heating tube and the power access port are all electrically connected to the circuit mainboard.
US11485663B2
Methods of producing a glass article include melting a first glass composition and feeding a second glass composition into the melter. Both glass compositions include the same combination of components but at least one component has a concentration that is different in each. At least three glass articles may be drawn from the melter, including: a first glass article formed from the first glass composition; at least one intermediate glass article composed of neither the first nor the second glass composition; and a final glass article not composed of the first glass composition. The concentration of the at least one component in the intermediate glass article may be between the concentration in the first and second glass compositions. The first glass article and final glass article may have differing values for certain properties, and the intermediate glass article may have an intermediate set of values for the same properties.
US11485658B2
A water treatment apparatus including an underwater plasma discharge module is provided. The water treatment apparatus includes a dissolved air flotation device configured to remove foreign matter contained in water and an underwater plasma discharge module disposed at a preceding stage of the dissolved air flotation device and configured to cause a portion of the water to be introduced into the dissolved air flotation device to perform underwater plasma discharging, wherein the dissolved air flotation device comprises a mixing and coagulation basin configured to coagulate or flocculate the foreign matter contained in the water to form and grow flocs of the foreign matter, and a flotation basin configured to raise and remove the flocs by supplying microbubbles to the water passing through the mixing and coagulation basin.
US11485651B1
A movably-connected and continuously-connected apparatus for uninterrupted high-salinity wastewater purification includes a high-salinity wastewater adsorption treatment system and a movably-connected drainage system embedded in the treatment system. The high-salinity wastewater adsorption treatment system includes four purification zone partition plates, a hollow cylindrical purification zone, a cylindrical water distribution sump located in an axial center of the purification zone, a rotating shaft, a motor, a fixed support and a water tank; the four purification zone partition plates include a first partition plate forming an angle of 135° with a horizontal direction from left to right, a second partition plate forming an angle of 45° with the horizontal direction from left to right, a third partition plate forming an angle of 135° with a vertical direction from bottom to top and a fourth partition plate forming an angle of 135° with the vertical direction from bottom to top.
US11485646B2
A solid electrolyte material includes a first crystal phase. The first crystal phase has a composition that is deficient in Li as compared with a composition represented by the following composition formula (1). Li3Y1Cl6 formula (1)
US11485634B2
Method and plant for generation of synthesis gas, comprising the steps of air fractionation to give oxygen, nitrogen and tail gas, gasification of a hydrocarbonaceous fuel to give crude synthesis gas and cleaning of the crude synthesis gas by removal of acid gas by means of cryogenic absorption, wherein the absorbent is cooled by means of a compression coolant circuit and the cooling water used is cooled by evaporative cooling by means of the tail gas obtained in the air fractionation.
US11485617B2
A winch assembly includes a lower body having a base, first and second sides, first and second upper body sides, a spacer positioned between the first and the upper body second sides, a first shaft extending through the upper body sides, the first shaft supporting first and second gears, a winding bar supported and rotated by the first shaft and attached to a first end of a strap, a second shaft extending through the first and second upper body sides and supporting first and second ratchet gears, the first ratchet gear meshing with the first gear and the second ratchet gear meshing with the second gear, a pawl for engaging one of the first and second ratchet gears, and a handle attached to the second shaft for rotating the second shaft, wherein rotation of the second shaft imparts rotation of the first and second ratchet gears and the first and second gears.
US11485615B2
A rubber-tired gantry crane (RTG) includes an energy storage device disposed on and configured to provide power to the RTG, a primary charging device disposed on the RTG and configured to charge the energy storage device, and a secondary charging device disposed on the RTG and configured to charge the energy storage device when the RTG is idle or not in operation.
US11485614B2
Presented are corner attachment assemblies for cargo suspension systems, methods for making/using such assemblies, and aircraft equipped with underbody suspension systems using corner attachment assemblies for securing payload containers. Mounting assemblies are presented for securing objects to tether cables of suspension systems. A representative cargo mounting assembly includes a pair of shoulder clamps, each of which includes a flap that projects from a cup. Each shoulder clamp flap mechanically attaches, e.g., via a flap through-hole with a structurally reinforcing grommet, to a respective segment of a tether cable of a cargo suspension system. In addition, each shoulder clamp cup includes multiple noncoplanar, mutually adjoining contact surfaces. For instance, the cup may have a tetrahedral geometry with three mutually orthogonal, triangular-shaped contact surfaces. Each contact surface attaches, e.g., via a high-strength adhesive, to a respective surface of a corner of a cargo container.
US11485608B2
An elevator safety system includes: at least two sensors, each of the sensors being configured for monitoring at least a portion of a hoistway of an elevator system and providing monitoring signals; a transformation unit which is configured for transforming the monitoring signals provided by at least one of the sensors and producing transformed signals corresponding to a common direction of vision; a comparison unit which is configured for comparing the at least two transformed signals and for generating a failure signal if a difference between the at least two transformed signals exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a detection unit, which is configured for detecting a person or undesired item in at least one of the two transformed signals and for generating an alarm signal if a person or undesired item is detected.
US11485605B2
A strap winding, storage, and dispensing assembly for storing and dispensing a plurality of straps includes a spacing element engaged to and extending between a pair of plates. Each of a set of strap stowing units engaged to the pair of plates comprises a spindle having a winding element and a braking element operationally engaged thereto. The spindle can engage a respective end of a strap so that the strap is removably engaged to the spindle. The winding element is positioned to selectively rotate the spindle, in a first direction, to coil the strap therearound. The braking element is engaged to a respective one of the plates and is positioned to selectively engage the spindle, to prevent rotation thereof, to retain the strap therearound. The braking element also is positioned to selectively disengage the spindle so that the spindle can rotate in a second direction to uncoil the strap.
US11485603B1
An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.
US11485602B2
An embodiment of this disclosure provides a folding apparatus configured to stack and fold a designated number of sheets at a time. The folding apparatus includes a conveyor configured to sequentially convey the designated number of sheets, a stacker configured to temporarily store a sheet conveyed by the conveyor to stack the designated number of sheets, a sheet folding device configured to fold the designated number of sheets at a time, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to cause the sheet folding device to fold the stored sheet in response to an occurrence of a sheet jam upstream from the stacker in a direction of sheet conveyance, in processing the designated number of sheets.
US11485595B2
A peripheral capable of sensing a media count includes a body, a stopper, a supply tray and a sensor assembly. The stopper is installed in the body. The supply tray accommodated within the body includes a base and a frame. The frame elastically and pivotally connected to the base supports media and pushes the media in a direction toward the stopper so that the media contacts the stopper. The sensor assembly installed in the body detects a position state of the frame to obtain a sensing signal corresponding to the number of the media.
US11485593B2
A feeding apparatus includes a knock-up plate to be rotatably installed on a main body of an image forming apparatus and install a paper, a knock-up spring to elastically apply pressure to the knock-up plate in a direction of a pickup roller, a cam to be fixed at one end of a knock-up shaft and downwardly apply pressure to the knock-up plate, and a driving force transfer member to transfer a rotating force of the knock-up shaft to the pickup roller.
US11485580B2
A continuous mining machine trailing conveyor system providing a sandwich belt system that incorporates a set of hugging modalities to ensure that the sandwich belt system provides sufficient friction.
US11485569B2
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a wipe container allowing a cleaning wipe to be withdrawn without contact, the wipe container including a container main body configured to provide a space in which the cleaning wipe is stored, a container cover detachably coupled to an upper portion of the container main body to seal the container main body and control opening and closing of the container main body, a sub-cover provided in a portion of the container cover and whose opening and closing is controlled by pressure caused by an external force to seal the container main body, and withdrawal tongs inserted into the container main body due to having a portion coupled to the sub-cover and configured to be caught on the cleaning wipe accommodated in the container main body, wherein the withdrawal tongs include a coupling portion manufactured in a shape that corresponds to the sub-cover and detachably coupled to the sub-cover, a hook formed to protrude from a portion of a lower portion of the coupling portion and inserted into the container main body to hold the cleaning wipe, and a withdrawal tongs handle formed to protrude in a predetermined shape from an upper portion of the coupling portion so as to be held.
US11485563B2
A packaging bag with a body for storing a plurality of articles to be packaged, wherein the body has a top surface part, a bottom surface part that opposes the top surface part in the vertical direction, and a plurality of lateral surface parts that are arranged between the top surface part and the bottom surface part; a slash part for opening is provided to at least one of the plurality of lateral surface parts; and the slash part has a first slit that extends from near the top surface part to near the bottom surface part in the vertical direction, and a second slit that is contiguous to one end of the first slit on the top surface part side and that extends in the traverse direction intersecting the vertical direction.
US11485559B2
An inflatable web is disclosed. The web includes first and second film plies sealed together via a plurality of generally transverse seals to define a first and second inflatable chambers and an inflation region. The chambers are inflatable with a fluid and operable to contain the fluid. The sealed plies have a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge. The web defines a separation region extending at least partially transversely across the web between the first and second inflatable chambers and is configured to facilitate separation thereof. The separation region includes a tear propagation line extending transversely across at least a portion of the web with an end of the tear propagation line terminating proximal to the first longitudinal edge of the web. The separation region includes a tear initiation feature including edges spaced apart from one another longitudinally to form a permanent opening in the web.
US11485558B2
The disclosed technology includes blister package assemblies that include a reusable blister pouch. The blister package assembly can have an enclosure housing having a first card and a second card. The second card can be opposed to a separably joinable to the first card. The blister package assembly can have a reusable blister pouch that can enclose an object and have a fastener that transition the reusable blister pouch between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The reusable blister pouch can be secured between the opposing first and second cards when the first and second cards are joined and a portion of the reusable blister pouch can displayed through an opening of the first card and/or the second card.
US11485553B2
A container with cap provided with a knock cam mechanism having an uncomplicated structure employing a small number of parts, enabling the cap to be securely attached to and detached from the container body. The cap has a housing in which a plurality of grooves alternating with ribs are formed in an inner circumferential surface thereof at equiangular intervals around a cylindrical axis, and inside the housing are disposed a push-button plunger having protrusions formed on the outer peripheral surface that slide along inside the grooves, a ratchet having sloped protrusions on the outer circumference, an inner lid having tabs on the peripheral wall, an elastic member for urging the ratchet upward, and a container body in which a locking portion is formed on the outer circumference of a neck of the container body.
US11485552B2
The invention provides for a dispenser package comprising a generally cylindrical container body and a cap removably mounted to the container body. The cap comprises a generally cylindrical cap body securable to an upper end of the container body. The cap body comprises a generally circular projecting portion having an outer circumferential surface and an upper surface that includes plural dispensing openings. A generally circular flip-up lid is connected to the cap body by a living hinge and being movable between a covering position and an open position.
US11485540B2
A metallic can end having a reclosable opening, a microgap or weakening line provided in the metallic end surface and peripheral about the opening, a sealing frame connected to the end surface and surrounding the opening region, a closure unit connected to the upwardly pivotable metal end region disposed within the microgap or weakening line, that is pivotably attached to the end surface via a pivot bearing. The sealing frame and the closure unit are composed of plastic material and cooperate in a sealing manner with one another via sealing and latching ribs that form sealing edges with associated reception grooves. The metallic can region disposed within the peripheral microgap or weakening line is received and held in the opening region of the end. The sealing edges are configured such that the radially innermost sealing edge still seals when the radially outer sealing edges have just been released.
US11485537B2
A blank for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a top panel, a first and second side panels, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines, wherein the bottom panel includes a free side edge, the first side panel includes a first separation line, and the second side panel includes a second separation line. The blank also includes a first end flap and a second end flap extending from opposing side edges of the first side panel, and a third end flap and a fourth end flap extending from opposing side edges of the second side panel, wherein the second and fourth end flaps are configured for removal with the top panel after the container is formed and the first and second separation lines are separated.
US11485531B2
A machine for packaging soft products, including a conveyor defining a ring-shaped path having an active linear lower branch facing a feed plane and a non-active linear upper branch Each of a plurality of carriages supports a tooth, projecting towards the feed plane during the passage on the lower branch. A transfer device moves one group of products at a time, with a corresponding sheet of wrapping material folded around the group, towards the feed plane and to a receiving compartment defined by a first and a second tooth, along a second direction transversal to a first direction. Along the lower linear branch there are a number of teeth equal to the number of groups positioned or arrived on the feed plane. Each tooth is configured to define simultaneously a pushing tooth and a tooth containment when the tooth is interposed between two groups along the feed plane.
US11485515B2
An apparatus and method for operating a communication system for a vehicle, comprising a directed communication receiver configured to output a signal related to beam tracking strength, an inertial reference module configured to receive the beam tracking strength and provide a heading observation based thereon. At least one indicator communicably coupled with the inertial reference module to provide an indication related to the heading of the vehicle.
US11485513B2
A system and method of controlling a fuel system on an aircraft includes selectively supplying fuel from either a main fuel tank or at least one wing fuel tank to a fuel consumer by varying a speed of at least one main fuel tank pump associated with the main fuel tank relative to a speed of at least one wing fuel tank pump associated with the at least one wing fuel tank.
US11485501B2
A drone includes a drone body, a drone body battery provided in the drone body and responsible for supplying power to the drone body, a parachute kit detachably coupled to the drone body and including a parachute therein, a battery detector provided in the parachute kit and responsible for checking the state of the drone body battery, and a parachute controller for controlling the parachute kit depending on the state of the drone body battery detected by the battery detector.
US11485497B2
A divided aircraft galley refrigeration system is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes an evaporating unit positioned within an aircraft galley. In another embodiment, the system includes a refrigeration and heat discharge unit positioned outside of the aircraft galley. In another embodiment, the system includes a liquid refrigerant pipe configured to fluidically couple the evaporating unit and the refrigeration and heat discharge unit. In another embodiment, the system includes a vapor refrigerant pipe configured to fluidically couple the evaporating unit and the refrigeration and heat discharge unit.
US11485491B1
A mass transportation system provides an airborne passenger vehicle tethered to a host vehicle. The host vehicle traverses along a fixed route. The airborne passenger vehicle moves between a stowed position fixedly secured to the host vehicle and a deployed position in which the airborne passenger vehicle is flying above the host vehicle.
US11485490B2
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, that may be incorporated into a personal automobile, comprises a rectangular wing including an upper wing section having a right upper wing side and a left upper wing side, a lower wing section having a right lower wing side and left lower wing side, a right vertical wing section coupled to the right upper wing side and to the right lower wing side, and a left vertical wing section coupled to the left upper wing side and to the left lower wing side, the upper wing section having an upper wing cross section with a first asymmetrical airfoil shape configured to cause lift when in forward flight, the lower wing section having a lower wing cross section with a second asymmetrical airfoil shape for causing lift when in forward flight, each of the right vertical wing section and the left vertical wing section having a vertical wing cross section with a symmetrical shape to cause lateral stability when in forward flight; two elevons on at least one of the upper wing section and the lower wing section; at least one rudder on each of the right vertical wing section and the left vertical wing section; a support frame coupled to the rectangular wing; and a propulsion system coupled to the support frame.
US11485481B2
An aircraft includes a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end; a propulsor mounted to the fuselage at the aft end of the fuselage, the propulsor comprising an outer nacelle, the outer nacelle defining an inlet to the propulsor; and a deployable assembly attached to at least one of the fuselage or the outer nacelle and moveable between a stowed position and an engaged position. The deployable assembly alters an airflow towards the propulsor or into the propulsor through the inlet defined by the outer nacelle when in the engaged position. The propulsor further comprises a tail cone, wherein the outer nacelle defines an exhaust with the tail cone, and wherein the plurality of nacelle panels are movable generally along the axial centerline to a position at least partially aft of the exhaust of the outer nacelle when in the engaged position.
US11485480B2
A movable ballast system for an aircraft includes first and second ballast docks secured to the aircraft. The first ballast dock includes a first housing and a first ballast tray secured within the first housing. The first ballast tray includes a plurality of channels. The second ballast dock is positioned aft of a CG of the aircraft and includes a second housing and a second ballast tray secured within the second housing. The second ballast tray includes a plurality of channels. The movable ballast system includes a plurality of movable ballasts, each movable ballast of the plurality of movable ballasts being configured to fit within at least one channel of each of the plurality of channels of the first and second ballast trays.
US11485475B2
An example of an aerial vehicle includes a rudder removably connected to the aerial vehicle by a twist lock mechanism. The twist lock mechanism is biased in a locked position by an elastic member.
US11485469B2
An aircraft of a modular type including: at least one rotor suitable for providing in full or in part propulsion and/or lift for the aircraft; at least one power plant of the combustion engine type or of the electric motor type; a main gearbox, for mechanically transmitting drive torque generated by the at least one power plant to the at least one rotor; and an avionics system for assisting in piloting the aircraft. In accordance with the invention, the avionics system is configured for automatically providing the assistance in piloting the aircraft when the aircraft has a first power plant only or when the aircraft has a first power plant and a second power plant.
US11485468B2
An aircraft structure and its method of construction avoids the inefficiencies involved in current methods of constructing the aircraft structure, reduces the manufacturing time required for constructing the aircraft structure and reduces the cost involved in constructing the aircraft structure. The aircraft structure and its method of construction is comprised of a geodesic or multi-grid framework of intersecting thermoplastic composite strips that are joined to an interior surface of a thermoplastic composite fuselage skin panel through overmolding/co-consolidation of the grid framework and the skin panel.
US11485467B2
An electrical arrangement on an aircraft fuselage has a fuselage component, an electrical consumer and a conductive electrical connection element. The connection element extends outwardly through an opening in the fuselage component and may have a bearing section on an inside or outside of the fuselage component that is arranged so as to tap or feed a voltage pole. The electrical connection element is electrically insulated from the opening and the fuselage component and is able to be connected to a voltage supply arranged on the inside. The electrical consumer is arranged on the outside of the fuselage component and is electrically connected to that part of the connection element projecting towards the outside of the fuselage.
US11485465B1
A watercraft propulsion apparatus includes an eccentric crank assembly operatively connected to a pair of fins adapted to sweep back and forth in a generally transverse direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the watercraft. The fins may be rotatable about a first axis coplanar to the longitudinal axis of the watercraft. A drive linkage assembly operatively connecting the eccentric crank assembly to the pair of fins imparts a torque force to oscillate the pair of fins. The oscillating fins provide a propulsive force to propel the watercraft longitudinally forward during both oscillating directions of the fins as they sweep back and forth.
US11485458B2
A watercraft according to the present disclosure may include an outer hull that defines an interior or hull cavity, and a ballast system located within the hull cavity. The ballast system may include at least three ballast tanks longitudinally distributed along the hull cavity, and each of the tanks being configured to be independently operated enabling selective entrapment of ballast at three or more different longitudinal locations to enable an intentional shifting of the longitudinal center of gravity (LCG) of the watercraft relative to the design location of the LCG of the watercraft. The watercraft may include at least a forward, a center, and an aft ballast tank, and in some embodiments, additional tanks, in some cases in sponsons, may be included and/or one or more of the forward, center and aft tanks, may be further subdivided for additional active LCG control.
US11485452B2
The present invention refers to a hybrid vessel with a ballast system in which the position of the cabin (102) is changed vertically, from emerged to submerged and vice versa, according to the decision of its operator. Thus, the present invention describes a hybrid vessel with ballast water system comprising at least one cabin (102) and at least one main tank (101) of ballast water, and the tank (101) is connected directly to the CAB (102) or partially above the water level.
US11485449B2
A bicycle cassette comprises two segments that are attached together thereby forming a composite cassette that can be attached to a rear bicycle hub driver body. The bicycle cassette allows for the use of a smaller sprocket on one segment of the cassette because the smaller sprockets can overhang the hub driver body. Specifically, the cassette allows a small 9 or 10 tooth sprocket to overhang the cassette driver body on the bicycle hub by attaching a small sprocket assembly to a larger sprocket assembly using a locking, bayonet style attachment.
US11485446B2
A single-sided swing arm for a motorcycle having a traction means for driving a rear wheel of the motorcycle, the swing arm having a first section for rotatably supporting the rear wheel and second sections for pivotally attaching the swing arm to a structural member of the motorcycle. Geometrical centers of the first section and of the second sections define a virtual swing arm center plane, and a rocker arm with an upper side is between the first and the second sections. The rocker arm has a first side wall region and a second side wall region substantially opposite thereto, and the second side wall region extends into the region of a second section; the two side wall regions are connected to one another by a stiffening girder designed for the passage of the traction means. The stiffening girder extends into a region below the swing arm center plane.
US11485444B2
A luggage scooter has a middle frame, a front wheel section, a seat section, and a rear wheel section. The front wheel section has a front wheel frame pivotally connected to the middle frame at a front wheel frame joint. The front wheel frame is mounted to a steering joint. The steering joint is mounted on the middle frame. The steering joint provides steering in both a left and right direction. The front wheel frame joint provides the front wheel frame with configurable position between a stowed position and a deployed position. A front wheel is mounted to the front wheel frame at a front wheel support. A rear wheel section has a rear wheel frame pivotally connected to the middle frame at a rear wheel frame joint.
US11485437B2
A saddle for a bicycle can be configured to provide improved vibration isolation performance. The saddle can include a saddle body. The saddle body can include a front region and a rear region. The saddle can include a plurality of isolators. The plurality of isolators can be operatively connected to the saddle body in the rear region. The plurality of isolators can include a stack of a plurality of conical springs. The saddle can include a rail member. The rail member can be operatively connected to the plurality of isolators. Further, the rail member can be operatively connected to the saddle body in the front region.
US11485436B2
A dismantling system includes a dismantling machine including a tip attachment for dismantling an object to be dismantled, an imaging device that provides a field of view from a second viewpoint position for visually recognizing an object to be dismantled, which is different from a first viewpoint position of an operator, and a dismantling operation device that receives operation by an operator of the tip attachment for dismantling an object to be dismantled with respect to the field of view provided by the imaging device.
US11485416B2
A vehicle body structure and a vehicle are provided. The vehicle body structure includes a front longitudinal beam, a front compartment crossbeam, and a floor front crossbeam. The front longitudinal beam includes a left front longitudinal beam and a right front longitudinal beam that are disposed at an interval in a transverse direction. The front longitudinal beam is provided with a body section and a downward bent section connected to a rear end of the body section. The front compartment crossbeam is connected to the downward bent section of the left front longitudinal beam and the right front longitudinal beam, and is at least partially located below the body section. The floor front crossbeam is located behind the front compartment crossbeam at an interval, and is connected to the front longitudinal beam.
US11485415B2
A vehicle body lower structure may include: a hollow rocker arranged at a lower lateral part of a vehicle body and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a power source arranged adjacent to the rocker; an energy absorbing member connected to the power source and arranged under the rocker; and a collar arranged between the rocker and the energy absorbing member. The rocker may be provided with a flange extending downward from a bottom plate of the rocker. A height of the collar above the energy absorbing member may be greater than a height of the flange.
US11485414B2
A crossmember and a manufacturing method for a crossmember is disclosed. The crossmember is made of a metal sheet having a given sectional shape, configures a part of a vehicle body frame, extends along a vehicle width direction, and has an engine mount attaching portion provided in a part of an upper plate portion. The crossmember has an upper crossmember that is made of a single metal sheet extending along the vehicle width direction, the upper crossmember having a larger thickness in a region including the engine mount attaching portion of the upper plate portion and a surrounding area of the engine mount attaching portion compared to a thickness of a remaining region.
US11485409B2
A steering control device is configured to control a motor, the motor being a generation source of a driving force that is given to a steering mechanism of a vehicle. The steering control device includes a controller configured to compute a controlled variable depending on a steering state, the controlled variable being used in the control of the motor. The controller is configured to alter a control parameter for the controller, based on a command that is generated by a host control device depending on a purpose of an intervention in a steering control, the host control device being mounted on the vehicle.
US11485403B2
A rotation limiting means for a steer-by-wire steering system comprises a fixedly arranged outer housing and a steering column which is received at least partially in the outer housing and can be rotated relative to the outer housing. Furthermore, at least one actuating member is provided which is arranged between the outer housing and the steering column and can be rotated to a limited extent relative to the outer housing and relative to the steering column, in order to mechanically limit a rotation of the steering column relative to the outer housing. Furthermore, a steering system and a method for limiting a rotational movement in a steering system are described.
US11485397B2
The present invention relates to a novel trolley coupling structure that allows coupling of base parts of trolleys aligned in the vertical or horizontal direction. The present invention provides a trolley coupling structure in which a first receiving recess part is provided in a base part of one trolley, a second receiving recess part is provided in a base part of another trolley, a locking member is pivotally attached to the first receiving recess part, a recess part body and a bent section are formed in the respective first and second receiving recess parts, and retaining of the locking member is achieved by constraining and locking a constraining piece part of the locking member at the bent section.
US11485387B2
A method of predictive navigation control for an ego vehicle includes: comparing a cue node to each of a plurality of episodic memory nodes in an episodic memory structure, wherein the cue node represents a new event representing distances, speeds and headings of one or more newly observed objects about the ego vehicle, and wherein the episodic memory structure includes a network of nodes each representing a respective previously existing event and having a respective node risk and likelihood; determining which of the nodes has a smallest respective difference metric, thus defining a best matching node; consolidating the cue node with the best matching node if the smallest difference metric is less than a match tolerance, else adding a new node corresponding to the cue node to the episodic memory structure; and identifying a likeliest next node and/or a riskiest next node.
US11485379B2
An apparatus for displaying a driving state of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method thereof is provided. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a change in a state of a lane change assistance function and controls a step-by-step notification based on the change in the state of the lane change assistance function, and a display controlled by the processor to display the step-by-step notification based on the change in the state of the lane change assistance function.
US11485376B2
An automatic processing system, a system on chip and a method for monitoring a processing module are described herein. The automatic driving processing system comprises: an automatic driving processing module, configured for receiving an input data stream and processing the input data stream based on a deep learning model so as to generate a processing result; a fault detection module, configured for generating a control signal and a fault detection stimulating data stream, and receiving the processing result from the automatic driving processing module; and a multi-way selection module, configured for receiving an automatic driving data stream as well as the control signal and the fault detection stimulating data stream, and selectively outputting the automatic driving data stream or the fault detection stimulating data stream to the automatic driving processing module based on the control signal, as an input data stream.
US11485369B2
Among other things, information generated by sensors of a mobile phone and indicative of motion of the mobile phone and state information indicative of a state of operation of the mobile phone are monitored. Based on the monitoring, distraction by a user of the mobile phone who is a driver of a vehicle is determined.
US11485363B2
The braking force control device detects an impossible state where one or some of the actuators are temporarily unable to generate a negative driving force, and a predictive state where one or some of the actuators are predicted to become unable to generate a negative driving force. Every time the coasting state occurs before establishment of the impossible state and after establishment of the predictive state, the braking force control device gradually increases the negative driving force generated by the corresponding one or ones of the actuators. Even when the coasting state occurs in the impossible state, the braking force control device does not cause the corresponding one or ones of the actuators to generate a driving force. Every time the coasting state occurs after the impossible state, the braking force control device gradually decreases the negative driving force generated by the corresponding one or ones of the actuators.
US11485359B2
When two target objects cannot see each other and at least one of them is a moving object following lanes, the warning system identifies the couples of two predicted trajectories having at least one point in common or an inter-trajectory distance less than a distance threshold (dth), among all possible couples of two predicted trajectories for the two respective target objects, then calculates a probability of collision for each identified couple of trajectories, by determining a predicted collision time and calculating probability distribution functions for the positions of the two target objects at said predicted collision time, and checks whether or not the probability of collision calculated for at least one of the identified couples of trajectories is more than a collision probability threshold in order to trigger an alert towards at least one of the two target objects.
US11485358B2
A vehicular collision avoidance system includes a forward-viewing camera, a rearward-viewing camera, a rearward-sensing non-vision sensor and an electronic control unit. The vehicular collision avoidance system detects vehicles present forward and/or rearward of the equipped vehicle. Responsive to at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) data processing of image data captured by the rearward-viewing camera and (ii) data processing of sensor data captured by the rearward-sensing non-vision sensor, the vehicular collision avoidance system detects another vehicle approaching the equipped vehicle from the rear, determines that the other vehicle is traveling in the same traffic lane as the equipped vehicle, determines speed difference between the vehicles, and determines distance from the equipped vehicle to the other vehicle. Based on such determinations, the system determines that impact with the equipped vehicle by the other vehicle is imminent.
US11485353B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of autonomously parking an autonomous driving vehicle, includes generating environment descriptor data describing a driving environment surrounding the autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), including identifying a parking space and one or more obstacles within a predetermined proximity of the ADV, generating a parking trajectory of the ADV based on the environment descriptor data to autonomously park the ADV into the parking space, including optimizing the parking trajectory in view of the one or more obstacles, segmenting the parking trajectory into one or more trajectory segments based on a vehicle state of the ADV, and controlling the ADV according to the one or more trajectory segments of the parking trajectory to autonomously park the ADV into the parking space without collision with the one or more obstacles.
US11485352B2
A vehicle control device controls a hybrid vehicle including: an internal combustion engine having an EGR device; an electric drive device that drives the vehicle and performs an engine-based power generation; a power storage device; and a travel route acquisition device. The vehicle include an EV drive mode and an HV drive mode. The vehicle control device is configured to: where the vehicle is started under a cold condition, calculate, based on the travel route information, an average vehicle driving power in a vehicle running section under a warm condition after the start; and limit the amount of power generated by the engine-based power generation in the cold condition to be smaller when the calculated average vehicle driving power is high than when it is low, and, during the HV drive mode after a transition to the warm condition, execute the engine-based power generation accompanied by the EGR.
US11485348B2
A hybrid vehicle controller includes processing circuitry configured to execute a particulate matter (PM) deposition amount estimation process that estimates a deposition amount of PM deposited in the filter. The processing circuitry is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode as a control mode that defines control of the engine and the motor. A use of the engine is limited in the first mode as compared with the second mode. The processing circuitry is configured to execute a display process that notifies a user that the filter needs to be regenerated when the control mode is the second mode if the estimated deposition amount is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, and not to execute the display process when the control mode is the first mode even if the deposition amount is greater than or equal to the predetermined amount.
US11485347B2
A drive force control system for a vehicle configured to change a torque to propel a vehicle certainly in a required amount by controlling output torques of an engine and a motor. A controller is configured to: calculate a required amount of change in synthesized torque of an engine torque and a motor torque; calculate a required amount of change in the engine torque and a required amount of change in the motor torque based on the required amount of change in the synthesized torque; select one of the engine and the motor whose torque will be changed further than a limit value; and adjust the torque of the selected prime mover by a counter torque.
US11485344B1
The ABS diagnostic tool is an electrical apparatus. The ABS diagnostic tool is configured for use with a vehicle. The vehicle further comprises an anti-skid braking system (ABS). The ABS forms the brake system of the vehicle. The ABS diagnostic tool is an interface device that electrically connects to the ABS. The ABS diagnostic tool provides electrical access to key elements of the ABS that allows for the use of electric tools, such as a multi-meter, in diagnosing maintenance issues associated with the ABS. The ABS diagnostic tool comprises a breakout circuit and the vehicle. The breakout circuit plugs into the ABS. The interface presented by the breakout circuits presents a plurality of terminal sets which are electrically accessible.
US11485338B2
This electric braking device is provided with: an electric motor MTR that, in accordance with an operation amount Bpa of a braking operation member BP, generates a pressing force Fba, being a force pressing a friction member MSB against a rotary member KTB that rotates integrally with a wheel WHL of the vehicle; and a circuit board KBN to which a processor MPR and a bridge circuit BRG are mounted. The device is further provided with a rotation angle sensor MKA for detecting the rotation angle Mka of the electric motor, and drives the electric motor MTR on the basis of the rotation angle Mka. An end face Mmk of the rotation angle sensor MKA is fixed so as to be in contact with the circuit board KBN. The device is further provided with a pressing force sensor FBA for detecting the pressing force Fba, and drives the electric motor MTR on the basis of the pressing force Fba. An end face Mfb of the pressing force sensor FBA is fixed so as to be in contact with the circuit board KBN.
US11485335B2
A riding lawn care vehicle (10) includes first and second drive wheels (32), a steering lever (34), a brake assembly (110), and a mechanical brake linkage assembly (120) including a cable tensioner (250). The brake assembly (110) may be operably coupled to at least one of the first and second drive wheels (32) to enable brakes to be selectively applied to the first and second drive wheels (32) based on a position of the steering lever (34). The cable tensioner (250) may be configured to activate the brake assembly (110) relative to the at least one of the first and second drive wheels (32) in response to the steering lever (34) being moved outwardly to an outboard position. The mechanical linkage assembly (120) may be configured to provide a greater amount of rotation of the cable tensioner (250) than a magnitude of rotation of the steering lever (34) when the steering lever (34) is moved from the inboard position to the outboard position.
US11485334B2
A method and system for braking a vehicle using supplemental deceleration provided by an electronic parking brake. The method includes detecting a reduced function state of an integrated braking system; detecting a brake pedal input from an operator of the vehicle; and automatically generating a braking force via the electronic parking brake based on the brake pedal input and the reduced function state.
US11485333B2
A diaphragm valve (DV), includes: an elastomer-diaphragm (ED) in/on a valve-housing via a radially-outer-edge-bead and interacts with a DV-seat (DVS); a first-control-chamber (CC), delimited by a first-surface, facing away from the DVS, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load by a pressure-medium (PM), and when the first-CC is loaded, the ED is pushed against the DVS; a second-CC, delimited by a second-surface, facing away from the first-surface, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load and surrounds the DVS, and, when the second-CC is loaded by PM, the ED lifts off from the DVS and the second-CC is connected to a PM-flow-channel (FC), on which the DVS is formed at an end-side; and the PM-FC, DVS, ED are coaxial as to an axial-direction, and the smallest thickness of the ED's central-region, as to a radial-direction perpendicular to the axial-direction, is at least 30% of the PM-FC's inner-diameter.
US11485329B2
An emergency halt method for a vehicle driving at least partially in automated fashion. The method includes receiving an emergency halt signal; providing a blocking signal, a first control unit being blocked, and the control over controlling driving maneuvers of the vehicle being withdrawn from the first control unit; and providing a not-drive signal for starting an emergency halt maneuver of the vehicle.
US11485326B2
An on-board sensor cleaning device includes nozzle ports. The on-board sensor cleaning device ejects fluid from the nozzle ports in a predetermined order to clean a sensing surface of an on-board sensor.
US11485325B2
A vehicle wiper device includes a wiper arm, a wiper blade, a nozzle body, a hose, and a cleaning fluid supply section. A leading end side portion of the wiper arm is configured by an arm piece, and the wiper arm swings back and forth. The nozzle body is attached to the arm piece, is disposed on an outward movement side of the wiper blade, and jets cleaning fluid toward a windshield. The hose conveys cleaning fluid under pressure. The cleaning fluid supply section is at an opposite side of a rubber holder from the windshield, extends from the nozzle body so as to extend across the rubber holder from the outward movement side toward a return movement side of the wiper blade, is connected to the hose, and supplies cleaning fluid to the nozzle body.
US11485322B2
A vehicle information processing device includes an arrival determination unit that determines, based on positional information of a vehicle under autonomous driving control, whether or not the vehicle arrives at a destination, an approval determination unit that determines, based on approval notification, whether or not a user approves the arrival of the vehicle at the destination, a safety determination unit that determines whether or not surroundings of the vehicle are safe to the user who unboards the vehicle based on vehicle environment information surrounding the vehicle, and a door controller that requests a door control device to open a door in a case where determination is made that the vehicle arrives at the destination, determination is made that the user approves the arrival of the vehicle at the destination, and determination is made that the surroundings of the vehicle are safe to the user who unboards the vehicle.
US11485320B2
A method for vehicle function control includes: in response to determining that a distance between a vehicle and a terminal is within a bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication distance and the terminal has a digital vehicle key of the vehicle, establishing a BLE connection between the vehicle and the terminal and performing a BLE ranging; and when a BLE ranging result meets a preset condition, controlling the vehicle to unlock a door lock.
US11485318B2
A portable access device for wirelessly gaining access to a vehicle includes a transceiver, receive and transmit queues, and a control module. The transceiver, during a current connection event, receives first notification messages from a PaaK system of the vehicle and in response thereto transmits second notification messages to the PaaK system. The first notification messages and the second notification message are transmitted to establish a communication link between the portable access device and the PaaK system. The receive queue receives the first notification messages. The transmit queue stores the second notification messages. The control module, based on a first one of the first notification messages, determines what data was transmitted during a last connection event prior to the current connection event and generates one or more of the second notification messages to include data not previously received during the last connection event.
